Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Components of Fishery Management Plans (Northeast Multispecies, Atlantic Sea Scallop, Monkfish, Atlantic Herring, Skates, Atlantic Salmon, and Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab) 5-Year Review, 35408-35409 [2011-15152]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XR75
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
Components of Fishery Management
Plans (Northeast Multispecies, Atlantic
Sea Scallop, Monkfish, Atlantic
Herring, Skates, Atlantic Salmon, and
Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab) 5-Year
Review
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Supplemental notice of intent
(NOI) to prepare a programmatic
environmental impact statement (EIS).
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is in the
process of preparing a programmatic EIS
for an Omnibus EFH Amendment to the
fishery management plans (FMPs) for
Northeast (NE) multispecies, Atlantic
sea scallop, monkfish, Atlantic herring,
NE skate complex, Atlantic salmon, and
Atlantic deep-sea red crab. The Council
will expand the scope of this action to
include review of, and possible changes
to, the NE multispecies closed areas.
During this comment period, the
Council is seeking comments on the
possible revision of these management
areas.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before 5 p.m. e.s.t., July
18, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
SUMMARY:
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• E-mail: HabitatNOI@noaa.gov.
• Mail: Paul J. Howard, Executive
Director, New England Fishery
Management Council, 50 Water Street,
Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
• Fax: (978) 465–3116.
Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council
(978) 465–0492.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
purpose of this notification is to alert
the interested public of the Council’s
intent to consider changes to the NE
multispecies closed areas in the
Omnibus EFH Amendment. A
description of the background and need
for the Omnibus EFH Amendment can
be found in the original NOI dated
February 24, 2004, (69 FR 8367) and is
not repeated here. The amendment has
been developed in two phases. Phase 1
included a review and update of EFH
designations, consideration of habitat
areas of particular concern, an updated
prey species list, and an update of nonfishing impacts. A notice of availability
for the Phase 1 Draft EIS (DEIS) was
published on April 6, 2007 (72 FR
17157).
Phase 2 will include an evaluation of
the effects of fishing on EFH, and
management measures to minimize the
adverse effects of fishing on EFH across
all FMPs. A subset of the alternatives to
minimize the impacts of EFH will focus
specifically on minimizing the impacts
of fishing on deep-sea corals. During
early meetings to develop Phase 2
alternatives in late 2009 and early 2010,
the Council’s Habitat Oversight
Committee concluded that development
and implementation of new or modified
habitat management areas was
complicated substantially by the
existence of the NE multispecies closed
areas. There is considerable spatial
overlap between the NE multispecies
closed areas and the current habitat
areas which are closed to bottom
tending mobile gears. Generally, the NE
multispecies closed areas are closed to
all gear capable of catching groundfish,
including but not limited to mobile
gears, although there are specific
exemptions for certain fisheries and gear
types. Specifically, the Habitat
Oversight Committee was concerned
about the feasibility of implementing
new habitat management areas outside
of the boundaries of the NE multispecies
closed areas, in particular the year
round closures, even if current habitat
management areas were eliminated, as
this would substantially increase in the
amount of seabed closed to fishing for
some types of gears/fisheries.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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At the January 2011 Council meeting,
the Habitat Oversight Committee raised
the issue of modifying or eliminating
the NE multispecies closed areas via the
Omnibus EFH Amendment. At its April
2011 meeting, the Council reviewed
available information related to this
issue, including how this change in
scope would affect the Omnibus EFH
Amendment’s timeline given other
priorities established for 2011, and then
voted to expand the scope of the
Amendment to consider modifying the
NE multispecies closed areas in
conjunction with the establishment of
any new habitat closed areas.
Following public comment on all
alternatives, including any alternatives
related to the NE multispecies closed
areas as well alternatives to designate
EFH and HAPCs, minimize impacts to
EFH, and protect deep-sea corals, the
Council will select final alternatives and
then prepare and submit a final EIS
document. It is anticipated that all
selected alternatives from both phases of
the Omnibus EFH Amendment will be
implemented via a single rulemaking.
Considering this expansion of scope, the
expected implementation date for the
Omnibus EFH Amendment will be
delayed beyond the previously
anticipated date of summer 2012.
Stakeholders are encouraged to
submit comments on this change in
scope as well as on other issues related
to the development of EFH impacts
minimization alternatives. Comments
are specifically sought on the utility of
existing or alternative closures to
address the needs of groundfish stocks,
as well as on the impacts of changes to
the existing closures on groundfish
fishing and other activities (such as
Special Access Programs, exempted/
certified bycatch fisheries, recreational
fishing opportunities, endangered or
threatened species protection, etc.).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 13, 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
RIN 0648–XA457
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; Shrimp
Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and
Southern Atlantic States
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of an
application for an exempted fishing
permit; request for comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces the receipt
of an application for an exempted
fishing permit (EFP) from the Gulf and
South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation,
Inc. (Foundation). If granted, the EFP
would authorize the applicant, with
certain conditions, to collect and retain
limited numbers of specimens that
would otherwise be prohibited from
possession and retention. This study, to
be conducted in the exclusive economic
zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf)
and South Atlantic, is intended to
characterize catch and bycatch within
the shrimp fisheries of the Gulf and
South Atlantic.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than 5 p.m., eastern time, on July
15, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the application by any of the
following methods:
• E-mail: Steve.Branstetter@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line of the e-mail
comment the following document
identifier: ‘‘FND_EFP’’.
• Mail: Steve Branstetter, Southeast
Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th
Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
The application and related
documents are available for review
upon written request to any of the above
addresses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Branstetter, 727–824–5305;
e-mail: Steve.Branstetter@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EFP is
requested under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and regulations at
50 CFR 600.745(b) concerning exempted
fishing.
The applicant proposes research as
part of the Cooperative Research
Program, which is intended to involve
commercial fishermen in the collection
of fundamental fisheries information.
The described research is part of three
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ongoing Cooperative Agreements (No.
NA08NMF4330406, No.
NA09NMF4540135, and No.
NA10NMF4540108), plus two pending
Cooperative Research Program projects.
Resource collection efforts support the
development and evaluation of fisheries
management and regulatory options.
The proposed collection for scientific
research involves activities otherwise
prohibited by regulations at 50 CFR part
622, as they pertain to fish and
invertebrates managed by the Gulf of
Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery
Management Councils (Councils)
specific to the shrimp fisheries of the
Gulf and South Atlantic. The applicant
requires authorization through the EFP
to collect these Council-managed
species that may be taken in association
with the commercial shrimp fisheries of
the southeast United States. This
proposed collection would include reef
fish, red drum, coastal migratory
pelagics, stone crab, and lobsters in the
Gulf, and snapper-grouper, coastal
migratory pelagics, dolphin and wahoo,
and lobsters in the South Atlantic.
The EFP exempts personnel from the
Foundation from bag limits, size limits,
quotas, seasonal restrictions, and gear
authorizations, when possessing
Council-managed species as part of
scientific research activities from
August 1, 2011, through December 31,
2013. Specimens would be collected
from Federal waters of the Gulf and
South Atlantic, and sampling would
occur during normal fishing operations
of the trawl gear component of the
penaeid shrimp commercial sector.
Sampling would occur year-round,
collecting as many as 500 fish during
the course of the study. These species
would be retained only in the event of
the need for subsequent shore-side
identification or as documentation of
quality assurance in the data collection
process. Data collection for this study
would support improved information
about the catch, bycatch, discards, and
the ability to reduce bycatch for species
taken by the shrimp fisheries of the Gulf
and South Atlantic. These data would
provide insight on a stock’s resilience to
fishing, and would help improve
estimates of long-term biological
productivity of the stocks. Currently,
these data are unavailable, and it is
anticipated that project results will
yield valuable data within these
fisheries.
NMFS finds this application warrants
further consideration. Based on a
preliminary review, NMFS intends to
issue an EFP. The limited sampling
program and associated methodology
listed in the EFP is not expected to
impact the fishery stocks; the estimated
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XR75
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Components of Fishery Management
Plans (Northeast Multispecies, Atlantic Sea Scallop, Monkfish, Atlantic
Herring, Skates, Atlantic Salmon, and Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab) 5-
Year Review
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Supplemental notice of intent (NOI) to prepare a programmatic
environmental impact statement (EIS).
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is in the
process of preparing a programmatic EIS for an Omnibus EFH Amendment to
the fishery management plans (FMPs) for Northeast (NE) multispecies,
Atlantic sea scallop, monkfish, Atlantic herring, NE skate complex,
Atlantic salmon, and Atlantic deep-sea red crab. The Council will
expand the scope of this action to include review of, and possible
changes to, the NE multispecies closed areas. During this comment
period, the Council is seeking comments on the possible revision of
these management areas.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before 5 p.m. e.s.t.,
July 18, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: HabitatNOI@noaa.gov.
Mail: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA
01950.
Fax: (978) 465-3116.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this notification is to alert
the interested public of the Council's intent to consider changes to
the NE multispecies closed areas in the Omnibus EFH Amendment. A
description of the background and need for the Omnibus EFH Amendment
can be found in the original NOI dated February 24, 2004, (69 FR 8367)
and is not repeated here. The amendment has been developed in two
phases. Phase 1 included a review and update of EFH designations,
consideration of habitat areas of particular concern, an updated prey
species list, and an update of non-fishing impacts. A notice of
availability for the Phase 1 Draft EIS (DEIS) was published on April 6,
2007 (72 FR 17157).
Phase 2 will include an evaluation of the effects of fishing on
EFH, and management measures to minimize the adverse effects of fishing
on EFH across all FMPs. A subset of the alternatives to minimize the
impacts of EFH will focus specifically on minimizing the impacts of
fishing on deep-sea corals. During early meetings to develop Phase 2
alternatives in late 2009 and early 2010, the Council's Habitat
Oversight Committee concluded that development and implementation of
new or modified habitat management areas was complicated substantially
by the existence of the NE multispecies closed areas. There is
considerable spatial overlap between the NE multispecies closed areas
and the current habitat areas which are closed to bottom tending mobile
gears. Generally, the NE multispecies closed areas are closed to all
gear capable of catching groundfish, including but not limited to
mobile gears, although there are specific exemptions for certain
fisheries and gear types. Specifically, the Habitat Oversight Committee
was concerned about the feasibility of implementing new habitat
management areas outside of the boundaries of the NE multispecies
closed areas, in particular the year round closures, even if current
habitat management areas were eliminated, as this would substantially
increase in the amount of seabed closed to fishing for some types of
gears/fisheries.
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At the January 2011 Council meeting, the Habitat Oversight
Committee raised the issue of modifying or eliminating the NE
multispecies closed areas via the Omnibus EFH Amendment. At its April
2011 meeting, the Council reviewed available information related to
this issue, including how this change in scope would affect the Omnibus
EFH Amendment's timeline given other priorities established for 2011,
and then voted to expand the scope of the Amendment to consider
modifying the NE multispecies closed areas in conjunction with the
establishment of any new habitat closed areas.
Following public comment on all alternatives, including any
alternatives related to the NE multispecies closed areas as well
alternatives to designate EFH and HAPCs, minimize impacts to EFH, and
protect deep-sea corals, the Council will select final alternatives and
then prepare and submit a final EIS document. It is anticipated that
all selected alternatives from both phases of the Omnibus EFH Amendment
will be implemented via a single rulemaking. Considering this expansion
of scope, the expected implementation date for the Omnibus EFH
Amendment will be delayed beyond the previously anticipated date of
summer 2012.
Stakeholders are encouraged to submit comments on this change in
scope as well as on other issues related to the development of EFH
impacts minimization alternatives. Comments are specifically sought on
the utility of existing or alternative closures to address the needs of
groundfish stocks, as well as on the impacts of changes to the existing
closures on groundfish fishing and other activities (such as Special
Access Programs, exempted/certified bycatch fisheries, recreational
fishing opportunities, endangered or threatened species protection,
etc.).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 13, 2011.
Margo Schulze-Haugen,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-15152 Filed 6-16-11; 8:45 am]
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