Notice2025-20172
Caribbean Fishery Management Council 188th Public Hybrid Meeting
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Published
November 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (CFMC) will hold the 188th public hybrid meeting to address the items contained in the tentative agenda included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51662-51663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20172]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF322]
Caribbean Fishery Management Council 188th Public Hybrid Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public hybrid meeting (in-person/virtual).
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SUMMARY: The Caribbean Fishery Management Council (CFMC) will hold the
188th public hybrid meeting to address the items contained in the
tentative agenda included in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The 188th CFMC public hybrid meeting will be held on December 3,
2025, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on December 4, 2025, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. AST. The meeting will be held at the Westin Inn Beach Resort and
Spa at Frenchman's Reef, 5 Estate Bakkeroe, St. Thomas, USVI 00801.
ADDRESSES: You may join the 188th CFMC public hybrid meeting via Zoom,
from a computer, tablet, or smartphone by entering the following
address:
Join Zoom Meeting: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84328130219?pwd=65MKg0lyTe4h1Wv1fAKetKTPEdFAcx.1">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84328130219?pwd=65MKg0lyTe4h1Wv1fAKetKTPEdFAcx.1</a>.
Meeting ID: 843 2813 0219.
Passcode: 856050.
One tap mobile:
+17879667727,,84328130219#,,,,*856050# Puerto Rico
+19399450244,,84328130219#,,,,*856050# Puerto Rico
Join instructions: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meetings/84328130219/invitations?signature=b92qQFAEhejZ6qk-OEv5AyZRE1oQnb3iNwa70NWCVk8">https://us02web.zoom.us/meetings/84328130219/invitations?signature=b92qQFAEhejZ6qk-OEv5AyZRE1oQnb3iNwa70NWCVk8</a>.
In case there are problems and we cannot reconnect via Zoom, the
meeting will continue using GoToMeeting.
You can join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone.
<a href="https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/971749317">https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/971749317</a>.
You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (408) 650-
3123 Access Code: 971-749-317.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Miguel A. Rol[oacute]n, Executive
Director, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 270 Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera
Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-1903, telephone: (787)
398-3717.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following items included in the
tentative agenda will be discussed:
December 3, 2025
9 a.m.-9:30 p.m.
--Call to Order
--Roll Call
--Adoption of Agenda
--Consideration of 187th Council Meeting Verbatim Transcription
--Executive Director's Report
9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
--Fishery Management Plans Amendments, Actions and Priorities Update
for 2026--Mar[iacute]a L[oacute]pez- Mercer, NOAA Fisheries, SERO
10:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
--Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.-11 a.m.
--Southeast Fishery Science Center Updates--Kevin McCarthy, Caribbean
Fisheries Branch, NOAA Fisheries SEFSC
11 a.m.-12 p.m.
--Scientific and Statistical Committee Report--Vance Vicente, Chair
12 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
--Lunch Break
1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
--St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John Fishery Spiny Lobster Overfishing
Limits, Acceptable Biological Catches, and Annual Catch Limits--
Mar[iacute]a L[oacute]pez-Mercer/Graciela Garc[iacute]a-Moliner
2:30 p.m.-3 p.m.
--Accountability Measure Options for Pelagic Stocks
3 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
--Coffee Break
3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
--Matrix review of stocks--need for conservation and management--Sarah
Stephenson, NOAA SERO
4:30 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
--Public Comment Period (5-minute presentations)
4:45 p.m.-5 p.m.
--Adjourn for the day
5 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
--Closed Session
December 4, 2025
9 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
--IRA Updates--Martha Prada, CFMC IRA Coordinator
9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
--Marine Aquaculture Workshop
--Marine Aquaculture NOAA Guidelines
--Marine Aquaculture Workshop 2026
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
--Coffee Break
10:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
--Outreach and Education Advisory Panel (OEAP) Report--Jannette Ramos,
Chair
--CFMC Social Networks--Cristina Ol[aacute]n
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--CFMC Liaison Officers Reports
--St. Thomas/St. John, U.S.V.I.--Nicole Greaux
--Puerto Rico--Wilson Santiago
11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
--Letter sent to NOAA on E.O. 14276 Restoring America's Seafood
Competitiveness
12 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
--Lunch Break
1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
--District Advisory Panel Reports (15 mins each)
--St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.--Julian Magras, Chair
--St. Croix, U.S.V.I.--Gerson Martinez, Chair
--Puerto Rico--Nelson Crespo, Chair
2:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
--Enforcement Reports (10 minutes each)
--Puerto Rico DNER
--U.S.V.I. DPNR
--U.S. Coast Guard
--NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement
2:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
--Upcoming SEDAR 103 Procedural Workshop Updates
3:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
--Advisory Bodies Membership
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
--Other Business
3:45 p.m.-4 p.m.
--Public Comment Period (5-minute presentations)
--Next Meetings
4 p.m.
--Adjourn
Note (1): Other than starting time and dates of the meetings, the
established times for addressing items on the agenda may be adjusted as
necessary to accommodate the timely completion of discussion relevant
to the agenda items. To further accommodate discussion and completion
of all items on the agenda, the meeting may be extended from, or
completed prior to the date established in this notice. Changes in the
agenda will be posted to the CFMC website, Facebook, Twitter, and
Instagram as practical.
Note (2): Financial disclosure forms are available for inspection
at this meeting, as per 50 CFR part 601.
The order of business may be adjusted as necessary to accommodate
the completion of agenda items. The meeting will begin on December 3,
2025 at 9 a.m. AST, and will end on December 4, 2025 at 4 p.m. AST.
Other than the start time on the first day of the meeting, interested
parties should be aware that discussions may start earlier or later
than indicated in the agenda, at the discretion of the Chair.
Special Accommodations
For any additional information on this public virtual meeting,
please contact Diana Martino, Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 270
Mu[ntilde]oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918-
1903, telephone: (787) 226-8849.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 14, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-20172 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
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