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Exempted Fishing Permits; Extension
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Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of an
application for an exempted fishing
permit; extension of comment period;
and announcement of a public webinar.
AGENCY:
NMFS published a notice in
the Federal Register on January 17,
2017, announcing the receipt of an
application for an exempted fishing
permit (EFP) from Dr. David Kerstetter
of Nova Southeastern University to
evaluate pelagic longline (PLL) catch
and bycatch rates from within the
northern portion of the East Florida
Coast (EFC) PLL Closed Area and
compare those rates to rates from
outside the EFC PLL Closed Area. The
availability of a Draft Environmental
Assessment (EA) analyzing the impacts
of granting the application with certain
terms and conditions was also
announced in the same Federal Register
notice. NMFS provided a 30-day
comment period in the January Federal
Register notice, but given interest from
the public, NMFS is extending the
comment period for the action to March
29, 2017, and conducting a public
webinar on March 27, 2017, to facilitate
public comments.
DATES: The public comment period for
the notice published at 82 FR 4856,
January 17, 2017, is extended from
February 16, 2017, until March 29,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Email: nmfs.hms.pllefp@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line the following
identifier: 0648–XF086.
• Mail: Margo Schulze-Haugen,
Highly Migratory Species Management
Division (F/SF1), NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig Cockrell at (301) 427–8503 or Rick
Pearson at (727) 824–5399.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The application and Draft EA, as well
as public comments received thus far,
are available for review on the HMS
Management Division’s Web site at
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/
compliance/efp/. NMFS
invites comments on the specific terms
and conditions of the EFP, if issued, and
the analyses presented in the Draft EA.
Extension of Comment Period
The original comment period was
scheduled to end on February 16, 2017.
Given interest from the public and to
allow additional time for Regional
Fishery Management Councils to
discuss the EFP application and Draft
EA at upcoming meetings, NMFS is
extending the public comment period
for this action to March 29, 2017.
Additionally, because of requests to
hold a public meeting in South Florida
regarding this issue, NMFS has decided
to hold a public webinar to facilitate
public comments from across the
geographic range of the U.S. Atlantic
PLL fishery.
Public Webinar
The public webinar will be held on
March 27, 2017, from 1 p.m.–4 p.m.
EST. Information on how to attend the
webinar can be found on the HMS
Management Division’s Web page at:
https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/
compliance/efp/pll_efp_webinar.html.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 9, 2017.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fishing Capacity Reduction Program
for the Southeast Alaska Purse Seine
Salmon Fishery
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of unsuccessful
referendum.
AGENCY:
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NMFS issues this notice to
inform persons of the unsuccessful
referendum for a second fishing
capacity reduction loan in the Southeast
Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery,
effective January 17, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Sturtevant at (301) 427–8799,
fax (301) 713–1306, or
michael.a.sturtevant@noaa.gov.
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SUMMARY:
I. Background
The Southeast Alaska Purse Seine
Salmon Fishery is a commercial fishery
in Alaska state waters and adjacent
Federal waters. It encompasses the
commercial taking of salmon with purse
seine gear, and participation is limited
to fishermen designated by the Alaska
Commercial Fisheries Entry
Commission (CFEC). Congress
authorized a $23.5 million loan to
finance a fishing capacity reduction
program in the Southeast Alaska Purse
Seine Salmon Fishery. NMFS published
proposed program regulations on May
23, 2011 (76 FR 29707), and final
program regulations on October 6, 2011
(76 FR 61986), to implement the
reduction program.
In 2012, NMFS conducted a
referendum to determine the remaining
fishermen’s willingness to repay a $13.1
million fishing capacity reduction loan
to remove 64 permits. After a majority
of permit holders approved the loan,
NMFS disbursed payments to the
successful bidders and began collecting
fees to repay the loan.
In August 2016, the Southeast
Revitalization Association (SRA)
submitted a second capacity reduction
plan to NMFS and NMFS approved the
second plan in October 2016. Since only
$13.1 million was expended from the
total loan amount, $10.4 remains
available. Approval of this second
referendum would have resulted in a
second loan of $5.8 million and
permanently retired an additional 22
permits from the fishery. The final
regulations required NMFS to provide
public notice before conducting a
referendum to determine the industry’s
willingness to repay a second fishing
capacity reduction loan to purchase the
permits identified in the second
reduction plan.
Comments on the proposed
referendum were accepted until 5 p.m.
EST December 7, 2016. Between
November 14 and November 17, 2016,
NMFS held a series of public meetings
with Southeast Alaska purse seine
salmon permit holders and interested
individuals. The meetings were held in
Sitka, AK, Ketchikan, AK, Petersburg,
AK, and Seattle, WA.
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II. Present Status
As of October 21, 2016, there were
315 permits in the fishery designated as
S01A by CFEC. These permanent permit
holders were eligible to vote in this
second referendum. NMFS mailed
referendum information, voting
instructions, and a referendum ballot to
each of the permit owners. The
referendum voting period commenced
December 13, 2016 and ended on
January 13, 2017. Any votes received by
NMFS after 5 p.m. on January 13, 2017,
were not counted. NMFS issued 315
ballots. 50 CFR 600.1107 (e)(3)(ii), states
that ‘‘a successful referendum by a
majority of the Permit Holders in the
Reduction Fishery shall bind all parties
and complete the reduction process,’’
Therefore, a minimum of 158 ballots in
favor of the buyback program was
necessary to approve the new fees.
NMFS received 180 (57%) timely and
valid ballots. 132 were for approving the
proposed buyback. As a result, the
proposed buyback referendum was not
successful and the second buyback loan
was not approved.
Dated: February 8, 2017.
Brian T. Pawlak,
CFO/Director, Office of Management and
Budget, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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In accordance with the
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final Authorization, Eglin AFB’s
application and their final
Environmental Assessment (EA) titled,
‘‘Maritime Weapons System Evaluation
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Jolie Harrison, Chief, Permits and
Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; by
telephoning the contacts listed here at
301–427–8401, or by visiting the
internet at: https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
pr/permits/incidental/military.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Dale Youngkin, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
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Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,
as amended (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce
to allow, upon request, the incidental,
but not intentional, taking of small
numbers of marine mammals of a
species or population stock, by U.S.
citizens who engage in a specified
activity (other than commercial fishing)
within a specified geographical region
if, after NMFS provides a notice of a
proposed authorization to the public for
review and comment and that NMFS
makes certain findings.
An Authorization for incidental
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granted if NMFS finds that the taking
will have a negligible impact on the
species or stock(s), will not have an
unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
subsistence uses (where relevant), 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.’’
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF187
Fishing Capacity Reduction Program for the Southeast Alaska Purse
Seine Salmon Fishery
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of unsuccessful referendum.
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SUMMARY: NMFS issues this notice to inform persons of the unsuccessful
referendum for a second fishing capacity reduction loan in the
Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery, effective January 17,
2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Sturtevant at (301) 427-8799,
fax (301) 713-1306, or michael.a.sturtevant@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery is a commercial
fishery in Alaska state waters and adjacent Federal waters. It
encompasses the commercial taking of salmon with purse seine gear, and
participation is limited to fishermen designated by the Alaska
Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC). Congress authorized a
$23.5 million loan to finance a fishing capacity reduction program in
the Southeast Alaska Purse Seine Salmon Fishery. NMFS published
proposed program regulations on May 23, 2011 (76 FR 29707), and final
program regulations on October 6, 2011 (76 FR 61986), to implement the
reduction program.
In 2012, NMFS conducted a referendum to determine the remaining
fishermen's willingness to repay a $13.1 million fishing capacity
reduction loan to remove 64 permits. After a majority of permit holders
approved the loan, NMFS disbursed payments to the successful bidders
and began collecting fees to repay the loan.
In August 2016, the Southeast Revitalization Association (SRA)
submitted a second capacity reduction plan to NMFS and NMFS approved
the second plan in October 2016. Since only $13.1 million was expended
from the total loan amount, $10.4 remains available. Approval of this
second referendum would have resulted in a second loan of $5.8 million
and permanently retired an additional 22 permits from the fishery. The
final regulations required NMFS to provide public notice before
conducting a referendum to determine the industry's willingness to
repay a second fishing capacity reduction loan to purchase the permits
identified in the second reduction plan.
Comments on the proposed referendum were accepted until 5 p.m. EST
December 7, 2016. Between November 14 and November 17, 2016, NMFS held
a series of public meetings with Southeast Alaska purse seine salmon
permit holders and interested individuals. The meetings were held in
Sitka, AK, Ketchikan, AK, Petersburg, AK, and Seattle, WA.
II. Present Status
As of October 21, 2016, there were 315 permits in the fishery
designated as S01A by CFEC. These permanent permit holders were
eligible to vote in this second referendum. NMFS mailed referendum
information, voting instructions, and a referendum ballot to each of
the permit owners. The referendum voting period commenced December 13,
2016 and ended on January 13, 2017. Any votes received by NMFS after 5
p.m. on January 13, 2017, were not counted. NMFS issued 315 ballots. 50
CFR 600.1107 (e)(3)(ii), states that ``a successful referendum by a
majority of the Permit Holders in the Reduction Fishery shall bind all
parties and complete the reduction process,'' Therefore, a minimum of
158 ballots in favor of the buyback program was necessary to approve
the new fees. NMFS received 180 (57%) timely and valid ballots. 132
were for approving the proposed buyback. As a result, the proposed
buyback referendum was not successful and the second buyback loan was
not approved.
Dated: February 8, 2017.
Brian T. Pawlak,
CFO/Director, Office of Management and Budget, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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