Endangered Species; File No. 1518, 61940-61941 [05-21487]
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Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul
J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: October 21, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Special Accommodations
[I.D. 102105C]
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; committee meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Habitat/Marine Protected Area (MPA)
Oversight Committee will meet to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Monday, November 14, 2005, from 9:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street,
Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone:
(508)339–2200.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978)465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items
of discussion in the committee’s agenda
are as follows:
1. The Committee will continue work
on elements of the Essential Fish
Habitat (EFH) Omnibus Amendment 2
including, but not limited to,
consideration of Advisory Panel gear
descriptions; review and refinement of
EFH designations; consideration of
Habitat Areas of Particular Concern and
review and consideration of comments
received on modified notice of intent.
2. The Committee may review the
Ecosystem Workshop results.
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3. The Committee will be briefed on
the proposed non-fishing projects that
may adversely effect EFH.
4. The Committee may consider other
topics at their discretion.
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.
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul
J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: October 21, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5–5960 Filed 10–26–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 101905A]
Endangered Species; File No. 1518
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for
modification of a scientific research
permit.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
Carlos Diez, Departamento de Recursos
Naturales y Abmientales de Puerto Rico,
P.O. Box 9066600, San Juan, Puerto Rico
00906–6600, has requested a
modification to scientific research
Permit No. 1518.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail
comments must be received on or before
November 28, 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
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13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th
Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701;
phone (727)824–5312; fax (727)824–
5309;
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.
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. 1518.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Opay or Kate Swails, (301)713–
2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject modification to Permit No. 1518,
issued on August 15, 2005 (70 FR
47813), 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. 1518 currently authorizes
the permit holder to study green and
hawksbill sea turtles. The purpose of the
research is to identify marine habitat,
determine distribution and abundance,
determine sex ratios, evaluate the extent
of ingestion of marine debris, determine
growth rates and sexual maturity, and
quantify threats. Mr. Diez will annually
capture up to 320 hawksbill and 250
green sea turtles by hand or
entanglement net. All turtles will be
measured, weighed, tagged, and blood
sampled. A subset of animals will be
lavaged and have transmitters attached
to them. One leatherback sea turtle
could be incidentally captured during
the course of the studies but would be
released alive. The permit is issued for
5 years. The permit holder requests a
modification to the permit that would
allow skin biopsy of 190 green and
hawksbill sea turtles. A subset of 10
green turtles would undergo
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fibropapillomatosis tumor removal
surgery and subsequent rehabilitation.
In the case that a turtle has evidence
of severe internal tumors, the turtle
would be euthanized. The applicant
does not expect that more than 2 turtles
would require euthanasia. The goal of
the additional research would be to
create baseline parameters of health
assessments, determine groups’
heterogenity and dispersal, and provide
insight into the pathogenesis of the
disease in the wild through the use of
long-term capture and release surveys.
Dated: October 20, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05–21487 Filed 10–26–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 082605B]
Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS);
Specification of Requirements for
Mobile Transmitting Unit Type
Approval
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Revision of type approval
requirements for mobile transmitting
units.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document provides
notice of type approval requirements for
Mobile Transmitting Units (MTU) to be
authorized for use on any vessel
participating in the NOAA Vessel
Monitoring System (VMS ) program.
Vessels participating in VMS programs
must acquire an OLE - approved MTU
to comply with VMS standards set forth
in NMFS rules requiring the use of
VMS.
To obtain copies of the list
of NOAA-approved VMS MTU and
VMS communications service providers,
or to obtain information regarding the
status of VMS systems being evaluated
by NOAA, write to NOAA Fisheries,
Office for Law Enforcement (OLE), 8484
Georgia Avenue, Suite 415, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
current listing information contact Mark
Oswell, Outreach Specialist, or for
questions regarding VMS installation
and status of evaluations contact
Jonathan Pinkerton, National VMS
ADDRESSES:
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Program Manager by phone: 301–427–
2300 or by fax: 301–427–2055.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice supersedes all previous notices
on MTU type approval requirements.
Previously installed MTU approved
under prior notices will continue to be
approved for the remainder of their
service life. New installations of a
previously approved MTU occurring
120 days or more after the publication
date of this notice must comply with all
of the requirements herein. All new
requests for type approval must comply
with all of the requirements herein.
Background
The Department of Commerce,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Office for Law
Enforcement (OLE) maintains MTU
specification requirements as an OLE
National Directive. This notice sets
prerequisite standards for the purpose of
type approval that must be met by an
MTU and any associated software before
it is authorized for use in the NOAA
VMS program. Vessels participating in
VMS programs must acquire an OLEapproved MTU to comply with the
specific VMS standards set forth in
NMFS rules requiring the use of VMS.
The MTU is a transceiver or
communications device, including
antennae, installed on fishing vessels
participating in the VMS requirement.
The MTU allows OLE to determine the
geographic position of the vessel during
specified intervals or events. In
addition, it enables mobile
communications services between OLE
and the vessel when using an OLEaccepted Mobile Communication
Service Provider (MCSP). (Note:
Standards for the MCSP are written in
the complementary directive titled
Mobile Communication Service
Provider Specification of Requirements.)
Goal
OLE seeks to deploy an ‘‘open
system,’’ whereby the fishing industry
participants may select from a variety of
suppliers that qualify and have been
approved to participate in VMS
programs. Fishermen must comply with
their Federal fishery regulations
regarding VMS and therefore may be
cited for a violation and held
accountable for monitoring anomalies
not attributable to faults in the MCSP or
MTU. Therefore, type approval is
essential to establish and maintain
uniformly high system integrity. By this
directive, OLE seeks to approve reliable,
robust, and secure MTU products and
thereby create and maintain a VMS
meeting the requirement of high
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integrity. Specific VMS programs are
created to support particular NMFS
rules requiring the use of VMS, which
typically are designed to manage or
protect fish and other marine species
within designated areas.
Process
Based on a request for type approval
from an MTU supplier and certification
of certain minimal standards, OLE will
conduct a thorough evaluation and then
issue a statement accepting or denying
the type approval of the particular MTU.
An MTU must meet the minimal
national VMS standards, as required by
this directive, and the requirements of
the specific fisheries for which approval
is sought. MTU supplier requestors are
encouraged to review the national VMS
standards and NMFS rules requiring the
use of VMS prior to submitting a request
for approval. Upon successful
demonstration of compliance with the
requirements set forth in this directive,
OLE will issue an MTU type approval
within a particular communications
Class applicable to one or more VMS
operations targeting particular NMFS
rules requiring the use of VMS. OLE
will maintain a current list of type
approved MTU(s). OLE will forward
lists of type approved MTU(s) to the
respective regional Fisheries
Management Council(s), post the
information on the OLE website and
provide it by fax upon request.
OLE approval will not necessarily
result in NMFS procurement of the
MTU. Instead, OLE will request the
MTU supplier to provide a fact sheet to
provide information to the fishing
industry. This fact sheet will allow
fishermen to make purchase decisions
that are compatible with the VMS
standards and their individual needs.
Purchasing strategies are determined on
a per rule implementation basis.
Initiation
OLE will initiate the MTU type
approval process upon written request
from the supplier, subject to the
demonstration of compliance with this
directive and the availability of test
units. The requestor for type approval,
may include the manufacturer, or an
OEM/labeler, distributor, and/or reseller
acting as a representative of the
manufacturer. The evaluation may
include consideration if that MTU has
already passed a comparable type
approval process to qualify for use in a
foreign fisheries management effort. If
applicable, the supplier should provide
the MTU’s identifying characteristics,
the details of foreign VMS requirement
specifications, the MTU’s level of
compliance with them, and appropriate
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101905A]
Endangered Species; File No. 1518
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for modification of a scientific
research permit.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Carlos Diez, Departamento de
Recursos Naturales y Abmientales de Puerto Rico, P.O. Box 9066600, San
Juan, Puerto Rico 00906-6600, has requested a modification to
scientific research Permit No. 1518.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or
before November 28, 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
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL
33701; phone (727)824-5312; fax (727)824-5309;
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.
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. 1518.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Opay or Kate Swails, (301)713-
2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject modification to Permit No. 1518,
issued on August 15, 2005 (70 FR 47813), 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. 1518 currently authorizes the permit holder to study
green and hawksbill sea turtles. The purpose of the research is to
identify marine habitat, determine distribution and abundance,
determine sex ratios, evaluate the extent of ingestion of marine
debris, determine growth rates and sexual maturity, and quantify
threats. Mr. Diez will annually capture up to 320 hawksbill and 250
green sea turtles by hand or entanglement net. All turtles will be
measured, weighed, tagged, and blood sampled. A subset of animals will
be lavaged and have transmitters attached to them. One leatherback sea
turtle could be incidentally captured during the course of the studies
but would be released alive. The permit is issued for 5 years. The
permit holder requests a modification to the permit that would allow
skin biopsy of 190 green and hawksbill sea turtles. A subset of 10
green turtles would undergo
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fibropapillomatosis tumor removal surgery and subsequent
rehabilitation.
In the case that a turtle has evidence of severe internal tumors,
the turtle would be euthanized. The applicant does not expect that more
than 2 turtles would require euthanasia. The goal of the additional
research would be to create baseline parameters of health assessments,
determine groups' heterogenity and dispersal, and provide insight into
the pathogenesis of the disease in the wild through the use of long-
term capture and release surveys.
Dated: October 20, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-21487 Filed 10-26-05; 8:45 am]
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