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one–two meetings of the AP will be held 

annually, and these meetings will be 

held in the United States or Canada. AP 

members will need a valid U.S. 

passport. 

The Pacific Whiting Act of 2006 also 

states that while performing their 

appointed duties, members other than 

officers or employees of the United 

States Government, shall not be 

considered to be Federal employees 

while performing such service, except 

for purposes of injury compensation or 

tort claims liability as provided in 

chapter 81 of title 5 and chapter 171 of 

title 28. (Id.) 

Information on the Pacific Whiting 

Treaty, including current committee 

members can be found at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/ 

laws-and-policies/pacific-hake-whitingtreaty. 

Nominations 

Nomination packages for 

appointments should include: 

(1) The name of the applicant or 

nominee, position they are being 

nominated for and a description of his/ 

her interest in Pacific whiting; and 

(2) A statement of background and/or 

description of how the following 

qualifications are met. 

Advisory Panel Qualifications 

AP member nominees must be 

knowledgeable or experienced in the 

harvesting, processing, marketing, 

management, conservation, or research 

of the offshore Pacific whiting resource; 

and must not be employees of the 

United States Government. Nominees 

currently active as vessel skippers are 

encouraged. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq. 

Dated: August 24, 2021. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB354] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

convene a public peer review meeting 

consisting of members of the Council’s 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, September 20, 2021, starting at 

10 a.m. and continue through 4 p.m. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda 

details. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

over webinar using the Webex platform 

with a telephone-only connection 

option. Details on how to connect to the 

webinar by computer and by telephone 

will be available at: http://

www.mafmc.org. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; website: 

www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council will convene a peer review 

panel consisting of members of the 

Council’s SSC to review potential two 

recreational management models. These 

two models, a recreational fleet 

dynamics model and an economic 

recreational demand model, are being 

considered for use by the Council’s 

Fishery Management Action Team 

(FMAT) and the Atlantic States Marine 

Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Plan 

Development Team (PDT) that are 

developing analyses, materials, and 

alternatives for the Council and ASMFC 

Recreational Reform Initiative. The 

potential use of these models would be 

part of the development of a Harvest 

Control Rule currently being considered 

as one component of the Recreational 

Reform action. The peer review will 

help identify potential benefits, 

uncertainties, and appropriate 

approaches and considerations of each 

model for use by the FMAT/PDT. 

A detailed agenda and background 

documents will be made available on 

the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org) 

prior to the meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to 

Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: August 24, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

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–XB362] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; availability of a draft 

environmental assessment and proposed 

evaluation. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received five plans for 

hatchery programs rearing and releasing 

Chinook salmon, coho salmon, and 

sockeye salmon in the Lake Washington 

basin. The plans describe hatchery 

programs operated by the Muckleshoot 

Indian Tribe and Washington 

Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(WDFW). This document serves to 

notify the public of the availability and 

opportunity to comment on a draft 

Environmental Assessment and 

Proposed Evaluation and Determination 

document on the proposed hatchery 

plans. 

DATES: Comments must be received at 

the appropriate address (see ADDRESSES) 

no later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on 

September 27, 2021. Comments received 

after this date may not be considered. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by email. The mailbox 

address for providing email comments 

is: Hatcheries.Public.Comment@

noaa.gov. Include in the subject line of 

the email comment the following 

identifier: Comments on Lake 

Washington hatchery programs. The 

documents available for public 

comment can be found at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/fivehatchery-programs-lake-washingtonbasin. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chante ́ Davis at (503) 231–2307 or by 

email at chante.davis@noaa.gov. 

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Endangered Species Act (ESA) Listed 

Species Covered in This Notice 

• Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha): Threatened, naturally and 

artificially propagated; 

• Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened, 

naturally and artificially propagated; 

Background 

The term ‘‘take’’ is defined under the 

ESA to mean harass, harm, pursue, 

hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, 

or collect, or to attempt to engage in any 

such conduct. The ESA prohibits the 

take of endangered salmonids and, 

pursuant to ESA section 4(d), ESA 

regulations can be extended to prohibit 

the take of threatened salmonids. 

However, NMFS may make exceptions 

to the take prohibitions for hatchery 

programs that are approved by NMFS 

under the limits on the prohibitions 

outlined in 50 CFR 223.203(b). The 

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe and WDFW 

have submitted hatchery plans to NMFS 

pursuant to the ESA 4(d) rule for salmon 

and steelhead. The hatchery programs 

are intended to contribute to the 

survival and recovery of Puget Sound 

Chinook Salmon, provide information 

on exploitation rates, and support 

returns of coho salmon, Chinook 

salmon, and sockeye salmon to the Lake 

Washington basin. 

Authority 

16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 742a 

et seq. 

Dated: August 23, 2021. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB351] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its Skate 

Committee via webinar to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This webinar will be held on 

Thursday, September 16, 2021, at 1 p.m. 

Webinar registration URL information: 

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/ 

register/9028477419981708811. 

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 Skate Committee will receive an 

update on progress and make final 

recommendations on preferred 

alternatives for the Skate 2022–23 

Specifications. They will also receive an 

update on progress and make 

recommendations for measures for 

intermediate possession limits, at-sea 

monitoring, and other aspects of 

Amendment 5 to the Northeast Skate 

Complex Fishery Management Plan. The 

Committee will develop 

recommendations for 2022 Council 

work priorities regarding skates. Other 

business may be discussed, as 

necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

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

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

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 meeting date. 

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

Dated: August 24, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18481 Filed 8–26–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB353] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s Mackerel, Squid, 

and Butterfish Monitoring Committee 

will hold a public webinar meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, September 14, 2021, from 1 

p.m. to 3 p.m. For agenda details, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. Information on how to 

connect to the webinar will be posted to 

https://www.mafmc.org/council-events/. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; 

www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish 

Monitoring Committee will meet via 

webinar to discuss catch and landings 

limits and other management measures 

for Atlantic chub mackerel in 2022. The 

objectives of this meeting are for the 

Monitoring Committee to: (1) Review 

recent fishery performance and 

management measure recommendations 

from the Advisory Panel, the Scientific 

and Statistical Committee, and Council 

staff; (2) Review, and if appropriate, 

recommend changes to the previously 

implemented 2022 annual catch limit, 

annual catch target, total allowable 

landings limit, and other management 

measures. Meeting materials will be 

posted to www.mafmc.org. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 


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