September 14, 2016
EVENTS
September 15-16
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Two webinars on the Marine Mammal Protection Act import provisions final rule.
September 20-22
New England Fishery Management Council meeting in Danvers, Massachusetts.
Conference call of the
General Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, open to the public.
Public hearing webinar hosted by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council oncharter vessel and headboat reporting requirements.
October 3-11
North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Anchorage.
October 4-6
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting in Galloway, New Jersey.
Permanent Advisory Committee meeting to advise the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commissions.
October 10-14
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting in Honolulu.
October 13
Free Atlantic Shark Identification workshop in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Open session of the fall meeting of the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
October 17-20
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi.
October 20 and 26Two free Protected Species Safe Handling, Identification, and Release workshops in South Carolina and New Jersey.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pre-proposals due for 2017 Saltonstall-Kennedy grants.
Nominations due for appointments to the Advisory Panel for the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) Workshops, also
known as the SEDAR Pool.
October 3
Nominations due forappointments to the Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to ICCAT and forTechnical Advisors on the Advisory Committee's Species Working Groups.
Proposals due for 2017 Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance grants.
Proposals due for 2017/2018 Scallop Research Set-Aside Program.
Nominations due for Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee.
Proposals due for 2017 Community-based Marine Debris Removal grants.
Applications due for 2017 Species Recovery Grants to States.
FEDERAL REGISTER ACTIONS
Visit regulations.gov for a list of only those actions open for public comment. Scroll search for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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NOAA's newly released final Ocean Noise Strategy Roadmap will guide the agency in managing the effects of ocean noise on marine life during the next decade. The roadmap reviews the status of the science on ocean noise and recommends next steps, emphasizing the importance of partnering with other agencies and entities to reduce the impacts of noise.
In last week's Leadership Message, Sam Rauch, deputy assistant administrator for regulatory programs for NOAA Fisheries, discussed observer safety and the ongoing comprehensive safety review of our observer program. Once the review is completed next year, we will work with observer provider companies to implement the results to ensure observers and at-sea monitors have what they need to stay healthy and safe on the water.
NOAA Fisheries will host two public webinars on a final rule implementing the import provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act on September 20 (2:30 pm ET) and September 21 (7:00 pm ET). This rule establishes the criteria for evaluating foreign nations' regulatory efforts to reduce marine mammal bycatch. The rule also establishes the procedure for receiving authorization to import fish products into the United States.
By December 22, please submit your comments on a draft environmental assessment for Amendment 10 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan. Following the most recent 5-Year Review, NOAA Fisheries determined that updates to the delineation of Atlantic HMS Essential Fish Habitat and certain Habitat Areas of Particular Concern are warranted.
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The mammal curator and collection staff from the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks will collect the remains of a humpback whale that washed ashore at the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge. This collection has been authorized by NOAA Fisheries under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. NOAA reminds the public that unauthorized collection of marine mammal parts is against federal law.
By November 14, please submit your comments on proposed Amendment 47 to the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs Fishery Management Plan. If approved, the amendment would exempt certain custom processed crab from being applied against the processing facility owners' individual processing quota use cap.
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New grants of up to $2.4 million over the next 3 years from NOAA Fisheries' Community-based Restoration Program will restore habitat for two of the West Coast's most endangered salmon species-Sacramento River winter-run Chinook and Central California Coast coho. These are two of NOAA Fisheries' eight " Species in the Spotlight."
By October 12, please submit your comments on NOAA Fisheries' intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for eight Hatchery and Genetic Management Plans for ongoing salmon and steelhead programs in Washington State's Puyallup-White River Basin.
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By October 24, please submit your comments on a proposed rulethat would extend the 2017 sunset provision for the recreational red snapper sector separation regulation for an additional 5 years. |
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On Friday, the town of Exeter, New Hampshire, celebrated the removal of the Great Dam on the Exeter River. Built in 1831, the Great Dam fell out of use by the 1980s and eventually posed safety and flooding risks. Removing the dam has restored access to more than 21 miles of river habitat for migratory fish such as river herring and American eel.
Two NOAA Fisheries scientists are among 80 international authors of a report by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on the science and impacts of ocean warming. Vincent Saba, of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, co-wrote a chapter on marine turtles and climate change. Bruce Collette, of NOAA Fisheries' National Systemics Lab, helped write a chapter on the effects of ocean warming on pelagic tunas.
This is the time of year when leatherback, loggerhead, green, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles are in New England waters. The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies has successfully disentangled six leatherback sea turtles this summer. If you see a stranded or entangled sea turtle, please call our hotline to report it and keep the animal in sight until responders arrive.
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