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hydraulic clam dredge gear, to conduct 

at-sea PSP testing in the Closed Area II 

Scallop Access Area in statistical area 

562. The participating vessels are 

already certified for at-sea testing and 

are currently operating in the area 

opened on Georges Bank in 2012. 

In 2008, before the open area of 

Georges Bank was approved, we issued 

an EFP for a single vessel with a harvest 

of 176,000 bushels (bu) of surfclams and 

80,000 bu of ocean quahogs to 

determine if at-sea PSP testing was 

feasible in that area. The project now 

under consideration was designed to 

align with the original EFP that was 

issued to open the area of Georges Bank. 

Vessels would take up to 60 trips to 

collect data on the presence, or lack 

thereof, of PSP-contaminated shellfish 

in the area. The project would also 

collect data on clam densities, shell size 

and landings per unit effort. No less 

than 10 percent of the trips would be 

covered by observers paid for by Sea 

Watch. Vessels would land up to 4,800 

bu of surfclams or ocean quahogs per 

trip and all landings would be counted 

against the vessel’s annual Individual 

Fishing Quota allocation. All landings 

would be handled under the current 

PSP protocol in place as mandated by 

the Food and Drug Administration and 

the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation 

Conference. A positive PSP result from 

any one sample would deem the area 

unacceptable for harvest. The vessel 

Captain would immediately report all 

positive screening test results, by 

telephone or email, to the Authority 

within the intended state of landing, the 

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 

Shellfish Specialist, and the processor. 

The FDA would notify us and permitted 

vessels would stop fishing in the 

affected area(s). 

Participating vessels would adhere to 

all seasonal groundfish closures in 

Closed Area II and would not retain any 

scallops while on EFP trips. 

Additionally, vessels must also adhere 

to all other requirements at 

§ 648.76(a)(4)(i). 

If approved, Sea Watch may request 

minor modifications and extensions to 

the EFP throughout the study. EFP 

modifications and extensions may be 

granted without further notice if they 

are deemed essential to facilitate 

completion of the proposed research 

and have minimal impacts that do not 

change the scope or impact of the 

initially approved EFP request. Any 

fishing activity conducted outside the 

scope of the exempted fishing activity 

would be prohibited. 

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

Dated: February 25, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XV186] 

Space Weather Advisory Group 

Meeting 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Space Weather Advisory 

Group (SWAG) will meet for 2 half-days 

on March 17–18, 2022. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled as 

follows: March 17–18, 2022 from 10 

a.m.–2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time 

(EST). 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

conducted virtually via webinar. For 

details on how to connect to the 

webinar or to submit comments, please 

visit www.weather.gov/swag or contact 

Jennifer Meehan, National Weather 

Service; telephone: 301–427–9798; 

email: jennifer.meehan@noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Meehan, National Weather 

Service, NOAA, 1325 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 

20910; 301–427–9798 or 

jennifer.meehan@noaa.gov; or visit the 

SWAG website: https://

www.weather.gov/swag. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Promoting Research and 

Observations of Space Weather to 

Improve the Forecasting of Tomorrow 

(PROSWIFT) Act, 51 U.S.C. 60601 et 

seq., the Administrator of NOAA and 

the National Science and Technology 

Council’s Space Weather Operations, 

Research, and Mitigation (SWORM) 

Subcommittee established the Space 

Weather Advisory Group (SWAG) on 

April 21, 2021. The SWAG is the only 

Federal Advisory Committee that 

advises and informs the interest and 

work of the SWORM. The SWAG is to 

receive advice from the academic 

community, the commercial space 

weather sector, and nongovernmental 

space weather end users to carry out the 

responsibilities of the SWAG set forth in 

the PROSWIFT Act, 51 U.S.C. 60601 et 

seq. 

The SWAG is directed to advise the 

SWORM on the following: Facilitating 

advances in the space weather 

enterprise of the United States; 

improving the ability of the United 

States to prepare for, mitigate, respond 

to, and recover from space weather 

phenomena; enabling the coordination 

and facilitation of research to operations 

and operations to research, as described 

in section 60604(d) of title 51, United 

States Code; and developing and 

implementing the integrated strategy 

under 51 U.S.C. 60601(c), including 

subsequent updates and reevaluations. 

The SWAG shall also conduct a 

comprehensive survey of the needs of 

users of space weather products to 

identify the space weather research, 

observations, forecasting, prediction, 

and modeling advances required to 

improve space weather products, as 

required by 51 U.S.C. 60601(d)(3). 

I. Matters To Be Considered 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. During the meeting, the 

Committee will discuss the PROSWIFT 

Act, 51 U.S.C. 60601 et seq., directed 

duties of the SWAG including the 

required 51 U.S.C. 60601(d)(3) user 

survey. The full agenda will be 

published on the SWAG website. 

Meeting materials, including work 

products, will also be available on the 

SWAG website: https://

www.weather.gov/swag. 

II. Additional Information and Public 

Comments 

The meeting will be held over two 

half-days and will be conducted via 

webinar (for meeting details see 

ADDRESSES). Please register for the 

meeting through the website: https://

www.weather.gov/swag. 

This event is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. For all other special 

accommodation requests, please contact 

Jennifer.meehan@noaa.gov. This 

webinar is a NOAA public meeting and 

will be recorded and transcribed. If you 

have a public comment, you 

acknowledge you will be recorded and 

are aware you can opt out of the 

meeting. Participation in the meeting 

constitutes consent to the recording. 

Both the meeting minutes and 

presentations will be posted to the 

SWAG website (https://

www.weather.gov/swag). The agenda, 

speakers and times are subject to 

change. For updates, please check the 

SWAG website (https://

www.weather.gov/swag). 

Public comments directed to the 

SWAG members and SWAG related 

topics are encouraged. Individuals or 

groups who would like to submit 


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advance written comments, please email 

them to jennifer.meehan@noaa.gov by 

March 11, 2022 to provide sufficient 

time for SWAG review. Written 

comments received after these dates will 

be distributed to the SWAG but may not 

be reviewed prior to the meeting date. 

As time allows, public comments will 

be read into the public record during the 

meeting. Advance comments will be 

collated and posted to the meeting 

website. 

Dated: February 24, 2022. 

Michael Farrar, 

Director, National Centers for Environmental 

Prediction, National Weather Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB662] 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Exempted 

Fishing Permit 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of an 

application for an exempted fishing 

permit; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the receipt 

of an application for an exempted 

fishing permit (EFP) from the South 

Carolina Aquarium. If granted, the EFP 

would authorize the South Carolina 

Aquarium to collect, with certain 

conditions, various species of snappergrouper, Spanish mackerel, king 

mackerel, golden crab, dolphin, wahoo, 

Atlantic cobia, spiny lobster, and 

shrimp in the Federal waters off South 

Carolina and North Carolina in the 

South Atlantic. The specimens would 

be used in educational exhibits 

displaying native marine species at the 

South Carolina Aquarium located in 

Charleston, SC. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before April 1, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by ‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2021– 

0131’’, by any of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and enter 

‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2021–0131’’ in the 

Search box. Click the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Nikhil Mehta, Southeast Regional 

Office, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, 

St. Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method (including email), to any 

other address or individual, or received 

after the end of the comment period, 

may not be considered by NMFS. 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.), confidential 

business information, or otherwise 

sensitive information submitted 

voluntarily by the sender will be 

publicly accessible. NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in 

the required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). 

Electronic copies of the EFP 

application and related documents are 

available from the website at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/southeast/ 

south-carolina-aquarium-exemptedfishing-permit-application. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nikhil Mehta, 727–824–5305; email 

nikhil.mehta@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EFP is 

requested under the authority of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801 

et seq.), and regulations at 50 CFR 

600.745(b) concerning exempted 

fishing. 

The proposed specimen collection 

involves activities otherwise prohibited 

under the Magnuson-Stevens Act by 

regulations at 50 CFR part 622, subparts 

I, J, L, M, Q, and R, as they pertain to 

species managed by the South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council (Council) 

under the Fishery Management Plans for 

Snapper-Grouper, Coastal Migratory 

Pelagics, Dolphin and Wahoo, Golden 

Crab, Spiny Lobster, and Shrimp. The 

EFP would also exempt the described 

activities from certain Atlantic cobia 

regulations under the Atlantic Coastal 

Fisheries Cooperative Management Act 

at 50 CFR part 697. The South Carolina 

Aquarium is a not-for-profit public 

institution dedicated to the 

understanding and conservation of 

South Carolina’s natural habitats and 

resources. The overall intent of the 

project is to incorporate native species 

into educational exhibits at the South 

Carolina Aquarium. The aquarium uses 

these displays of native South Carolina 

species to teach the public about 

stewardship and habitat preservation. 

To accomplish their request for 

species collection, the applicant seeks 

exemption from regulations at 50 CFR 

622.9(c) (Fish traps); 50 CFR 622.177(a) 

(Gear Identification); 50 CFR 

622.181(b)(1), (b)(3), and (c) (Prohibited 

and limited-harvest species); 50 CFR 

622.183(b)(1) through (5) and (b)(7) and 

(8) (Area and seasonal closures); 50 CFR 

622.184(a) (Seasonal harvest 

limitations); 50 CFR 622.185 (Size 

limits); 50 CFR 622.187(b), except for 

Nassau grouper at (b)(2)(v) (Bag and 

possession limits); 50 CFR 622.188(a)(2) 

(Required gear, authorized gear, and 

unauthorized gear); 50 CFR 

622.200(a)(2)(i) (Permits); 50 CFR 

622.240(a) (Permits); 50 CFR 622.245(c) 

(Prohibited species); 50 CFR 622.275 

(Size limits); 622.277(a)(1)(i) and 

(a)(2)(i) (Bag and possession limits); 

622.380(b) and (c) (Size limits); 50 CFR 

622.382(a)(1)(i) and (iii) (Bag and 

possession limits); 50 CFR 622.402(b) 

(Permits); 50 CFR 622.404(d) (Prohibited 

gears and methods); 50 CFR 622.407(a) 

(Minimum size limits and other harvest 

limitations); 50 CFR 622.408(a) (Bag/ 

possession limits); 50 CFR 697.28(c) 

(Size limits); and 50 CFR 697.28(e) (Bag 

and possession limits). 

The applicant requires authorization 

to collect (live) 1,436 fish and 455 

invertebrates (crabs, lobsters, and 

shrimp) per year in the Federal waters 

off South Carolina, and sporadically in 

the Federal waters off North Carolina. 

The federally-managed species to be 

collected by the applicant per year, over 

a 5-year period, listed by common name 

with the collection total, are: Groupers 

(50 total) (Epinephelus spp. including 

rock hind, graysby, speckled hind (no 

more than 2), yellowedge, coney, red 

hind, goliath (no more than 2), red, 

misty, warsaw (no more than 2), and 

snowy); groupers (50 total) 

(Mycteroperca spp. including gag, black, 

yellowmouth, scamp, and yellowfin); 

grunts (250 total) (Haemulon spp. 

including margate, tomtate, cottonwick, 

sailors choice, and white); jacks (75 

total) (Caranx spp. including bar jack); 

jacks (125 total) (Seriola spp. including 

greater amberjack, lesser amberjack, 

almaco jack, and banded rudderfish); 

Atlantic spadefish (50); hogfish (8); 

wreckfish (2); porgies (65 total) 

(Calamus spp. including jolthead, 

saucereye, whitebone, and knobbed); 

red porgy (25); longspine porgy (50); 

scup (50); sea basses (100 total) 

(Centroprstis spp. including bank, rock, 

and black); snappers (175 total) 

(including blackfin, queen (no more 

than 2), mutton, red (no more than 25), 

cubera, gray, lane, yellowtail, vermilion 

(no more than 75)); blueline tilefish (5); 


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