83 FR 63832 - Endangered Species; File Nos. 21857, 22078, and 22324
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 238 (December 12, 2018)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 238 (December 12, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-26838 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 12, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 63832-63833] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-26838] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XG655 Endangered Species; File Nos. 21857, 22078, and 22324 AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications for permits. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that three applicants have applied in due form for permits to take smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) for purposes of scientific research, with one also requesting to receive, import, and export parts of five foreign species of sawfish, including dwarf (P. clavata), narrow (Anoxypristis cuspidata), green (P. zijsron), largetooth (P. Pristis), and non-U.S. DPS smalltooth sawfish for scientific research. DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or before January 11, 2019. ADDRESSES: The permit requests and related documents are available for review by selecting ``Records Open for Public Comment'' from the Features box on the Applications and Permits for Protected Species (APPS) home page, https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting the applicable File No. from the list of available applications. These documents are also available upon written request or by appointment in the Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 427-8401; fax (301) 713-0376. Written comments on the pertinent application should be submitted to the Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, at the address listed above. Comments may also be submitted by facsimile to (301) 713-0376, or by email to [email protected]. Please include the File No. in the subject line of the email comment. Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a written request to the Chief, Permits and Conservation Division at the address listed above. The request should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on the application would be appropriate. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Malcolm Mohead or Erin Markin at (301) 427-8401. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permits are requested under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222-226). File No. 21857: Tonya Wiley, Havenworth Coastal Conservation, 5120 Beacon Road, Palmetto, FL 34221, requests a 10-year permit document the occurrence, distribution, biology, movements, and habitat use of smalltooth sawfish found in United States waters. Sampling may occur anywhere within the species' range, but primarily in the Gulf of Mexico coastal areas of Florida bordering Sarasota, Manatee, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Hernando and Pasco counties. To capture sawfish, researchers would use bottom longline, drum line, gillnet, angling gear, seine net, and cast net. Captured smalltooth sawfish would be sexed, measured, weighed (if possible), marked with passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags, dart tags, and roto tags, photographed, ultrasounded, and tissue sampled (i.e., blood, fin clip, muscle biopsy). A maximum of 50 neonate and juvenile life stages and 50 adult and sub-adult life stages would be taken annually with subsets of 25 of each life stage group fitted with internal or external telemetry tracking devices. Up to one sawfish from each life stage group may unintentionally die during research activities. Additionally, the applicant requests to collect, receive, necropsy, analyze, and archive up to 100 salvaged dead smalltooth sawfish specimens (whole or parts) that have been legally collected or archived elsewhere within the U.S. File No. 22078: The NFMS Southeast Fisheries Science Center (Responsible Party: Theo Brainerd, Ph.D.), 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149, requests a 10-year permit monitoring the biology, habitat use, and movements of smalltooth sawfish primarily within the Everglades National Park, the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, and Florida Bay. Sampling would be conducted year-round with gillnets, longlines, seines, cast nets, and angling gear. The applicant anticipates annually capturing and sampling a maximum of 150 sawfish annually (100 neonates and juveniles and 50 subadults and adults). Depending on the life stage and research objective, research activities would include: Measurement, weigh (when possible), ultrasound, photograph/video, genetic tissue fin clip, muscle biopsy, external dart tag, PIT tag, and blood draw. Additionally, subsets of each life stage group would receive internal or external telemetry devices [[Page 63833]] prior to release. Up to one sawfish from each life stage group may unintentionally die during research activities. Additionally, the applicant requests to collect, receive, necropsy, analyze, and archive up to 30 salvaged dead smalltooth sawfish specimens (whole or parts) that have been legally collected or archived elsewhere within the U.S. File No. 22324: The University of Florida (Responsible Party: Gavin Naylor, Ph.D.), Florida Museum of Natural History, Dickinson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, requests a 10-year permit to study smalltooth sawfish movements, habitat use, temporal and spatial distribution, and population structure using tagging, telemetry, and population genetic methods. Sawfish would be collected year-round in the Florida Bay and the upper Florida Keys using gillnets, longlines, and angling gear. The applicant anticipates capturing each year up to 60 sawfish, including 20 neonates and juveniles and 40 sub-adult and adult life stages. Research activities would include measurement, weigh (when possible), ultrasound, photograph/video, genetic tissue fin clip, muscle biopsy, skin biopsy, external dart tag, PIT tag, and blood draw. Subsets of each life stage group would receive either internal or external telemetry tracking devices prior to release. Additionally, the applicant further requests to collect, receive, necropsy, analyze and archive up to 100 salvaged dead smalltooth sawfish specimens (whole or parts) that have been legally collected or archived elsewhere within the U.S. Other objectives include receiving, importing, and exporting tissue samples (or parts) from five other foreign species of sawfish for scientific and archival purposes, including dwarf, narrow, green, largetooth, and non-U.S. DPS smalltooth sawfish. Dated: December 6, 2018. Julia Marie Harrison, Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 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When registering, operators must DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE authority of the Endangered Species Act
provide contact information and the of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
tournament’s date(s), location(s), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric 1531 et seq.) and the regulations
target species. In addition, HMS Administration governing the taking, importing, and
tournament registration provides a RIN 0648–XG655 exporting of endangered and threatened
method for tournament operators to species (50 CFR parts 222–226).
request educational and regulatory Endangered Species; File Nos. 21857, File No. 21857: Tonya Wiley,
outreach materials from NMFS. 22078, and 22324 Havenworth Coastal Conservation, 5120
Beacon Road, Palmetto, FL 34221,
In addition to requiring tournament AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries requests a 10-year permit document the
operators to register, the regulations at Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and occurrence, distribution, biology,
§ 635.5(d) also authorize NMFS to select Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), movements, and habitat use of
HMS tournaments for reporting. Commerce. smalltooth sawfish found in United
Currently, all billfish and swordfish ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications States waters. Sampling may occur
tournaments are selected for reporting. for permits. anywhere within the species’ range, but
When selected for reporting, Atlantic primarily in the Gulf of Mexico coastal
HMS tournament operators are required SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that areas of Florida bordering Sarasota,
to submit an HMS tournament catch three applicants have applied in due Manatee, Hillsborough, Pinellas,
summary report within seven days after form for permits to take smalltooth Hernando and Pasco counties. To
tournament fishing has ended. sawfish (Pristis pectinata) for purposes capture sawfish, researchers would use
of scientific research, with one also bottom longline, drum line, gillnet,
NMFS recently developed the online requesting to receive, import, and export angling gear, seine net, and cast net.
Atlantic Tournament Registration and parts of five foreign species of sawfish, Captured smalltooth sawfish would be
Reporting (ATR) system that allows including dwarf (P. clavata), narrow sexed, measured, weighed (if possible),
tournament operators to easily register (Anoxypristis cuspidata), green (P. marked with passive integrated
their tournaments and report. For over zijsron), largetooth (P. Pristis), and non- transponder (PIT) tags, dart tags, and
a year, NMFS received positive feedback U.S. DPS smalltooth sawfish for roto tags, photographed, ultrasounded,
from tournament operators about the scientific research. and tissue sampled (i.e., blood, fin clip,
ease of use of the ATR system. DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email muscle biopsy). A maximum of 50
In this notice, NMFS announces that comments must be received on or before neonate and juvenile life stages and 50
all Atlantic HMS tournaments, not just January 11, 2019. adult and sub-adult life stages would be
billfish and swordfish tournaments, will ADDRESSES: The permit requests and taken annually with subsets of 25 of
be selected for reporting beginning on related documents are available for each life stage group fitted with internal
review by selecting ‘‘Records Open for or external telemetry tracking devices.
January 1, 2019. The estimated burden
Public Comment’’ from the Features box Up to one sawfish from each life stage
to the public for all HMS tournaments group may unintentionally die during
to report has already been approved on the Applications and Permits for
Protected Species (APPS) home page, research activities. Additionally, the
under the Paperwork Reduction Act applicant requests to collect, receive,
(OMB 0648–0323). NMFS does not https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then
selecting the applicable File No. from necropsy, analyze, and archive up to
expect the burden on tournaments to 100 salvaged dead smalltooth sawfish
increase as most of the catch data in the the list of available applications. These
documents are also available upon specimens (whole or parts) that have
summary report is routinely collected in been legally collected or archived
written request or by appointment in the
the course of regular tournament elsewhere within the U.S.
Permits and Conservation Division,
operations and all tournament operators File No. 22078: The NFMS Southeast
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
may use the ATR system to report. Fisheries Science Center (Responsible
1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,
NMFS uses the data collected in these Party: Theo Brainerd, Ph.D.), 75 Virginia
Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)
reports to estimate the total annual Beach Drive Miami, FL 33149, requests
427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
catch of HMS and the potential impacts a 10-year permit monitoring the biology,
Written comments on the pertinent
to tournament operations in relation to habitat use, and movements of
application should be submitted to the
other types of fishing activities. For smalltooth sawfish primarily within the
Chief, Permits and Conservation
more information about Atlantic HMS Everglades National Park, the Ten
Division, at the address listed above.
tournament registration and reporting, Thousand Islands National Wildlife
Comments may also be submitted by
Refuge, and Florida Bay.
please go to https://www.fisheries. facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or by email Sampling would be conducted year-
noaa.gov/atlantic-highly-migratory- to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. round with gillnets, longlines, seines,
species/atlantic-highly-migratory- Please include the File No. in the cast nets, and angling gear. The
species-tournaments. subject line of the email comment. applicant anticipates annually capturing
Dated: December 7, 2018.
Those individuals requesting a public and sampling a maximum of 150
hearing should submit a written request sawfish annually (100 neonates and
Karen H. Abrams, to the Chief, Permits and Conservation juveniles and 50 subadults and adults).
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Division at the address listed above. The
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Depending on the life stage and research
request should set forth the specific objective, research activities would
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[FR Doc. 2018–26895 Filed 12–11–18; 8:45 am] reasons why a hearing on the include: Measurement, weigh (when
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P application would be appropriate. possible), ultrasound, photograph/
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: video, genetic tissue fin clip, muscle
Malcolm Mohead or Erin Markin at biopsy, external dart tag, PIT tag, and
(301) 427–8401. blood draw. Additionally, subsets of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The each life stage group would receive
subject permits are requested under the internal or external telemetry devices
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prior to release. Up to one sawfish from DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
each life stage group may (‘‘BSAI’’) non-pollock groundfish
unintentionally die during research National Oceanic and Atmospheric fishery (‘‘reduction fishery’’) as set forth
activities. Additionally, the applicant Administration in the Act.
requests to collect, receive, necropsy, RIN 0648–XG656 The longline catcher processor
analyze, and archive up to 30 salvaged subsector (the ‘‘Longline Subsector’’) is
dead smalltooth sawfish specimens Fishing Capacity Reduction Program among the catcher processor subsectors
(whole or parts) that have been legally for the Longline Catcher Processor eligible to submit to NMFS a capacity
collected or archived elsewhere within Subsector of the Bering Sea and reduction plan under the terms of the
the U.S. Aleutian Islands Non Pollock Act.
Groundfish Fishery The longline subsector non-pollock
File No. 22324: The University of groundfish reduction program’s
Florida (Responsible Party: Gavin AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries objective was to reduce the number of
Naylor, Ph.D.), Florida Museum of Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and vessels and permits endorsed for
Natural History, Dickinson Hall, Atmospheric Administration, longline subsector of the non-pollock
Gainesville, FL 32611, requests a 10- Commerce. groundfish fishery.
year permit to study smalltooth sawfish ACTION: Notice of fee rate adjustment. All post-reduction fish landings from
movements, habitat use, temporal and the reduction fishery are subject to the
spatial distribution, and population SUMMARY: NMFS issues this notice to
longline subsector non-pollock
structure using tagging, telemetry, and inform the public that there will be an
groundfish program’s fee.
population genetic methods. Sawfish increase of the fee rate required to repay
NMFS proposed the implementing
the $35,000,000 reduction loan
would be collected year-round in the notice on August 11, 2006 (71 FR
financing the non-pollock groundfish
Florida Bay and the upper Florida Keys 46364), and published the final notice
fishing capacity reduction program.
using gillnets, longlines, and angling on September 29, 2006 (71 FR 57696).
Effective January 1, 2019, NMFS is
gear. The applicant anticipates NMFS allocated the $35,000,000
increasing the Loan A fee rate to $0.017
capturing each year up to 60 sawfish, reduction loan (A Loan) to the reduction
per pound to ensure timely loan
including 20 neonates and juveniles and fishery and this loan is repayable by fees
repayment. The fee rate for Loan B will
40 sub-adult and adult life stages. from the fishery.
remain unchanged at $0.001 per pound.
Research activities would include On September 24, 2007, NMFS
DATES: The non-pollock groundfish published in the Federal Register (72
measurement, weigh (when possible), program fee rate increase will begin
ultrasound, photograph/video, genetic FR 54219), the final rule to implement
with landings on and after January 1, the industry fee system for repaying the
tissue fin clip, muscle biopsy, skin 2019. The first due date for fee
biopsy, external dart tag, PIT tag, and non-pollock groundfish program’s
payments with the increased rate will be reduction loan and established October
blood draw. Subsets of each life stage February 15, 2019. 24, 2007, as the effective date when fee
group would receive either internal or ADDRESSES: Send questions about this collection and loan repayment began.
external telemetry tracking devices prior notice to Michael A. Sturtevant, Acting The regulations implementing the
to release. Additionally, the applicant Chief, Financial Services Division, program are located at § 600.1012 of 50
further requests to collect, receive, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 CFR part 600’s subpart M.
necropsy, analyze and archive up to 100 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD NMFS published, in the Federal
salvaged dead smalltooth sawfish 20910–3282. Register on November 2, 2009 (74 FR
specimens (whole or parts) that have FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 56592), a notice to decrease the A Loan
been legally collected or archived Elaine Saiz, (301) 427–8752. fee rate to $0.016 per pound effective
elsewhere within the U.S. Other SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: January 1, 2010. On November 12, 2010,
objectives include receiving, importing, NMFS published a notice (75 FR 69401),
and exporting tissue samples (or parts) I. Background to decrease the fee rate to $0.015 per
from five other foreign species of Sections 312(b)–(e) of the Magnuson- pound, effective January 1, 2011. NMFS
sawfish for scientific and archival Stevens Fishery Conservation and published a notice on November 30,
purposes, including dwarf, narrow, Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(b) 2011 (76 FR 74048) to decrease the fee
green, largetooth, and non-U.S. DPS through (e)) generally authorizes fishing rate to $0.0145 per pound effective
smalltooth sawfish. capacity reduction programs. In January 1, 2012. NMFS published a
Dated: December 6, 2018. particular, section 312(d) authorizes notice on February 13, 2013 (78 FR
industry fee systems for repaying 10136) to further decrease the fee rate
Julia Marie Harrison,
reduction loans which finance once more to $0.0111 per pound
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, reduction program costs. Subpart L of effective January 1, 2013. NMFS
Office of Protected Resources, National 50 CFR part 600 is the framework rule published a notice on January 8, 2018
Marine Fisheries Service. generally implementing section 312(b)– (83 FR 793) to increase the fee rate to
[FR Doc. 2018–26838 Filed 12–11–18; 8:45 am] (e). Sections 1111 and 1112 of the $0.013 per pound effective January 1,
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 App. 2018.
U.S.C. 1279f and 1279g) generally NMFS published a final rule to
authorize reduction loans. implement a second $2,700,000
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Enacted on December 8, 2004, section reduction loan (B Loan) for this fishery
219, Title II, of FY 2005 Appropriations in the Federal Register on September
Act, Public Law 104–447 (Act) 24, 2012 (77 FR 58775). The loan was
authorizes a fishing capacity reduction disbursed December 18, 2012 with fee
program implementing capacity collection of $0.001 per pound to begin
reduction plans submitted to NMFS by January 1, 2013. This fee is in addition
catcher processor subsectors of the to the A Loan fee.
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
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| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice; receipt of applications for permits. | |
| Dates | Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or before January 11, 2019. | |
| Contact | Malcolm Mohead or Erin Markin at (301) 427-8401. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 63832 | |
| RIN Number | 0648-XG65 |
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