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Citizen Science Advisory Panel Action 

Teams. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold meetings of the following Citizen 

Science Advisory Panel Action Teams: 

Finance & Infrastructure; Volunteers; 

Projects/Topics Management; Data 

Management; and Communication/ 

Outreach/Education via webinar. 

DATES: The Finance & Infrastructure 

Team meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 1 

p.m.; Volunteers Team on Thursday, 

September 27, 2018 at 2 p.m.; Projects/ 

Topics Management Team will be held 

on Friday, September 28, 2018 at 10 

a.m.; Data Management Team on 

Monday, October 1, 2018 at 10 a.m.; and 

Communication/Outreach/Education 

Team on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 

2 p.m. Each meeting is scheduled to last 

approximately 90 minutes. Additional 

Action Team webinars and plenary 

webinar dates and times will publish in 

a subsequent issue in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES:

Meeting address: The meetings will be 

held via webinar and are open to 

members of the public. Webinar 

registration is required and registration 

links will be posted to the Citizen 

Science program page of the Council’s 

website at www.safmc.net. 

Council address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. 

Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amber Von Harten, Citizen Science 

Program Manager, SAFMC; phone: (843) 

302–8433 or toll free (866) SAFMC–10; 

fax: (843) 769–4520; email: 

amber.vonharten@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council created a Citizen Science 

Advisory Panel Pool in June 2017. The 

Council appointed members of the 

Citizen Science Advisory Panel Pool to 

five Action Teams in the areas of 

Volunteers, Data Management, Projects/ 

Topics Management, Finance, and 

Communication/Outreach/Education to 

develop program policies and 

operations for the Council’s Citizen 

Science Program. 

Each Action Team will meet to 

continue work on developing 

recommendations on program policies 

and operations to be reviewed by the 

Council’s Citizen Science Committee. 

Public comment will be accepted at the 

beginning of the meeting. 

Items to be addressed during these 

meetings: 

1. Discuss work on tasks in the Terms 

of Reference 

2. Review the draft Standard Operating 

Policies and Procedures (SOPPs) for 

the Program 

3. Other Business 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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

Dated: August 31, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

General Provisions for Domestic 

Fisheries; Pacific Coast Groundfish 

Fishery; Applications for Exempted 

Fishing Permits (EFP) 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the receipt 

of three exempted fishing permit (EFP) 

applications. NMFS has made a 

preliminary determination that these 

EFP applications warrant further 

consideration. The applications, 

submitted by the San Francisco 

Community Fishing Association, Scott 

Cook, and Real Good Fish, request 

exemptions from prohibitions to fish for 

rockfish species in the non-trawl 

Rockfish Conservation Areas during the 

2019–2020 fishing years. All three 

applicants request to test hook-and-line 

gear that selectively harvests 

underutilized, midwater rockfish 

species while avoiding bottom-dwelling, 

overfished rockfish species. NMFS 

requests public comment on these 

applications. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

October 9, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this document, identified by NOAA– 

NMFS–2018–0093, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=

NOAA-NMFS-2018-0093, click the 

‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the 

required fields, and enter or attach your 

comments. The EFP applications will be 

available under Supporting Documents 

through the same link. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Lynn Massey, West Coast Region, 

NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Ste. 4200, 

Long Beach, CA 90802–4250. 

• Instructions: Comments must be 

submitted by one of the above methods 

to ensure that the comments are 

received, documented, and considered 

by NMFS. Comments sent by any other 

method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered. All comments received are 

a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted for public viewing 

on www.regulations.gov without change. 

All personal identifying information 

(e.g., name, address, etc.) submitted 

voluntarily by the sender will be 

publicly accessible. Do not submit 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in 

the required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynn Massey, West Coast Region, 

NMFS, (562) 436–2462, lynn.massey@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action is authorized by the Pacific Coast 

Groundfish Fishery Management Plan 

and the regulations implementing the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act at 50 

CFR 600.745, which state that EFPs may 

be used to authorize fishing activities 

that would otherwise be prohibited. 

At its June 2018 meeting, the Pacific 

Fishery Management Council (Council) 

made its final recommendation to 

NMFS on three EFP applications. The 

Council considered the EFP 

applications concurrently with the 

2019–2020 biennial harvest 

specifications and management process 

because expected catch under each EFP 

is included in the catch limits for 

groundfish stocks. All three EFP 

applicants request to test hook-and-line 

gear that selectively targets 

underutilized, midwater rockfish 

species (e.g., yellowtail rockfish) while 

avoiding overfished, bottom-dwelling 

rockfish species (e.g., yelloweye 

rockfish). An EFP is necessary for these 

activities because they will all occur in 


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1Available at: http://www.westcoast.fisheries.

noaa.gov/publications/fishery_management/ 

groundfish/s7-groundfish-biop-121117.pdf. 

2Available at: http://www.pcouncil.org/wpcontent/uploads/2017/10/F7_Att1_USFWS_2017_

STALBiOp_NOV2017BB.pdf. 

3 Draft available at: https://www.pcouncil.org/wpcontent/uploads/2018/06/E4_Supp_REVISEDAtt2_

2019–20_GFSpexEA_E-Only_June2018BB.pdf. 

the non-trawl RCA, which is closed to 

fishing with non-trawl fixed gear to 

protect overfished groundfish stocks. A 

summary of each EFP application is 

provided below: 

• Yellowtail Rockfish Jig Fishing for 

the 2019–2020 Fishing Seasons: The San 

Francisco Community Fishing 

Association (SFCFA) and Daniel Platt 

submitted a renewal request for EFP 

activities that have been conducted 

since 2013. This EFP would authorize 

seven vessels to test the potential for a 

new commercial jig gear configured to 

target underutilized, midwater 

yellowtail and shelf rockfish species 

while avoiding overfished, bottomdwelling yelloweye and canary rockfish. 

These EFP activities would take place 

within the non-trawl RCA off the 

California coast—specifically between 

Point Conception and the Oregon/ 

California border at depths ranging from 

35 to 150 fathoms (64 to 274 meters 

(m)). 

• Commercial Midwater Hook-andLine Rockfish Fishing in the RCA off the 

Oregon Coast: Scott Cook of Coos Bay, 

Oregon submitted an EFP to authorize 

3–5 vessels to test a modified, midwater 

trolled longline gear configured to target 

underutilized, midwater yellowtail, 

widow, and canary rockfish while 

avoiding overfished, bottom-dwelling 

yelloweye rockfish. Alongside 100 

percent observer coverage, this EFP 

would also test a new electronic 

monitoring (EM) device tailored to small 

vessels that are difficult to observe with 

human observers. These EFP activities 

will take place within the non-trawl 

RCA (referred to as Fixed Gear RCA in 

the EFP application) off the Oregon 

Coast—specifically in the rocky reef 

habitat at depths ranging from 30 to 100 

fathoms (55 to 183 m). The Council 

approved this EFP application for final 

recommendation to NMFS with the 

understanding that the applicant will: 

(1) Harvest no more than 5 metric tons 

(mt) of canary rockfish as opposed to the 

requested 10 mt; (2) use artificial fishing 

lures; and, (3) limit the number of hooks 

per individual line to 40 or less with a 

maximum of 125 hooks total. The 

Council recommended the use of 

artificial fishing lures and a maximum 

hook limitation in order to minimize 

potential seabird interactions. 

• Monterey Bay Regional Exempted 

Fishing Permit—Chilipepper Rockfish: 

Real Good Fish of Moss Landing, 

California submitted an EFP to 

authorize 5–10 vessels to: (1) Test a 

trolled hook-and-line gear configured to 

target underutilized, midwater 

chilipepper rockfish and avoid 

overfished, bottom-dwelling yelloweye 

rockfish; (2) determine areas that are 

abundant with chilipepper rockfish and 

that correspond to low densities of 

overfished yelloweye rockfish; and, (3) 

to test a new EM and vessel monitoring 

system intended to provide a costeffective alternative to observer coverage 

on small vessels. These EFP activities 

will take place in the non-trawl RCA off 

the California coast—specifically in 

areas with canyon edges and walls that 

have historically produced high 

volumes of chilipepper rockfish catch 

and at depths ranging from 40 to 150 

fathoms (73 to 274 m). 

During the two-year period of EFP 

activities from 2019 to 2020, all 

applicants will adhere to EFP set-asides 

for targeted and incidental groundfish 

and other species, which were 

considered and approved by the Council 

at their June 2018 meeting. These EFP 

set-asides are off the top deductions 

from the 2019–2020 applicable annual 

catch limits (ACLs), meaning any 

landings and discards that occur under 

these EFPs would be accounted for 

within the applicable ACLs. 

NMFS does not expect any impacts to 

the environment, essential fish habitat, 

or protected or prohibited species from 

this EFP beyond those analyzed for the 

groundfish fishery as a whole in 

applicable biological opinions 1 2 or the 

draft Environmental Assessment for the 

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 2019– 

2020 Harvest Specifications and 

Management Measures.3 During Council 

deliberations, Council members 

expressed concern regarding seabird 

and canary rockfish impacts from the 

Scott Cook EFP, and salmon bycatch 

impacts from all three EFPs. To address 

seabird concerns, the Council requested 

modifications to the Scott Cook EFP, 

which included requiring participating 

vessels to use artificial fishing lures (as 

opposed to live bait) and limiting hooks 

to a maximum of 40 hooks per line with 

a maximum of 125 hooks total. NMFS 

will require additional mitigation 

measures if necessary to ensure that all 

potential seabird impacts fall within the 

scope of the 2017 United States Fish 

and Wildlife Biological Opinion 2 for 

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 

impacts on seabirds. To address canary 

rockfish concerns, the Council 

requested a reduction in the Scott Cook 

EFP set-aside from 10 mt to 5 mt in 

order to take a precautionary approach 

in providing opportunities to target 

canary rockfish. To address the 

possibility of salmon bycatch, the 

Council requested that NMFS consider 

precautionary limits for bycatch of 

endangered salmon that may occur 

during EFP fishing activities. NMFS 

requested that the applicants estimate 

their expected bycatch of Chinook and 

coho salmon, and will present this 

information at the September 2018 

Council meeting. NMFS will request 

that the Council provide additional 

input on the proposed salmon bycatch 

limits or additional considerations for 

approving these EFPs based on the 

expected salmon encounter rates and 

any public comments received during 

the comment period for the EFPs. The 

salmon bycatch limits that the Council 

approves would be counted against the 

non-whiting salmon bycatch guidelines 

for Chinook (5,500) and coho (560) 

salmon bycatch in NMFS’s 2017 

Biological Opinion. The terms and 

conditions of the EFP would state that 

EFP fishing will cease if vessels reach 

the expected salmon bycatch levels 

specified in the EFP. 

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

773 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq. 

Dated: August 31, 2018. 

Margo Schulze-Haugen, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Service Project Collection Tool for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. 

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collection activity, by October 9, 2018. 

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