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Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has
made a preliminary determination that
an Exempted Fishing Permit application
contains all of the required information
and warrant further consideration. The
Exempted Fishing Permit would allow
commercial fishing vessels to land
Atlantic halibut under the minimum
size limit and in excess of the
possession limit. This EFP is required to
support an Atlantic halibut study by the
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth,
School for Marine Science and
Technology, and The Nature
Conservancy to improve future halibut
stock assessments.
Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act require publication of
this notification to provide interested
parties the opportunity to comment on
applications for proposed Exempted
Fishing Permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 27, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Email: NMFS.GAR.EFP@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments
on TNC Atlantic halibut EFP.’’
• Mail: Michael Pentony, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Northeast
Regional Office, 55 Great Republic
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the
outside of the envelope ‘‘TNC Atlantic
Halibut EFP.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Spencer Talmage, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–281–9232,
Spencer.Talmage@noaa.gov.
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The
Nature Conservancy (TNC) submitted a
complete application for an Exempted
Fishing Permit (EFP) on March 6, 2018,
which requests a renewal of an EFP
issued last year to collect biological
samples of halibut. The project is
funded through the Saltonstall-Kennedy
Grant Program, and seeks to address
identified information gaps in order to
improve future Atlantic halibut stock
assessments. Research focuses on
characteristics such as stock structure,
seasonal movements, behavior, and life
history. The renewal application
requests the same exemptions from the
regulations that were approved for the
2017 fishing year. The exemptions
include the Atlantic halibut possession
limit, as described in § 648.86(c), and
the Atlantic halibut minimum size limit,
as described in § 648.83(a)(1).
The EFP would authorize 21
commercial fishing vessels to collect
biological samples of halibut during
regular fishing operations. A maximum
of five halibut may be sampled per trip.
Participating vessels may land halibut
under the minimum size limit and/or
above the possession limit provided
these fish are transferred to participating
researchers for additional data
collection. The EFP issued for the 2017
fishing year allowed for a total sampling
size of 250 halibut sampled across the
entirety of the project. To date, TNC has
sampled 132 halibut. The renewed EFP
would increase the total sample size to
275. TNC requested this increase in
order to fully utilize SaltonstallKennedy Grant Program funding.
Sampling would include recording of
fish length and weight, as well as
removal of gonads, otoliths, and genetic
material.
The exemption from the minimum
size limit would allow researchers to
collect data from all sizes of halibut,
which is necessary to ensure that results
of the project are accurate and reflective
of the halibut population. The
exemption from the possession limit is
necessary to ensure that the researchers
are able to obtain sufficient biological
samples to conduct their research. No
halibut above the possession limit or
below the minimum size limit could be
landed for sale.
Fishing under the EFP would occur
during the 2018 fishing year, from May
1, 2018 through April 30, 2019.
Participating vessels would use multiple
gear types, including handline/jig,
longline, sink gillnet, and otter trawl.
Fishing would occur throughout both
the Gulf of Maine and the Georges Bank
Regulated Mesh Areas, primarily in
statistical areas 514, 521, 522, 525, and
526.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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If approved, the applicants may
request minor modifications and
extensions to the EFPs throughout the
year. EFP modifications and extensions
may be granted without further notice if
they are deemed essential to facilitate
completion of the proposed research
and have minimal impacts that do not
change the scope or impact of the
initially approved EFP request. Any
fishing activity conducted outside the
scope of the exempted fishing activity
would be prohibited.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 9, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG149
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable
Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has made a preliminary
determination that an Exempted Fishing Permit application contains all
of the required information and warrant further consideration. The
Exempted Fishing Permit would allow commercial fishing vessels to land
Atlantic halibut under the minimum size limit and in excess of the
possession limit. This EFP is required to support an Atlantic halibut
study by the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, School for Marine
Science and Technology, and The Nature Conservancy to improve future
halibut stock assessments.
Regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act require publication of this notification to provide
interested parties the opportunity to comment on applications for
proposed Exempted Fishing Permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 27, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments by any of the following
methods:
Email: [email protected]. Include in the subject line
``Comments on TNC Atlantic halibut EFP.''
Mail: Michael Pentony, Regional Administrator, NMFS,
Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930. Mark the outside of the envelope ``TNC Atlantic Halibut EFP.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Spencer Talmage, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978-281-9232, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Nature Conservancy (TNC) submitted a
complete application for an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) on March 6,
2018, which requests a renewal of an EFP issued last year to collect
biological samples of halibut. The project is funded through the
Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program, and seeks to address identified
information gaps in order to improve future Atlantic halibut stock
assessments. Research focuses on characteristics such as stock
structure, seasonal movements, behavior, and life history. The renewal
application requests the same exemptions from the regulations that were
approved for the 2017 fishing year. The exemptions include the Atlantic
halibut possession limit, as described in Sec. 648.86(c), and the
Atlantic halibut minimum size limit, as described in Sec.
648.83(a)(1).
The EFP would authorize 21 commercial fishing vessels to collect
biological samples of halibut during regular fishing operations. A
maximum of five halibut may be sampled per trip. Participating vessels
may land halibut under the minimum size limit and/or above the
possession limit provided these fish are transferred to participating
researchers for additional data collection. The EFP issued for the 2017
fishing year allowed for a total sampling size of 250 halibut sampled
across the entirety of the project. To date, TNC has sampled 132
halibut. The renewed EFP would increase the total sample size to 275.
TNC requested this increase in order to fully utilize Saltonstall-
Kennedy Grant Program funding. Sampling would include recording of fish
length and weight, as well as removal of gonads, otoliths, and genetic
material.
The exemption from the minimum size limit would allow researchers
to collect data from all sizes of halibut, which is necessary to ensure
that results of the project are accurate and reflective of the halibut
population. The exemption from the possession limit is necessary to
ensure that the researchers are able to obtain sufficient biological
samples to conduct their research. No halibut above the possession
limit or below the minimum size limit could be landed for sale.
Fishing under the EFP would occur during the 2018 fishing year,
from May 1, 2018 through April 30, 2019. Participating vessels would
use multiple gear types, including handline/jig, longline, sink
gillnet, and otter trawl. Fishing would occur throughout both the Gulf
of Maine and the Georges Bank Regulated Mesh Areas, primarily in
statistical areas 514, 521, 522, 525, and 526.
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If approved, the applicants may request minor modifications and
extensions to the EFPs throughout the year. EFP modifications and
extensions may be granted without further notice if they are deemed
essential to facilitate completion of the proposed research and have
minimal impacts that do not change the scope or impact of the initially
approved EFP request. Any fishing activity conducted outside the scope
of the exempted fishing activity would be prohibited.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 9, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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