Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop and Stock Assessment Review Committee Public Meeting, 26012-26013 [2018-12058]
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Stock Assessment Review Committee, or
SARC. The public is invited to attend
the presentations and discussions
between the review panel and the
scientists who have participated in the
stock assessment process.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
The public portion of the Stock
Assessment Review Committee Meeting
will be held from June 26, 2018—June
29, 2018. The meeting will commence
on June 26, 2018 at 10 a.m. Eastern
Standard Time. Please see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the
daily meeting agenda.
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ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Northeast Regional Stock Assessment
Workshop and Stock Assessment
Review Committee Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
NMFS and the Northeast
Regional Stock Assessment Workshop
(SAW) will convene the 65th SAW
Stock Assessment Review Committee
for the purpose of reviewing stock
assessments of Sea Scallop and Atlantic
Herring. The Northeast Regional SAW is
a formal scientific peer-review process
for evaluating and presenting stock
assessment results to managers for fish
stocks in the offshore U.S. waters of the
northwest Atlantic. Assessments are
prepared by SAW working groups and
reviewed by an independent panel of
stock assessment experts called the
SUMMARY:
10 a.m.–10:30 a.m .............................................
Welcome Introductions .....................................
10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m ........................................
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m ..........................................
1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m ............................................
3:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m ............................................
3:45 p.m.–5:45 p.m ............................................
5:45 p.m.–6 p.m .................................................
Scallop Assessment Presentation ...................
Lunch.
Scallop Presentation (cont.) .............................
Break
Scallop SARC Discussion ................................
Public Comment Period.
DATES:
The meeting will be held in
the S.H. Clark Conference Room in the
Aquarium Building of the National
Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast
Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), 166
Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Weinberg, 508–495–2352; email:
james.weinberg@noaa.gov.
For
further information, please visit the
NEFSC website at https://
www.nefsc.noaa.gov. For additional
information about the SARC meeting
and the stock assessment review, please
visit the NMFS/NEFSC SAW web page
at https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/saw/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Daily Meeting Agenda—SAW/SARC 65
Benchmark Stock Assessment for Sea
Scallop and Atlantic Herring (Subject to
Change; All times are approximate and
may be changed at the discretion of the
SARC Chair).
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
James Weinberg, SAW Chair; and SARC
Chair (TBD).
Dvora Hart.
Dvora Hart.
TBD, SARC Chair.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
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8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m ..........................................
10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m ........................................
10:45 a.m.–12:30 a.m ........................................
12:30–1:30 p.m ..................................................
1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m ............................................
3:30 p.m.–3:45 p.m ............................................
3:45 p.m.–4 p.m .................................................
4 p.m.–6 p.m ......................................................
Herring Assessment Presentation ...................
Break.
Herring presentation (cont.) .............................
Lunch.
Herring SARC Discussion.
Public comments.
Break.
Revisit with Presenters (Scallop).
Jon Deroba.
Jon Deroba.
Thursday, June 28, 2018
8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m ..........................................
10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m ........................................
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10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m ........................................
12:15–1:15 p.m ..................................................
1:15 p.m. -2:45 p.m ...........................................
2:45 p.m.–3 p.m .................................................
3 p.m.–6 p.m ......................................................
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Review/Edit Assessment Summary Report
(Scallop).
Lunch.
Review/Edit Assessment Summary Report
(Scallop).
Break.
Review/Edit Assessment Summary Report
(Herring).
Friday, June 29, 2018
9 a.m.–5 p.m ......................................................
The meeting is open to the public;
however, during the ‘SARC Report
Writing’ session on Friday June 29th the
public should not engage in discussion
with the SARC.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Special
requests should be directed to James
Weinberg at the NEFSC, 508–495–2352,
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 31, 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–XG059
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Demolition and
Reuse of the Original East Span of the
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
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
that NMFS has issued an incidental
harassment authorization (IHA) to the
California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) to incidentally harass, by
Level B harassment only, marine
mammals during the dismantling and
reuse of the original East Span of the
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
(SFOBB) in the San Francisco Bay
(SFB).
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This Authorization is applicable
from May 24, 2018 to May 23, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara
Young, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 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: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/
marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-constructionactivities. In case of problems accessing
these documents, please call the contact
listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Background
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SUMMARY:
SARC Report Writing.
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
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attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill
any marine mammal.
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).
National Environmental Policy Act
To comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
NOAA Administrative Order (NAO)
216–6A, NMFS reviewed our proposed
action (i.e., the issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization) with respect
to potential impacts on the human
environment.
This action is consistent with
categories of activities identified in
Categorical Exclusion B4 (incidental
harassment authorizations with no
anticipated serious injury or mortality)
of the Companion Manual for NOAA
Administrative Order 216–6A, which do
not individually or cumulatively have
the potential for significant impacts on
the quality of the human environment
and for which we have not identified
any extraordinary circumstances that
would preclude this categorical
exclusion. Accordingly, NMFS has
determined that the issuance of the IHA
qualifies to be categorically excluded
from further NEPA review.
Summary of Request
On January 9, 2018, NMFS received a
request from Caltrans for an IHA to take
marine mammals incidental to the
demolition and reuse of the original East
Span of the SFOBB in San Francisco
Bay. Caltrans’ request is for take of
seven species of marine mammals, by
Level B harassment. Neither Caltrans
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG233
Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop and Stock Assessment
Review Committee Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS and the Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop
(SAW) will convene the 65th SAW Stock Assessment Review Committee for
the purpose of reviewing stock assessments of Sea Scallop and Atlantic
Herring. The Northeast Regional SAW is a formal scientific peer-review
process for evaluating and presenting stock assessment results to
managers for fish stocks in the offshore U.S. waters of the northwest
Atlantic. Assessments are prepared by SAW working groups and reviewed
by an independent panel of stock assessment experts called the Stock
Assessment Review Committee, or SARC. The public is invited to attend
the presentations and discussions between the review panel and the
scientists who have participated in the stock assessment process.
DATES: The public portion of the Stock Assessment Review Committee
Meeting will be held from June 26, 2018--June 29, 2018. The meeting
will commence on June 26, 2018 at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Please
see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the daily meeting agenda.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the S.H. Clark Conference Room
in the Aquarium Building of the National Marine Fisheries Service,
Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), 166 Water Street, Woods
Hole, MA 02543.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Weinberg, 508-495-2352; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please visit the
NEFSC website at https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov. For additional information
about the SARC meeting and the stock assessment review, please visit
the NMFS/NEFSC SAW web page at https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/saw/.
Daily Meeting Agenda--SAW/SARC 65 Benchmark Stock Assessment for Sea
Scallop and Atlantic Herring (Subject to Change; All times are
approximate and may be changed at the discretion of the SARC Chair).
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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10 a.m.-10:30 a.m............... Welcome James Weinberg,
Introductions. SAW Chair; and
SARC Chair (TBD).
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m............ Scallop Assessment Dvora Hart.
Presentation.
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m............. Lunch. ..................
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.............. Scallop Dvora Hart.
Presentation
(cont.).
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.............. Break ..................
3:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m.............. Scallop SARC TBD, SARC Chair.
Discussion.
5:45 p.m.-6 p.m................. Public Comment ..................
Period.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
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8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m............. Herring Assessment Jon Deroba.
Presentation.
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m............ Break. ..................
10:45 a.m.-12:30 a.m............ Herring Jon Deroba.
presentation
(cont.).
12:30-1:30 p.m.................. Lunch. ..................
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m.............. Herring SARC ..................
Discussion.
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.............. Public comments. ..................
3:45 p.m.-4 p.m................. Break. ..................
4 p.m.-6 p.m.................... Revisit with ..................
Presenters
(Scallop).
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Thursday, June 28, 2018
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8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m............. Revisit with ..................
Presenters
(Herring).
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m............ Break. ..................
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10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m............ Review/Edit ..................
Assessment
Summary Report
(Scallop).
12:15-1:15 p.m.................. Lunch. ..................
1:15 p.m. -2:45 p.m............. Review/Edit ..................
Assessment
Summary Report
(Scallop).
2:45 p.m.-3 p.m................. Break. ..................
3 p.m.-6 p.m.................... Review/Edit ..................
Assessment
Summary Report
(Herring).
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Friday, June 29, 2018
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9 a.m.-5 p.m.................... SARC Report ..................
Writing.
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The meeting is open to the public; however, during the `SARC Report
Writing' session on Friday June 29th the public should not engage in
discussion with the SARC.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Special requests should be directed to James Weinberg at the NEFSC,
508-495-2352, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 31, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-12058 Filed 6-4-18; 8:45 am]
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