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[FR Doc E8-31020] 1. Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Revised Management
NMFS issues a final rule that implements Amendment 73 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and Amendment 77 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (collectively, Amendments 73/77). Amendments 73/77 remove dark rockfish (Sebastes ciliatus) from both fishery
Published: 2008-12-31 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-31126] 2. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions;
NMFS announces the Limited Access General Category (LAGC) Scallop Fishery is closed to individual fishing quota (IFQ) scallop vessels as of 0001 hrs local time, December 31, 2008. This fishery will reopen on March 1, 2009. This action is based on the determination that the annual scallop total allowable catch (TAC) for LAGC IFQ scallop vessels
Published: 2008-12-31 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-31147] 3. Marine Mammals; File No. 704-1698
Notice is hereby given that The University of Alaska Museum, 907 Yukon Drive, P.O. Box 756960, Fairbanks, AK 99775 (Dr. Link Olsen, Responsible Party) has been issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 704169800.
Published: 2008-12-31 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-31075] 4. North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Salmon Bycatch Workgroup will meet in Anchorage, AK.
Published: 2008-12-31 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30835] 5. Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; Total
NMFS announces that, effective 0001 hours, December 24, 2008, federally permitted vessels may not fish for, catch, possess, transfer, or land more than 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of Atlantic herring in or from Management Area 1B (Area 1B) per trip or calendar day until January 1, 2009, when the 2009 TAC becomes available, except for transiting purposes
Published: 2008-12-30 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30842] 6. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions;
This action extends a temporary final rule initially published on October 18, 2005. The regulations contained in the temporary rule, emergency action, published on October 18, 2005, and subsequently extended several times at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will expire on December 31, 2008. This temporary rule extends a
Published: 2008-12-30 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-31021] 7. Marine Recreational Fisheries of the United States; National Saltwater Angler
NMFS issues this final rule to adopt regulations to implement the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA).The regulations establish a national registry of recreational anglers fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), for anadromous species in tidal waters or for Continental Shelf fishery resources beyond the EEZ. Persons
Published: 2008-12-30 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-31018] 8. Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian
NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 92 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and Amendment 82 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. This proposed action would remove trawl gear endorsements on licenses issued under the license limitation
Published: 2008-12-30 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-31023] 9. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; Notice of 12-Month Finding on a Petition
We, NMFS, announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list the ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata) as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as amended (ESA). After a formal review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing of the ribbon seal is not warranted at this
Published: 2008-12-30 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30988] 10.RIN: 0648-XM42
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Habitat/MPA/Ecosystem Committee, on January 15, 2009, 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
Published: 2008-12-30 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30990] 11.RIN: 0648-XM45
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Crab Committee will meet January 14, 2009.
Published: 2008-12-30 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30989] 12.RIN: 0648-XM44
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a teleconference call meeting of the Council's archipelagic Plan Teams (PTs).
Published: 2008-12-30 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30704] 13. Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Southeast Region Gulf of
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Published: 2008-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30770] 14. Cooperative Institute for Satellite Climate Studies
On October 7, 2008, the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce (hereinafter, ``NESDIS'')
published a notice of availability of funds (Docket No. 0809261277
8127801, I.D. GF001) to establish a NOAA Cooperative Institute for
Satellite Climate Studies
Published: 2008-12-29 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30575] 15. Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific
This final rule announces inseason changes to management
measures in the commercial Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries. These
actions, which are authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP), are intended to allow fisheries to access more abundant groundfish stocks while
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protecting overfished and depleted
Published: 2008-12-24 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30714] 16. Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic;
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 16 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Amendment 16) for review, approval, and implementation by NMFS. Amendment 16 was developed to address overfishing and other management issues in the snappergrouper
Published: 2008-12-24 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30713] 17. Marine Mammals; File No. 1058-1733
Notice is hereby given that Mark Baumgartner, Ph.D., MS
Published: 2008-12-24 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30711] 18. Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Commercial Shark Management
This final rule establishes the annual quotas for the 2009 fishing season for sandbar sharks, nonsandbar large coastal sharks (LCS), small coastal sharks (SCS), and pelagic sharks managed under Amendment 2 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This final rule also establishes the opening
Published: 2008-12-24 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30581] 19. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions;
This action increases the landing limit of Eastern Georges Bank (GB) cod to 1,000 lb (453.6 kg) per dayatsea (DAS), or any part of a DAS, up to 10,000 lb (4,535.9 kg) per trip for NE multispecies DAS vessels fishing in the U.S./Canada Management Area. This action is authorized by the regulations implementing Amendment 13 to the NE Multispecies
Published: 2008-12-23 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30457] 20. Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Marine Recreational
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general [[Page 78724]]
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Published: 2008-12-23 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30472] 21. Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Socioeconomic Impacts of
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Published: 2008-12-23 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30369] 22. Marine Mammals; File Nos. 13583 and 13599
Notice is hereby given that following two entities have been issued permits to collect/receive/import/export protected species parts for scientific research purposes:
National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML, Dr. John Bengtson, Responsible Party), 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115 (File No. 13583) and
National Ocean Service Marine
Published: 2008-12-23 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30362] 23.RIN: 0648-XM34
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Committee, in January, 2009, 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.
Published: 2008-12-23 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30580] 24. Marine Mammals; File No. 10080
Notice is hereby given that Dr. Kathryn A. Ono, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New England, Biddeford, ME has been issued a major amendment to Permit No. 1008002.
Published: 2008-12-23 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E8-30376] 25.Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Guided Sport Charter Vessel Fishery for Halibut
NMFS proposes regulations that would limit the harvest of Pacific halibut by guided sport charter vessel anglers in International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulatory Area 2C (Area 2C) of Southeast Alaska to one halibut per day. This proposed regulatory change is necessary to reduce the halibut harvest in the charter vessel sector to approximately the
Published: 2008-12-22 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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