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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Monkfish Research SetAside Exempted Fishing Permit
Adjustment
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Acting Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has
made a preliminary determination that
an adjustment to increase the total
weight of monkfish allowed to be
harvested under the two existing
exempted fishing permits issued for the
2017 monkfish research set-aside
program warrants further consideration.
This notice provides interested parties
the opportunity to comment on the
proposed change to these exempted
fishing permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 16, 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 2017 Monkfish RSA DAS Pound
Increase.’’
• Mail: Michael Pentony, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic
Regional Office, 55 Great Republic
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the
outside of the envelope ‘‘Comments on
2017 Monkfish RSA DAS Pound
Increase.’’
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Hanson, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–281–9180,
Cynthia.Hanson@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exempted
Fishing Permits (EFP) that waive
monkfish landing limits for designated
Research Set-Aside (RSA) days-at-sea
(DAS) have been routinely issued since
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2007 to increase operational efficiency
and to optimize research funds
generated under the Monkfish RSA
Program. Amendment 2 to the Monkfish
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (70 FR
21929; April 28, 2005) specifies that 500
RSA DAS are set aside each year to
support approved monkfish research
projects. Award recipients receive an
allocation of those 500 RSA DAS, and
their EFP limits the maximum weight of
monkfish that may be landed under
their allocated RSA DAS. Projects are
constrained to the total DAS, maximum
landing weight, or EFP expiration date,
whichever is reached first. Since the
origination of the RSA program in 2007,
no project has reached the total DAS or
maximum landing weight.
Allowing vessels an exemption from
monkfish landing limits provides an
incentive for vessel owners to
participate in the Monkfish RSA
Program. Constraining each project to a
maximum harvest limit ensures that the
overall Monkfish RSA catch will be
consistent with DAS effort and total
mortality controls established for the
fishery as a whole. To calculate the
maximum weight allocation for each
year’s 500 RSA DAS, we assign each
RSA DAS to be equal to twice the limit
for a Permit Category A or C monkfish
vessel fishing in the Southern Fishery
Management Area (i.e., the highest
permissible landing limit within the
fishery). This means that annually, a
maximum weight of 500 times this
calculated RSA DAS pound value may
be harvested under the Monkfish RSA
program, and each project is limited to
this assigned weight value multiplied by
their allocated number of RSA DAS.
On April 28, 2017, we issued RSA
compensation fishing EFPs to the
Cornell Cooperative Extension (Cornell)
and the University of Massachusetts
School for Marine Science and
Technology (SMAST) for their 2017
Monkfish RSA projects. At the time, the
associated monkfish landing weight for
each 2017 RSA DAS was 3,552 lb (1,611
kg). Cornell was allocated 300 DAS for
a maximum weight limit of 1,065,600 lb
(483,348 kg) to fund their research.
SMAST was allocated the remaining
200 DAS, allowing 710,400 lb (322,232
kg) to be caught for their project.
However, on July 12, 2017, Framework
Adjustment 10 to the Monkfish FMP (82
FR 32145) increased the industry’s DAS
allocation and trip limits across the
whole monkfish fishery. As a part of the
Framework 10 changes, the possession
limit for Category A and C vessels in the
Southern Area increased from 1,776 lb
(806 kg) to 2,037 lb (924 kg).
On June 8 and July 12, 2018, we
received requests from Cornell and
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SMAST, to increase assigned pound
value of the 2017 RSA DAS from 3,552
lb (1,611 kg) to 4,074 lb (1,848 kg),
commensurate with the Framework 10
possession limit increase already
implemented in the fishery. The
adjusted total weight limit of each
project under this higher DAS valuation
would be 1,222,200 lb (554,381 kg) for
Cornell and 814,800 lb (369,587 kg) for
SMAST. Investigators from Cornell and
SMAST have stated there is less
incentive for industry to buy RSA DAS
now that the possession limits in the
fishery have increased through the
Framework 10 measures. The requested
weight adjustment to RSA DAS would
help maintain the relative value of the
Monkfish RSA Program, and potentially
attract and maintain participants from
the fishing industry.
The revised EFPs would not alter the
previously approved exemptions, and
all participating vessels and allocated
RSA DAS would remain the same. The
only revision would be the maximum
total weight that may be landed under
each project. This adjustment would be
consistent with changes implemented in
the monkfish fishery under Framework
10, and the minimal additional effort
that may occur within the RSA program
is negligible and within the scope of the
analysis originally conducted. The
proposed adjustment does not change
any of the determinations made during
the review and approval of the original
2017 Monkfish RSA EFPs. These EFPs
are scheduled to expire April 30, 2019.
Because the RSA program is a unique
entitlement within the monkfish fishery,
we are soliciting public input on the
increase in per RSA DAS weight
requested by the participating research
institutions.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 27, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to the Ketchikan
Berth IV Expansion Project
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
AGENCY:
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Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; Issuance of an Incidental
Harassment Authorization.
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
Ketchikan Dock Company (KDC) to
incidentally harass, by Level A and B
harassment, marine mammals during
construction activities associated with
the Ketchikan Berth IV Expansion
project in Ketchikan, AK.
DATES: This Authorization is applicable
from October 1, 2018 through August
31, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Molineaux, 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:
SUMMARY:
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.
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The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’
means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or
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).
Summary of Request
On February 13, 2018, NMFS received
a request from the KDC for an IHA to
take marine mammals incidental to
construction activities associated with
the Ketchikan Berth IV Expansion
Project. The IHA application was
determined adequate and complete on
March 28, 2018. The KDC’s request is
for take of eight species of marine
mammals by Level B harassment and
Level A harassment of a small number
of harbor porpoises and harbor seals.
Neither the KDC nor NMFS expect
serious injury or mortality to result from
this activity and, therefore, an IHA is
appropriate.
Description of Activity
The KDC will expand Berth IV, its
dock adjacent to downtown Ketchikan,
Alaska, located in East Tongass
Narrows, in order to accommodate a
new fleet of large cruise ships that are
expected to reach Alaska in the summer
of 2019.
The expansion will include the
removal of some existing piles and
structures and the installation of new
piles and structures. All pile driving
and removal will take place at the
existing dock facility and is expected to
occur over the course of 29 days (not
necessarily consecutive). The project
will occur in marine waters that support
several marine mammal species. The
pile driving, pile removal, and drilling
activities associated with the project
may result in behavioral harassment
(Level B harassment and small numbers
of Level A harassment) of marine
mammal species.
The purpose of this project is to
reconfigure Berth IV so that it can
accommodate larger cruise ships. This
project is needed because the existing
Berth IV cannot support the modern
fleet of larger cruise ships. Once the
project is constructed Berth IV will be
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG354
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Monkfish Research Set-Aside Exempted Fishing Permit
Adjustment
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Acting Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable
Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has made a preliminary
determination that an adjustment to increase the total weight of
monkfish allowed to be harvested under the two existing exempted
fishing permits issued for the 2017 monkfish research set-aside program
warrants further consideration. This notice provides interested parties
the opportunity to comment on the proposed change to these exempted
fishing permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments by any of the following
methods:
Email: [email protected]. Include in the subject line
``Comments on 2017 Monkfish RSA DAS Pound Increase.''
Mail: Michael Pentony, Regional Administrator, NMFS,
Greater Atlantic Regional Office, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester,
MA 01930. Mark the outside of the envelope ``Comments on 2017 Monkfish
RSA DAS Pound Increase.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia Hanson, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978-281-9180, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exempted Fishing Permits (EFP) that waive
monkfish landing limits for designated Research Set-Aside (RSA) days-
at-sea (DAS) have been routinely issued since 2007 to increase
operational efficiency and to optimize research funds generated under
the Monkfish RSA Program. Amendment 2 to the Monkfish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) (70 FR 21929; April 28, 2005) specifies that 500
RSA DAS are set aside each year to support approved monkfish research
projects. Award recipients receive an allocation of those 500 RSA DAS,
and their EFP limits the maximum weight of monkfish that may be landed
under their allocated RSA DAS. Projects are constrained to the total
DAS, maximum landing weight, or EFP expiration date, whichever is
reached first. Since the origination of the RSA program in 2007, no
project has reached the total DAS or maximum landing weight.
Allowing vessels an exemption from monkfish landing limits provides
an incentive for vessel owners to participate in the Monkfish RSA
Program. Constraining each project to a maximum harvest limit ensures
that the overall Monkfish RSA catch will be consistent with DAS effort
and total mortality controls established for the fishery as a whole. To
calculate the maximum weight allocation for each year's 500 RSA DAS, we
assign each RSA DAS to be equal to twice the limit for a Permit
Category A or C monkfish vessel fishing in the Southern Fishery
Management Area (i.e., the highest permissible landing limit within the
fishery). This means that annually, a maximum weight of 500 times this
calculated RSA DAS pound value may be harvested under the Monkfish RSA
program, and each project is limited to this assigned weight value
multiplied by their allocated number of RSA DAS.
On April 28, 2017, we issued RSA compensation fishing EFPs to the
Cornell Cooperative Extension (Cornell) and the University of
Massachusetts School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) for
their 2017 Monkfish RSA projects. At the time, the associated monkfish
landing weight for each 2017 RSA DAS was 3,552 lb (1,611 kg). Cornell
was allocated 300 DAS for a maximum weight limit of 1,065,600 lb
(483,348 kg) to fund their research. SMAST was allocated the remaining
200 DAS, allowing 710,400 lb (322,232 kg) to be caught for their
project. However, on July 12, 2017, Framework Adjustment 10 to the
Monkfish FMP (82 FR 32145) increased the industry's DAS allocation and
trip limits across the whole monkfish fishery. As a part of the
Framework 10 changes, the possession limit for Category A and C vessels
in the Southern Area increased from 1,776 lb (806 kg) to 2,037 lb (924
kg).
On June 8 and July 12, 2018, we received requests from Cornell and
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SMAST, to increase assigned pound value of the 2017 RSA DAS from 3,552
lb (1,611 kg) to 4,074 lb (1,848 kg), commensurate with the Framework
10 possession limit increase already implemented in the fishery. The
adjusted total weight limit of each project under this higher DAS
valuation would be 1,222,200 lb (554,381 kg) for Cornell and 814,800 lb
(369,587 kg) for SMAST. Investigators from Cornell and SMAST have
stated there is less incentive for industry to buy RSA DAS now that the
possession limits in the fishery have increased through the Framework
10 measures. The requested weight adjustment to RSA DAS would help
maintain the relative value of the Monkfish RSA Program, and
potentially attract and maintain participants from the fishing
industry.
The revised EFPs would not alter the previously approved
exemptions, and all participating vessels and allocated RSA DAS would
remain the same. The only revision would be the maximum total weight
that may be landed under each project. This adjustment would be
consistent with changes implemented in the monkfish fishery under
Framework 10, and the minimal additional effort that may occur within
the RSA program is negligible and within the scope of the analysis
originally conducted. The proposed adjustment does not change any of
the determinations made during the review and approval of the original
2017 Monkfish RSA EFPs. These EFPs are scheduled to expire April 30,
2019. Because the RSA program is a unique entitlement within the
monkfish fishery, we are soliciting public input on the increase in per
RSA DAS weight requested by the participating research institutions.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 27, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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