Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting, 6521-6522 [2018-03015]
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collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted by April 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
internet at pracomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Adam Bailey, National
Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast
Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue
South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, or
adam.bailey@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection. The seafood dealers who
process red porgy, greater amberjack,
gag grouper, black grouper, red grouper,
scamp, red hind, rock hind,
yellowmouth grouper, yellowfin
grouper, graysby or coney during
seasonal fishery closures for applicable
species must maintain documentation,
as specified in 50 CFR part 300 subpart
K and 50 CFR 622.192(i), that such fish
were harvested from areas other than
state or Federal waters in the South
Atlantic. The documentation includes
information on the vessel that harvested
the fish, and where and when the fish
were offloaded. NMFS requires the
information for the enforcement of
fishery regulations.
II. Method of Collection
The information is in the form of a
paper affidavit, which remains with the
respondent.
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0365.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission—
extension of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
25.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: February 8, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF988
Fisheries of the South Atlantic;
Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 56 Assessment
Webinars III.
AGENCY:
The SEDAR 56 assessment of
the South Atlantic stock of Black
Seabass will consist of a series
webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
SUMMARY:
SEDAR 56 Assessment webinar
III will be held on Friday, March 2, 2018
from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held via webinar. The webinar is open
to members of the public. Those
interested in participating should
contact Julia Byrd at SEDAR (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) to
request an invitation providing webinar
access information. Please request
webinar invitations at least 24 hours in
advance of each webinar.
DATES:
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SEDAR address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N.
Charleston, SC 29405;
www.sedarweb.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber
Place Drive, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571–
4366; email: julia.byrd@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management
Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf
States Marine Fisheries Commissions,
have implemented the Southeast Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
process, a multi-step method for
determining the status of fish stocks in
the Southeast Region. The product of
the SEDAR webinar series will be a
report which compiles and evaluates
potential datasets and recommends
which datasets are appropriate for
assessment analyses, and describes the
fisheries, evaluates the status of the
stock, estimates biological benchmarks,
projects future population conditions,
and recommends research and
monitoring needs. Participants for
SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the
Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management
Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast
Regional Office, Highly Migratory
Species Management Division, and
Southeast Fisheries Science Center.
Participants include: data collectors and
database managers; stock assessment
scientists, biologists, and researchers;
constituency representatives including
fishermen, environmentalists, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs);
international experts; and staff of
Councils, Commissions, and state and
federal agencies.
The items of discussion in the
Assessment webinars are as follows:
1. Participants will continue
discussions to develop population
models to evaluate stock status, estimate
population benchmarks, and project
future conditions, as specified in the
Terms of Reference.
2. Participants will recommend the
most appropriate methods and
configurations for determining stock
status and estimating population
parameters.
3. Participants will prepare a
workshop report and determine whether
the assessment(s) are adequate for
submission for review.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
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action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified 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 intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people
with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary
aids should be directed to the SAFMC
office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
business days prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 9, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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The
purpose of this meeting is to make
multi-year ABC recommendations for
the blueline tilefish stock north of the
VA/NC border based on updated stock
assessment results and
recommendations from the blueline
tilefish Working Group. A review the
most recent survey, fishery data, and the
currently implemented 2019 ABC for
golden tilefish will also be conducted.
The SSC will also review and provide
recommendations regarding the
Northeast Fisheries Science Center clam
dredge survey redesign, approve the
OFL CV discussion document that
would establish decision rules for
specifying the CV of the OFL
distribution, and review the most recent
Mid-Atlantic State of the Ecosystem
report. In addition, other topics the SSC
may discuss include outcomes from the
most recent National SSC meeting, SSC
species and topic leads and any other
business as necessary.
A detailed agenda and background
documents will be made available on
the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org)
prior to the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
These meetings are 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.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG020
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
Dated: February 9, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
The Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC) of the Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council’s
(Council) will hold a meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, March 13, 2018, from 1 p.m.
through 5:30 p.m. and on Wednesday,
March 14, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for agenda details.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
at the Royal Sonesta Harbor Court
Baltimore, 550 Light Street, Baltimore,
MD 21202; telephone: (410) 234–0550.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331; website:
www.mafmc.org.
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SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF470
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to U.S. Navy 2018
Ice Exercise Activities in the Beaufort
Sea and Arctic Ocean
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as
amended, notification is hereby given
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that NMFS has issued an incidental
harassment authorization (IHA) to the
United States Department of the Navy
(Navy) to incidentally harass, by Level
B harassment, marine mammals during
Ice Exercise 2018 (ICEX18) activities
within the Beaufort Sea and Arctic
Ocean north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
The Navy’s activities are considered a
military readiness activity pursuant to
the Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA), as amended by the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2004 (NDAA).
DATES: This authorization is applicable
from February 1, 2018 through May 1,
2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob
Pauline, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, (301) 427–8408. Electronic
copies of the application and supporting
documents, as well as a list of the
references cited in this document, may
be obtained online at
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental/military.htm. In case of
problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct
the Secretary of Commerce (as delegated
to NMFS) to allow, upon request, the
incidental, but not intentional, taking of
small numbers of marine mammals by
U.S. citizens who engage in a specified
activity (other than commercial fishing)
within a specified geographical region if
certain findings are made and either
regulations are issued or, if the taking is
limited to harassment, a notice of a
proposed authorization is provided to
the public for review.
An authorization for incidental
takings shall be 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 takings 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.
The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’
means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or
attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill
any marine mammal.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF988
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 56 Assessment Webinars III.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR 56 assessment of the South Atlantic stock of Black
Seabass will consist of a series webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
DATES: SEDAR 56 Assessment webinar III will be held on Friday, March 2,
2018 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be held via webinar. The webinar
is open to members of the public. Those interested in participating
should contact Julia Byrd at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT) to request an invitation providing webinar access information.
Please request webinar invitations at least 24 hours in advance of each
webinar.
SEDAR address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405;
www.sedarweb.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843)
571-4366; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries
Commissions, have implemented the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review
(SEDAR) process, a multi-step method for determining the status of fish
stocks in the Southeast Region. The product of the SEDAR webinar series
will be a report which compiles and evaluates potential datasets and
recommends which datasets are appropriate for assessment analyses, and
describes the fisheries, evaluates the status of the stock, estimates
biological benchmarks, projects future population conditions, and
recommends research and monitoring needs. Participants for SEDAR
Workshops are appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast
Regional Office, Highly Migratory Species Management Division, and
Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Participants include: data
collectors and database managers; stock assessment scientists,
biologists, and researchers; constituency representatives including
fishermen, environmentalists, and non-governmental organizations
(NGOs); international experts; and staff of Councils, Commissions, and
state and federal agencies.
The items of discussion in the Assessment webinars are as follows:
1. Participants will continue discussions to develop population
models to evaluate stock status, estimate population benchmarks, and
project future conditions, as specified in the Terms of Reference.
2. Participants will recommend the most appropriate methods and
configurations for determining stock status and estimating population
parameters.
3. Participants will prepare a workshop report and determine
whether the assessment(s) are adequate for submission for review.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal
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action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues
specifically identified 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 intent to take final
action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Requests
for auxiliary aids should be directed to the SAFMC office (see
ADDRESSES) at least 5 business days prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are
subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 9, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-03015 Filed 2-13-18; 8:45 am]
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