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TABLE 1—ESTIMATED CATCH, BY
SPECIES, FOR CFF EFP REQUEST
Common name
Sea Scallop .....................
Yellowtail Flounder ..........
Winter Flounder ...............
Windowpane Flounder ....
Monkfish ..........................
Other Fish .......................
Barndoor Skates .............
Northeast Skate Complex
Estimated
weight
(lb)
Estimated
weight
(kg)
12,000
20
20
60
100
120
20
500
5,443
9
9
27
45
54
9
227
CFF needs these exemptions to allow
them to deploy gear in areas that are
currently closed to scallop fishing.
Participating vessels need crew size
waivers to accommodate science
personnel. The project would be exempt
from the sea scallop observer program
requirements because activities
conducted on the trip are not consistent
with normal fishing operations.
Researchers from CFF will accompany
each trip taken under the EFP.
The New England Fishery
Management Council is currently
devising a management strategy for
these scallops in the 2020 fishing year
and there is talk of allocating them
through a specifications action. NMFS is
particularly interested in receiving
comment on how this EFP would
intersect with the Council’s developing
management strategy.
If approved, the applicant may
request minor modifications and
extensions to the EFP 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: March 6, 2019.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Estuarine Research Reserve
System
Stewardship Division, Office
for Coastal Management, National
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and
AGENCY:
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Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
Notice of approval for the San
Francisco Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve Management Plan
revision.
ACTION:
Under applicable Federal
regulations, notice is hereby given that
the Stewardship Division, Office for
Coastal Management, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce approves the
revised Management Plan for San
Francisco Bay, California National
Estuarine Research Reserve
Management Plan. In accordance with
applicable Federal regulations, the San
Francisco Bay Reserve revised its
Management Plan, which will replace
the plan previously approved in 2011.
SUMMARY:
Bree
Turner (Phone: 206–526–4641, Email:
Bree.Turner@noaa.gov) or Erica Seiden
(Phone: 240–533–0781) of NOAA’s
National Ocean Service, Stewardship
Division, Office for Coastal
Management, 1305 East-West Highway,
N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver Spring, MD
20910.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
revised Management Plan outlines the
administrative structure; the research/
monitoring, stewardship, education, and
training programs of the Reserve; and
the plans for future land acquisition and
facility development to support Reserve
operations.
The San Francisco Bay Reserve takes
an integrated approach to management,
linking research, education, coastal
training, and stewardship functions.
The Reserve has outlined how it will
manage administration and its core
program providing detailed actions that
will enable it to accomplish specific
goals and objectives. Since the last
Management Plan, the Reserve has built
out its core programs and monitoring
infrastructure; conducted an
educational market analysis and needs
assessment to better meet teacher needs
and underserved audiences; developed
resource management and restoration
management plans; and expanded the
coastal training program through
development of a five year strategy and
partnership with the on-site wetland
science program.
On December 21, 2017, NOAA issued
a notice of a thirty day public comment
period for the San Francisco Bay
Reserve revised plan (82 FR 60588).
Responses to the written and oral
comments received, and an explanation
of how comments were incorporated
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into the final revised plan, are available
in Appendix G of the revised plan.
The revised Management Plan will
serve as the guiding document for the
3,710 acre San Francisco Bay Reserve.
View the San Francisco Bay, California
Reserve Management Plan at https://
www.sfbaynerr.org/resource-library/
reserve-plans-reports/sf-bay-finalmanagement-plan-2018–2023/.
The revised management plan does
not make substantial changes that are
relevant to environmental concerns and
does not raise significant new
circumstances or information that may
lead to new or different environmental
impacts. It does not propose new
construction, land acquisition, or
changes in allowable or restricted uses.
As such, the initial Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) prepared at the
time of designation is still valid and
supplementation of the EIS is not
required. NOAA has made the
determination that the revision of the
management plan will not have a
significant effect on the human
environment and qualifies for a
categorical exclusion under NOAA
Administrative Order 216–6A and the
NOAA NEPA Companion Manual. An
environmental assessment will not be
prepared. Any specific actions that
NOAA may fund or carry out in the
future pursuant to this management
plan will be subject to future NEPA and
environmental review, as applicable.
Authority: 15 CFR 921.33.
Dated: March 4, 2019.
Keelin Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Estuarine Research Reserve System
AGENCY: Stewardship Division, Office for Coastal Management, National
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of approval for the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve Management Plan revision.
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SUMMARY: Under applicable Federal regulations, notice is hereby given
that the Stewardship Division, Office for Coastal Management, National
Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce approves the revised Management Plan for San
Francisco Bay, California National Estuarine Research Reserve
Management Plan. In accordance with applicable Federal regulations, the
San Francisco Bay Reserve revised its Management Plan, which will
replace the plan previously approved in 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bree Turner (Phone: 206-526-4641,
Email: Bree.Turner@noaa.gov) or Erica Seiden (Phone: 240-533-0781) of
NOAA's National Ocean Service, Stewardship Division, Office for Coastal
Management, 1305 East-West Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver Spring,
MD 20910.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The revised Management Plan outlines the
administrative structure; the research/monitoring, stewardship,
education, and training programs of the Reserve; and the plans for
future land acquisition and facility development to support Reserve
operations.
The San Francisco Bay Reserve takes an integrated approach to
management, linking research, education, coastal training, and
stewardship functions. The Reserve has outlined how it will manage
administration and its core program providing detailed actions that
will enable it to accomplish specific goals and objectives. Since the
last Management Plan, the Reserve has built out its core programs and
monitoring infrastructure; conducted an educational market analysis and
needs assessment to better meet teacher needs and underserved
audiences; developed resource management and restoration management
plans; and expanded the coastal training program through development of
a five year strategy and partnership with the on-site wetland science
program.
On December 21, 2017, NOAA issued a notice of a thirty day public
comment period for the San Francisco Bay Reserve revised plan (82 FR
60588). Responses to the written and oral comments received, and an
explanation of how comments were incorporated into the final revised
plan, are available in Appendix G of the revised plan.
The revised Management Plan will serve as the guiding document for
the 3,710 acre San Francisco Bay Reserve. View the San Francisco Bay,
California Reserve Management Plan at https://www.sfbaynerr.org/resource-library/reserve-plans-reports/sf-bay-final-management-plan-2018-2023/.
The revised management plan does not make substantial changes that
are relevant to environmental concerns and does not raise significant
new circumstances or information that may lead to new or different
environmental impacts. It does not propose new construction, land
acquisition, or changes in allowable or restricted uses. As such, the
initial Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) prepared at the time of
designation is still valid and supplementation of the EIS is not
required. NOAA has made the determination that the revision of the
management plan will not have a significant effect on the human
environment and qualifies for a categorical exclusion under NOAA
Administrative Order 216-6A and the NOAA NEPA Companion Manual. An
environmental assessment will not be prepared. Any specific actions
that NOAA may fund or carry out in the future pursuant to this
management plan will be subject to future NEPA and environmental
review, as applicable.
Authority: 15 CFR 921.33.
Dated: March 4, 2019.
Keelin Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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