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185th CFMC Hybrid Regular Meeting

Event Info


Date

December 4-5, 2024

Location


Key Resources


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ZOOM ID: 843 2813 0219 / Passcode: 856050

Day 1

December 4, 2024

TIME

TOPIC

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

Opening of the Meeting

  • Call to Order
  • Roll Call
  • Adoption of the Agenda
  • Consideration of 184th Verbatim Transcript
  • Executive Director’s Report

9:30 a.m. -
10:15 a.m.

NOAA Fisheries SERO - IBFMP

Update NMFS/Council Actions and IBFMP Amendments - María López Mercer, NOAA Fisheries/SERO

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 

Break

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

Queen Triggerfish

Review and FInal Action for Framework Amendment 3 to USVI Queen Triggerfish Framework Action to Establish Management Reference Points Based in SEDAR 80—Sarah Stephenson, NOAA Fisheries/SERO

  • Document - Draft Regulatory Text for Framework Action 3 to the STX FMP and the STT/ STJ FMP
  • Document - Draft Framework Action 3 under the STX and the STT/ STJ FMPs: Modification of Status Determination Criteria and Management Reference Points based on the SEDAR 80 Queen Triggerfish Stock Assessments
  • Presentation

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Spiny Lobster

2024 Annual Catch Limits and Overfishing Monitoring—Puerto Rico Spiny Lobster Allowable Catch Limit (ACL) Overage and Overfishing Determination—NOAA Fisheries/ SERO

12:00 p.m. -
1:30 p.m.

Lunch Break

1:30 p.m. -
1:50 p.m.

Climate Change

Community Climate Change Vulnerability Project for US Caribbean - Tarsila Seara, NOAA Fisheries/NERO

1:50 p.m. -
2:30 p.m.

Rainbow Runner

Review and Final Action—Amendment 4 to the Puerto Rico FMP: Reclassification of the Rainbow Runner as a Pelagic Fish—María López-Mercer, NOAA Fisheries/SERO

2:30 p.m. -
2:50 p.m.

SSC

Scientific and Statistical Committee Report—Vance Vicente

2:50 p.m. -
3:20 p.m.

Protected Resources

Protected Resources Division Update - Jennifer Lee, NOAA Fisheries/SERO

3:20 p.m. -
3:30 p.m.

Break

3:30 p.m. -
4:00 p.m.

Safe Fishing Zones

Safe Fishing Zones - Carlos Farchette, CFMC Chair

4:00 p.m. -
4:30 p.m.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

4:30 p.m.

ADJOURN FOR THE DAY

4:45 p.m. -
5:15 p.m.

CLOSED SESSION

Day 2

December 5, 2024

TIME

TOPIC

9:30 a.m. -
9:30 a.m

NOAA Fisheries Actions

NOAA Fisheries Actions—Sam Rauch, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, NOAA Fisheries

  • Confidentiality Rule Update
  • Council on Environmental Quality
  • NEPA Regulations
  • America the Beautiful 30 x 30
  • ESA/MSA Integration Policy Draft

9:30 a.m. -
10:00 a.m.

Southeast Fisheries Science Center

Southeast Fisheries Science Center Update—Kevin McCarthy, NOAA Fisheries Survey of Stakeholder Priorities for Caribbean Fisheries Management

10:00 a.m. -
10:15 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

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

Break

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

Outreach and Education

  • Outreach and Education Report—Álida Ortiz and Jannette Ramos
  • Liaison Officers Descending Devices July Meeting Report—Wilson Santiago/Nicole Greaux
  • Liaison Officers Reports
  • Social Networks Report—Cristina Olán
  • Chefs’ Workshop on Underutilized Species—Jannette Ramos

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

Lionfish

Lionfish Derby Report—Mike Funk

11:30 a.m. -
12:00 p.m.

Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP)

EFP Update—Sarah Stephenson, NOAA Fisheries/SERO

12:00 p.m. -
1:30 p.m.

Lunch Break

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

Spiny Lobster Study

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

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

Enforcement Reports

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. -
4:30 p.m.

Public Comment Period

Next Meeting

4:30 p.m.

ADJOURN