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from those applications that are deemed
complete. A qualified applicant is an
applicant that has submitted a complete
application by the deadline (see DATES)
and has met the selection criteria listed
above. Qualified applicants are eligible
to be selected to participate in the shark
research fishery for 2015. The HMS
Management Division will provide the
list of qualified applicants without
identifying information to the SEFSC.
The SEFSC will then evaluate the list of
qualified applicants and, based on the
temporal and spatial needs of the
research objectives, the availability of
observers, the availability of qualified
applicants, and the available quota for a
given year, will randomly select
qualified applicants to conduct the
prescribed research. Where there are
multiple qualified applicants that meet
the criteria, permittees will be randomly
selected through a lottery system. If a
public meeting is deemed necessary,
NMFS will announce details of a public
selection meeting in a subsequent
Federal Register notice.
Once the selection process is
complete, NMFS will notify the selected
applicants and issue the shark research
fishery permits. The shark research
fishery permits will be valid only in
calendar year 2015. If needed, NMFS
will communicate with the shark
research fishery permit holders to
arrange a captain’s meeting to discuss
the research objectives and protocols.
NMFS held mandatory captain’s
meetings before observers were placed
on vessels in both 2013 (78 FR 14515;
March 6, 2013) and 2014 (79 FR 12155;
March 4, 2014) and expects to hold one
again in 2015. Once the fishery starts,
the shark research fishery permit
holders must contact the NMFS
observer coordinator to arrange the
placement of a NMFS-approved
observer for each shark research trip.
A shark research fishery permit will
only be valid for the vessel and owner(s)
and terms and conditions listed on the
permit, and, thus, cannot be transferred
to another vessel or owner(s). Issuance
of a shark research permit does not
guarantee that the permit holder will be
assigned a NMFS-approved observer on
any particular trip. Rather, issuance
indicates that a vessel may be issued a
NMFS-approved observer for a
particular trip, and on such trips, may
be allowed to harvest Atlantic sharks,
including sandbar sharks, in excess of
the retention limits described in 50 CFR
635.24(a). These retention limits will be
based on available quota, number of
vessels participating in the 2015 shark
research fishery, the research objectives
set forth by the shark board, the extent
of other restrictions placed on the
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vessel, and may vary by vessel and/or
location. When not operating under the
auspices of the shark research fishery,
the vessel would still be able to land
LCS, SCS, and pelagic sharks subject to
existing retention limits on trips
without a NMFS-approved observer.
NMFS annually invites commercial
shark permit holders (directed and
incidental) to submit an application to
participate in the shark research fishery.
Permit applications can be found on the
HMS Management Division’s Web site
at https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/
index.htm or by calling (301) 427–8503.
Final decisions on the issuance of a
shark research fishery permit will
depend on the submission of all
required information by the deadline
(see DATES), and NMFS’ review of
applicant information as outlined above.
The 2015 shark research fishery will
start after the opening of the shark
fishery and under available quotas as
published in a separate Federal Register
final rule.
Dated: October 28, 2014.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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New England Fishery Management
Council (NEFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a 4-day meeting to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held
Monday through Thursday, November
17–20, 2014. The Monday session will
begin at 1 p.m., while the next three
days will start at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Marriott Hotel, 25 America’s Cup
Avenue, Newport, RI 02840; telephone:
(401) 849–1000 and fax: (401) 849–3422.
For online information about the venue
www.marriott.com/hotels/hotelinformation/travel/pvdlw-newportmarriott/.
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Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Counci; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Monday, November 17, 2014
The Council meeting will begin with
introductions, and brief reports from the
NEFMC Chairman and Executive
Director, the NOAA Fisheries Regional
Administrator, Northeast Fisheries
Science Center and Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council liaisons,
NOAA General Counsel and NOAA Law
Enforcement, and representatives of the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission and U.S. Coast Guard.
Immediately after these reports, the
Council will provide an opportunity for
the public to present brief comments on
items that are relevant to Council
business but are otherwise not listed on
the published agenda. The Monkfish
Committee will update members on the
development of alternatives for
inclusion in Amendment 6 to the
Monkfish Fishery Management Plan
(FMP) and possibly the necessity of
initiating a framework adjustment to
expedite the implementation of several
measures previously included in
Amendment 6. The Council staff will
present the annual monitoring report on
the Northeast Skate Complex FMP and
the day will end with a report from the
Small Mesh Multispecies (Whiting)
Committee. The committee will
recommend approval of the 2015–17
specifications for the small-mesh
multispecies (whiting) fishery. Although
the formal Council meeting will
adjourn, staff from the Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office will present an
overview and discuss the office’s
Strategic Plan at 5:45 p.m. or
immediately following the conclusion of
the Council’s meeting.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
The day will begin with an overview
and summary of public comments on a
NOAA/NMFS-led action that will affect
all federally managed fisheries in the
Northeast. The Council then intends to
take final action on what is called the
Vessel Baseline Omnibus Amendment.
During this same morning session, the
Council also expects to approve
alternatives to be considered for
inclusion in Amendment 18 to the
Northeast Multispecies or Groundfish
FMP. The discussion will focus on
accumulation limits and an inshore/
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offshore line to address the
concentration of fishing effort in the
inshore Gulf of Maine. Next, the
Scientific and Statistical Committee will
report on its recommendations for
overfishing limits and acceptable
biological catch recommendations for
Gulf of Maine cod, pollock, Gulf of
Maine winter flounder, and Georges
Bank winter flounder. Following a
lunch break, the rest of the day will be
spent reviewing and taking final action
on Framework Adjustment 53 to the
Groundfish FMP. The framework
addresses three major topics: (1) Status
changes (Gulf of Maine (GOM) haddock)
and specifications for several groundfish
stocks (Gulf of Maine cod and haddock;
Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank winter
flounder; pollock; and Georges Bank
yellowtail flounder); (2) windowpane
flounder sub-annual catch limit (ACLs)
for sectors, common pool; and the sea
scallop fishery; and (3) other
management measures, including
additional spatial protection for
spawning Gulf of Maine cod, and
possibly additional measures for that
stock, a roll-over provision for fishery
specifications, and annual catch
entitlement carryover provisions for
sectors.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
The Council intends to use this day to
complete its work on Framework
Adjustment 53.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
The final day of the Council’s meeting
will begin with a report from its Sea
Scallop Committee. Based on the
committee’s recommendations, the
Council expects to take final action on
Framework Adjustment 26 to the
Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP. The action
includes fishery specifications for 2015
and default measures for 2016,
including days-at-sea allocations, access
area allocations and limited access
general category fishery allocations. A
number of other issues are under
consideration for inclusion in the
action. Prior to a lunch break, the
NEFMC will begin a final round of
discussions and approve its
management priorities for 2015. The
Risk Policy Working Group will ask for
approval of a draft policy statement and
briefly discuss steps to apply the policy
across all NEFMC fishery management
plans. Finally, the Observer Committee
will provide an update on the
development of an Omnibus IndustryFunded Monitoring Amendment request
approval of alternatives for inclusion in
the action. The meeting will adjourn
once any other outstanding business has
been addressed.
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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
Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: October 28, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s Gulf of Alaska
(GOA) and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands
(BSAI) Groundfish Plan Teams will
meet in Seattle, WA.
DATES: The meetings will be held
November 17–21, 2014. The meetings
will begin at 9 a.m., November 17, and
continue through Friday November 21,
2014.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Alaska Fisheries Science Center,
7600 Sand Point Way NE., Building 4,
NMML Room 2039 (GOA Plan Team)
and Traynor Room 2076 (BS/AI Plan
Team), Seattle, WA.
Council Address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Stram, NPFMC; telephone: (907)
271–2809.
SUMMARY:
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The Plan
Teams will compile and review the
annual Groundfish Stock Assessment
and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports,
(including the Economic Report, the
Ecosystems Consideration Chapter, and
the stock assessments for BSAI and
GOA groundfishes), and recommend
final groundfish harvest specifications
for 2015/16.
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 these groups 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 Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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,
(907) 271–2809, at least 5 working days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: October 28, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Committee for Purchase From
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ACTION: Additions to the Procurement
List.
AGENCY:
This action adds products to
the Procurement List that will be
furnished by a nonprofit agency
employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities.
DATES: Effective Date: 12/1/2014
ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
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Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite
10800, Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD597
New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold
a 4-day meeting to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in
the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held Monday through Thursday, November 17-
20, 2014. The Monday session will begin at 1 p.m., while the next three
days will start at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Marriott Hotel, 25 America's
Cup Avenue, Newport, RI 02840; telephone: (401) 849-1000 and fax: (401)
849-3422. For online information about the venue www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-information/travel/pvdlw-newport-marriott/.
Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Counci; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Monday, November 17, 2014
The Council meeting will begin with introductions, and brief
reports from the NEFMC Chairman and Executive Director, the NOAA
Fisheries Regional Administrator, Northeast Fisheries Science Center
and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council liaisons, NOAA General
Counsel and NOAA Law Enforcement, and representatives of the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission and U.S. Coast Guard. Immediately
after these reports, the Council will provide an opportunity for the
public to present brief comments on items that are relevant to Council
business but are otherwise not listed on the published agenda. The
Monkfish Committee will update members on the development of
alternatives for inclusion in Amendment 6 to the Monkfish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) and possibly the necessity of initiating a
framework adjustment to expedite the implementation of several measures
previously included in Amendment 6. The Council staff will present the
annual monitoring report on the Northeast Skate Complex FMP and the day
will end with a report from the Small Mesh Multispecies (Whiting)
Committee. The committee will recommend approval of the 2015-17
specifications for the small-mesh multispecies (whiting) fishery.
Although the formal Council meeting will adjourn, staff from the
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office will present an overview and
discuss the office's Strategic Plan at 5:45 p.m. or immediately
following the conclusion of the Council's meeting.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
The day will begin with an overview and summary of public comments
on a NOAA/NMFS-led action that will affect all federally managed
fisheries in the Northeast. The Council then intends to take final
action on what is called the Vessel Baseline Omnibus Amendment. During
this same morning session, the Council also expects to approve
alternatives to be considered for inclusion in Amendment 18 to the
Northeast Multispecies or Groundfish FMP. The discussion will focus on
accumulation limits and an inshore/
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offshore line to address the concentration of fishing effort in the
inshore Gulf of Maine. Next, the Scientific and Statistical Committee
will report on its recommendations for overfishing limits and
acceptable biological catch recommendations for Gulf of Maine cod,
pollock, Gulf of Maine winter flounder, and Georges Bank winter
flounder. Following a lunch break, the rest of the day will be spent
reviewing and taking final action on Framework Adjustment 53 to the
Groundfish FMP. The framework addresses three major topics: (1) Status
changes (Gulf of Maine (GOM) haddock) and specifications for several
groundfish stocks (Gulf of Maine cod and haddock; Gulf of Maine and
Georges Bank winter flounder; pollock; and Georges Bank yellowtail
flounder); (2) windowpane flounder sub-annual catch limit (ACLs) for
sectors, common pool; and the sea scallop fishery; and (3) other
management measures, including additional spatial protection for
spawning Gulf of Maine cod, and possibly additional measures for that
stock, a roll-over provision for fishery specifications, and annual
catch entitlement carryover provisions for sectors.
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
The Council intends to use this day to complete its work on
Framework Adjustment 53.
Thursday, November 20, 2014
The final day of the Council's meeting will begin with a report
from its Sea Scallop Committee. Based on the committee's
recommendations, the Council expects to take final action on Framework
Adjustment 26 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP. The action includes
fishery specifications for 2015 and default measures for 2016,
including days-at-sea allocations, access area allocations and limited
access general category fishery allocations. A number of other issues
are under consideration for inclusion in the action. Prior to a lunch
break, the NEFMC will begin a final round of discussions and approve
its management priorities for 2015. The Risk Policy Working Group will
ask for approval of a draft policy statement and briefly discuss steps
to apply the policy across all NEFMC fishery management plans. Finally,
the Observer Committee will provide an update on the development of an
Omnibus Industry-Funded Monitoring Amendment request approval of
alternatives for inclusion in the action. The meeting will adjourn once
any other outstanding business has been addressed.
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 Magnuson-Stevens 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 Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: October 28, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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