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Meeting
Wednesday, February 16, 2022, 1 p.m.–
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2. Approval of Draft Agenda &
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3. Analysis of Available Data for the
Reclassification of the Territory
Bottomfish Management Unit
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Reclassification of the Territorial
BMUS
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Module for the Annual Stock
Assessment Fishery Evaluation
Report
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7. Other Business
8. Plan Team Discussion and
Recommendations
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CONTACT section above) at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
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Dated: January 27, 2022.
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Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Draft Revised Management Plan for the
Grand Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve
Office for Coastal Management,
National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments on draft
revised management plan.
AGENCY:
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is
soliciting comments from the public
regarding a proposed revision of the
management plan for the Grand Bay
National Estuarine Research Reserve. A
management plan provides a framework
for the direction and timing of a
reserve’s programs; allows reserve
managers to assess a reserve’s success in
meeting its goals and to identify any
necessary changes in direction; and is
used to guide programmatic evaluations
of the reserve. Plan revisions are
required of each reserve in the National
Estuarine Research Reserve System at
least every five years. This revised plan
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is intended to replace the plan approved
in 2018.
DATES: Comments are due by March 4,
2022.
ADDRESSES: The draft revised
management plan is available at:
grandbaynerr.org/reserve-managementplan/, or by emailing Matt Chasse of
NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management
at matt.chasse@noaa.gov.
You may submit comments by the
following method:
Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments by email to
matt.chasse@noaa.gov and
ayesha.gray@dmr.ms.gov. Include
‘‘Comments on draft Grand Bay Reserve
Management Plan’’ in the message’s
subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt
Chasse of NOAA’s Office for Coastal
Management at matt.chasse@noaa.gov
or (240) 628–5417.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a State must revise
the management plan for the research
reserve at least every five years. If
approved by NOAA, the Grand Bay
Reserve’s revised plan will replace the
plan previously approved in 2013.
The draft revised management plan
outlines the reserve’s strategic goals and
objectives; administrative structure;
programs for conducting research and
monitoring, education, and training;
resource protection, restoration, and
manipulation plans; public access and
visitor use plans; consideration for
future land acquisition; and facility
development to support reserve
operations. In particular, this draft of
the revised management plan focuses on
addressing specific research priorities,
including restoration effectiveness
monitoring; understating physical and
hydrological processes within the
reserve; sources and impacts of
contaminants; and the socio-economic
impacts of ecosystem restoration. There
is also an added focus related to
monitoring programs as a valued
regional and national reference site
through the use of abiotic parameters,
sentinel sites, atmospheric mercury, and
restoration monitoring. Furthermore, the
plan prioritizes improving public access
and the visitor experience through
enhanced trail and debris management
efforts, and a greater focus on habitat
restoration, especially upland habitats
(e.g., wet pine savannas and flatwoods)
and along the marsh upland interface.
Much of the effort in this plan is linked
to the multi-year Grand Bay Land
Acquisition and Habitat Management
project. The reserve will also pursue
research designed to protect shorelines
and re-establish viable oyster
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populations in this area of the
Mississippi coast. Another priority
identified in the plan calls for reserve
investments in the maintenance and
upgrade of the existing facilities and
monitoring infrastructure.
The reserve’s training program will
design trainings around priority issues,
such as invasive species, habitat
restoration, coastal and estuarine
processes, marsh and uplands ecology,
coastal habitats, sea level rise, and
community resilience. A new focus area
of the reserve identified in the plan is
the transfer of skills and knowledge
relating to flood mitigation to nearby
disadvantaged communities. Education
programming will have a continued
emphasis on place-based learning for
students, teachers, non-traditional
audiences (i.e., artists, veterans, seniors
and others). New programs will be
added to target non-traditional reserve
audiences, such as, pre-K students,
people with disabilities, seniors, and
other groups. These new programs will
create opportunities for people who do
not typically use the reserve or
participate in reserve events.
Reserve research continues to
generate peer-reviewed and published
research about the estuary. The reserve
has expanded its role in restoring
coastal habitats through the Natural
Resource Damage Assessment funded
‘Land Acquisition and Habitat
Management Project’ in areas adjacent
to the reserve. Reserve research and
monitoring capabilities have also been
integrated into habitat restoration
projects and bring a new level of
monitoring effectiveness for this type of
project. In recent years, the reserve’s
monitoring efforts have confirmed the
nitrogen limitations of the estuary,
contributed to a national analyses of
sediment elevation table data, and
helped create digital elevation models
for the reserve’s sentinel sites.
The reserve successfully conducted a
2019 assessment of municipal officials
that identified priorities for coastal
training programming. These results
were incorporated into the revised plan.
In addition to success of the K–12
student-focused ‘On the Road’ program,
the reserve has emphasized place-based
learning opportunities for the public, K–
12 students, teachers, and nontraditional audiences (i.e., artists,
veterans, seniors, pre-K students, people
with disabilities, and other nontraditional groups). Engaging with nontraditional audiences has been a
successful endeavor for this reserve.
Since the last management plan, the
reserve has prioritized the
comprehensive management of upland
and estuarine resources at a landscape
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scale. Public trails were created or
maintained, and boat access was
improved. The reserve has actively used
fire management to restore wet pine
savanna in collaboration with State and
Federal partners. The revised
management plan, once approved,
would serve as the guiding document
for the 18,049-acre research reserve for
the next five years.
NOAA’s Office for Coastal
Management analyzes the
environmental impacts of the proposed
approval of this draft revised
management plan in accordance with
section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), and the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for Implementing the
Procedural Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR
1500–1508). The public is invited to
comment on the draft revised
management plan. NOAA will take
these comments into consideration in
deciding whether to approve the draft
revised management plan in whole or in
part.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15 CFR
921.33.)
Keelin S. Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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ACTION: Notice; withdrawal of
application.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
Coonamessett Farm Foundation, Inc.,
277 Hatchville Road, East Falmouth,
MA 02536 (Responsible Party: Ronald
Smolowitz) has withdrawn its
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(Dermochelys coriacea) and
unidentified sea turtles.
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NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Draft Revised Management Plan for the Grand Bay National
Estuarine Research Reserve
AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Request for comments on draft revised management plan.
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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is
soliciting comments from the public regarding a proposed revision of
the management plan for the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve. A management plan provides a framework for the direction and
timing of a reserve's programs; allows reserve managers to assess a
reserve's success in meeting its goals and to identify any necessary
changes in direction; and is used to guide programmatic evaluations of
the reserve. Plan revisions are required of each reserve in the
National Estuarine Research Reserve System at least every five years.
This revised plan
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is intended to replace the plan approved in 2018.
DATES: Comments are due by March 4, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The draft revised management plan is available at:
grandbaynerr.org/reserve-management-plan/, or by emailing Matt Chasse
of NOAA's Office for Coastal Management at [email protected].
You may submit comments by the following method:
Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public comments by
email to [email protected] and [email protected]. Include
``Comments on draft Grand Bay Reserve Management Plan'' in the
message's subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Chasse of NOAA's Office for
Coastal Management at [email protected] or (240) 628-5417.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a State must
revise the management plan for the research reserve at least every five
years. If approved by NOAA, the Grand Bay Reserve's revised plan will
replace the plan previously approved in 2013.
The draft revised management plan outlines the reserve's strategic
goals and objectives; administrative structure; programs for conducting
research and monitoring, education, and training; resource protection,
restoration, and manipulation plans; public access and visitor use
plans; consideration for future land acquisition; and facility
development to support reserve operations. In particular, this draft of
the revised management plan focuses on addressing specific research
priorities, including restoration effectiveness monitoring;
understating physical and hydrological processes within the reserve;
sources and impacts of contaminants; and the socio-economic impacts of
ecosystem restoration. There is also an added focus related to
monitoring programs as a valued regional and national reference site
through the use of abiotic parameters, sentinel sites, atmospheric
mercury, and restoration monitoring. Furthermore, the plan prioritizes
improving public access and the visitor experience through enhanced
trail and debris management efforts, and a greater focus on habitat
restoration, especially upland habitats (e.g., wet pine savannas and
flatwoods) and along the marsh upland interface. Much of the effort in
this plan is linked to the multi-year Grand Bay Land Acquisition and
Habitat Management project. The reserve will also pursue research
designed to protect shorelines and re-establish viable oyster
populations in this area of the Mississippi coast. Another priority
identified in the plan calls for reserve investments in the maintenance
and upgrade of the existing facilities and monitoring infrastructure.
The reserve's training program will design trainings around
priority issues, such as invasive species, habitat restoration, coastal
and estuarine processes, marsh and uplands ecology, coastal habitats,
sea level rise, and community resilience. A new focus area of the
reserve identified in the plan is the transfer of skills and knowledge
relating to flood mitigation to nearby disadvantaged communities.
Education programming will have a continued emphasis on place-based
learning for students, teachers, non-traditional audiences (i.e.,
artists, veterans, seniors and others). New programs will be added to
target non-traditional reserve audiences, such as, pre-K students,
people with disabilities, seniors, and other groups. These new programs
will create opportunities for people who do not typically use the
reserve or participate in reserve events.
Reserve research continues to generate peer-reviewed and published
research about the estuary. The reserve has expanded its role in
restoring coastal habitats through the Natural Resource Damage
Assessment funded `Land Acquisition and Habitat Management Project' in
areas adjacent to the reserve. Reserve research and monitoring
capabilities have also been integrated into habitat restoration
projects and bring a new level of monitoring effectiveness for this
type of project. In recent years, the reserve's monitoring efforts have
confirmed the nitrogen limitations of the estuary, contributed to a
national analyses of sediment elevation table data, and helped create
digital elevation models for the reserve's sentinel sites.
The reserve successfully conducted a 2019 assessment of municipal
officials that identified priorities for coastal training programming.
These results were incorporated into the revised plan. In addition to
success of the K-12 student-focused `On the Road' program, the reserve
has emphasized place-based learning opportunities for the public, K-12
students, teachers, and non-traditional audiences (i.e., artists,
veterans, seniors, pre-K students, people with disabilities, and other
non-traditional groups). Engaging with non-traditional audiences has
been a successful endeavor for this reserve.
Since the last management plan, the reserve has prioritized the
comprehensive management of upland and estuarine resources at a
landscape scale. Public trails were created or maintained, and boat
access was improved. The reserve has actively used fire management to
restore wet pine savanna in collaboration with State and Federal
partners. The revised management plan, once approved, would serve as
the guiding document for the 18,049-acre research reserve for the next
five years.
NOAA's Office for Coastal Management analyzes the environmental
impacts of the proposed approval of this draft revised management plan
in accordance with section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), and the Council
on Environmental Quality Regulations for Implementing the Procedural
Provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 1500-1508). The public is invited to comment
on the draft revised management plan. NOAA will take these comments
into consideration in deciding whether to approve the draft revised
management plan in whole or in part.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15 CFR 921.33.)
Keelin S. Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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