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following the normal fishing schedule of 

the participating vessels. The gear 

would be compliant with the Atlantic 

Large Whale Take Reduction Plan; 

therefore, impacts to protected resources 

would be negligible. Subsequently, 

AOLA will provide data necessary to 

assist in better future management of the 

lobster fishery. 

The activities occurring in Area 3 

statistical areas are not anticipated to 

have any more environmental impacts 

than those already occurring as part of 

a commercial lobster trap trawl 

deployed under usual industry 

conditions. Impacts to the lobster 

resource would be negligible. Given the 

small mesh and entrance heads, the 

modified gear is not expected to catch 

legal lobsters. Any sublegal lobsters 

caught would briefly be retained 

onboard only for the purposes of 

recording their size, sex, and presence 

of shell disease, before being promptly 

released back into the ocean. There 

should be minimal impact to bycatch 

species due to the use of small mesh 

and small entrance heads and, in 

addition, all bycatch species hauled 

from modified gear would be returned 

promptly to the ocean. Likewise, there 

would not be significant impacts on 

benthic habitats. As the gear would be 

compliant with the Atlantic Large 

Whale Take Reduction Plan and would 

be deployed under usual industry 

conditions, impacts to protected 

resources would be negligible. 

If approved, the applicant may 

request minor modifications and 

extensions to the EFP throughout the 

year. EFP modifications and extensions 

may be granted without further notice if 

they are deemed essential to facilitate 

completion of the proposed research 

and have minimal impacts that do not 

change the scope or impact of the 

initially approved EFP request. Any 

fishing activity conducted outside the 

scope of the exempted fishing activity 

would be prohibited. 

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

Dated: April 4, 2011. 

Margo Schulze-Haugen, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA290 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Extension of 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 two 

requests for extensions to exempted 

fishing permits (EFPs) contain all of the 

required information and warrant 

further consideration. The Assistant 

Regional Administrator previously 

made a determination that the activities 

authorized under the initial EFPs, 

issued on June 17, 2010, are consistent 

with the goals and objectives of the 

Monkfish Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP). However, further review and 

consultation may be necessary before a 

final determination is made to grant 

extensions to the original EFPs. The EFP 

extensions would enable vessels to 

harvest monkfish granted through the 

Monkfish Research Set-Aside (RSA) 

Program, and grants exemptions from 

the monkfish days-at-sea (DAS) 

possession limit in the Southern Fishery 

Management Area (SFMA). The EFP 

issued to the gillnet tie-down study also 

exempts vessels from the monkfish 

minimum fish size limits for research 

purposes only. 

NMFS is soliciting comment from 

interested parties on these EFP 

extension requests. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 25, 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 GMRI 

Monkfish RSA EFP Extensions.’’ 

• 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 GMRI 

Monkfish RSA EFP Extensions.’’ 

• Fax: (978) 281–9135. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason Berthiaume, Fishery Management 

Specialist, 978–281–9177. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 22, 2011, the Gulf of Maine 

Research Institute (GMRI) requested an 

extension to EFPs issued to GMRI in 

support of two projects funded under 

the 2010 Monkfish RSA Program. The 

EFPs authorize vessels to conduct 

compensation fishing in the SFMA 

using 2010 monkfish RSA DAS and to 

temporarily retain undersize monkfish 

for data collection purposes. The 

applicant requests an extension because 

the participating vessels were unable to 

use all of their allocated RSA DAS 

awarded to GMRI for the 2010 fishing 

year (FY). GMRI states the vessels were 

unable to use all of their RSA DAS 

because the EFPs were not issued until 

June 17, 2010, and the fishermen 

thereby missed the peak of the spring 

fishing season. Additionally, the fall 

monkfish fishery was less productive 

than expected because of skate bycatch 

issues. As a result, fishermen used fewer 

2010 monkfish RSA DAS than expected. 

In addition to compensation fishing, 

research would be ongoing and, 

therefore, the previously authorized 

exemption from monkfish minimum 

size limits for the gillnet tie-down 

project would be extended as well. The 

scope and scale of the original 

exemptions will not change. Regulations 

at 50 CFR 648.92(c)(i)(v) allow unused 

monkfish RSA DAS to carry-over into 

the following FY. 

The tagging project was awarded 313 

monkfish DAS under the 2010 Monkfish 

RSA Program, with a total landings cap 

of 1,126,800 lb (511,108 kg) of whole 

monkfish. Compensation fishing would 

be extended through the 2011 FY until 

the cumulative monkfish RSA landings 

for this project in FYs 2010 and 2011 

reach 1,126,800 lb (511,108 kg) of whole 

monkfish (equivalent), or until the 

awarded 2010 DAS have been fully 

utilized, whichever occurs first. The tiedown project was awarded 162 

monkfish DAS under the 2010 Monkfish 

RSA Program, with a total landings cap 

of 583,200 lb (264,535 kg) of whole 

monkfish. Compensation fishing would 

be extended through the 2011 FY until 

the cumulative monkfish RSA landings 

for this project in FYs 2010 and 2011 

reach 583,200 lb (264,535 kg) of whole 

monkfish (equivalent), or until the 

awarded 2010 DAS have been fully 

utilized, whichever occurs first. This 

would extend the expiration date of the 

EFPs from April 30, 2011, to April 30, 

2012. No further extensions to these 

EFPs would be made. Additionally, 

NMFS is considering imposing a cap on 

monkfish DAS possession limit 

exemptions for vessels operating under 

the monkfish RSA program due to 


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potential effects that such exemptions 

may have on monkfish catch rates for 

non-RSA vessels. 

A detailed description of the initial 

EFP proposals were provided in 

previous Federal Register notices (April 

16, 2010, 75 FR 19938) and is not 

repeated here. The applicant may 

request minor modifications to the EFPs 

throughout the year. EFP modifications 

may be granted without further notice if 

they are deemed essential to facilitate 

completion of the proposed research 

and have minimal impacts that do not 

change the scope or impact of the 

initially approved EFP requests. Any 

fishing activity conducted outside the 

scope of the exempted fishing activity 

would be prohibited. 

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

Dated: April 4, 2011. 

Margo Schulze-Haugen, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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Administration 

RIN 0648–XA357 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will convene a 

meeting of the Reef Fish Advisory 

Panel. 

DATES: The meeting will convene at 

9 a.m. on Monday April 25, 2011 and 

conclude by 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council, 2203 North Lois Avenue, Suite 

1100, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 

(813) 348–1630. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. 

Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 

33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Steven Atran, Population Dynamics 

Statistician; Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (813) 

348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Reef 

Fish Advisory Panel will meet to review 

and provide recommendations to the 

Council on Reef Fish Amendment 32. 

This amendment contains actions to 

establish a rebuilding plan for gag, set 

recreational bag limits, size limits and 

closed seasons for gag/red grouper in 

2012, consider a commercial gag and 

shallow-water grouper quota adjustment 

to account for dead discards, make 

adjustment to multi-use IFQ shares in 

the grouper individual fishing quota 

program, reduce the commercial gag 

size limit, modify the offshore time and 

areas closures, and establish gag, red 

grouper, and shallow-water grouper 

accountability measures. The Panel will 

also review and provide 

recommendations on the Generic 

Annual Catch Limits/Accountability 

Measures Amendment. This amendment 

contains actions to delegate 

management of selected species to other 

agencies, remove selected species from 

the fishery management plans, group 

species for purposes of setting annual 

catch limits and annual catch targets, 

establish an acceptable biological catch 

control rule, establish an annual catch 

limit/annual catch target control rule, 

establish a generic framework procedure 

for implementing management changes, 

establish the initial specification of 

annual catch limits and annual catch 

targets for stocks and stock groups still 

in need of such specification, establish 

the apportionment of the black grouper, 

yellowtail snapper, and mutton snapper 

stocks between the Gulf and South 

Atlantic Council jurisdictions, set a 

commercial and recreational allocation 

of black grouper within the Gulf 

Council’s jurisdiction, and establish 

accountability measures to keep catch 

levels within their annual catch limits 

or take corrective action if they exceed 

the limits. 

Copies of the agenda and other related 

materials can be obtained by calling 

(813) 348–1630. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before the 

Advisory Panel for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, those issues may not be the subject 

of formal action during this meeting. 

Actions of the Advisory Panel will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in the agenda and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Kathy Pereira at the Council (see 

ADDRESSES) at least 5 working days prior 

to the meeting. 

Dated: April 4, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Proposed Additions 

and Deletions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Proposed additions to and 

deletions from the Procurement List. 

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing 

to add a product and services to the 

Procurement List that will be furnished 

by nonprofit agencies employing 

persons who are blind or have other 

severe disabilities, and deletes products 

and services previously furnished by 

such agencies. 

Comments Must Be Received on or 

Before: 5/9/2011. 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, Jefferson Plaza 2, Suite 10800, 

1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, Virginia, 22202–3259. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO SUBMIT

COMMENTS CONTACT: Barry S. Lineback, 

Telephone: (703) 603–7740, Fax: (703) 

603–0655, or e-mail 

CMTEFedReg@AbilityOne.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published pursuant to 41 U.S.C 

47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its purpose 

is to provide interested persons an 

opportunity to submit comments on the 

proposed actions. 

Additions 

If the Committee approves the 

proposed additions, the entities of the 

Federal Government identified in this 

notice will be required to procure the 

product and services listed below from 

nonprofit agencies employing persons 

who are blind or have other severe 

disabilities. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 


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