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Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Paralytic Shellfish
Poisoning Closed Areas Expiring
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; reopening of paralytic
shellfish poisoning closed areas.
AGENCY:
Based on request from the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
NMFS is not going to renew the
paralytic shellfish poisoning closed
areas referred to as the Northern and
Southern Temporary Paralytic Shellfish
Poisoning Closed Areas for another year.
The areas have not been subject to a
toxic algal bloom for several years, and
recent testing of gastropods and whole/
roe-on scallops has demonstrated toxin
levels well below those known to cause
human illness.
DATES: The Northern and Southern
Temporary Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
Closures will expire on December 31,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jason Berthiaume, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281–9177.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
On June 10, 2005, the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) requested
that NMFS close an area of Federal
waters off the coasts of New Hampshire
and Massachusetts (50 CFR
648.14(a)(10)(iii) and (iv)) for bivalve
harvesting due to the presence of toxins
that cause Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning
(PSP). These toxins can accumulate in
filter-feeding shellfish, and
consumption of contaminated shellfish
can cause illness or death.
These closures were first
implemented in 2005 (70 FR 35047) and
were subsequently modified a number
of times from 2005–2008, with the
remaining closure subsequently
extended from 2008 until 2013.
Beginning in 2014, the closures also
included a prohibition on the harvest of
gastropods (78 FR 78783). Also in 2014,
the Northern closure was lifted for
bivalve harvesting with the exception of
whole/roe on scallops (79 FR 59150),
leaving the area closed to gastropod and
whole/roe-on scallop harvesting through
December 31, 2014, unless otherwise
continued.
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Recently, NMFS, the FDA, the
Massachusetts Division of Marine
Fisheries (DMF) and the fishing
industry investigated whether the
closures are still warranted. The fishing
industry collected gastropod and scallop
samples from the areas during the
summer of 2014. The FDA conducted
laboratory testing of the samples
collected, which demonstrated toxin
levels well below those known to cause
human illness. As a result, on October
8, 2014, the FDA sent NMFS a letter
requesting that we not renew the
Northern and Southern Temporary PSP
Closures for 2015. NMFS has been
renewing these closures annually under
emergency authority at the request of
the FDA. The current closures are set to
expire on December 31, 2014, and
because the FDA has requested we not
renew the closures, they will expire at
the end of December, resulting in the
areas being open beginning January 1,
2015.
This notice is to inform the public
that the areas referred to as the Northern
and Temporary PSP Closed Areas will
be reopened beginning January 1, 2015
for gastropod and whole/roe-on scallop
harvesting. This includes the fisheries
for whelk, conch, snails and whole or
roe-on scallop harvesting. Scallop
harvesting of the abductor muscle is
already permitted in the area, and is not
affected by this reopening. Given that
the Northern closure was recently lifted
for other bivalves, this will remove
these closures in their entirety.
The FDA has an agreement with the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts to
conduct PSP monitoring of bivalves
from the area in accordance with
currently accepted PSP testing
procedures. The bivalve testing will
serve as an indicator for all molluscan
shellfish and gastropods. DMF is testing
the reopened waters, and if the results
yield samples that exceed the threshold
for public safety, DMF will inform us to
that effect, and we would work with the
FDA to reinstate the closure, as
necessary.
The areas defined at 50 CFR
648.81(h)(1)(i), (iv), and (vi) referred to
as the Western Gulf of Maine Habitat
Closure Area, Closed Area I-North
Habitat Closure Area, and Nantucket
Lightship Habitat Closed Area
respectively, overlap with the area that
would be reopened. These overlapping
closures areas remain closed to bottom
tending mobile gear including scallop
dredge gear, otter trawls, hydraulic clam
dredge gear and any other bottom
tending mobile gear types.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
This notification does not impose any
legal obligations, requirements, or
expectation.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 4, 2014.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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Assessment, and Review Workshops
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
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Advisory Panel, updated Terms of
Reference for SEDAR Pool.
AGENCY:
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Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
Southeast Data, Assessment, and
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Terms of Reference for the SEDAR Pool,
including changes to the length of time
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membership on the SEDAR Pool.
Nominations must be received
on or before January 12, 2015.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD604
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Closed Areas Expiring
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; reopening of paralytic shellfish poisoning closed
areas.
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SUMMARY: Based on request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
NMFS is not going to renew the paralytic shellfish poisoning closed
areas referred to as the Northern and Southern Temporary Paralytic
Shellfish Poisoning Closed Areas for another year. The areas have not
been subject to a toxic algal bloom for several years, and recent
testing of gastropods and whole/roe-on scallops has demonstrated toxin
levels well below those known to cause human illness.
DATES: The Northern and Southern Temporary Paralytic Shellfish
Poisoning Closures will expire on December 31, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Berthiaume, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281-9177.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 10, 2005, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
requested that NMFS close an area of Federal waters off the coasts of
New Hampshire and Massachusetts (50 CFR 648.14(a)(10)(iii) and (iv))
for bivalve harvesting due to the presence of toxins that cause
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP). These toxins can accumulate in
filter-feeding shellfish, and consumption of contaminated shellfish can
cause illness or death.
These closures were first implemented in 2005 (70 FR 35047) and
were subsequently modified a number of times from 2005-2008, with the
remaining closure subsequently extended from 2008 until 2013. Beginning
in 2014, the closures also included a prohibition on the harvest of
gastropods (78 FR 78783). Also in 2014, the Northern closure was lifted
for bivalve harvesting with the exception of whole/roe on scallops (79
FR 59150), leaving the area closed to gastropod and whole/roe-on
scallop harvesting through December 31, 2014, unless otherwise
continued.
Recently, NMFS, the FDA, the Massachusetts Division of Marine
Fisheries (DMF) and the fishing industry investigated whether the
closures are still warranted. The fishing industry collected gastropod
and scallop samples from the areas during the summer of 2014. The FDA
conducted laboratory testing of the samples collected, which
demonstrated toxin levels well below those known to cause human
illness. As a result, on October 8, 2014, the FDA sent NMFS a letter
requesting that we not renew the Northern and Southern Temporary PSP
Closures for 2015. NMFS has been renewing these closures annually under
emergency authority at the request of the FDA. The current closures are
set to expire on December 31, 2014, and because the FDA has requested
we not renew the closures, they will expire at the end of December,
resulting in the areas being open beginning January 1, 2015.
This notice is to inform the public that the areas referred to as
the Northern and Temporary PSP Closed Areas will be reopened beginning
January 1, 2015 for gastropod and whole/roe-on scallop harvesting. This
includes the fisheries for whelk, conch, snails and whole or roe-on
scallop harvesting. Scallop harvesting of the abductor muscle is
already permitted in the area, and is not affected by this reopening.
Given that the Northern closure was recently lifted for other bivalves,
this will remove these closures in their entirety.
The FDA has an agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to
conduct PSP monitoring of bivalves from the area in accordance with
currently accepted PSP testing procedures. The bivalve testing will
serve as an indicator for all molluscan shellfish and gastropods. DMF
is testing the reopened waters, and if the results yield samples that
exceed the threshold for public safety, DMF will inform us to that
effect, and we would work with the FDA to reinstate the closure, as
necessary.
The areas defined at 50 CFR 648.81(h)(1)(i), (iv), and (vi)
referred to as the Western Gulf of Maine Habitat Closure Area, Closed
Area I-North Habitat Closure Area, and Nantucket Lightship Habitat
Closed Area respectively, overlap with the area that would be reopened.
These overlapping closures areas remain closed to bottom tending mobile
gear including scallop dredge gear, otter trawls, hydraulic clam dredge
gear and any other bottom tending mobile gear types.
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This notification does not impose any legal obligations,
requirements, or expectation.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 4, 2014.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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