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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Endangered Species Act
Listing Determination for Alewife and
Blueback Herring; Correction
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
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Dated: October 1, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
We, NMFS, published in the
Federal Register of June 19, 2019, a ‘‘not
warranted’’ 12-month finding under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) for
alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), four
alewife distinct population segments
(DPS), blueback herring (Alosa
aestivalis), and three blueback herring
DPSs. This document corrects our
significant portion of its range (SPR)
analyses for blueback herring.
DATES: This finding was made on June
19, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The status review document
for alewife and blueback herring is
available electronically at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/notwarranted-listing-determination-alewifeand-blueback-herring. You may also
obtain a copy by submitting a request to
the Protected Resources Division, NMFS
GARFO, 55 Great Republic Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930, Attention:
Alewife and Blueback Herring 12-month
Finding.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean
Higgins, NMFS Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office, 978–281–
9345.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
19, 2019, we issued a ‘‘not warranted’’
finding for alewife (Alosa
pseudoharengus), four alewife distinct
population segments (DPS), blueback
herring (Alosa aestivalis), and three
blueback herring DPSs (84 FR 28630). In
making that finding, we determined that
neither blueback herring nor any of the
SUMMARY:
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DPSs, specifically the Bb-Canada/
Northern New England, Bb-MidAtlantic, and Bb-Southern Atlantic
DPSs, were threatened or endangered
throughout all or a significant portion of
their ranges. In the June 19, 2019 Notice
(hereafter Notice), we inadvertently
omitted information related to the
Status Review Team’s (SRT) application
of the SPR Policy (79 FR 37578; July 1,
2014) to the blueback herring DPSs and
our subsequent findings. Consistent
with the SRT’s application of the SPR
Policy to the alewife rangewide and to
the alewife DPSs, which is described in
the Notice, the SRT also applied the
SPR Policy to the blueback herring
population rangewide and to the
blueback herring DPSs. The Notice
provides a thorough discussion of the
SPR Policy as applied to the blueback
herring rangewide and our additional
considerations, independent of the
definition of ‘‘significant’’ in the policy
given that the threshold for
‘‘significance’’ had recently been
invalidated. In the Notice, however, we
failed to include a discussion of the
SRT’s SPR analyses for the Bb-Canada/
Northern New England, Bb-MidAtlantic, and Bb-Southern Atlantic
DPSs, through which they found no
evidence of a heightened risk of
extinction now or in the foreseeable
future in any portion of the ranges of
these DPSs. Furthermore, we failed to
state that we agreed with the SRT’s
analyses. Here, we provide corrections
to our 12-month finding and provide
notice that these analyses have also
been included in the Status Review
Report.
Additionally, in the SPR section of
the Notice, within the rangewide
analysis for blueback herring, our
discussion of the Long Island Sound
portion of the range requires
clarification. Here, we clarify that the
Long Island Sound portion of the range
overlaps the Bb-Southern New England
stock complex and the Bb-Mid-Atlantic
DPS. As described in the Notice, some
of the rivers in this portion occur within
the Bb-Southern New England stock
complex (the Gilbert-Stuart and
Monument Rivers (Reid et al. 2018)),
while other rivers are found in the BbMid-Atlantic DPS (the Connecticut
River and Mianus Rivers (Reid et al.
2018)). This clarifies that this portion
does not exist solely within the Bb-MidAtlantic DPS.
Corrections
In the Federal Register of June 19,
2019 in FR Doc. 2019–12908, beginning
on page 28663, in the preamble section,
make the following corrections:
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1. On page 28663, in the second
column, in the first full paragraph, the
first sentence is corrected to read:
Additionally, because in 2011, the
petitioner identified the Long Island
Sound portion of the range as a
potential DPS, the SRT considered if
this portion, which overlaps the BbSouthern New England stock complex
and the Mid-Atlantic DPS, would be
considered ‘‘significant’’ under the SPR
Policy.
2. On page 28663, in the second
column, in the second full paragraph,
the second sentence is corrected to read:
Notably, this area is found partially
within the Bb-Mid-Atlantic DPS
(discussed above and reviewed in
Evaluation of Threats), and any
information that may differ in the Long
Island Sound portion of the range from
other portions of the blueback herring
range is expressed in the above
descriptions with additional detail
provided in the Status Review Report
(NMFS 2019).
3. On page 28665, in the second
column, after the first full paragraph, is
corrected by adding the following
paragraphs to read:
The SRT then applied the SPR Policy
to each blueback herring DPS. In other
words, the SRT evaluated whether there
is substantial information indicating
that any portions of any singular DPS
may have a concentration of threats and
should be further evaluated under the
SPR Policy. After reviewing the best
available data, the SRT found no
information to suggest that any portion
of the Bb-Canada/Northern New
England, Bb-Mid-Atlantic, or BbSouthern Atlantic DPSs stood out as
having a heightened risk of extinction
now or in the foreseeable future, and the
SRT found no reason to further evaluate
areas of any particular blueback herring
DPS under the SPR Policy.
After reviewing the SRT’s findings,
we agree that there is no evidence to
suggest that blueback herring are at
heightened risk of extinction, now or in
the foreseeable future, in any particular
area of a DPS. Thus, we find no
evidence that a significant portion of
one of the blueback herring DPSs is
threatened or endangered and
accordingly, consistent with the SPR
Policy, we do not reach the second
question identified in the SPR Policy of
whether a portion of any blueback
herring DPS is biologically significant.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
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Dated: October 1, 2019.
Samuel D. Rauch, III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species
Act Listing Determination for Alewife and Blueback Herring; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: We, NMFS, published in the Federal Register of June 19, 2019,
a ``not warranted'' 12-month finding under the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) for alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), four alewife distinct
population segments (DPS), blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis), and
three blueback herring DPSs. This document corrects our significant
portion of its range (SPR) analyses for blueback herring.
DATES: This finding was made on June 19, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The status review document for alewife and blueback herring
is available electronically at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/not-warranted-listing-determination-alewife-and-blueback-herring. You
may also obtain a copy by submitting a request to the Protected
Resources Division, NMFS GARFO, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930, Attention: Alewife and Blueback Herring 12-month Finding.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean Higgins, NMFS Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office, 978-281-9345.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 19, 2019, we issued a ``not
warranted'' finding for alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), four alewife
distinct population segments (DPS), blueback herring (Alosa
aestivalis), and three blueback herring DPSs (84 FR 28630). In making
that finding, we determined that neither blueback herring nor any of
the
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DPSs, specifically the Bb-Canada/Northern New England, Bb-Mid-Atlantic,
and Bb-Southern Atlantic DPSs, were threatened or endangered throughout
all or a significant portion of their ranges. In the June 19, 2019
Notice (hereafter Notice), we inadvertently omitted information related
to the Status Review Team's (SRT) application of the SPR Policy (79 FR
37578; July 1, 2014) to the blueback herring DPSs and our subsequent
findings. Consistent with the SRT's application of the SPR Policy to
the alewife rangewide and to the alewife DPSs, which is described in
the Notice, the SRT also applied the SPR Policy to the blueback herring
population rangewide and to the blueback herring DPSs. The Notice
provides a thorough discussion of the SPR Policy as applied to the
blueback herring rangewide and our additional considerations,
independent of the definition of ``significant'' in the policy given
that the threshold for ``significance'' had recently been invalidated.
In the Notice, however, we failed to include a discussion of the SRT's
SPR analyses for the Bb-Canada/Northern New England, Bb-Mid-Atlantic,
and Bb-Southern Atlantic DPSs, through which they found no evidence of
a heightened risk of extinction now or in the foreseeable future in any
portion of the ranges of these DPSs. Furthermore, we failed to state
that we agreed with the SRT's analyses. Here, we provide corrections to
our 12-month finding and provide notice that these analyses have also
been included in the Status Review Report.
Additionally, in the SPR section of the Notice, within the
rangewide analysis for blueback herring, our discussion of the Long
Island Sound portion of the range requires clarification. Here, we
clarify that the Long Island Sound portion of the range overlaps the
Bb-Southern New England stock complex and the Bb-Mid-Atlantic DPS. As
described in the Notice, some of the rivers in this portion occur
within the Bb-Southern New England stock complex (the Gilbert-Stuart
and Monument Rivers (Reid et al. 2018)), while other rivers are found
in the Bb-Mid-Atlantic DPS (the Connecticut River and Mianus Rivers
(Reid et al. 2018)). This clarifies that this portion does not exist
solely within the Bb-Mid-Atlantic DPS.
Corrections
In the Federal Register of June 19, 2019 in FR Doc. 2019-12908,
beginning on page 28663, in the preamble section, make the following
corrections:
1. On page 28663, in the second column, in the first full
paragraph, the first sentence is corrected to read:
Additionally, because in 2011, the petitioner identified the Long
Island Sound portion of the range as a potential DPS, the SRT
considered if this portion, which overlaps the Bb-Southern New England
stock complex and the Mid-Atlantic DPS, would be considered
``significant'' under the SPR Policy.
2. On page 28663, in the second column, in the second full
paragraph, the second sentence is corrected to read:
Notably, this area is found partially within the Bb-Mid-Atlantic
DPS (discussed above and reviewed in Evaluation of Threats), and any
information that may differ in the Long Island Sound portion of the
range from other portions of the blueback herring range is expressed in
the above descriptions with additional detail provided in the Status
Review Report (NMFS 2019).
3. On page 28665, in the second column, after the first full
paragraph, is corrected by adding the following paragraphs to read:
The SRT then applied the SPR Policy to each blueback herring DPS.
In other words, the SRT evaluated whether there is substantial
information indicating that any portions of any singular DPS may have a
concentration of threats and should be further evaluated under the SPR
Policy. After reviewing the best available data, the SRT found no
information to suggest that any portion of the Bb-Canada/Northern New
England, Bb-Mid-Atlantic, or Bb-Southern Atlantic DPSs stood out as
having a heightened risk of extinction now or in the foreseeable
future, and the SRT found no reason to further evaluate areas of any
particular blueback herring DPS under the SPR Policy.
After reviewing the SRT's findings, we agree that there is no
evidence to suggest that blueback herring are at heightened risk of
extinction, now or in the foreseeable future, in any particular area of
a DPS. Thus, we find no evidence that a significant portion of one of
the blueback herring DPSs is threatened or endangered and accordingly,
consistent with the SPR Policy, we do not reach the second question
identified in the SPR Policy of whether a portion of any blueback
herring DPS is biologically significant.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: October 1, 2019.
Samuel D. Rauch, III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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