185th CFMC Meeting Verbatim Transcript

TABLE OF CONTENT TABLE OF MOTIONS............................................................ 4 CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL................................................. 6 ELECTION OF OFFICIALS....................................................... 8 ADOPTION OF AGENDA......................................................... 10 CONSIDERATION OF 184TH COUNCIL MEETING VERBATIM TRANSCRIPTIONS............. 11 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT................................................ 11 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS....................................................... 18 2024 ANNUAL CATCH LIMITS AND OVERFISHING MONITORING—PUERTO RICO SPINY LOBSTER ALLOWABLE CATCH LIMIT (ACL) OVERAGE AND OVERFISHING DETERMINATION—NOAA FISHERIES/SOUTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE........................................ 26 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS....................................................... 27 UPDATE NMFS/COUNCIL ACTIONS AND IBFMP AMENDMENTS - MARÍA LÓPEZ MERCER, NOAA FISHERIES/SERO............................................................. 44 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 2........................................ 45 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS ON AMENDMENT 4........................................ 48 QUESTIONS COMMENTS ON DEVELOPMENT OF FEDERAL PERMITS..................... 50 STOCK STATUS UPDATES FOR SELECT STOCKS/COMPLEXES UNDER THE ISLAND-BASED FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS – SARAH STEPHENSON, NMFS-SERO..................... 69 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS....................................................... 72 REVIEW AND FINAL ACTION FOR FRAMEWORK AMENDMENT 3 TO USVI QUEEN TRIGGERFISH FRAMEWORK ACTION TO ESTABLISH MANAGEMENT REFERENCE POINTS BASED ON SEDAR 80— SARAH STEPHENSON, NOAA FISHERIES/SOUTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE (SERO).......... 77 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS....................................................... 83 COMMUNITY CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY PROJECT FOR U.S. CARIBBEAN—TARSILA SEARA, NOAA FISHERIES, NORTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE........................... 93 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS....................................................... 98 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/SOUTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE (SERO)................................ 103 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS...................................................... 111 SCIENTIFIC AND STATISTICAL COMMITTEE REPORT—VANCE VICENTE................. 112 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS...................................................... 119 EBFM TAP UPDATE—SENNAI HABTES, EBFM TAP CHAIR AND LIAJAY RIVERA, CFMC STAFF .......................................................................... 122 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS...................................................... 126 SAFE FISHING ZONES—CARLOS FARCHETTE, CFMC CHAIR........................... 128 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS...................................................... 130 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD..................................................... 135 NOAA FISHERIES ACTIONS—SAM RAUCH, DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR REGULATORY PROGRAMS, NOAA FISHERIES....................................... 138 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS...................................................... 145