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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 042605E]
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a meeting of its Marine Mammal
Advisory Committee (MMAC) to discuss
issues relating to the interactions of
marine mammals with pelagic fisheries
in the Hawaiian Islands.
DATES: The meeting of the MMAC will
be held on May 11–12, 2005, from 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Council Office Conference Room,
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council, 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400,
Honolulu, HI 96813; telephone: (808)
522–8220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
telephone: (808) 522–8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
MMAC will meet on May 11–12, 2005,
at the Council Conference Room to
discuss the following agenda items:
1. Introductions
2. Hawaii longline fishery, current
status
3. Spending plan to address category
1 classification of the Hawaii longline
fishery
4. Update on observer data records of
marine mammal interactions with
Hawaii-based longliners
5. Statistical aspects of estimating
fleet wide interactions between marine
mammals and Hawaii-based longline
vessels
6. Studies of odontocete population
size and structure in the main Hawaiian
Islands
7. Stock assessment reports for marine
mammals in the Western Pacific Region
8. Opportunistic information on False
Killer Whales from the SPLASH
program
9. Recreational fisheries and
interactions with marine mammals
10. Longline—depredation research
on toothed whales
11. Behavioral aspects of toothed
whale depredation on longlines
12. Fleet communication strategies to
avoid protected species interactions
with longlines
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13. Other business
14. Recommendations
The order in which the agenda items
are addressed may change. The MMAC
will meet as late as necessary to
complete scheduled business. Although
non-emergency issues not contained in
this agenda may come before the MMAC
for discussion, those issues may not be
the subject of formal action during these
meetings. Plan Team action will be
restricted to those issues specifically
listed in this document and any issue
arising after publication of this
document that requires emergency
action under section 305(c) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been 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 Kitty M. Simonds,
(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522–
8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Dated: April 27, 2005.
Tracey Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 042605D]
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Hearings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public hearings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold hearings on fishery data collection
management options in Hilo, HI and
Honolulu, HI. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for specific times, dates,
and agenda items).
ADDRESSES: The hearings will be held at
the Hawaii Naniloa Hotel, 93 Banyan
Dr., Hilo, HI 96720 and the Western
Pacific Fishery Management Council
Office, 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400,
Honolulu, HI 96813.
DATES: The hearings will be held in
Hilo, HI on May 13 2005, from 6 p.m.
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to 9 p.m. and Honolulu, HI on May 19,
2005, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
telephone: (808) 522–8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
December of 2004, the Western Pacific
Regional Fishery Management Council
(Council) was advised by NMFS that
overfishing of Pacific-wide bigeye tuna
was occurring and requested the
Council take appropriate action to end
overfishing. At its 126th meeting, March
14–17, 2005, in Honolulu, the Council
took action and unanimously voted to
develop initiatives to address
overfishing of bigeye tuna in Hawaii.
One initiative is to require permits and
catch reports for Hawaii small pelagic
fishing boats in order to provide
scientists with complete fishery
information.
Bottomfish resources in the main
Hawaiian islands have been locally
depleted and an overfishing situation
similar to bigeye tuna may be occurring.
The Council will begin to assess and
develop measures to address overfishing
in the main Hawaiian islands by
collecting data from the fishery and
establishing measures to reduce fishing
mortality. Options for collecting data on
the bottomfish and pelagic fisheries in
Hawaii will be presented to the Council
in June.
The Council is seeking comments and
opinions on these initiatives and will
present management options for fishery
data collection for Pelagic and
Bottomfish fisheries in Hawaii at the
following hearings:
Friday, May 13, 2005, at the Hawaii
Naniloa Hotel in Hilo, HI, from 6 p.m.
to 9 p.m.
Thursday, May 19, 2005, at the
Council Office in Honolulu, HI, from 6
p.m. to 9 p.m.
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
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These hearings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds,
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(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522–
8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the
hearing date.
Dated: April 27, 2005.
Tracey Thompson,
Acting Director. Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 042605H]
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the
Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries, Northeast Region,
NMFS (Assistant Regional
Administrator), has determined that an
application for revised Exempted
Fishing Permits (EFPs) contains all of
the required information and warrants
further consideration. The Assistant
Regional Administrator is considering
the impacts of the activities to be
authorized under the EFPs with respect
to the Northeast (NE) Multispecies
Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
However, further review and
consultation may be necessary before a
final determination is made to issue
EFPs. Therefore, NMFS announces that
the Assistant Regional Administrator
proposes to issue revised EFPs in
response to an application submitted by
the Cape Cod Commercial Hook
Fisherman’s Association (CCCHFA), in
collaboration with Maine Division of
Marine Resources (MEDMR), and
Research, Environmental and
Management Support (REMSA).
Previous public comment was
solicited on these EFPs, which would
allow up to 20 commercial vessels to
conduct an experimental demersal
longline fishery for haddock in Georges
Bank (GB) Closed Area (CA) II and
portions of the Eastern U.S./Canada
Area. This action would revise these
EFPs by including an exemption from
the May GB Seasonal Closure Area. This
fishery would take place at various
times from May 2005 through February
2006. The purpose of the proposed
study is to determine if hook-and-line
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gear could be used to target haddock
with minimal bycatch of cod in order to
establish potential future Special Access
Programs (SAPs) in these areas as
allowed under Amendment 13 to the
FMP.
Comments on this action must be
received (see ADDRESSES) on or before
May 17, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, NE Regional
Office, 1 Blackburn Drive, Gloucester,
MA 01930. Mark the outside of the
envelope ‘‘Comments on Haddock CA II
SAP EFP Proposal.’’ Comments may
also be sent via fax to 978–281–9135, or
submitted via e-mail to the following
address: da735r@noaa.gov. Copies of
the Environmental Assessment (EA) are
available from the NE Regional Office at
the same address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Tasker, Fishery Management
Specialist, phone: 978–281–9273, fax:
978–281–9135, e-mail:
karen.tasker@noaa.gov.
DATES:
The
CCCHFA, in collaboration with the
MEDMR and REMSA, submitted a
request for an EFP on November 16,
2004. Public notification of the proposal
and request for comments was
published in the Federal Register on
March 2, 2005 (70 FR 10074).
The proposed EFP would enable
researchers to conduct a study targeting
GB haddock within GB CA II and a
portion of the Eastern U.S./Canada Area
outside of CA II. The purpose of the
proposed study is to determine if
demersal longline gear could be used to
target GB haddock with minimal
bycatch of GB cod. This proposal
expands upon a study that began on
June 10, 2004, and ended on January 31,
2005, that examined the feasibility of
using demersal longline gear to target
haddock with minimal cod bycatch in
several closure areas in the Gulf of
Maine (GOM) and GB.
The CCCHFA’s November 17, 2004,
proposal requests authorization for a
total of 160 trips by 20 commercial
longline vessels to fish for and possess
haddock in the Eastern U.S./Canada
Area, including CA II, during various
times from May 2005 through February
2006. In order to accomplish this work,
the CCCHFA requested an exemption
from the CA II restrictions on the
haddock trip limit for all participating
vessels, and an exemption from the
3,600–hook limit for participating nonSector vessels in their initial
application. At a later date, it also
requested an exemption from the GB
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Seasonal Closure Area restrictions for
participating non-Sector vessels. The
notice and request for comments
published on March 2, 2005, addressed
the exemptions requested in the initial
proposal but did not address the
exemption to the GB Seasonal Closure
Area. This proposed revision would
exempt participating non-Sector vessels
from the GB Seasonal Closure Area
during the month of May 2005.
The applicant may request minor
modifications and extensions to the EFP
throughout the year. EFP modifications
and extensions may be granted without
further notice if they are deemed
essential to facilitate completion of the
proposed research and result in only a
minimal change in the scope or impact
of the initially approved EFP request.
The EFP could be made effective
following publication of the EFP
application in the Federal Register,
with a 15-day public comment period.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 27, 2005.
Anne M. Lange
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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The next meeting of the Commission
of Fine Arts is scheduled for 19 May
2005 at 10 a.m. in the Commission’s
offices at the National Building
Museum, Suite 312, Judiciary Square,
401 F Street, NW., Washington, DC
20001–2728. Items of discussion
affecting the appearance of Washington,
DC, may include buildings, parks and
memorials.
Draft agendas and additional
information regarding the Commission
are available on our Web site:
www.cfa.go. Inquiries regarding the
agenda and requests to submit written
or oral statements should be addressed
to Thomas Luebke, Secretary,
Commission of Fine Arts, at the above
address or call (202) 504–2200.
Individuals requiring sign language
interpretation for the hearing impaired
should contact the Secretary at least 10
days before the meeting date.
Dated in Washington, DC, 26 April 2005.
Thomas Luebke,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 042605D]
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public hearings.
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SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold hearings on fishery data collection management options in Hilo, HI
and Honolulu, HI. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific times,
dates, and agenda items).
ADDRESSES: The hearings will be held at the Hawaii Naniloa Hotel, 93
Banyan Dr., Hilo, HI 96720 and the Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council Office, 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813.
DATES: The hearings will be held in Hilo, HI on May 13 2005, from 6
p.m. to 9 p.m. and Honolulu, HI on May 19, 2005, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
telephone: (808) 522-8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In December of 2004, the Western Pacific
Regional Fishery Management Council (Council) was advised by NMFS that
overfishing of Pacific-wide bigeye tuna was occurring and requested the
Council take appropriate action to end overfishing. At its 126th
meeting, March 14-17, 2005, in Honolulu, the Council took action and
unanimously voted to develop initiatives to address overfishing of
bigeye tuna in Hawaii. One initiative is to require permits and catch
reports for Hawaii small pelagic fishing boats in order to provide
scientists with complete fishery information.
Bottomfish resources in the main Hawaiian islands have been locally
depleted and an overfishing situation similar to bigeye tuna may be
occurring. The Council will begin to assess and develop measures to
address overfishing in the main Hawaiian islands by collecting data
from the fishery and establishing measures to reduce fishing mortality.
Options for collecting data on the bottomfish and pelagic fisheries in
Hawaii will be presented to the Council in June.
The Council is seeking comments and opinions on these initiatives
and will present management options for fishery data collection for
Pelagic and Bottomfish fisheries in Hawaii at the following hearings:
Friday, May 13, 2005, at the Hawaii Naniloa Hotel in Hilo, HI, from
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Thursday, May 19, 2005, at the Council Office in Honolulu, HI, from
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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 notified of the Council's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These hearings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds,
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(808) 522-8220 (voice) or (808) 522-8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior
to the hearing date.
Dated: April 27, 2005.
Tracey Thompson,
Acting Director. Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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