83 FR 9255 - Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Shortfin Mako Shark Management Measures
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 43 (March 5, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 43 (Monday, March 5, 2018)] [Proposed Rules] [Pages 9255-9257] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-04430] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 635 RIN 0648-XF947 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Shortfin Mako Shark Management Measures AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS); request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: NMFS announces the availability of an Issues and Options document and its intent to prepare an EIS under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyzing impacts of potential new management measures for shortfin mako sharks. Such measures would be implemented through rulemaking to address overfishing and to implement, as necessary and appropriate, measures adopted by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) (ICCAT Recommendation 17-08) in response to the 2017 shortfin mako shark stock assessment. Based on that assessment, NMFS determined that North Atlantic shortfin mako sharks were overfished and experiencing overfishing in December 2017. Management alternatives considered would be to meet NMFS's obligations related to ending overfishing and establishing a foundation for rebuilding the shortfin mako shark stock consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA). Scoping is underway for this action, and NMFS requests comments on a preliminary Issues and Options document that presents range of commercial and recreational management measures, in both directed and incidental fisheries, including, but not limited to, commercial and recreational retention limits, quota levels, minimum size limits, gear modifications, and electronic reporting. DATES: Four scoping meetings and a conference call will be held from March through May 2018. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for meeting and call dates and locations. Scoping comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., local time, on May 7, 2018. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the Issues and Options document, identified by NOAA-NMFS-2018-0011, by any of the following methods:Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2018-0011, click the ``Comment Now!'' icon, complete the required fields, and enter or attach your comments. Mail: Submit written comments to Randy Blankinship, NMFS/ SF1, 1315 East-West Highway, National Marine Fisheries Service, SSMC3, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period, may not be considered by NMFS. All comments received are a part of the public record and generally will be posted for public viewing on www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying information (e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential business information, or otherwise sensitive information submitted voluntarily by the sender will be publicly accessible. NMFS will accept anonymous comments (enter ``N/A'' in the required fields if you wish to remain anonymous). Copies of the 2018 shortfin mako shark Issues and Options document and supporting documents are available from the HMS Management Division website at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/atlantic-highly-migratory-species or constituents can contact Gu[yacute] DuBeck by phone at 301-427-8503 for hard copies. Copies of the 2017 ICCAT Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) shortfin mako shark benchmark stock assessment can be found online at http://iccat.int/Documents/Meetings/Docs/2017_SCRS_REP_ENG.pdf. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gu[yacute] DuBeck or Karyl Brewster- Geisz at 301-427-8503. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background NMFS manages the Atlantic shark fisheries through the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plan and its amendments as required under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. ICCAT manages sharks caught in association with ICCAT species (tuna and tuna-like species) throughout the Atlantic and the adjacent seas, and NMFS implements ICCAT measures as necessary and appropriate under ATCA. The North Atlantic shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) is a highly migratory species that ranges across the entire North Atlantic Ocean and is [[Page 9256]] caught by numerous countries. These sharks are a small but valued component of U.S. recreational and commercial shark fisheries. In recent years, U.S. catch has represented only approximately 11 percent of the total catch of the species in the North Atlantic by all reporting countries. International measures are, therefore, critical to the species' effective conservation and management. In August 2017, ICCAT's SCRS conducted a new benchmark stock assessment on the North Atlantic shortfin mako stock. At its November 2017 annual meeting, ICCAT accepted this stock assessment and determined the stock to be overfished with overfishing occurring. On December 13, 2017, based on this assessment, NMFS issued a status determination finding the stock to be overfished and experiencing overfishing using domestic criteria. The assessment specifically indicated that biomass (B 2015 ) is substantially less than the biomass at maximum sustainable yield (BMSY ) for eight of the nine models used for the assessment (B2015 / BMSY = 0.57-0.85). In the ninth model, spawning stock fecundity (SSF) was less than SSFMSY (SSF2015 / SSFMSY = 0.95). Additionally, the assessment indicated that fishing mortality (F2015 ) was greater than FMSY (1.93-4.38), with a combined 90-percent probability from all models that the population is overfished with overfishing occurring. The 2017 assessment estimated that total North Atlantic shortfin mako catches across all ICCAT parties are currently between 3,600 and 4,750 mt per year, and that total catches would have to be at 1,000 mt or below (72-79 percent reductions) to prevent further population declines and that catches of 500 t or less currently are expected to stop overfishing and begin to rebuild the stock. The projections indicate that a total allowable catch of 0 mt would produce a greater than 50 percent probability of rebuilding the stock by the year 2040, which is approximately equal to one mean generation time. Research indicates that post-release survival rates of Atlantic shortfin mako sharks are high (70 percent); however, the assessment could not determine if requiring live releases alone would reduce landings sufficiently to end overfishing and rebuild the stock. ICCAT Recommendation 17-08 Based on the stock assessment information, ICCAT adopted new management measures for Atlantic shortfin mako (Recommendation 17-08) at its annual meeting in November 2017. The United States must implement those measures as necessary and appropriate under ATCA. These measures largely focus on maximizing live releases of Atlantic shortfin mako sharks, allowing retention only in certain limited circumstances, increasing minimum size limits, and improving data collection in ICCAT fisheries. In November 2018, ICCAT will review the catches from the first six months of 2018 and decide whether these measures should be modified. In 2019, the SCRS will evaluate the effectiveness of these measures in ending overfishing and beginning to rebuild the stock. SCRS will also provide rebuilding information that reflects rebuilding timeframes of at least two mean generation times. Also in 2019, ICCAT will establish a rebuilding program that will have a high probability of avoiding overfishing and rebuilding the stock to BMSY within a timeframe that takes into account the biology of the stock. 2018 Shortfin Mako Shark Interim Final Rule Consistent with these requirements, NMFS published an interim final rule using emergency Magnuson-Stevens Act authority to temporarily and immediately implement the following measures: (1) Commercial fishermen on vessels deploying pelagic longline gear must release all live shortfin mako sharks and can only retain a shortfin mako shark if it is dead at haulback, (2) commercial fishermen using gear other than pelagic longline commercial gear (e.g., bottom longline, gillnet, handgear, etc.) must release all shortfin mako sharks, whether they are dead or alive, and (3) recreational fishermen must release any shortfin mako sharks smaller than the minimum size of 83 inches fork length (FL). The interim final rule expires on August 29, 2018, and may be extended for an additional 186 days under the Magnuson-Stevens Act provisions. Request for Comments Both commercial and recreational fishing activities interact with and as allowable have retained shortfin mako sharks. Under the interim final rule, commercial fishermen with a limited access commercial shark permit may retain shortfin mako sharks caught on pelagic longline gear provided the shark was dead at haulback. Shortfin mako sharks caught on any other commercial gear type may not be retained. Similarly, under the interim final rule, vessels with an HMS Angling or Charter/Headboat permit may retain one shortfin mako shark greater than the minimum size of 83 inches FL per vessel. NMFS anticipates changes to shark management as a result of the 2017 shortfin mako shark stock assessment through the rulemaking process and requests comments on potential future management options for this action. NMFS prepared an Issues and Options paper detailing potential management measures to meet its ATCA and Magnuson-Stevens Act obligations and to address overfishing of and begin rebuilding shortfin mako sharks. The Issues and Options paper is available online at the HMS website: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/atlantic-highly-migratory-species. Potential management measures in the Issues and Options paper include commercial and recreational fishing requirements. Four scoping meetings and a conference call will be held (see Table 2 for meeting times and locations) to provide the opportunity for public comment on potential shortfin mako shark management measures. These comments will be used to assist in the development of the upcoming amendment to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP. Table 1--Time and Locations of the Four Scoping Meetings and Conference Call ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date Time Meeting location Meeting address ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 15, 2018.................. 4-8 p.m................ Panama City, FL................ National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama City, FL 32408. March 21, 2018.................. 4-8 p.m................ Manteo, NC..................... Commissioners Meeting Room, Dare County Administration Building, 954 Marshall C. Collins Dr., Manteo, NC 27954. [[Page 9257]] April 4, 2018................... 2-4 p.m................ Conference Call................ To participate in the conference call, please call: (800) 779-3136. Passcode: 9421185. To participate in the webinar, RSVP at: https://noaaevents2.webex.com/noaaevents2/onstage/g.php?MTID=e0e45a6863a2dec162452b2b6240ef3e3 0ef3e3, A confirmation email with webinar log-in information will be sent after RSVP is registered. April 12, 2018.................. 4-8 p.m................ Manahawkin, NJ................. Stafford Branch Public Library, 129 North Main St., Manahawkin, NJ 08050. April 19, 2018.................. 5-8 p.m................ Gloucester, MA................. National Marine Fisheries Service, Greater Atlantic Regional Office, 55 Great Republic Dr., Gloucester, MA 01930. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The public is reminded that NMFS expects participants at public scoping meetings and on conference calls to conduct themselves appropriately. At the beginning of the scoping meetings and conference call, a representative of NMFS will explain the ground rules (e.g., all comments are to be directed to the Agency; attendees will be called to give their comments in the order in which they registered to speak; each attendee will have an equal amount of time to speak; and attendees should not interrupt one another). The meeting locations will be physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Gu[yacute] DuBeck at 301-427-8503, at least 7 days prior to the meeting. A NMFS representative will attempt to structure the meeting so that all attending members of the public will be able to comment if they so choose, regardless of the controversial nature of the subject matter. If attendees do not respect the ground rules they will be asked to leave the scoping meeting or conference call. Because the rulemakings overlap for some gear types, the public scoping meetings being held in Panama City, FL, Manteo, NC, and Manahawkin, NJ will be held in conjunction with public scoping meetings for pelagic longline bluefin tuna area-based and weak hook management. The shortfin mako shark management measure presentation will likely be given first unless polling of the audience indicates another approach is appropriate. After each presentation, public comment for that issue will be received. Meeting attendees interested in this issue are encouraged to show up at the beginning of the meeting to help determine the order of the presentations. The second presentation will not start any later than 6 p.m. In addition to the four scoping meetings and conference call, NMFS has requested to present the issues and options document to the five Atlantic Regional Fishery Management Councils (the New England, Mid- Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Councils) and the Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions during the public comment period. Please see the Councils' and Commissions' spring meeting notices for times and locations. Based on the 2017 shortfin mako shark stock assessment, implementation of new management measures via an amendment to the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP is necessary to address overfishing and rebuild the stock. NMFS anticipates completing this amendment and any related documents in early 2019. Dated: February 28, 2018. Jennifer M. Wallace, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 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make. The EPA will generally not Shortfin Mako Shark Management or attach your comments.
consider comments or comment Measures • Mail: Submit written comments to
Randy Blankinship, NMFS/SF1, 1315
contents located outside of the primary AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries East-West Highway, National Marine
submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Fisheries Service, SSMC3, Silver Spring,
other file sharing system). For Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), MD 20910.
additional submission methods, please Commerce. Instructions: Comments sent by any
contact the person identified in the FOR ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare other method, to any other address or
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. an Environmental Impact Statement individual, or received after the end of
For the full EPA public comment policy, (EIS); request for comments. the comment period, may not be
information about CBI or multimedia considered by NMFS. All comments
SUMMARY: NMFS announces the
submissions, and general guidance on received are a part of the public record
availability of an Issues and Options
making effective comments, please visit document and its intent to prepare an and generally will be posted for public
http://www.epa.gov/dockets/ EIS under the National Environmental viewing on www.regulations.gov
commenting-epa-dockets. Policy Act (NEPA) analyzing impacts of without change. All personal identifying
potential new management measures for information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
shortfin mako sharks. Such measures confidential business information, or
Susan Lancey, Air Permits, Toxics, and
would be implemented through otherwise sensitive information
Indoor Programs Unit, U.S.
rulemaking to address overfishing and submitted voluntarily by the sender will
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA be publicly accessible. NMFS will
New England Regional Office, 5 Post to implement, as necessary and
appropriate, measures adopted by the accept anonymous comments (enter
Office Square—Suite 100, (Mail code ‘‘N/A’’ in the required fields if you wish
International Commission for the
OEP05–2), Boston, MA 02109–3912, to remain anonymous).
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
telephone number 617–918–1656, Copies of the 2018 shortfin mako
(ICCAT Recommendation 17–08) in
lancey.susan@epa.gov. response to the 2017 shortfin mako shark Issues and Options document and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the shark stock assessment. Based on that supporting documents are available
Final Rules Section of this Federal assessment, NMFS determined that from the HMS Management Division
Register, EPA is approving the Vermont North Atlantic shortfin mako sharks website at https://
Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaning Rule in were overfished and experiencing www.fisheries.noaa.gov/topic/atlantic-
overfishing in December 2017. highly-migratory-species or constituents
place of the Dry Cleaning NESHAP for
Management alternatives considered can contact Guý DuBeck by phone at
area sources as a direct final rule
would be to meet NMFS’s obligations 301–427–8503 for hard copies. Copies of
without prior proposal because the
related to ending overfishing and the 2017 ICCAT Standing Committee on
Agency views this as a noncontroversial Research and Statistics (SCRS) shortfin
establishing a foundation for rebuilding
submittal and anticipates no adverse mako shark benchmark stock
the shortfin mako shark stock consistent
comments. A detailed rationale for the with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery assessment can be found online at
approval is set forth in the direct final Conservation and Management Act http://iccat.int/Documents/Meetings/
rule. If no adverse comments are (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the Docs/2017_SCRS_REP_ENG.pdf.
received in response to this rule, no Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Guý
further activity is contemplated. If EPA Scoping is underway for this action, and DuBeck or Karyl Brewster-Geisz at 301–
receives adverse comments, the direct NMFS requests comments on a 427–8503.
final rule will be withdrawn and all preliminary Issues and Options SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
public comments received will be document that presents range of
addressed in a subsequent final rule commercial and recreational Background
based on this proposed rule. EPA will management measures, in both directed NMFS manages the Atlantic shark
not institute a second comment period. and incidental fisheries, including, but fisheries through the 2006 Consolidated
Any parties interested in commenting not limited to, commercial and Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plan
on this action should do so at this time. recreational retention limits, quota and its amendments as required under
For additional information, see the levels, minimum size limits, gear the Magnuson-Stevens Act. ICCAT
modifications, and electronic reporting. manages sharks caught in association
direct final rule which is located in the
DATES: Four scoping meetings and a with ICCAT species (tuna and tuna-like
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS
Rules Section of this Federal Register.
conference call will be held from March species) throughout the Atlantic and the
Dated: February 26, 2018. through May 2018. See SUPPLEMENTARY adjacent seas, and NMFS implements
Alexandra Dapolito Dunn, INFORMATION for meeting and call dates ICCAT measures as necessary and
Regional Administrator, EPA New England. and locations. Scoping comments must appropriate under ATCA.
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time, on May 7, 2018. shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) is a highly
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments migratory species that ranges across the
on the Issues and Options document, entire North Atlantic Ocean and is
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TABLE 1—TIME AND LOCATIONS OF THE FOUR SCOPING MEETINGS AND CONFERENCE CALL—Continued
Date Time Meeting location Meeting address
April 4, 2018 .............. 2–4 p.m ........... Conference Call ........ To participate in the conference call, please call: (800) 779–3136. Passcode:
9421185.
To participate in the webinar, RSVP at: https://noaaevents2.webex.com/
noaaevents2/onstage/g.php?MTID=e0e45a6863a2dec162452b2b6240ef
3e3, A confirmation email with webinar log-in information will be sent after
RSVP is registered.
April 12, 2018 ............ 4–8 p.m ........... Manahawkin, NJ ........ Stafford Branch Public Library,
129 North Main St.,
Manahawkin, NJ 08050.
April 19, 2018 ............ 5–8 p.m ........... Gloucester, MA .......... National Marine Fisheries Service,
Greater Atlantic Regional Office,
55 Great Republic Dr.,
Gloucester, MA 01930.
The public is reminded that NMFS Regional Fishery Management Councils Aleutian Islands Management Area,
expects participants at public scoping (the New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Amendment 105 to the FMP for
meetings and on conference calls to Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska,
conduct themselves appropriately. At Management Councils) and the Atlantic Amendment 49 to the FMP for Bering
the beginning of the scoping meetings and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner
and conference call, a representative of Commissions during the public Crabs, Amendment 13 to the FMP for
NMFS will explain the ground rules comment period. Please see the the Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ Off
(e.g., all comments are to be directed to Councils’ and Commissions’ spring Alaska, and Amendment 2 to the FMP
the Agency; attendees will be called to meeting notices for times and locations. for Fish Resources of the Arctic
give their comments in the order in Based on the 2017 shortfin mako Management Area, (collectively
which they registered to speak; each shark stock assessment, implementation Amendments) to the Secretary of
attendee will have an equal amount of of new management measures via an Commerce for review. If approved, these
time to speak; and attendees should not amendment to the 2006 Consolidated Amendments would revise the FMPs by
interrupt one another). The meeting HMS FMP is necessary to address updating the description and
locations will be physically accessible overfishing and rebuild the stock. NMFS identification of essential fish habitat
to people with disabilities. Requests for anticipates completing this amendment (EFH), and updating information on
sign language interpretation or other and any related documents in early adverse impacts to EFH based on the
auxiliary aids should be directed to Guý 2019. best scientific information available.
DuBeck at 301–427–8503, at least 7 days Dated: February 28, 2018. This action is intended to promote the
prior to the meeting. A NMFS Jennifer M. Wallace, goals and objectives of the Magnuson-
representative will attempt to structure Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Stevens Fishery Conservation and
the meeting so that all attending Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. Management Act, the FMPs, and other
members of the public will be able to applicable laws.
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comment if they so choose, regardless of DATES: Comments on the amendments
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the controversial nature of the subject must be submitted on or before May 4,
matter. If attendees do not respect the 2018.
ground rules they will be asked to leave DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
the scoping meeting or conference call. ADDRESSES: You may submit your
Because the rulemakings overlap for comments, identified by NOAA–NMFS–
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
some gear types, the public scoping 2017–0087, by any of the following
Administration
meetings being held in Panama City, FL, methods:
Manteo, NC, and Manahawkin, NJ will • Electronic Submission: Submit all
50 CFR Part 679
be held in conjunction with public electronic public comments via the
scoping meetings for pelagic longline RIN 0648–XF559 Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
bluefin tuna area-based and weak hook www.regulations.gov/
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic #!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2017-
management. The shortfin mako shark
Zone Off Alaska; Essential Fish Habitat 0087, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
management measure presentation will
Amendments complete the required fields, and enter
likely be given first unless polling of the
audience indicates another approach is AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries or attach your comments.
appropriate. After each presentation, Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and • Mail: Submit written comments to
public comment for that issue will be Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Glenn Merrill, Assistant Regional
received. Meeting attendees interested Commerce. Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries
in this issue are encouraged to show up Division, Alaska Region NMFS, Attn:
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PROPOSALS
ACTION: Notification of availability of
at the beginning of the meeting to help fishery management plan amendments; Ellen Sebastian. Mail comments to P.O.
determine the order of the request for comments. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668.
presentations. The second presentation Instructions: NMFS may not consider
will not start any later than 6 p.m. SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery comments if they are sent by any other
In addition to the four scoping Management Council (Council) method, to any other address or
meetings and conference call, NMFS has submitted Amendment 115 to the individual, or received after the
requested to present the issues and Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for comment period ends. All comments
options document to the five Atlantic Groundfish of the Bering Sea and received are a part of the public record,
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| Section | Proposed Rules | |
| Action | Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS); request for comments. | |
| Dates | Four scoping meetings and a conference call will be held from March through May 2018. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for meeting and call dates and locations. Scoping comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., local time, on May 7, 2018. | |
| Contact | Gu[yacute] DuBeck or Karyl Brewster- Geisz at 301-427-8503. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 9255 | |
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