New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 87565-87566 [2024-25587]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 213 / Monday, November 4, 2024 / Notices made available for public inspection. For consideration prior to the meeting, all comments must be submitted via email with the subject line ‘‘Thursday, November 21, 2024, NAIAC Public Meeting’’ to naiac@nist.gov by 5 p.m. eastern time, November 19, 2024. NIST will not accept comments accompanied by a request that part or all of the comment be treated confidentially because of its business proprietary nature or for any other reason. Therefore, do not submit confidential business information or otherwise sensitive, protected, or personal information, such as account numbers, Social Security numbers, or names of other individuals. Members of the public may also submit written comments to the NAIAC at any time. Virtual Meeting Registration Instructions: The meetings will be broadcast via web conference. Requests for special accommodations may be made by emailing cheryl.gendron@ nist.gov. Registration is required to view the web conference. Instructions on how to register will be made available at https://www.nist.gov/itl/nationalartificial-intelligence-advisorycommittee-naiac. Registration will remain open until the conclusion of the meetings. Alicia Chambers, NIST Executive Secretariat. [FR Doc. 2024–25571 Filed 11–1–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–13–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XE436] 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 Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Committee will hold a public meeting. DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, November 21, 2024, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Webinar connection, agenda items, and any additional information will be available at www.mafmc.org/council-events. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:28 Nov 01, 2024 Jkt 265001 87565 Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674–2331; www.mafmc.org. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526–5255. The MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council’s HMS Committee will meet to review and provide comments on the NOAA HMS Proposed Rule for Electronic Reporting Requirements for Atlantic HMS. This action proposes to modify and/or expand reporting requirements for Atlantic HMS, including reporting by commercial, for-hire, and private recreational vessel owners and dealers. The proposed rule includes: (1) Requiring vessel owners, who currently report in existing paper commercial logbooks (i.e., Atlantic HMS logbook and the Southeast Coastal Fisheries Logbook Program), to report electronically; (2) Implementing new logbook requirements for vessel owners holding HMS Charter/Headboat permits, Atlantic Tunas General category permits, Atlantic Tunas Harpoon category permits, and/or Swordfish General Commercial permits; (3) Modifying reporting options for private recreational vessel owners holding HMS Angling permits; (4) Requiring HMS dealers to report individual fish weights for additional species (i.e., Atlantic bigeye, albacore, yellowfin, and skipjack tunas, swordfish, and pelagic sharks); (5) Requiring electronic HMS reporting for all permit holders, using systems or applications approved by NOAA Fisheries for Atlantic HMS; and 6) Technical changes to clarify certain HMS regulations. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Special Accommodations The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Shelley Spedden at the Council Office, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: October 30, 2024. Rey Israel Marquez, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2024–25589 Filed 11–1–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XE433] 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 hybrid meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panel 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. DATES: This meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 9 a.m. SUMMARY: ADDRESSES: Meeting address: This meeting will be held at Hilton Garden Inn, Boston Logan, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02110, Phone (617) 567–5678. Webinar registration URL information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/ meeting/register/ tJcocOqtqD8qH9Z2sXIMG e2LNCkb5NmQPHSH. Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate O’Keefe, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda The Scallop Advisory Panel will meet to discuss: Framework 39 (FW39): Review specifications alternatives in FW39 and select final preferred alternatives. FW39 will set specifications including the overfishing limit (OFL), acceptable biological catch/ annual catch limit (ABC/ACLs), days-atsea (DAS), access area allocations for Limited Access (LA) vessels, quota and access area trip allocation to the Limited Access General Category (LAGC) Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) component, Total Allowable Landings (TAL) for the Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) management area, a targetTotal Allowable Catch (TAC) for LAGC incidental catch and set-asides for the observer and research programs for fishing year 2025, and default specifications for fishing year 2026. This E:\FR\FM\04NON1.SGM 04NON1 87566 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 213 / Monday, November 4, 2024 / Notices action also considers modifying the seasonal bycatch closure of Area II to improve yield and reduce impacts to northern windowpane flounder and modifying the possession prohibition for NGOM-permitted scallop vessels on a declared NGOM trip to possess scallops outside of the NGOM management area. Other business will be discussed, if necessary. Although non-emergency issues not contained on the agenda may come 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 Cate O’Keefe, Executive Director, at (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: October 30, 2024. Rey Israel Marquez, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2024–25587 Filed 11–1–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [RTID 0648–XE443] 2025 Annual Determination To Implement the Sea Turtle Observer Requirement National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notification of annual determination of fisheries. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 AGENCY: NMFS is providing notification that the agency will not identify additional fisheries to observe on the 2025 Annual Determination (AD), pursuant to its authority under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Through SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:28 Nov 01, 2024 Jkt 265001 the AD, NMFS identifies U.S. fisheries operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific Ocean that will be required to take observers upon NMFS’ request. The purpose of observing identified fisheries is to learn more about sea turtle bycatch in a given fishery, evaluate measures to prevent or reduce sea turtle bycatch, and implement the prohibition against sea turtle takes. Fisheries identified on the 2020 and 2023 ADs (see table 1) remain on the AD for a 5-year period and are required to carry observers upon NMFS’ request until September 29, 2025, and December 31, 2027, respectively. DATES: Published on November 4, 2024. ADDRESSES: Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Piniak, Office of Protected Resources, 301–427–8402; Ellen Keane, Greater Atlantic Region, 978–282–8476; Dennis Klemm, Southeast Region, 727– 824–5312; Dan Lawson, West Coast Region, 206–526–4740; Irene Kelly, Pacific Islands Region, 808–725–5141. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the hearing impaired may call the Federal Information Relay Service at 800–877– 8339 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Sea Turtle Observer Requirement Under the ESA, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., NMFS has the responsibility to implement programs to conserve marine life listed as endangered or threatened. All sea turtles found in U.S. waters are listed as either endangered or threatened under the ESA. Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), loggerhead (Caretta caretta; North Pacific distinct population segment [DPS]), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), green (Chelonia mydas; Central West Pacific and Central South Pacific DPSs), and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles are listed as endangered. Loggerhead (Northwest Atlantic Ocean DPS), green (North Atlantic, South Atlantic, Central North Pacific, and East Pacific DPSs), and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles are listed as threatened, except for breeding colony populations of olive ridleys on the Pacific coast of Mexico, which are listed as endangered. Due to the inability to distinguish between populations of olive ridley turtles away from the nesting beach, PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 NMFS considers these turtles endangered wherever they occur in U.S. Pacific waters. While some sea turtle populations have shown signs of recovery, many populations continue to decline. Bycatch in fishing gear is the primary anthropogenic source of sea turtle injury and mortality in U.S. waters. Section 9 of the ESA prohibits the take (defined to include harassing, harming, pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, capturing, or collecting or attempting to engage in any such conduct), including incidental take, of endangered sea turtles. Pursuant to section 4(d) of the ESA, NMFS has issued regulations extending the prohibition of take, with exceptions, to threatened sea turtles (50 CFR 223.205 and 223.206). Section 11 of the ESA provides for civil and criminal penalties for anyone who violates the ESA or a regulation issued to implement the ESA. NMFS may grant exceptions to the take prohibitions with an incidental take statement or an incidental take permit issued pursuant to ESA section 7 or 10, respectively. To do so, NMFS must determine that the activity that will result in incidental take is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the affected listed species. For some Federal fisheries and most state fisheries, NMFS has not granted an exception for incidental takes of sea turtles primarily because we lack information about fishery-sea turtle interactions. For most fisheries, the most effective way for NMFS to learn more about bycatch in order to implement the take prohibitions and prevent or minimize take is to place observers aboard fishing vessels. In 2007, NMFS issued a regulation (50 CFR 222.402) establishing procedures to annually identify, pursuant to specified criteria and after notice and opportunity for comment, those fisheries in which the agency intends to place observers (72 FR 43176, August 3, 2007). These regulations specify that NMFS may place observers on U.S. fishing vessels, commercial or recreational, operating in U.S. territorial waters, the U.S. exclusive economic zone, or on the high seas, or on vessels that are otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Failure to comply with the requirements under this regulation may result in civil or criminal penalties under the ESA. NMFS will pay the direct costs for vessels to carry the required observers. These include observer salary and insurance costs. NMFS may also evaluate other potential direct costs, should they arise. Once selected, a fishery will be required to carry E:\FR\FM\04NON1.SGM 04NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87565-87566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25587]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE433]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a hybrid meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panel 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.

DATES: This meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: This meeting will be held at Hilton Garden Inn, 
Boston Logan, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02110, Phone (617) 567-
5678.
    Webinar registration URL information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcocOqtqD8qH9Z2sXIMGe2LNCkb5NmQPHSH.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate O'Keefe, Executive Director, New 
England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

    The Scallop Advisory Panel will meet to discuss: Framework 39 
(FW39): Review specifications alternatives in FW39 and select final 
preferred alternatives. FW39 will set specifications including the 
overfishing limit (OFL), acceptable biological catch/annual catch limit 
(ABC/ACLs), days-at-sea (DAS), access area allocations for Limited 
Access (LA) vessels, quota and access area trip allocation to the 
Limited Access General Category (LAGC) Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) 
component, Total Allowable Landings (TAL) for the Northern Gulf of 
Maine (NGOM) management area, a target-Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for 
LAGC incidental catch and set-asides for the observer and research 
programs for fishing year 2025, and default specifications for fishing 
year 2026. This

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action also considers modifying the seasonal bycatch closure of Area II 
to improve yield and reduce impacts to northern windowpane flounder and 
modifying the possession prohibition for NGOM-permitted scallop vessels 
on a declared NGOM trip to possess scallops outside of the NGOM 
management area. Other business will be discussed, if necessary.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained on the agenda may come 
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 Magnuson-Stevens 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 Cate O'Keefe, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: October 30, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-25587 Filed 11-1-24; 8:45 am]
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