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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 212 / Monday, November 2, 2020 / Notices
Dated: October 16, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Recommendation
Connection Information
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You can attend the meeting online
using a computer, tablet, or smart
phone; or by phone only. Connection
information will be posted online at:
https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/
Details/1724.
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Public Comment
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North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council)
Groundfish Plan Teams will meet via
webconference.
DATES: The meetings will be held on
Monday, November 16, 2020 through
Friday, November 20, 2020, from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Alaska Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a
webconference. Join online through the
link at https://meetings.npfmc.org/
Meeting/Details/1724.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 1007 W
3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501–2252;
telephone: (907) 271–2809. Instructions
for attending the meeting are given
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION,
below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara
Cleaver or Steve MacLean, Council staff;
phone: (907) 271–2809 and email:
sara.cleaver@noaa.gov or
Steve.MacLean@noaa.gov. For technical
support please contact our
administrative staff; email:
npfmc.admin@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Agenda
Monday, November 16, 2020 to Friday,
November 20, 2020
The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
(BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Plan
Teams will compile and review the
annual BSAI and GOA Groundfish
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Stock Assessment and Fishery
Evaluation (SAFE) reports, and
recommend final groundfish harvest
and prohibited species specifications for
2021/22. The Plan Teams will also
review the Economic Report and the
Ecosystem Status Report and
assessments. The agenda is subject to
change, and the latest version will be
posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/
Meeting/Details/1724. prior to the
meeting, along with meeting materials.
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Public comment letters should be
submitted electronically to https://
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/
1724.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 28, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Magnuson-Stevens 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 application submitted by the Gulf of
Maine Research Institute to amend an
existing Exempted Fishing Permit
contains all of the required information
and warrants further consideration. The
amended Exempted Fishing Permit
would provide one vessel participating
in an electronic monitoring program
with an exemption to conduct
exploratory fishing using cod ends with
smaller mesh than otherwise permitted.
The Exempted Fishing Permit would
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test the effect of different codend mesh
combinations on the catch of pollock
and Gulf of Maine haddock while on
trips targeting Acadian redfish.
Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act require publication of
this notification to provide interested
parties the opportunity to comment on
applications for proposed exempted
fishing permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before November 17, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by either of the following
methods:
• Email: nmfs.gar.efp@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ‘‘GMRI
MREM EFP Amendment.’’
• Mail: Michael Pentony, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930.
Mark the outside of the envelope ‘‘GMRI
MREM EFP Amendment.’’
Copies of the supplemental
information report (SIR) developed in
support of this project may be obtained
by contacting Claire Fitz-Gerald, Fishery
Policy Analyst at the Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office, 978–281–
9255.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Grant, Fishery Policy Analyst,
978–281–9145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
1, 2020, NMFS granted an Exempted
Fishing Permit (EFP) to the Gulf of
Maine Research Institute to continue
developing a maximized retention
electronic monitoring (MREM) model
and an accompanying dockside
monitoring (DSM) program to monitor
high-volume bottom-trawl vessels in the
groundfish fleet. For more information
on the details of the EFP see the notice
published April 9, 2020 (85 FR 19931).
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute, in
conjunction with the Northeast Sector
Service Network and a commercial
fishing business, has submitted an
application to amend the EFP. The
amended EFP would allow one vessel
participating in the MREM program an
additional exemption from the
minimum mesh size requirements for
the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank
regulated mesh areas codified at 50 CFR
648.80(a)(3)(i) and (a)(4)(i) to use cod
ends with either square or diamond
mesh as small as 4.5 inches (11.4 cm).
The exemption would be used to
conduct exploratory fishing to increase
the catch of pollock and Gulf of Maine
haddock while on trips targeting
Acadian redfish. This EFP would be
effective for the 2020 and 2021 fishing
years, through April 30, 2022. Because
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XA608]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council)
Groundfish Plan Teams will meet via webconference.
DATES: The meetings will be held on Monday, November 16, 2020 through
Friday, November 20, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Alaska Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a webconference. Join online through the
link at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/1724.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1007 W
3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: (907) 271-2809.
Instructions for attending the meeting are given under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION, below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Cleaver or Steve MacLean, Council
staff; phone: (907) 271-2809 and email: [email protected] or
[email protected]. For technical support please contact our
administrative staff; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Monday, November 16, 2020 to Friday, November 20, 2020
The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA)
Plan Teams will compile and review the annual BSAI and GOA Groundfish
Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports, and recommend
final groundfish harvest and prohibited species specifications for
2021/22. The Plan Teams will also review the Economic Report and the
Ecosystem Status Report and assessments. The agenda is subject to
change, and the latest version will be posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/1724. prior to the meeting, along
with meeting materials.
Connection Information
You can attend the meeting online using a computer, tablet, or
smart phone; or by phone only. Connection information will be posted
online at: https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/1724.
Public Comment
Public comment letters should be submitted electronically to
https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/1724.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 28, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-24212 Filed 10-30-20; 8:45 am]
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