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Tuesday, October 20, 2015, from 6–9
p.m.; Amendment 39—Renaissance
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Water Street, Mobile, AL 36602;
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Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Kathy Pereira (see
ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days
prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Dated: September 29, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE211
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Advisory Panel for Atlantic Highly
Migratory Species Southeast Data,
Assessment, and Review Workshops
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; nominations for
Advisory Panel.
AGENCY:
NMFS solicits nominations
for the ‘‘SEDAR Pool,’’ also known as
the Advisory Panel for Atlantic Highly
Migratory Species (HMS) Southeast
Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR)
Workshops. The SEDAR Pool is
comprised of a group of individuals
who may be selected to consider data
and advise NMFS regarding the
scientific information, including but not
limited to data and models, used in
stock assessments for oceanic sharks in
the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and
Caribbean Sea. Nominations are being
sought for a 5-year appointment (2016–
2021). Individuals with definable
interests in the recreational and
commercial fishing and related
industries, environmental community,
academia, and non-governmental
organizations will be considered for
membership on the SEDAR Pool.
DATES: Nominations must be received
on or before November 4, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit
nominations and request the SEDAR
Pool Statement of Organization,
Practices, and Procedures by any of the
following methods:
• Email: SEDAR.pool@noaa.gov.
• Mail: Karyl Brewster-Geisz, Highly
Migratory Species Management
Division, NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Include on the envelope the following
identifier: ‘‘SEDAR Pool Nomination.’’
• Fax: 301–713–1917.
Additional information on SEDAR
and the SEDAR guidelines can be found
at https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/sedar/.
The terms of reference for the SEDAR
Pool, along with a list of current
members, can be found at https://
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Delisse Ortiz or Karyl Brewster-Geisz,
(301) 425–8503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 302(g)(2) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., states that
each Council shall establish such
advisory panels as are necessary or
appropriate to assist it in carrying out its
functions under the Act. For the
purposes of this section, NMFS applies
the above Council provision to the HMS
Management Division (See Section
304(g)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act,
which provides that the Secretary will
prepare fishery management plans for
HMS and consult with Advisory Panels
under section 302(g) for such FMPs). As
such, NMFS has established the SEDAR
Pool under this section. The SEDAR
Pool currently consists of 33
individuals, each of whom may be
selected to review data and advise
NMFS regarding the scientific
information, including but not limited
to data and models, used in stock
assessments for oceanic sharks in the
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and
Caribbean Sea. While the SEDAR Pool
was created specifically for Atlantic
oceanic sharks, it may be expanded to
include other HMS, as needed.
The primary purpose of the
individuals in the SEDAR Pool is to
review, at SEDAR workshops, the
scientific information (including but not
limited to data and models) used in
stock assessments that are used to
advise NMFS, as a delegate to the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary),
about the conservation and management
of the Atlantic HMS, specifically but not
limited to, Atlantic sharks. Individuals
in the SEDAR Pool, if selected, may
participate in the various data,
assessment, and review workshops
during the SEDAR process of any HMS
stock assessment. In order to ensure that
the peer review is unbiased, individuals
who participated in a data and/or
assessment workshop for a particular
stock assessment will not be allowed to
serve as reviewers for the same stock
assessment. However, these individuals
may be asked to attend the review
workshop to answer specific questions
from the reviewers concerning the data
and/or assessment workshops. Members
of the SEDAR Pool may serve as
members of other Advisory Panels
concurrent with, or following, their
service on the SEDAR Pool.
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Procedures and Guidelines
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A. Participants
The SEDAR Pool is comprised of
individuals representing the commercial
and recreational fishing communities
for Atlantic sharks, the environmental
community active in the conservation
and management of Atlantic sharks, and
the academic community that have
relevant expertise either with sharks
and/or stock assessment methodologies
for marine fish species. Also,
individuals who may not necessarily
work directly with sharks, but who are
involved in fisheries with similar life
history, biology and fishery issues may
be part of the SEDAR panel. Members of
the SEDAR Pool must have
demonstrated experience in the
fisheries, related industries, research,
teaching, writing, conservation, or
management of marine organisms. The
distribution of representation among the
interested parties is not defined or
limited.
Additional members of the SEDAR
Pool may also include representatives
from each of the five Atlantic Regional
Fishery Management Councils, each of
the 18 Atlantic states, both the U.S.
Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and
each of the interstate commissions: The
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission and the Gulf States Marine
Fisheries Commission.
If NMFS requires additional members
to ensure a diverse pool of individuals
for data or assessment workshops,
NMFS may request individuals to
become members of the SEDAR Pool
outside of the annual nomination
period.
Panel members serve at the discretion
of the Secretary. Not all members will
attend each SEDAR workshop. Rather,
NMFS will invite certain members to
participate at specific stock assessment
workshops dependent on their ability to
participate, discuss, and recommend
scientific decisions regarding the
species being assessed.
NMFS is not obligated to fulfill any
requests (e.g., requests for an assessment
of a certain species) that may be made
by the SEDAR Pool or its individual
members. Members of the SEDAR Pool
who are invited to attend stock
assessment workshops will not be
compensated for their services but may
be reimbursed for their travel-related
expenses to attend such workshops.
B. Nomination Procedures for
Appointments to the SEDAR Pool
Member tenure will be for 5 years.
Nominations are sought for terms
beginning early in 2016 and expiring in
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2021. Nomination packages should
include:
1. The name, address, phone number,
and email of the applicant or nominee;
2. A description of his/her interest in
Atlantic shark stock assessments or the
Atlantic shark fishery;
3. A statement of background and/or
qualifications; and
4. A written commitment that the
applicant or nominee shall participate
actively and in good faith in the tasks
of the SEDAR Pool, as requested.
C. Meeting Schedule
Individual members of the SEDAR
Pool meet to participate in stock
assessments at the discretion of the
Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS.
Stock assessment timing, frequency, and
relevant species will vary depending on
the needs determined by NMFS and
SEDAR staff. In 2016, NMFS intends to
update the dusky shark stock
assessment. In 2017, NMFS anticipates
updating the Gulf of Mexico blacktip
shark stock assessment. During an
assessment year, meetings and meeting
logistics will be determined according
to the SEDAR Guidelines. All meetings
are open for observation by the public.
Dated: September 30, 2015.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Recovery Plans
National Marine Fisheries
Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
NOAA’s National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the
availability of a public draft of the
Endangered Species Act Coastal
Multispecies Recovery Plan for the
California Coastal Chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU),
the Northern California steelhead (O.
mykiss) Distinct Population Segment
(DPS), and the Central California Coast
steelhead (O. mykiss) DPS. These
species spawn and rear in streams and
rivers along the central and northern
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California coast, and in tributaries to
San Francisco Bay. NMFS is soliciting
review and comment from the public
and all interested parties on the Public
Draft Recovery Plan, and will consider
all substantive comments received
during the review period before
submitting the Recovery Plan for final
approval.
DATES: Comments on the Public Draft
Recovery Plan must be received by close
of business on December 4, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the Public Draft Recovery Plan by the
following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via: WCR_
CMSRecoveryplan.comments@noaa.gov.
• Mail: Recovery Team, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 777 Sonoma
Avenue, Room 325, Santa Rosa, CA
95404.
• Public Workshops: Written
comments will be accepted.
Instructions: Comments must be
submitted by one of the above methods
to ensure comments are received,
documented, and considered by NMFS.
Comments sent by any other method, to
any other address or individual, or
received after the end of the comment
period, may not be considered.
Attachments to electronic comments
will be accepted in Microsoft Word,
Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats only.
Electronic copies of the Public Draft
Recovery Plan are available online at:
https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.
gov/protected_species/salmon_
steelhead/recovery_planning_and_
implementation/north_central_
california_coast/north_central_
california_coast_salmon_recovery_
domain.html. A CD–ROM of these
documents can be obtained by emailing
a request to Andrea.Berry@noaa.gov or
by writing to: Recovery Team, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 777 Sonoma
Avenue, Room 325, Santa Rosa, CA
95404.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Korie Schaeffer, (707) 575–6087,
Korie.Schaeffer@noaa.gov, or Erin
Seghesio, (707) 578–8515,
Erin.Seghesio@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Endangered Species Act of 1973
(ESA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.) requires we develop and
implement recovery plans for the
conservation and survival of threatened
and endangered species under our
jurisdiction, unless it is determined that
such plans would not promote the
conservation of the species. The Public
Draft Recovery Plan was developed for
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE211
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Advisory Panel for Atlantic
Highly Migratory Species Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review
Workshops
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; nominations for Advisory Panel.
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SUMMARY: NMFS solicits nominations for the ``SEDAR Pool,'' also known
as the Advisory Panel for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) Workshops. The SEDAR
Pool is comprised of a group of individuals who may be selected to
consider data and advise NMFS regarding the scientific information,
including but not limited to data and models, used in stock assessments
for oceanic sharks in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean
Sea. Nominations are being sought for a 5-year appointment (2016-2021).
Individuals with definable interests in the recreational and commercial
fishing and related industries, environmental community, academia, and
non-governmental organizations will be considered for membership on the
SEDAR Pool.
DATES: Nominations must be received on or before November 4, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit nominations and request the SEDAR Pool
Statement of Organization, Practices, and Procedures by any of the
following methods:
Email: SEDAR.pool@noaa.gov.
Mail: Karyl Brewster-Geisz, Highly Migratory Species
Management Division, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910. Include on the envelope the following identifier: ``SEDAR Pool
Nomination.''
Fax: 301-713-1917.
Additional information on SEDAR and the SEDAR guidelines can be
found at https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/sedar/. The terms of reference for
the SEDAR Pool, along with a list of current members, can be found at
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/SEDAR/SEDAR.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delisse Ortiz or Karyl Brewster-Geisz,
(301) 425-8503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 302(g)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., states
that each Council shall establish such advisory panels as are necessary
or appropriate to assist it in carrying out its functions under the
Act. For the purposes of this section, NMFS applies the above Council
provision to the HMS Management Division (See Section 304(g)(1) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, which provides that the Secretary will prepare
fishery management plans for HMS and consult with Advisory Panels under
section 302(g) for such FMPs). As such, NMFS has established the SEDAR
Pool under this section. The SEDAR Pool currently consists of 33
individuals, each of whom may be selected to review data and advise
NMFS regarding the scientific information, including but not limited to
data and models, used in stock assessments for oceanic sharks in the
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea. While the SEDAR Pool
was created specifically for Atlantic oceanic sharks, it may be
expanded to include other HMS, as needed.
The primary purpose of the individuals in the SEDAR Pool is to
review, at SEDAR workshops, the scientific information (including but
not limited to data and models) used in stock assessments that are used
to advise NMFS, as a delegate to the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary),
about the conservation and management of the Atlantic HMS, specifically
but not limited to, Atlantic sharks. Individuals in the SEDAR Pool, if
selected, may participate in the various data, assessment, and review
workshops during the SEDAR process of any HMS stock assessment. In
order to ensure that the peer review is unbiased, individuals who
participated in a data and/or assessment workshop for a particular
stock assessment will not be allowed to serve as reviewers for the same
stock assessment. However, these individuals may be asked to attend the
review workshop to answer specific questions from the reviewers
concerning the data and/or assessment workshops. Members of the SEDAR
Pool may serve as members of other Advisory Panels concurrent with, or
following, their service on the SEDAR Pool.
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Procedures and Guidelines
A. Participants
The SEDAR Pool is comprised of individuals representing the
commercial and recreational fishing communities for Atlantic sharks,
the environmental community active in the conservation and management
of Atlantic sharks, and the academic community that have relevant
expertise either with sharks and/or stock assessment methodologies for
marine fish species. Also, individuals who may not necessarily work
directly with sharks, but who are involved in fisheries with similar
life history, biology and fishery issues may be part of the SEDAR
panel. Members of the SEDAR Pool must have demonstrated experience in
the fisheries, related industries, research, teaching, writing,
conservation, or management of marine organisms. The distribution of
representation among the interested parties is not defined or limited.
Additional members of the SEDAR Pool may also include
representatives from each of the five Atlantic Regional Fishery
Management Councils, each of the 18 Atlantic states, both the U.S.
Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and each of the interstate commissions:
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Gulf States
Marine Fisheries Commission.
If NMFS requires additional members to ensure a diverse pool of
individuals for data or assessment workshops, NMFS may request
individuals to become members of the SEDAR Pool outside of the annual
nomination period.
Panel members serve at the discretion of the Secretary. Not all
members will attend each SEDAR workshop. Rather, NMFS will invite
certain members to participate at specific stock assessment workshops
dependent on their ability to participate, discuss, and recommend
scientific decisions regarding the species being assessed.
NMFS is not obligated to fulfill any requests (e.g., requests for
an assessment of a certain species) that may be made by the SEDAR Pool
or its individual members. Members of the SEDAR Pool who are invited to
attend stock assessment workshops will not be compensated for their
services but may be reimbursed for their travel-related expenses to
attend such workshops.
B. Nomination Procedures for Appointments to the SEDAR Pool
Member tenure will be for 5 years. Nominations are sought for terms
beginning early in 2016 and expiring in 2021. Nomination packages
should include:
1. The name, address, phone number, and email of the applicant or
nominee;
2. A description of his/her interest in Atlantic shark stock
assessments or the Atlantic shark fishery;
3. A statement of background and/or qualifications; and
4. A written commitment that the applicant or nominee shall
participate actively and in good faith in the tasks of the SEDAR Pool,
as requested.
C. Meeting Schedule
Individual members of the SEDAR Pool meet to participate in stock
assessments at the discretion of the Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
NMFS. Stock assessment timing, frequency, and relevant species will
vary depending on the needs determined by NMFS and SEDAR staff. In
2016, NMFS intends to update the dusky shark stock assessment. In 2017,
NMFS anticipates updating the Gulf of Mexico blacktip shark stock
assessment. During an assessment year, meetings and meeting logistics
will be determined according to the SEDAR Guidelines. All meetings are
open for observation by the public.
Dated: September 30, 2015.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-25223 Filed 10-2-15; 8:45 am]
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