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The
subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216).
On April 27, 2010 notice (80 FR
22119) was published that NMML
requests a 5-year permit to conduct
research on marine mammals in the
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, and Southern
Oceans to monitor cetaceans for
scientific and management purposes.
NMFS is in the midst of processing this
request. Due to recent changes in
narwhal distribution NMML now
requests as part of this application to
take narwhals during aerial and vessel
surveys to document sightings in North
Pacific and Arctic waters and monitor
their status and trends. Up to 1,000
animals would be taken annually by
each survey platform for observation,
monitoring, counts, photo-identification
and photogrammetry. During vessel
surveys researchers would
opportunistically collect sloughed skin,
fecal samples, and carcass remains.
An environmental assessment is being
prepared in compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to examine
whether significant environmental
impacts could result from issuance of
the proposed scientific research permit.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of the
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: December 22, 2010.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Council) Highly
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Migratory Species Management Team
(HMSMT) will hold a work session,
which is open to the public.
The HMSMT work session will
begin at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday,
January 19, 2011 and continue on
Thursday, January 20, 2011, again
beginning at 8:30 a.m. On both days the
meeting will continue until business is
completed.
DATES:
The work sessions will be
held at the Large Conference Room, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Offices, 6010 Hidden
Valley Rd., Carlsbad, CA 92011;
telephone: (760) 431–9440.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
ADDRESSES:
Dr.
Kit Dahl, Pacific Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (503) 820–2280.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
HMSMT will discuss two topics. First,
they will discuss characterization of
fisheries catching North Pacific albacore
tuna in preparation for developing
potential management responses to a
new stock assessment due to be
completed in 2011. Second, the
HMSMT will discuss potential
improvements for categorizing and
reporting landings data for west coast
fisheries catching HMS. Informational
topics, such as an update on Marine
Recreational Information Program
funded projects on the west coast, may
also be discussed, time permitting.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during these
meetings. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any issues arising after
publication of this document that
require emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
The meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Ms. Carolyn Porter
at (503) 820–2280 at least 5 days prior
to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Dated: December 22, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Council to convene a public
meeting.
AGENCY:
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council will convene a
meeting of the Standing, Special Spiny
Lobster and Special Reef Fish Scientific
and Statistical Committees.
DATES: The meeting will convene at 1
p.m. on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 and
conclude by noon on Friday, January 21,
2011.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council, 2203 North Lois Avenue, Suite
1100, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone:
(813) 348–1630.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL
33607.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Atran, Population Dynamics
Statistician; Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (813)
348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Committee will meet to review several
recently completed stock assessments
and supplemental assessment analyses,
and to recommend levels of acceptable
biological catch. During the first day of
the meeting, the Standing and Special
Spiny Lobster Scientific and Statistical
Committees will meet jointly to review
a spiny lobster update assessment and
make recommendations to the Council.
The remainder of the meeting will be a
joint meeting of the Standing and
Special Reef Fish Scientific and
Statistical Committee, which will begin
upon completion of the spiny lobster
portion of the meeting. The Committee
will review draft terms of reference for
a gray triggerfish update assessment and
a vermilion snapper update assessment
to be conducted in 2011. The Committee
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will then review a re-run of the 2009 gag
update assessment with a corrected size
distribution for the recreational discard
data and commercial discard estimates
based on observer data. The Committee
will also review the impact of applying
observer based discard estimates on the
2009 red grouper update assessment.
The Committee will then review the
following assessments: Greater
amberjack update assessment, SEDAR
15 mutton snapper benchmark
assessment, and SEDAR 23 goliath
grouper benchmark assessment.
Copies of the agenda and other related
materials can be obtained by calling
(813) 348–1630 or can be downloaded
from the Council’s ftp site,
ftp.gulfcouncil.org.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agenda may come before the
Scientific and Statistical Committees for
discussion, in accordance with the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
those issues may not be the subject of
formal action during this meeting.
Actions of the Scientific and Statistical
Committees will be restricted to those
issues specifically identified in the
agenda and any issues arising after
publication of this notice that require
emergency action under Section 305(c)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the Council’s intent to take action to
address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Trish Kennedy at the Council (see
ADDRESSES) at least 5 working days prior
to the meeting.
Dated: December 23, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting; Correction
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
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Notice of a correction to a
public meeting.
ACTION:
The New England Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Herring Committee will meet to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Clarion Hotel, 1230 Congress Street,
Portland, ME 04102; telephone: (207)
774–5611; fax: (207) 871–0510.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
original notice published in the Federal
Register on December 23, 2010 (75 FR
80796). The notice is being republished
in its entirety.
The items of discussion in the
committee’s agenda are as follows:
1. The Herring Oversight Committee
will continue development of catch
monitoring alternatives for inclusion in
Amendment 5 to the Atlantic Herring
Fishery Management Plan (FMP);
alternatives include management
measures to:
• Adjust the fishery management
program (administrative provisions,
carrier vessels, transfers at sea,
notification requirements, quota
monitoring, reporting, and permit
provisions);
• Address at-sea monitoring, observer
coverage levels, address maximized
retention, and maximize sampling and
address net slippage;
• Address portside sampling, portside
sampling program design, and measures
to verify self-reported landings;
2. They will continue development of
management measures and alternatives
to address river herring bycatch for
consideration in Amendment 5;
alternatives may include identification
of river herring hotpots, management
alternatives to apply to those hotspots
(monitoring, avoidance, protection),
and/or catch caps for river herring;
3. Also on the agenda is to review/
discuss available information regarding
the development of management
measures to protect spawning fish in
Amendment 5, develop Committee
recommendations;
4. They will also discuss development
of alternatives to address midwater
trawl vessel access to groundfish closed
areas;
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5. The Committee will develop
recommendations for Council
consideration regarding all of the
management alternatives for inclusion
in Amendment 5 Draft EIS (catch
monitoring program, measures to
address river herring bycatch, access to
groundfish closed areas, protection of
spawning fish); and
6. Given time other business will be
discussed.
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
identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
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
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 (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 23, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Taking of Threatened or Endangered
Marine Mammals Incidental to
Commercial Fishing Operations;
Issuance of Permit
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), NMFS hereby issues a permit
for a period of three years to authorize
the incidental, but not intentional,
taking of individuals from six marine
mammal stocks listed under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) by
participants in several groundfish
SUMMARY:
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Council to convene a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a
meeting of the Standing, Special Spiny Lobster and Special Reef Fish
Scientific and Statistical Committees.
DATES: The meeting will convene at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 18, 2011
and conclude by noon on Friday, January 21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council, 2203 North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL
33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Population Dynamics
Statistician; Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone:
(813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee will meet to review several
recently completed stock assessments and supplemental assessment
analyses, and to recommend levels of acceptable biological catch.
During the first day of the meeting, the Standing and Special Spiny
Lobster Scientific and Statistical Committees will meet jointly to
review a spiny lobster update assessment and make recommendations to
the Council. The remainder of the meeting will be a joint meeting of
the Standing and Special Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical
Committee, which will begin upon completion of the spiny lobster
portion of the meeting. The Committee will review draft terms of
reference for a gray triggerfish update assessment and a vermilion
snapper update assessment to be conducted in 2011. The Committee
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will then review a re-run of the 2009 gag update assessment with a
corrected size distribution for the recreational discard data and
commercial discard estimates based on observer data. The Committee will
also review the impact of applying observer based discard estimates on
the 2009 red grouper update assessment. The Committee will then review
the following assessments: Greater amberjack update assessment, SEDAR
15 mutton snapper benchmark assessment, and SEDAR 23 goliath grouper
benchmark assessment.
Copies of the agenda and other related materials can be obtained by
calling (813) 348-1630 or can be downloaded from the Council's ftp
site, ftp.gulfcouncil.org.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come
before the Scientific and Statistical Committees for discussion, in
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of formal action
during this meeting. Actions of the Scientific and Statistical
Committees will be restricted to those issues specifically identified
in the agenda and any issues arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public
has been notified of the Council's intent to take action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Trish Kennedy at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at
least 5 working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: December 23, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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