North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 73260-73261 [2021-28012]
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Jurisdictional Allocations, Catch Limits,
and South Atlantic Sector Annual Catch
Limits.
The Committee will hold a discussion
on Wenchman in the Gulf of Mexico,
review the Revised Great Red Snapper
Count Estimates and SSC
Recommendations for re-evaluating Red
Snapper Catch Advise, discuss any
remaining SSC and Reef Fish Advisory
Panel recommendations.
Full Council will reconvene in a
CLOSED SESSION for selection of IFQ
Focus Group Participants.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022; 8 a.m.–
5:30 p.m., CST
The Data Collection Committee will
receive an update on Southeast For-Hire
Integrated Electronic Reporting
(SEFHIER) Program and review Draft
Framework Action: Modification to
Location Reporting Requirements for
For-Hire Vessels and Reef Fish Advisory
Panel (AP) Recommendations. The
Committee will receive a presentation
on Update on Modifications to the
Commercial Electronic Reporting
Program. The Committee will receive an
update on Upcoming Workshop to
Evaluate State-federal Recreational
Survey Differences.
The Sustainable Fisheries Committee
will review and discuss Standardized
Bycatch Reporting Methodology and
SSC Recommendations.
Following lunch at approximately
1:30 p.m. CST, the Council will
reconvene with a Call to Order,
Announcements and Introductions,
Adoption of Agenda and Approval of
Minutes; and receive a presentation on
Density Estimations of age-0 and age-1
Gray Triggerfish, Balistes capriscus, and
Vermilion Snapper, Rhomboplites
aurorubens, from 2007 to 2015, in the
northern Gulf of Mexico.
The Council will hold public
testimony from 2:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
CST on Final Action Item: Framework
Action: Modification of Vermilion
Snapper Catch Limits; and open
testimony on other fishery issues or
concerns. Public comment may begin
earlier than 2:15 p.m. CST, but will not
conclude before that time. Persons
wishing to give public testimony inperson must register at the registration
kiosk in the meeting room. Persons
wishing to give public testimony
virtually must sign up on the Council
website on the day of public testimony.
Registration for virtual testimony closes
one hour (1:15 p.m. CST) before public
testimony begins.
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The Council will receive Committee
reports from Habitat Protection and
Restoration, Shrimp, Outreach and
Education, Mackerel, Data Collection,
Reef Fish and Sustainable Fisheries
Management Committees. The Council
will review Closed Session Report and
receive updates from the following
supporting agencies: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council; Louisiana
Law Enforcement Efforts; NOAA Office
of Law Enforcement (OLE); Gulf States
Marine Fisheries Commission; U.S.
Coast Guard; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; and Department of State.
Lastly, the Council will discuss any
Other Business items.
Meeting Adjourns
The meeting will be a hybrid meeting
offering options for both in-person and
virtual attendance. You may register for
the webinar to ‘‘listen-in’’ only by
visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and click
on the Council meeting tab.
The timing and order in which agenda
items are addressed may change as
required to effectively address the issue,
and the latest version along with other
meeting materials will be posted on the
website as they become available.
Although other non-emergency issues
not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, in
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during these meeting. Actions
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 that the public
has been notified of the Council’s intent
to take final action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aid or
accommodations should be directed to
Kathy Pereira, (813) 348–1630, at least
15 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 21, 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–XB677]
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of webconference.
AGENCY:
The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (NPFMC)
Ecosystem Committee will meet January
25, 2022 through January 26, 2022.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, January 25, 2022, through
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 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/2481.
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.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Evans, Council staff; phone; (907)
271–2809 and email: diana.evans@
noaa.gov. For technical support please
contact administrative Council staff,
email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Through
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
The Ecosystem Committee agenda
will include discussion of the NOAA
marine debris activities, northern fur
seal co-management updates, essential
fish habitat model development, forage
fish research in Alaska, a planning
update for the Council’s ecosystem
workshop, discussion of the Committee
role, and other business. The agenda is
subject to change, and the latest version
will be posted at https://
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/
2481 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/2481.
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Public Comment
Public comment letters will be
accepted and should be submitted
electronically to https://
meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/
2481.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 21, 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
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Army Corps of
Engineers Debris Dock Replacement
Project, Sausalito, California
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of incidental
harassment authorization.
AGENCY:
NMFS has received a request
from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(ACOE) for the re-issuance of a
previously issued incidental harassment
authorization (IHA) with the only
change being effective dates. The initial
IHA authorized take of seven species of
marine mammals, by Level A and Level
B harassment, incidental to construction
associated with the Debris Dock
Replacement Project in Sausalito,
California. The project has been delayed
and none of the work covered in the
initial IHA has been conducted. The
initial IHA was effective from
September 1, 2021, through August 31,
2022. The ACOE has requested reissuance with new effective dates of
January 5, 2022 through January 4, 2023.
The scope of the activities and
anticipated effects remain the same,
authorized take numbers are not
changed, and the required mitigation,
monitoring, and reporting remains the
same as included in the initial IHA.
NMFS is, therefore, issuing a second
identical IHA to cover the incidental
take analyzed and authorized in the
initial IHA.
DATES: This authorization is effective
from January 5, 2022 through January 4,
2023.
ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the
final 2021 IHA previously issued to the
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ACOE, the ACOE’s application, and the
Federal Register notices proposing and
issuing the initial IHA may be obtained
by visiting /www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
action/incidental-take-authorizationarmy-corps-engineers-debris-dockreplacement-project-sausalito. In case of
problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed below (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dwayne Meadows, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA;
16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct the
Secretary of Commerce (as delegated to
NMFS) to allow, upon request, the
incidental, but not intentional, taking of
small numbers of marine mammals by
U.S. citizens who engage in a specified
activity (other than commercial fishing)
within a specified geographical region if
certain findings are made and either
regulations are issued or, if the taking is
limited to harassment, a notice of a
proposed authorization is provided to
the public for review.
An authorization for incidental
takings shall be granted if NMFS finds
that the taking will have a negligible
impact on the species or stock(s), will
not have an unmitigable adverse impact
on the availability of the species or
stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
relevant), and if the permissible
methods of taking and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth.
NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as an impact
resulting from the specified activity that
cannot be reasonably expected to, and is
not reasonably likely to, adversely affect
the species or stock through effects on
annual rates of recruitment or survival.
The MMPA states that the term ‘‘take’’
means to harass, hunt, capture, kill or
attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill
any marine mammal.
Except with respect to certain
activities not pertinent here, the MMPA
defines ‘‘harassment’’ as any act of
pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
has the potential to injure a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild (Level A harassment); or (ii) has
the potential to disturb a marine
mammal or marine mammal stock in the
wild by causing disruption of behavioral
patterns, including, but not limited to,
migration, breathing, nursing, breeding,
feeding, or sheltering (Level B
harassment).
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Summary of Request
On July 14, 2021, NMFS published
final notice of our issuance of an IHA
authorizing take of marine mammals
incidental to the Debris Dock
Replacement project (86 FR 37124). The
effective dates of that IHA were
September 1, 2021, through August 31,
2022. On December 14, 2021, the ACOE
informed NMFS that the project was
delayed. None of the work identified in
the initial IHA (e.g., pile driving and
removal) has occurred. The ACOE
submitted a request that we reissue an
identical IHA that would be effective
from January 5, 2022 through January 4,
2023, in order to conduct the
construction work that was analyzed
and authorized through the previously
issued IHA. Therefore, re-issuance of
the IHA is appropriate.
Summary of Specified Activity and
Anticipated Impacts
The planned activities (including
mitigation, monitoring, and reporting),
authorized incidental take, and
anticipated impacts on the affected
stocks are the same as those analyzed
and authorized through the previously
issued IHA.
The purpose of the ACOE’s
construction project is to replace the
existing decaying dock and other
onshore infrastructure used to move
marine debris collected from San
Francisco Bay onto land for disposal.
The location, timing, and nature of the
activities, including the types of
equipment planned for use, are identical
to those described in the initial IHA.
The mitigation and monitoring are also
as prescribed in the initial IHA.
Species that are expected to be taken
by the planned activity include harbor
porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), harbor
seal (Phoca vitulina), gray whale
(Eschrichtius robustus), bottlenose
dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), California
sea lion (Zalophus californianus),
northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus),
and northern elephant seal (Mirounga
angustirostris). A description of the
methods and inputs used to estimate
take anticipated to occur and,
ultimately, the take that was authorized
is found in the previous documents
referenced above. The data inputs and
methods of estimating take are identical
to those used in the initial IHA. NMFS
has reviewed recent Stock Assessment
Reports, information on relevant
Unusual Mortality Events, and recent
scientific literature, and determined that
no new information affects our original
analysis of impacts or take estimate
under the initial IHA.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB677]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of webconference.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) Ecosystem
Committee will meet January 25, 2022 through January 26, 2022.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, through
Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 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/2481.
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: Diana Evans, Council staff; phone;
(907) 271-2809 and email: [email protected]. For technical support
please contact administrative Council staff, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Tuesday, January 25, 2022 Through Wednesday, January 26, 2022
The Ecosystem Committee agenda will include discussion of the NOAA
marine debris activities, northern fur seal co-management updates,
essential fish habitat model development, forage fish research in
Alaska, a planning update for the Council's ecosystem workshop,
discussion of the Committee role, and other business. The agenda is
subject to change, and the latest version will be posted at https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2481 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/2481.
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Public Comment
Public comment letters will be accepted and should be submitted
electronically to https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/2481.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 21, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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