Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 6402-6403 [2011-2512]
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Comments and requests for
copies of the proposed evaluation
should be addressed to Susan Bishop,
Salmon Management Division, National
Marine Fisheries Service, 7600 Sand
Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 98115–
0070, or faxed to (206) 526–6736.
Comments on this proposed evaluation
may be submitted by e-mail. The
mailbox address for providing e-mail
comments is
2010PSCHNKHARVEST.nwr@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line the following
document identifier: ‘‘2010 CHNK
PSHARVEST proposed evaluation’’. The
document is also available on the
Internet at https://www.nwr.noaa.gov/
Salmon-Harvest-Hatcheries/StateTribal-Management/PS-ChinookRMPs.cfm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Bishop at phone number: 206/
526–4587, Puget Sound Harvest Team
Leader or e-mail:
susan.bishop@noaa.gov regarding the
RMP.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
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Reopening of Comment Period
The comment period will be reopened
through February 22, 2011.
Background
NMFS published a document in the
Federal Register of December 29, 2010,
concerning the availability for public
comment of the proposed evaluation of
the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary)
as to how the Puget Sound Chinook
Resource Management Plan (RMP)
addresses the criteria in Limit 6 of the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) 4(d)
Rule. The comment period for this
action ended Friday, January 28, 2011.
The comment period is being reopened
to provide additional opportunity for
public comment. The Puget Sound
Treaty Tribes and the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife
submitted to NMFS, pursuant to the
protective regulations promulgated for
Puget Sound Chinook salmon under
Limit 6 of the ESA 4(d) Rule for salmon
and steelhead, a jointly developed RMP.
The RMP specifies the future
management of commercial,
recreational, subsistence and tribal
salmon fisheries potentially affecting
listed Puget Sound Chinook salmon
from May 1, 2010, through April 30,
2015.
Dated: January 31, 2011.
Therese Conant,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Notice of Availability of a Draft
Framework for Ranking the Relative
Importance of Puget Sound Chinook
Salmon Populations and Watersheds
for ESU Recovery and Delisting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment
period.
AGENCY:
NMFS is reopening the
comment period for a draft technical
framework for ranking recovery
potential of populations of Puget Sound
Chinook salmon and watersheds
supporting them. The comment period
is being reopened to provide additional
opportunity for public comment.
DATES: Information and comments on
the draft framework must be received at
the appropriate address or fax number
(see ADDRESSES), no later than 5 p.m. on
February 22, 2011. We encourage the
public’s involvement in reviewing this
framework.
SUMMARY:
regarding the status and structure of
Puget Sound Chinook salmon
populations and their habitat. It builds
on the work of the Puget Sound
technical recovery team, which
provided the technical foundation of the
Puget Sound Chinook recovery plan
(NMFS 2006).
Dated: January 31, 2011.
Therese Conant,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species 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:
Information and comments
on this draft framework should be
submitted to Garth Griffin, Chief,
Protected Resources Division, NMFS.
Comments may also be sent via
facsimile (fax) to (503) 230–5435 or by
e-mail. The framework document is also
available on the Internet at https://
www.nwr.noaa.gov/Salmon-RecoveryPlanning/Recovery-Domains/PugetSound/PS-Chinook-Plan.cfm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Babcock, NMFS, Northwest
Region, (206) 526– 4505.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat
Review Committee (EFHRC) will hold a
work session by conference call to
follow up on work assignments from its
December 20, 2010 meeting.
DATES: The EFHRC conference call will
be held Friday, February 25, 2011, from
9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Pacific Time.
ADDRESSES: A public listening station
will be available at the Pacific Council
office, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite
101, Portland, OR 97220; telephone:
(503) 820–2280. Please contact the
Council Staff Officer for
accommodations.
Reopening of Comment Period
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The comment period will be reopened
through February 22, 2011.
Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; telephone:
(503) 820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the EFHRC meeting is to
follow up on the December 20, 2010
meeting, and to check on assignments
and progress toward developing a report
for the April, 2011 Pacific Council
meeting. The initial meeting highlighted
several issues to address, as the Pacific
Council and the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) conduct a
review of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
descriptions for Pacific Coast groundfish
species. Major topics of discussion are
likely to include schedule and timing;
soliciting data and information from
ADDRESSES:
Background
NMFS published a document in the
Federal Register of December 29, 2010,
concerning the availability of a draft
technical framework for ranking
recovery potential of populations of
Puget Sound Chinook salmon and
watersheds supporting them. The
comment period for this action ended
Friday, January 28, 2011. The comment
period is being reopened to provide
additional opportunity for public
comment. The draft framework relies on
the best available scientific information
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interested parties; components and
products of the review; and other topics.
Groundfish EFH was first identified
and described by the Pacific Council in
1998, and revised in 1996. The Pacific
Council considered proposed revisions
to groundfish EFH in 2008, but declined
to change EFH descriptions, pending the
more thorough review now underway.
Detailed information on existing EFH
descriptions and identification is
available by contacting the Pacific
Council directly.
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
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 Mr.
Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820–2280 at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: February 1, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings and
hearings.
AGENCY:
The Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold meetings of its 106th Scientific and
Statistical Committee (SSC), the
American Samoa Archipelago Fishery
Ecosystem Plan Regional Ecosystem
Advisory Committee (REAC), Advisory
Panel (AP), and Plan Team (PT). The
Council will also hold its 150th meeting
to consider advisory group
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recommendations and take actions on
fishery management issues in the
Western Pacific Region.
DATES: The meetings will be held from
February 22 and March 10, 2011. All
meetings will be held in Pago Pago,
American Samoa, except for the SSC
meeting which will be held in
Honolulu, HI. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for specific dates and times
and agendas of the several meetings.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for specific locations of the
meetings.
Council address: Western Pacific
Regional Fishery Management Council
Office, 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1400,
Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808) 522–
8220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
telephone: (808) 522–8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC
will meet on February 22–24, 2011,
between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.; The
American Samoa REAC will meet on
March 4, 2011, between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m.; the AP will meet on March 5,
2011, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.; the
PT will meet on March 7, 2011, between
8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.; the Council’s
Executive and Budget Standing
Committee will meet on March 7, 2011,
between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.; the 150th
Council meeting will meet on March 8–
10, 2011, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
The SSC meeting will be held at the
Western Pacific Regional Fishery
Management Council Office, 1164
Bishop Street, Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI;
telephone: (808) 522–8220. The REAC,
and 150th Council meetings will be held
at the Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium
(Fale Laumei), Department of
Commerce, Government of American
Samoa, Pago Pago, American Samoa;
telephone: (684) 633–5155. The Council
Executive and Budget Standing
Committee and AP meetings will be
held at Sadie’s by the Sea Hotel, Pago
Pago, American Samoa; telephone: (684)
633–5981. The Council’s PT meeting
will be held at the Department of
Marine and Wildlife Resources,
Government of American Samoa, Pago
Pago, American Samoa; telephone: (684)
633–5102.
In addition to the agenda items listed
here, the SSC, REAC, AP, PT and
Council will hear recommendations
from Council advisory groups. Public
comment periods will be provided
throughout the agendas. The order in
which agenda items are addressed may
change. The meetings will run as late as
necessary to complete scheduled
business.
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Schedule and Agenda for 106th SSC
Meeting
8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., Tuesday, February 22,
2011
1. Introductions
2. Approval of Draft Agenda and
Assignment of Rapporteurs
3. Status of the 104th SSC Meeting
Recommendations
4. Report from the Pacific Islands
Fisheries Science Center Director
5. Program Planning
A. Annual Catch Limit (ACL)
Specification Process
B. Workshop on ACLs for Coral Reef
Fisheries
C. National ACL Science Needs
Workshop
D. Catch Shares and Communities
Workshop
E. Public Comment
F. SSC Discussion and
Recommendations
6. Insular Fisheries
A. Mariana Archipelago
1. Plan Team Meetings
2. Advisory Panel Meetings
3. Regional Ecosystem Advisory
Committee meetings
4. Biosampling in the Mariana
Archipelago
B. Hawaii Archipelago
1. Bottomfish Stock Assessment
2. Bottomfish Essential Fish Habitat
(EFH)/Habitat Areas of Particular
Concern (HAPC)
3. Puwalu Recommendations
C. American Samoa Archipelago
D. Public Comment
E. SSC Discussion and
Recommendations
8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., Wednesday, February
23, 2011
7. Pelagic Fisheries
A. Proposed Changes to American
Samoa Large Pelagic Fishing Vessel
(> 50 ft) Area Closure (Action)
B. American Samoa Longline Limited
Entry Program (Action)
C. American Samoa and Hawaii
Longline Quarterly Reports
D. Impacts to Hawaii Longline Fleet
from Western and Central Pacific Ocean
Bigeye Tuna Closure
E. International Fisheries Meetings
1. Seventh Regular Meeting of the
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries
Commission (WCPFC7)
F. Public Comment
G. SSC Discussion and
Recommendations
8. Protected Species
A. Updates on False Killer Whale
Issues
B. Updates on Endangered Species
Act Issues
C. American Samoa Longline Fishery
Circle Hook Study
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA193
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council)
Groundfish Essential Fish Habitat Review Committee (EFHRC) will hold a
work session by conference call to follow up on work assignments from
its December 20, 2010 meeting.
DATES: The EFHRC conference call will be held Friday, February 25,
2011, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Pacific Time.
ADDRESSES: A public listening station will be available at the Pacific
Council office, 7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR
97220; telephone: (503) 820-2280. Please contact the Council Staff
Officer for accommodations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer;
telephone: (503) 820-2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the EFHRC meeting is to
follow up on the December 20, 2010 meeting, and to check on assignments
and progress toward developing a report for the April, 2011 Pacific
Council meeting. The initial meeting highlighted several issues to
address, as the Pacific Council and the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) conduct a review of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
descriptions for Pacific Coast groundfish species. Major topics of
discussion are likely to include schedule and timing; soliciting data
and information from
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interested parties; components and products of the review; and other
topics.
Groundfish EFH was first identified and described by the Pacific
Council in 1998, and revised in 1996. The Pacific Council considered
proposed revisions to groundfish EFH in 2008, but declined to change
EFH descriptions, pending the more thorough review now underway.
Detailed information on existing EFH descriptions and identification is
available by contacting the Pacific Council directly.
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 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 Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at (503) 820-2280 at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: February 1, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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