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ESA-listed anadromous fish associated
with the operation of recreational
fisheries that target non-listed, hatcheryorigin anadromous fish and resident
game fish species. Permit 1481 expires
May 31, 2010.
Permit 1481 authorizes IDFG’s
recreational fishing programs, including
the following activities: (1) Resident
recreational fishing in waters that also
support ESA-listed chinook and sockeye
salmon under the IDFG General Fishing
Regulations, including kokanee and
trout fisheries in Redfish, Alturas, and
Pettit Lakes; (2) chinook salmon
recreational fishing in the Clearwater
River, Snake River, Salmon River, Little
Salmon River, and South Fork Salmon
River under the IDFG Anadromous
Salmon Fishing Regulations; and (3)
summer steelhead fishing during the fall
and spring seasons under the IDFG
Steelhead Fishing Regulations. The
permit constitutes authorization for
implementation of the IDFG General
Fishing Regulations, the IDFG
Anadromous Salmon Fishing
Regulations, and the IDFG Steelhead
Fishing Regulations. Recreational
fisheries are monitored in a manner that
allows evaluation of the effectiveness of
protective regulations and conservation
strategies.
NMFS’ conditions in the permit will
ensure that the take of ESA-listed
anadromous fish will not jeopardize the
continued existence of the listed
species. In issuing the permits, NMFS
determined that IDFG’s Conservation
Plan provides adequate mitigation
measures to avoid, minimize, or
compensate for take of ESA-listed
anadromous fish.
Issuance of this permit, as required by
the ESA, was based on a finding that the
permit: (1) was applied for in good faith;
(2) will not operate to the disadvantage
of the listed species which are the
subject of the permit; and (3) is
consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the
ESA. This permit was issued in
accordance with, and is subject to, 50
CFR part 222, the NMFS regulations
governing listed species permits.
Dated: May 17, 2005.
Phil Williams,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 051305E]
Endangered and Threatened Species;
Take of Anadromous Fish
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Application for a scientific
research/enhancement permit.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
NMFS has received a scientific research
and enhancement permit application
relating to Pacific salmon. Permit 1530
would be issued jointly to the
Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife, Nez Perce Tribe through the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Idaho
Department of Fish and Game
(Applicants) to operate the adult fish
trap at Lower Granite Dam. The
proposed actions are intended to
increase knowledge of species listed
under the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) and to help guide management
and conservation efforts. It is also
intended to facilitate collection of
broodstock to supply an artificial
propagation program designed to
enhance the propagation and survival of
threatened Snake River fall chinook
salmon.
Comments or requests for a
public hearing on the application must
be received at the appropriate address or
fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later
than 5 p.m. Pacific daylight time on
June 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
application should be sent to Salmon
Recovery Division, NMFS, 10095 W.
Emerald, Boise, ID 83704. Comments
may be submitted by e-mail. The
mailbox address for providing e-mail
comments is LGRtrap.nwr@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line of the e-mail
comment the following identifier:
Comments on trapping at Lower Granite
Dam. Comments may also be submitted
via facsimile (fax) to (208) 378–5614.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Herb Pollard, Boise, Idaho, at phone
number: (208) 378–5614, e-mail:
herbert.pollard@noaa.gov.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Species Covered in This Notice
The following listed species and
evolutionarily significant units (ESUs)
are covered in this notice:
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Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha): threatened Snake River
(SR) fall.
Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened SR.
Scientific research and enhancement
permits are issued in accordance with
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) and regulations governing
listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR
222–226). NMFS issues permits based
on findings that such permits: (1) are
applied for in good faith; (2) if granted
and exercised, would not operate to the
disadvantage of the listed species that
are the subject of the permit; and (3) are
consistent with the purposes and policy
of section 2 of the ESA. The authority
to take listed species is subject to
conditions set forth in the permit.
Anyone requesting a hearing on an
application listed in this notice should
set out the specific reasons why a
hearing on that application would be
appropriate (see ADDRESSES). The
holding of such a hearing is at the
discretion of the Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA.
Applications Received
Permit 1530
The Applicants are requesting a 5–
year permit to take SR fall chinook
salmon and SR steelhead during the
course of operating an adult fish trap at
Lower Granite Dam on the Columbia
River.
The proposed action is designed to
address two purposes. The trapping
activity is intended to capture a random
sample of Snake River fall chinook
salmon and collect the necessary
biological data and observations to
statistically generate a ‘‘run
reconstruction’’, or description of
composition of the entire fall chinook
salmon migration, as it passes Lower
Granite Dam, according to age, sex, and
origin (hatchery or natural). The second
purpose is to collect additional adult
fall chinook salmon for broodstock
needed to support enhancement actions
at Lyons Ferry Hatchery and Nez Perce
Tribal Hatchery. Incidental to the
primary purposes, the program will help
managers simultaneously monitor
several ongoing activities in the basin
(e.g., natural production of listed
species and the operation of the Federal
Columbia River hydropower system) as
well as stray rates and population health
for the two listed species.
To achieve its purposes, the project
includes four objectives: First, to
capture SR fall chinook salmon so that
they may be used for mitigation,
compensation, and natural production.
Second, to remove hatchery-origin fall
chinook originating from projects other
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than those in the Snake River Basin so
that they do not spawn in the Snake
River above Lower Granite Dam. Third,
to facilitate research efforts including
the capture of fish to measure the
relative reproductive success of
hatchery fish being used for natural
supplementation and thereby monitor
the success of that program. Fourth, to
monitor the status of steelhead
populations in the Snake River basin.
Fish species will benefit in several
ways: by providing broodstock for
Lyons Ferry Hatchery and Nez Perce
Tribal Hatchery, the program will
continue its efforts in directly increasing
the abundance of the listed stocks.
Removing salmon that stray from other
hatchery programs will reduce adverse
ecological and genetic interactions and
preserve the listed stock. Information
from the captured steelhead is essential
to monitor the status and productivity of
the listed populations, to help managers
make decisions about how best to
operate the hydropower system, and to
gauge the effectiveness of a number of
recovery efforts.
The fish would be captured at the
Lower Granite Dam adult trap.
Electronic controls direct fish passing
through the ladder into a trap holding
facility for small portions of each day.
When not directed into the trap, most
fish pass the ladder unimpeded.
Trapped fish are anesthetized,
examined, biological samples are taken,
and the fish are either (1) returned to the
ladder to continue their upstream
migration (all of the steelhead and most
of the chinook salmon), (2) selected for
broodstock (in the case of a portion of
the hatchery-origin and natural-origin
chinook salmon), or (3) removed from
the population (all hatchery-origin
chinook salmon that are identified by
tags or marks as strays from other
hatcheries). Transport to one of the
hatchery facilities of fish collected for
broodstock occurs daily during peak run
periods. Some natural-origin Snake
River fall chinook salmon would be
collected to integrate into the
broodstock. Scale sampling may occur
on-site prior to transport to the
hatcheries. In addition, up to 250 more
scale samples from natural origin fish
are needed to provide an accurate
description of run composition. Once
sampled, fish not collected for
broodstock are allowed to recover in
small tanks and then returned to the fish
ladder to continue their upstream
migration.
This notice is provided pursuant to
section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will
evaluate the application, associated
documents, and comments submitted to
determine whether the application
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meets the requirements of section 10(a)
of the ESA and Federal regulations. The
final permit decisions will not be made
until after the end of the 30–day
comment period. NMFS will publish
notice of its final action in the Federal
Register.
Dated: May 17, 2005.
Phil Williams,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 051705B]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
convene its Ecosystem Scientific and
Statistical Committee (SSC).
DATES: The meeting will be held from 1
p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 9,
2005, and from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Friday, June 10, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the DoubleTree Guest Suites Tampa
Bay, 3050 North Rocky Point Drive,
Tampa, FL 33607.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 3018
North U.S. Highway 301, Suite 1000,
Tampa, FL 33619.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Steven Atran, Population Dynamics
Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council; telephone:
813.228.2815.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council
(Council) will convene the first meeting
of its newly formed Ecosystem
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) in Tampa, FL on June 9–10, 2005.
The SSC will receive a presentation on
EcoGIS, a pilot project that brings the
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), National Ocean Service (NOS),
and the eight regional fishery
management councils together to build
on existing regional geographic
information systems (GIS) capabilities;
more fully develop GIS tools for
managing and researching marine
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fishery ecosystems; and review the
project’s role in the development of an
ecosystem based approach to fisheries
management. The SSC will also review
the findings of a workshop by ecosystem
scientists that was held in February on
ecosystem-based decision support tools
for fisheries management. They will
review a NMFS report titled Strategies
for Incorporating Ecosystem
Considerations in Fisheries
Management and review an interim
report of an ad hoc working group on
guidelines for fishery ecosystem plans.
The SSC will then meet with the
Council’s ecosystem workshop
facilitator and provide advice on issues
to include in an upcoming series of
public workshops on ecosystem based
fisheries management. The SSC will
review its role in identification of
technical needs, establishing an
inventory of existing information, and
synthesizing public input on ecosystem
goals and objectives.
A copy of the agenda and related
materials can be obtained by calling the
Council office at 813.228.2815.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agendas may come before the
Ecosystem SSC for discussion, in
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (M-SFCMA), those issues may not
be the subject of formal action during
this meeting. Actions of the Ecosystem
SSC will be restricted to those issues
specifically identified in the agendas
and any issues arising after publication
of this notice that require emergency
action under Section 305(c) of the MSFCMA, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
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 Dawn Aring at the
Council (see ADDRESSES) by May 31,
2005.
Dated: May 17, 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. 051305E]
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Application for a scientific research/enhancement permit.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received a scientific
research and enhancement permit application relating to Pacific salmon.
Permit 1530 would be issued jointly to the Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife, Nez Perce Tribe through the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (Applicants) to
operate the adult fish trap at Lower Granite Dam. The proposed actions
are intended to increase knowledge of species listed under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to help guide management and
conservation efforts. It is also intended to facilitate collection of
broodstock to supply an artificial propagation program designed to
enhance the propagation and survival of threatened Snake River fall
chinook salmon.
DATES: Comments or requests for a public hearing on the application
must be received at the appropriate address or fax number (see
ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m. Pacific daylight time on June 20, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the application should be sent to Salmon
Recovery Division, NMFS, 10095 W. Emerald, Boise, ID 83704. Comments
may be submitted by e-mail. The mailbox address for providing e-mail
comments is LGRtrap.nwr@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line of the e-
mail comment the following identifier: Comments on trapping at Lower
Granite Dam. Comments may also be submitted via facsimile (fax) to
(208) 378-5614.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Herb Pollard, Boise, Idaho, at phone
number: (208) 378-5614, e-mail: herbert.pollard@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Species Covered in This Notice
The following listed species and evolutionarily significant units
(ESUs) are covered in this notice:
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): threatened Snake River
(SR) fall.
Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened SR.
Scientific research and enhancement permits are issued in
accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
and regulations governing listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR 222-
226). NMFS issues permits based on findings that such permits: (1) are
applied for in good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, would not
operate to the disadvantage of the listed species that are the subject
of the permit; and (3) are consistent with the purposes and policy of
section 2 of the ESA. The authority to take listed species is subject
to conditions set forth in the permit.
Anyone requesting a hearing on an application listed in this notice
should set out the specific reasons why a hearing on that application
would be appropriate (see ADDRESSES). The holding of such a hearing is
at the discretion of the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA.
Applications Received
Permit 1530
The Applicants are requesting a 5-year permit to take SR fall
chinook salmon and SR steelhead during the course of operating an adult
fish trap at Lower Granite Dam on the Columbia River.
The proposed action is designed to address two purposes. The
trapping activity is intended to capture a random sample of Snake River
fall chinook salmon and collect the necessary biological data and
observations to statistically generate a ``run reconstruction'', or
description of composition of the entire fall chinook salmon migration,
as it passes Lower Granite Dam, according to age, sex, and origin
(hatchery or natural). The second purpose is to collect additional
adult fall chinook salmon for broodstock needed to support enhancement
actions at Lyons Ferry Hatchery and Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery.
Incidental to the primary purposes, the program will help managers
simultaneously monitor several ongoing activities in the basin (e.g.,
natural production of listed species and the operation of the Federal
Columbia River hydropower system) as well as stray rates and population
health for the two listed species.
To achieve its purposes, the project includes four objectives:
First, to capture SR fall chinook salmon so that they may be used for
mitigation, compensation, and natural production. Second, to remove
hatchery-origin fall chinook originating from projects other
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than those in the Snake River Basin so that they do not spawn in the
Snake River above Lower Granite Dam. Third, to facilitate research
efforts including the capture of fish to measure the relative
reproductive success of hatchery fish being used for natural
supplementation and thereby monitor the success of that program.
Fourth, to monitor the status of steelhead populations in the Snake
River basin.
Fish species will benefit in several ways: by providing broodstock
for Lyons Ferry Hatchery and Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery, the program
will continue its efforts in directly increasing the abundance of the
listed stocks. Removing salmon that stray from other hatchery programs
will reduce adverse ecological and genetic interactions and preserve
the listed stock. Information from the captured steelhead is essential
to monitor the status and productivity of the listed populations, to
help managers make decisions about how best to operate the hydropower
system, and to gauge the effectiveness of a number of recovery efforts.
The fish would be captured at the Lower Granite Dam adult trap.
Electronic controls direct fish passing through the ladder into a trap
holding facility for small portions of each day. When not directed into
the trap, most fish pass the ladder unimpeded. Trapped fish are
anesthetized, examined, biological samples are taken, and the fish are
either (1) returned to the ladder to continue their upstream migration
(all of the steelhead and most of the chinook salmon), (2) selected for
broodstock (in the case of a portion of the hatchery-origin and
natural-origin chinook salmon), or (3) removed from the population (all
hatchery-origin chinook salmon that are identified by tags or marks as
strays from other hatcheries). Transport to one of the hatchery
facilities of fish collected for broodstock occurs daily during peak
run periods. Some natural-origin Snake River fall chinook salmon would
be collected to integrate into the broodstock. Scale sampling may occur
on-site prior to transport to the hatcheries. In addition, up to 250
more scale samples from natural origin fish are needed to provide an
accurate description of run composition. Once sampled, fish not
collected for broodstock are allowed to recover in small tanks and then
returned to the fish ladder to continue their upstream migration.
This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS
will evaluate the application, associated documents, and comments
submitted to determine whether the application meets the requirements
of section 10(a) of the ESA and Federal regulations. The final permit
decisions will not be made until after the end of the 30-day comment
period. NMFS will publish notice of its final action in the Federal
Register.
Dated: May 17, 2005.
Phil Williams,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-10129 Filed 5-19-05; 8:45 am]
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