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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 205 / Tuesday, October 24, 2006 / Notices
Dated: October 6, 2006.
Lisa J. Lierheimer,
Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits,
Division of Management Authority.
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Dated: October 16, 2006.
Mamie A. Parker,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task
Force, Assistant Director—Fisheries & Habitat
Conservation.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION:
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: This notice announces a
meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance
Species (ANS) Task Force. The meeting
is open to the public. The meeting
topics are identified in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
DATES: The ANS Task Force will meet
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday,
November 7 and Wednesday, November
8, and from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on
Thursday, November 9, 2006.
The ANS Task Force
meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn
Arlington, 4610 North Fairfax Drive,
Arlington, VA 22203; (703) 243–9800.
Minutes of the meeting will be
maintained by the Chief, Division of
Environmental Quality, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Suite 322, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203,
and will be made available for public
inspection during regular business
hours, Monday through Friday. The
minutes can also be viewed on the ANS
Task Force Web site at: https://
anstaskforce.gov/meetings.php.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Newsham, ANS Task Force
Executive Secretary, at (703) 358–1796,
or by e-mail at Scott_Newsham@fws.gov.
Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.), this notice announces meetings
of the ANS Task Force. The ANS Task
Force was established by the
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance
Prevention and Control Act of 1990.
Topics to be covered during the ANS
Task Force meeting include: responding
to invasive species, invasive species
related databases, ANS Task Force
Strategic Plan, and Committee and
Regional Panel reports. The agenda and
other related meeting information can
be viewed on the ANS Task Force Web
site at: https://anstaskforce.gov/
meetings.php.
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Draft Management and Control Plan for
Asian Carps in the United States
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of document availability
and request for comments.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of the draft ‘‘Management
and Control Plan for Asian Carps in the
United States.’’ This draft document
was prepared by the Asian Carp
Working Group of the Aquatic Nuisance
Species Task Force. We are seeking
public comments on this draft
document. Comments received will be
considered during the preparation of the
final national management and control
plan, which will guide cooperative and
integrated management of Asian carps
in the United States.
DATES: Submit your comments on the
draft ‘‘Management and Control Plan for
Asian Carps in the United States’’ by
December 26, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The draft document is
available from the Executive Secretary,
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203; FAX (703) 358–1800. It also is
available on our webpage at https://
www.anstaskforce.gov/. Comments may
be hand-delivered, mailed, or sent by
fax to the address listed above. You may
send comments by e-mail to:
AsianCarpPlan@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Newsham, Executive Secretary,
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, at
scott_newsham@fws.gov or (703) 358–
1796.
There are
many carps native to Asia, including
seven that have been introduced to the
United States. For the purposes of this
document the term ‘‘Asian carps’’ refers
to four species: black carp
(Mylopharyngodon piceus), bighead
carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis),
grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella),
and silver carp (H. molitrix). Feral
bighead, grass, and silver carps have all
established reproducing populations in
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several major rivers of the United States.
To date, there have been six confirmed
collections of adult black carp by
commercial fishers in the United States
and unconfirmed reports of repeated
captures of adult black carp in the
Mississippi River and its tributaries over
the past 13 years. There have been no
collections of black carp eggs and larvae
or observations of spawning.
The Aquatic Nuisance Species Task
Force, which is authorized by the
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance
Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16
U.S.C. 4701 et seq.), and the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service organized an Asian
Carp Working Group (Working Group)
to develop a comprehensive national
Asian carp management and control
plan. The Working Group agreed that
the desired endpoint of the plan is the
extirpation of Asian carps in the wild,
except for non-reproducing grass carp
within planned locations [i.e., areas
where nuisance aquatic vegetation can
be controlled using planned
introductions of sterile (triploid) fish
contained within a designated area].
The Working Group was charged with
developing a plan that first and foremost
protects our Nation’s natural resources.
The Working Group was also charged
with developing solutions that would
allow for a viable aquaculture industry
when implemented. Therefore, a
framework for the responsible use of
domestic stocks of Asian carp is
described throughout the plan. It is in
this context that the Working Group
developed strategies and
recommendations that address seven
goals to protect the Nation’s natural
resources. This collaborative process
was highly successful and nearly all
issues were resolved. The Working
Group developed 46 strategies and 129
recommendations to manage and
control Asian carps (see Table I, page
viii, of the draft plan). However, two
issues were not resolved within the
Working Group. In-depth discussions
for these two issues are presented in
Recommendation 3.1.15.10 (page 50),
‘‘Use of triploid black carp on
aquaculture facilities,’’ and
Recommendation 3.1.18.1 (page 59),
‘‘Commercial, domestic transport of live
farm-raised bighead and grass carps,’’ in
the draft plan. The discussion presented
for each of these two issues includes a
series of management questions that
remain to be resolved before strategies
and recommendations can be
formulated to effectively address these
unresolved issues.
Risk levels for potential pathways of
introduction were proposed based on
both the likelihood for an introduction
to occur and the potential for adverse
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance
Species (ANS) Task Force. The meeting is open to the public. The
meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
DATES: The ANS Task Force will meet from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday,
November 7 and Wednesday, November 8, and from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on
Thursday, November 9, 2006.
ADDRESSES: The ANS Task Force meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn
Arlington, 4610 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203; (703) 243-
9800. Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Chief, Division
of Environmental Quality, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Suite 322,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203, and will be made
available for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday
through Friday. The minutes can also be viewed on the ANS Task Force
Web site at: https://anstaskforce.gov/meetings.php.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Newsham, ANS Task Force
Executive Secretary, at (703) 358-1796, or by e-mail at Scott--
Newsham@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), this notice announces meetings
of the ANS Task Force. The ANS Task Force was established by the
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990.
Topics to be covered during the ANS Task Force meeting include:
responding to invasive species, invasive species related databases, ANS
Task Force Strategic Plan, and Committee and Regional Panel reports.
The agenda and other related meeting information can be viewed on the
ANS Task Force Web site at: https://anstaskforce.gov/meetings.php.
Dated: October 16, 2006.
Mamie A. Parker,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director--
Fisheries & Habitat Conservation.
[FR Doc. E6-17710 Filed 10-23-06; 8:45 am]
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