Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting, 80695 [2023-25526]
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Permit No. 23188, issued on
September 25, 2020 (85 FR 63524),
authorizes the permit holder to conduct
scientific research on northern elephant
seals (NES; Mirounga angustirostris) in
California. The permit activities
continue a long-term research program
started in 1968 to study NES population
growth and status, reproduction,
behavioral and physiological
adaptations for diving and fasting,
general physiology and metabolism, and
sensory physiology. Authorized
activities include behavioral
observations, marking, capture,
biological sampling (including skin,
blubber, and muscle biopsies), active
and passive acoustics, instrumentation,
translocation studies, short-term captive
holding for laboratory studies, use of
hormone challenges and standard
clinical tracer techniques, and
unmanned aircraft system surveys. The
permit authorizes unintentional
mortalities of up to 5 NES annually
during research, and euthanasia of up to
10 moribund or abandoned NES pups
annually. Three amendments to the
permit were issued to: increase take
numbers and add a new study area (No.
23188–01; April 27, 2021); add new
study areas and update methods for
acoustic studies (No. 23188–02;
November 19, 2021); and update
methods for biological sampling and
instrumentation (No. 23188–03;
February 2, 2022). The permit holder is
requesting the permit be amended to
include authorization for additional
reproductive studies to investigate
embryonic diapause in NES. Over a 2year study period, 39 adult females
would be captured, anesthetized,
marked, sampled, and instrumented, as
currently authorized. Researchers would
use a transrectal ultrasound to check for
pregnancy and non-pregnant females
would then have uterine endoscopy,
cytology, lavage, and biopsy sampling.
The lavage and biopsy procedures may
result in egg, sperm, or blastocyst
removal from the uterus. A subset of
these females may be captured and
sampled twice per year. An additional
390 NES may be unintentionally
harassed during these reproductive
studies. The amendment would be valid
for the duration of the permit, until
September 30, 2025.
A draft environmental assessment
(EA) has been prepared in compliance
with the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), to
examine whether significant
environmental impacts could result
from issuance of the proposed scientific
research permit amendment. The draft
EA is available for review and comment
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simultaneous with the scientific
research permit amendment application.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of this
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Dated: November 14, 2023.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Monitoring Committee will hold a
public webinar meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, December 7, 2023 from 1:30
p.m. until 3:30 p.m. EDT. For agenda
details, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held
via webinar. Connection information
will be posted to the calendar prior to
the meeting at www.mafmc.org.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331;
www.mafmc.org.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Monitoring Committee will meet
via webinar to continue discussions
from their November 13–14, 2023
meeting related to 2024–2025
recreational management measures for
summer flounder and scup and 2024
recreational management measures for
black sea bass. Specifically, the
Monitoring Committee will continue
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discussions to recommend the
appropriate non-preferred coastwide
and precautionary default measures
(e.g., possession limits, fish size limits,
seasons) associated with conservation
equivalency for summer flounder and
black sea bass, and revisit additional
information in support of their
recommendation for scup federal waters
measures in 2024.
Meeting materials will be posted to
www.mafmc.org.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to
Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251, at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 14, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
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-XD543]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public
webinar meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, December 7, 2023 from 1:30
p.m. until 3:30 p.m. EDT. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Connection information
will be posted to the calendar prior to the meeting at www.mafmc.org.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331;
www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Monitoring Committee will meet via webinar to continue discussions
from their November 13-14, 2023 meeting related to 2024-2025
recreational management measures for summer flounder and scup and 2024
recreational management measures for black sea bass. Specifically, the
Monitoring Committee will continue discussions to recommend the
appropriate non-preferred coastwide and precautionary default measures
(e.g., possession limits, fish size limits, seasons) associated with
conservation equivalency for summer flounder and black sea bass, and
revisit additional information in support of their recommendation for
scup federal waters measures in 2024.
Meeting materials will be posted to www.mafmc.org.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should
be directed to Shelley Spedden, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior
to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 14, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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