North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 1709 [2019-01051]
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risk of extinction due to threats from
demographic variation, local
environmental variation, and genetic
diversity changes over a 100-year time
frame’’ based on the status of the MPGs,
DIPs, and supporting ecosystems
(McElhany et al. 2000). A self-sustaining
viable population has a negligible risk of
extinction due to reasonably foreseeable
changes in circumstances affecting its
abundance, productivity, spatial
structure, and diversity characteristics
and achieves these characteristics
without dependence upon artificial
propagation. The proposed viability
criteria for Puget Sound steelhead
require that all three MPGs be viable
because the three MPGs differ
substantially in key biological and
habitat characteristics that contribute in
distinct ways to the overall viability,
diversity and spatial structure of the
DPS.
The proposed listing factor criteria are
based on the five listing factors found in
the ESA section 4(a)(1). Before NMFS
can remove the DPS from protection
under the ESA, the factors that led to
ESA listing need to have been reduced
or eliminated to the point where federal
protection under the ESA is no longer
needed, and there is reasonable
certainty that the relevant regulatory
mechanisms are adequate to protect
Puget Sound steelhead viability. NMFS’
listing factor criteria for Puget Sound
steelhead address pressures from
freshwater habitat degradation,
hatcheries, and other factors that led to
the species’ listing and continue to
affect their viability.
The Proposed Plan also describes
specific information on the following:
Current status of Puget Sound steelhead;
pressures (limiting factors) and threats
throughout the life cycle that have
contributed to the species’ decline;
recovery strategies to address the threats
based on the best available science; sitespecific actions with timelines; and a
proposed adaptive management
framework for focusing needed research
and evaluations, and revising our
recovery strategies and actions. The
Proposed Plan also summarizes time
and costs required to implement
recovery actions. NMFS is particularly
interested in comments on the proposed
strategies and actions for steelhead
recovery, and in gaining additional
information regarding scale, scope, and
costs of these actions. We are also
interested in comments on establishing
appropriate forums to coordinate
implementation of the recovery plan.
Public Comments Solicited
We are soliciting written comments
on the Proposed Plan. All substantive
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comments received by the date specified
above will be considered and
incorporated, as appropriate, prior to
our decision whether to approve the
plan. While we invite comments on all
aspects of the Proposed Plan, we are
particularly interested in comments on
developing specific scenarios to address
the placeholder recovery scenario,
comments on the cost of recovery
actions for which we have not yet
determined implementation costs, and
comments on establishing an
appropriate implementation forum for
the plan. We will issue a news release
announcing the adoption and
availability of the final plan. We will
post on the NMFS West Coast Region
website (www.wcr.noaa.gov) a summary
of, and responses to, the comments
received, along with electronic copies of
the final plan and its appendices.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: January 30, 2019.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) Scallop
Plan Team will meet on February 20,
2019 in Kodiak, AK.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, February 20, 2019, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Alaska Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Alaska Department of Fish and
Game Office, 351 Research Ct, Kodiak,
AK 99615.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Armstrong, Council staff; telephone:
(907) 271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Agenda
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
The Council’s Scallop Plan Team will
update the status of the Statewide
Scallop Stocks and Stock Assessment
and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report,
including catch specification
recommendations for the 2019 fishing
year. Additionally, there will be
discussion of survey results and the
scallop assessment program, survey
plans for 2019, and a review and update
of scallop research priorities. The
agenda is subject to change and will be
posted at https://www.npfmc.org/.
Public Comment
Public comment letters will be
accepted and should be submitted either
electronically via the eCommenting
portal at: meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/
Details/449 or through the mail: North
Pacific Fishery Management Council,
605 W. 4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage,
AK 99501–2252. Oral public testimony
will be accepted at the discretion of the
chair.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Shannon Gleason at (907) 271–2809 at
least 7 working days prior to the
meeting date.
Dated: January 31, 2019.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Marine Fisheries
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AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG746
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; 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: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Scallop
Plan Team will meet on February 20, 2019 in Kodiak, AK.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 20, 2019, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Alaska Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game Office, 351 Research Ct, Kodiak, AK 99615.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-
2809.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Armstrong, Council staff;
telephone: (907) 271-2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
The Council's Scallop Plan Team will update the status of the
Statewide Scallop Stocks and Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation
(SAFE) report, including catch specification recommendations for the
2019 fishing year. Additionally, there will be discussion of survey
results and the scallop assessment program, survey plans for 2019, and
a review and update of scallop research priorities. The agenda is
subject to change and will be posted at https://www.npfmc.org/.
Public Comment
Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted
either electronically via the eCommenting portal at:
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/449 or through the mail: North
Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 4th Ave., Suite 306,
Anchorage, AK 99501-2252. Oral public testimony will be accepted at the
discretion of the chair.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Shannon Gleason at (907) 271-2809 at least 7
working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 31, 2019.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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