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Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and
Butterfish Fisheries; Scoping Process
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS);
notice of initiation of scoping process;
notice of scoping meetings; request for
comments.
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council)
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announces its intent to prepare an
amendment (Amendment 14) to the
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for
Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish
(MSB) and to prepare an EIS to analyze
the impacts of any proposed
management measures. This
amendment may address one or more of
the following issues: The
implementation of catch share systems
for the squid fisheries; the need for
additional fishery monitoring to
determine the significance of river
herring and shad incidental catch in the
MSB fisheries; and the effectiveness and
impacts of management measures to
minimize bycatch and/or incidental
catch of river herrings and shads. The
Council is initiating a public process to
determine the scope of alternatives to be
addressed in the amendment and EIS.
NMFS and the Council are alerting the
interested public of the commencement
of the scoping process and providing for
public participation in compliance with
environmental documentation
requirements.
DATES: Public comments on
Amendment 14 scoping must be
received no later than 5 p.m., eastern
standard time, on July 9, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on
Amendment 14 may be sent by any of
the following methods:
• E-mail to the following address:
info1@mafmc.org. Include ‘‘Scoping
Comments on MSB 14’’ in the subject
line;
• Mail to Dan Furlong, Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 North State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901.
Mark the outside of the envelope
‘‘Scoping Comments on MSB 14;’’ or
• Fax to Dan Furlong, (302) 674–
5399. Include ‘‘Scoping Comments on
MSB 14’’ in the fax.
Requests for copies of the scoping
document and other information should
be directed to Dan Furlong, Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 North State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901, tollfree telephone: (877) 446–2362. The
scoping document is also accessible via
the Internet at https://www.mafmc.org/
fmp/msb.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan
Furlong, Executive Director, MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council.
Toll-free telephone: (877) 446–2362.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Council initiated Amendment 14
to the MSB FMP for two reasons: (1)
There are concerns among some
stakeholders that there may be too much
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harvesting capacity in the squid (both
Loligo and Illex) fisheries and that
uncontrolled activation of latent
capacity could cause negative economic
effects for participants. Implementation
of catch shares may address some of
these concerns; and (2) There is concern
by some stakeholders that more should
be done to monitor and/or minimize the
incidental catch of river herrings
(blueback and alewife) and shads
(American and hickory) in the MSB
fisheries, especially given the currently
low levels of monitoring in the MSB
fisheries and the likely poor stock status
of shads and river herrings.
Related to the first concern, this
amendment may address one or more of
the following issues: The
implementation of catch share systems
for the squid fisheries to further refine
the existing management process, the
biological and socio-economic outcomes
of a catch share system and how such
outcomes depend on specific program
design features, and the possible need
for changes to existing information
collection processes if a catch share
system is implemented. Related to the
second concern, the amendment may
address: The need for additional fishery
monitoring to determine the
significance of river herring and shad
incidental catch in the MSB fisheries,
and the effectiveness and impacts of
possible management measures to
minimize bycatch and/or incidental
catch of river herrings and shads in the
MSB fisheries.
The Council will gather information
during the scoping period. This is the
first and best opportunity for members
of the public to raise concerns related to
the scope of issues that will be
considered in Amendment 14. The
Council needs your input both to
identify management issues and
develop effective alternatives. Your
comments early in the amendment
development process will help us
address issues of public concern in a
thorough and appropriate manner.
Comments can be made in writing or
made verbally during the scoping
hearings. The Council announced the
scoping meeting dates in a separate
Federal Register notice published on
May 27, 2010 (75 FR 29725). If the
Council decides to move forward with
Amendment 14, the Council will
develop a range of management
alternatives to be considered and
prepare an EIS to analyze the impacts of
the management alternatives being
considered as required by the National
Environmental Policy Act. Impacts may
be direct, individual, or cumulative. A
draft EIS will be distributed for public
review. During a 45–day public
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comment period, which will include
public hearings, the public may
comment on the draft EIS. Following a
review of the comments, the Council
will then choose final preferred
management measures for submission
with the final EIS to the Secretary of
Commerce for publishing of a proposed
and then final rule, both of which have
additional comment periods.
Scoping Hearing Schedule
Scoping hearings will be held on the
following dates:
June 14, 2010, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.: Hilton
Garden Inn, Providence Airport/
Warwick, One Thuber Street, Warwick,
RI 02886, 401–734–9600;
June 15, 2010, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.:
Holiday Inn Express East End, 1707 Old
country Rd., Route 58, Riverhead, NY
11901, 631–548–1000;
June 17, 2010, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.:
Congress Hall, 251 Beach Ave, Cape
May, NJ 08204, 609–884–6592; and
June 23, 2010, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.:
Virginia Marine Resources Commission,
2600 Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor,
Newport News, VA 23607.
Special Accommodations
The scoping hearings are accessible to
people with physical disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Dan Furlong (see
ADDRESSES above) at least 5 days prior
to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 4, 2010.
Carrie Selberg,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic and
Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data,
Assessment, and Review (SEDAR);
assessment webinars II through IV for
SEDAR 22 yellowedge grouper and
tilefish.
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 22 Gulf of
Mexico yellowedge grouper and tilefish
assessment webinars II through IV.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR 22 assessments of
the Gulf of Mexico stocks of yellowedge
grouper and tilefish will consist of a
series of workshops and webinars: a
Data Workshop, a series of Assessment
webinars, and a Review Workshop. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The second, third, and fourth
SEDAR 22 Assessment Process webinars
will be held on Thursday, July 1, 2010
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT),
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 from 1 p.m.
to 5:00 pm (EDT), and Thursday, August
12, 2010 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar. The webinar is open to
members of the public. Those interested
in participating should contact Julie
Neer at SEDAR (See FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) to request an
invitation providing webinar access
information.
A listening station will be available at
the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council office located at 2203 N Lois
Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
Those interested in participating via the
listening station should contact Julie
Neer at SEDAR (See FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 1 day
prior to the webinar.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
A Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber
Place, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC
29405; telephone: (843) 571–4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net.
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 is a threestep process including: (1) Data
Workshop, (2) Assessment Process
utilizing webinars and (3) Review
Workshop. The product of the Data
Workshop is a data report which
compiles and evaluates potential
datasets and recommends which
datasets are appropriate for assessment
analyses. The product of the Assessment
Process 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
product of the Review Workshop is a
Summary documenting Panel opinions
regarding the strengths and weaknesses
of the stock assessment and input data.
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Participants for SEDAR Workshops are
appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South
Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery
Management Councils and NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office and
Southeast Fisheries Science Center.
Participants 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 22 Assessment webinars II
through IV:
Using datasets recommended from the
Data Workshop, participants will
employ assessment models to evaluate
stock status, estimate population
benchmarks and management criteria,
and project future conditions.
Participants will recommend the most
appropriate methods and configurations
for determining stock status and
estimating population parameters.
Meeting Schedule:
Webinar II: July 1, 2010, from 1 p.m. to
5 p.m. (EDT)
Webinar III: July 21, 2010, from 1 p.m.
to 5 p.m. (EDT)
Webinar IV: August 12, 2010, from 1
p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT)
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 these meetings. 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 MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, provided the public
has been notified of the Council’s intent
to take final action to address the
emergency.
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 Council office
(see ADDRESSES) at least 10 business
days prior to the meeting.
Dated: June 4, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel,
Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Scoping Process
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement
(EIS); notice of initiation of scoping process; notice of scoping
meetings; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council)
announces its intent to prepare an amendment (Amendment 14) to the
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and
Butterfish (MSB) and to prepare an EIS to analyze the impacts of any
proposed management measures. This amendment may address one or more of
the following issues: The implementation of catch share systems for the
squid fisheries; the need for additional fishery monitoring to
determine the significance of river herring and shad incidental catch
in the MSB fisheries; and the effectiveness and impacts of management
measures to minimize bycatch and/or incidental catch of river herrings
and shads. The Council is initiating a public process to determine the
scope of alternatives to be addressed in the amendment and EIS. NMFS
and the Council are alerting the interested public of the commencement
of the scoping process and providing for public participation in
compliance with environmental documentation requirements.
DATES: Public comments on Amendment 14 scoping must be received no
later than 5 p.m., eastern standard time, on July 9, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on Amendment 14 may be sent by any of the
following methods:
E-mail to the following address: info1@mafmc.org. Include
``Scoping Comments on MSB 14'' in the subject line;
Mail to Dan Furlong, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201, Dover,
DE 19901. Mark the outside of the envelope ``Scoping Comments on MSB
14;'' or
Fax to Dan Furlong, (302) 674-5399. Include ``Scoping
Comments on MSB 14'' in the fax.
Requests for copies of the scoping document and other information
should be directed to Dan Furlong, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201, Dover,
DE 19901, toll-free telephone: (877) 446-2362. The scoping document is
also accessible via the Internet at https://www.mafmc.org/fmp/msb.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Furlong, Executive Director, Mid-
Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Toll-free telephone: (877) 446-
2362.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Council initiated Amendment 14 to the MSB FMP for two reasons:
(1) There are concerns among some stakeholders that there may be too
much harvesting capacity in the squid (both Loligo and Illex) fisheries
and that uncontrolled activation of latent capacity could cause
negative economic effects for participants. Implementation of catch
shares may address some of these concerns; and (2) There is concern by
some stakeholders that more should be done to monitor and/or minimize
the incidental catch of river herrings (blueback and alewife) and shads
(American and hickory) in the MSB fisheries, especially given the
currently low levels of monitoring in the MSB fisheries and the likely
poor stock status of shads and river herrings.
Related to the first concern, this amendment may address one or
more of the following issues: The implementation of catch share systems
for the squid fisheries to further refine the existing management
process, the biological and socio-economic outcomes of a catch share
system and how such outcomes depend on specific program design
features, and the possible need for changes to existing information
collection processes if a catch share system is implemented. Related to
the second concern, the amendment may address: The need for additional
fishery monitoring to determine the significance of river herring and
shad incidental catch in the MSB fisheries, and the effectiveness and
impacts of possible management measures to minimize bycatch and/or
incidental catch of river herrings and shads in the MSB fisheries.
The Council will gather information during the scoping period.
This is the first and best opportunity for members of the public to
raise concerns related to the scope of issues that will be considered
in Amendment 14. The Council needs your input both to identify
management issues and develop effective alternatives. Your comments
early in the amendment development process will help us address issues
of public concern in a thorough and appropriate manner. Comments can be
made in writing or made verbally during the scoping hearings. The
Council announced the scoping meeting dates in a separate Federal
Register notice published on May 27, 2010 (75 FR 29725). If the Council
decides to move forward with Amendment 14, the Council will develop a
range of management alternatives to be considered and prepare an EIS to
analyze the impacts of the management alternatives being considered as
required by the National Environmental Policy Act. Impacts may be
direct, individual, or cumulative. A draft EIS will be distributed for
public review. During a 45-day public
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comment period, which will include public hearings, the public may
comment on the draft EIS. Following a review of the comments, the
Council will then choose final preferred management measures for
submission with the final EIS to the Secretary of Commerce for
publishing of a proposed and then final rule, both of which have
additional comment periods.
Scoping Hearing Schedule
Scoping hearings will be held on the following dates:
June 14, 2010, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.: Hilton Garden Inn, Providence
Airport/Warwick, One Thuber Street, Warwick, RI 02886, 401-734-9600;
June 15, 2010, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.: Holiday Inn Express East End, 1707
Old country Rd., Route 58, Riverhead, NY 11901, 631-548-1000;
June 17, 2010, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.: Congress Hall, 251 Beach Ave, Cape
May, NJ 08204, 609-884-6592; and
June 23, 2010, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.: Virginia Marine Resources
Commission, 2600 Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor, Newport News, VA 23607.
Special Accommodations
The scoping hearings are accessible to people with physical
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Dan Furlong (see ADDRESSES above)
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 4, 2010.
Carrie Selberg,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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