Caribbean Fishery Management Council

Conserving, Restoring and Managing of Fishery Resources in the US Caribbean

August 14, 2024

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TIME

TOPIC

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m                          

SEFSC

Southeast Fisheries Science Center Update—Kevin McCarthy, NOAA

Fisheries

  • Presentation 

Survey of Stakeholder Priorities for Caribbean Fisheries Management

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

WECAFC

Outcomes from WECAFC Flying Fish Dolphinfish Working Group Meeting

and WECAFC Spawning Aggregations Working Group Meeting - Laura

Cimo, NOAA Fisheries, The Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce

9:45 a.m. 10:15 a.m.

Lane Snapper

Lane Snapper Study Results - Jesús Rivera Hernández, University of

South Carolina at Aiken

  • Presentation

10:15 a.m. 10:30 a.m

Break

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m


Outreach & Education

Outreach and Education Report

Liaison Officers Descending Devices July Meeting Report - Liandry A. de La Cruz

  • Presentation

CFMC Social Media Networks - Cristina Olán

  • Presentation

Chefs’ Workshop on Underutilized Species - Jannette Ramos

  • Presentation

11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Lionfish 

Lionfish Report - Mike Funk

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Electronic Monitoring and Reporting 

Electronic Monitoring and Reporting (EMR) Grant Program - Willy Goldsmith, Field Liaison for the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

12:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m.

Lunch Break

1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Spiny Lobster

Aging of Spiny Lobster Study—Ana Medina, University of Puerto Rico at

Mayagüez

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 


EBFM TAP

EBFM TAP Update - Sennai Habtes, EBFM TAP Chair and Liajay Rivera,

CFMC Staff

  • Presentation

12:15 p.m. 12:30 p.m.

Lunch Break

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Enforcement

Enforcements Reports (15 minutes each)

  • Puerto Rico DNER
    • Presentation 
  • USVI DPNR
    • Presentation
  • US Coast Guard
    • Presentation
  • NOAA Fisheries OLE
    • Presentation
  • NMFS/NOAA
    • Presentation

3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.


Break

3:40 p.m. - 3:50  p.m.

Advisory Bodies Membership

3:50 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Other Business

4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. 

Public Comment Period 

Public Comment Period (5-minute presentations)

Next Meeting

4:15 p.m.

ADJOURN DAY 2

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Amendments 2 to the PR, STX, STT/STJ FMPs: Trawl, Net Gear, and Descending Devices

SEFSC US Caribbean Projects

2023 Accountability Measures

Amendment 3 to the STX and STT/STJ FMPs (Dolphin and Wahoo)

PR DAP Report to the 181st CFMC Regular Meeting

STX DAP Report to the 181st CFMC Regular Meeting

Using DNA Barcoding to Identify Seafood Fraud in Puerto Rico

Draft Amendment Trawl Net Gear and Descending Devices_briefing book version

EEJ Presentation for April 2023 Caribbean Council Meeting_Briefing Book 

Draft amendment USVI pelagics_briefing book version

Draft Spiny Lobster Framework Amendment 2_briefing book version

Presentation_Spiny Lobster Draft FW Amendment 2_April 2023

Presentation_USVI Pelagic Draft Amendment_April 2023

Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation, Biological Opinion

CFMC-SSC Practices and Procedures Concerning Objectivity and Conflicts of Interest (Working Draft)

Puerto Rico Fisheries Liaison Presentation

Update on the WECAFC: Spawning Aggregation and Queen Conch Working Group Meetings

DNER Enforcement Presentation

Social Media Update

Development of Educational Resources about the Sharks Species (Infraclass: Selachii) of PR as a Gateway to Inform the Local Public

Application of CFMC Queen Conch Training Modules in a European Union/FAO Funded Pilot Program

Outreach and Education Activities by Nicole Greaux

Public Comment by Wessley MertenPublic Comment by Wessley MertenPublic Comment by Wessley MertenPublic Comment by Wessley MertenPublic Comment by Wessley Merten

Outreach and Education Advisory Panel Report

NOAA OLE Enforcement Overview

 

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Framework Amendment 2 Spiny Lobster Annual Catch Limits Reguatory Text

Draft Framework Amendment 2 to the Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. Thomas and St. John Fishery Managment Plans: Updates to the Spiny Lobster Overfishing Limit, Acceptable Biological Catch, and Annual Catch Limit

Draft Amendment 3 to the Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. Thomas and St. John Management Measures for Dolphin and Wahoo

Regional Strategies for US Caribbean Stock Assessment and Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Current Actions

Draft Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plans for Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. Thomas and St. John: Trawl an Net Gear and Descending Devices

Endangered Species Act - Section 7 Consultation Biological Opinion

181st CFMC Hybrid Regular Meeting Verbatim Transcript

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Potentially Update National Standard 4,8, and 9 Guidelines

Presentation Amendment 3 to the Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas/St. John Fishery Mangement Plans: New Management Measures for Dolphin and Wahoo

Presentation Framework Amendment 2: Update the Overfishing Limit, Acceptable Biological Catch, and Annual Catch Limit for Spiny Lobster

Status of Amendments to the Island-Based Fishery Management Plans

St. Croix Liaison Presentation

Outreach and Education Advisory Panel Report to the Council

Puerto Rico Fisheries Liaison Report to the Council

Eat Lionfish! ¡Come pez león!

St. Thomas / St. John Fisheries Liaison Report to the Council

Value-Added Products as Tool for Management of Invasive Lionfish

St. Thomas Fisherman's Association Statement.

SSC Report to the Council

Inflation Reduction Act

NOAA-OLE Report

DNER Update for the CFMC in Fisheries Intervention

DNER Report to the Council

Equity and Environmental Justice Update

Amendment 2 to the PR, STX, STT/STJ FMPs: Trawl, Net Gear, and Descending Devices

SEDAR 91 US Caribbean Spiny Lobster

EBFMTAP - Report

SEFSC Caribbean Fisheries Branch Update

BIG FISH Media Plan

Dolphinfish Research Program

An Overview of ESA Batched Biological Opinion on the 3 IBFMPs Opinion's Incidental Take Statement

A Synopsis of 2 New ESA Critical Habitat Rules

Grammanik Bank and MCD Present Regulations for the Protection of Spawning Aggregations of Nassau Grouper and Other Species

St. Thomas Fisherman's Association Statement

Bajo de Sico - Area Managed by CFMC

Puerto Rico DAP Report