Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 121 /Wednesday, June 24, 1998 / Notices 34365

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061598B]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council and the New

England Fishery Management Council

will hold a Joint Dogfish Committee

meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Wednesday, July 8, 1998, from 9:30 a.m.

until 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at

the Holiday Inn Logan Airport, 225

McClellan Highway, E. Boston, MA;

telephone: 617–569–5250.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, 300 S. New

Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone:

302–674–2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Acting

Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic

Fishery Management Council;

telephone: 302–674–2331, ext. 16.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this meeting is to review

analyses conducted by the Technical

Committee concerning the stock

rebuilding options, revised discard

mortality estimates, and alternate

minimum size limits. Management

options to be included in the public

hearing draft of the Spiny Dogfish

Fishery Management Plan will be

finalized.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before the

Committee for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

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.

Special Accommodations

This meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061698A]

New England 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 New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) is

scheduling a number of public meetings

of its oversight committees and advisory

panels in July, 1998 to consider actions

affecting New England fisheries in the

exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

Recommendations from these groups

will be brought to the full Council for

formal consideration and action, if

appropriate.

DATES: The meetings will be held

between July 7 and July 29, 1998. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: Meetings will be held in

Saugus, Peabody and Mansfield, MA,

and Warwick, RI. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

J. Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council

(781) 231–0422. Requests for special

accommodations should be addressed to

the New England Fishery Management

Council, 5 Broadway, Saugus,

Massachusetts 01906–1036; telephone:

(781) 231–0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

Tuesday, July 7, 1998, 9:30 a.m.—

Aquaculture Committee Meeting

Location: New England Fishery

Management Council Office conference

room, 5 Broadway, Saugus, MA 01906;

telephone (781) 231–0422.

Discussion of agency coordination

procedures for applicants, project

evaluation criteria and a review of the

status of the American Norwegian Fish

Farm project.

Wednesday, July 8, 1998, 9:30 a.m.—

Joint Habitat Committee and Advisory

Panel Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn, One Newbury

Street (Route 1 North), Peabody, MA

01960; telephone: (978) 535–4600.

Discussion about presenting the

essential fish habitat (EFH) information

at public hearings and a briefing on

NMFS recommendations concerning the

Council’s proposed EFH designations.

Thursday, July 9, 9:30 a.m.—

Groundfish Advisory Panel Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire

Street, Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone:

(508) 339–2200.

Preparation of formal comments on

the Northeast Multispecies Fishery

Management Plan (FMP) Amendment 9

public hearing document and

Environmental Assessment; discussion

of alternative management strategies for

Gulf of Maine cod, an action that could

be implemented through the annual

framework adjustment process;

comments on a proposal to include cusk

and wolffish in the multispecies fishery

management unit; and discussion of a

proposal to allow the transfer of

multispecies days-at-sea between

vessels.

Wednesday, July 15, 9:30 a.m. and

Thursday, July, 16, 8:30 a.m—

Multispecies Committee Meeting

Location: Peabody Marriott Hotel, 8A

Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA 01960;

telephone: (978) 977–9700.

Review of comments on the

Amendment 9 public hearing document

and Environmental Assessment and

development of recommendations to the

Council for final measures; discussion

of alternatives and a management

strategy for management of Gulf of

Maine cod fisheries; consideration of a

proposal to include cusk and wolffish in

the multispecies fishery management

unit; and discussion of a proposal to the

allow transfer of multispecies days-atsea between vessels.

Monday, July 27, 1998, 9:30 a.m.—

Whiting Committee Meeting

Location: Peabody Marriott Hotel, 8A

Centennial Drive, Peabody, MA 01960;

telephone: (978) 977–9700.

Review of the Draft Supplemental

Environmental Impact Statement and

approval of a draft public hearing

document containing measures to

manage whiting under the Northeast

Multispecies FMP.

Tuesday, July 28, 1998, 9:30 a.m.—

Joint Habitat Committee and Advisory

Panel Meeting

Location: Holiday Inn, One Newbury

Street (Route 1 North), Peabody, MA

01960; telephone: (978) 535–4600.

Discussion of comments received

during the public hearing process.

Tuesday, July 28, 10:00 a.m.—Scallop

Advisory Panel Meeting
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Location: Radisson Airport Hotel,

2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;

telephone: (401)–732–9309.

Development of recommendations

concerning proposed management

measures to be included in Amendment

7 of the Sea Scallop FMP for final

Council action at its August 10–11

meeting.

Wednesday, July 29, 9:30 a.m.—

Scallop Committee Meeting

Location: Radisson Airport Hotel,

2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886;

telephone: (401)–732–9309.

Development of recommendations

concerning proposed management

measures to be included in Amendment

7 of the Sea Scallop FMP for final

Council action at its August 10–11

meeting.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Council for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Council action during this

meeting. Council action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are 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 dates.

Dated: June 18, 1998.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061998A]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for

modification 6 to incidental take permit

844.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Idaho Department of Fish and Game

at Boise, ID (IDFG) has applied in due

form for a modification to a permit that

would authorize an incidental take of a

threatened anadromous fish species.

DATES: Written comments or requests for

a public hearing on this application

must be received on or before July 24,

1998.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review in

the following offices, by appointment:

Protected Resources Division (PRD),

F/NWO3, 525 NE Oregon Street, Suite

500, Portland, OR 97232–4169 (503–

230–5400); and

Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3,

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910–3226 (301–713–

1401).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing should be submitted to

the Chief, PRD, in Portland, OR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Koch, PRD (503–230–5424).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IDFG

requests a permit modification under

the authority of section 10 of the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA)

(16 U.S.C. 1531–1543) and the NMFS

regulations governing ESA-listed fish

and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-

227).

Permit 844 authorizes IDFG an

incidental take of adult and juvenile,

threatened, naturally produced, Snake

River spring/summer chinook salmon

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and adult,

threatened, Snake River fall chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

associated with the State of Idaho’s

sport-fishing programs. For modification

6, IDFG requests an additional

incidental take of adult, threatened,

Snake River spring/summer chinook

salmon associated with a limited

salmon sport fishery on the upper South

Fork of the Salmon River. The fishery

will target non-listed, artificially

propagated, summer chinook salmon.

The primary source of take would be the

incidental catch, handling, and release

of ESA-listed adult fish with an

associated catch and release mortality.

The specifics of the fishery, including

season dates, duration, locations, and

mitigative activities are tailored to

provide the appropriate level of

protection for ESA-listed fish in the

watershed. The fishery is proposed to be

terminated when quotas are reached or

before the onset of spawning activities.

The additional take of ESA-listed adult

fish associated with the proposed upper

South Fork Salmon River salmon fishery

is requested in 1998 only. Permit 844

expires on December 31, 1998.

Those individuals requesting a

hearing on the application should set

out the specific reasons why a hearing

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 above application summary are

those of the applicant and do not

necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

Dated: June 19, 1998.

Patricia A. Montanio,

Deputy Director, Office of Protected

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 061898C]

Marine Mammals; File No. 684–1458

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Donald B. Siniff, Ph.D., Department of

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior,

University of Minnesota, College of

Biological Sciences, 100 Ecology

Building, 1987 Upper Buford Circle, St.

Paul, MN 55108, has applied in due

form for a permit to take Weddell seals

(Leptonychotes weddellii), crabeater

seals (Lobodon carcinophagus), leopard

seals (Hydrurga leptonyx), Ross seals

(Ommatophoca rossii), southern

elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), and

Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus

gazella) for purposes of scientific

research.

DATES: Written or telefaxed comments

must be received on or before July 24,

1998.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following office(s):

Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130,

Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713–

2289); and

Regional Administrator, Southwest

Region, National Marine Fisheries

Service, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd.,

Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802–4213

(562/980–4001).

Written comments or requests for a

public hearing on this application

should be mailed to the Chief, Permits

and Documentation Division, F/PR1,

Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,

Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those

individuals requesting a hearing should