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information, and a list of frequently
asked questions regarding these
workshops are posted on the internet at:
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantichighly-migratory-species/safe-handlingrelease-and-identification-workshops,
and https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
atlantic-highly-migratory-species/
atlantic-shark-identification-workshops.
Correction
In the Federal Register (Doc. 2019–
25673) of November 26, 2019, on page
65117, in the first column, correct the
date of the sixth Safe Handling, Release,
and Identification workshop listed
under the heading Workshop Dates,
Times, and Locations to read:
‘‘6. June 26, 2020, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Holiday
Inn Express, 9300 South Main Street,
Houston, TX 77025.’’
In the Federal Register (Doc. 2020–
04022) of February 27, 2020, on page
11346, in the third column, correct the
date of the first Atlantic Shark
Identification workshop listed under the
heading Workshop Dates, Times, and
Locations to read:
‘‘1. July 2, 2020, 12 p.m.–4 p.m., Hampton
Inn, 124 Old Eastwood Road, Wilmington,
NC 28403.’’
In the Federal Register (Doc. 2020–
04022) of February 27, 2020, on page
11347, in the first column, correct the
dates of the first and second Safe
Handling, Release, and Identification
workshops listed under the heading
Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations
to read:
‘‘1. June 29, 2020, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Hampton
Inn, 124 Old Eastwood Road, Wilmington,
NC 28403.
2. June 16, 2020, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Hampton
Inn, 230 Lee Burbank Highway, Revere, MA
02151.’’
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
Dated: March 26, 2020.
He´le`ne M.N. Scalliet,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting via
webinar.
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This meeting will be held on
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 9 a.m.
DATES:
All meeting participants
and interested parties can register to
join the webinar at https://
attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/
2346067948378065933.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The committee will receive general
updates on habitat-related actions and
projects. They plan to discuss and
provide feedback on development of
habitat policies for aquaculture,
submarine cables, and floating offshore
wind. The committee will discuss and
provide feedback on issues related to
offshore wind development.
Other business may be discussed as
necessary.
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 these meetings. Action
will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency.
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the date. This meeting will be recorded.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
of the recording is available upon
request.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Dated: March 27, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and the
South Atlantic; Southeast Data,
Assessment, and Review (SEDAR);
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 68 Data
Plenary Webinar I for Gulf of Mexico
and Atlantic Scamp Grouper.
AGENCY:
The SEDAR 68 assessment
process of Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic
Scamp will consist of a series of data
and assessment webinars, and a Review
Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR 68 Data Plenary
Webinar I will be held April 22, 2020,
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: 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
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/
Assessment Workshop, and (2) a series
of webinars. The product of the Data/
Assessment Workshop is a report which
SUMMARY:
Agenda
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AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Habitat Joint Committee and Advisory
Panel via webinar to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
SUMMARY:
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compiles and evaluates potential
datasets and recommends which
datasets are appropriate for assessment
analyses, and describes the fisheries,
evaluates the status of the stock,
estimates biological benchmarks,
projects future population conditions,
and recommends research and
monitoring needs. 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 in the Data
Webinars are as follows:
• An assessment data set and
associated documentation will be
developed during the webinars;
• Participants will evaluate proposed
data and select appropriate sources for
providing information on life history
characteristics, catch statistics, discard
estimates, length and age composition,
and fishery dependent and fishery
independent measures of stock
abundance.
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 3
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.
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Dated: March 27, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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part of the public record and will
generally be posted online at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act without
change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit confidential business
information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Gastineau
Channel Historical Society Sentinel
Island Moorage Float Project, Juneau,
Alaska
Dwayne Meadows, Ph.D., Office of
Protected Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–
8401. Electronic copies of the
application and supporting documents,
as well as a list of the references cited
in this document, may be obtained
online at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. In case
of problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed above.
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental
harassment authorization; request for
comments on proposed authorization
and possible renewal.
Background
NMFS has received a request
from Gastineau Channel Historical
Society (GCHS) for authorization to take
marine mammals incidental to Sentinel
Island Moorage Float project near
Juneau, Alaska. Pursuant to the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS
is requesting comments on its proposal
to issue an incidental harassment
authorization (IHA) to incidentally take
marine mammals during the specified
activities. NMFS is also requesting
comments on a possible one-year
renewal that could be issued under
certain circumstances and if all
requirements are met, as described in
Request for Public Comments at the end
of this notice. NMFS will consider
public comments prior to making any
final decision on the issuance of the
requested MMPA authorizations and
agency responses will be summarized in
the final notice of our decision.
DATES: Comments and information must
be received no later than May 1, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be
addressed to Jolie Harrison, Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service. Physical
comments should be sent to 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
and electronic comments should be sent
to ITP.Meadows@noaa.gov.
Instructions: NMFS is not responsible
for comments sent by any other method,
to any other address or individual, or
received after the end of the comment
period. All comments received are a
The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of
marine mammals, with certain
exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and
(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce
(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
incidental take authorization may be
provided to the public for review.
Authorization for incidental takings
shall be granted if NMFS finds that the
taking will have a negligible impact on
the species or stock(s) and will not have
an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
taking for subsistence uses (where
relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe
the permissible methods of taking and
other ‘‘means of effecting the least
practicable adverse impact’’ on the
affected species or stocks and their
habitat, paying particular attention to
rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of
similar significance, and on the
availability of the species or stocks for
taking for certain subsistence uses
(referred to in shorthand as
‘‘mitigation’’); and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of the takings are set forth.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic; 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 68 Data Plenary Webinar I for Gulf of Mexico
and Atlantic Scamp Grouper.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR 68 assessment process of Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic
Scamp will consist of a series of data and assessment webinars, and a
Review Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR 68 Data Plenary Webinar I will be held April 22, 2020,
from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: 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 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/Assessment Workshop, and (2) a series of webinars. The product of
the Data/Assessment Workshop is a report which
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compiles and evaluates potential datasets and recommends which datasets
are appropriate for assessment analyses, and describes the fisheries,
evaluates the status of the stock, estimates biological benchmarks,
projects future population conditions, and recommends research and
monitoring needs. 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 in the Data Webinars are as follows:
An assessment data set and associated documentation will
be developed during the webinars;
Participants will evaluate proposed data and select
appropriate sources for providing information on life history
characteristics, catch statistics, discard estimates, length and age
composition, and fishery dependent and fishery independent measures of
stock abundance.
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 3
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: March 27, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-06803 Filed 3-31-20; 8:45 am]
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