Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Meeting, 54334 [2017-24956]
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under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date. This meeting will be
recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C.
1852, a copy of the recording is
available upon request.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 14, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
development since early 2017. The
Committee will review the final list of
elements and the evaluation of risk
posed by each element as recommended
by Council staff. The Committee will
make recommendations to the full
Council for consideration at its
December meeting in Annapolis, MD.
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: November 14, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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Administration
RIN 0648–XF801
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Endangered Species; File Nos. 20590
and 20610
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Meeting
AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (MAFMC)
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning
Committee will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Friday, December 1, 2017, from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Hilton Garden Inn BWI Airport,
1516 Aero Drive, Linthicum, MD 21090;
telephone: (410)-691–0500.
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
purpose of the meeting is to review and
approve the EAFM based risk
assessment for the Mid-Atlantic fishery
resources which has been under
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications.
Notice is hereby given that
Nicole Phillips, Ph.D., The University of
Southern Mississippi, Department of
Biological Sciences, 118 College Drive
#5018, Hattiesburg, MS 39406 (File No.
20590) and David Portnoy, Ph.D., Texas
A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX
78412 (File No. 20610), have applied in
due form for permits to receive and
import sawfish and scalloped
hammerhead shark samples for
purposes of scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
December 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on
the Applications and Permits for
Protected Species (APPS) home page,
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then
selecting File Nos. 20590 or 20610 from
the list of available applications.
These documents are also available
upon written request or by appointment
in the Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
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13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division, at
the address listed above. Comments may
also be submitted by facsimile to (301)
713–0376, or by email to
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please
include the File No. in the subject line
of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
to the Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division at the address listed above. The
request should set forth the specific
reasons why a hearing on this
application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Skidmore (File Nos. 20590 or
20610), Malcolm Mohead (File No.
20590), or Erin Markin (File No. 20610),
(301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permit is requested 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).
File No. 20590: The applicant (Dr.
Phillips) is requesting authorization to
import tissue samples from 5 species of
listed sawfish including the smalltooth
sawfish (Pristis pectinata), largetooth
sawfish (P. pristis), green sawfish (P.
zijsron), dwarf sawfish (P. clavata), and
narrow sawfish (Anoxypristis cuspidate)
to assess the impact of population
decline through genetic diversity. This
study will use tissue samples obtained
opportunistically from saws with
known location data held in museums,
educational and private collections to:
(1) Assess whether there has been a
recent loss of genetic diversity in
sawfishes globally, and (2) evaluate the
long-term survival outlook for
sawfishes. The applicant proposes to
import tissue samples from up to a total
of 500 sawfish specimens, from all
species, annually from at least Mexico,
Belize, United Arab Emirates, United
Kingdom, and Australia to The
University of Southern Mississippi for
analysis. The requested duration of the
permit is five years.
File No. 20610: The applicant (Dr.
Portnoy) is requesting authorization to
import scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna
lewini) tissue in the form of fin clips or
small muscle biopsies from Belize
(Central & SW Atlantic DPS, up to 50
samples), Trinidad (Central & SW
Atlantic DPS, up to 50 samples), Mexico
(Eastern Pacific DPS, up to 100 samples;
NW Atlantic & GOM DPS, up to 50
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF804
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); 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 (MAFMC)
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Committee will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, December 1, 2017, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn BWI
Airport, 1516 Aero Drive, Linthicum, MD 21090; telephone: (410)-691-
0500.
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 purpose of the meeting is to review and
approve the EAFM based risk assessment for the Mid-Atlantic fishery
resources which has been under development since early 2017. The
Committee will review the final list of elements and the evaluation of
risk posed by each element as recommended by Council staff. The
Committee will make recommendations to the full Council for
consideration at its December meeting in Annapolis, MD.
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: November 14, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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