Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting, 51234-51235 [2015-20831]
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1. Comments on Non-Agenda Items
C. Administrative Matters
1. Update on Council Coordination
Committee Meeting
2. Legislative Matters
3. Approval of Council Meeting
Record
4. Membership Appointments and
Council Operating Procedures
5. Future Council Meeting Agenda
and Workload Planning
D. Ecosystem Management
1. Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative
Scoping
2. Unmanaged Forage Fish
Regulations (Final Action)
E. Salmon Management
1. Salmon Methodology Review
2. Sacramento River Winter Chinook
Update
F. Habitat
1. Current Habitat Issue
G. Highly Migratory Species
Management
1. Update on International Issues
2. Swordfish Management and
Monitoring Plan Hardcaps (Final
Action)
3. Scoping of Amendment 4 to the
Fishery Management Plan:
Authorizing a Shallow-Set Longline
Fishery Outside of the EEZ
H. Groundfish Management
1. Mid-Water Recreational Fishing
Regulations
2. Consideration of Gear Regulations
for the Trawl Catch Shares Sector
3. Final Stock Assessments
4. Electronic Monitoring Regulations
and Exempted Fishing Permit
Update
5. Specifications Process for 2017–
2018 Management (Final Action)
6. Salmon Endangered Species Act
Reinitiation of Consultation
Workshop Report
7. Blackgill-Slope Rockfish Intersector
Allocation and Accumulation Limit
Adjustments
8. Amendment To Modify Groundfish
Essential Fish Habitat and To
Adjust Rockfish Conservations
Areas
9. Inseason Adjustments (Final
Action)
10. Groundfish Management Science
Improvements and Methodology
Review Topics
I. Pacific Halibut Management
1. 2016 Catch Sharing Plan and
Annual Regulation Changes
Advisory Body Agendas
Advisory body agendas will include
discussions of relevant issues that are
on the Council agenda for this meeting,
and may also include issues that may be
relevant to future Council meetings.
Proposed advisory body agendas for this
meeting will be available on the Council
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Schedule of Ancillary Meetings
Day 1, Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Scientific and Statistical Committee
Ecosystem Subcommittee 8 a.m.
Day 2, Thursday, September 10, 2015
Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Ecosystem Workgroup 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee 8
a.m.
Habitat Committee 8:30 a.m.
Legislative Committee 1 p.m.
Budget Committee 2:30 p.m.
Day 3, Friday, September 11, 2015
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory
Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management
Team 8 a.m.
Scientific and Statistical Committee 8
a.m.
Enforcement Consultants 8 a.m.
Chairman’s Reception 6 p.m.
Day 4, Saturday, September 13, 2015
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Advisory
Subpanel 8 a.m.
Highly Migratory Species Management
Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc
Stock Assessment Briefing 7 p.m.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Kristopher
Kleinschmidt at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date by telephone (503) 820–
2280; at the Council office (see
ADDRESSES); or by email at
kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 18, 2015.
Emily H. Menashes,
Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice; public meeting.
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning
Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a public
meeting.
SUMMARY:
Day 5, Sunday, September 13, 2015
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc
DATES:
Day 6, Monday, September 14, 2015
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc
ADDRESSES:
Day 7, Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants Ad hoc
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
Council 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 Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the Council’s intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
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The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
The meeting will be held at
the Double Tree by Hilton Baltimore—
BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing
Road, Linthicum, Maryland, 21090;
telephone: (410) 859–8400.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their
Web site at www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
The
MAFMC’s Ecosystem and Ocean
Planning Advisory Panel (AP) will meet
to provide input to the Council on the
development of written Council policy
on non-fishing activities that impact fish
habitat. The development of written
policy on these activities will allow the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Council to comment more quickly on
proposed activities and projects, and
enable the Council to work more
effectively in addressing fish habitat and
ecosystem issues in our region.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: August 19, 2015.
Emily H. Menashes,
Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Notice of 12-Month Finding
on a Petition To List the Orange
Clownfish as Threatened or
Endangered Under the Endangered
Species Act
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of 12-month finding and
availability of a status review report.
AGENCY:
We, NMFS, announce a 12month finding and listing determination
on a petition to list the orange clownfish
(Amphiprion percula) as threatened or
endangered under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA). We have completed
a comprehensive status review under
the ESA for the orange clownfish and
we determined that, based on the best
scientific and commercial data
available, the orange clownfish does not
warrant listing under the ESA. We
conclude that the orange clownfish is
not currently in danger of extinction
throughout all or a significant portion of
its range and is not likely to become so
within the foreseeable future.
DATES: The finding announced in this
notice was made on August 24, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You can obtain the petition,
status review report, 12-month finding,
and the list of references electronically
on our NMFS Web site at: https://
www.fpir.noaa.gov/PRD/prd_reef_
fish.html.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Krista Graham, NMFS, Pacific Islands
Regional Office, (808) 725–5152; or
Kimberly Maison, NMFS, Pacific Islands
Regional Office, (808) 725–5143; or
Chelsey Young, NMFS, Office of
Protected Resources, (301) 427–8491.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 14, 2012, we received
a petition from the Center for Biological
Diversity (Center for Biological
Diversity, 2012) to list eight species of
pomacentrid reef fish as threatened or
endangered under the ESA and to
designate critical habitat for these
species concurrent with the listing. The
species are the orange clownfish
(Amphiprion percula) and seven other
damselfishes: The yellowtail damselfish
(Microspathodon chrysurus), Hawaiian
dascyllus (Dascyllus albisella), blueeyed damselfish (Plectroglyphidodon
johnstonianus), black-axil chromis
(Chromis atripectoralis), blue-green
damselfish (Chromis viridis), reticulated
damselfish (Dascyllus reticulatus), and
blackbar devil or Dick’s damselfish
(Plectroglyphidodon dickii). Given the
geographic ranges of these species, we
divided our initial response to the
petition between our Pacific Islands
Regional Office (PIRO) and Southeast
Regional Office (SERO). PIRO led the
response for the seven Indo-Pacific
species. On September 3, 2014, PIRO
published a positive 90-day finding (79
FR 52276) for the orange clownfish
announcing that the petition presented
substantial scientific or commercial
information indicating the petitioned
action of listing the orange clownfish
may be warranted and explained the
basis for that finding. We also
announced a negative 90-day finding for
the six Indo-Pacific damselfishes: The
Hawaiian dascyllus, blue-eyed
damselfish, black-axil chromis, bluegreen damselfish, reticulated
damselfish, and blackbar devil or Dick’s
damselfish. SERO led the response to
the petition to list the yellowtail
damselfish and, on February 18, 2015,
announced a negative 90-day finding for
that species (80 FR 8619).
In our positive 90-day finding for the
orange clownfish, we also announced
the initiation of a status review of the
species, as required by section 4(b)(3)(A)
of the ESA, and requested information
to inform the agency’s decision on
whether the species warranted listing as
endangered or threatened under the
ESA.
We are responsible for determining
whether species are threatened or
endangered under the ESA (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.). To make this
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determination, we first consider
whether a group of organisms
constitutes a ‘‘species’’ under the ESA,
then whether the status of the species
qualifies it for listing as either
threatened or endangered. Section 3 of
the ESA defines ‘‘species’’ to include
‘‘any subspecies of fish or wildlife or
plants, and any distinct population
segment of any species of vertebrate fish
or wildlife which interbreeds when
mature.’’ On February 7, 1996, NMFS
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS; together, the Services) adopted
a policy describing what constitutes a
distinct population segment (DPS) of a
taxonomic species (the DPS Policy; 61
FR 4722). The DPS Policy identifies two
elements that must be considered when
identifying a DPS: (1) The discreteness
of the population segment in relation to
the remainder of the species (or
subspecies) to which it belongs; and (2)
the significance of the population
segment to the remainder of the species
(or subspecies) to which it belongs. As
stated in the DPS Policy, Congress
expressed its expectation that the
Services would exercise authority with
regard to DPSs sparingly and only when
the biological evidence indicates such
action is warranted. Based on the
scientific information available, we
determined that the orange clownfish
(Amphiprion percula) is a ‘‘species’’
under the ESA. There is nothing in the
scientific literature indicating that this
species should be further divided into
subspecies or DPSs.
Section 3 of the ESA defines an
endangered species as ‘‘any species
which is in danger of extinction
throughout all or a significant portion of
its range’’ and a threatened species as
one ‘‘which is likely to become an
endangered species within the
foreseeable future throughout all or a
significant portion of its range.’’ We
interpret an ‘‘endangered species’’ to be
one that is presently in danger of
extinction. A ‘‘threatened species,’’ on
the other hand, is not presently at risk
of extinction, but is likely to become so
in the foreseeable future. In other words,
the primary statutory difference
between an endangered and threatened
species is the timing of when a species
may be in danger of extinction, either
presently (endangered) or in the
foreseeable future (threatened).
When we consider whether a species
might qualify as threatened under the
ESA, we must consider the meaning of
the term ‘‘foreseeable future.’’ It is
appropriate to interpret ‘‘foreseeable
future’’ as the horizon over which
predictions about the conservation
status of the species can be reasonably
relied upon. The foreseeable future
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE128
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council)
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a public
meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton
Baltimore--BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, Maryland,
21090; telephone: (410) 859-8400.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331 or
on their Web site at www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MAFMC's Ecosystem and Ocean Planning
Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to provide input to the Council on the
development of written Council policy on non-fishing activities that
impact fish habitat. The development of written policy on these
activities will allow the
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Council to comment more quickly on proposed activities and projects,
and enable the Council to work more effectively in addressing fish
habitat and ecosystem issues in our region.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should
be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior
to the meeting date.
Dated: August 19, 2015.
Emily H. Menashes,
Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-20831 Filed 8-21-15; 8:45 am]
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