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ADDRESSES: The application and related 

documents are available for review by 

selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public 

Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on 

the Applications and Permits for 

Protected Species home page, https://

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting 

File No. 28294 from the list of available 

applications. These documents are also 

available upon written request via email 

to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include File No. 28294 in the subject 

line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. The request should set forth 

the specific reasons why a hearing on 

this application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Markin, Ph.D. or Malcolm Mohead, 

(301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Endangered Species Act 

of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) and the regulations 

governing the taking, importing, and 

exporting of endangered and threatened 

species (50 CFR parts 222–226). 

The applicant requests to conduct 

research on Atlantic and shortnose 

sturgeon in freshwater and estuary areas 

of the Delaware River. Research 

objectives would include assessing and 

quantifying the presence of Atlantic and 

shortnose sturgeon at the egg, larval, 

juvenile and sub-adult/adult life stages. 

Other studies would also include 

assessing sturgeon home range, 

individual movement patterns, seasonal 

movements, habitat use, nursery areas, 

over-wintering habitat use, population 

dynamics, and habitat assessment. 

Up to 265 juvenile and 25 adult/subadult shortnose sturgeon and 265 

juvenile and 5 adult/sub-adult Atlantic 

sturgeon would be captured by gill net 

or trawl, measured, weighed, 

biologically sampled (tissue), marked 

(passive integrated transponder), and 

photographed/videoed, annually, prior 

to release. Sub-sets of Atlantic and 

shortnose sturgeon may be anesthetized 

and implanted with acoustic 

transmitters, gastric lavaged, and fin ray 

sampled. The applicant requests one 

unintentional mortality of juvenile and 

adult/subadult shortnose sturgeon and 

one juvenile Atlantic sturgeon annually, 

but no more than two of each species 

life stage over the life of the permit. 

A total 300 shortnose and 100 

Atlantic sturgeon of early life stages 

would be taken in directed lethal 

research annually. The permit would be 

valid for up to 10 years from the date 

of issuance. 

Dated: October 21, 2024. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE413] 

Endangered Species; File No. 21467 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for 

a permit modification. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Karen Holloway-Adkins, Ph.D., East 

Coast Biologists, Inc., P.O. Box 33715, 

Indialantic, FL 32903, has requested a 

modification to scientific research 

Permit No. 21467–02. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 27, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: The modification request 

and related documents are available for 

review by selecting ‘‘Records Open for 

Public Comment’’ from the Features box 

on the Applications and Permits for 

Protected Species home page, https://

apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting 

File No. 21467 Mod 6 from the list of 

available applications. These documents 

are also available upon written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include File No. 21467 in the subject 

line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. The request should set forth 

the specific reasons why a hearing on 

this application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Markin, Ph.D., or Amy Hapeman, (301) 

427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject modification to Permit No. 

21467–02, issued on July 2, 2021 (86 FR 

43630, August 10, 2021), is requested 

under the authority of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations 

governing the taking, importing, and 

exporting of endangered and threatened 

species (50 CFR parts 222–226). 

Permit No. 21467–02 authorizes the 

permit holder to determine (1) spatial 

and temporal distribution, (2) mean 

size, (3) foraging habitats and diet 

composition, (4) body conditions and 

fibropapillomatosis ratios, (5) genetic 

origin, and (6) home-range, site fidelity, 

and residency times of green (Chelonia 

mydas) and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) 

sea turtles in Brevard County, Florida. 

Researchers may capture by tangle, cast, 

or dip net or hand, measure, mark, 

biologically sample, tag, weigh, and 

photograph sea turtles prior to release. 

The permit holder requests 

authorization to (1) increase the annual 

number of juvenile green sea turtles 

from 25 to 95 for the authorized 

methods listed above and (2) add 10 

adult green turtles annually for capture 

by tangle net, measure, and photograph/ 

video, prior to release. The permit is 

valid through September 30, 2027. 

Dated: October 21, 2024. 

Julia M. Harrison, 

Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE418] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

and its advisory bodies will meet 

November 13–18, 2024, in Costa Mesa, 

CA and via webinar. The Council 

meeting will be live streamed with the 

opportunity to provide public comment 

remotely. 

DATES: The Pacific Council meeting will 

begin on Thursday, November 14, 2024, 

at 10 a.m., Pacific Time (PT), 

reconvening at 8 a.m. on Friday, 

November 15 through Monday, 

November 18, 2024. All meetings are 

open to the public, except for a Closed 

Session held from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, to 


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address litigation and personnel 

matters. The Pacific Council will meet 

as late as necessary each day to 

complete its scheduled business. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: Meetings of the 

Pacific Council and its advisory entities 

will be held at the Hilton Orange 

County at 3050 Bristol Street in Costa 

Mesa, CA 92626; telephone: (714) 540– 

7000. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on joining the 

meeting, connecting to the live stream 

broadcast, and system requirements will 

be provided in the meeting 

announcement on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 

2412 for technical assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Merrick Burden, Executive Director, 

Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820– 

2280 or (866) 806–7204 toll-free, or 

access the Pacific Council website, 

www.pcouncil.org, for the proposed 

agenda and meeting briefing materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

November 13–18, 2024 meeting of the 

Pacific Council will be streamed live on 

the internet. The broadcasts begin 

initially at 10 a.m. PT Thursday, 

November 14, 2024, and 8 a.m. PT 

Friday, November 15 through Monday, 

November 18, 2024. Broadcasts end 

when business for the day is complete. 

Only the audio portion and 

presentations displayed on the screen at 

the Pacific Council meeting will be 

broadcast. The audio portion for the 

public is listen-only except that an 

opportunity for oral public comment 

will be provided prior to Council Action 

on each agenda item. Additional 

information and instructions on joining 

or listening to the meeting can be found 

on the Pacific Council’s website (see 

www.pcouncil.org). 

The following items are on the Pacific 

Council agenda, but not necessarily in 

this order. Agenda items noted as 

‘‘Final’’ refer to actions the Council may 

take requiring the transmission of a 

proposed fishery management plan, 

proposed plan amendment, or proposed 

regulations to the U.S. Secretary of 

Commerce, under sections 304 or 305 of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. 

Additional detail on agenda items, 

Council action, and advisory entity 

meeting times, are described in Agenda 

Item A.3, Proposed Council Meeting 

Agenda, and will be in the advance 

November 2024 briefing materials and 

posted on the Pacific Council website at 

www.pcouncil.org no later than Friday, 

October 25, 2024. 

A. Call to Order 

1. Opening Remarks 

2. Roll Call 

3. Agenda 

4. Executive Director’s Report 

B. Open Comment Period 

1. Comments on Non-Agenda Items 

C. Administrative Matters 

1. Council Coordination Committee 

Report 

2. Fiscal Matters 

3. Legislative Matters 

4. Approve Council Meeting Record 

5. Membership Appointments and 

Council Operating Procedures— 

Including Final 2025–27 Advisory 

Body Appointments 

6. Future Council Meeting Agenda 

and Workload Planning 

D. Cross Fishery Management Plan 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) 2024 Accomplishments 

and 2025 Priorities 

2. Marine Planning 

3. Research and Data Needs 

4. Council Operations and Priorities 

E. Habitat Issues 

1. Current Habitat Issues 

F. Salmon Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. Final Methodology Review Results 

and Proposed Council Operating 

Procedure (COP) 15 Updates 

3. Queets Spring/Summer Chinook 

Rebuilding Plan—Final 

4. Final 2025 Preseason Management 

Schedule 

5. Klamath River Fall Chinook 

Workgroup Progress Report and 

Recommendations 

6. Sacramento River Fall Chinook 

Workgroup Progress Report and 

Recommendations 

G. Pacific Halibut Management 

1. 2025 Catch Sharing Plan and 

Annual Regulations—Final 

2. Commercial Fishery Regulation 

Changes: Vessel Monitoring 

Systems, Seabird Avoidance, and 

Catch Reporting—Final 

H. Highly Migratory Species 

Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. International Management 

Activities including Bluefin Tuna 

Trip Limits 

3. Biennial Harvest Specifications and 

Management Measures—Final 

4. Highly Migratory Species Roadmap 

Workshop Report and Next Steps 

I. Groundfish Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. Trawl Catch Share Program and 

Intersector Allocation Reviews: 

Hearing Officers and Locations 

3. Methodology Review: Final Fishery 

Impact Model Review Topics and 

Stock Assessment Methodologies 

4. Stock Definitions for Species 

Assessed in 2025 and 2027—Final 

5. Cordell Bank Conservation Area 

Revisions 

6. Inseason Adjustments and 

Technical Corrections for 2025– 

2026—Final Action 

J. Coastal Pelagic Species Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. Pacific Sardine Rebuilding Plan 

Fishery Management Plan 

Amendment (FMP)—Final 

3. Stock Assessment Prioritization 

Advisory Body Agendas 

Advisory body agendas will include 

discussions of relevant issues that are 

on the Pacific Council agenda for this 

meeting and may also include issues 

that may be relevant to future Council 

meetings. Proposed advisory body 

agendas for this meeting will be 

available on the Pacific Council website, 

www.pcouncil.org, no later than Friday, 

October 25, 2024 by the end of the 

business day. 

Schedule of Ancillary Meetings 

Day 1—Wednesday, November 13, 2024 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 8 

a.m. 

Salmon Technical Team 8 a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Legislative Committee 10 a.m. 

Budget Committee 2 p.m. 

Enforcement Consultants 2 p.m. 

Day 2—Thursday, November 14, 2024 

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. 

California State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 8 

a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory 

Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Management 

Team 8 a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants As Necessary 

Day 3—Friday, November 15, 2024 

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. 

California State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team 8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory 

Subpanel 8 a.m. 


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Highly Migratory Species Management 

Team 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants As Necessary 

Day 4—Saturday, November 16, 2024 

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. 

California State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory 

Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Coastal Pelagic Species Management 

Team 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants As 

Necessary, Online 

Day 5—Sunday, November 17, 2024 

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. 

California State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory 

Subpanel 8 a.m. 

Coastal Pelagic Species Management 

Team 8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants As 

Necessary, Online 

Day 6—Monday, September 23, 2024 

Oregon State Delegation 7 a.m. 

California State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation 7 a.m. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during these 

meetings. Action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document 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 intent to take final action to address 

the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10 

business days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: October 23, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE406] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to the 

Maintenance and Rehabilitation of the 

Bellingham Shipping Terminal 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of renewal 

incidental harassment authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

regulations implementing the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as 

amended, notification is hereby given 

that NMFS has issued a renewal 

incidental harassment authorization 

(IHA) to the Port of Bellingham to 

incidentally harass marine mammals 

incidental to maintenance and 

rehabilitation of the Bellingham 

Shipping Terminal in Bellingham, WA. 

DATES: This renewal IHA is effective 

from November 7, 2024 through 

November 7, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

original application, renewal request, 

and supporting documents (including 

NMFS Federal Register notices of the 

initial proposed and final 

authorizations, and the proposed 

renewal IHA), as well as a list of the 

references cited in this document, may 

be obtained online at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/ 

incidental-take-authorization-portbellinghams-bellingham-shippingterminal-bellingham. In case of 

problems accessing these documents, 

please call the contact listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Craig Cockrell, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of 

marine mammals, with certain 

exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and 

(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce 

(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon 

request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of small numbers of 

marine mammals by U.S. citizens who 

engage in a specified activity (other than 

commercial fishing) within a specified 

geographical region if certain findings 

are made and either regulations are 

promulgated or, if the taking is limited 

to harassment, an incidental harassment 

authorization is issued. 

Authorization for incidental takings 

shall be granted if NMFS finds that the 

taking will have a negligible impact on 

the species or stock(s) and will not have 

an unmitigable adverse impact on the 

availability of the species or stock(s) for 

taking for subsistence uses (where 

relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe 

the permissible methods of taking and 

other ‘‘means of effecting the least 

practicable adverse impact’’ on the 

affected species or stocks and their 

habitat, paying particular attention to 

rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of 

similar significance, and on the 

availability of such species or stocks for 

taking for certain subsistence uses 

(referred to here as ‘‘mitigation 

measures’’). NMFS must also prescribe 

requirements pertaining to monitoring 

and reporting of such takings. The 

definition of key terms such as ‘‘take,’’ 

‘‘harassment,’’ and ‘‘negligible impact’’ 

can be found in the MMPA and NMFS’s 

implementing regulations (see 16 U.S.C. 

1362; 50 CFR 216.103). 

NMFS’ regulations implementing the 

MMPA at 50 CFR 216.107(e) indicate 

that IHAs may be renewed for 

additional periods of time not to exceed 

1 year for each reauthorization. In the 

notice of proposed IHA for the initial 

IHA, NMFS described the circumstances 

under which we would consider issuing 

a renewal for this activity, and 

requested public comment on a 

potential renewal under those 

circumstances. Specifically, on a caseby-case basis, NMFS may issue a onetime 1-year renewal IHA following 

notice to the public providing an 

additional 15 days for public comments 

when (1) up to another year of identical, 

or nearly identical, activities as 

described in the Detailed Description of 

Specified Activities section of the initial 

IHA issuance notice is planned or (2) 

the activities as described in the 

Description of the Specified Activities 

and Anticipated Impacts section of the 

initial IHA issuance notice will not be 

completed by the time the initial IHA 

expires and a renewal will allow for 

completion of the activities beyond that 

described in the DATES section of the 

notice of issuance of the initial IHA, 

provided all of the following conditions 

are met: 

1. A request for renewal is received no 

later than 60 days prior to the needed 

renewal IHA effective date (recognizing 

that the renewal IHA expiration date 

cannot extend beyond 1 year from 

expiration of the initial IHA); 

2. The request for renewal must 

include the following: 


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