Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting, 47496-47497 [2019-19491]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Laura Hansen, Fishery
Management Specialist, NMFS, Greater
Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 55
Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930; 978–281–9225, Laura.Hansen@
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Type of Review: Regular submission
(Extension of a current information
collection). The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) requests an extension to a
current collection of information under
OMB Control No. 0648–0673.
The American lobster fishery is
cooperatively managed by the states and
NMFS under the authority of the
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act. This collection of
information is in response to several
addenda to Amendment 3 of the
Interstate Fishery Management Plan for
American Lobster that work to reduce
trap fishing effort through limited entry
fishing and trap allocation limit
reductions. This program is intended to
help control fishing effort while
increasing economic flexibility in the
American lobster trap fishery.
Currently, Federal lobster permit
holders qualified to fish with trap gear
in Lobster Conservation Management
Areas 2 and 3 are undergoing scheduled
annual trap allocation reductions of 5
percent per year until 2021 (Area 2) and
2020 (Area 3). In 2015, in an effort to
help mitigate the economic burden of
these reductions, NMFS and state
agencies implemented the Lobster Trap
Transfer Program that allows all
qualified Federal lobster permit holders
to buy and sell trap allocation from
Areas 2, 3, or Outer Cape Cod. Each
transaction includes a conservation tax
of 10 percent, which deducts a number
of traps equal to 10 percent of the total
number of traps with each transfer,
permanently removing them from the
fishery.
NMFS collects annual application
forms from lobster permit holders who
wish to buy and/or sell Area 2, 3, or
Outer Cape Area trap allocation through
the Trap Transfer Program. The transfer
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applications are only accepted during a
2-month period (from August 1 through
September 30) each year, and the
revised allocations for each
participating lobster permit resulting
from the transfers become effective at
the start of the following Federal lobster
fishing year on May 1. Both the seller
and buyer of the traps are required to
sign the application form, which
includes each permit holder’s permit
and vessel information, the number of
traps sold, and the revised number of
traps received by the buyer, inclusive of
the amount removed according to the
transfer tax. Both parties must sign the
form as an agreement to the number of
traps in the transfer. The parties must
date the document and show that the
transferring permit holder has sufficient
allocation to transfer and the permit
holder receiving the traps has sufficient
room under any applicable trap cap.
This information allows NMFS to
process and track transfers of lobster
trap allocations through the Trap
Transfer Program, and better enables the
monitoring and management of the
American lobster fishery as a whole.
II. Method of Collection
Applications for the Trap Transfer
Program are accepted annually from
August 1 through September 30 by mail,
fax, or email.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0673.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(Extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations; Individuals or
households; Federal government; and
State, Local, or Tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
102.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 17.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $573.24 in reporting/
recordkeeping costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
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burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XV056
Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico;
Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 62 Assessment
Webinar IV for Gulf of Mexico gray
triggerfish.
AGENCY:
The SEDAR 62 stock
assessment process for Gulf of Mexico
gray triggerfish will consist of an Inperson Workshop, and a series of data
and assessment webinars. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR 62 Assessment
Webinar IV will be held October 2,
2019, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Eastern
Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar. The webinar is open to
members of the public. Those interested
in participating should contact Julie A.
Neer at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) to request an
invitation providing webinar access
information. Please request webinar
invitations at least 24 hours in advance
of each webinar.
SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place
Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC
29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571–
4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management
Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf
SUMMARY:
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States Marine Fisheries Commissions
have implemented the Southeast Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
process, a multi-step method for
determining the status of fish stocks in
the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data
Workshop, (2) a series of assessment
webinars, and (3) A Review Workshop.
The product of the Data Workshop is a
report that compiles and evaluates
potential datasets and recommends
which datasets are appropriate for
assessment analyses. The assessment
webinars produce a report that describes
the fisheries, evaluates the status of the
stock, estimates biological benchmarks,
projects future population conditions,
and recommends research and
monitoring needs. The product of the
Review Workshop is an Assessment
Summary documenting panel opinions
regarding the strengths and weaknesses
of the stock assessment and input data.
Participants for SEDAR Workshops are
appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South
Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery
Management Councils and NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office,
HMS Management Division, and
Southeast Fisheries Science Center.
Participants include data collectors and
database managers; stock assessment
scientists, biologists, and researchers;
constituency representatives including
fishermen, environmentalists, and
NGO’s; International experts; and staff
of Councils, Commissions, and state and
federal agencies.
The items of discussion during the
Assessment Webinar are as follows:
1. Using datasets and initial
assessment analysis recommended from
the in-person workshop, panelists will
employ assessment models to evaluate
stock status, estimate population
benchmarks and management criteria,
and project future conditions.
2. Participants will recommend the
most appropriate methods and
configurations for determining stock
status and estimating population
parameters.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
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.
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Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
business days prior to each workshop.
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 5, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Green Sturgeon
4(d) Rule Take Exceptions and
Exemptions
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 12,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the internet
at PRAcomments@doc.gov). All
comments received are part of the
public record. All Personally
Identifiable Information (for example,
name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Melissa Neuman, NMFS
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West Coast Region Protected Resources
Division, 501 West Ocean Boulevard
Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802,
(562) 980–4115, or Melissa.Neuman@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension,
without change, of a currently approved
information collection.
The Southern Distinct Population
Segment of North American green
sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris;
hereafter, ‘‘Southern DPS’’) was listed as
a threatened species in April 2006.
Protective regulations under section 4(d)
of the ESA were promulgated for the
species on June 2, 2010 (75 FR 30714)
(the final ESA 4(d) Rule). To comply
with the ESA and the protective
regulations, entities must obtain take
authorization prior to engaging in
activities involving take of Southern
DPS fish unless the activity is covered
by an exception or exemption. ‘‘Take’’ is
defined as to harass, harm, pursue,
hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture
or collect, or to attempt to engage in any
such conduct. Certain activities
described in the ‘‘exceptions’’ provision
of 50 CFR 223.210(b) are not subject to
the take prohibitions if they adhere to
specific criteria and reporting
requirements. Under the ‘‘exemption’’
provision of 50 CFR 223.210(c), the take
prohibitions do not apply to scientific
research, scientific monitoring, and
fisheries activities conducted under an
approved 4(d) program or plan;
similarly, take prohibitions do not apply
to tribal resource management activities
conducted under a Tribal Plan for
which the requisite determinations
described in 50 CFR 223.102(c)(3) have
been made.
To ensure that activities qualify under
exceptions to or exemptions from the
take prohibitions, local, state, and
federal agencies, non-governmental
organizations, academic researchers,
and private organizations are asked to
voluntarily submit detailed information
regarding their activity on a schedule to
be determined by National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) staff. This
information is used by NMFS to (1)
track the number of Southern DPS fish
taken as a result of each action; (2)
understand and evaluate the cumulative
effects of each action on the Southern
DPS; and (3) determine whether
additional protections are needed for
the species, or whether additional
exceptions may be warranted. NMFS
designed the criteria to ensure that
plans meeting the criteria would
adequately limit impacts on threatened
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XV056
Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 62 Assessment Webinar IV for Gulf of Mexico
gray triggerfish.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR 62 stock assessment process for Gulf of Mexico gray
triggerfish will consist of an In-person Workshop, and a series of data
and assessment webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR 62 Assessment Webinar IV will be held October 2, 2019,
from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. The webinar is open to
members of the public. Those interested in participating should contact
Julie A. Neer at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) to request
an invitation providing webinar access information. Please request
webinar invitations at least 24 hours in advance of each webinar.
SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston,
SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator;
(843) 571-4366; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf
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States Marine Fisheries Commissions have implemented the Southeast
Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, a multi-step method for
determining the status of fish stocks in the Southeast Region. SEDAR is
a multi-step process including: (1) Data Workshop, (2) a series of
assessment webinars, and (3) A Review Workshop. The product of the Data
Workshop is a report that compiles and evaluates potential datasets and
recommends which datasets are appropriate for assessment analyses. The
assessment webinars produce a report that describes the fisheries,
evaluates the status of the stock, estimates biological benchmarks,
projects future population conditions, and recommends research and
monitoring needs. The product of the Review Workshop is an Assessment
Summary documenting panel opinions regarding the strengths and
weaknesses of the stock assessment and input data. Participants for
SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic,
and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast
Regional Office, HMS Management Division, and Southeast Fisheries
Science Center. Participants include data collectors and database
managers; stock assessment scientists, biologists, and researchers;
constituency representatives including fishermen, environmentalists,
and NGO's; International experts; and staff of Councils, Commissions,
and state and federal agencies.
The items of discussion during the Assessment Webinar are as
follows:
1. Using datasets and initial assessment analysis recommended from
the in-person workshop, panelists will employ assessment models to
evaluate stock status, estimate population benchmarks and management
criteria, and project future conditions.
2. Participants will recommend the most appropriate methods and
configurations for determining stock status and estimating population
parameters.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice 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 meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
business days prior to each workshop.
Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are
subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 5, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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