Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 10562-10563 [2011-4284]
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The meeting will convene at 8:30
a.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 and
conclude no later than 12 noon.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the JW Marriott Houston, 5150
Westheimer Road, Houston, TX.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Richard Leard, Deputy Executive
Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (813)
348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council
will convene the Law Enforcement
Advisory Panel along with the Gulf
States Marine Fisheries Commission’s
Law Enforcement Committee to
consider the status of recently
completed amendments and other
regulatory actions as well as the
schedule for completion of ongoing
actions. The two groups will also
discuss and potentially make
recommendations with regard to Joint
Enforcement Agreements. A review and
possible recommendations with regard
to a recently published Proposed Rule to
potentially reduce bycatch of bluefin
tuna in the Gulf of Mexico will also be
conducted. Finally, the two panels will
review and discuss a proposal to
potentially modify requirements for
crew size on vessels that have both
commercial and for-hire permits.
The Law Enforcement Advisory Panel
consists of principal law enforcement
officers in each of the Gulf States, as
well as the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Law Enforcement, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (FWS), the U.S. Coast
Guard, and the NOAA General Counsel
for Law Enforcement. A copy of the
agenda and related materials can be
obtained by calling the Council office at
(813) 348–1630.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agendas may come before the
Law Enforcement Advisory Panel for
discussion, in accordance with the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), those issues
may not be the subject of formal action
during this meeting. Actions of the Law
Enforcement Advisory Panel will be
restricted to those issues specifically
identified in the agendas and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
action to address the emergency.
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Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Kathy Pereira at the Council (see
ADDRESSES) 5 working days prior to the
meeting.
Dated: February 22, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Caribbean Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Caribbean Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) will hold a meeting.
DATES: The SSC meeting will be held on
March 15–16, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Doubletree Hotel at Gallery Plaza
(former Pierre Hotel), De Diego Avenue,
Santurce, Puerto Rico.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caribbean Fishery Management Council,
˜
268 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108,
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918–1920;
telephone: (787) 766–5926.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC
will meet to discuss the items contained
in the following agenda:
• Call to order.
• Queen Conch.
Update on status of queen conch in
the USVI and PR.
• ACL 2011 Amendment.
Presentation/review of requirements
to establish ACLs for species, which are
not overfished or undergoing
overfishing (ACL II) and species/species
groups under consideration.
Species that need ACLs in 2011:
1. Reef Fish FMP.
2. Coral FMP.
3. Spiny Lobster FMP.
4. Queen Conch FMP.
• Issues:
1. Reporting.
2. unclassified (reef fish and queen
conch).
SUMMARY:
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3. list of species not included in
Options Paper but included in FMPs.
4. Proposed ACLs with
accompanying data.
5. Ornamental Species.
• Discussion and recommendations
by SSC.
1. Species/species unit
recommendations based on data, species
life history, etc.
2. Indicator species
recommendations for units with more
than one species.
3. ACL recommendations.
• Update on Aquarium Trade.
• Review D. Olsen letter—MRAG
study versus catch intercepts
reporting—Validation of catch data.
Discussion regarding data gathering
regarding Virgin Islands commercial
fishery.
• Update of St. Croix Independent
Fishery Trap Survey.
• Update on status of data from PR
and USVI, including issues that need to
be addressed to obtain more timely data.
• Status of the implementation of
MRIP in PR and plans for
implementation in USVI.
• Review of specific research directed
to ACLs and recommendations by SSC
of type of research that should be given
priority to provide information for
establishing ACLs.
Essential Fish Habitat
EFH 5-year-revision document.
Discussion and Final
recommendation to the CFMC SEDAR
26: Silk and queen snapper, red tail
parrotfish.
Commitment to the workshops and
time (Data-Assessment-Review) Other
Business.
The SSC will convene on March 15,
2011, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., and will
reconvene on March 16, 2011, from 9
a.m. until 5 p.m. The meeting is open
to the public, and will be conducted in
English.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
listed in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. For more
information or request for sign language
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interpretation and/other auxiliary aids,
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please contact Mr. Miguel A. Rolon,
Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery
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Management Council, 268 Munoz
Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan,
Puerto Rico 00918–1920, telephone:
(787) 766–5926, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Dated: February 22, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Nominations for the Western and
Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
Advisory Committee
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for nominations.
AGENCY:
NMFS, on behalf of the
Secretary of Commerce, is seeking
nominations for the advisory committee
established under the Western and
Central Pacific Fisheries Convention
Implementation Act (Act). The advisory
committee, to be composed of
individuals from groups concerned with
the fisheries covered by the Western and
Central Pacific Fisheries Convention
(Convention), will be given the
opportunity to provide input to the
United States Commissioners to the
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries
Commission (Commission) regarding
the deliberations and decisions of the
Commission.
SUMMARY:
Nominations must be received
no later than April 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be
directed to Michael Tosatto, Acting
Regional Administrator, NMFS Pacific
Islands Regional Office, and may be
submitted by any of the following
means:
• E-mail: pir.wcpfc@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line the following
document identifier: ‘‘Advisory
committee nominations’’. E-mail
comments, with or without attachments,
are limited to 5 megabytes.
• Mail or hand delivery: 1601
Kapiolani Blvd. Suite 1110, Honolulu,
HI 96814.
• Facsimile: 808–973–2941.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Oriana Villar, NMFS Pacific Islands
Regional Office; telephone: 808–944–
2256; facsimile: 808–973–2941; e-mail:
Oriana.Villar@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Convention and the Commission
The objective of the Convention is to
ensure, through effective management,
the long-term conservation and
sustainable use of highly migratory fish
stocks in the western and central Pacific
Ocean in accordance with the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the
Sea of 10 December 1982 (UNCLOS) and
the Agreement for the Implementation
of the Provisions of the UNCLOS
Relating to the Conservation and
Management of Straddling Fish Stocks
and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. The
Convention establishes the Commission,
the secretariat of which is based in
Pohnpei, Federated States of
Micronesia.
The Convention applies to all highly
migratory fish stocks (defined as all fish
stocks of the species listed in Annex I
of the UNCLOS occurring in the
Convention Area, and such other
species of fish as the Commission may
determine), except sauries.
The United States played a very active
role in supporting the negotiations and
the development of the Convention and
signed the Convention when it was
opened for signature in 2000. It
participated as a cooperating nonmember of the Commission since it
became operational in 2005. The United
States became a Contracting Party to the
Convention and a full member of the
Commission when it ratified the
Convention in January 2007. Under the
Act, the United States will be
represented on the Commission by five
United States Commissioners,
appointed by the President.
Advisory Committee
The Act (16 U.S.C. 6902) provides (in
section 6902(d)) that the Secretary of
Commerce, in consultation with the
United States Commissioners to the
Commission, will appoint certain
members of the advisory committee
established under the Act.
The members to be appointed to the
advisory committee are to include not
less than 15 nor more than 20
individuals selected from the various
groups concerned with the fisheries
covered by the Convention, providing,
to the extent practicable, an equitable
balance among such groups. On behalf
of the Secretary of Commerce, NMFS is
now seeking nominations for these
appointments.
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In addition to the 15–20 appointed
members, the advisory committee also
includes the chair of the Western Pacific
Fishery Management Council’s
Advisory Committee (or designee), and
officials of the fisheries management
authorities of American Samoa, Guam,
and the Northern Mariana Islands (or
their designees).
Members of the advisory committee
will be invited to attend all nonexecutive meetings of the United States
Commissioners to the Commission and
at such meetings will be given
opportunity to examine and be heard on
all proposed programs of investigation,
reports, recommendations, and
regulations of the Commission.
Each appointed member of the
advisory committee will serve for a term
of two years and is eligible for
reappointment.
The Secretaries of Commerce and
State will furnish the advisory
committee with relevant information
concerning fisheries and international
fishery agreements.
NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of
Commerce, will provide to the advisory
committee administrative and technical
support services as are necessary for its
effective functioning.
Appointed members of the advisory
committee will serve without pay, but
while away from their homes or regular
places of business in the performance of
services for the advisory committee will
be allowed travel expenses, including
per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the
same manner as persons employed
intermittently in the Government
service are allowed expenses under
section 5703 of title 5, United States
Code. They will not be considered
Federal employees while performing
service as members of the advisory
committee except for the purposes of
injury compensation or tort claims
liability as provided in chapter 81 of
title 5, United States Code and Chapter
171 of title 28, United States Code.
Procedure for Submitting Nominations
Nominations for the advisory
committee should be submitted to
NMFS (see ADDRESSES). Self
nominations are acceptable.
Nominations should include the
following information: (1) Full name,
address, telephone, facsimile, and email of nominee; (2) nominee’s
organization(s) or professional
affiliation(s) serving as the basis for the
nomination, if any; and (3) a
background statement, not to exceed
one page in length, describing the
nominee’s qualifications, experience
and interests, specifically as related to
the fisheries covered by the Convention.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA247
Caribbean Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery Management Council's (Council)
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting.
DATES: The SSC meeting will be held on March 15-16, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel at Gallery
Plaza (former Pierre Hotel), De Diego Avenue, Santurce, Puerto Rico.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caribbean Fishery Management Council,
268 Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, Puerto Rico
00918-1920; telephone: (787) 766-5926.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC will meet to discuss the items
contained in the following agenda:
Call to order.
Queen Conch.
Update on status of queen conch in the USVI and PR.
ACL 2011 Amendment.
Presentation/review of requirements to establish ACLs for species,
which are not overfished or undergoing overfishing (ACL II) and
species/species groups under consideration.
Species that need ACLs in 2011:
1. Reef Fish FMP.
2. Coral FMP.
3. Spiny Lobster FMP.
4. Queen Conch FMP.
Issues:
1. Reporting.
2. unclassified (reef fish and queen conch).
3. list of species not included in Options Paper but included in
FMPs.
4. Proposed ACLs with accompanying data.
5. Ornamental Species.
Discussion and recommendations by SSC.
1. Species/species unit recommendations based on data, species
life history, etc.
2. Indicator species recommendations for units with more than one
species.
3. ACL recommendations.
Update on Aquarium Trade.
Review D. Olsen letter--MRAG study versus catch intercepts
reporting--Validation of catch data. Discussion regarding data
gathering regarding Virgin Islands commercial fishery.
Update of St. Croix Independent Fishery Trap Survey.
Update on status of data from PR and USVI, including
issues that need to be addressed to obtain more timely data.
Status of the implementation of MRIP in PR and plans for
implementation in USVI.
Review of specific research directed to ACLs and
recommendations by SSC of type of research that should be given
priority to provide information for establishing ACLs.
Essential Fish Habitat
EFH 5-year-revision document.
Discussion and Final recommendation to the CFMC SEDAR 26: Silk and
queen snapper, red tail parrotfish.
Commitment to the workshops and time (Data-Assessment-Review) Other
Business.
The SSC will convene on March 15, 2011, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.,
and will reconvene on March 16, 2011, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. The
meeting is open to the public, and will be conducted in English.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
For more information or request for sign language
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interpretation and/other auxiliary aids, please contact Mr. Miguel A.
Rol[oacute]n, Executive Director, Caribbean Fishery Management Council,
268 Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 1108, San Juan, Puerto Rico
00918-1920, telephone: (787) 766-5926, at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Dated: February 22, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-4284 Filed 2-24-11; 8:45 am]
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