Breifing Book

153rd Regular CFMC Meeting convened at the Holiday Inn, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, August 19-20, 2015.

• 153rd CFMC Meeting Announcement - Federal Register
• 153 CFMC Meeting Spanish Notice
• 153 CFMC Meeting English Notice
• 153rd CFMC Meeting Draft Agenda
• Memorandum to 153rd CFMC Meeting participants
• 152nd CFMC Meeting Verbatim Transcript
• 152nd CFMC Meeting Motions
• ABT Consistency Environmental Assessment 2015 Aug 3 (V.3 Draft)
• Accountability Measure Application (Draft) Briefing Book 2015 July 31
• Draft PHD Timing AM-Closures 8.5.2015 (V.1)
• Draft Puerto Rico FMP Actions and Alternatives 2015 July 31
• Draft St. Croix FMP Actions and Alternatives 2015 July 31
• Draft St. Thomas_St. John FMP Actions and Alternatives 2015 July 31
• MEETINGS ATTENDED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF
• CFMC PANELS
  • DAP Puerto Rico Dec. 2014
  • DAP St Croix Dec. 2014
  • DAP St Thomas Dec. 2014
  • OEAP TABLE AS OF AUGUST 2015
  • SSC TABLE AS OF JULY 2014
• DAP PR
  • Agenda DAPPR 7-29-15
  • Attendance DAPPR 7-29-15
  • Recommendations from DAP PR meeting July 29 2015
  • Table 2 excluded species in white DAP PR
• DAP STT
  • Agenda DAPSTTT 7-22-15
  • Attendance DAPSTT 7-22-15
  • Motions DAP STT July 22, 2015
  • RECOMMENDATIONS ST. THOMAS DAP meeting July 29 2015
• DAP STX
  • Agenda DAPSTX
  • Attendance DAPSTX 7-20-21-15
  • RECOMMENDATIONS ST. CROIX meeting July 2015

Meeting Results

• Meeting Motions
• Awards

• PRESENTATIONS:
  • Island-Based FMPs - Choosing Species for Federal Management within an MSA Context
  • Outreach and Education Advisory Panel (OEAP) Report to the Council
  • MARFIN & Saltonstall-Kennedy, and SEFSC Projects in Puerto Rico 
    and the Virgin Islands
  • Draft Species List for Federal Management in the IBFMPs
  • Tables_IBFMPs
  • Tables_IBFMPs
  • Connecting Fishermen and Fisheries Data: Using a Cooperative Gear Development Project to Improve Catch Reporting
  • Timing of Accountability Measure-Based Closures
  • Spread of the Non-Native Seagrass, Halophila stipulacea, in the Caribbean
  • SSC Report to CFMC
  • Modifying Regulations for Three Seasonally Closed Areas off Western Puerto Rico: Abrir La Sierra Bank, Bajo de Sico, and Tourmaline Bank
  • Modifying Regulations for Three Seasonally Closed Areas off Western Puerto Rico: Abrir La Sierra Bank, Bajo de Sico, and Tourmaline Bank
  • Modificar la Reglamentación Actual para Tres Areas Protegidas en Puerto Rico: Abrir la Sierra, Bajo de Sico, y Tourmalin

Meeting Recodings

• August 19, 2015 - 153rd CFMC Meeting
  • 1 CFMC 153rd Meeting Mayaguez PR 08-19-2015 AM Session Pt1
  • 2 CFMC 153rd Meeting Mayaguez PR 08-19-2015 AM Session Pt2
  • 3 CFMC 153rd Meeting Mayaguez PR 08-19-2015 AM Session Pt3
  • 4 CFMC 153rd Meeting Mayaguez PR 08-19-2015 PM Session Pt1
  • 5 CFMC 153rd Meeting Mayaguez PR 08-19-2015 PM Session Pt2
  • 6 CFMC 153rd Meeting Mayaguez PR 08-19-2015 PM Session Pt3
  • 7 CFMC 153rd Meeting Mayaguez PR 08-19-2015 PM Session 4

• August 20, 2015 - 153rd CFMC Meeting
  • PUBLIC HEARING - 8 CFMC 153rd Meeting - Public Hearings - Mayaguez PR 08-20-2015 AM Session Pt1
  • 9 CFMC 153rd Meeting Mayaguez PR 08-20-2015 AM Session Pt2
  • 10 CFMC 153rd Meeting Mayaguez PR 08-20-2015 AM Session Pt3
  • 11 CFMC 153rd Meeting MayaguezPR 08-20-2015 PM Session Pt1
  • 12 CFMC 153rd Meeting Mayaguez PR 08-20-2015 PM Session Pt2