Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council); Public Meeting, 542-543 [2010-33277]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XA123
Marine Mammals; File No. 15616
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
Craig Matkin, North Gulf Oceanic
Society, Homer, AK, has applied in due
form for a permit to conduct research on
marine mammals.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail
comments must be received on or before
February 4, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the Features box on the
Applications and Permits for Protected
Species (APPS) home page, https://
apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting
File No. 15616 from the list of available
applications.
These documents are also available
upon written request or by appointment
in the following office(s):
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301) 713–2289; fax (301) 713–0376; and
Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box
21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone
(907) 586–7221; fax (907) 586–7249.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, at the address listed above.
Comments may also be submitted by
facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or by email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov.
Please include the File No. in the
subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and
Education Division at the address listed
above. The request should set forth the
specific reasons why a hearing on this
application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tammy Adams or Kristy Beard, (301)
713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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).
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The applicant requests a five-year
permit to study marine mammals in
Alaskan waters, including southeast
Alaska, Prince William Sound, the
Kenai Peninsula, the Eastern Aleutian
Islands, and the Bering Sea. The
purpose of the research is to maintain a
long-term killer whale (Orcinus orca)
monitoring program in Alaskan waters
that was initiated over 25 years ago. In
addition, the permit holder would
examine movements of other nonendangered cetacean species along the
North Gulf Coast of Alaska in relation to
U.S. Navy testing activities. The
proposed research activities include
photo-identification, passive acoustic
recording, biopsy sampling, tagging
with barbed darts and suction cups, and
collecting samples of marine mammal
carcasses from sites of killer whale
predation.
The applicant requests to
photoidentify and acoustically record
(PI), biopsy sample (BS), attach barbed
dart satellite tags (DT), and suction cup
tags (ST) to the following cetacean
species: killer whales (PI 2000, BS 100,
DT 75, ST 75), gray whales (Eschrichtius
robustus; PI 100, BS 8, DT 25), Baird’s
beaked whales (Berardius bairdii; PI 50,
BS 8, DT 8), Cuvier’s beaked whales
(Ziphius cavirostris; PI 50, BS 8, DT 8),
and Stejneger’s beaked whales
(Mesoplodon stejnegeri; PI 50, BS 8, DT
8). Prey remains would be collected
from carcasses of the following species:
15 minke whales (Balaenoptera
acutorostrata), 25 gray whale, 15 harbor
porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), 15
Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli), 25
harbor seals (Phoca vitulina), 15 Pacific
white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus
obliquidens), 25 northern fur seals
(Callorhinus ursinus), 25 other
‘‘unidentified’’ cetaceans, and 25 other
‘‘unidentified’’ pinnipeds.
An initial determination has been
made in compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) that the activity
proposed is categorically excluded from
the requirement to prepare an
environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
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.
Dated: December 29, 2010.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XA126
Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council)
will convene a meeting of the Ecosystem
Plan Development Team (EPDT) which
is open to the public.
DATES: The EPDT will meet on
Wednesday, January 26, 2011, beginning
at 1:30 p.m. and on Thursday, January
27th beginning at 8:30 a.m. Both
meeting sessions will conclude at
5 p.m., or when business for each day
is completed.
ADDRESSES: The EPDT meeting will be
held at the NMFS, Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, Conference Room, 110
Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060;
telephone: (831) 420–3900.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mike Burner, Staff Officer; telephone:
(503) 820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please
note, this is not a public hearing; it is
a work session for the primary purpose
of drafting a report and
recommendations to the Council on the
development of an Ecosystem Fishery
Management Plan (EFMP). At the
September 2010 Council meeting, the
EPDT and the Ecosystem Advisory
Subpanel provided an initial report on
EFMP development that included a
draft statement of purpose and need, a
list of initial goals and objectives, and
options for the EFMP’s geographic
range, managed species, and regulatory
scope. In response, the Council tasked
the EPDT with a review of the Council’s
four fishery management plans (FMPs)
to identify existing ecosystem-based
principles as well as common
management needs that may benefit
from a coordinated overarching EFMP
framework. A draft version of an EPDT
report responding to the Council’s
direction will be reviewed at this
meeting and is ultimately scheduled to
be presented to the Council and its
Advisory Bodies at the March 2011
Council meeting in Vancouver, WA.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may
come before the EPDT for discussion,
those issues may not be the subject of
SUMMARY:
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formal EPDT action during this meeting.
EPDT 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 Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the 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 Ms.
Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: December 30, 2010.
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–XA127
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a 3-day Council meeting on
Tuesday–Thursday, January 25–27,
2011 to consider actions affecting New
England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will begin at 9 a.m.
on Tuesday, January 25 and at 8:30 a.m.
on each of the following two meeting
days.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held at
the Sheraton Harborside Hotel, 250
Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801;
telephone: (603) 431–2300 and fax:
(603) 433–5649.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Following introductions and any
announcements, the Council will begin
its meeting with a series of brief reports
from the Council Chairman and
Executive Director, the NOAA Fisheries
Northeast Regional Administrator,
Northeast Fisheries Science Center and
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council liaisons, NOAA General
Counsel, representatives of the U.S.
Coast Guard and the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission, as well
as NOAA Enforcement. These reports
will be followed by a review of any
experimental fishery permit
applications that have been received
since the last Council meeting in
November 2010. The Chairman of the
Habitat Committee will then provide a
brief update on activities to date to
complete Habitat Omnibus 2, an action
that will amend all of the Council’s
Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) with
respect to Essential Fish Habitat and
minimizing the habitat impacts of
fishing activities. Members of the
Council’s Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC) will report on their
white paper and further outline
approaches to undertaking ecosystembased fisheries management. Prior to a
lunch break, an Ocean Observatories
Initiative representative will present an
outline of their project—a networked
sensor system array proposed for
offshore Southern New England to
measure the physical, chemical,
geological and biological variables in
the ocean and its seafloor. During the
afternoon session, the Council will
accept public comments on issues
related to fisheries management, but not
listed on the meeting agenda. Later, the
Skate Committee will discuss and the
Council will consider approval of an
action to lower the skate wing
possession limit for the 2011 fishing
year. A Northeast Fisheries Science
Center representative will report on the
November 2010 Stock Assessment
Workshop/Stock Assessment Review
Committee meeting that determined the
status of Loligo, and five species of
hake. The day will conclude with a
report on the recent International
Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) meeting. The
focus will be on bluefin tuna and
northern swordfish.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
During the morning session, the
Council may initiate a framework
adjustment to the Northeast
Multispecies FMP that could include a
catch cap for haddock taken in the
herring midwater trawl fishery.
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Following this discussion, the Herring
Committee will ask the Council to
approve management alternatives for
inclusion in a Draft Environmental
Impact Statement that will accompany
Amendment 5 to the Atlantic Herring
FMP. The action may address the
following: catch monitoring alternatives;
river herring bycatch; midwater trawl
access to the groundfish closed areas;
interactions with the Atlantic mackerel
fishery; and protection for spawning
herring. This agenda item will be
discussed until the meeting adjourns at
the end of the business day.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The last day of the Council meeting
will begin with a discussion of an
amendment to the Northeast
Multispecies FMP that could authorize
state-operated permit banks as well as
groundfish fleet diversity and
accumulation limits. The Council also
may discuss recent legislation that will
affect the U.S./Canada Resource Sharing
Understanding and may comment on
the NMFS proposed rule for Framework
Adjustment 45 to the Multispecies FMP.
NOAA General Counsel in the Northeast
Region will provide an update on case
developments and/or regulatory issues
that have arisen over the last six-to-eight
months. Following this review, the
Council plans to initiate Framework
Adjustment 23 to the Sea Scallop FMP.
The action could require scallop dredge
vessels to use a turtle excluder device,
possibly modify the amount of
yellowtail flounder allocated to the
scallop fishery and modify the limited
access general category program in the
Northern Gulf of Maine. The Council
also plans to take final action on
Framework Adjustment 7 to the
Monkfish FMP. Included are measures
to revise the biomass reference points,
and accordingly, the Annual Catch
Target in the monkfish Northern
Management Area. Days-at-sea and trip
limits for the 2011–13 fishing years also
will be modified. Before adjournment,
the Council may address any other
outstanding business related to this
meeting.
Although other non-emergency issues
not contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subjects of formal
action during this meeting. Council
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 Act, provided that the public
has been notified of the Council’s intent
to take final action to address the
emergency.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA126
Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will
convene a meeting of the Ecosystem Plan Development Team (EPDT) which
is open to the public.
DATES: The EPDT will meet on Wednesday, January 26, 2011, beginning at
1:30 p.m. and on Thursday, January 27th beginning at 8:30 a.m. Both
meeting sessions will conclude at 5 p.m., or when business for each day
is completed.
ADDRESSES: The EPDT meeting will be held at the NMFS, Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, Conference Room, 110 Shaffer Road, Santa
Cruz, CA 95060; telephone: (831) 420-3900.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Burner, Staff Officer; telephone:
(503) 820-2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please note, this is not a public hearing;
it is a work session for the primary purpose of drafting a report and
recommendations to the Council on the development of an Ecosystem
Fishery Management Plan (EFMP). At the September 2010 Council meeting,
the EPDT and the Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel provided an initial report
on EFMP development that included a draft statement of purpose and
need, a list of initial goals and objectives, and options for the
EFMP's geographic range, managed species, and regulatory scope. In
response, the Council tasked the EPDT with a review of the Council's
four fishery management plans (FMPs) to identify existing ecosystem-
based principles as well as common management needs that may benefit
from a coordinated overarching EFMP framework. A draft version of an
EPDT report responding to the Council's direction will be reviewed at
this meeting and is ultimately scheduled to be presented to the Council
and its Advisory Bodies at the March 2011 Council meeting in Vancouver,
WA.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda
may come before the EPDT for discussion, those issues may not be the
subject of
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formal EPDT action during this meeting. EPDT 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 Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the 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 Ms. Carolyn Porter at (503) 820-2280 at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: December 30, 2010.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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