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
