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Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
Provisions; Fisheries of the
Northeastern United States; Annual
Catch Limits and Accountability
Measures
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Availability of proposed fishery
management plan amendments; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
SUMMARY:
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Council (Council) has submitted an
omnibus amendment containing the
following amendments to implement
annual catch limits (ACLs) and
accountability measures (AMs) for
Council managed resources:
Amendment 13 to the Atlantic
Mackerel, Squids, and Butterfish FMP;
Amendment 3 to the Atlantic Bluefish
FMP; Amendment 2 to the Spiny
Dogfish FMP; Amendment 15 to the
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass FMP; Amendment 16 to the
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog FMP, and
Amendment 3 to the Tilefish FMP.
These amendments, hereafter referred to
as the Omnibus Amendment, have been
submitted for review by the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) for conformance
with the FMPs, FMP amendments, the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), and other
applicable laws. In turn, as part of the
Secretarial review process, NMFS is
requesting comments on the Omnibus
Amendment from the public.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 22, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by RIN 0648–BA23, by any
one of the following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Fax: (978) 281–9135.
• Mail and hand delivery: Patricia A.
Kurkul, Regional Administrator, NMFS,
Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930.
Mark the outside of the envelope:
Comments on Mid-Atlantic ACL/AM
Omnibus Amendment.
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 (enter N/A in the required
fields, if you wish to remain
anonymous). You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or
Adobe PDF file formats only.
Copies of the draft Omnibus
Amendment document, including the
Environmental Assessment and
Regulatory Impact Review (EA/RIR) and
other supporting documents for the
Omnibus Amendment are available
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from Dr. Christopher M. Moore,
Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, Suite 201,
800 North State Street, Dover, DE 19901.
The draft Omnibus Amendment, as
submitted to NMFS by the Council, is
also accessible via the Internet at
https://www.nero.noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Ruccio, Fishery Policy Analyst,
(978) 281–9104.
The
Magnuson-Stevens Act requires that
each Regional Fishery Management
Council submit any FMP amendment it
prepares to NMFS for review and
approval, disapproval, or partial
approval. The Magnuson-Stevens Act
also requires that NMFS, upon receiving
an FMP amendment, publish a notice in
the Federal Register that the
amendment is available for public
review and comment.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management
Reauthorization Act of 2006 (MSRA)
amended the Magnuson-Stevens Act to
include new requirements for ACLs and
AMs and the formal incorporation of
scientific advice provided to Regional
Fishery Management Councils from
their respective Scientific and Statistical
Committees (SSCs).
The Council conducted public
scoping and development of the
Omnibus Amendment in 2009 and
2010. The development process
included several meetings of the full
Council, joint meetings with the Council
and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, the Council’s SSC and its
scientific uncertainty subcommittee, the
Omnibus Amendment Fishery
Management Action Team, and public
hearings. Now, the Council has
submitted the Omnibus Amendment for
Secretarial review, approval as needed,
and implementation. The Omnibus
Amendment is necessary to bring all
Council FMPs into compliance with the
requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act. The intent is to establish a
comprehensive framework for all
Council FMPs to more formally receive
and utilize scientific recommendations
in the establishment of annual catch
levels, to establish a system to derive
ACLs with AM backstops from that
scientific advice, and to establish
processes for revisiting and modifying
the measures that would be established
by the respective FMP amendments so
that overfishing is prevented, stocks are
rebuilt, and Optimum Yield (OY) may
be achieved for all managed stocks.
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If approved by NMFS, this
amendment would establish Acceptable
Biological Catch (ABC) control rules for
use by the Council’s SSC in
recommending ABC to the Council; a
risk policy for use in conjunction with
the ABC control rules to inform the SSC
of the Council’s preferred tolerance for
the risk of overfishing a stock; ACLs for
all Council-managed stocks except
Loligo and Illex squids, which are
exempt from the ACL/AM requirements
due to annual life cycles;
comprehensive AMs for all established
ACLs; descriptions of the process to
review ACL and AM performance; and
establishment of processes to modify the
measures to be implemented through
the Omnibus Amendment.
Public comments are being solicited
on the Council’s Omnibus Amendment
and its incorporated documents through
the end of the comment period stated in
this notice of availability. A proposed
rule that would implement the Omnibus
Amendment’s measures if approved,
will be published in the Federal
Register for public comment, following
NMFS’s evaluation of the proposed rule
under the procedures of the MagnusonStevens Act. Public comments on the
proposed rule must be received by the
end of the comment period provided in
this notice of availability of the
Omnibus Amendment to be considered
in the approval/disapproval decision on
the amendment. All comments received
by July 22, 2011, whether specifically
directed to the Omnibus Amendment or
the proposed rule, will be considered by
NMFS in the approval/disapproval
decision on the Omnibus Amendment.
In reviewing, approving, and
implementing Council-recommended
amendment actions, NMFS is
constrained to approval, disapproval, or
partial approval only.
Comments received after the specified
date will not be considered in the
decision to approve, partially approve,
or disapprove the Omnibus
Amendment. To be considered,
comments must be received by close of
business on the last day of the comment
period; that does not mean postmarked
or otherwise transmitted by that date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 17, 2011,
Margo Schulze-Haugen,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 665
RIN 0648–AY27
Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries;
American Samoa Longline Gear
Modifications To Reduce Turtle
Interactions
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of fishery
ecosystem plan amendment; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council) proposes to amend
the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic
Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region
(FEP). If approved by the Secretary of
Commerce, Amendment 5 would
establish gear configuration
requirements for the U.S. pelagic
longline fishery based in American
Samoa. The proposed action is intended
to reduce interactions between the
fishery and Pacific green sea turtles,
which will enable American Samoa
longline fishing vessels to continue
operations, while providing for the longterm survival, recovery, and
sustainability of Pacific green sea turtle
populations.
DATES: Comments on Amendment 5,
including an environmental assessment,
must be received by July 22, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Copies of Amendment 5,
including an environmental assessment,
identified by 0648–AY27, are available
from https://www.regulations.gov, or the
Council, 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400,
Honolulu, HI 96813, tel 808–522–8220,
fax 808–522–8226, https://
www.wpcouncil.org. Comments on the
amendment, including the
environmental assessment, may be sent
to either of the following addresses:
• Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal https://
www.regulations.gov; or
• Mail: Mail written comments to
Michael D. Tosatto, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Pacific Islands
Region (PIR), 1601 Kapiolani Blvd.,
Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814–4700.
Instructions: Comments must be
submitted to one of the above two
addresses to ensure that the comments
are received, documented, and
considered by NMFS. Comments sent to
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any other address or individual, or
received after the end of the comment
period, may not be considered. 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 (e.g., name, address, etc.)
submitted voluntarily by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit confidential business
information, or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
A’’ in the required name and
organization fields if you wish to remain
anonymous). Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft
Word or Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe
PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Adam Bailey, NMFS PIR Sustainable
Fisheries Division, 808–944–2248.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pelagic
fisheries in the U.S. western Pacific are
managed under the FEP, developed by
the Council, and approved and
implemented by NMFS. The Council
prepared Amendment 5 to address
pelagic fishing concerns in American
Samoa, and submitted the amendment
to NMFS for review under the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act.
The pelagic longline fishery based in
American Samoa is predominantly
composed of longline vessels over 40 ft
(12 m) in length. Longline vessels set
30–50 miles (48–80 km) of
monofilament main line and around
3,000 hooks per day. In 2010, 26 vessels
made a total of 4,328 sets, and landed
about 222,400 albacore (most destined
for the Pago Pago cannery), and smaller
amounts of skipjack, yellowfin and
bigeye tunas. The fishery also takes
wahoo, oilfish, blue marlin, blue sharks,
and other pelagic fish.
The American Samoa longline fishery
occasionally interacts with (hooks or
entangles) Pacific green sea turtles
(Chelonia mydas), which are listed as
threatened under the Endangered
Species Act. Most of the interactions
occur in near-surface waters, that is,
shallower than 100 m, and most injuries
to green sea turtles are fatal. To reduce
these interactions, the Council proposes
to amend the FEP to require longline
fishermen to use a suite of gear
configurations designed to ensure that
longline hooks are set to fish at a depth
of 100 meters or deeper, away from the
primary turtle habitat.
This action would require fishermen
on the large vessels (Classes B, C, and
D) to use float lines that are at least 30
meters long, and maintain a distance of
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
RIN 0648-BA23
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Annual Catch
Limits and Accountability Measures
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Availability of proposed fishery management plan amendments;
request for comments.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (Council) has submitted an omnibus amendment containing the
following amendments to implement annual catch limits (ACLs) and
accountability measures (AMs) for Council managed resources: Amendment
13 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squids, and Butterfish FMP; Amendment 3 to
the Atlantic Bluefish FMP; Amendment 2 to the Spiny Dogfish FMP;
Amendment 15 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP;
Amendment 16 to the Surfclam and Ocean Quahog FMP, and Amendment 3 to
the Tilefish FMP. These amendments, hereafter referred to as the
Omnibus Amendment, have been submitted for review by the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) for conformance with the FMPs, FMP amendments, the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act), and other applicable laws. In turn, as part of the
Secretarial review process, NMFS is requesting comments on the Omnibus
Amendment from the public.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 22, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by RIN 0648-BA23, by any
one of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal https://www.regulations.gov.
Fax: (978) 281-9135.
Mail and hand delivery: Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great Republic
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the outside of the envelope: Comments
on Mid-Atlantic ACL/AM Omnibus Amendment.
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 (enter N/A in the required
fields, if you wish to remain anonymous). You may submit attachments to
electronic comments in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF
file formats only.
Copies of the draft Omnibus Amendment document, including the
Environmental Assessment and Regulatory Impact Review (EA/RIR) and
other supporting documents for the Omnibus Amendment are available from
Dr. Christopher M. Moore, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, Suite 201, 800 North State Street, Dover, DE 19901.
The draft Omnibus Amendment, as submitted to NMFS by the Council, is
also accessible via the Internet at https://www.nero.noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Ruccio, Fishery Policy
Analyst, (978) 281-9104.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires that each
Regional Fishery Management Council submit any FMP amendment it
prepares to NMFS for review and approval, disapproval, or partial
approval. The Magnuson-Stevens Act also requires that NMFS, upon
receiving an FMP amendment, publish a notice in the Federal Register
that the amendment is available for public review and comment.
Background
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Reauthorization Act of 2006 (MSRA) amended the Magnuson-Stevens Act to
include new requirements for ACLs and AMs and the formal incorporation
of scientific advice provided to Regional Fishery Management Councils
from their respective Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSCs).
The Council conducted public scoping and development of the Omnibus
Amendment in 2009 and 2010. The development process included several
meetings of the full Council, joint meetings with the Council and
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, the Council's SSC and its
scientific uncertainty subcommittee, the Omnibus Amendment Fishery
Management Action Team, and public hearings. Now, the Council has
submitted the Omnibus Amendment for Secretarial review, approval as
needed, and implementation. The Omnibus Amendment is necessary to bring
all Council FMPs into compliance with the requirements of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. The intent is to establish a comprehensive framework for
all Council FMPs to more formally receive and utilize scientific
recommendations in the establishment of annual catch levels, to
establish a system to derive ACLs with AM backstops from that
scientific advice, and to establish processes for revisiting and
modifying the measures that would be established by the respective FMP
amendments so that overfishing is prevented, stocks are rebuilt, and
Optimum Yield (OY) may be achieved for all managed stocks.
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If approved by NMFS, this amendment would establish Acceptable
Biological Catch (ABC) control rules for use by the Council's SSC in
recommending ABC to the Council; a risk policy for use in conjunction
with the ABC control rules to inform the SSC of the Council's preferred
tolerance for the risk of overfishing a stock; ACLs for all Council-
managed stocks except Loligo and Illex squids, which are exempt from
the ACL/AM requirements due to annual life cycles; comprehensive AMs
for all established ACLs; descriptions of the process to review ACL and
AM performance; and establishment of processes to modify the measures
to be implemented through the Omnibus Amendment.
Public comments are being solicited on the Council's Omnibus
Amendment and its incorporated documents through the end of the comment
period stated in this notice of availability. A proposed rule that
would implement the Omnibus Amendment's measures if approved, will be
published in the Federal Register for public comment, following NMFS's
evaluation of the proposed rule under the procedures of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. Public comments on the proposed rule must be received by
the end of the comment period provided in this notice of availability
of the Omnibus Amendment to be considered in the approval/disapproval
decision on the amendment. All comments received by July 22, 2011,
whether specifically directed to the Omnibus Amendment or the proposed
rule, will be considered by NMFS in the approval/disapproval decision
on the Omnibus Amendment. In reviewing, approving, and implementing
Council-recommended amendment actions, NMFS is constrained to approval,
disapproval, or partial approval only.
Comments received after the specified date will not be considered
in the decision to approve, partially approve, or disapprove the
Omnibus Amendment. To be considered, comments must be received by close
of business on the last day of the comment period; that does not mean
postmarked or otherwise transmitted by that date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 17, 2011,
Margo Schulze-Haugen,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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