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Administration
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Dated: March 21, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration.
Fisheries Off West Coast States and in
the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast
Groundfish Fishery; Application for an
Exempted Fishing Permit
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; intent to issue the EFP;
request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS announces the intent
to issue exempted fishing permits
(EFPs) to Pacific whiting shoreside
vessels and first receivers that
participate in a maximized retention
and monitor program for the 2008
Pacific whiting shoreside fishery. EFPs
are needed to allow vessels to retain
catch in excess of the cumulative limits
and to retain prohibited species until
offloading. EFPs are also needed to
allow first receivers to possess catch
from a vessel that is in excess of
cumulative limits and to used hopper
type scales to derive accurate catch
weights prior to sorting. Issuance of the
EFPs would allow NMFS to collect
catch data on incidentally caught
species, including salmonids listed
under the Endangered Species Act, and
would allow new components of an
overall monitoring program to be
investigated before implementation of a
regulatory program.
DATES: Comments must be received by
April 14, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by RIN 0648–XG69 by any
one of the following methods:
• Fax: 206–526–6736, Attn: Becky
Renko
• Mail: D. Robert Lohn, Administrator,
Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand
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Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115–0070,
Attn: Becky Renko.
Instructions: All comments received
are a part of the public record and will
generally be posted to https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
All Personal Identifying Information (for
example, name, address, etc.)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments.
Attachments to electronic comments
will be accepted in Microsoft Word,
Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file
formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Becky Renko or Gretchen Arentzen or
(206)526(6140.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
action is authorized by the Magnuson–
Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act provisions at 50 CFR
600.745 which states that EFPs may be
used to authorize fishing activities that
would otherwise be prohibited. At the
March 10–14, 2008, Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) meeting
in Sacramento, California, NMFS
Northwest Region presented a proposal
for issuance of EFPs to vessels and first
receivers participating in the 2008
Pacific whiting shoreside fishery. If
issued, the EFPs would provide for a
maximized retention and monitoring
program for the Pacific whiting
shoreside fishery. The proposed
maximized retention and monitoring
program regulations are intended to
allow for the Pacific whiting shoreside
fishery to be efficiently prosecuted
while providing accurate catch data
such that the Endangered Species Act
and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
requirements for this fishery are
adequately met. An opportunity for
Council discussion and public
testimony were provided during the
Councils March 2008 meeting in
Sacramento, California.
The issuance of EFPs would allow
approximately 40 vessels to delay
sorting of groundfish catch and to retain
catch in excess of cumulative trip limits
and prohibited species catch until
offloading. These activities are
otherwise prohibited by regulations at
50 CFR 660.306(a)(10) and
660.306(a)(2), respectively.
Issuance of the EFPs, to
approximately 15 first receivers, will
allow first receivers to possess more
than a single cumulative limit of a
particular species, per vessel, per
applicable cumulative limit period. The
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possession of catch in excess of the
cumulative limits is otherwise
prohibited by regulations at 50 CFR
660.306(a)(10). In addition, the EFPs
will include an allowance for first
receivers to use hopper type scales to
derive an accurate total catch weight
prior to sorting. Regulations pertaining
to sorting at § 660.370(h)(6) and
prohibitions at § 660.306(a)(7) require
vessels to sort the catch before
weighing.
Issuance of these EFPs will allow for
the collection of information on the
catch of salmon, non-whiting
groundfish, and other non-groundfish
species incidentally taken with Pacific
whiting. These data are needed to
monitor the attainment of the shore–
based whiting allocation while assuring
that the fishery specifications (bycatch
limits, species allocations, OYs, and
biological opinion thresholds) are not
exceeded. Because whiting flesh
deteriorates rapidly once the fish are
caught, whiting must be minimally
handled and immediately chilled to
maintain the flesh quality. Allowing
Pacific whiting shoreside vessels to
retain unsorted catch will also enable
whiting quality to be maintained.
At the June 2007 Pacific Fishery
Management Council (PFMC) meeting,
the PFMC recommended that NMFS
implement a maximized retention
program in Federal regulations that
would allow full retention of Pacific
whiting catch by the vessels and
delivered to first receivers on shore.
NMFS Northwest Region is in the
process of transitioning the Pacific
whiting shoreside fishery from a
maximized retention and monitoring
program conducted under a state-run
EFP to a Federal regulatory program.
Though it was expected that the
program would be in place at the start
of the 2008 fishing season, it will not be
possible given the complexity of the
rulemaking and other workload
priorities. The EFP, as proposed, would
be used to investigate the new
components of the overall monitoring
program before regulatory
implementation. The EFP would be in
effect until the effective date of the new
Federal maximized retention and
monitoring program, later in 2008.
Proposed Federal regulations for a
maximized retention and monitoring
program would require Pacific whiting
shoreside vessels to dump unsorted
catch directly below deck and would
allow unsorted catch to be landed,
providing that an electronic monitoring
system (EMS) is used on all fishing trips
to verify retention of catch at sea. The
EMS is an effective tool for accurately
monitoring catch retention and
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identifying the time and location of
discard events. The EFP would include
provisions for EMS, paid for by the
vessels, similar to the 2007 EFP and
similar to the proposed Federal
regulatory program.
Proposed Federal regulations for a
maximized retention and monitoring
program would also require first
receivers to have on shore monitoring
conducted by catch monitors. Catch
monitors would be third party
employees, paid for by industry, and
trained to NMFS standards. The EFP
would include provisions for third party
catch monitors from a NMFS specified
provider. Like the proposed Federal
regulatory program, catch monitors used
under the EFP would be trained in
techniques that would be used for the
verification of fish ticket data and in
species identification. Catch monitor
duties would include overseeing the
sorting, weighing, and recordkeeping
process, as well as gathering
information on incidentally caught
salmon. Catch monitors would verify
the accuracy of electronic fish ticket
data used to manage the Pacific whiting
shoreside fishery such that inaccurate or
delayed information does not result in
any fishery specifications (bycatch
limits, species allocations, OYs, and
biological opinion thresholds) being
exceeded.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 25, 2008.
Alan D. Risenhoover
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Monkfish Oversight Committee in April,
2008, to consider actions affecting New
England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
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be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
This meeting will be held on
Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at 5:30 p.m.
DATES:
The meeting will be held at
the Providence Biltmore Hotel, 11
Dorrance Street, Providence, RI 02903;
telephone: (401) 421–0700; fax: (401)
455–3040.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
ADDRESSES:
Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
Committee will recommend final action
on Framework Adjustment 6 to the
Monkfish Fishery Management Plan
(FMP) following a review of the draft
Framework Adjustment 6 document and
the decision of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (which will have
voted on Framework 6 at their Council
meeting on April 9). Based on the recent
stock assessment and change in stock
status, the Councils are considering
eliminating the backstop measure
adopted in Framework Adjustment 4, an
action that would reduce or eliminate
monkfish days-at-sea in fishing year
2009 if landings exceed the catch targets
in either or both of the two management
areas during this current fishing year.
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
listed in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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, Executive Director, at (978)
465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 25, 2008.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG69
Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific;
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Application for an Exempted Fishing
Permit
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; intent to issue the EFP; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces the intent to issue exempted fishing permits
(EFPs) to Pacific whiting shoreside vessels and first receivers that
participate in a maximized retention and monitor program for the 2008
Pacific whiting shoreside fishery. EFPs are needed to allow vessels to
retain catch in excess of the cumulative limits and to retain
prohibited species until offloading. EFPs are also needed to allow
first receivers to possess catch from a vessel that is in excess of
cumulative limits and to used hopper type scales to derive accurate
catch weights prior to sorting. Issuance of the EFPs would allow NMFS
to collect catch data on incidentally caught species, including
salmonids listed under the Endangered Species Act, and would allow new
components of an overall monitoring program to be investigated before
implementation of a regulatory program.
DATES: Comments must be received by April 14, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by RIN 0648-XG69 by any
one of the following methods:
Fax: 206-526-6736, Attn: Becky Renko
Mail: D. Robert Lohn, Administrator, Northwest Region,
NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-0070, Attn: Becky
Renko.
Instructions: All comments received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted to https://www.regulations.gov without
change. All Personal Identifying Information (for example, name,
address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly
accessible. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected information. NMFS will accept
anonymous comments. Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted
in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Becky Renko or Gretchen Arentzen or
(206)526(6140.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action is authorized by the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act provisions at 50 CFR
600.745 which states that EFPs may be used to authorize fishing
activities that would otherwise be prohibited. At the March 10-14,
2008, Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) meeting in
Sacramento, California, NMFS Northwest Region presented a proposal for
issuance of EFPs to vessels and first receivers participating in the
2008 Pacific whiting shoreside fishery. If issued, the EFPs would
provide for a maximized retention and monitoring program for the
Pacific whiting shoreside fishery. The proposed maximized retention and
monitoring program regulations are intended to allow for the Pacific
whiting shoreside fishery to be efficiently prosecuted while providing
accurate catch data such that the Endangered Species Act and Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act requirements for this
fishery are adequately met. An opportunity for Council discussion and
public testimony were provided during the Councils March 2008 meeting
in Sacramento, California.
The issuance of EFPs would allow approximately 40 vessels to delay
sorting of groundfish catch and to retain catch in excess of cumulative
trip limits and prohibited species catch until offloading. These
activities are otherwise prohibited by regulations at 50 CFR
660.306(a)(10) and 660.306(a)(2), respectively.
Issuance of the EFPs, to approximately 15 first receivers, will
allow first receivers to possess more than a single cumulative limit of
a particular species, per vessel, per applicable cumulative limit
period. The
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possession of catch in excess of the cumulative limits is otherwise
prohibited by regulations at 50 CFR 660.306(a)(10). In addition, the
EFPs will include an allowance for first receivers to use hopper type
scales to derive an accurate total catch weight prior to sorting.
Regulations pertaining to sorting at Sec. 660.370(h)(6) and
prohibitions at Sec. 660.306(a)(7) require vessels to sort the catch
before weighing.
Issuance of these EFPs will allow for the collection of information
on the catch of salmon, non-whiting groundfish, and other non-
groundfish species incidentally taken with Pacific whiting. These data
are needed to monitor the attainment of the shore-based whiting
allocation while assuring that the fishery specifications (bycatch
limits, species allocations, OYs, and biological opinion thresholds)
are not exceeded. Because whiting flesh deteriorates rapidly once the
fish are caught, whiting must be minimally handled and immediately
chilled to maintain the flesh quality. Allowing Pacific whiting
shoreside vessels to retain unsorted catch will also enable whiting
quality to be maintained.
At the June 2007 Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) meeting,
the PFMC recommended that NMFS implement a maximized retention program
in Federal regulations that would allow full retention of Pacific
whiting catch by the vessels and delivered to first receivers on shore.
NMFS Northwest Region is in the process of transitioning the Pacific
whiting shoreside fishery from a maximized retention and monitoring
program conducted under a state-run EFP to a Federal regulatory
program. Though it was expected that the program would be in place at
the start of the 2008 fishing season, it will not be possible given the
complexity of the rulemaking and other workload priorities. The EFP, as
proposed, would be used to investigate the new components of the
overall monitoring program before regulatory implementation. The EFP
would be in effect until the effective date of the new Federal
maximized retention and monitoring program, later in 2008.
Proposed Federal regulations for a maximized retention and
monitoring program would require Pacific whiting shoreside vessels to
dump unsorted catch directly below deck and would allow unsorted catch
to be landed, providing that an electronic monitoring system (EMS) is
used on all fishing trips to verify retention of catch at sea. The EMS
is an effective tool for accurately monitoring catch retention and
identifying the time and location of discard events. The EFP would
include provisions for EMS, paid for by the vessels, similar to the
2007 EFP and similar to the proposed Federal regulatory program.
Proposed Federal regulations for a maximized retention and
monitoring program would also require first receivers to have on shore
monitoring conducted by catch monitors. Catch monitors would be third
party employees, paid for by industry, and trained to NMFS standards.
The EFP would include provisions for third party catch monitors from a
NMFS specified provider. Like the proposed Federal regulatory program,
catch monitors used under the EFP would be trained in techniques that
would be used for the verification of fish ticket data and in species
identification. Catch monitor duties would include overseeing the
sorting, weighing, and recordkeeping process, as well as gathering
information on incidentally caught salmon. Catch monitors would verify
the accuracy of electronic fish ticket data used to manage the Pacific
whiting shoreside fishery such that inaccurate or delayed information
does not result in any fishery specifications (bycatch limits, species
allocations, OYs, and biological opinion thresholds) being exceeded.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 25, 2008.
Alan D. Risenhoover
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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