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Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 15
Document Number: 2015-20954
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-08-25
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 15 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP), as prepared and submitted by the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) Fishery Management Council (Council). This rule would revise the FMP framework procedures to streamline the process for changing certain regulations affecting the shrimp fishery. Additionally, this rule proposes changes to the FMP that would revise the maximum sustainable yield (MSY), overfishing threshold, and overfished threshold definitions and values for three species of penaeid shrimp. The intent of this proposed rule and Amendment 15 are to streamline the management process for Gulf shrimp stocks and to revise criteria for determining the overfished and overfishing status of each penaeid shrimp stock using the best available science.
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Expenditure Survey of Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Tournaments and Participants
Document Number: 2015-20890
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-25
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Availability of Seats for National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Councils, Correction
Document Number: 2015-20858
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-25
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
ONMS published a request for applications for vacant seats on seven of its 13 national marine sanctuary advisory councils on August 14, 2015 (80 FR 48828). This notice is a correction to the number of vacant seats available for the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. Previously, ONMS requested applications for the following six seats on this council: Business/Industry (primary member); Mobile Gear Commercial Fishing (alternate); Recreational Fishing (alternate); Research (alternate); Whale Watch (alternate); and Youth (alternate). ONMS is requesting applications for all of the following seats: At-Large (primary member); Business/Industry (primary member); Diving (primary member); Diving (alternate); Education (two primary members); Fixed Gear Commercial Fishing (primary member); Fixed Gear Commercial Fishing (alternate); Mobile Gear Commercial Fishing (alternate); Recreational Fishing (alternate); Research (two alternates); Whale Watch (primary member); and Youth (alternate). No other advisory councils are affected by this notice.
Foreign-Trade Zone 50-Long Beach, California; Application for Expansion of Subzone 50H; Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company, LLC
Document Number: 2015-20883
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-24
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Federal Procurement Policy Office
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Small-Mesh Multispecies Fishery; Adjustment to the Northern Red Hake Inseason Possession Limit
Document Number: 2015-20862
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-08-24
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
We announce the reduction of the commercial possession limit for northern red hake for the remainder of the 2015 fishing year. This action is required to prevent the northern red hake total allowable landing limit from being exceeded. This announcement informs the public that the northern red hake possession limit is reduced.
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
Document Number: 2015-20831
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-24
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a public meeting.
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
Document Number: 2015-20830
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-24
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) and its advisory entities will hold an 8-day public meeting to consider actions affecting West Coast fisheries in the exclusive economic zone.
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Kodiak Ferry Terminal and Dock Improvements Project
Document Number: 2015-20828
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-24
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
NMFS has received a request from the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to reconstructing the existing ferry terminal at Pier 1 in Kodiak, Alaska, referred to as the Kodiak Ferry Terminal and Dock Improvements project (State Project Number 68938). The DOT&PF requests that the incidental harassment authorization (IHA) be valid for 1 year, from September 30, 2015 through September 29, 2016. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an authorization to the DOT&PF incidentally take, by harassment, small numbers of marine mammals for its reconstruction of the ferry terminal at Pier 1 in Kodiak, AK.
Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries; 2015 U.S. Territorial Longline Bigeye Tuna Catch Limits
Document Number: 2015-20778
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-08-24
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
NMFS proposes a 2015 limit of 2,000 metric tons (mt) of longline-caught bigeye tuna for each U.S. Pacific territory (American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands). NMFS would allow each territory to allocate up to 1,000 mt each year to U.S. longline fishing vessels in a specified fishing agreement that meets established criteria. As an accountability measure, NMFS would monitor, attribute, and restrict (if necessary) catches of longline-caught bigeye tuna, including catches made under a specified fishing agreement. The proposed catch limits and accountability measures support the long-term sustainability of fishery resources of the U.S. Pacific Islands.
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Orange Clownfish as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act
Document Number: 2015-20754
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-24
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
We, NMFS, announce a 12-month finding and listing determination on a petition to list the orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). We have completed a comprehensive status review under the ESA for the orange clownfish and we determined that, based on the best scientific and commercial data available, the orange clownfish does not warrant listing under the ESA. We conclude that the orange clownfish is not currently in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range and is not likely to become so within the foreseeable future.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; Scoping Process; Request for Comments
Document Number: 2015-20798
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-21
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The New England Fishery Management Council is in the process of preparing an environmental impact statement for Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan. Amendment 8 would specify a long-term acceptable biological catch control rule for the herring fishery and consider alternatives for this control rule that explicitly account for herring's role in the ecosystem. The Council recently decided to expand the scope of Amendment 8 to include consideration of localized depletion in inshore waters. During this comment period, the Council is only seeking comments on the expanded scope of Amendment 8.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2015-20709
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-21
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
Update to List of Countries Where Persons in the United States May Request Department of Defense Assistance in Obtaining Priority Delivery of Contracts
Document Number: 2015-20704
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-08-21
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation
The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) Regulations contain a list of countries with which the Department of Defense (DOD) has entered into security of supply arrangements. Persons in the United States may request the assistance of the DOD in seeking priority delivery from parties in those countries. This rule adds Spain to the list, reflecting DOD's recent security of supply arrangement with that country. Listing these countries in the DPAS Regulations is purely informational and does not affect any right, duty or prohibition that applies to any person under those regulations.
Endangered and Threatened Species: Final Rulemaking To Revise Critical Habitat for Hawaiian Monk Seals
Document Number: 2015-20617
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-08-21
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
We, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), issue a final rule to revise the critical habitat for the Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act. Specific areas for designation include sixteen occupied areas within the range of the species: ten areas in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) and six in the main Hawaiian Islands (MHI). These areas contain one or a combination of habitat types: Preferred pupping and nursing areas, significant haul-out areas, and/or marine foraging areas, that will support conservation for the species. Specific areas in the NWHI include all beach areas, sand spits and islets, including all beach crest vegetation to its deepest extent inland, lagoon waters, inner reef waters, and including marine habitat through the water's edge, including the seafloor and all subsurface waters and marine habitat within 10 meters (m) of the seafloor, out to the 200-m depth contour line around the following 10 areas: Kure Atoll, Midway Islands, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Lisianski Island, Laysan Island, Maro Reef, Gardner Pinnacles, French Frigate Shoals, Necker Island, and Nihoa Island. Specific areas in the MHI include marine habitat from the 200-m depth contour line, including the seafloor and all subsurface waters and marine habitat within 10 m of the seafloor, through the water's edge 5 m into the terrestrial environment from the shoreline between identified boundary points on the islands of: Kaula, Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Maui Nui (including Kahoolawe, Lanai, Maui, and Molokai), and Hawaii. In areas where critical habitat does not extend inland, the designation ends at a line that marks mean lower low water. Some terrestrial areas in existence prior to the effective date of the rule within the specific areas lack the essential features of Hawaiian monk seal critical habitat because these areas are inaccessible to seals for hauling out (such as cliffs) or lack the natural areas necessary to support monk seal conservation (such as hardened harbors, shorelines or buildings) and therefore do not meet the definition of critical habitat and are not included in the designation. In developing this final rule we considered public and peer review comments, as well as economic impacts and impacts to national security. We have excluded four areas because the national security benefits of exclusion outweigh the benefits of inclusion, and exclusion will not result in extinction of the species. Additionally several areas are precluded from designation under section 4(a)(3) of the ESA because they are managed under Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans that we have found provide a benefit to Hawaiian monk seals.
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical and Geotechnical Survey in Cook Inlet, Alaska
Document Number: 2015-20605
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-21
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
NMFS is issuing an Authorization in response to a request from ExxonMobil Alaska LNG LLC (EMALL) for an authorization to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to a geophysical and geotechnical survey in Cook Inlet, AK, for 84 days between August 14, 2015 and August 13, 2016.
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
Document Number: 2015-20616
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-20
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
Notice is hereby given that NMFS has issued Endangered Species Act (ESA) scientific research Permit 18251 to the Marine Science Institute. Additionally, NMFS has received four scientific research and enhancement permit modification requests relating to anadromous species listed under the ESA. The proposed research activities are intended to increase knowledge of the species and to help guide management and conservation efforts. The application for each permit is available on the Applications and Permits for Protected Species (APPS), https:// apps.nmfs.noaa.gov Web site by searching the permit number within the Search Database page. The applications for each permit modification request may be viewed online at: https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/preview/ preview_open_for_comment.cfm.
Foreign-Trade Zone 122-Corpus Christi, TX; Authorization of Production Activity; M & G Resins, LLC (Polyethylene Terephthalate and Terephthalic Acid); Corpus Christi, TX
Document Number: 2015-20602
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-20
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Federal Procurement Policy Office
Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc., Subzone 98A, (Passenger Motor Vehicles), Vance, Alabama
Document Number: 2015-20601
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-20
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Federal Procurement Policy Office
Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; 2015 Recreational Accountability Measure and Closure for South Atlantic Hogfish
Document Number: 2015-20596
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-08-20
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
NMFS implements accountability measures (AMs) for the hogfish recreational sector in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic for the 2015 fishing year through this temporary rule. NMFS estimates recreational landings from the 2014 and 2015 fishing years have exceeded the recreational annual catch limit (ACL) for hogfish. Therefore, NMFS reduces the length of the 2015 recreational fishing season, i.e., closes the recreational sector, for hogfish in the South Atlantic EEZ on August 24, 2015. This closure is necessary to protect the hogfish resource.
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Automated Export System (AES) Program
Document Number: 2015-20537
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-20
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, National Indian Gaming Commission
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports
Document Number: 2015-20502
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-20
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
As required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS has incorporated public comments into revisions of the 2014 marine mammal stock assessment reports (SARs).
Amendments to the Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Document Number: 2015-20227
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-08-20
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
This proposed rule would amend the existing consolidated set of rules relating to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office or USPTO) trial practice for inter partes review (``IPR''), post-grant review (``PGR''), the transitional program for covered business method patents (``CBM''), and derivation proceedings that implemented provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (``AIA'') providing for trials before the Office.
Permanent Advisory Committee To Advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission; Meeting Announcement
Document Number: 2015-20523
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-19
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
NMFS announces a meeting of the Permanent Advisory Committee (PAC) to advise the U.S. Commissioners to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) on October 14-October 15, 2015. Meeting topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order
Document Number: 2015-20495
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-19
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Defense Intelligence Agency
As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof (hand trucks) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department is publishing a notice of continuation for this antidumping duty order. Contact Information: Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482- 5255.
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Correction to Final Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2012
Document Number: 2015-20494
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-19
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Defense Intelligence Agency
On July 14, 2015, the Department of Commerce (Department) published in the Federal Register its notice of final results and partial rescission for the countervailing duty administrative review of multilayered wood flooring (wood flooring) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period of review January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012.\1\ The net countervailable subsidy rate for one producer under review, Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd., an affiliate of Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. (also known as The Lizhong Wood Industry Limited Company of Shanghai), was inadvertently omitted from the notice. Therefore, this company should be included in the listing of producers and/or exporters under review and its net subsidy rate is as follows:
Potassium Permanganate From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013
Document Number: 2015-20493
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-19
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Defense Intelligence Agency
In response to a request by Pacific Accelerator Limited (``PAL''), the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on potassium permanganate from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for the period of review (``POR'') January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013.\1\ The Department has determined that PAL had no entries of subject merchandise during the POR.
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2015-2016 Biennial Specifications and Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments
Document Number: 2015-20491
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-08-19
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
This final rule announces inseason changes to management measures in the Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries. This action, which is authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (PCGFMP), is intended to protect overfished and depleted stocks while allowing fisheries to access more abundant groundfish stocks.
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Bay Watershed Education and Training Program National Evaluation System
Document Number: 2015-20485
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-19
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
International Pacific Halibut Commission Appointments
Document Number: 2015-20440
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-19
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
In May 2015, NOAA Fisheries publicly solicited nominations for two presidential appointments to serve as U.S. Commissioners to the IPHC. This multi-step nomination process is intended to provide extensive participation by stakeholders in the Pacific halibut fishery and result in the appointment of two highly qualified individuals to represent the U.S. Government in this important international fisheries management organization. The most recent IPHC public nomination process yielded two names for the two expiring seats, both re-nominations. U.S. Commissioners to the IPHC are appointed for a term not to exceed 2 years, but are eligible for reappointment. While this recent solicitation of nominations resulted in two strong candidates, NOAA Fisheries is seeking a greater number of nominations from which to propose two candidates for appointment by the President. Additionally, the lack of a larger candidate pool impacts the ability of recommending officials to propose Alternate Commissioners. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, may designate Alternative U.S. Commissioners to serve in the absence of duly appointed U.S. Commissioners. Nominations for IPHC U.S. Commissioner and letters of public support that have already been submitted in response to the original solicitation notice do not need to be resubmitted. Nominations are open to all qualified individuals and may include current Commissioners.
Presidential Task Force on Combating Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud Action Plan; Extension of Comment Period
Document Number: 2015-20434
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-19
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The National Ocean Council Committee on IUU Fishing and Seafood Fraud (NOC Committee) extends the comment period from September 2, 2015, to September 11, 2015, on the notice, which published August 3, 2015, seeking public input on draft principles for determining seafood species at risk of IUU fishing and seafood fraud (``at risk'') and a draft list of ``at risk'' species developed using the draft principles. The comment period is being extended in order to provide further opportunity for the public to review and provide thoughtful comment.
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2015-20405
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-19
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Electronic Monitoring Workgroup (EMWG) will meet by teleconference September 8, 2015.
Certain Woven Electric Blankets From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Sunset Review and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order
Document Number: 2015-20393
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Defense Intelligence Agency
On July 1, 2015, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated the first sunset review of the antidumping duty order on certain woven electric blankets from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ Because no domestic interested party filed a notice of intent to participate in response to the Initiation Notice by the applicable deadline, the Department is revoking the antidumping duty order on certain woven electric blankets from the PRC.
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Correction to the Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: 2015-20390
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Defense Intelligence Agency
Authorization of Production Activity; Foreign-Trade Zone 83; Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Inc., (Motor Vehicle Engines and Transmissions); Huntsville, Alabama
Document Number: 2015-20389
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Federal Procurement Policy Office
Foreign-Trade Zone 79-Tampa, Florida; Application for Subzone, Swisscosmet Corporation, New Port Richey, Florida
Document Number: 2015-20388
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Federal Procurement Policy Office
Approval of Subzone Status; Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Inc.; Huntsville, Alabama
Document Number: 2015-20386
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Federal Procurement Policy Office
Application for Additional Production Authority; The Coleman Company, Inc.; Subzone 119I; (Textile-Based Personal Flotation Devices) Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
Document Number: 2015-20385
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Federal Procurement Policy Office
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2015-20341
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Groundfish Committee 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.
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2015-20340
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Groundfish 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.
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2015-20339
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC) Scientific and Statistical Committee's (SSC) Scientific Uncertainty Subcommittee will hold a public meeting.
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2015-20338
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Whiting Oversight Committee and 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.
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2015-20337
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) to review stock projections and consider fishing level recommendations for blueline tilefish.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2015-20331
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
Groundfish Operational Assessment Public Meeting
Document Number: 2015-20322
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
NMFS and the Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop (SAW) will convene a peer review of Operational Stock Assessments of twenty fish stocks. These stocks are managed by the New England Fishery Management Council and are included within the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. This will be a formal, scientific peer review of operational assessments which incorporate recent data. Results of the review will be used as a basis for management decisions for fish stocks in U.S. waters of the northwest Atlantic. Assessments are prepared by stock assessment scientists primarily from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center and reviewed by a panel of stock assessment experts. The public is invited to attend the presentations and discussions by reviewers and scientists who have participated in the stock assessment process.
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2015-20311
Type: Notice
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a two- day meeting of its Standing and Special Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).
Revisions to Framework Adjustment 53 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan and Sector Annual Catch Entitlements; Updated Annual Catch Limits for Sectors and the Common Pool for Fishing Year 2015
Document Number: 2015-20303
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
Based on the final Northeast multispecies sector rosters submitted as of May 1, 2015, we are adjusting the fishing year 2015 specification of annual catch limits for commercial groundfish vessels, as well as sector annual catch entitlements and common pool allocations for groundfish stocks. This revision to fishing year 2015 catch levels is necessary to account for changes in the number of participants electing to fish in either sectors or the common pool fishery. This action details unused sector quotas that may be carried over from fishing year 2014 to fishing year 2015. This action also reduces the fishing year 2015 common pool allocation of Eastern Georges Bank cod and adjusts common pool incidental catch limits to account for a common pool fishing year 2014 overage.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 2016 Atlantic Shark Commercial Fishing Season
Document Number: 2015-19915
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
This proposed rule would establish opening dates and adjust quotas for the 2016 fishing season for the Atlantic commercial shark fisheries. Quotas would be adjusted as allowable based on any over- and/or underharvests experienced during 2015 and previous fishing seasons. In addition, NMFS proposes season openings based on adaptive management measures to provide, to the extent practicable, fishing opportunities for commercial shark fishermen in all regions and areas. The proposed measures could affect fishing opportunities for commercial shark fishermen in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Large Coastal and Small Coastal Atlantic Shark Management Measures
Document Number: 2015-19914
Type: Rule
Date: 2015-08-18
Agency: Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Economic Research Service
This final rule implements Amendment 6 to the 2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (Amendment 6) to increase management flexibility to adapt to the changing needs of the Atlantic shark fisheries; prevent overfishing while achieving on a continuing basis optimum yield; and rebuild overfished shark stocks. Specifically, this final rule increases the large coastal shark (LCS) retention limit for directed shark permit holders to a maximum of 55 LCS per trip, with a default limit of 45 LCS per trip, and reduces the sandbar shark research fishery quota to account for dead discards of sandbar sharks during LCS trips; establishes a management boundary in the Atlantic region along 34[deg]00' N. latitude for the small coastal shark (SCS) fishery, north of which harvest and landings of blacknose sharks is prohibited and south of which the quota linkage between blacknose sharks and non- blacknose SCS is maintained; implements a non-blacknose SCS total allowable catch (TAC) of 489.3 mt dw and a commercial quota of 264.1 mt dw in the Atlantic region; apportions the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) regional commercial quotas for aggregated LCS, blacktip, and hammerhead sharks into western and eastern sub-regional quotas along 88[deg]00' W. longitude; implements a non-blacknose SCS TAC of 999.0 mt dw, increases the commercial non-blacknose SCS quota to 112.6 mt dw, and prohibits retention of blacknose sharks in the GOM; and removes the current upgrading restrictions for shark directed limited access permit (LAP) holders.
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