82 FR 4303 - Addition of Species to the Annexes of the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region

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During a meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) under the Protocol to the Cartagena Convention on Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW Protocol), held in Miami, Florida in November 2016, twelve species of fauna were nominated and recommended to be added to the Annexes of the SPAW Protocol. The Department of State, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Marine Fisheries Service solicit comment on the recommendations to add these twelve species to the Annexes.

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Addition of Species to the Annexes of the Protocol Concerning
Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region

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

ACTION: Notice; request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: During a meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory
Committee (STAC) under the Protocol to the Cartagena Convention on
Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW Protocol), held in Miami,
Florida in November 2016, twelve species of fauna were nominated and
recommended to be added to the Annexes of the SPAW Protocol. The
Department of State, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National
Marine Fisheries Service solicit comment on the recommendations to add
these twelve species to the Annexes.

DATES: Comments must be received by February 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the recommendations to add the
twelve species to the Annexes of the SPAW Protocol, by including NOAA-
NMFS-2016-0166, by either of the following methods:

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Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2016-0166. Click the ``Comment Now!'' icon,
complete the required fields, and enter or attach your comments.
Mail: Submit written comments to Addition of Species to
the Annexes of the SPAW Protocol, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13535,
Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Instructions: NMFS may not consider comments if they are sent by
any other method, to any other address or individual, or received after
the end of the comment period, may not be considered. All comments
received are a part of the public record and will generally be posted
for public viewing on www.regulations.gov without change. All personal
identifying information (e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential
business information, or otherwise sensitive information submitted
voluntarily by the sender will be publicly accessible. NMFS will accept
anonymous comments (enter N/A in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chelsey Young, NOAA (301) 427-8491;
chelsey.young@noaa.gov; and Rosemarie Gnam, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (703) 358-1708; rosemarie_gnam@fws.gov. Persons who use a
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339, 24 hours a day, 7
days a week.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SPAW Protocol is a protocol to the
Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment
of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention or Convention).
There is also a protocol to the Convention addressing land-based
sources of pollution and a protocol addressing regional cooperation on
oil pollution preparedness and response. The SPAW Protocol was adopted
in 1990 and entered into force in 2000. The United States ratified the
SPAW Protocol in 2003. There are currently 16 State Parties to the SPAW
Protocol from throughout the Wider Caribbean Region.
Participants at the November 2016 meeting of the STAC to the SPAW
Protocol included representatives from: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas,
Belize, Colombia, Dominican Republic, France, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica,
the Netherlands, Saint Lucia, and the United States of America.
Representatives of several non-governmental organizations also attended
as observers.
The U.S. delegation included representatives from the U.S.
Department of State; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service and National Ocean
Service. Copies of the official ``Recommendations of the Meeting,'' a
full list of participants, and the text of the Cartagena Convention and
SPAW Protocol can be obtained at www.cep.unep.org/meetings/2016-meetings/7th-spaw-stac.

Convention and Convention Area

The Cartagena Convention is a regional agreement for the protection
and development of the marine environment of the wider Caribbean. The
Convention was adopted in 1983 and entered into force in 1986. The
United States ratified the Convention in 1984. The Convention area
includes the marine environment of the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean
Sea and the adjacent areas of the Atlantic Ocean south of lat. 30[deg]
N. and within 200 nautical miles (nmi) of the Atlantic coasts of the
Parties. The United States' responsibility within this Convention area
includes: U.S. waters off of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and
peninsular Florida, including the Atlantic coast; the waters off of a
number of islands including coastal barrier islands and the Florida
Keys; and the Gulf of Mexico waters under U.S. jurisdiction. The SPAW
Protocol provides that each Party may designate related terrestrial
areas over which they have sovereignty and jurisdiction (including
watersheds) to be covered by the SPAW Protocol. The United States has
not designated any terrestrial areas under the SPAW Protocol and ``does
not intend to designate a terrestrial area under the Protocol unless
requested to do so by an interested state or territory . . .'' (Senate
Executive Report 107-8).

The Annexes and U.S. Obligations Under Each Annex

The SPAW Protocol includes three Annexes. Plant species subject to
the highest levels of protection are listed in Annex I, and animal
species subject to the highest levels of protection are listed in Annex
II. Plants and animals subject to some management, but lesser
protections than those afforded to species listed in Annexes I or II,
are listed in Annex III.
Annexes I (flora) and II (fauna) are to include endangered and
threatened species, or subspecies, or their populations as well as rare
species. The SPAW Protocol describes rare species as those ``that are
rare because they are usually localized within restricted geographical
areas or habitats or are thinly scattered over a more extensive range
and which are potentially or actually subject to decline and possible
endangerment or extinction.''
For fauna listed in Annex II, Parties ``shall ensure total
protection and recovery to the species . . . by prohibiting: (i) The
taking, possession or killing (including, to the extent possible, the
incidental taking, possession or killing) or commercial trade in such
species, their eggs, parts or products; [and] (ii) to the extent
possible, the disturbance of such species, particularly during periods
of breeding, incubation, estivation or migration, as well as other
periods of biological stress.''
For Annex III species, the SPAW Protocol states: ``Each Party shall
adopt appropriate measures to ensure the protection and recovery of the
species of flora and fauna listed in Annex III and may regulate the use
of such species in order to ensure and maintain their populations at
the highest possible levels.'' Therefore, some regulated harvest may be
permitted for species on Annex III. The protective provisions of this
Annex are not intended to be more restrictive than the provisions of
Annexes I and II.
The United States ratified the SPAW Protocol, including Annexes,
subject to certain reservations, including the following with respect
to Article 11(1): ``The United States does not consider itself bound by
Article 11(1) of the [SPAW] Protocol to the extent that United States
law permits the limited taking of flora and fauna listed in Annexes I
and II [ ] which is incidental, or [ ] for the purpose of public
display, scientific research, photography for educational or commercial
purposes, or rescue and rehabilitation.''
The United States has not designated any terrestrial area under the
SPAW Protocol. As the United States explained at the time the SPAW
Protocol was ratified, ``The United States does not plan to designate
terrestrial area under the Protocol since no state or territory has
identified a need or desire to designate terrestrial area. . . .''
(Senate Treaty Document 103-5). In addition, ``Several terrestrial
species, e.g. bats (Tadarida brasiliensis and Brachyphylla cavernarum)
and falcons (Falco peregrinus), are listed in the Annexes. The listing
of these species, however, is not intended to describe the relevant
terrestrial scope of the Protocol. As the United States has not
designated any terrestrial area, the Protocol obligations will not
apply with respect to such species.'' Id.

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Summary of Annexes

Annex I contains a total of 53 plant species. All plant species on
Annex I are either: (1) Listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
(ESA); (2) endemic to Florida and protected under Florida law; (3)
occur only on Federal land and are fully protected where they occur;
(4) are not native to the United States, and are listed in the
Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) where primarily commercial
trade would be prohibited; or (5) are not native to, nor believed to be
commercially imported into the United States. 56 FR 12026, 12028 (March
21, 1991). There have been no additions to Annex I since the adoption
of the SPAW Protocol.
Annex II currently contains 114 species and 3 groups of species,
including all sea turtles and all marine mammals in the region. Most of
these animal species are either: (1) Listed under the U.S. Endangered
Species Act or the Marine Mammal Protection Act; (2) are not native to
the United States and are listed in Appendix I of CITES; (3) are
offered complete protection by domestic legislation in all range States
(whereby the Lacey Act, among other things, prohibits commercial trade
in specimens taken, possessed, transported or sold in violation of
foreign law); or (4) are endemic to foreign countries and are not
commercially imported into the United States. Six new species were
added to Annex II by the SPAW Parties in December 2014. Id.
Annex III currently contains 43 species of plants and 32 species of
animals in addition to species of corals, mangroves, and sea-grasses
that occur in the region.

Composition of the Annexes

The plant and animal species present on each Annex can be found
here: http://www.car-spaw-rac.org/?Annexes-of-the-SPAW-Protocol,83.

Species Recommended by SPAW STAC To Be Added to the SPAW Protocol
Annexes

Annex II
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Species Common name
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BIRDS
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Passerina ciris......................... Painted bunting.
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FISH
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Pristis pectinata....................... Smalltooth sawfish.
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Annex III
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Species Common name
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SNAILS
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Liguus fasciatus........................ Florida tree snail.
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SHARKS AND RAYS
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Manta birostris, Manta alfredi, Manta Manta rays.
sp. cf. birostris.
Sphyrna lewini, Sphyrna mokarran, Hammerheads.
Sphyrna zygaena.
Carcharhinus longimanus................... Oceanic whitetip shark.
Rhincodon typus........................... Whale shark.
Epinephelus striatus...................... Nassau grouper.
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Circumstances of SPAW STAC Recommendations

Article 11(4) of the SPAW Protocol details the requirements for
amending the Annexes and states, in part, that a Party may submit a
nomination of a species for inclusion in or deletion from the Annexes;
that the Party shall submit supporting documentation; and that the SPAW
STAC shall review the nomination. At the November 2016 meeting in
Miami, Florida, the SPAW STAC reviewed the species proposed by Parties
for listing under the SPAW Protocol and made recommendations to the
ninth SPAW Conference of the Parties (COP9) meeting, expected to be
held in March 2017. The STAC determined that the procedures for
nominating species and the supporting documentation were satisfactory
for positive recommendations to the COP regarding the species
identified above.

Species Under the Jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service

Ten of the twelve species that were recommended by the STAC to be
added to the Annexes at the November 2016 meeting fall under the
jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). The
majority of the species under NMFS' jurisdiction have been recommended
to be added to Annex III and include manta rays (Manta birostris, M.
alfredi, and M. c.f. birostris), hammerhead sharks (Sphynra lewini, S.
mokarran, and S. zygaena), the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus
longimanus), the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), and the Nassau grouper
(Epinephelus striatus). The Nassau grouper is listed as a threatened
species under the ESA. One species of fish, the smalltooth sawfish
(Pristis pectinata), has been recommended to be added to Annex II. The
smalltooth sawfish is currently listed as endangered under the ESA, and
was originally listed under the ESA in 2003.

Species Under the Jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Two of the twelve species that were recommended by the STAC to be
added to the Annexes at the November 2016 Miami meeting fall under the
jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). One bird
species, the Painted bunting (Passerina ciris) has been recommended to
be added to Annex II. One snail species, the Florida tree snail (Liguus
fasciatus), has been recommended to be added to Annex III.
Both the Painted bunting and the Florida tree snail are terrestrial
species. As explained earlier in this Notice, the United States has not
designated any terrestrial area under the SPAW Protocol and the
obligations under the SPAW Protocol do not apply in the United States
with respect to terrestrial species. Accordingly, no obligations under
the SPAW Protocol would apply to these two terrestrial species if they
are added to the SPAW Annexes.

Comments Solicited

The Department of State, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and
National Marine Fisheries Service solicit comments and information that
will inform the United States' consideration of the potential listing
of these twelve species in the SPAW Annexes.

Dated: January 9, 2017.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) The EIR/EIS identifies and assesses Essential Fish Habitat under the
facilities. potential environmental impacts Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation
The desalination facility would be associated with the proposed Project, and Management Act, section 106 of the
capable of producing 9.6 million gallons and identifies 6 alternatives, plus a no National Historic Preservation Act, and
per day (MGD) of potable water on a 46- action alternative. Federal agencies Federal Consistency review under the
acre site located north of the City of would use the EIR/EIS to consider Coastal Zone Management Act, along
Marina on unincorporated Monterey related permits or other approvals for with its ongoing NEPA process
County property. The MPWSP proposes the Project as proposed. NOAA’s including the use of NEPA documents
ten subsurface slant wells (nine new preferred alternative (Alternative 5a) is and public and stakeholder meetings to
wells and conversion of an existing test the environmentally preferred also meet the requirements of other
well) to draw seawater from beneath the alternative. Alternative 5a would be federal laws.
ocean floor in Monterey Bay to produce implemented in conjunction with the NOAA is seeking public comment on
the source water for the desalination Pure Water Monterey Groundwater the DEIR/DEIS, which is available at
plant. The subsurface slant wells would Replenishment Project (GWR), which http://montereybay.noaa.gov or may be
be located primarily within the City of would offer the same amount of obtained by contacting the individual
Marina, in the active mining area of the freshwater as the proposed project but listed under the heading FOR FURTHER
CEMEX sand mining facility. The slant result in a larger footprint than the INFORMATION CONTACT.
wells would be approximately 700 to proposed action alone, yet the pairing of
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.
1000 feet in length and extend beneath Alternative 5a and the GWR project
the coastal dunes, sandy beach, and the would result in reduced operational Dated: January 4, 2017.
surf zone, terminating approximately energy use and reduced GHG emissions John Armor,
161 to 356 feet seaward of the Mean compared to the proposed project. In Director for the Office of National Marine
High Water line and at a depth of 190 addition, the combination of Alternative Sanctuaries.
to 210 feet below the seafloor. Up to 5a and the GWR Project result in [FR Doc. 2017–00505 Filed 1–12–17; 8:45 am]
24.1 mgd of source water would be reduced effects on groundwater levels BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P
needed to produce 9.6 mgd of influenced by fewer slant wells and less
desalinated product water. volume of pumping, and the GWR
Under the proposed project, the project would provide water to the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
desalination plant would generate Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project
approximately 13.98 mgd of brine, that would benefit the groundwater National Oceanic and Atmospheric
including 0.4 mgd of decanted basin. Lastly, Alternative 5a paired with Administration
backwash water. The brine would be the GWR project would be consistent
discharged into Monterey Bay via a 36- RIN 0648–XF129
with the 2016 California Action Plan
inch diameter pipeline to a new seeking integrated water supply
connection with the existing Monterey Addition of Species to the Annexes of
solutions, the Governor’s drought the Protocol Concerning Specially
Regional Water Pollution Control proclamations, the CPUC Water Action
Agency’s (MRWPCA) outfall and Protected Areas and Wildlife in the
Plan goal of promoting water Wider Caribbean Region
diffuser located offshore. infrastructure investment, the California
II. NOAA Proposed Action Ocean Plan, and MBNMS Desalination AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Guidelines. Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
NOAA is releasing for public Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
comment a draft EIR/EIS that was III. Process
Commerce.
prepared in accordance with: Section This NOA is published by NOAA, the
ACTION: Notice; request for public
102(2)(C) of the National Environmental lead federal agency. NOAA, along with
Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended; comments.
the CPUC, as CEQA lead agency, have
and the White House Council on determined that a joint CEQA/NEPA SUMMARY: During a meeting of the
Environmental Quality Regulations for document is appropriate, and the two Scientific and Technical Advisory
Implementing the Procedural Provisions agencies have prepared a joint draft EIR/ Committee (STAC) under the Protocol to
of NEPA (CEQ NEPA Regulations). EIS after completion of a federal scoping the Cartagena Convention on Specially
NOAA’s proposed action would be process. In accordance with Section Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW
whether to approve the installation of a 102(2)(C) of NEPA, NOAA published a Protocol), held in Miami, Florida in
subsurface seawater intake system, the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS November 2016, twelve species of fauna
discharge of brine into MBNMS via an for the proposed project on August 26, were nominated and recommended to
existing outfall pipe, and the continued 2015 (80 FR 51787). During the EIS be added to the Annexes of the SPAW
presence of pipelines in MBNMS to scoping meeting held on September 10, Protocol. The Department of State, U.S.
transport seawater to a desalination 2015, five participants commented Fish and Wildlife Service, and National
facility. publically on the proposed project. Marine Fisheries Service solicit
The Project was subject to a Draft Twelve written comments were received comment on the recommendations to
Environmental Impact Report (EIR), throughout the public comment period. add these twelve species to the
under the provisions of the California The complete written comments are Annexes.
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

available for review at: https://www.
published by the California Public regulations.gov/docket?D=NOAA-NOS- DATES: Comments must be received by
Utilities Commission (CPUC) in April 2015-0105. February 13, 2017.
2015. The NEPA environmental ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
documentation includes an IV. Federal Consultations on the recommendations to add the
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), This notice also advises the public twelve species to the Annexes of the
which is issued as a joint draft CEQA/ that NOAA is coordinating its SPAW Protocol, by including NOAA–
NEPA (EIR/EIS) document with the consultation responsibilities under NMFS–2016–0166, by either of the
CPUC. section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, following methods:

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Summary of Annexes ANNEX III sawfish is currently listed as
endangered under the ESA, and was
Annex I contains a total of 53 plant Species Common name originally listed under the ESA in 2003.
species. All plant species on Annex I are
either: (1) Listed under the U.S. SNAILS Species Under the Jurisdiction of the
Endangered Species Act (ESA); (2) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
endemic to Florida and protected under Liguus fasciatus ..... Florida tree snail. Two of the twelve species that were
Florida law; (3) occur only on Federal recommended by the STAC to be added
SHARKS AND RAYS
land and are fully protected where they to the Annexes at the November 2016
occur; (4) are not native to the United Manta birostris, Manta rays. Miami meeting fall under the
States, and are listed in the Appendices Manta alfredi, jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and
of the Convention on International Manta sp. cf. Wildlife Service (FWS). One bird
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild birostris. species, the Painted bunting (Passerina
Fauna and Flora (CITES) where Sphyrna lewini, Hammerheads. ciris) has been recommended to be
primarily commercial trade would be Sphyrna added to Annex II. One snail species,
prohibited; or (5) are not native to, nor mokarran,
the Florida tree snail (Liguus fasciatus),
Sphyrna zygaena.
believed to be commercially imported Carcharhinus Oceanic whitetip has been recommended to be added to
into the United States. 56 FR 12026, longimanus. shark. Annex III.
12028 (March 21, 1991). There have Rhincodon typus ....... Whale shark. Both the Painted bunting and the
been no additions to Annex I since the Epinephelus striatus .. Nassau grouper. Florida tree snail are terrestrial species.
adoption of the SPAW Protocol. As explained earlier in this Notice, the
Annex II currently contains 114 Circumstances of SPAW STAC United States has not designated any
species and 3 groups of species, Recommendations terrestrial area under the SPAW
including all sea turtles and all marine Protocol and the obligations under the
Article 11(4) of the SPAW Protocol SPAW Protocol do not apply in the
mammals in the region. Most of these details the requirements for amending
animal species are either: (1) Listed United States with respect to terrestrial
the Annexes and states, in part, that a species. Accordingly, no obligations
under the U.S. Endangered Species Act Party may submit a nomination of a
or the Marine Mammal Protection Act; under the SPAW Protocol would apply
species for inclusion in or deletion from to these two terrestrial species if they
(2) are not native to the United States the Annexes; that the Party shall submit
and are listed in Appendix I of CITES; are added to the SPAW Annexes.
supporting documentation; and that the
(3) are offered complete protection by SPAW STAC shall review the Comments Solicited
domestic legislation in all range States nomination. At the November 2016 The Department of State, U.S. Fish
(whereby the Lacey Act, among other meeting in Miami, Florida, the SPAW and Wildlife Service, and National
things, prohibits commercial trade in STAC reviewed the species proposed by Marine Fisheries Service solicit
specimens taken, possessed, transported Parties for listing under the SPAW comments and information that will
or sold in violation of foreign law); or Protocol and made recommendations to inform the United States’ consideration
(4) are endemic to foreign countries and the ninth SPAW Conference of the of the potential listing of these twelve
are not commercially imported into the Parties (COP9) meeting, expected to be species in the SPAW Annexes.
United States. Six new species were held in March 2017. The STAC
added to Annex II by the SPAW Parties Dated: January 9, 2017.
determined that the procedures for
in December 2014. Id. Donna S. Wieting,
nominating species and the supporting
documentation were satisfactory for Director, Office of Protected Resources,
Annex III currently contains 43
National Marine Fisheries Service.
species of plants and 32 species of positive recommendations to the COP
regarding the species identified above. [FR Doc. 2017–00541 Filed 1–12–17; 8:45 am]
animals in addition to species of corals,
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mangroves, and sea-grasses that occur in Species Under the Jurisdiction of the
the region. National Marine Fisheries Service
Composition of the Annexes Ten of the twelve species that were DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
recommended by the STAC to be added
The plant and animal species present National Oceanic and Atmospheric
to the Annexes at the November 2016
on each Annex can be found here: Administration
meeting fall under the jurisdiction of the
http://www.car-spaw-rac.org/?Annexes- RIN 0648–XF159
National Marine Fisheries Service
of-the-SPAW-Protocol,83.
(NMFS). The majority of the species
Species Recommended by SPAW STAC under NMFS’ jurisdiction have been Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
To Be Added to the SPAW Protocol recommended to be added to Annex III Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
Annexes and include manta rays (Manta birostris, AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
M. alfredi, and M. c.f. birostris), Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
ANNEX II hammerhead sharks (Sphynra lewini, S. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
mokarran, and S. zygaena), the oceanic Commerce.
whitetip shark (Carcharhinus
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

Species Common name ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
longimanus), the whale shark
BIRDS (Rhincodon typus), and the Nassau SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
grouper (Epinephelus striatus). The Management Council (Council) will
Passerina ciris ....... Painted bunting. Nassau grouper is listed as a threatened hold public meetings of the Council and
species under the ESA. One species of its Committees.
FISH fish, the smalltooth sawfish (Pristis DATES: The meeting will be held on
Pristis pectinata ..... Smalltooth sawfish.
pectinata), has been recommended to be Tuesday, February 14 through
added to Annex II. The smalltooth Thursday, February 16, 2017. For

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Contact		Chelsey Young, NOAA (301) 427-8491; [email protected]; and Rosemarie Gnam, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (703) 358-1708; [email protected] Persons who use a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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