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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr.
Assane Diagne, Economist; Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ad
hoc red snapper IFQ advisory panel will
discuss issues related to the 5-year
review of the red snapper IFQ program
and consider potential improvements to
the program.
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,
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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
Kathy Pereira at the Council (see
ADDRESSES) at least 5 working days prior
to the meeting.
Dated: June 20, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Kathy Pereira at the Council (see
ADDRESSES) at least 5 working days prior
to the meeting.
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Council (Council); Public Meeting
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Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council will convene a
public meeting via webinar.
DATES: The meeting will be held July 12,
2011. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Richard Leard, Deputy Executive
Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (813)
348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council
will hold a meeting via webinar to
review its June 2011 actions regarding
preferred alternatives for annual catch
limit and accountability measures for
Gulf group Spanish and possibly make
modifications.
The webinar is scheduled to begin at
10 a.m./EST, 9 a.m./CST on July 12,
2011 and is expected last no longer than
30 minutes. Interested persons must
register to participate in the webinar via
the Gulf Council’s Web site at https://
www.gulfcouncil.org. Participation may
be by computer or telephone. An agenda
and meeting materials may be obtained
by contacting the Council at the address
listed above.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agendas may come before the
Council for discussion, in accordance
with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), those issues
may not be the subject of formal action
during the meeting. Actions of the
Council 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 Act, provided the
public has been notified of the Council’s
intent to take action to address the
emergency.
SUMMARY:
Dated: June 20, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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National Saltwater Angler Registry
Program
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
NMFS has designated the
state of New Jersey and the District of
Columbia as exempted states for anglers,
spear fishers and for-hire fishing
vessels.
SUMMARY:
The designation of the states as
exempted states is effective on June 24,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Gordon C. Colvin, Fishery
Biologist, NMFS ST–12453, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gordon C. Colvin, Fishery Biologist;
(301) 427–8118; e-mail:
Gordon.Colvin@noaa.gov.
The final
rule implementing the National
Saltwater Angler Registry Program,
50 CFR part 600, subpart P, was
published in the Federal Register on
December 30, 2008 (73 FR 79705). The
final rule requires persons who are
angling, spear fishing or operating a forhire fishing vessel in the U.S. Exclusive
Economic Zone or for anadromous
species to register annually with NOAA.
However, persons who are licensed or
registered by, or state residents who are
not required to register or hold a license
issued by, a state that is designated as
an exempted state are not required to
register with NOAA. The final rule sets
forth the requirements for states to be
designated as exempted states.
Generally, exempted states must agree
to provide to NMFS names, addresses,
dates of birth and telephone numbers of
the persons licensed or registered under
a qualifying state license and/or registry
program, or to provide catch and effort
data from a qualifying regional survey of
recreational fishing, and enter into a
Memorandum of Agreement with NMFS
to formalize the data reporting
agreement.
NMFS has received proposals for
providing license/registry data from the
states listed below, has determined that
the states’ programs qualify for
exempted state designation under the
provisions of the final rule, and has
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entered into Memoranda of Agreement
with each of the states. Therefore,
pursuant to 50 CFR 600.1415(b)(3),
notice is hereby given that the following
states are designated as exempted states
under 50 CFR 600.1415: New Jersey and
the District of Columbia. Persons who
hold a valid fishing license or
registration issued by these exempted
states for angling, spear fishing or
operating a for-hire fishing vessel in
tidal waters are not required to register
with NOAA under 50 CFR 600.1405(b).
Persons who are residents of these
exempted states who are not required to
hold a fishing license, or to be registered
to fish under the laws of these exempted
states, also are not required to register
with NOAA.
Endangered Species; File Nos. 16266
and 16291
On March
21, 2011, notice was published in the
Federal Register (76 FR 15300) that a
request for enhancement permits to take
shortnose sturgeon had been submitted
by the above-named organizations. The
requested permits have been issued
under the authority of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA;
16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the
regulations governing the taking,
importing, and exporting of endangered
and threatened species (50 CFR Parts
222–226).
The Virginia Living Museum and the
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk have
been issued permits to continue
enhancement activities previously
authorized under Permit Nos. 1472 and
1473, respectively. Activities include
the continued maintenance, transport
and educational display of captive-bred,
non-releaseable adult shortnose
sturgeon. The permit does not authorize
any takes from the wild, nor does it
authorize any release of captive
sturgeon into the wild. The permit is
issued for a duration of 5 years.
Issuance of this permit, as required by
the ESA, was based on a finding that
such permit (1) Was applied for in good
faith, (2) will not operate to the
disadvantage of such endangered or
threatened species, and (3) is consistent
with the purposes and policies set forth
in section 2 of the ESA.
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permits.
Dated: June 20, 2011.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
Dated: June 10, 2011.
Eric C. Schwaab,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the Virginia Living Museum, 524 J.
Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport News,
VA 23602 [Chris Crippen, Responsible
Party], and the Maritime Aquarium at
Norwalk, 10 North Water Street, South
Norwalk, CT 06854 [Ellen Riker,
Responsible Party] have been issued
permits to take shortnose sturgeon for
purposes of enhancement.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following offices:
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
Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930;
phone (978) 281–9328; fax (978) 281–
9394.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Cairns or Jennifer Skidmore,
(301) 713–2289.
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Marine Mammals; File No. 14502
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that a
permit has been issued to Russell
Fielding, Louisiana State University,
Room 227, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
70803 to import samples from Risso’s
(Grampus griseus), spinner (Stenella
longirostris), and spotted (S. frontalis)
dolphins and short-finned pilot whales
(Globicephala macrorhynchus) for the
purpose of scientific research.
SUMMARY:
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The permit and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following offices:
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring,
MD 20910; phone (301)427–8401; fax
(301)713–0376; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th
Avenue South, Saint Petersburg,
Florida 33701; phone (727)824–5312;
fax (727)824–5309.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Skidmore or Kristy Beard,
(301)427–8401.
On June 9,
2009, notice was published in the
Federal Register (74 FR 27286) that a
request for a permit to import specimens
for scientific research had been
submitted by the above-named
applicant. The requested permit has
been issued under the authority of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and
the regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216). Permit No. 14502 authorizes
the importation of muscle, blubber, and
teeth samples from Risso’s, spinner, and
spotted dolphins and short-finned pilot
whales collected during the legal
cetacean hunts of St. Vincent and the
Grenadines. Samples from up to 100
individuals will be imported to the
NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and
Habitat Research in Beaufort, North
Carolina, for contaminant analysis
(specifically methyl-mercury). No
animals will be taken to provide
samples for this research and no marine
mammals will be incidentally harassed.
The permit is valid through June 17,
2012.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: June 20, 2011.
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
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National Saltwater Angler Registry Program
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: NMFS has designated the state of New Jersey and the District
of Columbia as exempted states for anglers, spear fishers and for-hire
fishing vessels.
DATES: The designation of the states as exempted states is effective on
June 24, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Gordon C. Colvin, Fishery Biologist, NMFS ST-12453, 1315
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gordon C. Colvin, Fishery Biologist;
(301) 427-8118; e-mail: Gordon.Colvin@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final rule implementing the National
Saltwater Angler Registry Program, 50 CFR part 600, subpart P, was
published in the Federal Register on December 30, 2008 (73 FR 79705).
The final rule requires persons who are angling, spear fishing or
operating a for-hire fishing vessel in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
or for anadromous species to register annually with NOAA. However,
persons who are licensed or registered by, or state residents who are
not required to register or hold a license issued by, a state that is
designated as an exempted state are not required to register with NOAA.
The final rule sets forth the requirements for states to be designated
as exempted states. Generally, exempted states must agree to provide to
NMFS names, addresses, dates of birth and telephone numbers of the
persons licensed or registered under a qualifying state license and/or
registry program, or to provide catch and effort data from a qualifying
regional survey of recreational fishing, and enter into a Memorandum of
Agreement with NMFS to formalize the data reporting agreement.
NMFS has received proposals for providing license/registry data
from the states listed below, has determined that the states' programs
qualify for exempted state designation under the provisions of the
final rule, and has
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entered into Memoranda of Agreement with each of the states. Therefore,
pursuant to 50 CFR 600.1415(b)(3), notice is hereby given that the
following states are designated as exempted states under 50 CFR
600.1415: New Jersey and the District of Columbia. Persons who hold a
valid fishing license or registration issued by these exempted states
for angling, spear fishing or operating a for-hire fishing vessel in
tidal waters are not required to register with NOAA under 50 CFR
600.1405(b). Persons who are residents of these exempted states who are
not required to hold a fishing license, or to be registered to fish
under the laws of these exempted states, also are not required to
register with NOAA.
Dated: June 10, 2011.
Eric C. Schwaab,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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