Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting, 15555-15556 [2018-07474]
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2018.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 6, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council;
Public Meetings
Outreach/Education Team on Friday,
April 27, 2018 at 10 a.m.; and Data
Management Team on Friday, April 27,
2018 at 1 p.m. Each meeting is
scheduled to last approximately 90
minutes. Additional Action Team
webinar and plenary webinar dates and
times will publish in a subsequent issue
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ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meetings will be
held via webinar and are open to
members of the public. Webinar
registration is required and registration
links will be posted to the Citizen
Science program page of the Council’s
website at www.safmc.net.
Council address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N
Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amber Von Harten, Citizen Science
Program Manager, SAFMC; phone: (843)
302–8433 or toll free: (866) SAFMC–10;
fax: (843) 769–4520; email:
amber.vonharten@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Council created a Citizen Science
Advisory Panel Pool in June 2017. The
Council appointed members of the
Citizen Science Advisory Panel Pool to
five Action Teams in the areas of
Volunteers, Data Management, Projects/
Topics Management, Finance, and
Communication/Outreach/Education to
develop program policies and
operations for the Council’s Citizen
Science Program.
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beginning of the meeting. Items to be
addressed during these meetings:
1. Discuss work on tasks in the Terms
of Reference
2. Other Business
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AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for auxiliary aids should be
directed to the Council office (see
ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting.
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold meetings of the following Citizen
Science Advisory Panel Action Teams:
Projects/Topics Management;
Communication/Outreach/Education;
and Data Management via webinar.
DATES: The Projects/Topics Management
Team will be held on Thursday, April
26, 2018 at 2 p.m.; Communication/
Note: The times and sequence specified in
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Dated: April 6, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG157
Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico;
Southeast Data, Assessment and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 61 Data
Webinar for Gulf of Mexico red grouper.
AGENCY:
The SEDAR 61 stock
assessment process for Gulf of Mexico
red grouper will consist of an In-person
Workshop, and a series of data and
assessment webinars. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR 61 Data Webinar
will be held May 1, 2018, from 3 p.m.
to 4 p.m. Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar. The webinar is open to
members of the public. Those interested
in participating should contact Julie A.
Neer 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: 4055 Faber Place
Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC
29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571–
4366; email: Julie.neer@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. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data
Workshop, (2) a series of assessment
webinars, and (3) A Review Workshop.
The product of the Data Workshop is a
report that compiles and evaluates
potential datasets and recommends
which datasets are appropriate for
assessment analyses. The assessment
webinars produce a report that describes
the fisheries, evaluates the status of the
stock, estimates biological benchmarks,
projects future population conditions,
and recommends research and
monitoring needs. The product of the
Review Workshop is an Assessment
SUMMARY:
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Summary documenting panel opinions
regarding the strengths and weaknesses
of the stock assessment and input data.
Participants for SEDAR Workshops are
appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South
Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery
Management Councils and NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office,
HMS 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
NGO’s; International experts; and staff
of Councils, Commissions, and state and
federal agencies.
The items of discussion during the
Data Webinar are as follows:
Panelists will review the data sets
being considered for the assessment and
discuss initial modeling efforts.
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
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
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
business days prior to each workshop.
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 6, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF843
Taking and Importing Marine
Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals
Incidental to Alaska Liquefied Natural
Gas (LNG) Project in Cook Inlet
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for
letter of authorization; request for
comments and information.
AGENCY:
NMFS has received a request
from the Alaska Gasline Development
Corporation (AGDC) for authorization to
take, by harassment, marine mammals
incidental to constructing an integrated
liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in
Cook Inlet, Alaska, beginning November
2019 and continuing through October
2024. Pursuant to the implementing
regulations of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is
announcing our receipt of the AGDC’s
request for regulations governing the
incidental taking of marine mammals
and inviting information, suggestions,
and comments on the AGDC’s
application and request.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than May 11, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the
application should be addressed to Jolie
Harrison, Chief, Permits, Conservation
and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910–
3225. The mailbox address for providing
email comments is ITP.guan@noaa.gov.
Instructions: NMFS is not responsible
for email comments sent to addresses
other than the one provided here.
Comments sent via email, including all
attachments, must not exceed a 10megabyte file size. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted to
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental/construction.htm without
change. All Personal Identifying
Information (for example, name,
address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by
the commenter may be publicly
accessible. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shane Guan, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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An electronic copy of the AGDC’s
application may be obtained online at:
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/
incidental/energy_other.htm.
Background
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
(Secretary) to allow, upon request, the
incidental, but not intentional taking of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) if certain findings
are made and regulations are issued or,
if the taking is limited to harassment,
notice of a proposed authorization is
provided to the public for review.
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 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).
The use of sound sources such as
those described in the application (e.g.,
pile driving) may result in the take of
marine mammals through disruption of
behavioral patterns or may cause
auditory injury of marine mammals.
Therefore, incidental take authorization
under the MMPA is warranted.
Summary of Request
On April 18, 2017, NMFS received an
application from the AGDC requesting
authorization to take a small number of
humpback whale, beluga whale, killer
whale, harbor porpoise, and harbor seal,
by Level B harassment, incidental to
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG157
Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; 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 61 Data Webinar for Gulf of Mexico red grouper.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR 61 stock assessment process for Gulf of Mexico red
grouper will consist of an In-person Workshop, and a series of data and
assessment webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR 61 Data Webinar will be held May 1, 2018, from 3 p.m.
to 4 p.m. Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. The webinar is open to
members of the public. Those interested in participating should contact
Julie A. Neer 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: 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston,
SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator;
(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. SEDAR is a multi-step process including: (1)
Data Workshop, (2) a series of assessment webinars, and (3) A Review
Workshop. The product of the Data Workshop is a report that compiles
and evaluates potential datasets and recommends which datasets are
appropriate for assessment analyses. The assessment webinars produce a
report that describes the fisheries, evaluates the status of the stock,
estimates biological benchmarks, projects future population conditions,
and recommends research and monitoring needs. The product of the Review
Workshop is an Assessment
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Summary documenting panel opinions regarding the strengths and
weaknesses of the stock assessment and input data. Participants for
SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic,
and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast
Regional Office, HMS 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 NGO's; International experts; and staff of Councils, Commissions,
and state and federal agencies.
The items of discussion during the Data Webinar are as follows:
Panelists will review the data sets being considered for the
assessment and discuss initial modeling efforts.
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 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
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
business days prior to each workshop.
Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are
subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 6, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-07474 Filed 4-10-18; 8:45 am]
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