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This notice solicits nominations of qualified individuals for the third annual Sustainable Fisheries Leadership Awards in six award categories listed in this Notice. NMFS has partnered with the Fish for the Future Foundation for this awards program. DATES: Nomination forms and required supporting materials must be received on or before February 11, 2008. ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent electronically to the Fish for the Future Foundation, nominations@fish4the futurefoundation.org. Nominations can also be mailed to Sustainable Fisheries Leadership Awards, √ Fish for the Future Foundation, 3382 Gunston Road, Alexandria, VA 22302, or faxed to (703) 379–5777. All information and official nomination forms can be accessed electronically at the Fish for the Future Foundation website www.fish4thefuture foundation.org or NMFS website www.nmfs.noaa.gov/awards/. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Shea, Fish for the Future Foundation, (703) 379–6101, Michele.Shea@fish4thefuture foundation.org. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Established by NMFS, the Sustainable Fisheries Leadership Awards reflect the values and principles of NOAA and its mission to ensure sustainable management of U.S. fishery resources for the benefit of our Nation. NMFS has partnered with the Fish for the Future Foundation, an Internal Revenue Service-approved non-profit PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 63887 organization, to assist with the awards program. The Fish for the Future Foundation is dedicated to promoting education among the American public on the need for and importance of a vibrant, sustainable fishing industry. The Sustainable Fisheries Leadership Awards Program is open to fishing industry sectors, organizations, individuals, and state, local and federal government agencies and their employees. Organizations, individuals and agencies cannot nominate themselves. A nominee cannot be nominated for more than one award category. International entities or employees of NMFS are not eligible to receive an award under any category. Presenting an award under each of the six categories will be entirely dependent on the pool nominations received and NMFS’ determination of their qualifications. As such, there may be years in which an award is not presented under one or more of the categories. Nominated through a public process, nominees will be considered for the following categories: Special Recognition Award, Stewardship & Sustainability Award, Conservation Partnership Award, Science, Research & Technology Award, Coastal Habitat Restoration Award, and Public Education, Community Service & Media Award. Nominations must be submitted on the official nomination form available at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/awards/ or www.fish4thefuturefoundation.org, and submitted electronically, mailed or faxed to Fish for the Future Foundation (see DATES and ADDRESSES). Relevant supporting materials, not to exceed 10 pages in length, may be submitted along with the nomination form. At least one reference is required however no more than three references or endorsements will be accepted or considered by the review panel. Nominations will be reviewed by the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (a federal advisory group established to advise the Secretary of Commerce on living marine resource issues) as well as NMFS leadership, making recommendations to the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries. Final selection of award recipients is made by the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. The following award categories are open for nominations: Special Recognition Award — This award honors an individual who has demonstrated a life time achievement in innovative management and outstanding leadership for the E:\FR\FM\13NON1.SGM 13NON1 rfrederick on PROD1PC67 with NOTICES 63888 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 218 / Tuesday, November 13, 2007 / Notices stewardship and sustainable use of living marine resources. Stewardship & Sustainability Award — This award recognizes excellence in promoting responsible stewardship and innovative management for long-term social, economic and biological sustainability of living marine resources. Conservation Partnership Award — This award recognizes outstanding achievement in cooperative and collaborative work among stakeholder groups to foster best practices in sustainable living marine resources management. Science, Research & Technology Award — This award recognizes excellence in the field of applied fisheries research. Nominations will be considered for advancements in technology to improve fisheries monitoring, reduce bycatch, protect habitat, conserve protected species, and enhance fishing operations as well as other technological advances that reduce the impacts of human activity on the marine environment. Coastal Habitat Restoration Award — This award recognizes significant achievements made in coastal habitat restoration, including the development of innovative approaches and community based support necessary to accomplish the ambitious goals inherent with these projects. Public Education, Community Service & Media Award — This award recognizes efforts to inform the general public about marine fisheries and living marine resources in the United States, or efforts to support the nation’s fishing communities through community service. Evaluation of nominations will include but are not limited to the following criteria: Leadership — the individual or the overall team effort that has been demonstrated over a sustained period of time in support of the stewardship and sustained use of living marine resources. Impact on Stewardship — the degree of stewardship and conservation ethics and practices fostered within the larger community of living marine fisheries stakeholders and users. Ecological Significance — the impact and benefit to the overall health and abundance provided to living marine resources. Long-term Significance — the impact to the science, management and economic sustainability of living marine resources. These awards are presented annually. This is the third year of the Sustainable Fisheries Leadership Awards. VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:30 Nov 09, 2007 Jkt 214001 Information on last year’s awards and award recipients can be found at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/awards. Dated: November 6, 2007. William T. 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ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the SCS final stock assessment report should be sent to Robert Smith, Highly Migratory Species Management Division (F/SF1), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or may be sent via facsimile (fax) to (301)713–1917 or phone (301)713–2347. Electronic copies of the stock assessment and all supporting documents may also be obtained on the internet at: https://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/ sedar/. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the methods, data, and results of the stock assessment, contact Enric Cortes by phone at (850) 234–6541 or by fax at (850) 235–3559. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This assessment for SCS was conducted, as close as possible, to the procedures of the Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) process to ensure the best available data and techniques were used. SEDAR is a cooperative Fishery Management Council process initiated in 2002 to improve the quality and reliability of fishery stock assessments in the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 and U.S. Caribbean. SEDAR emphasizes constituent and stakeholder participation in assessment development, transparency in the assessment process, and a rigorous and independent scientific review of completed stock assessments. SEDAR is organized around three workshops. The first in the series for the SCS assessment, the Data Workshop, was held in Panama City, FL, February 5 through February 9, 2007, and reviewed and compiled fisheries, monitoring, and life history data. An Assessment Workshop, the second workshop in the series, was held in Panama City, FL, May 7 through May 11, 2007, and developed assessment models and estimated population parameters using the information provided from the Data Workshop. The Review Workshop was the final workshop, in which a panel of independent experts met in Panama City, FL, from August 6 through August 10, 2007, and reviewed the data and assessments and recommended the most appropriate values of critical population and management quantities. All workshops were open to the public. More information on the SEDAR process can be found at https:// www.sefsc.noaa.gov/sedar/. Additionally, the final stock assessment report and all supporting documents can be found at that website under the heading ‘‘SEDAR 13 - Small Coastal Sharks.’’ The assessment reviewed data and models for the SCS complex and for each individual within the SCS complex, as per recommendations in previous assessments. This allowed individual analyses, discussions, and stock status determinations for five separate assessments: 1) SCS complex, 2) Atlantic sharpnose shark, 3) bonnethead shark, 4) blacknose shark, and 5) finetooth sharks. These assessments are included in one report as many of the indices, data, and issues overlap among assessments. The Review Panel found that the data and methods used were appropriate and the best available. The Review Panel also endorsed recommendations for future research contained in the Data Assessment workshop reports, added additional recommendations, and provided comments on the SEDAR process to consider in the future. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 1801 et seq. E:\FR\FM\13NON1.SGM 13NON1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD80


Nominations for the 2008 Annual Sustainable Fisheries Leadership 
Awards

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; request for nominations.

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SUMMARY: In 2006, NOAA established the Sustainable Fisheries Leadership 
Awards Program to annually recognize outstanding performances, 
achievements and leadership by industries, organizations and 
individuals who promote best stewardship practices for the sustainable 
use of living marine resources and ecosystems, and who have fostered 
change and inspired a stewardship ethic within their community. This 
notice solicits nominations of qualified individuals for the third 
annual Sustainable Fisheries Leadership Awards in six award categories 
listed in this Notice. NMFS has partnered with the Fish for the Future 
Foundation for this awards program.

DATES: Nomination forms and required supporting materials must be 
received on or before February 11, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent electronically to the Fish for 
the Future Foundation, nominations@fish4thefuturefoundation.org. 
Nominations can also be mailed to Sustainable Fisheries Leadership 
Awards, [incare] Fish for the Future Foundation, 3382 Gunston Road, 
Alexandria, VA 22302, or faxed to (703) 379-5777. All information and 
official nomination forms can be accessed electronically at the Fish 
for the Future Foundation website www.fish4thefuturefoundation.org or 
NMFS website www.nmfs.noaa.gov/awards/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Shea, Fish for the Future 
Foundation, (703) 379-6101, Michele.Shea@fish4thefuturefoundation.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Established by NMFS, the Sustainable 
Fisheries Leadership Awards reflect the values and principles of NOAA 
and its mission to ensure sustainable management of U.S. fishery 
resources for the benefit of our Nation. NMFS has partnered with the 
Fish for the Future Foundation, an Internal Revenue Service-approved 
non-profit organization, to assist with the awards program. The Fish 
for the Future Foundation is dedicated to promoting education among the 
American public on the need for and importance of a vibrant, 
sustainable fishing industry.
    The Sustainable Fisheries Leadership Awards Program is open to 
fishing industry sectors, organizations, individuals, and state, local 
and federal government agencies and their employees. Organizations, 
individuals and agencies cannot nominate themselves. A nominee cannot 
be nominated for more than one award category. International entities 
or employees of NMFS are not eligible to receive an award under any 
category. Presenting an award under each of the six categories will be 
entirely dependent on the pool nominations received and NMFS' 
determination of their qualifications. As such, there may be years in 
which an award is not presented under one or more of the categories.
    Nominated through a public process, nominees will be considered for 
the following categories: Special Recognition Award, Stewardship & 
Sustainability Award, Conservation Partnership Award, Science, Research 
& Technology Award, Coastal Habitat Restoration Award, and Public 
Education, Community Service & Media Award.
    Nominations must be submitted on the official nomination form 
available at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/awards/ or 
www.fish4thefuturefoundation.org, and submitted electronically, mailed 
or faxed to Fish for the Future Foundation (see DATES and ADDRESSES). 
Relevant supporting materials, not to exceed 10 pages in length, may be 
submitted along with the nomination form. At least one reference is 
required however no more than three references or endorsements will be 
accepted or considered by the review panel. Nominations will be 
reviewed by the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (a federal advisory 
group established to advise the Secretary of Commerce on living marine 
resource issues) as well as NMFS leadership, making recommendations to 
the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries. Final selection of award 
recipients is made by the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries and the 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
    The following award categories are open for nominations:
    Special Recognition Award -- This award honors an individual who 
has demonstrated a life time achievement in innovative management and 
outstanding leadership for the

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stewardship and sustainable use of living marine resources.
    Stewardship & Sustainability Award -- This award recognizes 
excellence in promoting responsible stewardship and innovative 
management for long-term social, economic and biological sustainability 
of living marine resources.
    Conservation Partnership Award -- This award recognizes outstanding 
achievement in cooperative and collaborative work among stakeholder 
groups to foster best practices in sustainable living marine resources 
management.
    Science, Research & Technology Award -- This award recognizes 
excellence in the field of applied fisheries research. Nominations will 
be considered for advancements in technology to improve fisheries 
monitoring, reduce bycatch, protect habitat, conserve protected 
species, and enhance fishing operations as well as other technological 
advances that reduce the impacts of human activity on the marine 
environment.
    Coastal Habitat Restoration Award -- This award recognizes 
significant achievements made in coastal habitat restoration, including 
the development of innovative approaches and community based support 
necessary to accomplish the ambitious goals inherent with these 
projects.
    Public Education, Community Service & Media Award -- This award 
recognizes efforts to inform the general public about marine fisheries 
and living marine resources in the United States, or efforts to support 
the nation's fishing communities through community service.
    Evaluation of nominations will include but are not limited to the 
following criteria:
    Leadership -- the individual or the overall team effort that has 
been demonstrated over a sustained period of time in support of the 
stewardship and sustained use of living marine resources.
    Impact on Stewardship -- the degree of stewardship and conservation 
ethics and practices fostered within the larger community of living 
marine fisheries stakeholders and users.
    Ecological Significance -- the impact and benefit to the overall 
health and abundance provided to living marine resources.
    Long-term Significance -- the impact to the science, management and 
economic sustainability of living marine resources.
    These awards are presented annually. This is the third year of the 
Sustainable Fisheries Leadership Awards. Information on last year's 
awards and award recipients can be found at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/awards.

    Dated: November 6, 2007.
William T. Hogarth,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. E7-22145 Filed 11-9-07; 8:45 am]
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