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Webinar registration URL information: 

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ADDRESSES: Council address: New 

England Fishery Management Council, 

50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, 

MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Committee will review 

alternatives to designate a Habitat Area 

of Particular Concern in Southern New 

England and identify a preferred 

alternative for Council consideration at 

the April meeting. As needed, 

recommend additional analysis or 

information to be developed by the Plan 

Development Team to support Council 

final action in April. They will also 

receive an update on the discussions 

that have occurred between the Plan 

Development Team and Coonamessett 

Farm Foundation staff related to 

development of a final report for their 

Exempted Fishing Permit study in the 

Great South Channel Habitat 

Management Area. The Committee will 

receive updates on offshore energy, 

cable, and aquaculture projects of 

interest to the Council and provide 

feedback as appropriate. They will also 

discuss and recommend updates to 

habitat-related Council research 

priorities. Also on the agenda is a 

progress update on habitat-related 

Council work priorities. Other business 

may be discussed as necessary. 

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 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the date. This meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

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

Dated: February 23, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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Administration 

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Caribbean Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting; Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service published a document 

in the Federal Register of February 23, 

2022, regarding a meeting of the 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Council’s (Council) Ecosystem-Based 

Fishery Management Technical 

Advisory Panel (EBFM TAP). The 

document omitted a meeting location. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Graciela Garcı ́a-Moliner, Caribbean 

Fishery Management Council, 270 

Mun ̃oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San 

Juan, Puerto Rico 00918–1903, 

telephone: (787) 403–8337. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of February 

23, 2022, in FR Doc. 2022–03810, on 

page 10173, in the second column, add 

the following information to the 

ADDRESSES caption: 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the Courtyard by Marriott Isla 

Verde Beach Resort, 7012 Boca de 

Cangrejos Avenue, Carolina, Puerto Rico 

00979. 

All previously published information 

remains unchanged. 

Special Accommodations 

For any additional information on this 

hybrid meeting, please contact Dr. 

Graciela Garcı ́a-Moliner, Caribbean 

Fishery Management Council, 270 

Mun ̃oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, San 

Juan, Puerto Rico, 00918–1903, 

telephone: (787) 403–8337. 

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

Dated: February 23, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Administration 

Determination Regarding Review of 

Nomination for Hudson Canyon 

National Marine Sanctuary 

AGENCY: Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In January 2022, the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) requested 

written comments to facilitate the fiveyear review of the nomination for 

Hudson Canyon National Marine 

Sanctuary (NMS). NOAA requested 

relevant and new information pertaining 

to its 11 sanctuary nomination 

evaluation criteria. In particular, NOAA 

sought any additional details about the 

area’s natural or cultural resources, 

emerging threats to these resources, and 

evolving management efforts or human 

uses in the proposed area (e.g., wind 

energy proposals). After reviewing the 

information gathered through the public 

process and completing an internal 

analysis of readily-available and 

relevant information on the proposed 

area, NOAA has determined the Hudson 

Canyon NMS nomination will remain 

on the inventory until at least February 

23, 2027. 

DATES: This determination is applicable 

on February 23, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Matt Brookhart, Eastern 

Regional Director, NOAA Sanctuaries 

Eastern Region, 1305 East West 

Highway, N/NMS, Silver Spring, MD 

20910, or at Matt.Brookhart@noaa.gov, 

and at https://nominate.noaa.gov/ 

nominations/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LeAnn Hogan, Regional Operations 

Coordinator, NOAA Sanctuaries Eastern 

Region, 1305 East-West Highway, N/ 

NMS, Silver Spring, MD 20910, or at 

LeAnn.Hogan@noaa.gov, or at 202–731– 

0678. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background Information 

In June 2014, NOAA issued a final 

rule establishing the sanctuary 


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nomination process (SNP), which 

details how communities may submit 

nominations to NOAA for consideration 

of national marine sanctuary 

designation (79 FR 33851). NOAA 

moves successful nominations to an 

inventory of areas that could be 

considered for national marine 

sanctuary designation. The final rule 

establishing the SNP included a fiveyear limit on any nomination added to 

the inventory that NOAA does not 

advance for designation. 

In November 2019, NOAA issued a 

notice (84 FR 61546) to clarify 

procedures for evaluating and updating 

a nomination as it approaches the fiveyear mark on the inventory of areas that 

could be considered for national marine 

sanctuary designation. The clarified 

procedure is intended to ensure the 

inventory contains nominations that 

remain relevant and responsive to the 

11 national significance criteria and 

management considerations. The 11 

criteria can be found at https://

nominate.noaa.gov. The process to 

update a nomination that is about to 

expire includes the following steps: 

1. ONMS notifies the nominating 

party prior to the five-year mark of the 

nominated area’s time on the inventory 

to give the nominator an opportunity to 

provide updates on the nominated 

area’s relevance to the 11 sanctuary 

nomination evaluation criteria. 

2. ONMS works with partners and the 

public to gather information on the 

nominated area’s relevance to the 11 

sanctuary nomination evaluation 

criteria. 

3. ONMS reviews the information 

received from the original nominating 

party, partners, the public, Indigenous 

communities, and other relevant sources 

to update any information on the 11 

criteria, assess the level of communitybased support for the nomination from 

a broad range of interests, and 

determine if that support has increased 

or decreased since the time of 

nomination. Based on this information, 

ONMS assesses if the nomination is still 

accurate and relevant. 

4. ONMS produces a report for the 

ONMS Director that presents an analysis 

of the information that has been 

collected, and recommends whether to 

maintain the nomination on the 

inventory, or remove it once the fiveyear mark is reached. 

On January 21, 2022, NOAA issued a 

request for public comments on the 

Hudson Canyon NMS nomination (87 

FR 3283). NOAA requested relevant 

information pertaining to the 11 

sanctuary nomination evaluation 

criteria for inclusion in the national 

inventory. Five public comment letters 

were submitted during this public 

comment process. The public comment 

letters can be found at regulations.gov 

(search for docket number NOAA–NOS– 

2022–0010). In analyzing these public 

comment letters, particular attention 

was given to new scientific information 

about the national significance of 

natural and cultural resources, increases 

or decreases in the threats to resources 

originally proposed for protection, and 

evolving management efforts or human 

uses in the proposed area. 

NOAA reviewed the information 

contained in the public comment letters 

and has determined that the new 

information shows that there are 

changes to the threats to the resources 

in Hudson Canyon, Hudson Canyon 

remains an area of national significance, 

the area has special cultural significance 

to the Indigenous people of the region, 

and the natural resources and ecological 

qualities continue to contribute to the 

biological productivity of the area. 

Therefore, this notice serves to inform 

the public of NOAA’s decision to extend 

the nomination of the Hudson Canyon 

NMS on the inventory for another fiveyear period. With this action, NOAA is 

not proposing to designate Hudson 

Canyon as a national marine sanctuary. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq. 

John Armor, 

Director, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of webconference. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council)’s 

Executive Committee will hold a 

webconference March 14, 2022. 

DATES: The Executive Committee will 

begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 14, 

2022, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Alaska 

Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be by 

webconference. Join online through the 

link at https://meetings.npfmc.org/ 

Meeting/Details/2857. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 

3rd Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501–2252; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. Instructions 

for attending the meeting via 

webconference are given under 

Connection Information, below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana Evans, Council staff; email: 

diana.evans@noaa.gov, telephone: (907) 

271–2809. For technical support please 

contact our administrative staff, email: 

npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Monday, March 14, 2022 

The Executive Committee and AP and 

SSC leadership will review a staff paper 

on reflections on the Council process 

and Ideas for Change, and develop 

recommendations for the Council. The 

Agenda is subject to change, and the 

latest version will be posted at https:// 

meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 

2857 prior to the meeting, along with 

meeting materials. 

Connection Information 

You can attend the meeting online 

using a computer, tablet, or smart 

phone; or by phone only. Connection 

information will be posted online at: 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/2857. For technical support 

please contact our administrative staff, 

email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

Public Comment 

Public comment letters will be 

accepted and should be submitted 

electronically through the links at 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/2857 by 5 p.m. Alaska time, 

March 13, 2022. The Committee will 

also hear oral testimony, sign-up 

information will be posted at https://

meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/Details/ 

2857. 

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

Dated: February 23, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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