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The public hearings will be held
from Thursday, August 1 through Friday
August 15, 2013 at ten locations
throughout the Gulf of Mexico. The
public hearings will begin at 6 p.m. and
will conclude no later than 9 p.m. The
first public hearing will be a ‘‘call-in
session’’ for Reef Fish Amendment 39—
Regional Management of Recreational
Red Snapper, Thursday, August 1, 2013;
instructions will be available on our
Web site. For specific dates and
locations see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION below.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The public hearings
will be held in the following locations:
St. Petersburg, Key West, and Panama
City, FL; Grand Isle and Baton Rouge,
LA; D’ Iberville, MS; Mobile, AL;
Corpus Christi and Texas City, TX.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Douglas Gregory, Executive Director,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630; fax:
(813) 348–1711; email:
doug.gregory@gulfcouncil.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items
of discussion in the public hearings are
as follows:
DATES:
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Public Hearings: Reef Fish Amendment
39—Regional Management of
Recreational Red Snapper
1. Consider the delegation of authority
for some aspects of red snapper
management to the states or regions.
2. Apportioning the federal
recreational red snapper quota among
states or regions.
3. Management measures which may
be modified at state or regional level
including season structure, bag limits,
size limits, closed areas, and suballocations.
4. Process and requirements for
delegation, including default
management measures.
5. Under regional management, red
snapper would remain a federally
managed species subject to federal
conservation goals, and the Council
would continue to oversee management
of the stock.
Public Hearings: Coastal Migratory
Pelagics Amendments 19 and 20—Sale
and Permit Provisions and
Modifications to the CMP Zone
Management
1. Amendment 19 addresses sale and
permit provisions for Gulf of Mexico
Spanish and king mackerel.
2. Amendment 20 addresses season
length, transit provisions, allocation,
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and framework procedures for coastal
migratory pelagics.
The public hearings will begin at 6
p.m. and conclude at the end of public
testimony or no later than 9 p.m. at the
following locations:
Thursday, August 1, 2013, call-in
session; visit www.GulfCouncil.org for
instructions.
Monday, August 5, 2013, Courtyard
Marriott, 11471 Cinema Drive,
D’ Iberville, MS 39540, telephone: (228)
392–1200.
Tuesday, August 6, 2013, (CMP only)
Holiday Inn Select, 2001 N. Cove
Boulevard, Panama City, FL 32405,
telephone: (850) 769–0000.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013, (Regional
Management only) Holiday Inn Select,
2001 N. Cove Boulevard, Panama City,
FL 32405, telephone: (850) 769–0000.
Thursday, August 8, 2013,
Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza
Hotel, 64 South Water Street, Mobile,
AL 36602, telephone: (251) 438–4000.
Monday, August 12, 2013, Hilton St.
Petersburg Carillon Parkway, 950 Lake
Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33716,
telephone: (727) 540–0050; Hilton
Garden Inn, 6717 South Padre Island
Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412,
telephone: (361) 991–8200.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013, Hampton
Inn & Suites, 2320 Gulf Freeway South,
League City, TX 77573, telephone: (281)
614–5437.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013,
(Regional Management only),
DoubleTree, 4964 Constitution Avenue,
Baton Rouge, LA 70808, telephone:
(225) 925–1005.
Thursday, August 15, 2013, (CMP
only) Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries
Lab, 195 Ludwig Lane, Grand Isle, LA
70358, telephone: (985) 787–2163; (CMP
only) Harvey Government Center, 1200
Truman Avenue, Key West, FL 33040,
telephone: (305) 292–4431.
Copies of the public hearing
documents can be obtained by calling
(813) 348–1630 or visiting
www.GulfCouncil.org.
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 hearings. Action
will be restricted to those issues
specifically identified 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.
These hearings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
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Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Kathy Pereira at
the Council Office (see ADDRESSES), at
least 5 working days prior to the
meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 12, 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–XA122
Marine Mammals; File No. 14330
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for
permit amendment.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island,
Tribal Government, Ecosystem
Conservation Office, St. Paul Island, AK,
has applied for an amendment to
Scientific Research Permit No. 14330–
01.
SUMMARY:
Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
August 16, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the Features box on the
Applications and Permits for Protected
Species home page, https://
apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting
File No. 14330 from the list of available
applications.
These documents are also available
upon written request or by appointment
in the following office(s):
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
Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box
21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668; phone
(907) 586–7221; fax (907) 586–7249.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, at the address listed above.
Comments may also be submitted by
DATES:
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facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or by email
to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov.
Please include the File No. in the
subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and
Education Division at the address listed
above. The request should set forth the
specific reasons why a hearing on this
application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tammy Adams or Amy Sloan, (301)
427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject amendment to Permit No.
14330–01 is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the regulations
governing the taking and importing of
marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and
the regulations governing the taking,
importing, and exporting of endangered
and threatened species (50 CFR 222–
226).
Permit No. 14330, issued on August
17, 2009 (74 FR 44822), authorized the
permit holder to conduct activities to
fulfill their Biosampling,
Disentanglement, and Island Sentinel
program responsibilities as established
under the co-management agreement
between NMFS and the Aleut
Communities. The activities would
result in incidental disturbance of
northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus)
on St. Paul Island, Alaska, during (1)
disentanglement events, (2) the
collection of biological samples from
dead stranded and subsistence hunted
marine mammals, and (3) haulout and
rookery observations, monitoring, and
remote camera maintenance. Samples
may be exported to researchers studying
the decline of northern fur seals. Steller
sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) and
harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) may be
disturbed during the course of these
activities. The permit also allowed
research-related mortality of northern
fur seals.
The permit was amended upon
request of the permit holder on March
29, 2011 (76 FR 329), to include
authorization for harassment of
additional Steller sea lions and harbor
seals on St. Paul, St. George, Otter, and
Walrus Islands, and Sea Lion Rock, all
of the Pribilof Island group in the Bering
Sea. The amendment was to annually
harass the following during collection of
scat samples to be used for
characterizing the diet of marine
mammals in the region: 100 adult
female Steller sea lions, 500 adult male
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Steller sea lions, 1400 juvenile male
Steller sea lions, 100 male and female
Steller sea lion pups, 100 adult female
harbor seals, 100 adult male harbor
seals, 100 male and female juvenile
harbor seals, and 100 male and female
harbor seal pups. The amendment is
valid for the duration of the permit,
which expires on August 31, 2014.
The permit holder is requesting a
second amendment to: (1) Add new
habitat use studies; (2) increase numbers
of animals taken by incidental
disturbance; (3) consolidate existing
takes of certain age and sex categories
and for studies with similar types of
incidental disturbance; and (4) extend
the permit for one year. The amendment
would add harassment takes of 6,450
non-pup northern fur seals and 1,600
northern fur seal pups annually.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial
determination has been made that the
activities proposed are consistent with
the Preferred Alternative in the Final
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (PEIS) for Steller Sea Lion
and Northern Fur Seal Research (NMFS
2007), and that issuance of the permit
amendment would not have a
significant adverse impact on the
human environment.
As established under the Preferred
Alternative, NMFS proposes to
authorize annual cumulative researchrelated mortality (under this permit in
combination with any others for
research on Steller sea lions) of up to 15
percent of the Potential Biological
Removal levels for each stock. These
annual allowances would include
observed and unobserved mortalities,
and be calculated based on the nature of
the research. The numbers of researchrelated mortalities permitted for this
amendment may be higher or lower than
those requested by the applicant, based
on NMFS calculations using the
methods outlined in the PEIS.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of this
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Dated: July 12, 2013.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XC541
Marine Mammals; File No. 17411
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 Dr. Jennifer
Burns, University of Alaska Anchorage,
Biology Department, Anchorage, AK, to
conduct research on marine mammals.
ADDRESSES: The permit 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tammy Adams or Amy Sloan,
(301)427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March
8, 2013, notice was published in the
Federal Register (78 FR 14984) that a
request for a permit to conduct research
on Weddell seals (Leptonychotes
weddellii) 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).
The permit allows: capture of adult
female Weddell seals of known-age and
known-reproductive history in the
Erebus Bay, Antarctica region for health
assessments during reproductive and
molt periods each year, to include blood
samples, muscle/blubber/skin biopsies,
morphometric measurements, and
attachment of VHF/TDR/GPS tags;
recapture of animals to retrieve
instruments and collect additional
measurements or samples; ground
surveys of the population for molt status
and demographic models; incidental
harassment of crabeater seals (Lobodon
carcinophagus) during surveys;
mortality of adult female Weddell seals
and dependent pups; and import of
samples for analysis. The permit is valid
through June 1, 2018.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA122
Marine Mammals; File No. 14330
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for permit amendment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Aleut Community of St. Paul
Island, Tribal Government, Ecosystem Conservation Office, St. Paul
Island, AK, has applied for an amendment to Scientific Research Permit
No. 14330-01.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or
before August 16, 2013.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review by selecting ``Records Open for Public Comment'' from the
Features box on the Applications and Permits for Protected Species home
page, https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting File No. 14330
from the list of available applications.
These documents are also available upon written request or by
appointment in the following office(s):
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
Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone
(907) 586-7221; fax (907) 586-7249.
Written comments on this application should be submitted to the
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, at the address
listed above. Comments may also be submitted by
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facsimile to (301) 713-0376, or by email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov.
Please include the File No. in the subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a
written request to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division at the address listed above. The request should set forth the
specific reasons why a hearing on this application would be
appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tammy Adams or Amy Sloan, (301) 427-
8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject amendment to Permit No. 14330-01
is requested under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of
1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the regulations governing
the taking and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 222-226).
Permit No. 14330, issued on August 17, 2009 (74 FR 44822),
authorized the permit holder to conduct activities to fulfill their
Biosampling, Disentanglement, and Island Sentinel program
responsibilities as established under the co-management agreement
between NMFS and the Aleut Communities. The activities would result in
incidental disturbance of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) on
St. Paul Island, Alaska, during (1) disentanglement events, (2) the
collection of biological samples from dead stranded and subsistence
hunted marine mammals, and (3) haulout and rookery observations,
monitoring, and remote camera maintenance. Samples may be exported to
researchers studying the decline of northern fur seals. Steller sea
lions (Eumetopias jubatus) and harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) may be
disturbed during the course of these activities. The permit also
allowed research-related mortality of northern fur seals.
The permit was amended upon request of the permit holder on March
29, 2011 (76 FR 329), to include authorization for harassment of
additional Steller sea lions and harbor seals on St. Paul, St. George,
Otter, and Walrus Islands, and Sea Lion Rock, all of the Pribilof
Island group in the Bering Sea. The amendment was to annually harass
the following during collection of scat samples to be used for
characterizing the diet of marine mammals in the region: 100 adult
female Steller sea lions, 500 adult male Steller sea lions, 1400
juvenile male Steller sea lions, 100 male and female Steller sea lion
pups, 100 adult female harbor seals, 100 adult male harbor seals, 100
male and female juvenile harbor seals, and 100 male and female harbor
seal pups. The amendment is valid for the duration of the permit, which
expires on August 31, 2014.
The permit holder is requesting a second amendment to: (1) Add new
habitat use studies; (2) increase numbers of animals taken by
incidental disturbance; (3) consolidate existing takes of certain age
and sex categories and for studies with similar types of incidental
disturbance; and (4) extend the permit for one year. The amendment
would add harassment takes of 6,450 non-pup northern fur seals and
1,600 northern fur seal pups annually.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial determination has been made that
the activities proposed are consistent with the Preferred Alternative
in the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for
Steller Sea Lion and Northern Fur Seal Research (NMFS 2007), and that
issuance of the permit amendment would not have a significant adverse
impact on the human environment.
As established under the Preferred Alternative, NMFS proposes to
authorize annual cumulative research-related mortality (under this
permit in combination with any others for research on Steller sea
lions) of up to 15 percent of the Potential Biological Removal levels
for each stock. These annual allowances would include observed and
unobserved mortalities, and be calculated based on the nature of the
research. The numbers of research-related mortalities permitted for
this amendment may be higher or lower than those requested by the
applicant, based on NMFS calculations using the methods outlined in the
PEIS.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.
Dated: July 12, 2013.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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