Marine Mammals; File No. 27539, 103786 [2024-30304]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XE530]
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 webinar of its Risk Policy
Working Group 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 webinar will be held on
Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Webinar registration URL
information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/
meeting/register/tJ0vc-CpqjMrG93q
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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:
SUMMARY:
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Agenda
The Risk Policy Working Group will
meet to consider revisions to the Risk
Policy Matrix, data being used to score
factors including socio-economic
factors. Explore and discuss
opportunities for the 2025 State of the
Ecosystem report to support the Risk
Policy process. Discuss implementation
of the Risk Policy in 2025, including
updates on plans for simulation testing
and coordination with other ongoing
Council efforts. They will also begin
planning for a Council run-through of
the Risk Policy weightings process at
the April Council meeting. 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
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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Special Accommodations
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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: December 16, 2024.
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–XE541]
Marine Mammals; File No. 27539
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the Waikiki Aquarium, 2777 Kalakaua
Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815
(Responsible Party: Andrew Rossiter,
Ph.D.), has applied in due form for an
enhancement permit for captive
Hawaiian monk seals (Neomonachus
schauinslandi).
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
received on or before February 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on
the Applications and Permits for
Protected Species home page, https://
apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting
File No. 27539 from the list of available
applications. These documents are also
available upon written request via email
to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted via email to
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please
include File No. 27539 in the subject
line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@
noaa.gov. The request should set forth
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the specific reasons why a hearing on
this application would be appropriate.
Jennifer Skidmore or Courtney Smith,
Ph.D., (301) 427–8401.
The
subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216), the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), and the regulations governing
the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50
CFR parts 222 through 226).
The Waikiki Aquarium requests a
permit for enhancement activities of
non-releasable Hawaiian monk seals. Up
to two non-releasable Hawaiian monk
seals may be maintained at Waikiki
Aquarium at any given time. One seal,
Ho’ailona (KP2; NOA0006753) currently
at Long Marine Laboratory (Santa Cruz,
California) for research proposes, will be
transported to Waikiki Aquarium for
continued permanent care. The seals
would be provided with daily
husbandry, care and treatment of
medical conditions, routine veterinary
care, and would be made available for
opportunistic research. The Waikiki
Aquarium will continue public
awareness of monks seals through
educational programs. The permit
would be valid for 5 years from the date
of issuance.
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial
determination has been made that the
activity proposed is categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register,
NMFS is forwarding copies of the
application to the Marine Mammal
Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
Dated: December 16, 2024.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE541]
Marine Mammals; File No. 27539
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Waikiki Aquarium, 2777
Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815 (Responsible Party: Andrew
Rossiter, Ph.D.), has applied in due form for an enhancement permit for
captive Hawaiian monk seals (Neomonachus schauinslandi).
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review by selecting ``Records Open for Public Comment'' from the
``Features'' box on the Applications and Permits for Protected Species
home page, https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting File No.
27539 from the list of available applications. These documents are also
available upon written request via email to [email protected].
Written comments on this application should be submitted via email
to [email protected]. Please include File No. 27539 in the
subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a
written request via email to [email protected]. The request
should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this application
would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Skidmore or Courtney Smith,
Ph.D., (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the regulations governing the taking
and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222 through 226).
The Waikiki Aquarium requests a permit for enhancement activities
of non-releasable Hawaiian monk seals. Up to two non-releasable
Hawaiian monk seals may be maintained at Waikiki Aquarium at any given
time. One seal, Ho'ailona (KP2; NOA0006753) currently at Long Marine
Laboratory (Santa Cruz, California) for research proposes, will be
transported to Waikiki Aquarium for continued permanent care. The seals
would be provided with daily husbandry, care and treatment of medical
conditions, routine veterinary care, and would be made available for
opportunistic research. The Waikiki Aquarium will continue public
awareness of monks seals through educational programs. The permit would
be valid for 5 years from the date of issuance.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial determination has been made that
the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of the application to the Marine
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.
Dated: December 16, 2024.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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