82_FR_5546 82 FR 5535 - Coral Reef Conservation Program

82 FR 5535 - Coral Reef Conservation Program

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 11 (January 18, 2017)

Page Range5535-5536
FR Document2017-00845

Notice is hereby given of a public meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF). The meeting will be held Thursday, February 23, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in Washington, DC, at the U.S. Department of Interior, 1925 Constitution Avenue NW., 20006. The meeting provides a forum for coordinated planning and action among federal agencies, state and territorial governments, and nongovernmental partners. Registration is requested for all events associated with the meeting. This meeting has time allotted for public comment. All public comments must be submitted in written format. A written summary of the meeting will be posted on the USCRTF Web site within two months of occurrence. For information about the meeting, registering and submitting public comments, go to http://www.coralreef.gov. Commenters may address the meeting, the role of the USCRTF, or general coral reef conservation issues. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comments, you should be aware that your entire comment, including personal identifying information may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Established by Presidential Executive Order 13089 in 1998, the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force mission is to lead, coordinate and strengthen U.S. government actions to better preserve and protect coral reef ecosystems. Co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and Interior, Task Force members include leaders of 12 federal agencies, seven U.S. states and territories and three freely associated states.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-00845]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Coral Reef Conservation Program

AGENCY: Coral Reef Conservation Program, Office for Coastal Management, 
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting, notice of public comment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a public meeting of the U.S. Coral 
Reef Task Force (USCRTF). The meeting will be held Thursday, February 
23, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. in Washington, DC, at the U.S. Department of 
Interior, 1925 Constitution Avenue NW., 20006. The meeting provides a 
forum for coordinated planning and action among federal agencies, state 
and territorial governments, and nongovernmental partners. Registration 
is requested for all events associated with the meeting. This meeting 
has time allotted for public comment. All public comments must be 
submitted in written format. A written summary of the meeting will be 
posted on the USCRTF Web site within two months of occurrence. For 
information about the meeting, registering and submitting public 
comments, go to http://www.coralreef.gov.

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    Commenters may address the meeting, the role of the USCRTF, or 
general coral reef conservation issues. Before including your address, 
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information 
in your comments, you should be aware that your entire comment, 
including personal identifying information may be made publicly 
available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold 
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Established by Presidential Executive Order 13089 in 1998, the U.S. 
Coral Reef Task Force mission is to lead, coordinate and strengthen 
U.S. government actions to better preserve and protect coral reef 
ecosystems. Co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and Interior, 
Task Force members include leaders of 12 federal agencies, seven U.S. 
states and territories and three freely associated states.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Koss, NOAA USCRTF Steering 
Committee Point of Contact, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, 1305 
East-West Highway, N/OCRM, Silver Spring, MD 20910 at 301-533-0777 or 
Liza Johnson, USCRTF Executive Secretary, U.S. Department of Interior, 
MS-3530-MIB, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240 at (202) 208-5004 
or visit the USCRTF Web site at http://www.coralreef.gov

    Dated: January 10, 2017.
Christopher Cartwright,
Chief Financial Officer, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.
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                                                   TABLE 1—STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES BY SPECIES FOR THE 2016 ROCKFISH PROGRAM SEASON IN KODIAK, ALASKA—
                                                                                                 Continued
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Standard
                                                                                           Species                                                                                        Period ending                                                 ex-vessel price
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          per pound

                                                                                                                                                     October 31 .................................................................................                 0.16
                                                                                                                                                     November 30 .............................................................................                    0.16
                                                  Pacific cod ...................................................................................    May 31 .......................................................................................               0.28
                                                                                                                                                     June 30 ......................................................................................               0.29
                                                                                                                                                     July 31 ........................................................................................             0.30
                                                                                                                                                     August 31 ...................................................................................                0.29
                                                                                                                                                     September 30 ............................................................................                    0.30
                                                                                                                                                     October 31 .................................................................................                 0.30
                                                                                                                                                     November 30 .............................................................................                    0.31
                                                  Pacific ocean perch ....................................................................           May 31 .......................................................................................               0.19
                                                                                                                                                     June 30 ......................................................................................               0.19
                                                                                                                                                     July 31 ........................................................................................             0.19
                                                                                                                                                     August 31 ...................................................................................                0.19
                                                                                                                                                     September 30 ............................................................................                    0.19
                                                                                                                                                     October 31 .................................................................................                 0.19
                                                                                                                                                     November 30 .............................................................................                    0.19
                                                  Rougheye rockfish ......................................................................           May 31 .......................................................................................               0.15
                                                                                                                                                     June 30 ......................................................................................               0.16
                                                                                                                                                     July 31 ........................................................................................             0.15
                                                                                                                                                     August 31 ...................................................................................                0.15
                                                                                                                                                     September 30 ............................................................................                    0.15
                                                                                                                                                     October 31 .................................................................................                 0.15
                                                                                                                                                     November 30 .............................................................................                    0.15
                                                  Sablefish .....................................................................................    May 31 .......................................................................................               3.14
                                                                                                                                                     June 30 ......................................................................................               3.28
                                                                                                                                                     July 31 ........................................................................................             3.20
                                                                                                                                                     August 31 ...................................................................................                3.20
                                                                                                                                                     September 30 ............................................................................                    3.48
                                                                                                                                                     October 31 .................................................................................                 3.20
                                                                                                                                                     November 30 .............................................................................                    3.20
                                                  Shortraker rockfish ......................................................................         May 31 .......................................................................................               0.17
                                                                                                                                                     June 30 ......................................................................................               0.20
                                                                                                                                                     July 31 ........................................................................................             0.18
                                                                                                                                                     August 31 ...................................................................................                0.22
                                                                                                                                                     September 30 ............................................................................                    0.18
                                                                                                                                                     October 31 .................................................................................                 0.18
                                                                                                                                                     November 30 .............................................................................                    0.18
                                                  Thornyhead rockfish ...................................................................            May 31 .......................................................................................               0.38
                                                                                                                                                     June 30 ......................................................................................               0.58
                                                                                                                                                     July 31 ........................................................................................             0.49
                                                                                                                                                     August 31 ...................................................................................                0.49
                                                                                                                                                     September 30 ............................................................................                    0.49
                                                                                                                                                     October 31 .................................................................................                 0.49
                                                                                                                                                     November 30 .............................................................................                    0.49
                                                     * The pelagic shelf rockfish species group has been changed to ‘‘dusky rockfish.’’


                                                    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.; 1801 et                               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                                     9:00 a.m. in Washington, DC, at the U.S.
                                                  seq.; 3631 et seq.; Pub. L. 108–447; Pub. L.                                                                                                         Department of Interior, 1925
                                                  111–281.                                                                  National Oceanic and Atmospheric                                           Constitution Avenue NW., 20006. The
                                                    Dated: January 10, 2017.                                                Administration                                                             meeting provides a forum for
                                                  Emily H. Menashes,                                                                                                                                   coordinated planning and action among
                                                                                                                            Coral Reef Conservation Program
                                                  Acting Director, Office of Sustainable                                                                                                               federal agencies, state and territorial
                                                  Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.                             AGENCY:  Coral Reef Conservation                                           governments, and nongovernmental
                                                                                                                            Program, Office for Coastal                                                partners. Registration is requested for all
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–00715 Filed 1–17–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                            Management, National Ocean Service,                                        events associated with the meeting. This
                                                  BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
                                                                                                                            National Oceanic and Atmospheric                                           meeting has time allotted for public
                                                                                                                            Administration, U.S. Department of                                         comment. All public comments must be
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                                                                                                                            Commerce.                                                                  submitted in written format. A written
                                                                                                                            ACTION: Notice of public meeting, notice                                   summary of the meeting will be posted
                                                                                                                            of public comment.                                                         on the USCRTF Web site within two
                                                                                                                            SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given of a                                      months of occurrence. For information
                                                                                                                            public meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef                                      about the meeting, registering and
                                                                                                                            Task Force (USCRTF). The meeting will                                      submitting public comments, go to
                                                                                                                            be held Thursday, February 23, 2017, at                                    http://www.coralreef.gov.


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                                                    Commenters may address the                            SUMMARY:    The SEDAR 48 assessment                    NGO’s; International experts; and staff
                                                  meeting, the role of the USCRTF, or                     process of Southeastern U.S. black                     of Councils, Commissions, and state and
                                                  general coral reef conservation issues.                 grouper will consist of a Data                         federal agencies.
                                                  Before including your address, phone                    Workshop, an Assessment Workshop                          The items of discussion during the
                                                  number, email address, or other                         and a series of assessment webinars, and               pre-data workshop webinar are as
                                                  personal identifying information in your                a Review Workshop. See                                 follows:
                                                  comments, you should be aware that                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.                                Panelists will present summary data
                                                  your entire comment, including                          DATES: The SEDAR 48 pre-Data                           and discuss data needs and treatments.
                                                  personal identifying information may be                 Workshop webinar will be held                             Although non-emergency issues not
                                                  made publicly available at any time.                    February 14, 2017, from 11 a.m. to 1                   contained in this agenda may come
                                                  While you can ask us in your comment                    p.m. Eastern Time.                                     before this group for discussion, those
                                                  to withhold your personal identifying                   ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held                    issues may not be the subject of formal
                                                  information from public review, we                      via webinar. The webinar is open to                    action during this meeting. Action will
                                                  cannot guarantee that we will be able to                members of the public. Those interested                be restricted to those issues specifically
                                                  do so.                                                  in participating should contact Julie A.               identified in this notice and any issues
                                                    Established by Presidential Executive                 Neer at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER                         arising after publication of this notice
                                                  Order 13089 in 1998, the U.S. Coral Reef                INFORMATION CONTACT) to request an                     that require emergency action under
                                                  Task Force mission is to lead,                          invitation providing webinar access                    section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
                                                  coordinate and strengthen U.S.                          information. Please request webinar                    Fishery Conservation and Management
                                                  government actions to better preserve                   invitations at least 24 hours in advance               Act, provided the public has been
                                                  and protect coral reef ecosystems. Co-                  of each webinar.                                       notified of the intent to take final action
                                                  chaired by the Departments of                              SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place                     to address the emergency.
                                                  Commerce and Interior, Task Force                       Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC
                                                  members include leaders of 12 federal                                                                          Special Accommodations
                                                                                                          29405.
                                                  agencies, seven U.S. states and                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie                   The meeting is physically accessible
                                                  territories and three freely associated                 A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571–                 to people with disabilities. Requests for
                                                  states.                                                 4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net.                     sign language interpretation or other
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf                    auxiliary aids should be directed to the
                                                  Jennifer Koss, NOAA USCRTF Steering                     of Mexico, South Atlantic, and                         Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
                                                  Committee Point of Contact, NOAA                        Caribbean Fishery Management                           business days prior to each workshop.
                                                  Coral Reef Conservation Program, 1305                   Councils, in conjunction with NOAA                       Note: The times and sequence specified in
                                                  East-West Highway, N/OCRM, Silver                       Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf                    this agenda are subject to change.
                                                  Spring, MD 20910 at 301–533–0777 or                     States Marine Fisheries Commissions
                                                  Liza Johnson, USCRTF Executive                          have implemented the Southeast Data,                     Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
                                                  Secretary, U.S. Department of Interior,                 Assessment and Review (SEDAR)                            Dated: January 11, 2017.
                                                  MS–3530–MIB, 1849 C Street NW.,                         process, a multi-step method for                       Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
                                                  Washington, DC 20240 at (202) 208–                      determining the status of fish stocks in               Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
                                                  5004 or visit the USCRTF Web site at                    the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multi-                Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
                                                  http://www.coralreef.gov                                step process including: (1) Data                       [FR Doc. 2017–00959 Filed 1–17–17; 8:45 am]
                                                    Dated: January 10, 2017.                              Workshop, (2) a series of assessment                   BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
                                                  Christopher Cartwright,                                 webinars, and (3) a Review Workshop.
                                                  Chief Financial Officer, National Ocean                 The product of the Data Workshop is a
                                                  Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric               report that compiles and evaluates                     DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                  Administration.                                         potential datasets and recommends
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–00845 Filed 1–17–17; 8:45 am]             which datasets are appropriate for                     National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                  BILLING CODE P                                          assessment analyses. The assessment                    Administration
                                                                                                          webinars produce a report that describes
                                                                                                                                                                 RIN 0648–XF116
                                                                                                          the fisheries, evaluates the status of the
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  stock, estimates biological benchmarks,                Endangered Species; File Nos. 19641,
                                                                                                          projects future population conditions,                 17861, 20314, 20340, 20347, 20351,
                                                  National Oceanic and Atmospheric                        and recommends research and
                                                  Administration                                                                                                 20528, 20548, and 20651
                                                                                                          monitoring needs. The product of the
                                                  RIN 0648–XF164                                          Review Workshop is an Assessment                       AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries
                                                                                                          Summary documenting panel opinions                     Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
                                                  Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and the                 regarding the strengths and weaknesses                 Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                                  South Atlantic; Southeast Data,                         of the stock assessment and input data.                Commerce.
                                                  Assessment, and Review (SEDAR);                         Participants for SEDAR Workshops are                   ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications.
                                                  Pre-Workshop Webinar for                                appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South
                                                  Southeastern U.S. Black Grouper;                        Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery                        SUMMARY:    Notice is hereby given that
                                                  Public Meeting                                          Management Councils and NOAA                           nine applicants have applied in due
                                                                                                          Fisheries Southeast Regional Office,                   form for permits to take Atlantic
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                                                  AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                                                                             sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus
                                                  Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                    HMS Management Division, and
                                                                                                          Southeast Fisheries Science Center.                    oxyrinchus) and shortnose sturgeon
                                                  Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                                                                             (Acipenser brevirostrum) for purposes of
                                                  Commerce.                                               Participants include data collectors and
                                                                                                          database managers; stock assessment                    scientific research.
                                                  ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 48 pre-Data
                                                                                                          scientists, biologists, and researchers;               DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
                                                  Workshop webinar for Southeastern
                                                                                                          constituency representatives including                 comments must be received on or before
                                                  U.S. black grouper.
                                                                                                          fishermen, environmentalists, and                      February 17, 2017.


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meeting, notice of public comment.
ContactJennifer Koss, NOAA USCRTF Steering Committee Point of Contact, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, 1305 East-West Highway, N/OCRM, Silver Spring, MD 20910 at 301-533-0777 or Liza Johnson, USCRTF Executive Secretary, U.S. Department of Interior, MS-3530-MIB, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240 at (202) 208-5004 or visit the USCRTF Web site at http://www.coralreef.gov
FR Citation82 FR 5535 

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