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ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for locations of listening 

stations.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 3018 

North U.S. Highway 301, Suite 1000, 

Tampa, FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard L. Leard, Deputy Executive 

Director, Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (813) 

228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Persons 

wishing to listen to the call may do so 

at the following locations:

1. NMFS Panama City Laboratory, 

3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama 

City, FL, Contact: Gary Fitzhugh at 850–

234–6541, extension 214.

2. NMFS Southeast Regional Office, 

9721 North Executive Center Drive, St. 

Petersburg, FL, Contact: Peter Hood at 

727–570–5728.

3. NMFS Pascagoula Laboratory, 3209 

Frederic Street, Pascagoula, MS, 

Contact: Cheryl Hinkel at 228–762–

4591.

4. NMFS Galveston Laboratory, 4700 

Avenue U, Galveston, TX, Contact: 

Rhonda O’Toole at 409–766–3500.

The Council will convene its SSCs to 

review public hearing drafts of 

Amendment 15 to the Coastal Migratory 

Pelagics Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP) and Amendment 24 to the Reef 

Fish FMP. Each of these amendments 

contain alternatives to allow the existing 

commercial permit moratoria to expire, 

extend the moratoria for 5 or 10 years, 

or replace the moratoria with permanent 

limited access systems that would, in 

essence, maintain the cap on the 

number of permits indefinitely, or until 

replaced or eliminated by additional 

actions by the Council.

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agendas may be discussed by 

the SSCs, in accordance with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal action during these meetings. 

Actions of the SSCs will be restricted to 

those issues specifically identified in 

the agendas and any issues arising after 

publication of this notice that require 

emergency action under Section 305(c) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided 

the public has been notified of the 

Council’s intent to take action to 

address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Dawn Aring at the 

Council office by September 24, 2004.

Dated: October 8, 2004.

Alan D. Risenhoover,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. E4–2603 Filed 10–13–04; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 100704B]

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a 2–day public meeting of its 

Joint Scallop Plan Development Team 

(PDT) and Advisory Panel in October, 

2004. Recommendations from the 

panels will be brought to the full 

Council for formal consideration and 

action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will held on 

Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 9 a.m. 

and Friday, October 29, 2004 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Holiday Inn Express, 110 Middle 

Street, Fairhaven, MA 02719; telephone: 

(508) 997–1281.

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council 

(978) 465–0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

preparation for the development of a 

Stock Assessment and Fishery 

Evaluation (SAFE) Report for 2005, a 

Joint PDT and Advisory Panel meeting 

will conduct initial discussions to focus 

on identification of: problems and 

issues that the SAFE Report should 

analyze; SAFE Report document 

structure and organization; data and 

analytic requirements; timing when data 

become available for analysis and how 

various analyses interrelate; delegation 

and responsibility for conducting 

analyses and preparing written reports; 

other issues related to the 2005 SAFE 

Report, as needed.

The SAFE Report will be used as a 

baseline in Framework Adjustment 18 

for measures to be implemented in the 

2006 fishing year.

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

days prior to the meeting dates.

Dated: October 8, 2004.

Alan D. Risenhoover,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. E4–2602 Filed 10–13–04; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 100104F]

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Application for scientific 

research permit 1499.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received a scientific research 

permit application relating to Pacific 

salmon. The proposed research is 

intended to increase knowledge of 

species listed under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) and to help guide 

management and conservation efforts.

DATES: Comments or requests for a 

public hearing on the application must 

be received at the appropriate address or 

fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific daylight-saving time 

on November 15, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

application should be sent to Protected 

Resources Division, NMFS, F/NWO3, 

525 NE Oregon Street, Suite 500, 

Portland, OR 97232–2737. Comments 

may also be sent via fax to 503–230–

5435 or by e-mail to 

resapps.nwr@NOAA.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

231–2005, Fax: 503–230–5435, e-mail: 

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Garth.Griffin@noaa.gov). Permit 

application instructions are available at 

http://www.nwr.noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Species Covered in This Notice

The following listed species 

(evolutionarily significant unit) is 

covered in this notice:

Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha): 

threatened naturally produced and 

artificially propagated Puget Sound 

(PS).

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). The 

holding of such a hearing is at the 

discretion of the Assistant 

Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA.

Application Received

Permit 1499

The Battelle Marine Sciences 

Laboratory (BMSL) is requesting a 1–

year research permit to annually 

capture, handle, and release adult and 

juvenile PS chinook salmon. The 

research would take place in Puget 

Sound, Washington. The purpose of the 

research is to develop a more 

comprehensive understanding of 

salmon behavior and movement near 

large overwater structures. The BMSL 

intends to determine juvenile fish 

movement, residence time, activity 

pattern, and migration routes along 

unshaded shoreline and adjacent to and 

under ferry structures. The research 

would benefit the fish by determining 

fish behavior near ferry terminals and 

providing information to be used in 

reducing the impact the structures have 

on listed fish. The BMSL proposes to 

capture the fish using enclosure nets. 

Most of the captured fish would be 

anesthetized, identified, counted, 

checked for tags and marks, allowed to 

recover, and released. A portion of the 

juvenile salmonids would be measured, 

implanted with acoustic tags, released, 

and tracked remotely. The BMSL does 

not intend to kill any of the fish being 

captured, but a small percentage may 

die as an unintended result of the 

activities.

This notice is provided pursuant to 

section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will 

evaluate the application, associated 

documents, and comments submitted to 

determine whether the application 

meets the requirements of section 10(a) 

of the ESA and Federal regulations. The 

final permit decisions will not be made 

until after the end of the 30–day 

comment period. NMFS will publish 

notice of its final action in the Federal 

Register.

Dated: October 8, 2004.

Marta Nammack,

Acting Division Chief, Endangered Species 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 04–23063 Filed 10–13–04; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 100104G]

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of 21 scientific 

research permits and permit 

modifications.

SUMMARY: Between June 2, 2004 and 

July 30, 2004, NMFS’ Northwest Region 

issued 21 permits and permit 

modifications allowing endangered and 

threatened species of Pacific salmon and 

steelhead to be taken for scientific 

research purposes under the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973. 

The research actions and the species 

they affect are listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

ADDRESSES: The permits, permit 

applications, and related documents are 

available for review during business 

hours by appointment at NMFS’

Protected Resources Division, F/NWO3, 

525 NE Oregon Street, Suite 500, 

Portland, OR 97232–2737 (ph: 503–230–

5400, fax: 503–230–5435).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Garth Griffin, Portland, OR (phone: 503–

231–2005, fax: 503–230–5435, e-mail: 

Garth.Griffin@noaa.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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/modifications 

based on findings that such permits and 

modifications: (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 policies set forth 

in section 2 of the ESA. Authority to 

take listed species is subject to 

conditions set forth in the permits.

Species Covered in this Notice

The listed species/evolutionarily 

significant units (ESUs) covered by this 

notice are listed below and identified in 

the subsequent table by the numbers (in 

parentheses) that precede them.

(1) Threatened Puget Sound chinook 

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

(2) Threatened Lower Columbia River 

(LCR) chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha)

(3) Threatened Snake River (SR) 

spring/summer chinook salmon (O. 

tshawytscha)

(4) Threatened SR fall chinook salmon 

(O. tshawytscha)

(5) Endangered Upper Columbia River 

(UCR) spring-run chinook salmon (O. 

tshawytscha)

(6) Threatened Upper Willamette 

River (UWR) chinook salmon (O. 

tshawytscha)

(7) Threatened Hood Canal summerrun chum salmon (O. keta)

(8) Threatened Columbia River chum 

salmon (O. keta)

(9) Threatened LCR steelhead (O. 

mykiss) (O. keta)

(10) Threatened Middle Columbia 

River steelhead (O. keta)

(11) Threatened SR steelhead (O. keta)

(12) Endangered UCR steelhead (O. 

keta)

(13) Threatened Upper Willamette 

(UWR) Steelhead (O. keta)

(14) Threatened Southern Oregon/

Northern California Coasts coho salmon 

(O. kisutch)

(15) Threatened (at the time of 

issuance) Oregon Coast coho salmon (O. 

kisutch)

(16) Endangered SR sockeye salmon 

(O. nerka)