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through reforestation and other 

restoration efforts. 

With the approval of this revised 

management plan, the boundary will be 

amended to incorporate an additional 

six parcels—all found within the 

priority acquisition area identified in 

the 2013 revision of the plan— 

increasing the total acreage to 6,364 

acres. These parcels include lands that 

enhance and contribute to the ecological 

protection within the Blackbird Creek 

watershed. The ‘‘McKinley’’ property at 

531 Union Church Road is 67.4 acres in 

size and includes a mix of native 

hardwoods and coastal plain ponds 

(Delmarva Bays). At 0 Taylors Bridge 

Road, the 32-acre ‘‘Unruh’’ property 

includes a wooded tributary buffer and 

agricultural lands. Three parcels known 

as the ‘‘Norris’’ property, totaling 42.6 

acres at Union Church Road, were 

acquired to improve wildlife corridor 

habitat and include forest and 

agriculture lands. Additionally, an 

inholding property known as 

‘‘Manwaring’’ at 789 Blackbird Landing 

Road, 16.3 acres in size, was acquired. 

More details on these parcels and the 

boundary change may be found in the 

revised management plan. 

In addition to continuing the tradition 

of robust local community education, 

training and research and stewardship 

programs, the Delaware National 

Estuarine Research Reserve intends, in 

this next management planning period, 

to focus on creating demonstration areas 

that can be used to model best 

management practices for local 

landowners; fostering the next 

generation of coastal professionals and 

conservation stewards; engaging land 

managers in conversations based on 

watershed scale conservation; and 

connecting with the Delaware 

community in a meaningful and 

inclusive manner to identify their needs 

as the stakeholders of this research 

reserve. The revised management plan 

will serve as the guiding document for 

this 6,364-acre research reserve for the 

next five years. 

NOAA reviewed the environmental 

impacts of the revised management plan 

and determined that this action is 

categorically-excluded from further 

analysis under the National 

Environmental Policy Act, consistent 

with NOAA Administrative Order 

216–6. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15 

CFR 921.33. 

Keelin S. Kuipers, 

Deputy Director, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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[RTID 0648–XB974] 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of web conference. 

SUMMARY: The Center of Independent 

Experts (CIE) review of the Bering Sea 

and Aleutian Islands (BSAI Pacific 

ocean perch stock assessment will be 

held May 9, 2022 through May 13, 2022. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, May 9, 2022 through Friday, 

May 13, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

Pacific Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a web 

conference. Join online through the link 

at https://apps-afsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

Plan_Team/2022_pop_cie/. 

Council address: Alaska Fishery 

Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, 

Seattle, WA 98115; telephone: (206) 

526–4000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Spencer, Alaska Fishery Science Center 

staff; phone: (206) 526–4000; email: 

paul.spencer@noaa.gov. 

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Agenda 

Monday, May 9, 2022, through Friday, 

May 13, 2022 

The CIE will review the Bering Sea 

Aleutian Islands Pacific Ocean perch 

stock assessment input data and model. 

The agenda is subject to change, and the 

latest version will be posted at https:// 

apps-afsc.fisheries.noaa.gov/Plan_

Team/2022_pop_cie/ prior to the 

meeting, along with meeting materials. 

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

Dated: April 19, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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NOAA Fisheries Draft Climate Science 

Regional Action Plans (2022–2024) 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

NOAA Fisheries Draft Climate Science 

Regional Action Plans (2022–2024); 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, NMFS, announce the 

availability of Draft Climate Science 

Regional Action Plans designed to 

increase the production, delivery and 

use of climate-related information to 

fulfill our stewardship mission for the 

Nation’s valuable living marine 

resources. We are soliciting review and 

comment from the public and all 

interested parties, and will consider all 

substantive comments received during 

the review period before publishing 

final Plans. Comments are invited on: 

(a) The clarity of the goals and activities 

in the draft Plans, (b) how to strengthen 

the draft Plans and activities; (c) what 

additional goals and activities need to 

be addressed. Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be provided 

to the Regional Action Plan Teams for 

consideration in development of the 

final Plans. 

DATES: Comments on the Draft Climate 

Science Regional Action Plans must be 

received by June 2, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: To review the draft regional 

plans, visit: https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/national/climate/climatescience-strategy-regional-action-plans. 

Comments may be submitted on the 

NOAA Fisheries Draft Climate Science 

Regional Action Plans, identified by 

NOAA–NMFS–2022–0007 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov and enter NOAA– 

NMFS–2022–0007 in the Search box. 

Click the ‘‘Comment’’ icon and 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Submit written comments to 

Roger Griffis, NMFS/Office of Science 

and Technology, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

Include on the envelope the following 

identifier ‘‘Draft Climate Science 

Regional Action Plans Comments.’’ 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 


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individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are 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). 

The NOAA Fisheries Draft Climate 

Science Regional Action Plans are 

available online at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

climate/climate-science-strategyregional-action-plans or upon request 

from the NMFS Office of Science and 

Technology. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roger Griffis, (301)–980–4694, 

NMFS.RAPcomments@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Changing climate and ocean 

conditions are affecting the Nation’s 

valuable living marine resources and the 

many people, businesses and 

communities that depend on them. 

From warming oceans and rising sea 

levels, to ocean acidification and 

changes in the distribution and 

abundance of marine resources, these 

impacts are expected to increase with 

continued changes in the planet’s 

climate and ocean systems. There is 

much at risk—for example fishing and 

seafood industries support over $240 

billion dollars in economic activity and 

1.7 million jobs every year. There is 

growing demand from decision-makers 

for better information on what’s 

changing, what’s vulnerable and how to 

respond. NMFS is working to provide 

decision-makers with the information 

they need to reduce impacts and 

increase resilience of marine resources 

and the people that depend on them in 

a changing climate. 

The NOAA Fisheries Climate Science 

Strategy, released in August of 2015 and 

available at https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/topic/climate-change, 

responded to the growing demand from 

fisheries and other decision makers for 

better information about what’s 

changing, what’s at risk and how to 

respond to changing climate and ocean 

conditions. The Climate Science 

Strategy identified seven key objectives 

to produce and deliver the climaterelated information to meet decisionmaker needs and fulfill NMFS mandates 

in a changing climate. It also provided 

a national framework designed to be 

customized and implemented in each 

region through Climate Science 

Regional Action Plans. 

In 2016 NMFS created the first 

Climate Science Regional Action Plans 

(available at: https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/national/climate/climatescience-strategy-regional-action-plans) 

in collaboration with Fishery 

Management Councils and other 

partners to identify the strengths, 

weaknesses, priorities, and specific 

actions to implement the Climate 

Science Strategy in the Northeast, 

Southeast, Pacific Islands, West Coast 

and Alaska Regions. While some 

impacts of changing climate and oceans 

on living marine resources are shared 

across regions, each region has a unique 

combination of climate-related 

challenges, capabilities, and information 

requirements needed to implement the 

Strategy. 

The Climate Science Regional Action 

Plans are cross-agency, coordinated 

efforts to increase implementation of the 

Climate Science Strategy in each region. 

The Climate Science Regional Action 

Plans include goals and actions to help 

track changing marine ecosystem 

conditions, assess risks, provide early 

warnings and longer-term projections, 

and evaluate management strategies 

under changing conditions. 

Development of the Draft Climate 

Science Regional Action Plans for 

2022–2024 

In 2021 NMFS conducted an 

assessment of progress to implement the 

Climate Science Strategy during 2016– 

2020 including efforts under the first 

Climate Science Regional Action Plans. 

This five year Progress Report (https:// 

spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/content/tech-memo/ 

noaa-fisheries-climate-science-strategyfive-year-progress-report) provided 

information that was used in 

development of the draft Climate 

Science Regional Action Plans for 2022– 

2024. NOAA also considered other 

information in development of the draft 

Climate Science Regional Action Plans 

including public input on how to 

increase the resilience of fisheries and 

protected resources to climate change 

pursuant to Executive Order 14008 

Section 216c. The draft Climate Science 

Regional Action Plans were developed 

by regional teams consisting of NMFS 

personnel from Science Centers and 

Regional Offices. The draft Climate 

Science Regional Action Plans build 

upon previous efforts and identify 

proposed actions over the next 3 years 

to address key climate-science needs in 

each region. 

The goal of the draft Climate Science 

Regional Action Plans is to continue to 

increase the production, delivery and 

use of climate-related information 

needed for fisheries management and 

protected species conservation in each 

region. Each draft Climate Science 

Regional Action Plan identifies specific 

actions to implement the seven 

objectives of the NOAA Fisheries 

Climate Science Strategy. The actions 

address key needs in each region based 

on input from NMFS scientists, resource 

managers, stakeholders and other 

sources. The draft Climate Science 

Regional Action Plans include actions to 

provide decision makers with better 

information on what’s changing, what’s 

at risk and how different management 

strategies may perform under changing 

climate and ocean conditions. 

For example, the draft Climate 

Science Regional Action Plans include 

specific actions and products such as: 

• Tracking Change: Monitor and 

assess key indicators of ecosystem 

conditions to better track and provide 

early warnings of changing conditions. 

• Forecasting conditions: Research 

and modeling to understand the 

mechanisms of change and provide near 

and longer term forecasts of conditions. 

• Assessing Risks: Assess the 

vulnerability of marine resources, 

fisheries, fishing communities and other 

sectors that depend on marine 

resources. 

• Evaluating best strategies: Identify 

alternative management approaches and 

evaluate how they may perform under 

changing conditions to identify best 

approaches for stewardship of the 

Nation’s valuable marine resources. 

Public Comments Solicited 

NMFS is committed to increasing the 

production, delivery, and use of 

climate-related information to fulfill its 

living marine resource stewardship 

mandates. NMFS works with and 

depends on many partners to fulfill its 

science and information needs, 

including other government agencies, 

academia, fisheries, and other 

organizations. As such, NMFS is 

providing this opportunity for broad 

public review and comment on the draft 

Climate Science Regional Action Plans 

from the Northeast, Southeast, Pacific 

Islands, West Coast and Alaska Regions. 

These draft Climate Science Regional 

Action Plans will guide efforts to 

provide decision-makers with timely, 

actionable information to help reduce 

impacts and increase resilience of living 

marine resources and the many people, 

businesses and communities that 

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Public comments are invited to help 

clarify and strengthen the draft Climate 

Science Regional Action Plans. 

Comments are invited on: (a) The clarity 

of the goals and activities in the draft 

Plans, (b) how to strengthen the draft 

Plans and activities; (c) what additional 

goals or activities need to be addressed. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be provided to the Regional 

Action Plan Teams for consideration in 

development of the final Plans. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1881c, Fisheries 

Research Section 404 (a) and Executive 

Order 14008, Section 216 (c). 

Dated: April 14, 2022. 

Evan Howell, 

Director, Office of Science and Technology, 

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Annual Economic Survey of 

Federal Gulf and South Atlantic Shrimp 

Permit Holders 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

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Management and Budget (OMB) for 

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1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

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comments were previously requested 

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Type of Request: Regular submission: 

Extension of a current information 

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Number of Respondents: 650. 

Average Hours per Response: 45 

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Total Annual Burden Hours: 488. 

Needs and Uses: NOAA Fisheries, 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 

annually collects socioeconomic data 

from commercial fishermen in the Gulf 

of Mexico and South Atlantic shrimp 

fisheries who hold one or more permits 

for harvesting shrimp from federal 

waters (U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone). 

A collection of economic information 

from fishers affected by the management 

of federal commercial fisheries is 

needed to ensure that national goals, 

objectives, and requirements of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

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data is needed to conduct 

socioeconomic analyses in support of 

management of the shrimp fishery and 

to satisfy legal requirements. 

Information about revenues, variable 

and fixed costs, capital investment and 

other socioeconomic information is 

collected from a random sample of 

permit holders. The data will be used to 

assess how fishermen will be impacted 

by and respond to federal regulation 

likely to be considered by fishery 

managers. No changes are requested 

with this renewal request. 

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Frequency: Annually. 

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Legal Authority: Magnuson Stevens 

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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a two-day in-person meeting of its 

Standing, Reef Fish, Socioeconomic, 

and Shrimp Scientific and Statistical 

Committees (SSC). 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

Tuesday, May 10 and Wednesday, May 

11, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., EDT 

daily. 

ADDRESSES: If you are unable to attend 

in-person, the public may listen-in to 

the meeting via webinar. Registration 

information will be available on the 

Council’s website by visiting 

www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on the 

‘‘meeting tab’’. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 4107 W 

Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 

33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Ryan Rindone, Lead Fishery Biologist, 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; ryan.rindone@gulfcouncil.org, 

telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tuesday, May 10, 2022; 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 

EDT 

The meeting will begin with 

Introductions and Adoption of Agenda, 

Approval of Verbatim Minutes and 

Meeting Summary from the March 8–10, 

2022, meeting, and review of Scope of 

Work. The Committees will select an 

SSC Representative for the June 21–24, 

2022, Gulf Council Meeting. Following, 

Committees will receive a presentation 

on National Standard 2 and the Best 

Scientific Information Available. The 

Committees will then hold a discussion 

on the Council’s Acceptable Biological 

Catch Control Rule modifications, 

including a presentation on the 

Southeast Fishery Science Center 

(SEFSC) proposal, and review 

background materials for discussion. 

Public comment will be heard at the end 

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