Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine Conservation Plan for Guam; Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund, 55642-55643 [2020-19885]
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Fishing Permit (EFP) to conduct a
lobster and Jonah crab monitoring study
that Federal regulations would
otherwise restrict. The purpose of this
study is to collect pre-construction data
on the abundance, size, and distribution
of lobster and Jonah crab in the South
Fork wind farm lease area and adjacent
waters.
The EFP would authorize the eight
participating vessels (3 active and 5
back up vessels) to deploy 4 standard
and 6 ventless traps per 10-pot trawl.
The project consists of two survey
periods from August 2020 through
November 2020 and May 2021 through
November 2021. Each vessel would take
three one-day trips during the survey
periods; one day to set traps, one day for
sampling and resetting, and another day
of additional sampling. Soak time
between trips will be five days. CFRF
staff will be on board for the sampling
trips. All gear would be Atlantic Large
Whale Take Reduction Plan compliant.
Survey traps will be separate from each
vessel’s commercial lobster traps and
will have unique identification markers.
To reduce the potential risk to right
whales, CFRF has agreed to report if line
and/or trawls are missing, apply distinct
gear marking colors to the research
trawls, and use 1,700 lb breaking
strength buoy lines.
All catch during sampling trips would
be retained temporarily to collect
biological data and returned promptly to
the ocean. No catch from the research
traps would be landed for sale.
If approved, CFRF may request minor
modifications and extensions to the EFP
throughout the study. 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: September 2, 2020.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XA342]
Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine
Conservation Plan for Guam; Western
Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of agency decision.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces approval of
a Marine Conservation Plan (MCP) for
Guam.
DATES: This agency decision is effective
from August 4, 2020, through August 3,
2023.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of
the MCP, identified by NOAA–NMFS–
2020–0115, from the Federal eRulemaking Portal, https://
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20200115, or from the Western Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council),
1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu,
HI 96813, 808–522–8220, https://
www.wpcouncil.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David O’Brien, Sustainable Fisheries,
NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office,
808–725–5038.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
204(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes the
Secretary of State, with the concurrence
of the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary), and in consultation with the
Council, to negotiate and enter into a
Pacific Insular Area fishery agreement
(PIAFA). A PIAFA would allow foreign
fishing within the U.S. Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) adjacent to
American Samoa, Guam, or the
Northern Mariana Islands. The Governor
of the Pacific Insular Area to which the
PIAFA applies must request the PIAFA.
The Secretary of State may negotiate
and enter the PIAFA after consultation
with, and concurrence of, the applicable
Governor.
Before entering into a PIAFA, the
applicable Governor, with concurrence
of the Council, must develop and
submit to the Secretary a 3-year MCP
providing details on uses for any funds
collected by the Secretary under the
PIAFA. NMFS is the designee of the
Secretary for MCP review and approval.
The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires
payments received under a PIAFA to be
deposited into the United States
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Treasury and then conveyed to the
Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for
which funds were collected.
In the case of violations by foreign
fishing vessels in the EEZ around any
Pacific Insular Area, amounts received
by the Secretary attributable to fines and
penalties imposed under the MagnusonStevens Act, including sums collected
from the forfeiture and disposition or
sale of property seized subject to its
authority, are deposited into the
Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area
adjacent to the EEZ in which the
violation occurred, after direct costs of
the enforcement action are subtracted.
The Pacific Insular Area government
may use funds deposited into the
Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for
fisheries enforcement and for
implementation of an MCP.
Federal regulations at 50 CFR 665.819
authorize NMFS to specify catch limits
for longline-caught bigeye tuna for U.S.
territories. NMFS may also authorize
each territory to allocate a portion of
that limit to U.S. longline fishing vessels
that are permitted to fish under the
Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic
Fisheries of the Western Pacific (FEP).
Payments collected under specified
fishing agreements are deposited into
the Western Pacific Sustainable
Fisheries Fund, and any funds
attributable to a particular territory may
be used only for implementation of that
territory’s MCP. An MCP must be
consistent with the Council’s FEPs,
must identify conservation and
management objectives (including
criteria for determining when such
objectives have been met), and must
prioritize planned marine conservation
projects.
At its June 2020 meeting, the Council
reviewed and concurred with the MCP.
On July 24, 2020, the Governor of Guam
submitted the MCP to NMFS for review
and approval. The MCP contains the
following six conservation and
management objectives:
1. Fisheries resource assessment,
research and monitoring;
2. Effective surveillance and
enforcement mechanisms;
3. Promote ecosystems approach to
fisheries management, climate change;
4. Public participation, research,
education and outreach, and local
capacity;
5. Domestic fisheries development;
6. Recognizing the importance of
island cultures and traditional fishing
practices and community based
management.
Please refer to the MCP for projects
and activities designed to meet each
objective, the evaluative criteria, and
priority rankings.
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This notice announces that NMFS has
reviewed the MCP and determined that
it satisfies the requirements of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act. Accordingly,
NMFS has approved the MCP for the 3year period from August 4, 2020,
through August 3, 2023. This MCP
supersedes the one approved previously
for August 4, 2017, through August 3,
2020 (82 FR 38876, August 16, 2017).
Dated: September 3, 2020.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
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 of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Herring Committee Meeting 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.
DATES: This webinar will be held on
Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 9.30
a.m. Webinar registration URL
information: https://
attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/
7996552764995088399.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Agenda
The Committee will meet to review
Framework 8 to the Atlantic Herring
Fishery Management Plan and
recommend final preferred alternatives.
Framework 8 is considering fishery
specifications for fishing years 2021–23
and adjusting measures in the herring
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plan that potentially inhibit the
mackerel fishery from achieving
optimum yield. There will also be an
initial discussion of potential work
priorities for 2021 for the herring plan.
Other business will be discussed as
necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on the agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Council
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. The public also should be
aware that the meeting will be recorded.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
of the recording is available upon
request.
Special Accommodations
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 meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 3, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer,
SAFMC; phone: (843) 571–4366 or toll
free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–
4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AP
meeting is open to the public and will
be available via webinar as it occurs.
Registration is required. Webinar
registration information, a public
comment form, and other meeting
materials will be posted to the Council’s
website at: https://safmc.net/safmcmeetings/current-advisory-panelmeetings/ as it becomes available.
During the meeting the Snapper
Grouper AP will provide information to
develop a fishery performance report for
gag.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
Council office (see ADDRESSES) 5 days
prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 3, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and the
South Atlantic; Southeast Data,
Assessment, and Review (SEDAR);
Public Meeting
[RTID 0648–XA458]
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (SAFMC) will
hold a meeting of the Snapper Grouper
Advisory Panel (AP) on September 24,
2020.
DATES: The Snapper Grouper AP will
meet on September 24, 2020, from 9
a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar.
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Southeast Data,
Assessment, and Review (SEDAR)ss 68
Data Plenary Webinar III for Gulf of
Mexico and Atlantic scamp grouper.
AGENCY:
The SEDAR 68 assessment
process of Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic
scamp grouper will consist of a series of
data and assessment webinars, and a
Review Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
SUMMARY:
The SEDAR 68 Data Plenary
Webinar III will be held September 24,
2020, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XA342]
Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine Conservation Plan for Guam;
Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of agency decision.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval of a Marine Conservation Plan (MCP)
for Guam.
DATES: This agency decision is effective from August 4, 2020, through
August 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of the MCP, identified by NOAA-NMFS-
2020-0115, from the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal, https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2020-0115, or from the
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), 1164 Bishop St.,
Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813, 808-522-8220, https://www.wpcouncil.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David O'Brien, Sustainable Fisheries,
NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office, 808-725-5038.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 204(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act)
authorizes the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), and in consultation with the
Council, to negotiate and enter into a Pacific Insular Area fishery
agreement (PIAFA). A PIAFA would allow foreign fishing within the U.S.
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) adjacent to American Samoa, Guam, or the
Northern Mariana Islands. The Governor of the Pacific Insular Area to
which the PIAFA applies must request the PIAFA. The Secretary of State
may negotiate and enter the PIAFA after consultation with, and
concurrence of, the applicable Governor.
Before entering into a PIAFA, the applicable Governor, with
concurrence of the Council, must develop and submit to the Secretary a
3-year MCP providing details on uses for any funds collected by the
Secretary under the PIAFA. NMFS is the designee of the Secretary for
MCP review and approval. The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires payments
received under a PIAFA to be deposited into the United States Treasury
and then conveyed to the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for which
funds were collected.
In the case of violations by foreign fishing vessels in the EEZ
around any Pacific Insular Area, amounts received by the Secretary
attributable to fines and penalties imposed under the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, including sums collected from the forfeiture and disposition or
sale of property seized subject to its authority, are deposited into
the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area adjacent to the EEZ in which
the violation occurred, after direct costs of the enforcement action
are subtracted. The Pacific Insular Area government may use funds
deposited into the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for fisheries
enforcement and for implementation of an MCP.
Federal regulations at 50 CFR 665.819 authorize NMFS to specify
catch limits for longline-caught bigeye tuna for U.S. territories. NMFS
may also authorize each territory to allocate a portion of that limit
to U.S. longline fishing vessels that are permitted to fish under the
Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific
(FEP). Payments collected under specified fishing agreements are
deposited into the Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund, and any
funds attributable to a particular territory may be used only for
implementation of that territory's MCP. An MCP must be consistent with
the Council's FEPs, must identify conservation and management
objectives (including criteria for determining when such objectives
have been met), and must prioritize planned marine conservation
projects.
At its June 2020 meeting, the Council reviewed and concurred with
the MCP. On July 24, 2020, the Governor of Guam submitted the MCP to
NMFS for review and approval. The MCP contains the following six
conservation and management objectives:
1. Fisheries resource assessment, research and monitoring;
2. Effective surveillance and enforcement mechanisms;
3. Promote ecosystems approach to fisheries management, climate
change;
4. Public participation, research, education and outreach, and
local capacity;
5. Domestic fisheries development;
6. Recognizing the importance of island cultures and traditional
fishing practices and community based management.
Please refer to the MCP for projects and activities designed to
meet each objective, the evaluative criteria, and priority rankings.
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This notice announces that NMFS has reviewed the MCP and determined
that it satisfies the requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
Accordingly, NMFS has approved the MCP for the 3-year period from
August 4, 2020, through August 3, 2023. This MCP supersedes the one
approved previously for August 4, 2017, through August 3, 2020 (82 FR
38876, August 16, 2017).
Dated: September 3, 2020.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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