Endangered Species; File No. 18526, 74765 [2015-30297]
Download as PDF
Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 229 / Monday, November 30, 2015 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XD248
RIN 0648–XE330
Endangered Species; File No. 18526
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice of a public meeting.
The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s Pacific
Northwest Crab Industry Advisory
Committee (PNCIAC) will meet
December 17, 2015.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held on
Thursday, December 17, 2015, from 12
p.m. to 5 p.m.
DATES:
The meeting will be held at
the Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers’ office
4005 20th Ave. W, Suite 102, Seattle,
WA 98188. Please call 1–800–920–7487,
passcode is 88696426#.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Stram, Council staff; telephone:
(907) 271–2809, or Lance Farr, (206)
669–7163.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Thursday, December 17, 2015
The Committee will discuss issues to
recommend for the Bering Sea Aleutian
Island Crab 10-year review.
The Agenda is subject to change, and
the latest version will be posted at
https://www.npfmc.org/
jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Shannon Gleason at (907) 271–2809 at
least 7 working days prior to the
meeting date.
Dated: November 24, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015–30290 Filed 11–27–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
VerDate Sep<11>2014
15:23 Nov 27, 2015
Jkt 238001
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
Coonamessett Farm Foundation, Inc.,
277 Hatchville Road, East Falmouth,
MA 02536 [Responsible Party: Ronald
Smolowitz], has been issued a permit to
take sea turtles for purposes of scientific
research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Malcolm Mohead or Amy Hapeman,
(301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April
22, 2014, notice was published in the
Federal Register (79 FR 22479) that a
request for a scientific research permit
to take endangered and threatened sea
turtles has been submitted by the abovenamed organization. The requested
permit has been issued under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) and the regulations
governing the taking, importing, and
exporting of endangered and threatened
species (50 CFR parts 222–226).
Mr. Smolowitz has been issued a fiveyear permit to continue ongoing
research assessing and reducing sea
turtle bycatch in sea scallop fisheries in
the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The research
will aid in estimating abundance
estimates, evaluating scallop harvesting
strategies to minimize harm to sea
turtles, and defining critical habitat of
loggerhead (Caretta caretta), Kemp’s
ridley (Lepidochelys kempii),
leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), and
green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles. Sea
turtles may be captured by hoop net,
weighed and measured, blood and
tissue sampled, and tagged with flipper
tags, passive integrated transponders,
and satellite tags. Turtles will also be
tracked and monitored with a remotely
operated vehicle.
Issuance of this permit, as required by
the ESA, was based on a finding that
74765
such permit (1) was applied for in good
faith, (2) will not operate to the
disadvantage of such endangered or
threatened species, and (3) is consistent
with the purposes and policies set forth
in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: November 24, 2015.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015–30297 Filed 11–27–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00020
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE331
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meetings.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP)
will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 for the
Advisory Panel from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will held at the
Radisson Hotel Providence Airport,
2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;
telephone: (401) 739–3000.
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 NTAP
is a joint advisory panel of the MidAtlantic and New England Fishery
Management Councils. It is composed of
Council members, fishing industry,
academic, and government and nongovernment fisheries experts who will
provide advice and direction on the
conduct of trawl research. The NTAP
was established to bring commercial
fishing, fisheries science, and fishery
management professionals in the
northeastern U.S. together to identify
concerns about regional research survey
performance and data, to identify
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\30NON1.SGM
30NON1
Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 74765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30297]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD248
Endangered Species; File No. 18526
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Coonamessett Farm Foundation,
Inc., 277 Hatchville Road, East Falmouth, MA 02536 [Responsible Party:
Ronald Smolowitz], has been issued a permit to take sea turtles for
purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway,
Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 427-8401; fax (301)
713-0376.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Malcolm Mohead or Amy Hapeman, (301)
427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 22, 2014, notice was published in
the Federal Register (79 FR 22479) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take endangered and threatened sea turtles has been
submitted by the above-named organization. The requested permit has
been issued under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973,
as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations governing
the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened
species (50 CFR parts 222-226).
Mr. Smolowitz has been issued a five-year permit to continue
ongoing research assessing and reducing sea turtle bycatch in sea
scallop fisheries in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The research will aid in
estimating abundance estimates, evaluating scallop harvesting
strategies to minimize harm to sea turtles, and defining critical
habitat of loggerhead (Caretta caretta), Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys
kempii), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), and green (Chelonia mydas)
sea turtles. Sea turtles may be captured by hoop net, weighed and
measured, blood and tissue sampled, and tagged with flipper tags,
passive integrated transponders, and satellite tags. Turtles will also
be tracked and monitored with a remotely operated vehicle.
Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a
finding that such permit (1) was applied for in good faith, (2) will
not operate to the disadvantage of such endangered or threatened
species, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth
in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: November 24, 2015.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-30297 Filed 11-27-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P