Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 25956-25957 [2013-10517]
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Council to convene public
meeting.
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
convene a meeting of the Shrimp
Advisory Panel (AP).
DATES: The meeting will convene at 8
a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, May 23,
2013 and is expected to end no later
than 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council, 2203 North Lois Avenue, Suite
1100, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone:
(813) 348–1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Carrie Simmons, Deputy Executive
Director; Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (813)
348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council
will convene its Shrimp AP. The
Shrimp AP will receive an orientation
video about serving as an AP member
for the Council. The Shrimp AP will
nominate and elect a chair and vicechair. The Shrimp AP will receive an
overview of the current shrimp
electronic logbook program (ELB) and
discuss cost-sharing opportunities based
on the current program. They will also
be provided with a summary and
demonstration of new shrimp ELB
program units, program
implementation, and calibration from
staff at the Southeast Fisheries Science
Center. They will review and provide
recommendations on the Framework
Action to Establish Funding
Responsibilities for the Electronic
Logbook Program in the Shrimp Fishery
of the Gulf of Mexico. They will hear a
biological review of the 2012 Texas
closure, status of the brown, pink, and
white shrimp stocks, and as well as an
update on the 2012 offshore effort
estimates. Under other business they
will discuss siting and locations of
decommissioned oil and gas platforms
as part of the Rigs-to-Reef Program.
Copies of the agenda and other related
materials can be obtained by calling
(813) 348–1630.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agenda may come before the
Shrimp AP 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 Shrimp AP will be
restricted to those issues specifically
identified in the agenda and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
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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
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.
Dated: April 30, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy 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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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Council to convene public
meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council will convene a
workshop of subject matter experts on
Interrelationships between Coral Reef
and Fisheries.
DATES: The workshop will convene at 1
p.m. on Monday, May 20 and conclude
by 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Hilton Hotel located at 2225 North
Lois Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607;
telephone: (813) 877–6688.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL
33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Stephen Bortone, Executive Director
and Mr. Mark Mueller, GIS Analyst;
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
workshop on Interrelationships between
Coral Reefs and Fisheries will examine
topics related to linkages between corals
and fisheries, management, threats and
consequences, and future research.
Presentations will include information
on distribution and diversity of coral
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reefs and associated fisheries; current
management of corals and fisheries (by
staff from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration and the
Gulf, South Atlantic, Caribbean and
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Councils); critical linkages and
interrelationships of form, function and
life history; interactions within and
among coral, seagrass & mangrove
ecosystems; review and discussion of
the various threats to coral/fishery
health such as oil spills, invasive
species, climate effects and coral
diseases; spatial ecology methods and
databases; short and long-term
consequences of impacts to coral health;
mitigation of coral losses; and future
research needs and directions.
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,
ftp.gulfcouncil.org, in the Coral folder.
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 this meeting. 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 Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
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.
Dated: April 30, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XC652
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council)
will convene a meeting of its Coastal
Pelagic Species Management Team
(CPSMT) and the Coastal Pelagic
Species Subcommittee of the Scientific
and Statistical Committee (SSC). One
representative of the Council’s Coastal
Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel
(CPSAS) will also attend. The purpose
is to consider the possibility of using a
different temperature index than is
currently used, for the purposes of
estimating Pacific sardine recruitment.
Meeting participants will also discuss
and consider an implementation plan
for changing the start date of the Pacific
sardine fishery, from January 1 to
July 1.
DATES: The meeting will be held May
21–23, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The
meeting will be held in the Large
Conference Room of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s (NOAA) Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, at 8901 La
Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037–
1508.
Council Address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; telephone:
(503) 820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Council considered the issues of a new
temperature index and a different
fishery start date at its April 2013
meeting, and asked the CPSMT and SSC
CPS subcommittee to report back at the
June 2013 Council meeting for final
action.
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 this meeting. 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 Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the CPSMT’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This listening station is physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Dale
Sweetnam, (858) 546–7170, at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
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Dated: April 30, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Final Notice of Applicability of Special
Use Permit Requirements to Certain
Categories of Activities Conducted
Within the National Marine Sanctuary
System
Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with a
requirement of Public Law 106–513 (16
U.S.C. 1441(b)), NOAA hereby gives
public notice of the final revised list of
categories of activities subject to the
special use permit requirements of
Section 310 of the National Marine
Sanctuaries Act.
DATES: This notice is effective May 3,
2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vicki Wedell, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries, 1305 East West Highway
(N/NMS2), Silver Spring, MD 20910,
telephone (301) 713–3125, extension
237, email Vicki.Wedell@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Federal Register document is also
accessible via the Internet at: [INSERT
GPO ACCESS WEB ADDRESS—https://
www.access.gpo.gov/]
I. Background
Section 310 of the National Marine
Sanctuaries Act (NMSA) gives NOAA
the authority to issue special use
permits for the conduct of specific
activities in national marine sanctuaries
to establish conditions of access to and
use of any sanctuary resource or to
promote public use and understanding
of a sanctuary resource (16 U.S.C. 1431
et seq.). In the National Marine
Sanctuaries Amendments Act of 2000
(Pub. L. 106–513), Congress added a
requirement that prior to requiring a
special use permit for any category of
activity, NOAA shall give appropriate
public notice. On January 15, 2013,
NOAA requested public comment on
the modification of three of the existing
special use permit categories and the
addition of two new categories (78 FR
2597). The remaining two special use
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permit categories remain unchanged.
NOAA did not receive any substantive
comments during the 60-day public
comment period.
This notice also updates the wording
of two of the categories to use the term
‘‘submerged lands’’ rather than
‘‘seabed’’ to be consistent with
definitions established in the NMSA
and sanctuary regulations. NMSA
section 302(3) states that the ‘‘marine
environment’’ means those areas of
coastal and ocean waters, the Great
Lakes and their connecting waters and
submerged lands over which the United
States exercises jurisdiction, including
the exclusive economic zone, consistent
with international law.’’ The notice also
clarifies that the requirements apply to
the disposal of cremated human remains
within or into any national marine
sanctuary, as is consistent with
sanctuary regulations on discharges.
II. Categories of Activities Subject to
Special Use Permits
The final list of categories subject to
the requirements of special use permits
is:
1. The placement and recovery of
objects associated with public or private
events on non-living substrate of the
submerged lands of any national marine
sanctuary.
2. The placement and recovery of
objects related to commercial filming.
3. The continued presence of
commercial submarine cables on or
within the submerged lands of any
national marine sanctuary.
4. The disposal of cremated human
remains within or into any national
marine sanctuary.
5. Recreational diving near the USS
Monitor.
6. Fireworks displays.
7. The operation of aircraft below the
minimum altitude in restricted zones of
national marine sanctuaries.
III. Classification
Refer to the notice of availability and
request for public comment in 78 FR
2597 for a full discussion of the
applicability of the National
Environmental Policy Act and
Paperwork Reduction Act.
A. National Environmental Policy Act
NOAA has concluded that this action
will not have a significant effect,
individually or cumulatively, on the
human environment. This action is
categorically excluded from the
requirement to prepare an
environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement in
accordance with Section 6.03c3(i) of
NOAA Administrative Order 216–6.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC652
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
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ACTION: Notice, public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will
convene a meeting of its Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team
(CPSMT) and the Coastal Pelagic Species Subcommittee of the Scientific
and Statistical Committee (SSC). One representative of the Council's
Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory Subpanel (CPSAS) will also attend. The
purpose is to consider the possibility of using a different temperature
index than is currently used, for the purposes of estimating Pacific
sardine recruitment. Meeting participants will also discuss and
consider an implementation plan for changing the start date of the
Pacific sardine fishery, from January 1 to July 1.
DATES: The meeting will be held May 21-23, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meeting will be held in the Large
Conference Room of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's (NOAA) Southwest Fisheries Science Center, at 8901 La
Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037-1508.
Council Address: Pacific Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer;
telephone: (503) 820-2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council considered the issues of a new
temperature index and a different fishery start date at its April 2013
meeting, and asked the CPSMT and SSC CPS subcommittee to report back at
the June 2013 Council meeting for final action.
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 this meeting. 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
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the CPSMT's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This listening station is physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr. Dale Sweetnam, (858) 546-7170,
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: April 30, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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