Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits, 37072 [2020-13214]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XX060]
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management 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 Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has
made a preliminary determination that
an Exempted Fishing Permit application
from the University of Connecticut
contains all of the required information
and warrants further consideration. This
Exempted Fishing Permit would allow
participating vessels to collect
undersized and egg-bearing lobsters to
conduct an endocrine disruption study.
Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and the Atlantic
Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act require publication of
this notice to provide interested parties
the opportunity to comment on
applications for proposed Exempted
Fishing Permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 6, 2020.
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 UConn Lobster Study.’’ If you are
unable to submit your comment through
NMFS.GAR.EFP@noaa.gov, please
contact Laura Hansen, Fishery
Mangagement Specialist,
Laura.Hansen@noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Hansen, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–281–9225,
Laura.Hansen@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
University of Connecticut submitted a
complete exempted fishing permit (EFP)
application on April 21, 2020. This
project would collect egg bearing
lobsters to examine the impact of
endocrine disrupting chemicals on
larvae development.
If the EFP is approved, this study
would take place from June through
September 2020. The EFP would
authorize participating vessels to collect
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up to 18 undersized and 20 egg-bearing
lobsters from Lobster Conservation
Management Areas 2 and 3. The lobsters
collected for this study would range in
weight from 1.5–4.5 lb (0.68–2.41 kg).
Fishermen would send the lobsters to a
researcher at the Marine Biological
Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. The
researcher would transfer the lobsters to
a holding tank to conduct further
analysis of blood samples for the
presence of endocrine disruptors and
monitor larval development. The
researcher will return surviving lobsters
to the ocean following the experiments.
If approved, the applicant 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.
telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their
website at 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
purposes of the meeting are to gather
Advisory Panel input related to MSB
quotas and specifications, and to create
Fishery Performance Reports for
Atlantic mackerel, longfin squid, and
butterfish.
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 any meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 16, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Dated: June 15, 2020.
He´le`ne M.N. Scalliet,
Acting 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 (Council)
Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish
(MSB) Advisory Panel will hold a
meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Monday, July 6, 2020, from 1 p.m. to 4
p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar with a telephone-only audio
connection. See the Council’s website
calendar at www.mafmc.org, for details.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
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Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management 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 NMFS Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, has made a
preliminary determination that an
Exempted Fishing Permit application
contains all of the required information
and warrants further consideration. This
Exempted Fishing Permit would allow
six commercial lobster vessels to
participate in a lobster growth and
abundance study, under the direction of
Massachusetts Division of Marine
Fisheries.
Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and the Atlantic
Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act require publication of
this notice to provide interested parties
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XX060]
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable
Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has made a preliminary
determination that an Exempted Fishing Permit application from the
University of Connecticut contains all of the required information and
warrants further consideration. This Exempted Fishing Permit would
allow participating vessels to collect undersized and egg-bearing
lobsters to conduct an endocrine disruption study. Regulations under
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act require
publication of this notice to provide interested parties the
opportunity to comment on applications for proposed Exempted Fishing
Permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments by any of the following
methods:
Email: [email protected]. Include in the subject line
``Comments on UConn Lobster Study.'' If you are unable to submit your
comment through [email protected], please contact Laura Hansen,
Fishery Mangagement Specialist, [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Hansen, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978-281-9225, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The University of Connecticut submitted a
complete exempted fishing permit (EFP) application on April 21, 2020.
This project would collect egg bearing lobsters to examine the impact
of endocrine disrupting chemicals on larvae development.
If the EFP is approved, this study would take place from June
through September 2020. The EFP would authorize participating vessels
to collect up to 18 undersized and 20 egg-bearing lobsters from Lobster
Conservation Management Areas 2 and 3. The lobsters collected for this
study would range in weight from 1.5-4.5 lb (0.68-2.41 kg). Fishermen
would send the lobsters to a researcher at the Marine Biological
Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. The researcher would transfer the
lobsters to a holding tank to conduct further analysis of blood samples
for the presence of endocrine disruptors and monitor larval
development. The researcher will return surviving lobsters to the ocean
following the experiments.
If approved, the applicant 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: June 15, 2020.
H[eacute]l[egrave]ne M.N. Scalliet,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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