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Process
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
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Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement; notice
of initiation of scoping process; notice
of public scoping meetings; requests for
comments.
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Dr.
Christopher M. Moore, Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 800 North
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901,
(telephone 302–674–2331).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ACTION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council announces its
intent to prepare, in cooperation with
NMFS and the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission, an amendment
to the Fishery Management Plan for
Bluefish. An environmental impact
statement may be necessary for the
amendment in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act to
analyze the impacts of any proposed
management measures. The Council has
initiated this amendment in order to
perform a review of the sector-based
allocations, commercial allocations to
the states, goals and objectives of the
fishery management plan, and quota
transfer processes.
This notice announces a public
process for determining the scope of
issues to be addressed, and for
identifying the significant issues related
to the bluefish fishery in the Greater
Atlantic region. This notice is to alert
the interested public of the scoping
process, the potential development of a
draft environmental impact statement,
and to provide for public participation
in that process.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before 11:59 p.m., EST,
on July 6, 2018. Twelve public scoping
meetings will be held during this
comment period. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for dates, times, and
locations.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent by any of the following methods:
• Email to the following address:
nmfs.garBluefishAmend@noaa.gov.
Include ‘‘Bluefish Allocation
Amendment Scoping Comments’’ in the
subject line;
• Mail or hand deliver to Dr.
Christopher M. Moore, Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 North State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, Delaware
19901. Mark the outside of the envelope
‘‘Bluefish Allocation Amendment
Scoping Comments’’; or
• Fax to (302) 674–5399
The scoping document may be
obtained from the Council office at the
previously provided address, or by
request to the Council by telephone
(302) 674–2331, or via the internet at
https://www.mafmc.org.
Comments may also be provided
verbally at any of the 12 public scoping
meetings. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for dates, times, and
locations.
Background
More details on the topics addressed
in this supplementary information
section may be found in the Bluefish
Allocation Amendment Scoping
Document (see ADDRESSES for how to
obtain scoping document) and on the
bluefish allocation amendment page of
the Council’s website at https://
www.mafmc.org/actions/bluefishallocation-amendment.
The Council, in cooperation with the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission (ASMFC), has initiated this
action in order to: (1) Update the
Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management
Plan (FMP) goals and objectives for
bluefish management; and (2) perform a
comprehensive review of the bluefish
sector allocations, commercial
allocations to the states, and transfer
processes within the FMP. This action
was proposed so that the FMP goals and
objectives, allocations, and transfer
processes can be assessed in light of
potential changing fishery conditions
and aligned better with stakeholder
priorities. Some management questions
for consideration in this amendment
include: (1) Are the existing goals and
objectives appropriate for managing the
bluefish fishery; (2) is the existing
allocation between the commercial and
recreational sectors based on the annual
catch limit appropriate for managing the
bluefish fishery; (3) are the existing
commercial state allocations appropriate
for managing the bluefish fishery; and
(4) are the existing transfer processes
appropriate for managing the bluefish
fishery?
The scoping period is an important
opportunity for members of the public
to raise concerns related to the scope of
issues that will be considered in the
amendment. The Council needs your
input to identify management issues,
develop effective alternatives, and
identify possible impacts to be
considered. Public comments early in
the amendment development process
will help the Council address issues of
public concern in a thorough and
appropriate manner. Comments can be
made in writing or during the scoping
hearings as described above (see
ADDRESSES).
Following the scoping process, the
Council will develop a range of
management alternatives to be
considered and potentially prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS) to
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analyze the impacts of the management
alternatives being considered as
required by the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA). A draft EIS will be
distributed for public review. During a
30-day public comment period which
will include public hearings, the public
may comment on any aspect of the draft
EIS. Following a review of the
comments, the Council will then choose
preferred management measures for
submission with the Final EIS to the
Secretary of Commerce for publishing of
a proposed and then final rule, both of
which have additional comment
periods.
Scoping Hearings
The Council will take and discuss
scoping comments on this amendment
at the following 12 scoping meetings
dates and locations:
Date
Address
Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at 6:00 p.m ...........
Dare County Commissioners Office, 954 Marshall Collins Drive, Room 168, Manteo, North
Carolina 27954.
NC Division of Marine Fisheries Central District Office, 5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead
City, North Carolina.
DNREC Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901.
NYSDEC Division of Marine Resources, 205 North Belle Mead Road, Suite 1, East Setauket,
New York 11733.
Ocean City Municipal Airport, 12724 Airport Road, Berlin, Maryland 21811.
Ocean City Library, 1735 Simpson Avenue, Ocean City, New Jersey 08226.
Ocean County Administration Building, 101 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, New Jersey 08753.
Brevard County Government Center North, ‘‘Brevard Room’’, 518 South Palm Ave., Titusville,
Florida 32780.
CT DEEP Boating Education Center, 333 Ferry Road, Old Lyme, Connecticut 06371.
Plymouth Public Library, Otto Fehlow Room, 132 South Street, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
URI Narragansett Bay Campus, Corless Auditorium, South Ferry Road, Narragansett, Rhode
Island.
Internet webinar: Connection information to be available at https://www.mafmc.org or by contacting the Council.
Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 6:00 p.m ...............
Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 6:00 p.m ...............
Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at 6:30 p.m ................
Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at 6:00 p.m ................
Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at 6:00 p.m ...........
Thursday, June 28, 2018, at 6:00 p.m ...............
Thursday, June 28, 2018, at 6:00 p.m ...............
Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at 7:00 p.m ..................
Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at 6:00 p.m ............
Thursday, July 12, 2018, at 6:00 p.m ................
Monday, July 16, 2018, at 6:00 p.m ...................
Special Accommodations
The scoping hearings are accessible to
people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders (302–674–2331, ext 251) at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 31, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Conservation and Management Act;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permit
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
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NMFS has determined that 14
exempted fishing permit (EFP)
applications warrant further
consideration and is requesting public
comment on the applications. Thirteen
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EFP applicants request an exemption
from a prohibition on the use of
unauthorized fishing gear to harvest
highly migratory species (HMS), and
one EFP applicant requests an
exemption from a prohibition on the use
of pelagic longline gear in the Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) to harvest HMS
under the Fishery Management Plan for
U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly
Migratory Species (HMS FMP). These
applicants request the exemption to test
the effects and efficacy of using deep-set
buoy gear (DSBG), deep-set linked buoy
gear (DSLBG), or deep-set short longline
(DSSLL) to harvest swordfish and other
HMS off of the U.S. West Coast.
DATES: Comments must be submitted in
writing by July 6, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the pending EFP applications,
identified at the e-Rulemaking portal by
NOAA–NMFS–2018–0063, by any of the
following methods:
• Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20180063, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Attn: Chris Fanning, NMFS
West Coast Region, 501 W. Ocean Blvd.,
Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802.
Include the identifier ‘‘NOAA–NMFS–
2018–0063’’ in the comments.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
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individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter
‘‘N/A’’ in the required fields if you wish
to remain anonymous).
The EFP applications and other
relevant information referenced in the
Supplementary Information section
below can accessed at: https://
www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/
fisheries/migratory_species/status_
exempted_permits.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Fanning, NMFS West Coast
Region, 562–980–4198.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DSBG
fishing trials have occurred for the past
eight years under research permits
(2011–2015) and EFPs (2015–2018)) in
the U.S. West Coast EEZ off California.
The data collected from this fishing
activity have demonstrated that about
95% of DSBG fish species caught are
marketable (75% swordfish, 3% opah,
and 17% marketable sharks). Nonmarketable fish species catch rates have
remained low and all non-marketable
catch were released alive. Because
DSBG is actively tended by the
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Bluefish Fishery;
Scoping Process
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement;
notice of initiation of scoping process; notice of public scoping
meetings; requests for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council announces its
intent to prepare, in cooperation with NMFS and the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission, an amendment to the Fishery Management
Plan for Bluefish. An environmental impact statement may be necessary
for the amendment in accordance with the National Environmental Policy
Act to analyze the impacts of any proposed management measures. The
Council has initiated this amendment in order to perform a review of
the sector-based allocations, commercial allocations to the states,
goals and objectives of the fishery management plan, and quota transfer
processes.
This notice announces a public process for determining the scope of
issues to be addressed, and for identifying the significant issues
related to the bluefish fishery in the Greater Atlantic region. This
notice is to alert the interested public of the scoping process, the
potential development of a draft environmental impact statement, and to
provide for public participation in that process.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before 11:59 p.m., EST,
on July 6, 2018. Twelve public scoping meetings will be held during
this comment period. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for dates, times,
and locations.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent by any of the following
methods:
Email to the following address:
[email protected]. Include ``Bluefish Allocation Amendment
Scoping Comments'' in the subject line;
Mail or hand deliver to Dr. Christopher M. Moore,
Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, Delaware 19901. Mark the outside of the
envelope ``Bluefish Allocation Amendment Scoping Comments''; or
Fax to (302) 674-5399
The scoping document may be obtained from the Council office at the
previously provided address, or by request to the Council by telephone
(302) 674-2331, or via the internet at https://www.mafmc.org.
Comments may also be provided verbally at any of the 12 public
scoping meetings. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for dates, times, and
locations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Christopher M. Moore, Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201, Dover,
DE 19901, (telephone 302-674-2331).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
More details on the topics addressed in this supplementary
information section may be found in the Bluefish Allocation Amendment
Scoping Document (see ADDRESSES for how to obtain scoping document) and
on the bluefish allocation amendment page of the Council's website at
https://www.mafmc.org/actions/bluefish-allocation-amendment.
The Council, in cooperation with the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), has initiated this action in order to:
(1) Update the Atlantic Bluefish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) goals
and objectives for bluefish management; and (2) perform a comprehensive
review of the bluefish sector allocations, commercial allocations to
the states, and transfer processes within the FMP. This action was
proposed so that the FMP goals and objectives, allocations, and
transfer processes can be assessed in light of potential changing
fishery conditions and aligned better with stakeholder priorities. Some
management questions for consideration in this amendment include: (1)
Are the existing goals and objectives appropriate for managing the
bluefish fishery; (2) is the existing allocation between the commercial
and recreational sectors based on the annual catch limit appropriate
for managing the bluefish fishery; (3) are the existing commercial
state allocations appropriate for managing the bluefish fishery; and
(4) are the existing transfer processes appropriate for managing the
bluefish fishery?
The scoping period is an important opportunity for members of the
public to raise concerns related to the scope of issues that will be
considered in the amendment. The Council needs your input to identify
management issues, develop effective alternatives, and identify
possible impacts to be considered. Public comments early in the
amendment development process will help the Council address issues of
public concern in a thorough and appropriate manner. Comments can be
made in writing or during the scoping hearings as described above (see
ADDRESSES).
Following the scoping process, the Council will develop a range of
management alternatives to be considered and potentially prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS) to
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analyze the impacts of the management alternatives being considered as
required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). A draft EIS
will be distributed for public review. During a 30-day public comment
period which will include public hearings, the public may comment on
any aspect of the draft EIS. Following a review of the comments, the
Council will then choose preferred management measures for submission
with the Final EIS to the Secretary of Commerce for publishing of a
proposed and then final rule, both of which have additional comment
periods.
Scoping Hearings
The Council will take and discuss scoping comments on this
amendment at the following 12 scoping meetings dates and locations:
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Date Address
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Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at Dare County Commissioners Office, 954
6:00 p.m. Marshall Collins Drive, Room 168,
Manteo, North Carolina 27954.
Thursday, June 21, 2018, at NC Division of Marine Fisheries Central
6:00 p.m. District Office, 5285 Highway 70 West,
Morehead City, North Carolina.
Thursday, June 21, 2018, at DNREC Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway,
6:00 p.m. Dover, Delaware 19901.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at NYSDEC Division of Marine Resources, 205
6:30 p.m. North Belle Mead Road, Suite 1, East
Setauket, New York 11733.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018, at Ocean City Municipal Airport, 12724
6:00 p.m. Airport Road, Berlin, Maryland 21811.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at Ocean City Library, 1735 Simpson Avenue,
6:00 p.m. Ocean City, New Jersey 08226.
Thursday, June 28, 2018, at Ocean County Administration Building, 101
6:00 p.m. Hooper Avenue, Toms River, New Jersey
08753.
Thursday, June 28, 2018, at Brevard County Government Center North,
6:00 p.m. ``Brevard Room'', 518 South Palm Ave.,
Titusville, Florida 32780.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at CT DEEP Boating Education Center, 333
7:00 p.m. Ferry Road, Old Lyme, Connecticut 06371.
Wednesday, July 11, 2018, at Plymouth Public Library, Otto Fehlow
6:00 p.m. Room, 132 South Street, Plymouth,
Massachusetts.
Thursday, July 12, 2018, at URI Narragansett Bay Campus, Corless
6:00 p.m. Auditorium, South Ferry Road,
Narragansett, Rhode Island.
Monday, July 16, 2018, at Internet webinar: Connection information
6:00 p.m. to be available at https://www.mafmc.org
or by contacting the Council.
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Special Accommodations
The scoping hearings are accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should
be directed to M. Jan Saunders (302-674-2331, ext 251) at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 31, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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