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comments on the Small Mesh
Multispecies Secretarial Amendment,
an action that which will address the
small mesh hake fishery and is
scheduled to become effective on May 1,
2012. The Council also will be asked to
approve final Draft Amendment 19 to
Northeast Multispecies FMP for
purposes of holding public hearings on
the proposed alternatives. This will be
followed by a discussion of progress to
develop a range of alternatives for
consideration in Amendment 6 to the
Monkfish FMP. The Council also will
consider adopting a committee
recommendation to establish a control
date for use in the development of
future management measures including,
but not limited to, catch shares and
accumulation limits. There will be a
briefing by NOAA Fisheries concerning
its intent to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement and FMP amendment
that would consider catch shares for the
Atlantic shark fisheries. Council
meeting adjournment will take place
once the Enforcement Committee asks
for Council input on recommendations
concerning gear stowage and NOAA
Enforcement’s draft priorities document.
Although other non-emergency issues
not contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subjects of formal
action during this meeting. Council
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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided that 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 Paul
J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 10, 2012.
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
RIN 0648–XA930
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Meetings of the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council and its
advisory committees.
AGENCY:
The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) and its
advisory committees will hold public
meetings, January 30—February 7, 2012,
at the Renaissance Hotel in Seattle, WA.
DATES: The Council will begin its
plenary session at 8 a.m. on Wednesday,
February 1 continuing through Tuesday,
February 7. Council’s Advisory Panel
(AP) will begin at 8 a.m., Monday,
January 30 and continue through Friday,
February 6. The Scientific Statistical
Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. on
Monday, January 30 and continue
through Wednesday, February 1. The
Ecosystem Committee will meet January
31, 9 a.m. The Enforcement Committee
will meet January 31 at 1 p.m. All
meetings are open to the public, except
executive sessions.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Renaissance Hotel, 515 Madison
Street, Seattle, WA.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Witherell, Council staff;
telephone: (907) 271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Council Plenary Session: The agenda
for the Council’s plenary session will
include the following issues. The
Council may take appropriate action on
any of the issues identified. Reports:
1. Executive Director’s Report
(including update on Halibut Catch
Share Plan, review and approve
Standard Operations and Procedures
(SOPPs)).
NMFS Management Report (including
update on Essential Fish Habitat
(EFH) process)
Alaska Department of Fish & Game
Report
NOAA Enforcement Report
United States Coast Guard Report
United States Fish & Wildlife Service
Report
International Pacific Halibut
Commission (IPHC) Report
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Protected Species Report (Steller Sea
Lion (SSL) Center of Independent
Experts (CIE) Terms of Reference).
2. Final action to allow formation of
a Community Quota Entity (CQE) in
Area 4B.
3. Halibut Prohibited Species Catch
(PSC): Initial review of Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) amendment to
set Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Halibut PSC.
4. Bering Sea Aleutian Island (BSAI)
Crab Management: Update on Pribilof
Blue King Crab Rebuilding Plan, action
as necessary; BSAI Crab Model
Workshop Report. (SSC only);
Preliminary Review on BSAI Tanner
Crab Rebuilding Plan; Report on BSAI
Crab Right of First Refusal (ROFR)
Workgroup, action as necessary (T);
Final action on BSAI Crab Electronic
Data Reporting (EDR) Revisions.
5. Habitat Issues; Initial review of
GOA Trawl Sweep modifications; Initial
review Habitat Area Particular Concern
(HAPC)—Skate egg deposition sites;
Updated discussion paper on Bristol
Bay Red King Crab spawning area/
fishery effects(T); Report on 2012–2015
Deep Sea Coral Research
6. Groundfish Issues/Miscellaneous;
Discussion paper on GOA Chinook
Bycatch in all trawl fisheries;
Discussion paper on GOA Pollock Dseason; Discussion paper on American
Fisheries Act (AFA) Vessel Replacement
GOA Sideboards; Discussion paper on
BSAI Flatfish specification flexibility.
7. Staff Tasking: Review Committees
and tasking; discuss schedule for
Groundfish Programmatic Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
(PSEIS); Review Individual Fishing
Quotas (IFQs) proposals and provide
direction.
8. Other Business
The SSC agenda will include the
following issues:
1. Crab Management
2. Habitat Issues
3. Halibut PSC
4. SSC workshop—Stock Recruitment
The Advisory Panel will address most
of the same agenda issues as the
Council, except C–1, and B reports. The
Agenda is subject to change, and the
latest version will be posted at https://
www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/
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 these meetings. 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 MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
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Management Act, provided the public
has been notified of the Council’s intent
to take final action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Gail Bendixen at
(907) 271–2809 at least 7 working days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 10, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a public meeting in the form of a
workshop. The workshop topic is
volunteer angler data collection.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, February 2, 2012, from 8:30
a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Four Points Sheraton BWI Airport,
7032 Elm Road, Baltimore, MD 21240;
telephone: (410) 859–3300.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
workshop will include briefings on
established volunteer data collection
programs, statistical consultant
presentations, and discussions of
various options for volunteer angler data
collections and their uses. This
workshop is a product of the Marine
Recreational Information Program
(MRIP—https://
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www.countmyfish.noaa.gov) and was
organized by the Council in cooperation
with the National Marine Fisheries
Service and the Atlantic States Marines
Fisheries Commission. Workshop
outcomes may include
recommendations, limitations, uses, and
best practices that could inform state
efforts and/or feed into a pilot project
proposal to be submitted to the Marine
Recreational Information Program for
funding in 2013. The workshop will be
available via GoToMeeting and
registration can be made at the
following link: https://
www1.gotomeeting.com/register/
409337168. A public comment period
will take comments from those at the
meeting and also via webinar if feasible.
Special Accommodations:
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic
Council Office, (302) 526–5251, at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 10, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tammy Adams or Amy Sloan, (301)
427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 7, 2011, notice was published
in the Federal Register (76 FR 68719)
that a request for an amendment Permit
No. 14676 to conduct research on
California sea lions had been submitted
by the above-named applicant. The
requested permit amendment 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).
The amendment includes
authorization for capture of up to 30
animals over two field seasons and an
additional procedure, deployment of a
heart rate/stroke rate recorder on half of
the animals. The amendment is valid
through the original permit expiration
date, February 1, 2015.
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.
Dated: January 9, 2012.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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Marine Mammals; File No. 14676
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit
amendment.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that a
major amendment to Permit No. 14676
has been issued to Paul Ponganis, Ph.D.,
University of California at San Diego, La
Jolla, CA for research on California sea
lions (Zalophus californianus).
ADDRESSES: The permit amendment and
related documents are available for
review upon written request or by
appointment in the following offices:
Permits and Conservation 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
Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West
Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach,
CA 90802–4213; phone (562) 980–4001;
fax (562) 980–4018.
SUMMARY:
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Taking and Importing Marine
Mammals: Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to Navy Training Exercises
in Three East Coast Range Complexes
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of three
modified Letters of Authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), as amended, and
implementing regulations, notification
is hereby given that NMFS has made
modifications to three Letters of
Authorization (LOAs) to take marine
mammals by harassment incidental to
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA930
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Meetings of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and
its advisory committees.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
advisory committees will hold public meetings, January 30--February 7,
2012, at the Renaissance Hotel in Seattle, WA.
DATES: The Council will begin its plenary session at 8 a.m. on
Wednesday, February 1 continuing through Tuesday, February 7. Council's
Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m., Monday, January 30 and
continue through Friday, February 6. The Scientific Statistical
Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, January 30 and continue
through Wednesday, February 1. The Ecosystem Committee will meet
January 31, 9 a.m. The Enforcement Committee will meet January 31 at 1
p.m. All meetings are open to the public, except executive sessions.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Renaissance Hotel, 515
Madison Street, Seattle, WA.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Witherell, Council staff;
telephone: (907) 271-2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Council Plenary Session: The agenda for the Council's plenary
session will include the following issues. The Council may take
appropriate action on any of the issues identified. Reports:
1. Executive Director's Report (including update on Halibut Catch
Share Plan, review and approve Standard Operations and Procedures
(SOPPs)).
NMFS Management Report (including update on Essential Fish Habitat
(EFH) process)
Alaska Department of Fish & Game Report
NOAA Enforcement Report
United States Coast Guard Report
United States Fish & Wildlife Service Report
International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) Report
Protected Species Report (Steller Sea Lion (SSL) Center of Independent
Experts (CIE) Terms of Reference).
2. Final action to allow formation of a Community Quota Entity
(CQE) in Area 4B.
3. Halibut Prohibited Species Catch (PSC): Initial review of
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) amendment to set Gulf of Alaska (GOA)
Halibut PSC.
4. Bering Sea Aleutian Island (BSAI) Crab Management: Update on
Pribilof Blue King Crab Rebuilding Plan, action as necessary; BSAI Crab
Model Workshop Report. (SSC only); Preliminary Review on BSAI Tanner
Crab Rebuilding Plan; Report on BSAI Crab Right of First Refusal (ROFR)
Workgroup, action as necessary (T); Final action on BSAI Crab
Electronic Data Reporting (EDR) Revisions.
5. Habitat Issues; Initial review of GOA Trawl Sweep modifications;
Initial review Habitat Area Particular Concern (HAPC)--Skate egg
deposition sites; Updated discussion paper on Bristol Bay Red King Crab
spawning area/fishery effects(T); Report on 2012-2015 Deep Sea Coral
Research
6. Groundfish Issues/Miscellaneous; Discussion paper on GOA Chinook
Bycatch in all trawl fisheries; Discussion paper on GOA Pollock D-
season; Discussion paper on American Fisheries Act (AFA) Vessel
Replacement GOA Sideboards; Discussion paper on BSAI Flatfish
specification flexibility.
7. Staff Tasking: Review Committees and tasking; discuss schedule
for Groundfish Programmatic Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
(PSEIS); Review Individual Fishing Quotas (IFQs) proposals and provide
direction.
8. Other Business
The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
1. Crab Management
2. Habitat Issues
3. Halibut PSC
4. SSC workshop--Stock Recruitment
The Advisory Panel will address most of the same agenda issues as
the Council, except C-1, and B reports. The Agenda is subject to
change, and the latest version will be posted at https://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/
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 these meetings. 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
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Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Gail Bendixen at (907) 271-2809 at
least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 10, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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