In Celebration of the 150 th Meeting of the Caribbean Fishery Management Council

In Celebration of the 150th

Meeting of theCaribbean Fishery

Management Council

THE FIRST CARIBBEAN COUNCIL MEMBERS

SOME CFMC CHAIRMEN THROUGH THE YEARS

Hector VegaVirdin Brown

Eugenio PiñeiroCarlos Farchette

CFMC EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Omar MuñozMiguel Rolón

CFMC STAFF

Maria PastranaSecretary

Iris OliverasSecretary

Livia MontalvoOffice Automation Natalia Perdomo

Intern

Diana MartinoAssistant to the

Executive Director and Executive

Secretary

Vivian RuizAccounting Technician

Maria de los A. IrizarryFiscal Officer

Graciela Garcia-MolinerFMP and Habitat Specialist

Miguel RolónExecutive Director

SOME OF OUR PARTNERS FROM NMFS

Roy E. Crabtree, Ph.D. Regional Administrator

SERO

Joe Kimmel, retiredBill ArnoldCaribbean Branch Chief

Phil Steele Shepherd GrimesLegal Counsel

Michael McLemoreCounsel OCG

Miguel LugoCaribbean Branch

Office

SOME OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN TIME

Spiny Lobster FMP and amendments

Shallow Water Reef Fish FMP and amendments

Corals and Reef and Reef Assoc. Plants and Invertebrates FMP

and amendments

Generic EFH Amendment to all FMPs

Comprehensive Amendment by the CFMC to Amend its Reef Fish, Spiny Lobster, Queen Conch, and Coral FMPs -

SFA

OTHER CFMC ACHIEVEMENTS

• The Caribbean Fishery Management Council achievements

include the establishing of the first Marine Conservation District in the United States EEZ - The Hind Bank Marine

Conservation District.

• Also, the CFMC manages the following marine reserves:

• Grammanik Bank Closed Area

• Bajo de Sico

• Abrir la Sierra Bank

• Tourmaline Bank

• The Mutton Snapper Spawning Aggregation Area

• The Lang Bank Red Hind Spawning Aggregation Area

OTHER CFMC ACHIEVEMENTS

The CFMC established the International Queen Conch Initiative in 1996, in coordination with the US Department of State, and Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC).

The CFMC has collaborated with WECAFC and the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism of CARICOM in several pan-Caribbean management projects.

In addition, the CFMC is the convener of the Fish Spawning Aggregations Workgroup and the Queen Conch Management Workgroup.

OTHER CFMC ACHIEVEMENTS

2009

2014

The CFMC has been one of the sponsors and actively participates in the Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW) and the Fish Fry Event, in Washington, D.C. for the past few

years.

RECENT CFMC EVENTSOn December of 2012 the

CFMC moved its headquarters from the Western Bank Plaza

Building to the Citi Bank Building in San Juan, PR.

Western Bank Plaza Building

Citi Bank Building

WELCOME to our headquarters at

270 Muñoz Rivera Ave, Suite 401

• Dr. Andrew Kemmerer - NMFS SERO Director • Mr. Ignasio Morales - Council Fishery Statistician• Ms. Inés Vivas - Council Secretary• Dr. Jack Dammann - Council Member and Chief Scientist• Mr. Fernando Castillo - Council Fishery Economist and

Fiscal Officer• Mr. Bob McAuliffe - AP Member, St Croix Fisher• Dr. José A. Suárez Caabro - Council Member PR• Mr. Rolf Juhl - LIP DNER and SERO, RA Designee • Mr. Iván Sánchez - CODREMAR and Council Member• Mr. Bill Turner - SERO, RA Designee

In Memoriam

CARIBBEAN FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

The CFMC wants to express its appreciation to all who have been involved and have cooperated in the Council processes and achievements during the past several years.

Special thanks to the Council staff; members of the NOAA Fisheries’ SERO and SEFSC; especially, the SERO Caribbean Branch Office staff. Also, our gratitude goes to the Governments of Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands agencies (DNER and DPNR)

Special thanks to the fishers of all three Islands: Puerto Rico, St Thomas/St. John and St Croix.

Thank You