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Dated: August 17, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XB328]
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
Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management
(EBFM) Committee 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.
SUMMARY:
This webinar will be held on
Friday, September 3, 2021, at 9 a.m.
Webinar registration URL information:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/
register/8411461181815869964.
ADDRESSES: 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:
DATES:
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Agenda
The Ecosystem-Based Fishery
Management (EBFM) Committee will
receive an update on EBFM public
information workshop plans, possibly
meeting with a contractor chosen to
facilitate the workshops. They will
discuss potential National Standard 1
issues about managing catches by stock
complex without specifying MSY for
individual stocks. The Committee will
also discuss and develop a plan for a
mock EBFM Management Strategy
Evaluation exercise as well as discuss
and develop recommendations for 2022.
Other business will be discussed as
necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on the agenda may come
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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: August 17, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XB260]
Fisheries of the South Atlantic;
Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 77 HMS
Hammerhead Sharks data scoping
webinar.
AGENCY:
The SEDAR 77 assessment of
the Atlantic stock of hammerhead
sharks will consist of a stock
identification (ID) process, data
webinars/workshop, a series of
assessment webinars, and a review
workshop.
SUMMARY:
The SEDAR 77 HMS
Hammerhead Sharks Data Scoping
Webinar has been scheduled for Friday,
September 10, 2021, from 10 a.m. until
12 p.m. EDT.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held via webinar. The webinar is open
to members of the public. Registration is
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SEDAR address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N
Charleston, SC 29405;
www.sedarweb.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen Howington, SEDAR
Coordinator, 4055 Faber Place Drive,
Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405;
phone: (843) 571–4371; email:
Kathleen.Howington@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management
Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf
States Marine Fisheries Commissions,
have implemented the Southeast Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
process, a multi-step method for
determining the status of fish stocks in
the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data
Workshop; (2) Assessment Process
utilizing webinars; and (3) Review
Workshop. The product of the Data
Workshop is a data report which
compiles and evaluates potential
datasets and recommends which
datasets are appropriate for assessment
analyses. The product of the Assessment
Process is a stock assessment report
which describes the fisheries, evaluates
the status of the stock, estimates
biological benchmarks, projects future
population conditions, and recommends
research and monitoring needs. The
assessment is independently peer
reviewed at the Review Workshop. The
product of the Review Workshop is a
Summary documenting panel opinions
regarding the strengths and weaknesses
of the stock assessment and input data.
Participants for SEDAR Workshops are
appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South
Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery
Management Councils and NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office,
Highly Migratory Species Management
Division, and Southeast Fisheries
Science Center. Participants include:
Data collectors and database managers;
stock assessment scientists, biologists,
and researchers; constituency
representatives including fishermen,
environmentalists, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs);
international experts; and staff of
Councils, Commissions, and state and
federal agencies.
The items of discussion at the SEDAR
77 HMS Hammerhead Shark Data
Scoping are as follows:
• Discuss available data sources
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• Identify and discuss potential new
data sources
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people
with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary
aids should be directed to the South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council
office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
business 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: August 17, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Final Amendment 12 to the 2006
Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory
Species Fishery Management Plan
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a fishery
management plan amendment.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces the
availability of Final Amendment 12 to
the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly
Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). The Final
Amendment responds to revisions to the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) National
Standard (NS) guidelines, a rulemaking
addressing reporting methodologies for
bycatch as defined under the MagnusonStevens Act, and recent NMFS policy
directives which aim to improve and
streamline fishery management
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procedures to enhance their utility for
managers and the public. This final
amendment does not include a
proposed rule or regulatory text. Any
operational changes to fishery
management measures as a result of
Final Amendment 12 would be
considered in future rulemakings, as
appropriate.
DATES: The amendment was approved
on August 16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of Final
Amendment 12 to the 2006
Consolidated HMS FMP may be
obtained on the internet at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/
amendment-12-2006-consolidated-hmsfishery-management-plan-msaguidelines-and-national.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah McLaughlin, sarah.mclaughlin@
noaa.gov, 978–281–9260, or Karyl
Brewster-Geisz, karyl.brewster-geisz@
noaa.gov, 301–427–8503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic
HMS fisheries are managed under the
authority of the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Act (ATCA; 16 U.S.C. 971 et
seq.) and the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). The 2006
Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP and its
amendments are implemented by
regulations at 50 CFR part 635.
The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires
that any FMP or FMP amendment be
consistent with 10 NSs. In 2016, NMFS
published a final rule revising the
guidelines for NS1, NS3, and NS7 to
improve and clarify the guidance and to
facilitate compliance with requirements
of the Magnuson-Stevens Act to end and
prevent overfishing, rebuild overfished
stocks, and achieve optimum yield (OY)
(81 FR 71858, October 18, 2016). The
final rule on the NS guidelines included
a recommendation that FMP objectives
should be reassessed on a regular basis
to reflect the changing needs of fisheries
over time. Although no time frame was
prescribed, the guidelines indicated that
NMFS should provide notice to the
public of the expected schedule for
review. The final rule also noted that,
for stocks managed under international
agreements, consistent with provisions
in the Magnuson-Stevens Act, NMFS
may decide to use the international
stock status determination criteria (SDC)
defined by the relevant international
body (e.g., the International Commission
for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
(ICCAT)). Thus, Final Amendment 12
revises some of the objectives contained
in the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS
FMP, and adopts the ICCAT SDC for
ICCAT-managed HMS.
The Magnuson-Stevens Act further
requires that any FMP, with respect to
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any fishery, establish standardized
bycatch reporting methodology (SBRM)
to assess the amount and type of
bycatch occurring in a fishery. On
January 19, 2017, NMFS published a
final rule (82 FR 6317) to interpret and
provide guidance on this requirement.
Specifically, the 2017 final rule
indicated that each FMP must identify
the required procedure or procedures
that constitute the SBRM for a fishery
and conduct an analysis that explains
how the SBRM meets the purposes
described at 50 CFR 600.1600. Final
Amendment 12 reviews of SBRMs for
HMS fisheries.
Also in 2017, NMFS issued a
Fisheries Allocation Review Policy
Directive and Procedures (01–119),
which described a mechanism to ensure
that fishery quota allocations are
periodically reviewed and evaluated to
remain relevant to current conditions,
improve transparency, and minimize
conflict for a process that is often
controversial. Final Amendment 12
establishes triggers for review of
allocations of quota-managed HMS.
Finally, the HMS Stock Assessment
and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Report is
a public document that provides a
summary of scientific information
concerning the most recent biological
condition of stocks, stock complexes,
and marine ecosystems, essential fish
habitat (EFH), and the social and
economic condition of recreational and
commercial HMS fishing interests,
fishing communities, and the fish
processing industries. NS2 guidelines
specify that SAFE reports summarize,
on a periodic basis, the best scientific
information available concerning the
past, present, and possible future
condition of the stocks, EFH, marine
ecosystems, and fisheries being
managed under Federal regulation. In
2008, NMFS published Amendment 2 to
the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP
which, among other things, indicated
that publication of the HMS SAFE
Report would occur by the fall of each
year. Final Amendment 12 notifies the
public of modified timing for release of
the HMS SAFE Report to account for
unexpected delays (e.g., data
availability, staff availability, furloughs,
emergencies, etc.).
Final Amendment 12 is consistent
with the revised 2016 NS guidelines, the
2017 SBRM rulemaking, and the 2017
Fisheries Allocation Review Policy
Directive 01–119, along with other
relevant statutes and the 2006
Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP and its
amendments. There is no final rule or
regulatory text associated with Final
Amendment 12. Quotas or other fishery
management measures will not be
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB260]
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 77 HMS Hammerhead Sharks data scoping webinar.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR 77 assessment of the Atlantic stock of hammerhead
sharks will consist of a stock identification (ID) process, data
webinars/workshop, a series of assessment webinars, and a review
workshop.
DATES: The SEDAR 77 HMS Hammerhead Sharks Data Scoping Webinar has been
scheduled for Friday, September 10, 2021, from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m.
EDT.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be held via webinar. The webinar
is open to members of the public. Registration is available online at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5354318578386847501
SEDAR address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N Charleston, SC 29405; www.sedarweb.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Howington, SEDAR Coordinator,
4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; phone:
(843) 571-4371; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries
Commissions, have implemented the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review
(SEDAR) process, a multi-step method for determining the status of fish
stocks in the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a three-step process
including: (1) Data Workshop; (2) Assessment Process utilizing
webinars; and (3) Review Workshop. The product of the Data Workshop is
a data report which compiles and evaluates potential datasets and
recommends which datasets are appropriate for assessment analyses. The
product of the Assessment Process is a stock assessment report which
describes the fisheries, evaluates the status of the stock, estimates
biological benchmarks, projects future population conditions, and
recommends research and monitoring needs. The assessment is
independently peer reviewed at the Review Workshop. The product of the
Review Workshop is a Summary documenting panel opinions regarding the
strengths and weaknesses of the stock assessment and input data.
Participants for SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the Gulf of Mexico,
South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils and NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, Highly Migratory Species
Management Division, and Southeast Fisheries Science Center.
Participants include: Data collectors and database managers; stock
assessment scientists, biologists, and researchers; constituency
representatives including fishermen, environmentalists, and non-
governmental organizations (NGOs); international experts; and staff of
Councils, Commissions, and state and federal agencies.
The items of discussion at the SEDAR 77 HMS Hammerhead Shark Data
Scoping are as follows:
Discuss available data sources
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Identify and discuss potential new data sources
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the intent to
take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Requests
for auxiliary aids should be directed to the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 business 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: August 17, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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