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Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Atlantic Herring Fishery;
Supplemental Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement; Scoping Process; Request
for Comments
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Supplemental notice of intent
(NOI) to prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS); request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council is in the process of
preparing an environmental impact
statement for Amendment 8 to the
Atlantic Herring Fishery Management
Plan. Amendment 8 would specify a
long-term acceptable biological catch
control rule for the herring fishery and
consider alternatives for this control
rule that explicitly account for herring’s
role in the ecosystem. The Council
recently decided to expand the scope of
Amendment 8 to include consideration
of localized depletion in inshore waters.
During this comment period, the
Council is only seeking comments on
the expanded scope of Amendment 8.
DATES: Written scoping comments must
be received on or before 5 p.m., local
time, September 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Written scoping comments
may be sent by any of the following
methods:
• Email to the following address:
comments@nefmc.org;
• Mail to Thomas A. Nies, Executive
Director, New England Fishery
Management Council, 50 Water Street,
Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; or
• Fax to (978) 465–3116.
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• Please indicate ‘‘Herring
Amendment 8 Re-Scoping Comment’’
on your correspondence.
Requests for copies of the
Amendment 8 scoping document and
other information should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2,
Newburyport, MA 01950, telephone
(978) 465–0492. The scoping document
is accessible electronically via the
Internet at https://www.nefmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council, (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The purpose of this notification is to
alert the interested public of the
Council’s intent to expand the scope of
Amendment 8 to consider localized
depletion in inshore waters. In general,
localized depletion is when harvesting
takes more fish than can be replaced
either locally or through fish migrating
into the catch area within a given time
period. The Council will consider input
from the interested public as to how to
define, measure, evaluate impacts, and
minimize inshore, localized depletion
in the herring fishery as part of the
scoping process and during the
development of Amendment 8.
Initially, the Council proposed
Amendment 8 to further consider longterm harvest strategies for herring,
including an allowable biological catch
(ABC) control rule that addresses the
biological needs of the herring resource
and explicitly accounts for herring’s role
in the ecosystem. A detailed description
of the background and need for
Amendment 8 can be found in the
original NOI dated February 26, 2015
(80 FR 10458).
At its June 2015 meeting, the Council
reviewed scoping comments on
Amendment 8 and considered goals and
objectives for the amendment. The
Council recommended the following
goals for Amendment 8: (1) Account for
the role of herring within the ecosystem,
including its role as forage; (2) stabilize
the fishery at a level designed to achieve
optimum yield; and (3) address
localized depletion in inshore waters.
The Council also recommended that an
objective for Amendment 8 be to
develop and implement an ABC control
rule that manages herring within an
ecosystem context and addresses the
goals of Amendment 8.
Public Comment
Scoping consists of identifying the
range of actions, alternatives, and
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impacts to be considered. During this
comment period, the Council is only
seeking comments on Amendment 8’s
consideration of localized depletion in
inshore waters. All persons affected by
or otherwise interested in herring
management are encouraged to submit
comments on the expanded scope of
Amendment 8 by submitting written
comments (see ADDRESSES) or by
attending the supplemental scoping
meeting for this amendment. The
supplemental scoping meeting will be
held during the afternoon of the
Council’s Herring Committee meeting
on September 15, 2015, at the Hilton
Garden Inn, 100 Boardman Street,
Boston, MA 02128, (617) 567–6789.
After the scoping process is
completed, the Council will continue
development of Amendment 8 and
preparation of an EIS to analyze the
impacts of the range of alternatives
under consideration. Impacts may be
direct, individual, or cumulative. The
public will also have the opportunity to
comment during public meetings and
public comment periods throughout the
development of Amendment 8,
consistent with the National
Environmental Policy Act, the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, and
the Administrative Procedure Act.
Special Accommodations
The meetings are accessible to people
with physical disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least
five days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 18, 2015.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD784
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring
Fishery; Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement; Scoping Process; Request for Comments
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Supplemental notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental
impact statement (EIS); request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council is in the process
of preparing an environmental impact statement for Amendment 8 to the
Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan. Amendment 8 would specify a
long-term acceptable biological catch control rule for the herring
fishery and consider alternatives for this control rule that explicitly
account for herring's role in the ecosystem. The Council recently
decided to expand the scope of Amendment 8 to include consideration of
localized depletion in inshore waters. During this comment period, the
Council is only seeking comments on the expanded scope of Amendment 8.
DATES: Written scoping comments must be received on or before 5 p.m.,
local time, September 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Written scoping comments may be sent by any of the following
methods:
Email to the following address: comments@nefmc.org;
Mail to Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA
01950; or
Fax to (978) 465-3116.
Please indicate ``Herring Amendment 8 Re-Scoping Comment''
on your correspondence.
Requests for copies of the Amendment 8 scoping document and other
information should be directed to Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2,
Newburyport, MA 01950, telephone (978) 465-0492. The scoping document
is accessible electronically via the Internet at https://www.nefmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council, (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The purpose of this notification is to alert the interested public
of the Council's intent to expand the scope of Amendment 8 to consider
localized depletion in inshore waters. In general, localized depletion
is when harvesting takes more fish than can be replaced either locally
or through fish migrating into the catch area within a given time
period. The Council will consider input from the interested public as
to how to define, measure, evaluate impacts, and minimize inshore,
localized depletion in the herring fishery as part of the scoping
process and during the development of Amendment 8.
Initially, the Council proposed Amendment 8 to further consider
long-term harvest strategies for herring, including an allowable
biological catch (ABC) control rule that addresses the biological needs
of the herring resource and explicitly accounts for herring's role in
the ecosystem. A detailed description of the background and need for
Amendment 8 can be found in the original NOI dated February 26, 2015
(80 FR 10458).
At its June 2015 meeting, the Council reviewed scoping comments on
Amendment 8 and considered goals and objectives for the amendment. The
Council recommended the following goals for Amendment 8: (1) Account
for the role of herring within the ecosystem, including its role as
forage; (2) stabilize the fishery at a level designed to achieve
optimum yield; and (3) address localized depletion in inshore waters.
The Council also recommended that an objective for Amendment 8 be to
develop and implement an ABC control rule that manages herring within
an ecosystem context and addresses the goals of Amendment 8.
Public Comment
Scoping consists of identifying the range of actions, alternatives,
and impacts to be considered. During this comment period, the Council
is only seeking comments on Amendment 8's consideration of localized
depletion in inshore waters. All persons affected by or otherwise
interested in herring management are encouraged to submit comments on
the expanded scope of Amendment 8 by submitting written comments (see
ADDRESSES) or by attending the supplemental scoping meeting for this
amendment. The supplemental scoping meeting will be held during the
afternoon of the Council's Herring Committee meeting on September 15,
2015, at the Hilton Garden Inn, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128,
(617) 567-6789.
After the scoping process is completed, the Council will continue
development of Amendment 8 and preparation of an EIS to analyze the
impacts of the range of alternatives under consideration. Impacts may
be direct, individual, or cumulative. The public will also have the
opportunity to comment during public meetings and public comment
periods throughout the development of Amendment 8, consistent with the
National Environmental Policy Act, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.
Special Accommodations
The meetings are accessible to people with physical disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least five days
prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 18, 2015.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-20798 Filed 8-20-15; 8:45 am]
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