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DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, June 18, 2007, at 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Eastland Park Hotel, 157 High 

Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone: 

(207) 775–5411. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978)465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion in the committee’s agenda 

are as follows: 

1. Introduction: safety, regulation 

compliance, and familiarizing industry 

with the proper use of VMS. 

2. Presentation by NOAA’s Office for 

Law Enforcement: the capabilities and 

limitations of VMS as an enforcement 

tool. 

3. Comments and recommendations 

from the public, VMS users, state 

agencies and the Coast Guard. The 

committee has received the following 

requests: 

a. Safe harbor protocol, to suspend a 

fishing trip due to storms or other 

emergencies; 

b. Produce a laminated sheet of 

emergency contacts; 

c. Declaration in/out of a fishery 

while at sea, rather than in port; 

d. Change polling frequency, to be 

based on fishery declaration; 

e. Closed area transit declaration, to 

minimize gear stowage requirements; 

f. Completion of the days-at-sea (DAS) 

web page by NMFS; 

g. Inform fishermen of existing safety 

features on their VMS units by vendors. 

h. Examine polling outages, frequency 

and duration, by vendor. 

i. Improve safety by consistently 

applying the minimum landing limit to 

once per 24 hours across all fisheries. 

j. Develop an updated VMS program 

to eliminate inconsistent or duplicative 

regulations, and increase flexibility and 

improve administration of industry 

reporting requirements. 

4. Industry and law enforcement 

dialog on VMS usage and how it can be 

improved. 

5. Other business. 

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 

identified in this notice 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 

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 date. 

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

Dated: May 11, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[XRIN: 0648–XA30] 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; 

Southeastern Data, Assessment, and 

Review (SEDAR); greater amberjack; 

red snapper. 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Workshops for 

South Atlantic greater amberjack and 

red snapper. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR assessments of 

the South Atlantic stocks of greater 

amberjack and red snapper will consist 

of a series of three workshops: a Data 

Workshop, an Assessment Workshop, 

and a Review Workshop. This is the 

fifteenth SEDAR. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The Data Workshop will take 

place July 9–13, 2007; the Assessment 

Workshop will take place October 22–

26, 2007; the Review Workshop will 

take place January 28–February 1, 2008. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The Data Workshop will be 

held at the Francis Marion Hotel, 387 

King Street, Charleston, SC 29103; 

telephone: (843) 722–0600. The 

Assessment Workshop will be held at 

the Center for Coastal Fisheries and 

Habitat Research Beaufort Laboratory, 

101 Piver’s Island Road, Beaufort, NC 

28516. The Review Workshop will be 

held at the Holiday Inn Brownstone, 

1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 

27605; telephone: (919) 828–0811. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Carmichael, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 

571–4366. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the SEDAR process, 

a multi-step method for determining the 

status of fish stocks in the Southeast 

Region. SEDAR includes three 

workshops: (1) Data Workshop, (2) 

Stock Assessment Workshop and (3) 

Review Workshop. The product of the 

Data Workshop is a data report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses. The product of the Stock 

Assessment Workshop is a stock 

assessment report which describes the 

fisheries, evaluates the status of the 

stock, estimates biological benchmarks, 

projects future population conditions, 

and recommends research and 

monitoring needs. The assessment is 

independently peer reviewed at the 

Review Workshop. The product of the 

Review Workshop is a Consensus 

Summary documenting Panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

SEDAR 15 Workshop Schedule: 

July 9–13, 2007; SEDAR 15 Data 

Workshop 

July 9, 2007: 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.; July 3–12, 

2007: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; July 13, 2007: 8 

a.m. - 1 p.m. 

An assessment data set and associated 

documentation will be developed 

during the Data Workshop. Participants 

will evaluate all available data and 

select appropriate sources for providing 

information on life history 

characteristics, catch statistics, discard 

estimates, length and age composition, 

and fishery dependent and fishery 

independent measures of stock 

abundance. 


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27544 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 94 / Wednesday, May 16, 2007 / Notices 

October 22–26, 2007; SEDAR 15 

Assessment Workshop 

October 22, 2007: 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.; 

October 23–25, 2007: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; 

October 26, 2007: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. 

Using datasets provided by the Data 

Workshop, participants will develop 

population models to evaluate stock 

status, estimate population benchmarks 

and Sustainable Fisheries Act criteria, 

and project future conditions. 

Participants will recommend the most 

appropriate methods and configurations 

for determining stock status and 

estimating population parameters. 

Participants will prepare a workshop 

report, compare and contrast various 

assessment approaches, and determine 

whether the assessments are adequate 

for submission to the review panel. 

January 28–February 1, 2008; SEDAR 

15 Review Workshop 

January 28, 2008: 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.; 

January 29–31, 2008: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; 

February 1, 2008: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. 

The Review Workshop is an 

independent peer review of the 

assessment developed during the Data 

and Assessment Workshops. Workshop 

Panelists will review the assessment 

and document their comments and 

recommendations in a Consensus 

Summary. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) 

at least 10 business days prior to each 

workshop. 

Dated: May 11, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RIN 0648–XA19] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Receipt of application for 

scientific research/enhancement permit 

(1610) and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received an application for a 

permit from Thomas R. Payne and 

Associates, Arcata, California (Permit 

1610). This permit would affect the 

Southern California (SC) steelhead 

(Oncorhynchus mykiss) distinct 

population segment (DPS), Northern 

California (NC) steelhead DPS, Central 

California Coast (CCC) steelhead DPS, 

California Coastal (CC) Chinook salmon 

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) 

Evolutionarily Significant Population 

(ESU), Southern Oregon/Northern 

California Coast (SONCC) coho salmon 

(Oncorhynchus kisutch) ESU, and CCC 

coho salmon ESU. This document 

serves to notify the public of the 

availability of the permit application for 

review and comment before a final 

approval or disapproval is made by 

NMFS. 

DATES: Written comments on the permit 

application must be received at the 

appropriate address or fax number (see 

ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m. 

Daylight Savings Time on June 15, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this 

permit request should be sent to the 

office indicated below. Comments may 

also be sent via fax to the number 

indicated for the request. Comments 

will not be accepted if submitted via email or the internet. The application 

and related documents are available for 

review, by appointment at NMFS, 1655 

Heindon Road, Arcata, CA 95521 (ph: 

707–825–5185, fax: 707–825–4840). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Ashton at phone number (707–

825–5185), or e-mail: 

diane.ashton@noaa.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority 

Issuance of permits and permit 

modifications, as required by the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1531–1543) (ESA), is based on a 

finding that such permits/modifications: 

(1) Are applied for in good faith; (2) 

would not operate to the disadvantage 

of the listed species which are the 

subject of the permits; 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. Permits and modifications are 

issued in accordance with and are 

subject to the ESA and NMFS 

regulations governing listed fish and 

wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222–226). 

Those individuals requesting a 

hearing on the 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. All statements and opinions 

contained in the permit action 

summaries are those of the applicant 

and do not necessarily reflect the views 

of NMFS. 

Species Covered in This Notice 

This notice is relevant to the 

endangered CCC coho salmon ESU, and 

the following threatened salmonid DPSs 

and ESUs: SC steelhead DPS, NC 

steelhead DPS, CCC steelhead DPS, CC 

Chinook salmon ESU, and SONCC coho 

salmon ESU. 

Permit Request Received. 

Permit 1610 

Thomas Payne has requested a Permit 

(1610) for take of the above listed 

species associated with four studies. 

Study 1 (Ventura River Project) would 

assess the distribution and estimate the 

abundance of juvenile steelhead/ 

rainbow trout, with a comparison to 

estimates from 2006, in the Ventura 

River and principal tributaries, Ventura 

County, California. Study 2 (Martin 

Slough Project) would assess the fish 

habitat quality of Martin Slough and to 

document the distribution and 

abundance of fish, including juvenile 

salmonids, in Martin Slough which 

flows into Swain Slough, a tributary to 

Elk River which flows into Humboldt 

Bay, Humboldt County, California . 

Study 3 (Russian River Project) would 

assess the fish habitat quality and fish 

distribution, including juvenile 

salmonids, in two tributaries of the 

upper Russian River basin near Ukiah, 

Mendocino County, California. Study 4 

(PALCO Marsh Project) would assess 

the fish populations in PALCO Marsh 

and tidal channels to Humboldt Bay, 

Humboldt County, California. 

Permit 1610, if issued, would expire 

September, 2017. 

Dated: May 10, 2007. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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