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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq., 1801 et
seq., and 3631 et seq.
Area Fishery
2003
2004
BSAI Trawl
Other Salmon Incidental
Catch
197,091 fish
465,650 fish
GOA Trawl
Chinook Incidental Catch
15,652 fish
17,798 fish
BSAI Trawl
Halibut Mortality
3,278 mt
(7,226,679
lb)
3,185 mt
(7,021,651
lb)
GOA Trawl
Halibut Mortality
2,080 mt
(4,585,568
lb)
2,248 mt
(4,955,941
lb)
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Halibut incidental catch amounts are
constrained by an annual prohibited
species catch limit in the BSAI and
GOA. Future halibut incidental catch
levels likely will be similar to those
experienced in 2003 and 2004. Salmon
prohibited species incidental catch
limits are established for the BSAI
pollock fisheries that when attained,
result in the closure of specified fishing
grounds for a specified period of time.
Salmon incidental catch limits are not
established for the GOA. In general,
salmon incidental catch amounts tend
to be variable between years, making
accurate prediction of future incidental
take amounts difficult.
4. The potential number of vessels
and processors participating in the
groundfish trawl fisheries. In 2004, 14
shoreside processors were permitted to
process catch from trawl vessels. Also,
in 2004, 217 trawl catcher vessels, 58
trawl catcher/processors, and 59
motherships and stationary floating
processors were permitted for the
Alaska groundfish trawl fisheries.
The PSD permits are issued to
SeaShare for a 3-year period unless
suspended or revoked. They may not be
transferred; however, they may be
renewed following the application
procedures in § 679.26.
If the authorized distributor modifies
any information on the PSD permit
application submitted under
§ 679.26(b)(1)(xi) or (b)(1)(xiii), the
authorized distributor must submit a
modified list of participants or a
modified list of delivery locations to the
Regional Administrator.
These permits may be suspended,
modified, or revoked under 15 CFR part
904 for noncompliance with terms and
conditions specified in the permit or for
a violation of this section or other
regulations in 50 CFR part 679.
Classification
This action is taken under § 679.26.
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Dated: July 8, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 071105D]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Cancellation of public meetings and
notice of rescheduling.
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council has cancelled its
meetings scheduled for July 11 – 15,
2005 in Fort Myers Beach, FL, due to
Hurricane Dennis. The Council has
rescheduled the meetings for August 8–
12, 2005.
DATES: The meetings will be held
August 8–12, 2005.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held
at the DiamondHead Beach Resort, 2000
Estero Boulevard, Fort Myers Beach, FL.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Meeting Agenda (Committees and
Council)
Committees
Monday, August 8, 2005
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. – The Scientific
and Statistical (SSC) Selection
Committee will meet in closed session
to appoint SSC members.
8:45 a.m. – 10 a.m. – The Advisory
Panel (AP) Selection Committee will
meet to develop the structure of the Ad
Hoc Red Grouper Individual Fishing
Quota (IFQ) AP.
10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – The Coral
Management Committee will meet to
review the recommendations of the
Coral SSC on coral reef research and
other matters.
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – The Joint
Budget/Personnel Committee will meet
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to consider options recommended by
staff under the Family Medical Leave
Act (FMLA) revision to the SOPPs.
1 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – The Reef Fish
Management Committee will review the
new red snapper stock assessment
conducted under the SouthEast Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
process, which yields a peer-reviewed
assessment. They will also review the
recommendations of the SSC, SEP and
Red Snapper AP on this assessment.
The Committee will review Draft Reef
Fish Amendment 26 for a red snapper
IFQ program and select their preferred
alternatives for management measures
that will be presented at public hearings
in August. The Reef Fish Management
Committee will review public hearing
summaries, public letters, AP
recommendations, SSC
recommendations, Federal
recommendations and committee
recommendations on Reef Fish
Amendment 18A/EA, which addresses
enforcement and monitoring issues
including simultaneous commercial and
recreational harvest on a commercial
fishing vessel, maximum crew size on a
vessel with a Coast Guard Certificate of
Inspection when fishing commercially,
use of reef fish for bait, and vessel
monitoring system requirements for reef
fish vessels. Reef Fish Amendment 18A/
EA also addresses revisions to the
framework procedure for setting total
allowable catch, and measures to reduce
bycatch mortality of endangered sea
turtles and smalltooth sawfish. The
Committee will then review public
hearing comments on the NMFS interim
red grouper rule and select preferred
alternatives for a Council regulatory
amendment that will replace the interim
rule once it expires.
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – The Reef Fish
Management Committee resumes.
1 p.m. – 4 p.m. – The Shrimp
Management Committee will hear a
presentation on bycatch reduction
devices (BRDs), review a preliminary
scoping document on Amendment 14
and hear a report on the status of shrimp
stocks.
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. – The Sustainable
Fisheries/Ecosystem Committee will
meet to consider the recommendations
of the Ecosystem SSC and to develop
recommendations to Congress on
amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – The joint
Sustainable Fisheries/Ecosystem
Committee continues.
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9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – The Joint Reef
Fish/Mackerel Management Committees
will review public hearing summaries,
public letters, AP recommendations,
SEP comments, SSC recommendations
and committee recommendations on
Final Generic Amendment for Extension
of Charter Vessel Permit Moratorium
and make recommendations to the
Council.
Council
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
10:45 a.m. – Convene.
11 a.m. – 12 noon – The Council will
hear a presentation on the licensing of
liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities.
1:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. – Receive public
testimony on the preliminary Red
Grouper Regulatory Amendment.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. – Receive the
SSC Selection Committee Report
(CLOSED SESSION).
8:40 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Receive
public testimony on (a) the preliminary
Red Grouper Regulatory Amendment,
(b) Reef Fish Amendment 18A/EA, (c)
Charter Vessel Permit Moratorium
Extension (CMP17/RF 25) and (d)
Exempted fishing permits (if any).
1 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Receive a
presentation on a Permits Information
Management System.
1:30 p.m. – 1:35 p.m. – Receive the
SSC Selection Committee Report.
1:35 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. – Receive the
AP Selection Committee Report.
1:50 p.m. – 5 p.m. – Receive the Reef
Fish Management Committee Report.
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – Receive the
Shrimp Management Committee report.
9:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. – Receive the
Coral Management Committee report.
10 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. – Receive the
Joint Budget/Personnel Committee
Report.
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. – Receive the
Sustainable Fisheries/Ecosystem
Committee Report.
10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – Receive the
joint Reef Fish/Mackerel Management
Committees Report.
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Receive the
NRC Recreational Data Meeting report.
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. – Other
Business.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agendas may come before the
Council and Committees for discussion,
in accordance with the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (M-SFCMA), those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during these meetings. Actions of
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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 Dawn Aring at the
Council (see ADDRESSES) by July 25,
2005.
Dated: July 12, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meetings
Friday, August 12, 2005
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the Council and Committees 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 M-SFCMA,
provided the public has been notified of
the Council’s intent to take action to
address the emergency. The established
times for addressing items on the
agenda may be adjusted as necessary to
accommodate the timely completion of
discussion relevant to the agenda items.
In order to further allow for such
adjustments and completion of all items
on the agenda, the meeting may be
extended from, or completed prior to
the date established in this notice.
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Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Council) Highly
Migratory Species Management Team
(HMSMT) and Highly Migratory Species
Advisory Subpanel (HMSAS) will hold
work sessions, which are open to the
public.
The HMSMT work sessions will
be Wednesday, August 3, 2005, from 1
p.m. until 5 p.m. and Friday, August 5,
2005, from 9 a.m. until business for the
day is completed. The HMSMT will
hold a joint work session with the
HMSAS on Thursday, August 4, 2005,
from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The work sessions will be
held at the United States Tuna
Foundation offices, Conference Room, 1
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Tuna Lane, San Diego, CA 92101;
telephone: (619) 233–6407.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Kit Dahl, Pacific Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (503) 820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The main
purpose of these work sessions is for the
HMSMT and HMSAS to develop a
preliminary range of alternatives for the
modification of the annual August 15
through November 15 prohibition on
drift gillnet fishing in federal and state
waters in Monterey Bay, CA, and
vicinity north to the 45° N latitude
intersect with the Oregon Coast (66 FR
44549). This time/area closure was first
implemented in 2001 based on the
reasonable and prudent alternatives in a
biological opinion issued by NMFS on
October 23, 2000, consequent of a
formal consultation under section 7 of
the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The
primary purpose of this time/area
closure is to reduce the incidental take
of endangered leatherback sea turtles
(Dermochelys coriacea) and threatened
loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta).
More recent information suggests that
the time/area closure could be modified
to improve fishing opportunity without
increasing the incidental take of these
sea turtles. The range of alternatives for
modification of this time/area closure, if
adopted by the Council, will be
evaluated in an environmental
assessment or environmental impact
statement, as required by the National
Environmental Policy Act. Any
preferred alternative chosen by the
Council would also be subject to a
reinitiation of consultations under
section 7 of the ESA. A second topic to
be discussed during these work sessions
is the modification of regulations which
currently prohibit holders of a permit
issued under the HMS fishery
management plan from targeting
swordfish on the high seas with pelagic
longline gear or landing more than 10
swordfish on the West Coast. As with
the aforementioned drift gillnet fishery
time/area closure, these measures are
consequent of a biological opinion
focusing on the incidental take of the
same two species of sea turtles. As part
of these work sessions the HMSMT and
HMSAS may begin considering
alternatives which would allow
prosecution of a pelagic longline fishery
for swordfish while not increasing the
overall incidental take of these ESAlisted sea turtles. These HMSMT and
HMSAS work sessions are for the
purpose of developing information for
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 071105D]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
Cancellation of public meetings and notice of rescheduling.
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council has cancelled
its meetings scheduled for July 11 - 15, 2005 in Fort Myers Beach, FL,
due to Hurricane Dennis. The Council has rescheduled the meetings for
August 8-12, 2005.
DATES: The meetings will be held August 8-12, 2005.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the DiamondHead Beach Resort,
2000 Estero Boulevard, Fort Myers Beach, FL.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Agenda (Committees and Council)
Committees
Monday, August 8, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. - The Scientific and Statistical (SSC)
Selection Committee will meet in closed session to appoint SSC members.
8:45 a.m. - 10 a.m. - The Advisory Panel (AP) Selection Committee
will meet to develop the structure of the Ad Hoc Red Grouper Individual
Fishing Quota (IFQ) AP.
10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - The Coral Management Committee will meet to
review the recommendations of the Coral SSC on coral reef research and
other matters.
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - The Joint Budget/Personnel Committee will
meet to consider options recommended by staff under the Family Medical
Leave Act (FMLA) revision to the SOPPs.
1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Reef Fish Management Committee will review
the new red snapper stock assessment conducted under the SouthEast
Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, which yields a peer-
reviewed assessment. They will also review the recommendations of the
SSC, SEP and Red Snapper AP on this assessment. The Committee will
review Draft Reef Fish Amendment 26 for a red snapper IFQ program and
select their preferred alternatives for management measures that will
be presented at public hearings in August. The Reef Fish Management
Committee will review public hearing summaries, public letters, AP
recommendations, SSC recommendations, Federal recommendations and
committee recommendations on Reef Fish Amendment 18A/EA, which
addresses enforcement and monitoring issues including simultaneous
commercial and recreational harvest on a commercial fishing vessel,
maximum crew size on a vessel with a Coast Guard Certificate of
Inspection when fishing commercially, use of reef fish for bait, and
vessel monitoring system requirements for reef fish vessels. Reef Fish
Amendment 18A/EA also addresses revisions to the framework procedure
for setting total allowable catch, and measures to reduce bycatch
mortality of endangered sea turtles and smalltooth sawfish. The
Committee will then review public hearing comments on the NMFS interim
red grouper rule and select preferred alternatives for a Council
regulatory amendment that will replace the interim rule once it
expires.
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - The Reef Fish Management Committee
resumes.
1 p.m. - 4 p.m. - The Shrimp Management Committee will hear a
presentation on bycatch reduction devices (BRDs), review a preliminary
scoping document on Amendment 14 and hear a report on the status of
shrimp stocks.
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - The Sustainable Fisheries/Ecosystem Committee
will meet to consider the recommendations of the Ecosystem SSC and to
develop recommendations to Congress on amendments to the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - The joint Sustainable Fisheries/Ecosystem
Committee continues.
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9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - The Joint Reef Fish/Mackerel Management
Committees will review public hearing summaries, public letters, AP
recommendations, SEP comments, SSC recommendations and committee
recommendations on Final Generic Amendment for Extension of Charter
Vessel Permit Moratorium and make recommendations to the Council.
Council
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
10:45 a.m. - Convene.
11 a.m. - 12 noon - The Council will hear a presentation on the
licensing of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities.
1:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. - Receive public testimony on the preliminary
Red Grouper Regulatory Amendment.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. - Receive the SSC Selection Committee Report
(CLOSED SESSION).
8:40 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Receive public testimony on (a) the
preliminary Red Grouper Regulatory Amendment, (b) Reef Fish Amendment
18A/EA, (c) Charter Vessel Permit Moratorium Extension (CMP17/RF 25)
and (d) Exempted fishing permits (if any).
1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Receive a presentation on a Permits
Information Management System.
1:30 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. - Receive the SSC Selection Committee Report.
1:35 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. - Receive the AP Selection Committee Report.
1:50 p.m. - 5 p.m. - Receive the Reef Fish Management Committee
Report.
Friday, August 12, 2005
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Receive the Shrimp Management Committee
report.
9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. - Receive the Coral Management Committee
report.
10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. - Receive the Joint Budget/Personnel Committee
Report.
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Receive the Sustainable Fisheries/
Ecosystem Committee Report.
10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Receive the joint Reef Fish/Mackerel
Management Committees Report.
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Receive the NRC Recreational Data Meeting
report.
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Other Business.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agendas may come
before the Council and Committees 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 these
meetings. Actions of the Council and Committees 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 M-SFCMA, provided the public has been
notified of the Council's intent to take action to address the
emergency. The established times for addressing items on the agenda may
be adjusted as necessary to accommodate the timely completion of
discussion relevant to the agenda items. In order to further allow for
such adjustments and completion of all items on the agenda, the meeting
may be extended from, or completed prior to the date established in
this notice.
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 July 25, 2005.
Dated: July 12, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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