Caribbean Fishery Management Council

Conserving, Restoring and Managing of Fishery Resources in the US Caribbean

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 24651
Christiansted, St Croix USVI 00824

Statement of Financial Interest 2019

Marcos Hanke
(Puerto Rico) CFMC Chair

Urb. Miradero 52 Camino de las Lomas
Humacao PR 00791

Statement of Financial Interest 2018

 

 


APPOINTED AT-LARGE VOTING MEMBERS

 

A. Louis Blanchard
(USVI) CFMC Vice-Chair

PO Box 4153
St Thomas, USVI 00801

Statement of Financial Interest 2018

Vanessa Ramírez
(Puerto Rico)

PMB 105 PO Box 5103
Cabo Rojo, PR 00623

Statement of Financial Interest 2018

 


COUNCIL MEMBERS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

 

Roy E. Crabtree
Regional Administrator Southeast Regional Office, NMFS

263 13th Ave. S
St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Phone: (727) 824-5301

Bill Arnold, John McGovern (Designees)
NMFS, Southeast Regional Office

263 13th Ave. S
St. 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 00802
Phone: 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

 

Tania Vazquez Rivera
Secretary, DNER PR

PO Box 366147
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936

Phone: (787) 999-2283

Damaris Delgado (Designee)
Director Fish and Willdlife Dept of Natural and Environmental Resources

PO Box 366147
San 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

Jeremy Montes (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 00622
Phone: (787) 851-7297

Ana Román (Designee)
Fish And Wildlife Biologist US Fish and Wildlife Service

PO BOX 190
Culebra, 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/OMC
Washington DC 20520
Phone: 202-647-3228


LEGAL ADVISORS

Joselyn D'Ambrosio
NOAA Office of Legal Counsel Southeast Regional Office

263 13th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Phone: (727) 551-5713