83_FR_44773 83 FR 44603 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

83 FR 44603 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 170 (August 31, 2018)

Page Range44603-44604
FR Document2018-18975

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.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 170 (Friday, August 31, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44603-44604]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18975]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG442


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: 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.

DATES: This meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 8:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Four Points by 
Sheraton, One Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880; phone: (781) 245-9300.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda

    The Advisory Panel will discuss Framework Adjustment 58: 
Specifications/Management Measures

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specifically draft alternatives and analysis including: (1) Rebuilding 
plan options for several groundfish stocks, (2) 2019 total allowable 
catches for U.S./Canada stocks of Eastern Georges Bank (GB) cod, 
Eastern GB haddock, and GB yellowtail flounder, (3) minimum size 
exemptions for vessels fishing in Northwest Atlantic Fisheries 
Organization waters, and (4) guidance on sector overages. They also 
plan to discuss Amendment 23: Groundfish Monitoring and receive an 
update on the development of the draft alternatives and analysis. The 
panel will review the Council's Groundfish Priorities for 2019 and 
discuss a draft list of possible groundfish priorities for 2019 and 
make recommendations to the Groundfish Committee. Other business will 
be discussed as necessary.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during these meetings. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising 
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under 
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has 
been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address 
the emergency. This meeting will be recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 
1852, a copy of the recording is available upon request.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 28, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-18975 Filed 8-30-18; 8:45 am]
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                                               the relevant species or stock in our                    be taken relative to the population size              authorizations. In August 2018, NMFS
                                               determination of whether an                             of the affected species.                              issued a Finding of No Significant
                                               authorization is limited to small                                                                             Impact (FONSI).
                                                                                                       Unmitigable Adverse Impact Analysis
                                               numbers of marine mammals.
                                                                                                       and Determination                                     Authorization
                                               Additionally, other qualitative factors
                                               may be considered in the analysis, such                   There are no relevant subsistence uses                 As a result of these determinations,
                                               as the temporal or spatial scale of the                 of the affected marine mammal stocks or               we have issued an IHA to L–DEO for
                                               activities. Tables 7 and 8 provide                      species implicated by this action.                    conducting seismic surveys in the
                                               numbers of authorized take by Level A                   Therefore, NMFS has determined that                   Pacific Ocean near the main Hawaiian
                                               harassment and Level B harassment.                      the total taking of affected species or               Islands and the Emperor Seamounts
                                               These are the numbers we use for                        stocks would not have an unmitigable                  area from September 1, 2018 through
                                               purposes of the small numbers analysis.                 adverse impact on the availability of                 August 31, 2019, provided the
                                                  The numbers of marine mammals for                    such species or stocks for taking for                 previously mentioned mitigation,
                                               which we have authorized take across                    subsistence purposes.                                 monitoring, and reporting requirements
                                               the two surveys would be considered                     Endangered Species Act (ESA)                          are incorporated.
                                               small relative to the relevant                                                                                  Dated: August 27, 2018.
                                               populations (a maximum of 14.7                             Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered
                                                                                                       Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C.                   Cathy E. Tortorici,
                                               percent) for the species for which
                                                                                                       1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal              Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources,
                                               abundance estimates are available.
                                                                                                       agency insure that any action it                      National Marine Fisheries Service.
                                               Several small resident or insular
                                                                                                       authorizes, funds, or carries out is not              [FR Doc. 2018–19008 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am]
                                               populations that could experience Level
                                               B harassment during the Hawaii survey                   likely to jeopardize the continued                    BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

                                               were discussed in the Estimated Take                    existence of any endangered or
                                               section. For the Kohala resident stock of               threatened species or result in the
                                               melo-headed whales (pop. 447), NMFS                     destruction or adverse modification of                DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                               assumed that up to 3 groups of 20                       designated critical habitat. To ensure
                                                                                                                                                             National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                               Kohala residents could be taken by                      ESA compliance for the issuance of
                                                                                                                                                             Administration
                                               Level B harassment, representing 13.4                   IHAs, NMFS consults internally, in this
                                               percent of the Kohala stock, if they enter              case with the ESA Interagency                         RIN 0648–XG442
                                               the zone undetected by PSOs.                            Cooperation Division, whenever we
                                               Additionally, the range of the Hawaiian                 propose to authorize take for                         New England Fishery Management
                                               Island stock overlaps the range of the                  endangered or threatened species.                     Council; Public Meeting
                                               Kohala resident stock. Therefore, any                      The NMFS Permits and Conservation                  AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries
                                               melon-headed whale takes within the                     Division issued a Biological Opinion on               Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
                                               Kohala resident stock’s range could also                August 24, 2018 to NMFS’s Office of                   Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                               be from either stock. Sesimic operations                Protected Resources which concluded                   Commerce.
                                               will occur in the ranges of the Hawaiian                that the specified activities are not
                                                                                                                                                             ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
                                               Island stock (pop. 128) and Oahu stock                  likely to jeopardize the continued
                                               (pop. 743) of common bottlenose                         existence of the North Pacific right                  SUMMARY:   The New England Fishery
                                               dolphins. Based on GIS analysis of the                  whale, sei whale, fin whale, blue whale,              Management Council (Council) is
                                               tracklines and the ranges of the stocks,                sperm whale, Western North Pacific                    scheduling a public meeting of its
                                               NMFS determined that 7 percent of the                   DPS humpback whale, gray whale,                       Groundfish Advisory Panel to consider
                                               Hawaii Island stock and 1.2 percent of                  Hawaiian Islands Insular DPS false                    actions affecting New England fisheries
                                               the Oahu stock could be exposed to                      killer whale, and the Hawaiian monk                   in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
                                               Level B harassment. Similar GIS                         seal or adversely modify critical habitat             Recommendations from this group will
                                               analysis of the Hawaii Island (pop. 631)                because none exists within the action                 be brought to the full Council for formal
                                               and Oahu/4-Island (pop. 355) stocks of                  area.                                                 consideration and action, if appropriate.
                                               spinner dolphins resulted in estimated                                                                        DATES: This meeting will be held on
                                                                                                       National Environmental Policy Act
                                               Level B harassment of 3.8 percent of the                                                                      Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 8:30
                                               Hawaii Islands stock population and 6.7                    To comply with the National
                                                                                                                                                             a.m.
                                               percent of the Oahu/4-Island stock                      Environmental Policy Act of 1969
                                               population. Analysis of pantropical                     (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and                    ADDRESSES:
                                               spotted dolphins determined that there                  NOAA Administrative Order (NAO)                         Meeting address: The meeting will be
                                               would be 9 Oahu stock exposures and                     216–6A, NMFS must review the                          held at the Four Points by Sheraton,
                                               82 Hawaii Island stock exposures. The                   proposed action (i.e., the issuance of                One Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA
                                               populations of these stocks are                         regulations and an LOA) with respect to               01880; phone: (781) 245–9300.
                                               unknown, so the percentage of stocks                    potential impacts on the human                          Council address: New England
                                               affected cannot be determined.                          environment.                                          Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
                                               However, the large ranges of these                         Accordingly, NMFS has adopted the                  Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
                                               species (up to 20 km from Oahu and 65                   L–DEO Final Environmental                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                               km from Hawaii) make it likely that the                 Assessment (EA), Environmental                        Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
                                               survey would only impact limited                        Assessment/Analysis of Marine                         New England Fishery Management
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                                               numbers of these stocks.                                Geophysical Surveys by the R/V Marcus                 Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
                                                  Based on the analysis contained                      G. Langseth in the North Pacific Ocean,               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                               herein of the planned activity (including               2018/2019 and after an independent
                                               the required mitigation and monitoring                  evaluation of the document found that                 Agenda
                                               measures) and the anticipated take of                   it included adequate information                        The Advisory Panel will discuss
                                               marine mammals, NMFS finds that                         analyzing the effects on the human                    Framework Adjustment 58:
                                               small numbers of marine mammals will                    environment of issuing incidental take                Specifications/Management Measures


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                                               specifically draft alternatives and                     Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                    COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
                                               analysis including: (1) Rebuilding plan                 Commerce.                                             PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
                                               options for several groundfish stocks, (2)              ACTION: Notice of public meeting.                     SEVERELY DISABLED
                                               2019 total allowable catches for U.S./
                                               Canada stocks of Eastern Georges Bank                   SUMMARY:    The North Pacific Fishery                 Procurement List; Proposed Addition
                                               (GB) cod, Eastern GB haddock, and GB                    Management Council (Council)                          and Deletions
                                               yellowtail flounder, (3) minimum size                   Groundfish Plan Teams will meet
                                                                                                       September 18, 2018 through September                  AGENCY:  Committee for Purchase From
                                               exemptions for vessels fishing in                                                                             People Who Are Blind or Severely
                                               Northwest Atlantic Fisheries                            21, 2018.
                                                                                                       DATES: The meetings will be held on
                                                                                                                                                             Disabled.
                                               Organization waters, and (4) guidance
                                                                                                       Tuesday, September 18, 2018 through                   ACTION: Proposed addition to and
                                               on sector overages. They also plan to
                                                                                                       Friday, September 21, 2018, from 9 a.m.               deletions from the Procurement List.
                                               discuss Amendment 23: Groundfish
                                               Monitoring and receive an update on                     to 5 p.m.                                             SUMMARY:   The Committee is proposing
                                               the development of the draft alternatives               ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at               to add products to the Procurement List
                                               and analysis. The panel will review the                 the Alaska Fishery Science Center in the              that will be furnished by a nonprofit
                                               Council’s Groundfish Priorities for 2019                Traynor Room 2076 and NMML Room                       agency employing persons who are
                                               and discuss a draft list of possible                    2079, 7600 Sand Point Way NE,                         blind or have other severe disabilities,
                                               groundfish priorities for 2019 and make                 Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115.                        and delete products and services
                                               recommendations to the Groundfish                         Council address: North Pacific                      previously furnished by such agencies.
                                               Committee. Other business will be                       Fishery Management Council, 605 W
                                                                                                                                                             DATES: Comments must be received on
                                               discussed as necessary.                                 4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
                                                                                                                                                             or before: September 30, 2018.
                                                  Although non-emergency issues not                    99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809.
                                                                                                                                                             ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
                                               contained in this agenda may come                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                             From People Who Are Blind or Severely
                                               before this group for discussion, those                 Diana Stram or Jim Armstrong, Council
                                                                                                                                                             Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite
                                               issues may not be the subject of formal                 staff; telephone: (907) 271–2809.
                                                                                                                                                             715, Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149.
                                               action during these meetings. Action                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                                                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                               will be restricted to those issues                      Agenda                                                further information or to submit
                                               specifically listed in this notice and any
                                                                                                       Tuesday, September 18, 2018 to Friday,                comments contact: Michael R.
                                               issues arising after publication of this
                                                                                                       September 21, 2018                                    Jurkowski, Telephone: (703) 603–2117,
                                               notice that require emergency action
                                                                                                                                                             Fax: (703) 603–0655, or email
                                               under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-                     The Plan Teams will review the                      CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov.
                                               Stevens Act, provided the public has                    preliminary stock assessments for                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
                                               been notified of the Council’s intent to                Groundfish and receive reports
                                               take final action to address the                                                                              notice is published pursuant to 41
                                                                                                       including but not limited to: 2018                    U.S.C. 8503 (a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its
                                               emergency. This meeting will be                         Survey Estimates, CIE Reviews for GOA
                                               recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C.                                                                           purpose is to provide interested persons
                                                                                                       Pollock and BSAI Flatfish, and the
                                               1852, a copy of the recording is                                                                              an opportunity to submit comments on
                                                                                                       Economic Stock Assessment and
                                               available upon request.                                                                                       the proposed actions.
                                                                                                       Fishery Evaluation (SAFE).
                                               Special Accommodations                                    The Agenda is subject to change, and                Addition
                                                                                                       the latest version will be posted at                     If the Committee approves the
                                                 This meeting is physically accessible                 http://www.npfmc.org prior to the                     proposed addition, the entities of the
                                               to people with disabilities. Requests for               meeting, along with meeting materials.                Federal Government identified in this
                                               sign language interpretation or other
                                                                                                       Public Comment                                        notice will be required to procure the
                                               auxiliary aids should be directed to
                                                                                                         Public comment letters will be                      products listed below from a nonprofit
                                               Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
                                                                                                       accepted and should be submitted either               agency employing persons who are
                                               (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
                                                                                                       electronically to Jim Armstrong, Council              blind or have other severe disabilities.
                                               the meeting date.                                                                                                The following products are proposed
                                                  Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
                                                                                                       staff: james.armstrong@noaa.gov or
                                                                                                                                                             for addition to the Procurement List for
                                                                                                       through the mail: North Pacific Fishery
                                                 Dated: August 28, 2018.                                                                                     production by the nonprofit agency
                                                                                                       Management Council, 605 W 4th Ave.,
                                               Tracey L. Thompson,                                                                                           listed:
                                                                                                       Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501–2252.
                                               Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable           In-person oral public testimony will be               Products
                                               Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.           accepted at the discretion of the chairs.             NSN(s)—Product Name(s):
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–18975 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am]                                                                     MR 1100—Set, Brush
                                                                                                       Special Accommodations                                  MR 1110—Brush, Bottle
                                               BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
                                                                                                          These meetings are physically                        MR 13135—Tray, Ice Cube, No Spill
                                                                                                       accessible to people with disabilities.                 MR 13134—Container, Square, Pop, Small,
                                               DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  Requests for sign language                                0.3 Qt.
                                                                                                       interpretation or other auxiliary aids                  MR 13133—Container, Rectangle, Pop, 2.5
                                               National Oceanic and Atmospheric                                                                                  Qt.
                                                                                                       should be directed to Shannon Gleason                   MR 13132—Container, Square, Pop, Small,
                                               Administration                                          at (907) 271–2809 at least 7 working                      0.9 Qt.
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                                                                                                       days prior to the meeting date.                         MR 13131—Container, Rectangle, Pop, 1.5
                                               RIN 0648–XG449                                            Dated: August 28, 2018.                                 Qt
                                                                                                       Tracey L. Thompson,                                     MR 13130—Set, Bowl, Colander, Large, 3
                                               North Pacific Fishery Management                                                                                  pc
                                                                                                       Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable           MR 13129—Set, Container, Plastic, 16 pc
                                               Council; Public Meeting
                                                                                                       Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.           MR 13128—Set, Bowl, Mixing, 3 pc
                                               AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                      [FR Doc. 2018–18977 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am]             MR 13127—Colander, Plastic
                                               Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                    BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                  MR 13126—Board, Cutting, Prep



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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; public meeting.
DatesThis meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at 8:30 a.m.
ContactThomas A. Nies, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
FR Citation83 FR 44603 
RIN Number0648-XG44

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