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Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act Provisions; General
Provisions for Domestic Fisheries;
Application for Exempted Fishing
Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
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The Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant
Regional Administrator), has made a
preliminary decision that an Exempted
Fishing Permit (EFP) application
contains all of the required information
and now warrants public input on the
application. This proposed project
would be conducted by the Atlantic
Offshore Lobstermen’s Association
(AOLA), in conjunction with scientists
and the fishing industry, to help them
understand the settlement and location
of larval lobsters, and the size of the
population in management Area 3. This
EFP would excuse 11 commercial
fishing vessels from the following
Federal American lobster regulation:
Mutilation requirement within
American lobster management Area 3.
The researchers propose to collect a
pleopod (small swimmerettes located on
the lower body at the front side of the
tail section of the lobster) from a
maximum of 100 sexually immature
juvenile lobsters during the AOLA
project. The lobsters would then be
measured and their sex determined
before immediately being returned alive
to the ocean. Regulations under the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
require publication of this notification
to provide interested parties the
opportunity to comment on applications
for proposed EFPs.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice
may be submitted by e-mail. The
mailbox address for providing e-mail
comments is NERO.EFP@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments
on AOLA Lobster Pleopod EFP.’’
Comments may also be sent via
facsimile to (978) 281–9135. Written
comments should be sent to Patricia A.
Kurkul, Regional Administrator, NMFS,
NE Regional Office, 55 Great Republic
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the
outside of the envelope ‘‘Comments on
AOLA Lobster Pleopod EFP.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Carol She, Fishery Policy Analyst, 978–
282–8464, or Carol.She@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AOLA
submitted a complete application for an
EFP on June 30, 2011, to conduct
research activities that the regulations
would otherwise restrict. This EFP
requests an exemption for 11 Federal
commercial fishing vessels from the
following Federal regulation: Mutilation
requirements in 50 CFR 697.20(c). This
research would take place as part of the
on-going research being conducted by
AOLA under an EFP approved on April
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29, 2011. The researchers propose to
collect a pleopod (small swimmerettes
located on the lower body at the front
side of the tail section of the lobster)
from a maximum of 100 sexually
immature juvenile lobsters during the
AOLA project. To remove a pleopod for
genetic analysis the following procedure
would be followed: The lobster would
be placed upside down, on the sorting
table or other flat surface, to expose the
underside of the tail. A crew member
would use a small pair of snips or
scissors to clip off the most distant part
of one pleopod, approximately .20
inches by .20 (5 millimeter (mm) by 5
mm in length). The specialized first pair
of pleopods would be avoided, with all
sampling coming from one of the rear
pleopod sets. The impacts on the lobster
resource would be negligible because:
(1) The removal of the pleopod is not
expected to result in mortality; and (2)
100 animals, in relation to the total
American lobster population, is so small
that any effects would not be able to be
measured. Because this project is only
relevant to the sampling and release of
a maximum of 100 juvenile lobsters,
there would be no impacts to habitat
and protected species and there would
be no impacts with respect to bycatch.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 12, 2011.
Margo Schulze-Haugen,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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ACTION: Notice of receipt of an
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permit; request for comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces the receipt
of an application for an exempted
fishing permit (EFP) from Dr. Louis
Daniel, on behalf of the North Carolina
Division of Marine Fisheries. If granted,
the EFP would authorize a maximum of
12 commercial fishing vessels to harvest
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Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable
Fisheries, Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant Regional Administrator),
has made a preliminary decision that an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP)
application contains all of the required information and now warrants
public input on the application. This proposed project would be
conducted by the Atlantic Offshore Lobstermen's Association (AOLA), in
conjunction with scientists and the fishing industry, to help them
understand the settlement and location of larval lobsters, and the size
of the population in management Area 3. This EFP would excuse 11
commercial fishing vessels from the following Federal American lobster
regulation: Mutilation requirement within American lobster management
Area 3. The researchers propose to collect a pleopod (small
swimmerettes located on the lower body at the front side of the tail
section of the lobster) from a maximum of 100 sexually immature
juvenile lobsters during the AOLA project. The lobsters would then be
measured and their sex determined before immediately being returned
alive to the ocean. Regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act require publication of this
notification to provide interested parties the opportunity to comment
on applications for proposed EFPs.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 1, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice may be submitted by e-mail. The
mailbox address for providing e-mail comments is NERO.EFP@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ``Comments on AOLA Lobster Pleopod EFP.''
Comments may also be sent via facsimile to (978) 281-9135. Written
comments should be sent to Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional Administrator,
NMFS, NE Regional Office, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930. Mark the outside of the envelope ``Comments on AOLA Lobster
Pleopod EFP.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Sh[eacute], Fishery Policy
Analyst, 978-282-8464, or Carol.She@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AOLA submitted a complete application for an
EFP on June 30, 2011, to conduct research activities that the
regulations would otherwise restrict. This EFP requests an exemption
for 11 Federal commercial fishing vessels from the following Federal
regulation: Mutilation requirements in 50 CFR 697.20(c). This research
would take place as part of the on-going research being conducted by
AOLA under an EFP approved on April 29, 2011. The researchers propose
to collect a pleopod (small swimmerettes located on the lower body at
the front side of the tail section of the lobster) from a maximum of
100 sexually immature juvenile lobsters during the AOLA project. To
remove a pleopod for genetic analysis the following procedure would be
followed: The lobster would be placed upside down, on the sorting table
or other flat surface, to expose the underside of the tail. A crew
member would use a small pair of snips or scissors to clip off the most
distant part of one pleopod, approximately .20 inches by .20 (5
millimeter (mm) by 5 mm in length). The specialized first pair of
pleopods would be avoided, with all sampling coming from one of the
rear pleopod sets. The impacts on the lobster resource would be
negligible because: (1) The removal of the pleopod is not expected to
result in mortality; and (2) 100 animals, in relation to the total
American lobster population, is so small that any effects would not be
able to be measured. Because this project is only relevant to the
sampling and release of a maximum of 100 juvenile lobsters, there would
be no impacts to habitat and protected species and there would be no
impacts with respect to bycatch.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 12, 2011.
Margo Schulze-Haugen,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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