Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting, 12595-12596 [2019-06342]
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Dated: March 27, 2019.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permits
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 Exempted Fishing Permit application
from the Coonamessett Farm
Foundation contains all of the required
information and warrants further
consideration. This Exempted Fishing
Permit would allow a participating
party/charter fishing vessel to
temporarily possess undersized black
sea bass for tagging and biological
sampling purposes. Regulations under
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
require publication of this notification
to provide interested parties the
opportunity to comment on applications
for proposed Exempted Fishing Permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 17, 2019.
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 CFF Black Sea Bass Tagging EFP.’’
• 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
CFF Black Sea Bass Tagging EFP.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Ferrio, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–281–9180,
Cynthia.Ferrio@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Coonamessett Farm Foundation (CFF)
submitted a complete application for an
Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) on
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February 27, 2019, to conduct fishing
activities that the regulations would
otherwise restrict. The EFP would
authorize a participating vessel to
temporarily possess undersize black sea
bass while conducting tagging
procedures and biological sampling.
This research is designed to tag and
release black sea bass to study
movement patterns, habitat usage, and
migratory cycles for up to the 2-year
battery life of the telemetry tags.
If approved, this research would be
conducted over the course of four 3-day
long sampling trips in April and August
of 2019 and 2020, for a total of 12
research fishing days. All fishing would
be conducted using rod and reel gear on
a contracted charter vessel in state and
Federal waters off the coasts of
Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina.
The exact fishing locations would be
determined by the vessel captain, but
would be recorded via GPS.
All black sea bass caught on directed
research trips under this EFP would be
placed in a live well, and the length and
sex of each individual would be
recorded before tagging. Each black sea
bass would then be tagged with an
internal anchor spaghetti tag, allowed to
recover from the procedure, assessed for
barotrauma, and released back into the
water using a pressure-activated
recompression descending release
device. All non-target species would be
returned to the water as quickly as
possible, and no catch would be
retained for sale. CFF personnel would
accompany all trips and oversee these
research activities.
In addition to the spaghetti tags, 92
black sea bass are expected to be tagged
with additional specialty tags/
equipment through this project, with the
type of specialized tag used and data
gathered depending on the size and
vigor of each fish. A total of 48 fish will
receive acoustic transmitters to record
temperature, 40 slightly larger fish
(greater than 25 cm) will receive an
additional archival tag that records
temperature, depth, and conductivity,
and four of the largest fish (greater than
46 cm) will be affixed with satellite tags.
The satellite tags measure temperature,
depth, light level, and geolocation.
CFF is requesting temporary
exemptions from the recreational
possession limit and minimum size
possession restrictions in the Black Sea
Bass Fishery Management Plan found at
50 CFR 648.145(a) and § 648.147(b) to
sample and tag all black sea bass during
these selected fishing trips. Funding for
this research has been awarded under a
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Fisheries
Research grant (NA18NMF4570257).
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If approved, CFF may request minor
modifications and extensions to the EFP
throughout the study period. 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 28, 2019.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s Bluefish
Advisory Panel will hold a public
meeting.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held on
Thursday, April 25, 2019, from 9:30
a.m. to 11 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar with an audio-only
connection option. Details on the
proposed agenda, connection
information, and briefing materials will
be posted at the MAFMC’s website:
www.mafmc.org.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331;
www.mafmc.org.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting is for the
Advisory Panel to provide feedback on
the development of the Council’s 2020–
24 strategic plan, after reviewing the
results of a recent strategic planning
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stakeholder survey. An agenda and
background documents will be posted at
the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org)
prior to the meeting.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: March 28, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org)
prior to the meeting.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: March 28, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s Tilefish
Advisory Panel will hold a public
meeting.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, April 23, 2019, from 9:30 a.m.
to 11 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar with an audio-only
connection option. Details on the
proposed agenda, connection
information, and briefing materials will
be posted at the MAFMC’s website:
www.mafmc.org.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331;
www.mafmc.org.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting is for the
Advisory Panel to provide feedback on
the development of the Council’s 2020–
24 strategic plan, after reviewing the
results of a recent strategic planning
stakeholder survey. An agenda and
background documents will be posted at
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council)
will convene a Stock Assessment
Review (STAR) Panel meeting to review
the 2019 Pacific mackerel stock
assessment.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held
Tuesday, April 23, through Thursday,
April 25, 2019. The meeting will start at
8:30 a.m. PDT on April 23 and 8 a.m.
on April 24–25. The meeting will
continue until 5 p.m. each day or when
business for the day has been
completed.
2021). The review panel will consist of
three members of the Pacific Council’s
Scientific and Statistical Committee’s
Subcommittee on Coastal Pelagic
Species (CPS), and two independent
experts. Representatives of the Council’s
CPS Management Team and the CPS
Advisory Subpanel will also participate
in the review as advisers.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this
meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any issues arising after
publication of this document that
require emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
Special Accommodations
The public listening station is
physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Dale
Sweetnam, dale.sweetnam@noaa.gov) at
least 10 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: March 28, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DATES:
The meeting will be held in
the Pacific Room at the NOAA
Southwest Fisheries Science Center,
8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA
92037–1508.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kerry Griffin, Pacific Council;
telephone: (503) 820–2409.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
primary purpose of the meeting is to
review the 2019 stock assessment for
Pacific mackerel, which will be used to
set annual harvest specifications and
management measures for two fishing
years (July 1, 2019 through June 30,
2020, and July 1, 2020 through June 30,
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of
Engineers
Intent To Prepare a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Upper Baritaria Basin, LA Study
Department of the Army, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New
Orleans District (USACE) intends to
prepare a Draft Integrated Feasibility
Report and Environmental Impact
Statement (DIFR–EIS) to assess the
potential social, economic, and
environmental impacts associated with
the proposed project titled, Upper
Barataria Basin Coastal Feasibility
Study. The DIFR–EIS will document the
existing condition of environmental
resources in and around areas
considered for construction, and
potential impacts on those resources as
SUMMARY:
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AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Bluefish
Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 25, 2019, from 9:30
a.m. to 11 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar with an audio-only
connection option. Details on the proposed agenda, connection
information, and briefing materials will be posted at the MAFMC's
website: www.mafmc.org.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331;
www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is for the
Advisory Panel to provide feedback on the development of the Council's
2020-24 strategic plan, after reviewing the results of a recent
strategic planning
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stakeholder survey. An agenda and background documents will be posted
at the Council's website (www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should
be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior
to the meeting date.
Dated: March 28, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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