Fisheries of the U.S. Caribbean; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting; Cancellation, 11503 [2021-03856]
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 36 / Thursday, February 25, 2021 / Notices
Dated: February 18, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; Exempted
Fishing Permits
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of an
application for exempted fishing permit;
request for comments.
AGENCY:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XA844]
Fisheries of the U.S. Caribbean;
Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting;
Cancellation
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
Notice of cancellation of SEDAR
80 Life History Topical Working Group
Webinar I for U.S. Caribbean Queen
Triggerfish.
ACTION:
The SEDAR 80 stock
assessment of U.S. Caribbean queen
triggerfish will consist of a series of data
webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
SUMMARY:
The SEDAR 80 Life History
Topical Working Group Webinar I was
scheduled for March 10, 2021.
DATES:
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting was to
be held via webinar.
SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place
Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC
29405.
Julie
A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571–
4366; Email: Julie.neer@safmc.net.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
meeting notice published on February 3,
2021 (86 FR 8003). This notice
announces that the meeting is cancelled.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
Dated: February 19, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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NMFS announces the receipt
of an application for an exempted
fishing permit (EFP) from Dr. David
Portnoy, Texas A&M University, Corpus
Christi. If granted, the EFP would allow
a limited harvest of speckled hind in
South Atlantic Federal waters by select
commercial fishermen. The samples
collected would be used to assess the
speckled hind population structure,
genetic diversity, and life history in the
South Atlantic.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before March 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the application, identified by
‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2021–0007’’ by any of
the following methods:
• Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and enter
‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2021–0007’’ in the
Search box. Click on the ‘‘Comment’’
icon, complete the required fields, and
enter or attach your comments.
• Mail: Submit written comments to
Frank Helies, Southeast Regional Office,
NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous).
Electronic copies of the EFP
application may be obtained from the
Southeast Regional Office website at
SUMMARY:
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https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
southeast/about-us/south-atlanticspeckled-hind-exempted-fishing-permitapplication/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frank Helies, 727–824–5305; email:
frank.helies@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EFP is
requested under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act; 16 U.S.C 1801
et seq.), and regulations at 50 CFR
600.745(b) concerning exempted
fishing.
Currently, Federal regulations at 50
CFR 622.181 (b)(3) prohibit the harvest
and possession of speckled hind in or
from South Atlantic Federal waters.
Speckled hind are sedentary, long-lived,
deep-water groupers and are considered
to be undergoing overfishing in the U.S.
South Atlantic. There are no known
data regarding the stock structure of
speckled hind in South Atlantic waters
and little is known about their biology;
consequently, there are not enough data
to accurately determine whether the
species is overfished.
Dr. Portnoy was awarded a Marine
Fisheries Initiative grant to assess the
population structure, genetic diversity,
and life history of speckled hind in the
U.S. South Atlantic. Beginning in 2018,
Dr. Portnoy has already acquired some
of his project’s needed speckled hind
samples from fishery independent
surveys conducted by NMFS and the
South Carolina Department of Natural
Resources. However, as a result of low
encounter rates with the species since
2018, and reduced fishery independent
survey effort in 2020, additional
samples will need to be collected
through this EFP to obtain a sufficient
number of samples for the project.
If granted, the EFP would be valid
through August 31, 2022, and would
allow a limited harvest of up to 40
speckled hind per calendar year (up to
80 total for the duration of the EFP) in
the Federal waters of the South Atlantic.
The EFP would exempt select
commercial fishermen from Federal
regulations prohibiting the harvest and
possession of speckled hind in Federal
waters of the South Atlantic at 50 CFR
622.181(b)(3). Because speckled hind
would be harvested incidentally during
routine commercial fishing trips, NMFS
does not expect that any additional
environmental impacts would occur
through the issuance of the EFP.
Dr. Portnoy proposes to collect
speckled hind from select commercial
fishermen who occasionally encounter
speckled hind in South Atlantic Federal
waters during routine commercial
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XA844]
Fisheries of the U.S. Caribbean; Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting; Cancellation
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of cancellation of SEDAR 80 Life History Topical Working
Group Webinar I for U.S. Caribbean Queen Triggerfish.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR 80 stock assessment of U.S. Caribbean queen
triggerfish will consist of a series of data webinars. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR 80 Life History Topical Working Group Webinar I was
scheduled for March 10, 2021.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting was to be held via 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 meeting notice published on February 3,
2021 (86 FR 8003). This notice announces that the meeting is cancelled.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
Dated: February 19, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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