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remains high at night to that distance
from the seismic vessel. As a result, no
take by injury or death is anticipated,
and the potential for temporary or
permanent hearing impairment is very
low and will be avoided through the
incorporation of the proposed
mitigation measures mentioned in this
document.
While the number of potential
incidental harassment takes will depend
on the distribution and abundance of
marine mammals in the vicinity of the
survey activity, the number of potential
harassment takings is estimated to be
small. In addition, the proposed seismic
program will not interfere with any legal
subsistence hunts, since seismic
operations will not take place in
subsistence whaling and sealing areas
and will not affect marine mammals
used for subsistence purposes.
Proposed Authorization
NMFS proposes to issue an IHA to LDEO for conducting a low-intensity
oceanographic seismic survey in the
Aleutian Island area of the North Pacific
Ocean, provided the previously
mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and
reporting requirements are incorporated.
NMFS has preliminarily determined
that the proposed activity would result
in the harassment of small numbers of
marine mammals; would have no more
than a negligible impact on the affected
marine mammal stocks; and would not
have an unmitigable adverse impact on
the availability of species or stocks for
subsistence uses.
Information Solicited
NMFS requests interested persons to
submit comments and information
concerning this request (see ADDRESSES).
Dated: March 14, 2005.
Laurie K. Allen,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) and its
advisory committees will hold public
meetings in Anchorage, AK.
The meetings will be held April
4, 2005, through April 11, 2005. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
DATES:
The meetings will be held at
the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West
Third Avenue, Anchorage, AK.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Council staff; telephone: (907) 271–
2809.
The
Council’s Advisory Panel will begin at
8 a.m., Monday, April 4 and continue
through Friday April 8, 2005. The
Scientific and Statistical Committee will
begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, April 4,
2005, and continue through Wednesday,
April 6, 2005.
The Council will begin its plenary
session at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, April
6 and continuing through Monday April
11. All meetings are open to the public
except executive sessions. The
Ecosystem Committee will meet
Monday, April 4, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Enforcement Committee will meet
Tuesday, April 5 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Council Plenary Session: The agenda
for the Council’s plenary session will
include the following issues. The
Council may take appropriate action on
any of the issues identified.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
1. Reports
a. Executive Director’s Report
b. NMFS Management Report 9
include report on (1) Data Quality act
requirements, (2) National
Environmental Protection Act (NEPA)
requirements for annual specification)
c. Coast Guard Report
d. Alaska Department of Fish & Game
Report (Review Board of Fisheries
March actions, initiating action as
necessary)
e. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Report
f. Protected Species Report (T)
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
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2. Community Development Quota
(CDQ) Program: NMFS Report on CDQ
allocation process. State of Alaska’s
Consultation on CDQ allocation
recommendations.
3. Gulf of Alaska Groundfish (GOA)
Rationalization: Receive Community
Committee report and other available
information and refine alternatives as
appropriate.
4. GOA Rockfish Demonstration Project:
Preliminary Review of EA/RIR/IRFA,
action as necessary.
5. Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BS/AI)
Pacific Cod Allocations: Review/refine
alternatives and options.
6. Bering Sea and Aleutian Island
(BSAI) Salmon Bycatch: Review reports
from pollock cooperatives. Finalize
alternatives for analysis.
7. Bairdi Crab Split: Develop problem
statement/refine Alternatives.
8. Groundfish Management: Receive
Non-Target Species Committee report
and determine next steps. GOA Other
species calculation: Initial Review.
Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) for
Internal Weighted Groundline: Review
and action as necessary. EFP for salmon
excluder and action as necessary.
9. Scallop: Review Scallop Stock
Assessment Fishery Evaluation. Final
action on Scallop Fishery Management
Plan.
10. Staff Tasking: Review tasking and
committees and initiate action as
appropriate. Programmatic
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement Priorities, review objectives
and develop workplan.
11. Other Business.
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC): The SSC agenda will include the
following issues:
1. GOA Rockfish
2. BS/AI Pacific cod allocations
3. BS/AI Salmon Bycatch
4. Groundfish Management
5. Scallop
Advisory Panel: The Advisory Panel
will address the same agenda issues as
the Council.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, provided the public has been
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notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Gail Bendixen at
907–271–2809 at least 7 working days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: March 16, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Endangered Species; File No. 1295
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application for
modification
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science
Center (Responsible Official- Dr. John
Boreman), 166 Water Street, Woods
Hole, MA 02543–1097, has requested a
modification to scientific research
Permit No. 1295.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail
comments must be received on or before
April 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The modification request
and related documents are available for
review upon written request or by
appointment in the following office(s):
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and
Northeast Region, NMFS, One
Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930–2298; phone (978)281–9328; fax
(978)281–9394.
Written comments or requests for a
public hearing on this request should be
submitted to the Chief, Permits,
Conservation and Education Division,
F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those
individuals requesting a hearing should
set forth the specific reasons why a
hearing on this particular modification
request would be appropriate.
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Comments may also be submitted by
facsimile at (301)427–2521, provided
the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy
submitted by mail and postmarked no
later than the closing date of the
comment period.
Comments may also be submitted by
e-mail. The mailbox address for
providing email comments is
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include
in the subject line of the e-mail
comment the following document
identifier: File No. 1295.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Opay or Ruth Johnson,
(301)713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject modification to Permit No. 1295,
issued on June 4, 2001 (66 FR 29934) is
requested under the authority of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and
the regulations governing the taking,
importing, and exporting of endangered
and threatened species (50 CFR 222–
226).
Permit No. 1295 authorizes the permit
holder to take loggerhead (Caretta
caretta), leatherback (Dermochelys
coriacea), Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys
kempii), hawksbill (Eretmochelys
imbricata), and green (Chelonia mydas)
sea turtles for scientific research. The
current permit authorizes the sampling
of turtles taken during bottom trawl,
scallop, acoustic and Illex squid
surveys; research designed to develop
and test methods to reduce incidental
bycatch of sea turtles that occurs in a
commercial pound net fishery of
Virginia; sampling during research
designed to develop and test methods to
reduce incidental bycatch of sea turtles
that occurs in scallop drag fisheries; and
the sampling of sea turtles captured
during the NMFS Northeast Fishery
Science Center’s biennial shark longline
surveys. The permit holder requests
authorization to extend the duration of
the pound net experiment from 42 days
to 55 days. The permit holder also
requests an increase in the number of
annual lethal takes of loggerhead sea
turtles from 2 to 4, the number of annual
lethal takes of Kemp’s ridley sea turtles
from 3 to 6, and the number of annual
lethal takes of green sea turtles from 0
to 1. The permit holder also asks for a
total annual take increase of
leatherbacks from 1 to 2 including an
increase in allowed annual lethal takes
from 0 to 1, and the addition of 1
hawksbill annual take that may be
lethal. This research permit expires May
31, 2006. The requested modifications
are necessary so the permit holder can
continue bycatch reduction research
relating to the pound net fishery.
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Dated: March 16, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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[I.D. 030905E]
Marine Mammals; File No. 978–1567
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
Paul Nachtigall, Ph.D., University of
Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Institute of
Marine Biology, P.O. Box 1346,
Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744, has been issued
an amendment to scientific research
Permit No. 978–1567–00.
ADDRESSES: The amendment and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following office(s):
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and
Pacific Islands Region, NMFS, 1601
Kapiolani Blvd., Rm 1110, Honolulu, HI
96814–4700; phone (808)973–2935; fax
(808)973–2941.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Sloan or Jennifer Skidmore,
(301)713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
requested amendment has been granted
under the authority of the Marine
Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and
the Regulations Governing the Taking
and Importing of Marine Mammals (50
CFR part 216).
This amendment (Permit No. 978–
1567–01) extends the expiration date of
the permit from June 30, 2005 to June
30, 2006.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 031505E]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and
its advisory committees will hold public meetings in Anchorage, AK.
DATES: The meetings will be held April 4, 2005, through April 11,
2005. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel,
500 West Third Avenue, Anchorage, AK.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Council staff; telephone: (907) 271-
2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council's Advisory Panel will begin at 8
a.m., Monday, April 4 and continue through Friday April 8, 2005. The
Scientific and Statistical Committee will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday,
April 4, 2005, and continue through Wednesday, April 6, 2005.
The Council will begin its plenary session at 8 a.m. on Wednesday,
April 6 and continuing through Monday April 11. All meetings are open
to the public except executive sessions. The Ecosystem Committee will
meet Monday, April 4, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Enforcement Committee
will meet Tuesday, April 5 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Council Plenary Session: The agenda for the Council's plenary
session will include the following issues. The Council may take
appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
1. Reports
a. Executive Director's Report
b. NMFS Management Report 9 include report on (1) Data Quality act
requirements, (2) National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA)
requirements for annual specification)
c. Coast Guard Report
d. Alaska Department of Fish & Game Report (Review Board of
Fisheries March actions, initiating action as necessary)
e. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Report
f. Protected Species Report (T)
2. Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program: NMFS Report on CDQ
allocation process. State of Alaska's Consultation on CDQ allocation
recommendations.
3. Gulf of Alaska Groundfish (GOA) Rationalization: Receive Community
Committee report and other available information and refine
alternatives as appropriate.
4. GOA Rockfish Demonstration Project: Preliminary Review of EA/RIR/
IRFA, action as necessary.
5. Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BS/AI) Pacific Cod Allocations: Review/
refine alternatives and options.
6. Bering Sea and Aleutian Island (BSAI) Salmon Bycatch: Review reports
from pollock cooperatives. Finalize alternatives for analysis.
7. Bairdi Crab Split: Develop problem statement/refine Alternatives.
8. Groundfish Management: Receive Non-Target Species Committee report
and determine next steps. GOA Other species calculation: Initial
Review. Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) for Internal Weighted Groundline:
Review and action as necessary. EFP for salmon excluder and action as
necessary.
9. Scallop: Review Scallop Stock Assessment Fishery Evaluation. Final
action on Scallop Fishery Management Plan.
10. Staff Tasking: Review tasking and committees and initiate action as
appropriate. Programmatic Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
Priorities, review objectives and develop workplan.
11. Other Business.
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC): The SSC agenda will
include the following issues:
1. GOA Rockfish
2. BS/AI Pacific cod allocations
3. BS/AI Salmon Bycatch
4. Groundfish Management
5. Scallop
Advisory Panel: The Advisory Panel will address the same agenda
issues as the Council.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, provided the public has been
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notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Gail Bendixen at 907-271-2809 at
least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: March 16, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-1214 Filed 3-18-05; 8:45 am]
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