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meals, and incidentals will be the 

responsibility of each mission 

participant. 

Conditions for Participation 

• An applicant must submit a 

completed and signed mission 

application and supplemental 

application materials, including 

adequate information on the company’s 

products and/or services, primary 

market objectives, and goals for 

participation. If the U.S. Department of 

Commerce receives an incomplete 

application, the Department may reject 

the application, request additional 

information, or take the lack of 

information into account when 

evaluating the applications. 

• Each applicant must also certify 

that the products and services it seeks 

to export through the mission are either 

produced in the United States, or, if not, 

marketed under the name of a U.S. firm 

and have at least 51 percent U.S. 

content of the value of the finished 

product or service. 

Selection for Participation 

• Suitability of the company’s 

products or services to the mission 

goals. 

• Applicant’s potential for business 

in South Africa, including likelihood of 

exports resulting from the mission. 

• Consistency of the applicant’s goals 

and objectives with the stated scope of 

the mission. 

Additional factors, such as diversity 

of company size, type, location, and 

demographics, may also be considered 

during the selection process. 

Referrals from political organizations 

and any documents containing 

references to partisan political activities 

(including political contributions) will 

be removed from an applicant’s 

submission and not considered during 

the selection process. 

Selection Timeline 

Mission recruitment will be 

conducted in an open and public 

manner, including publication in the 

Federal Register, posting on the 

Commerce Department trade mission 

calendar—http://www.trade.gov/trademissions/—and other Internet Web sites, 

press releases to general and trade 

media, direct mail, broadcast fax, 

notices by industry trade associations 

and other multiplier groups, and 

publicity at industry meetings, 

symposia, conferences, and trade shows. 

Recruitment for the mission will 

begin immediately, and conclude at 

11:59 p.m. on July 18, 2011. 

Applications received after 11:59 p.m. 

on July 18, 2011, will be considered 

only if space and scheduling constraints 

permit. 

Contacts 

Teresa Yung, International Trade 

Specialist, Global Trade Programs, 

U.S. Commercial Service, 

Washington, DC 20230, Tel: 202–482– 

5496, Fax: 202–482–9000, E-mail: 

teresa.yung@trade.gov. 

Larry Farris, Senior Commercial Officer, 

U.S. Consulate, Johannesburg, South 

Africa, Tel: +55–11 290–3316, Fax: 

+55–11 884–0538, E-mail: larry.farris

@trade.gov. 

Teresa Yung, 

Global Trade Programs, Commercial Service 

Trade Missions Program. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA303 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Application for Exempted 

Fishing Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional 

Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, 

Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant 

Regional Administrator), has made a 

preliminary determination that an 

Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) 

application contains all of the required 

information and warrants further 

consideration. In support of research 

conducted by the Coonamessett Farm 

Foundation, Inc. (CFFI), this EFP would 

grant exemptions from the limited 

access scallop days-at-sea (DAS) 

program to allow CFFI to conduct tests 

with its low profile excluder dredge 

(CFFI dredge). In addition, limited 

access and limited access general 

category (LAGC) vessels would be 

authorized to temporarily retain fish 

that would otherwise be restricted by 

commercial fishing regulations. Such 

regulations include minimum fish sizes; 

fish possession limits; species quota 

closures; prohibited fish species, not 

including species protected under the 

Endangered Species Act; and gearspecific fish possession restrictions. The 

Assistant Regional Administrator has 

made a preliminary determination that 

the activities authorized under this EFP 

would be consistent with the goals and 

objectives of the Atlantic sea scallop 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP). 

However, further review and 

consultation may be necessary before a 

final determination is made to issue an 

EFP. 

Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act require publication of 

this notification to provide interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

applications for proposed EFPs. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: NERO.EFP@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments 

on CFFI flounder bycatch EFP.’’ 

• Mail: Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional 

Administrator, NMFS, NE Regional 

Office, 55 Great Republic Drive, 

Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the outside 

of the envelope ‘‘Comments on CFFI 

flounder bycatch EFP.’’ 

• Fax: (978) 281–9135. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Biegel, Fisheries 

Management Specialist, 978–281–9112. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CFFI has 

been awarded a research grant through 

the Commercial Fisheries Research 

Foundation titled, ‘‘Testing of a Low 

Profile Excluder Dredge for Winter 

Flounder Bycatch Reduction.’’ The goal 

of this research is to examine how 

modifications to the CFFI excluder 

dredge will impact the bycatch of winter 

flounder by commercial scallop vessels. 

The research will consist of three or four 

trips of 5 to 7 days each, for a total of 

21 days, and deploy the CFFI dredge to 

document the impacts of dredge 

modifications on catch and bycatch 

rates. Over the course of the project, 

there will be 240 tows of less than 30 

minutes at 4.5 knots. The vessel is 

expected to catch the following: 

Scallops 45,000 lb (20,412 kg); winter 

flounder 4,000 lb (1,815 kg); yellowtail 

flounder 300 lb (136 kg); monkfish 2,000 

lb (907 kg); and little skate 8,000 lb 

(3,629 kg). All catch will be discarded 

after standard species composition, size, 

and catch rate data have been collected. 

The gear testing would occur between 

April 2011 and April 2012, in open 

areas of offshore of Massachusetts and 

Rhode Island at a depth of 15 to 30 

fathoms (30–60 m), including Cape Cod 

Bay, South Channel, and Southern New 

England. 

CFFI submitted a complete EFP 

application on February 4, 2011, 

requesting exemption allowing 

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outside of the limited access Atlantic 

sea scallop DAS regulations at 50 CFR 

648.53(b) and to temporarily retain fish 

that would otherwise be restricted by 

commercial fishing regulations. Any 

fishing activity conducted outside the 

scope of the exempted fishing activity 

would be prohibited. 

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

Dated: March 15, 2011. 

Margo Schulze-Haugen, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA296 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Applications for four new 

scientific research permits. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received four scientific 

research permit application requests 

relating to Pacific salmonids. The 

proposed research is intended to 

increase knowledge of species listed 

under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) and help guide management and 

conservation efforts. The applications 

may be viewed online at: https:// 

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/preview/ 

preview_open_for_comment.cfm 

DATES: Comments or requests for a 

public hearing on the applications must 

be received at the appropriate address or 

fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on 

April 18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

applications should be sent to the 

Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 

1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, 

Portland, OR 97232–1274. Comments 

may also be sent via fax to 503–230– 

5441 or by e-mail to 

nmfs.nwr.apps@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Garth Griffin, Portland, OR (ph.: 503– 

231–2005, Fax: 503–230–5441, e-mail: 

Garth.Griffin@noaa.gov). Permit 

application instructions are available 

from the address above, or online at 

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov http:// 

www.nwr.noaa.gov./. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Species Covered in This Notice 

The following listed species are 

covered in this notice: 

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha): threatened lower 

Columbia River (LCR), Snake River fallrun Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha), 

Puget Sound Chinook salmon (O. 

tshawytscha), California Coast Chinook 

salmon (O. tshawytscha). 

Chum salmon (O. keta): Threatened 

Columbia River (CR). 

Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened SR. 

Coho salmon (O. kisutch): Threatened 

LCR, threatened Oregon Coast (OC). 

Authority 

Scientific research permits are issued 

in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) 

of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq) and 

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222–226). 

NMFS issues permits based on findings 

that such permits: (1) Are applied for in 

good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species that are the subject 

of the permit; and (3) are consistent 

with the purposes and policy of section 

2 of the ESA. The authority to take 

listed species is subject to conditions set 

forth in the permits. 

Anyone requesting a hearing on an 

application listed in this notice should 

set out the specific reasons why a 

hearing on that application would be 

appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such 

hearings are held at the discretion of the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NMFS. 

Applications Received 

Permit 16333 

NOAA Fisheries’ Northwest Fisheries 

Science Center (NWFSC) is seeking a 5- 

year permit to conduct yearly survey 

trawling operations off the West Coast of 

the U.S. The researchers would take 

individuals from all the species covered 

in this notice except for OC coho. The 

purpose of the research is to provide 

fisheries-independent indices of stock 

abundance to support stock assessment 

models for commercially and 

recreationally harvested groundfish 

species. The survey would collect data 

on 90+ fish species in the ocean to 

fulfill the mandates of the MagnusonStevens Sustainable Fisheries Act 

(MSA). The survey would run from May 

through October every year and cover 

the area from the US-Canada border at 

Cape Flattery, Washington to the USMexico border, at depths ranging from 

55 meters to 1,280 meters. The 

objectives of the survey are to: (1) 

Quantify the distribution and relative 

abundance of commercially valuable 

groundfish species, with an emphasis 

on rockfish species of the genus 

Sebastes; (2) obtain biological data 

(length, weight, gender, and maturity) 

from various species of interest; (3) 

collect age structures for species 

covered by MSA fisheries management 

plans; (4) record net mensuration and 

trawl performance data; and (5) collect 

oceanographic data (i.e., surface and 

bottom water temperature, salinity, near 

bottom dissolved oxygen concentration, 

chlorophyll fluorescence, and irradiance 

near bottom). 

The research would benefit listed 

species by increasing our understanding 

of the connections between various 

oceanographic conditions and fish 

survival in the marine environment. 

This greater understanding, in turn, will 

be used to inform future decisions 

regarding listed species management 

and recovery. The researchers do not 

intend to kill any listed fish, but a few 

may die as an inadvertent result of the 

proposed activities. 

Permit 16335 

The NWFSC is seeking a 5-year 

permit to conduct biennial acoustic 

surveys of Pacific hake along the West 

Coast of the U.S. during odd-numbered 

years. The researchers would take 

individuals from all species covered in 

this notice except for SR steelhead. The 

age-specific estimates of total 

population abundance derived from the 

surveys are a key data source for the 

joint U.S.-Canada Pacific hake stock 

assessments and, ultimately, are critical 

to informing decisions about U.S., 

Tribal, and international harvest levels. 

This integrated acoustic and trawl 

survey is used to assess the distribution, 

biology, and status and trends in 

abundance of Pacific hake. The survey 

would be conducted from June to 

September; it would target aggregations 

of Pacific hake along the continental 

shelf and break. The survey would 

extend from Monterey, California to 

Dixon Entrance, Alaska, in depths from 

about 50 meters to 1,500 meters. The 

NWFSC is seeking authorization for the 

U.S. portion of the survey. The goal of 

the survey is to obtain representative 

catches of acoustically-detected 

organisms. 

The research would benefit listed 

species by helping make the West Coast 

hake fishery more specific to the target 

species and thereby reducing bycatch of 

other species. The researchers do not 

intend to kill any listed fish, but a few 

may die as an inadvertent result of the 

proposed activities. 


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