North Pacific Albacore United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting Announcement, 27393 [2021-10646]
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measures will effect the least practicable
impact on marine mammal species or
stocks and their habitat; (2) the
authorized takes will have a negligible
impact on the affected marine mammal
species or stocks; (3) USMC’s activities
will not have an unmitigable adverse
impact on taking for subsistence
purposes as no relevant subsistence uses
of marine mammals are implicated by
this action, and; (4) appropriate
monitoring and reporting requirements
are included.
Endangered Species Act
Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal
agency insure that any action it
authorizes, funds, or carries out is not
likely to jeopardize the continued
existence of any endangered or
threatened species or result in the
destruction or adverse modification of
designated critical habitat. No
incidental take of ESA-listed marine
mammal species is expected to result
from this activity, and none would be
authorized. Therefore, NMFS has
determined that consultation under
section 7 of the ESA is not required for
this action.
National Environmental Policy Act
To comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
NOAA Administrative Order (NAO)
216–6A, we must review our proposed
action (i.e., the issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization) with respect
to potential impacts on the human
environment. In 2015, NMFS developed
an Environmental Assessment (EA)
evaluating the impacts of authorizing
take of marine mammals incidental to
the USMC’s training activities at MCAS
Cherry Point. Following review of this
analysis, NMFS determined that the
activity would not have a significant
effect on the quality of the human
environment and issued a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI).
NMFS has determined that there are
no substantive changes to the evaluated
action or new environmental impacts;
and, therefore, the previous NEPA
analysis remains valid. The 2015 EA
and FONSI are posted online at
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/
marine-mammal-protection/incidentaltake-authorizations-military-readinessactivities.
Renewal
NMFS has issued a Renewal IHA to
USMC for the take of marine mammals
incidental to training exercises at
Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS)
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Cherry Point Range Complex, North
Carolina, for a period of 1 year.
Dated: May 14, 2021.
Catherine Marzin,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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North Pacific Albacore United States
Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting
Announcement
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces a U.S.
stakeholder meeting to discuss North
Pacific albacore (NPALB) management.
This meeting is intended as a follow-up
to a meeting held by the International
Scientific Committee on Tuna and
Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific
Ocean regarding a management strategy
evaluation for NPALB. The meeting
topics are described under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
DATES: The virtual meeting will be held
on June 1, 2021, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
PDT (or until business is concluded).
You must notify NMFS by May 24,
2021, if you plan to attend the meeting
(see ADDRESSES).
ADDRESSES: If you plan to attend the
meeting, which will be held by webinar,
please notify Valerie Post, Pacific
Islands Regional Office, NMFS, by email
at valerie.post@noaa.com. Instructions
for attending the meeting will be
emailed to meeting participants before
the meeting occurs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Celia Barroso, West Coast Region, at
celia.barroso@noaa.gov or 562–432–
1850.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
International Scientific Committee on
Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the
North Pacific Ocean (ISC) recently
completed a management strategy
evaluation (MSE) on North Pacific
albacore (NPALB),1 and the ISC
Albacore Working Group hosted a
meeting among U.S. and Canadian
SUMMARY:
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stakeholders from March 22–25, 2021,
to review the results of the MSE. As a
follow-up to the ISC meeting in March
2021, this U.S. stakeholder meeting is
an opportunity for U.S. stakeholders to
express their priorities and consider
future management of NPALB.
NPALB U.S. Stakeholder Meeting
Topics
This meeting will have an agenda that
will be distributed to participants in
advance of the meeting. The meeting
agenda will include, but is not limited
to, the following topics:
(1) Results of the ISC NPALB MSE.
(2) Management objectives.
(3) Discussion of potential future
harvest strategy for NPALB.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Valerie Post (see
ADDRESSES) by May 24, 2021.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
Dated: May 17, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Site
Characterization Surveys Off the Coast
of Massachusetts
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; modified proposal of an
incidental harassment authorization;
request for comments on modified
proposed authorization and possible
renewal.
AGENCY:
NMFS has received a request
from Mayflower Wind Energy LLC
(Mayflower) for authorization to take
marine mammals incidental to site
characterization surveys off the coast of
Massachusetts in the area of the
Commercial Lease of Submerged Lands
for Renewable Energy Development on
the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS–A
0521) and along potential submarine
cable routes to landfall locations at
Falmouth, Massachusetts and near
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB101]
North Pacific Albacore United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting
Announcement
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces a U.S. stakeholder meeting to discuss North
Pacific albacore (NPALB) management. This meeting is intended as a
follow-up to a meeting held by the International Scientific Committee
on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean regarding a
management strategy evaluation for NPALB. The meeting topics are
described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
DATES: The virtual meeting will be held on June 1, 2021, from 12 p.m.
to 2 p.m. PDT (or until business is concluded). You must notify NMFS by
May 24, 2021, if you plan to attend the meeting (see ADDRESSES).
ADDRESSES: If you plan to attend the meeting, which will be held by
webinar, please notify Valerie Post, Pacific Islands Regional Office,
NMFS, by email at [email protected]. Instructions for attending the
meeting will be emailed to meeting participants before the meeting
occurs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Celia Barroso, West Coast Region, at
[email protected] or 562-432-1850.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The International Scientific Committee on
Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean (ISC) recently
completed a management strategy evaluation (MSE) on North Pacific
albacore (NPALB),\1\ and the ISC Albacore Working Group hosted a
meeting among U.S. and Canadian stakeholders from March 22-25, 2021, to
review the results of the MSE. As a follow-up to the ISC meeting in
March 2021, this U.S. stakeholder meeting is an opportunity for U.S.
stakeholders to express their priorities and consider future management
of NPALB.
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NPALB U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topics
This meeting will have an agenda that will be distributed to
participants in advance of the meeting. The meeting agenda will
include, but is not limited to, the following topics:
(1) Results of the ISC NPALB MSE.
(2) Management objectives.
(3) Discussion of potential future harvest strategy for NPALB.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Valerie Post (see ADDRESSES) by May 24, 2021.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and 16
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
Dated: May 17, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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