Council Members
Voting Members
The Caribbean Fishery Management Council is composed of seven voting members appointed by the US Secretary of Commerce. (At least one shall be appointed from Puerto Rico and USVI.) The remaining voting members shall be: the principal local government official or designee with marine fishery management responsibilities and expertise in each of the two local governments, as appointed by the governor of Puerto Rico and USVI; the Regional Administrator of the National Marine Fisheries Service for the Southeast Region or designee.
APPOINTED OBLIGATORY VOTING MEMBERS
Carlos Farchette
(USVI)
PO Box 24651Christiansted, St Croix USVI 00824
Marcos Hanke
(Puerto Rico) CFMC Chair
Urb. Miradero 52 Camino de las LomasHumacao PR 00791
APPOINTED AT-LARGE VOTING MEMBERS
A. Louis Blanchard
(USVI) CFMC Vice-Chair
PO Box 4153 St Thomas, USVI 00801
Vanessa Ramírez
(Puerto Rico)
PMB 105 PO Box 5103Cabo Rojo, PR 00623
COUNCIL MEMBERS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Andrew Strelcheck
Acting Regional Administrator Southeast Regional Office, NMFS
263 13th Ave. SSt. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 551-5702
John McGovern & María del M. Lopez (Designee)
NMFS, Southeast Regional Office
263 13th Ave. SSt. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 824-5305
COUNCIL MEMBERS USVI
Jean-Pierre L. Oriol
Commissioner, USVI DPNR
Department of Planning & Natural Resources
4607 TuTu Park Mall, St Thomas, USVI 00802Phone: 340 774-3320
Nicole F. Angeli (Designee)
Director Division of Fish and Wildlife DPNR, US Virgin Islands
45 Mars Hill Frederiksted, USVI 00840
Phone: 340-773-1082 x.2266
COUNCIL MEMBERS PUERTO RICO
Rafael A. Machargo Maldonado
Secretary, DNER PR
PO Box 366147San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936
Phone: (787) 999-2283
Damaris Delgado (Designee)
Director Fish and Willdlife Dept of Natural and Environmental Resources
PO Box 366147San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936
Phone: (787) 999-2200 x 2615
Non-Voting Members
The CFMC has three non-voting members, they are: the Southeast Regional Director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service or designee; the Commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District or designee; and a representative of the US Department of State or designee.
NON-VOTING MEMBERS
Rear Admiral William D. Baumgartner
Commander Seventh Coast Guard District
Brickell Plaza, Federal Bldg. 909 SE First Ave.Miami, FL 33131-3050
Phone: (305) 415-6800
LT Bobby Copeland (Designee)
Living Marine Resources Officer USCG, District 7 Enforcement Branch Miami, FL
Edwin Muñíz
Field Supervisor, Caribbean Field Office US Fish and Wildlife Service
Boquerón, Puerto Rico 00622Phone: (787) 851-7297
Ana Román (Designee)
Fish And Wildlife Biologist US Fish and Wildlife Service
PO BOX 190Culebra, PR 00775-0190
Deidre Wagner-Kramer
Office Of Marine Conservation Bureau Of Oceans And Int’l Environmental Scientific Affairs US Dept Of State
2201 C ST NW RM 2758 OES/OMCWashington DC 20520
Phone: 202-647-3228
LEGAL ADVISORS
Joselyn D'Ambrosio
NOAA Office of Legal Counsel Southeast Regional Office
263 13th Avenue SouthSt. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 551-5713