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prohibit possession of horseshoe crabs
on a vessel with a trawl or dredge gear
aboard in the same Reserve.
Limuli Laboratories, in cooperation
with the State of New Jersey’s Division
of Fish and Wildlife, submitted an
application for an EFP on July 5, 2006.
NMFS has made a preliminary
determination that the subject EFP
contains all the required information
and warrants further consideration.
NMFS has also made a preliminary
determination that the activities
authorized under the EFP would be
consistent with the goals and objectives
of the Federal horseshoe crab
regulations and the Commission’s
Horseshoe Crab ISFMP.
Regulations at 50 CFR 600.745(b)(3)(v)
authorize NMFS to attach terms and
conditions to the EFP consistent with:
the purpose of the exempted fishery, the
objectives of horseshoe crab regulations
and fisheries management plan, and
other applicable law. NMFS is
considering adding the following terms
and conditions to the EFP:
1. Limiting the number of horseshoe
crabs collected in the Reserve to no
more than 500 crabs per day and to a
total of no more than 10,000 crabs per
year;
2. Requiring collections to take place
over a total of approximately 20 days
during the months of July, August,
September, October, and November.
Horseshoe crabs are readily available in
harvestable concentrations nearshore
earlier in the year, and offshore in the
Reserve from July through November;
3. Requiring that a 5 1/2 inch (14.0
cm) flounder net be used by the vessel
to collect the horseshoe crabs. This
condition would allow for continuation
of traditional harvest gear and adds to
the consistency in the way horseshoe
crabs are harvested for data collection;
4. Limiting trawl tow times to 30
minutes as a conservation measure to
protect sea turtles, which are expected
to be migrating through the area during
the collection period, and are vulnerable
to bottom trawling;
5. Restricting the hours of fishing to
daylight hours only, approximately from
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to aid law
enforcement. NMFS also is considering
a requirement that the State of New
Jersey Law Enforcement be notified
daily as to when and where the
collection will take place;
6. Requiring that the collected
horseshoe crabs be picked up from the
fishing vessels at docks in the Cape May
Area and transported to local
laboratories, bled for LAL, and released
alive the following morning into the
Lower Delaware Bay; and
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7. Requiring that any turtle take be
reported to NMFS, NERO Assistant
Regional Administrator of Protected
Resources Division (phone, (978) 281–
9328) within 24 hours of returning from
the trip in which the incidental take
occurred.
Also as part of the terms and
conditions of the EFP, for all horseshoe
crabs bled for LAL, NMFS is
considering a requirement that the EFP
holder provide data on sex ratio and
daily numbers, and tag 15 percent of the
horseshoe crabs harvested. Also, the
EFP holder may be required to examine
at least 200 horseshoe crabs for:
morphometric data, by sex (e.g.,
interocular (I/O) distance and weight),
and level of activity, as measured by a
response or by distance traveled after
release on a beach.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 10, 2006.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; telephone: 813.348.1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council
(Council) will convene its Advisory
Panel Selection Committee via
Conference Call to select participants for
Ad Hoc Shrimp Effort AP, SEDAR NGO
AP, and review AP Member Violations
Material in a closed session conference
call on Thursday, August 3, 2006, at 11
a.m. EDT. The Committee
recommendations will be presented to
the Council at the August 14–18, 2006,
Council Meeting in Baton Rouge, LA.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Tina Trezza at the
Council (see ADDRESSES) at least five
working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 071106E]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
[I.D. 071106C]
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Closed Session
Advisory Panel Selection Committee
Conference Call.
Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of
Mexico, and Caribbean; Southeastern
Data, Assessment, and Review
(SEDAR) Steering Committee Meeting
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
convene its Advisory Panel Selection
Committee via Conference Call to select
participants for Ad Hoc Shrimp Effort
AP, SEDAR NGO AP, and review AP
Member Violations Material for
recommendation to the Council.
DATES: The conference call will be held
on Thursday, August 3, 2006, from 11
a.m. EDT to 12 noon EDT.
ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The
meeting will be held via Closed Session
conference call.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
Florida 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Wayne Swingle, Executive Director,
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of the SEDAR Steering
Committee Meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering
Committee will meet to discuss the
SEDAR schedule; consider
modifications to the SEDAR process;
discuss the assessment update process;
and establish the assessment schedule
for 2006 and 2007. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee
will meet on Tuesday, August 1, 2006,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Wednesday,
August 2, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Marriott Frenchman’s Reef, 5 Estate
Bakkeroe, St. Thomas, USVI, 00802.
Phone: (340) 776–8500 / Fax: (340) 715–
6191.
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John
Carmichael, SEDAR Coordinator,
SEDAR/SAFMC, One Southpark Circle,
Suite 306, Charleston, S.C., 29407;
phone (843) 571–4366 or toll free (866)
SAFMC–10; FAX (843) 769–4520.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The South
Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean
Fishery Management Councils; in
conjunction with NOAA Fisheries, the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, and the Gulf States Marine
Fisheries Commission; implemented the
Southeast Data, Assessment and Review
(SEDAR) process, a multi-step method
for determining the status of fish stocks.
The SEDAR Steering Committee
provides oversight of the SEDAR
process, establishes assessment
priorities, and provides coordination
between assessment efforts and
management activities. The SEDAR
Steering Committee meets twice
annually.
During this meeting the Steering
Committee will consider benchmark
assessments during 2007–2011 and
update assessments in 2007 and 2008.
The Committee will receive the report of
the king mackerel mixing subcommittee
and the evaluation of research and
monitoring needs for scheduled
assessments. The Committee will review
the update process, consider the time
allotted to complete benchmark
assessments, evaluate options for
securing review panel chairs, evaluate
review panel products, and clarify
assessment presentation procedures.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to the South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council office at
the address listed above at least 5
business days prior to the meeting.
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Tracey L. 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. 071106D]
Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico;
Southeastern Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Gulf of Mexico Red
Grouper
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Data,
Assessment, and Review Workshops for
Gulf of Mexico red grouper.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The SEDAR assessment of the
Gulf of Mexico stock of red grouper will
be developed through a series of three
workshops: a Data Workshop, an
Assessment Workshop, and a Review
Workshop. This is the twelfth SEDAR.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The Data Workshop will take
place July 24–28, 2006; the Assessment
Workshop will take place October 16–
20, 2006; the Review Workshop will
take place January 29–February 2, 2007.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The Data Workshop will be
held at the Hilton St. Petersburg
Bayfront, 333 First Street South, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701. Phone (727) 894–
5000. The Assessment Workshop will be
held at the Doubletree Coconut Grove,
2649 South Bayshore Drive, Miami, FL
33133. Phone (305) 858–2500. The
Review Workshop will be held at the
Doubletree Atlanta Buckhead, 3342
Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta GA 30326.
Phone (404) 231–1234.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Atran, Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (GMFMC), 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa
FL 33607. Phone: (813) 348–1630. John
Carmichael, SEDAR Coordinator, One
Southpark Circle # 306, Charleston, SC
29414. (843) 571–4366.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management
Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf
States Marine Fisheries Commissions
have implemented the Southeast Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
process, a multi-step method for
determining the status of fish stocks in
the Southeast Region. SEDAR includes
three workshops: 1) Data Workshop, 2)
Stock Assessment Workshop and 3)
Review Workshop. The product of the
Data Workshop is a data report which
compiles and evaluates potential
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datasets and recommends which
datasets are appropriate for assessment
analyses. The product of the Stock
Assessment Workshop is a stock
assessment report which describes the
fisheries, evaluates the status of the
stock, estimates biological benchmarks,
projects future population conditions,
and recommends research and
monitoring needs. The assessment is
independently peer reviewed at the
Review Workshop. The products of the
Review Workshop are a Consensus
Summary documenting Panel opinions
regarding the strengths and weaknesses
of the stock assessment and input data,
and an Advisory Report summarizing
stock status and recommending
management criteria. Participants for
SEDAR Workshops, appointed by the
regional Fishery Management Councils,
the SERO, and the SEFSC, include data
collectors and database managers; stock
assessment scientists, biologists, and
researchers; constituency
representatives including fishermen,
environmentalists, and NGO’s;
International experts; and staff of
Councils, Commissions, and state and
federal agencies. SEDAR workshops are
open to the public.
SEDAR 12 Workshop Schedule
July 24–28, 2006; SEDAR 12 Data
Workshop
July 24, 2006: 1 p.m.–8 p.m.; July 25–
27, 2006: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.; July 28, 2006:
8 a.m.–1 p.m. An assessment data set
and associated documentation will be
developed during the Data Workshop.
Participants will evaluate all available
data and select appropriate sources for
providing information on life history
characteristics, catch statistics, discard
estimates, length and age composition,
and fishery dependent and fishery
independent measures of stock
abundance.
October 16–20, 2006. SEDAR 12
Assessment Workshop
October 16, 2006: 1 p.m.–8 p.m.;
October 17–19, 2006: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.;
October 20, 2006: 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Using
datasets provided by the Data
Workshop, participants will develop
population models to evaluate stock
status, estimate population benchmarks
and Sustainable Fisheries Act criteria,
and project future conditions.
Participants will recommend the most
appropriate methods and configurations
for determining stock status and
estimating population parameters.
Participants will prepare a workshop
report, compare and contrast various
assessment approaches, and determine
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 071106C]
Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean;
Southeastern Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) Steering Committee
Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of the SEDAR Steering Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet to discuss the SEDAR
schedule; consider modifications to the SEDAR process; discuss the
assessment update process; and establish the assessment schedule for
2006 and 2007. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet on Tuesday, August 1,
2006, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Wednesday, August 2, 2005, from 9 a.m.
to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Marriott Frenchman's Reef, 5
Estate Bakkeroe, St. Thomas, USVI, 00802. Phone: (340) 776-8500 / Fax:
(340) 715-6191.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Carmichael, SEDAR Coordinator,
SEDAR/SAFMC, One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, S.C., 29407;
phone (843) 571-4366 or toll free (866) SAFMC-10; FAX (843) 769-4520.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and
Caribbean Fishery Management Councils; in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; implemented the Southeast
Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, a multi-step method for
determining the status of fish stocks. The SEDAR Steering Committee
provides oversight of the SEDAR process, establishes assessment
priorities, and provides coordination between assessment efforts and
management activities. The SEDAR Steering Committee meets twice
annually.
During this meeting the Steering Committee will consider benchmark
assessments during 2007-2011 and update assessments in 2007 and 2008.
The Committee will receive the report of the king mackerel mixing
subcommittee and the evaluation of research and monitoring needs for
scheduled assessments. The Committee will review the update process,
consider the time allotted to complete benchmark assessments, evaluate
options for securing review panel chairs, evaluate review panel
products, and clarify assessment presentation procedures.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council office at the address listed above at least 5
business days prior to the meeting.
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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