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negligible impact on the species or
stock(s) affected and will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
taking for subsistence uses, and if the
permissible methods of taking and
requirements pertaining to the
mitigation, monitoring and reporting of
such taking are set forth.
NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as ‘‘an
impact resulting from the specified
activity that cannot be reasonably
expected to, and is not reasonably likely
to, adversely affect the species or stock
through effects on annual rates of
recruitment or survival.’’ Except with
respect to certain activities not pertinent
here, the MMPA defines ‘‘harassment’’
as: ‘‘any act of pursuit, torment, or
annoyance which (i) has the potential to
injure a marine mammal or marine
mammal stock in the wild [Level A
harassment]; or (ii) has the potential to
disturb a marine mammal or marine
mammal stock in the wild by causing
disruption of behavioral patterns,
including, but not limited to, migration,
breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or
sheltering [Level B harassment].’’
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Summary of Request
On April 6, 2016, NMFS received an
adequate and complete application from
the SEFSC requesting authorization for
take of marine mammals incidental to
fisheries research conducted by the
SEFSC. The requested regulations
would be valid for five years from the
date of issuance. The SEFSC plans to
conduct fisheries research surveys in
multiple geographic regions within the
Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of
Mexico and Caribbean Sea. It is possible
that marine mammals may interact with
fishing gear (e.g., trawls nets, longlines)
used in SEFSC’s fisheries research
projects, resulting in injury, serious
injury, or mortality. In addition, the
SEFSC operates active acoustic devices
that have the potential to disturb marine
mammals. Because the specified
activities have the potential to take
marine mammals present within these
action areas, the SEFSC requests
authorization to take multiple species of
marine mammal that may occur in these
areas.
Specified Activities
The Federal Government has a
responsibility to conserve and protect
living marine resources in U.S. federal
waters and has also entered into a
number of international agreements and
treaties related to the management of
living marine resources in international
waters outside the United States. NOAA
has the primary responsibility for
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managing marine fin and shellfish
species and their habitats, with that
responsibility delegated within NOAA
to NMFS.
In order to direct and coordinate the
collection of scientific information
needed to make informed management
decisions, Congress created six Regional
Fisheries Science Centers, each a
distinct organizational entity and the
scientific focal point within NMFS for
region-based federal fisheries-related
research. This research is aimed at
monitoring fish stock recruitment,
abundance, survival and biological
rates, geographic distribution of species
and stocks, ecosystem process changes,
and marine ecological research. The
SEFSC is the research arm of NMFS in
the southeast U.S., including the
Caribbean.
Research is aimed at monitoring fish
stock recruitment, survival and
biological rates, abundance and
geographic distribution of species and
stocks, and providing other scientific
information needed to improve our
understanding of complex marine
ecological processes. The SEFSC
proposes to administer and conduct
these survey programs over the five-year
period.
Information Solicited
Interested persons may submit
information, suggestions, and comments
concerning the SEFSC’s request (see
ADDRESSES). NMFS will consider all
information, suggestions, and comments
related to the request during the
development of proposed regulations
governing the incidental taking of
marine mammals by the SEFSC, if
appropriate.
Dated: April 19, 2016.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, in conjunction
with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, will hold a
Question and Answer (Q&A) public
meeting to address cobia management
issues in Kill Devil Hills, NC.
DATES: The Cobia Q&A public meeting
will be held beginning at 6 p.m. on May
9, 2016.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held at the Hilton Garden Inn Outer
Banks/Kitty Hawk, 5353 N. Virginia
Dare Trail, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949;
phone: (252) 261–1290; fax: (252) 255–
0153. The meeting will be broadcast via
webinar as it occurs. Registration is
required and information will be posted
on the South Atlantic Council’s Web
site at www.safmc.net as it becomes
available.
Council addresses: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N.
Charleston, SC 29405; Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 800 North
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer,
SAFMC; phone: (843) 571–4366 or toll
free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–
4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
original notice published in the Federal
Register on April 15, 2016 (81 FR
22214). In the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION, it stated that the 2015
recreational catch was 1,540,775
pounds, 123% over the recreational
Annual Catch Limit (ACL) of 690,000
pounds. It should read the 2015
recreational catch was 1,540,775
pounds, 123% over the recreational
Annual Catch Limit (ACL) of 630,000
pounds. All other previously published
information remains the same.
SUMMARY:
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Dated: April 19, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public
Meeting; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of correction of a public meeting notice.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, in conjunction
with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, will hold a Question
and Answer (Q&A) public meeting to address cobia management issues in
Kill Devil Hills, NC.
DATES: The Cobia Q&A public meeting will be held beginning at 6 p.m. on
May 9, 2016.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn
Outer Banks/Kitty Hawk, 5353 N. Virginia Dare Trail, Kitty Hawk, NC
27949; phone: (252) 261-1290; fax: (252) 255-0153. The meeting will be
broadcast via webinar as it occurs. Registration is required and
information will be posted on the South Atlantic Council's Web site at
www.safmc.net as it becomes available.
Council addresses: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405; Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201, Dover,
DE 19901.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information
Officer, SAFMC; phone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10;
fax: (843) 769-4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The original notice published in the Federal
Register on April 15, 2016 (81 FR 22214). In the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION, it stated that the 2015 recreational catch was 1,540,775
pounds, 123% over the recreational Annual Catch Limit (ACL) of 690,000
pounds. It should read the 2015 recreational catch was 1,540,775
pounds, 123% over the recreational Annual Catch Limit (ACL) of 630,000
pounds. All other previously published information remains the same.
Dated: April 19, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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