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Magnuson-Stevens 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:
The Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS
(Assistant Regional Administrator), has
made a preliminary determination that
an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP)
application contains all of the required
information and warrants further
consideration. This EFP would allow
two commercial fishing vessels to fish
outside of the limited access scallop
days-at-sea (DAS) program in support of
scallop incidental mortality research
conducted by the Coonamessett Farm
Foundation. It would also allow the
vessels to fish in the Eastern and
Western Areas of the Nantucket
Lightship Closed Area. Additionally, the
EFP would exempt participating vessels
from the crew size restriction and
reporting requirements, and would
allow vessels to temporarily possess
various species of fish for sampling
purposes only.
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Regulations under the MagnusonStevens 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 July 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by any of the following
methods:
• EMail: nmfs.gar.efp@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments
on Coonamessett 2014 Incidental
Mortality EFP.’’
• Mail: John K. Bullard, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930.
Mark the outside of the envelope
‘‘Comments on Coonamessett 2014
Incidental Mortality EFP.’’
• Fax: (978) 281–9135.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liz
Sullivan, Fisheries Management
Specialist, 978–282–8493, Liz.Sullivan@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Coonamessett Farm Foundation has
been awarded a grant through the
Atlantic sea scallop research set-aside
program to conduct a project titled:
‘‘Estimating Incidental Mortality in the
Sea Scallop Fishery.’’
The project investigators have
proposed to use a Remotely Operated
Vehicle (ROV), dredge-mounted
cameras, and a camera trolley to
examine the dredge path of a 4.57meter-wide Turtle Deflector Dredge to
calculate incidental mortality of
scallops. The researchers plan on
conducting three trips, two in July and
August 2014, and a third in July 2015,
on two fishing vessels. Each trip will be
five to six days-at-sea (DAS), with
approximately 6 tows/day, for a total of
approximately 30 tows per trip. The
tows would be made on commercial
scallop grounds in Southern New
England, including the Eastern and
Western portions of Nantucket
Lightship Closed Area, where sector
groundfish vessels have been given a
FY2014 exemption to fish (see
coordinates later in this preamble). This
excludes the central portion, which is
an Essential Fish Habitat closure area,
50 CFR 648.81(h)(vi). The paths would
be made by a dredge equipped with
forward facing cameras towed at
commercial speed (4.5 knots) and would
be 500 meters long, for a maximum
duration of 30 minutes. Video data
would be collected by the ROV in such
a manner as to determine the quantity
and condition of species left in the
dredge path with the main focus being
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on sea scallops. Dredge catches would
be examined to evaluate dredge
efficiency, discard mortality, and meat
losses associated with scallop condition
and processing. Researchers expect to
conduct at most one trip within portions
of the Nantucket Lightship Closed Area,
in order to examine an area with low
fishing pressure. No catch would be
retained for sale. All scallops and fish
would be returned to the sea after video
monitoring of the tow path is
completed.
The applicant anticipates catching the
following amount of fish on each trip:
Estimated
lbs in 30
tows
Species
Sea scallop ...............................
Yellowtail flounder ....................
Winter flounder .........................
Windowpane flounder ...............
Summer flounder ......................
Fourspot flounder .....................
American plaice ........................
Grey sole ..................................
Haddock ....................................
Atlantic cod ...............................
Monkfish ...................................
Spiny dogfish ............................
Barndoor skates .......................
Little skates ...............................
Winter skates ............................
600
150
150
150
150
150
75
75
25
25
150
50
100
500
500
To conduct this study, Coonamessett
Farm Foundation investigators
submitted a complete EFP application
on April 11, 2014, requesting an
exemption allowing two commercial
fishing vessels to fish outside of the
limited access Atlantic sea scallop DAS
regulations found at 50 CFR 648.53(b).
In addition, the EFP would exempt
participating vessels from the crew size
regulations at 50 CFR 648.51(c);
reporting requirements specified in 50
CFR 648.7(f); and regulations preventing
fishing in the Nantucket Lightship
Closed Area specified in 50 CFR
648.81(c) and 50 CFR 648.59(d).
The waters in the Eastern Area of the
Nantucket Lightship Closed Area are
defined by straight lines connecting the
following points in the order stated
here:
Point
A
B
C
D
A
...............................
...............................
...............................
...............................
...............................
N. lat.
40°50′
40°50′
40°20′
40°20′
40°50′
W. long.
69°30′
69°00′
69°00′
69°30′
69°30′
The waters in the Western Area of the
Nantucket Lightship Closed Area are
defined by straight lines connecting the
following points in the order stated
here:
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Point
A
B
C
D
A
N. lat.
...............................
...............................
...............................
...............................
...............................
W. long.
40°50′
40°50′
40°20′
40°20′
40°50′
70°20′
70°00′
70°00′
70°20′
70°20′
As stated above, this excludes the
central portion of the Nantucket
Lightship Closed Area, which is an
Essential Fish Habitat closure area. The
EFP would also temporarily exempt
participating vessels from possession
limits and minimum size requirements
specified in 50 CFR part 648, subsections B and D through O, for
sampling purposes only. Any fishing
activity conducted outside the scope of
the exempted fishing activity would be
prohibited.
If approved, the applicant may
request minor modifications and
extensions to the EFP throughout the
year. EFP modifications and extensions
may be granted without further notice if
they are deemed essential to facilitate
completion of the proposed research
and have minimal impact that do not
change the scope or impact of the
initially approved EFP request. Any
fishing activity conducted outside the
scope of the exempted fishing activity
would be prohibited.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Public Roundtables;
Address Updates.
AGENCY:
On April 18, 2014,
Department of Commerce’s Internet
Policy Task Force (Task Force)
announced its plan to hold four
roundtables in cities across the United
States in May, June, and July 2014
regarding the topics identified below, as
set forth in the Green Paper on
Copyright Policy, Creativity, and
Innovation in the Digital Economy
(Green Paper). This notice announces
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The Task Force will hold
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July 30, 2014, at UC Berkeley School of
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For
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Robinson, Office of Policy and
International Affairs, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, Madison
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Alexandria, VA 22314; telephone (571)
272–9300. Email questions should be
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media inquiries to the Office of the
Chief Communications Officer, USPTO,
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
Task Force’s Green Paper on Copyright
Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the
Digital Economy (Green Paper), released
on July 31, 2013, and in its later Request
for Comments issued on October 3,
2013, the Task Force stated its intention
to convene roundtables on certain
copyright topics, namely: the legal
framework for the creation of remixes,
the relevance and scope of the first sale
doctrine in the digital environment, and
the appropriate calibration of statutory
damages in the contexts of individual
file sharers and of secondary liability for
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: June 12, 2014.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
SUMMARY:
held in Los Angeles, California on July
29, 2014, and provides an update to the
location of the fourth meeting to be held
in Berkeley, California on July 30, 2014.
DATES: The third roundtable will be
held in Los Angeles, California on July
29, 2014. The fourth roundtable will be
held in Berkeley, California on July 30,
2014. Both roundtables will begin at
8:30 a.m. Requests to participate and
observe are due three weeks in advance
of each of the respective roundtables on
the following dates, by 5:00 p.m. E.S.T.:
July 8, 2014 for the Los Angeles
roundtable, and July 9, 2014 for the
Berkeley roundtable. The agendas and
webcast information will be available a
week before each of the roundtables on
the Task Force Web site, https://
www.ntia.doc.gov/
internetpolicytaskforce and the
USPTO’s Web site, https://
www.uspto.gov/ip/global/copyrights/
index.jsp.
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large-scale infringement. On April 16,
2014, the Task Force announced its
plans to hold four roundtables in
Nashville, Tennessee on May 21, 2014;
Cambridge, Massachusetts on June 25,
2014; Los Angeles, California on July 29,
2014; and Berkeley, California on July
30, 2014.1 Through this Notice, the Task
Force provides the address for the
roundtable in Los Angeles, California,
and updates the address for the
roundtable in Berkeley, California.
Interested parties may request to
participate in, or to observe, the
roundtable discussions by submitting a
request form, available at https://
www.signup4.net/public/
ap.aspx?EID=THEG32E&OID=130.2
Participation will entail responding to
questions from Task Force members and
engaging with other participants,
whereas observation will entail listening
to, but not participating in, the
discussions, although there will be time
for observers to comment at the end of
the discussion. Parties who wish to
attend roundtables in multiple locations
should submit a separate request form
for each location. When completing
request forms, interested parties should
identify the particular discussion or
discussions they wish to participate in
or observe. The Task Force will respond
to the requests to participate or observe
two weeks before the day the roundtable
will be held. Please note that the Task
Force may not be able to grant all
requests but will seek to maximize
participation to the extent possible.
Participants and observers should
arrive at least one-half hour prior to the
start of the roundtable and must present
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identification upon arrival. The Task
Force will provide additional
information on directions and parking
in the agendas for each of the
roundtables.
The roundtables will be webcast. A
transcription service will also be
present. The transcriptions will be made
available on both the Task Force and
USPTO Web sites after each roundtable.
The roundtables will be physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Individuals requiring accommodation,
such as sign language interpretation,
real-time captioning of the webcast or
other ancillary aids, should
1 See Department of Commerce (Patent and
Trademark Office and National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration), Notice of Public Roundtables, 79
FR 21439 (April 16, 2014), available at https://
www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/
copyright_issues_notice_of_public_roundtables.pdf.
2 Individuals who are unable to send requests via
the Web site should contact Hollis Robinson at
(571) 272–9300 to make alternative arrangements
for submission of their requests to participate.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD322
Magnuson-Stevens 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.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable
Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS (Assistant Regional
Administrator), has made a preliminary determination that an Exempted
Fishing Permit (EFP) application contains all of the required
information and warrants further consideration. This EFP would allow
two commercial fishing vessels to fish outside of the limited access
scallop days-at-sea (DAS) program in support of scallop incidental
mortality research conducted by the Coonamessett Farm Foundation. It
would also allow the vessels to fish in the Eastern and Western Areas
of the Nantucket Lightship Closed Area. Additionally, the EFP would
exempt participating vessels from the crew size restriction and
reporting requirements, and would allow vessels to temporarily possess
various species of fish for sampling purposes only.
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 July 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments by any of the following
methods:
EMail: nmfs.gar.efp@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line
``Comments on Coonamessett 2014 Incidental Mortality EFP.''
Mail: John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, NMFS,
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great Republic Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the outside of the envelope ``Comments on
Coonamessett 2014 Incidental Mortality EFP.''
Fax: (978) 281-9135.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liz Sullivan, Fisheries Management
Specialist, 978-282-8493, Liz.Sullivan@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coonamessett Farm Foundation has been
awarded a grant through the Atlantic sea scallop research set-aside
program to conduct a project titled: ``Estimating Incidental Mortality
in the Sea Scallop Fishery.''
The project investigators have proposed to use a Remotely Operated
Vehicle (ROV), dredge-mounted cameras, and a camera trolley to examine
the dredge path of a 4.57-meter-wide Turtle Deflector Dredge to
calculate incidental mortality of scallops. The researchers plan on
conducting three trips, two in July and August 2014, and a third in
July 2015, on two fishing vessels. Each trip will be five to six days-
at-sea (DAS), with approximately 6 tows/day, for a total of
approximately 30 tows per trip. The tows would be made on commercial
scallop grounds in Southern New England, including the Eastern and
Western portions of Nantucket Lightship Closed Area, where sector
groundfish vessels have been given a FY2014 exemption to fish (see
coordinates later in this preamble). This excludes the central portion,
which is an Essential Fish Habitat closure area, 50 CFR 648.81(h)(vi).
The paths would be made by a dredge equipped with forward facing
cameras towed at commercial speed (4.5 knots) and would be 500 meters
long, for a maximum duration of 30 minutes. Video data would be
collected by the ROV in such a manner as to determine the quantity and
condition of species left in the dredge path with the main focus being
on sea scallops. Dredge catches would be examined to evaluate dredge
efficiency, discard mortality, and meat losses associated with scallop
condition and processing. Researchers expect to conduct at most one
trip within portions of the Nantucket Lightship Closed Area, in order
to examine an area with low fishing pressure. No catch would be
retained for sale. All scallops and fish would be returned to the sea
after video monitoring of the tow path is completed.
The applicant anticipates catching the following amount of fish on
each trip:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated
Species lbs in 30
tows
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea scallop................................................ 600
Yellowtail flounder........................................ 150
Winter flounder............................................ 150
Windowpane flounder........................................ 150
Summer flounder............................................ 150
Fourspot flounder.......................................... 150
American plaice............................................ 75
Grey sole.................................................. 75
Haddock.................................................... 25
Atlantic cod............................................... 25
Monkfish................................................... 150
Spiny dogfish.............................................. 50
Barndoor skates............................................ 100
Little skates.............................................. 500
Winter skates.............................................. 500
------------------------------------------------------------------------
To conduct this study, Coonamessett Farm Foundation investigators
submitted a complete EFP application on April 11, 2014, requesting an
exemption allowing two commercial fishing vessels to fish outside of
the limited access Atlantic sea scallop DAS regulations found at 50 CFR
648.53(b). In addition, the EFP would exempt participating vessels from
the crew size regulations at 50 CFR 648.51(c); reporting requirements
specified in 50 CFR 648.7(f); and regulations preventing fishing in the
Nantucket Lightship Closed Area specified in 50 CFR 648.81(c) and 50
CFR 648.59(d).
The waters in the Eastern Area of the Nantucket Lightship Closed
Area are defined by straight lines connecting the following points in
the order stated here:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Point N. lat. W. long.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A................................................. 40[deg]50 69[deg]30
' '
B................................................. 40[deg]50 69[deg]00
' '
C................................................. 40[deg]20 69[deg]00
' '
D................................................. 40[deg]20 69[deg]30
' '
A................................................. 40[deg]50 69[deg]30
' '
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The waters in the Western Area of the Nantucket Lightship Closed
Area are defined by straight lines connecting the following points in
the order stated here:
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Point N. lat. W. long.
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A................................................. 40[deg]50 70[deg]20
' '
B................................................. 40[deg]50 70[deg]00
' '
C................................................. 40[deg]20 70[deg]00
' '
D................................................. 40[deg]20 70[deg]20
' '
A................................................. 40[deg]50 70[deg]20
' '
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As stated above, this excludes the central portion of the Nantucket
Lightship Closed Area, which is an Essential Fish Habitat closure area.
The EFP would also temporarily exempt participating vessels from
possession limits and minimum size requirements specified in 50 CFR
part 648, sub-sections B and D through O, for sampling purposes only.
Any fishing activity conducted outside the scope of the exempted
fishing activity would be prohibited.
If approved, the applicant may request minor modifications and
extensions to the EFP throughout the year. EFP modifications and
extensions may be granted without further notice if they are deemed
essential to facilitate completion of the proposed research and have
minimal impact that do not change the scope or impact of the initially
approved EFP request. Any fishing activity conducted outside the scope
of the exempted fishing activity would be prohibited.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 12, 2014.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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