187th CFMC Regular Meeting Verbatim Transcript

TABLE OF CONTENT TABLE OF MOTIONS............................................................ 3 CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL................................................. 4 ADOPTION OF AGENDA.......................................................... 6 ELECTION OF OFFICIALS....................................................... 6 CONSIDERATION OF 186TH CFMC MEETING VERBATIM TRANSCRIPTION.................. 8 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT................................................. 9 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS....................................................... 11 FISHERY MANAGEMENT PLANS AMENDMENTS, ACTIONS AND PRIORITIES UPDATE FOR 2025— MARÍA LÓPEZ-MERCER, NOAA FISHERIES, SERO................................... 12 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS....................................................... 17 MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERIES CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT REQUIREMENTS FOR STOCKS IN NEED OF CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, AND DISCUSSION OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE REEF FISH FISHERY MANAGEMENT UNITS (FMUS)—SARAH STEPHENSON, NOAA FISHERIES, SERO........................................... 18 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS....................................................... 27 E.O. 14276 RESTORING AMERICA'S SEAFOOD COMPETITIVENESS—RECOMMENDATIONS FROM AD HOC COMMITTEE........................................................... 41 CFMC’S RESPONSE TO NOAA FISHERIES ON E.O. 14276............................ 58 2025 ANNUAL CATCH LIMIT MONITORING UPDATES—ANDY STRELCHECK, NOAA FISHERIES, SERO....................................................................... 79 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS....................................................... 81 EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES FOR THE SPINY LOBSTER STOCK IN PUERTO RICO FEDERAL WATERS, NOAA FISHERIES, SERO........................... 91 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS....................................................... 96 DISCUSSION ON POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR REVISING ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES FOR PELAGIC SPECIES IN US CARIBBEAN FEDERAL WATERS—NOAA FISHERIES, SERO....... 107 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS...................................................... 113 SOUTHEAST FISHERY SCIENCE CENTER UPDATES — KEVIN MCCARTHY, CARIBBEAN FISHERIES BRANCH, NOAA FISHERIES-PART 1................................... 135 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS.................................................... 139 SEFSC UPDATE-PART 2..................................................... 141 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS.................................................... 148 INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) FUNDED PROJECTS UPDATE—MARTHA PRADA, IRA COORDINATOR............................................................... 159 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS...................................................... 164 ECOSYSTEM-BASED FISHERIES MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL ADVISORY PANEL (EBFM TAP) UPDATE—SENNAI HABTES, CHAIR............................................... 164 ECOSYSTEM STATUS REPORT—MANDY KARNAUSKAS—SEFSC, NOAA FISHERIES............ 166 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS...................................................... 172 SCIENTIFIC AND STATISTICAL COMMITTEE (SSC) UPDATE—VANCE VICENTE, CHAIR.... 175 QUESTIONS/COMMENTS...................................................... 185 OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ADVISORY PANEL (OEAP) REPORT—JANNETTE RAMOS GARCÍA,