81 FR 90788 - Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 241 (December 15, 2016)

Page Range		90788-90789
FR Document		2016-30088

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a two- day meeting of its Joint Ad Hoc Reef Fish Headboat and Ad Hoc Red Snapper Charter For-Hire Advisory Panels.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF083

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a two-
day meeting of its Joint Ad Hoc Reef Fish Headboat and Ad Hoc Red
Snapper Charter For-Hire Advisory Panels.

DATES: The meeting will convene on Monday, January 9, 2017, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, January 10, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Hyatt Centric French
Quarter Hotel, located at 800 Iberville Street, New Orleans, LA 70112;
telephone: (504) 586-0800.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348-1630.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Assane Diagne, Economist, Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council; assane.diagne@gulfcouncil.org,
telephone: (813) 348-1630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Monday, January 9, 2017, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, January 10,
2017, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., EDT

I. Adoption of Agenda
II. Overview of the For-Hire Sector
III. Summary of Current Reef Fish Amendments 41 and 42
IV. Decisions on For-Hire Management Programs
a. Type of Management Approaches Considered
b. Timing and Number of For-Hire Management Programs
c. Prioritization of Reef Fish Species to Included
d. Apportionment of For-Hire Quotas between Programs (if necessary)
e. Adjustments to Individual Allocations
f. Participation in Management

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Programs
g. Management Program Design Elements (if warranted)
V. Overall Recommendations to the Council and Wrap-Up
--Meeting Adjourns--

You may register for Joint Ad Hoc Reef Fish Headboat and Ad Hoc Red
Snapper Charter For-Hire Advisory Panel meeting on January 9-10, 2017
at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4361231942417618435.
The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version along with
other meeting materials will be posted on the Council's file server. To
access the file server, the URL is https://public.gulfcouncil.org:5001/webman/index.cgi, or go to the Council's Web site and click on the FTP
link in the lower left of the Council Web site (http://www.gulfcouncil.org). The username and password are both ``gulfguest''.
Click on the ``Library Folder'', then scroll down to ``AP meeting-2017-
01''.
The meeting will be webcast over the internet. A link to the
webcast will be available on the Council's Web site, http://www.gulfcouncil.org.
Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come
before the Advisory Panel for discussion, in accordance with the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues
may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Actions of
the Advisory Panel will be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in the agenda and any issues arising after publication of
this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the
public has been notified of the Council's intent to take action to
address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Kathy Pereira at the Gulf Council Office (see
ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days prior to the meeting.

Dated: December 9, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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Willamette River to NMFS, pursuant to Request for Comments Dated: December 12, 2016.
Limit 5 of the 4(d) rule for salmon and Donna S. Wieting,
steelhead promulgated under the ESA NMFS provides this notice to: (1) Director, Office of Protected Resources,
(65 FR 42422; July 10, 2000). Before a advise other agencies and the public of National Marine Fisheries Service.
decision is made by NMFS on these its plans to analyze effects related to the [FR Doc. 2016–30182 Filed 12–14–16; 8:45 am]
HGMPs, NEPA requires Federal action, and (2) obtain suggestions and BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
agencies to conduct environmental information that may be useful to the
analyses of proposed actions to fully scope of issues and the full range of
consider their effects on the human alternatives to include in the EIS. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
environment. NMFS’s action of NMFS invites comment from all
evaluating USACE’s HGMPs under National Oceanic and Atmospheric
interested parties to ensure that the full
Limit 5 of the 4(d) Rule is a major Administration
range of issues related to hatchery
Federal action subject to environmental salmon and steelhead are identified. RIN 0648–XF083
review under NEPA. Therefore, NMFS Comments should be as specific as
is seeking public input on the scope of Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
possible, with recommendations to
the required NEPA analysis, including Council; Public Meeting
address identified issues.
the range of reasonable alternatives,
recommendations for relevant analysis Written comments concerning the AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
methods, and information associated proposed action and the environmental Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
with impacts of the alternatives to the review should be directed to NMFS as Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
resources listed below or other relevant described above (see ADDRESSES). All Commerce.
resources. comments and materials received, ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
The hatchery programs considered in including names and addresses, will
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
the analysis are those rearing and become part of the administrative record
Management Council will hold a two-
releasing North Santiam, South and may be released to the public. day meeting of its Joint Ad Hoc Reef
Santiam, McKenzie, and Middle Fork
Authority Fish Headboat and Ad Hoc Red Snapper
Willamette hatchery spring Chinook
Charter For-Hire Advisory Panels.
salmon. The EIS will also consider the The environmental review of the
potential effects of the current summer DATES: The meeting will convene on
hatchery salmon and steelhead Monday, January 9, 2017, from 9 a.m. to
steelhead program. Hatchery fish are programs will be conducted in
released into the following waterbodies: 5 p.m. and Tuesday, January 10, 2017,
accordance with requirements of the from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.
North Santiam River, South Santiam
NEPA of 1969 as amended (42 U.S.C. ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
River, McKenzie River, Middle Fork
4321 et seq.), NEPA Regulations (40 CFR at the Hyatt Centric French Quarter
Willamette River, Molalla River, and
Coast Fork Willamette River. A list of all parts 1500–1508), other appropriate Hotel, located at 800 Iberville Street,
of the hatchery programs, including Federal laws and regulations, and New Orleans, LA 70112; telephone:
links to the HGMPs undergoing public policies and procedures of NMFS for (504) 586–0800.
comment, is available online (see compliance with those regulations. This Council address: Gulf of Mexico
ADDRESSES). notice is being furnished in accordance Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
NMFS will perform an environmental with 40 CFR 1501.7 to obtain Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL
review of the hatchery salmon and suggestions and information from other 33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630.
steelhead programs and prepare an EIS agencies and the public on the scope of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
that will evaluate potentially significant issues and alternatives to be addressed Assane Diagne, Economist, Gulf of
direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts in the EIS. Mexico Fishery Management Council;
on the following resources identified to Under section 4 of the ESA, the assane.diagne@gulfcouncil.org,
have a potential for effect from the Secretary of Commerce is required to telephone: (813) 348–1630.
proposed action: adopt such regulations as he deems SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
• Water quantity and water quality necessary and advisable for the Monday, January 9, 2017, 9 a.m. to 5
• Fish and wildlife species and their conservation of species listed as p.m. and Tuesday, January 10, 2017, 9
habitats threatened. The ESA salmon and a.m. to 5 p.m., EDT
• Socioeconomics steelhead 4(d) rule (65 FR 42422; July
I. Adoption of Agenda
• Environmental Justice 10, 2000, as updated in 70 FR 37160;
II. Overview of the For-Hire Sector
• Cumulative impacts June 28, 2005) specifies categories of
III. Summary of Current Reef Fish
NMFS will rigorously explore and activities that contribute to the
Amendments 41 and 42
objectively evaluate a full range of conservation of listed salmonids and IV. Decisions on For-Hire Management
reasonable alternatives in the EIS, sets out the criteria for such activities. Programs
including the proposed action Limit 5 of the updated 4(d) rule (50 CFR a. Type of Management Approaches
(implementation of USACE’s HGMPs) 223.203(b)(5)) further provides that the Considered
and a no-action alternative. Additional prohibitions of paragraph (a) of the b. Timing and Number of For-Hire
alternatives could include a reduction updated 4(d) rule (50 CFR 223.203(a)) Management Programs
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in artificial production and/or do not apply to activities associated c. Prioritization of Reef Fish Species
elimination of the hatchery programs. with artificial propagation programs to Included
For all potentially significant impacts, provided that an HGMP has been d. Apportionment of For-Hire Quotas
the EIS will identify measures to avoid, approved by NMFS to be in accordance between Programs (if necessary)
minimize, and mitigate the impacts, with the salmon and steelhead 4(d) rule e. Adjustments to Individual
where feasible, to a level below (65 FR 42422; July 10, 2000, as updated Allocations
significance. in 70 FR 37160; June 28, 2005). f. Participation in Management

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of a public meeting.
Dates		The meeting will convene on Monday, January 9, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, January 10, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.
Contact		Dr. Assane Diagne, Economist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; [email protected], telephone: (813) 348-1630.
FR Citation		81 FR 90788
RIN Number		0648-XF08

81 FR 90788 - Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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