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hearing is at the discretion of the 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

NOAA. All statements and opinions 

contained in the permit action 

summaries are those of the applicant 

and do not necessarily reflect the views 

of NMFS. 

Permit Application Received 

TRPA has applied for a scientific 

research permit to conduct a study with 

endangered Southern California (SC) 

Distinct Population Segment (DPS) 

steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the 

Ventura River. The purpose of this 

study is to use monitoring and sampling 

methods to gather information that will 

contribute to the understanding of 

abundance and distribution of juvenile 

steelhead in various portions of the 

Ventura River watershed. Information 

obtained by this study is anticipated to 

help support restoration efforts for the 

SC DPS. For this study, snorkel surveys 

will be used to the greatest extent 

possible for assessing steelhead 

abundance within stream habitats. 

Electrofishing will also be used as a 

sampling method to calibrate fish 

counts obtained from snorkel surveys 

and provide estimates of steelhead 

abundance in selected run and riffle 

habitat types. Electrofishing will be 

conducted only by qualified individuals 

and according to NMFS’ electrofishing 

guidelines. The proposal specifies a 5– 

year study starting in 2009 and ending 

in 2014. Field activities for this study 

would occur between March 1st and 

September 30th during each year of the 

study. TRPA has requested an annual 

non-lethal take of up to 600 juvenile 

steelhead. The unintentional lethal take 

that may occur as a result of project 

activities is up to 30 juvenile steelhead. 

See the permit application for a 

complete project description including 

tables and figures. 

Dated: June 12, 2009. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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RIN 0648–XP80 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; availability of fishery 

plan and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Oregon Department of Fish and 

Wildlife (ODFW) has submitted a 

Fishery Management and Evaluation 

Plan (FMEP) pursuant to the protective 

regulations promulgated for Oregon 

Coast (OC) coho salmon under the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA). The 

FMEP specifies the future management 

of freshwater inland recreational 

fisheries potentially affecting coho 

salmon on the Oregon coast. This 

document serves to notify the public of 

the availability of the FMEP for review 

and comment before final approval or 

disapproval is made by NMFS. 

DATES: Comments on the FMEP must be 

received at the appropriate address or 

fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific daylight time on July 

17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

application should be addressed to the 

NMFS Salmon Recovery Division, 2900 

NW Stewart Parkway, Roseburg, OR 

97471, or faxed to 541–957–3386. 

Comments may be submitted by e-mail. 

The mailbox address for providing email comments is 

CohoFisheryPlan.nwr@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line of the e-mail 

comment the following identifier: 

Comments on Oregon’s coho FMEP. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lance Kruzic, Roseburg, Oregon, at 

phone number: (541) 957–3381, or email: lance.kruzic@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Species Covered in This Notice 

This notice is relevant to the Oregon 

Coast Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus 

kisutch) evolutionarily significant unit 

(ESU). 

ODFW has submitted to NMFS an 

FMEP entitled ‘‘Oregon Coastal Coho, 

Coastal Rivers Coho Sports Fishery.’’ 

This FMEP describes management of 

recreational fisheries for adult coho 

salmon in the bays and rivers within the 

OC Coho Salmon ESU. The objective of 

the fishery management described in 

this FMEP is to harvest unmarked coho 

salmon in a manner that does not 

exceed the harvest impact limits 

prescribed in the overarching harvest 

management plan for both ocean and 

freshwater fisheries that has already 

been approved under the ESA (i.e., the 

Pacific Fishery Management Council’s 

Amendment 13 to the Pacific Salmon 

Plan). The impact levels on ESA-listed 

OC coho salmon are specified in the 

Amendment 13 harvest plan that has 

been implemented successfully since 

1998. The proposed FMEP does not 

change in any way the existing 

Amendment 13 harvest plan for OC 

coho salmon, but could allow for 

additional freshwater harvest of coho 

salmon if specific conditions are met 

and the fishery impacts are still within 

the limits prescribed in Amendment 13. 

Population viability analyses and risk 

assessments conducted since this 

harvest management plan went into 

effect indicate the extinction risk for 

listed OC coho salmon would not 

increase as a result of the fishery impact 

levels. A variety of monitoring and 

evaluation tasks are specified in the 

FMEPs to assess the abundance of coho 

salmon, determine fishery effort and 

catch of coho salmon, and monitor 

angler compliance. A review of 

compliance within the provisions of the 

FMEP will be conducted by ODFW 

annually. Each year’s upcoming 

recreational fishery management 

intentions will have to get NMFS 

concurrence beforehand to ensure 

compliance with the proposed FMEP. 

As specified in the July 10, 2000, ESA 

4(d) rule for salmon and steelhead (65 

FR 42422) and updated June 28, 2005 

(70 FR 37160), NMFS may approve an 

FMEP if it meets criteria set forth in 50 

CFR 223.203(b)(4)(i)(A) through (I). 

Prior to final approval of an FMEP, 

NMFS must publish notification 

announcing its availability for public 

review and comment. 

Authority 

Under section 4 of the ESA, the 

Secretary of Commerce is required to 

adopt such regulations as he deems 

necessary and advisable for the 

conservation of species listed as 

threatened. The ESA salmon and 

steelhead 4(d) rule (65 FR 42422, July 

10, 2000, as updated in 70 FR 37160, 

July 28, 2005) specifies categories of 

activities that contribute to the 

conservation of listed salmonids and 

sets out the criteria for such activities. 

The rule further provides that the 

prohibitions of paragraph (a) of the rule 

do not apply to activities associated 

with fishery harvest provided that an 

FMEP has been approved by NMFS to 

be in accordance with the salmon and 

steelhead 4(d) rule (65 FR 42422, July 

10, 2000, as updated in 70 FR 37160, 

July 28, 2005). 


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Dated: June 12, 2009. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–14267 Filed 6–16–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[Docket No. 080626787–8788–01] 

RIN 0648–XP54 

2009 Monkfish Research Set-Aside 

Program 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; reallocation of set-aside 

days-at-sea. 

SUMMARY: NMFS notifies the public of 

the reallocation of monkfish research 

days-at-sea (DAS) as exempted DAS. 

These are DAS that were set aside under 

the 2009 Monkfish Research Set-Aside 

(RSA) Program, but were not distributed 

through the NOAA grant process. These 

exempted DAS may be used for the 

conduct of monkfish related research 

activities during fishing year (FY) 2009 

(May 1, 2009, through April 30, 2010). 

Requests for a monkfish DAS exemption 

must be submitted with a complete 

application for an exempted fishing 

permit (EFP). 

DATES: Effective June 17, 2009 through 

April 30, 2010. Projects involving the 

use of exempted DAS, under this 

program, must be completed on or 

before April 30, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Applications for an EFP 

must be sent to the Regional 

Administrator, NMFS, Northeast 

Regional Office, One Blackburn Drive, 

Gloucester, MA 01930. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison McHale, Fishery Policy Analyst, 

by phone 978–281–9103 or by fax 978– 

281–9135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Amendment 2 to the Monkfish 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (70 FR 

21927, April 28, 2005) established the 

Monkfish RSA Program, which annually 

sets aside 500 monkfish DAS from the 

total number of monkfish DAS allocated 

to limited access monkfish vessels to be 

used for cooperative monkfish research 

programs. Amendment 2 also 

established a Monkfish Exemption 

Program, which requires the Regional 

Administrator (RA) to reallocate as 

exempted DAS any monkfish research 

DAS not allocated through the Monkfish 

RSA Program. These exempted DAS 

may be then used by vessels for the 

conduct of monkfish research activities 

during the current fishing year (e.g., FY 

2009). 

On July 11, 2008, NMFS published a 

notice in the Federal Register 

announcing the 2009 Monkfish RSA 

Program (73 FR 40052), and solicited 

proposals for monkfish research 

activities to be conducted under this 

RSA program. Five proposals were 

received as part of this solicitation, and 

three were granted awards totaling 449 

monkfish research DAS. As a result, 

there are 51 DAS available to be 

reallocated as exempted DAS during FY 

2009. Therefore, the RA, pursuant to the 

regulations governing the monkfish 

fishery at 50 CFR 648.92(c)(1)(v), 

reallocates these unused research DAS 

from the FY 2009 Monkfish RSA 

Program, as exempted DAS, that may be 

used for the conduct of monkfish 

research projects during FY 2009. 

All requests for monkfish DAS 

exemptions under the Monkfish DAS 

Exemption Program must be submitted 

to the RA along with a complete 

application for an EFP. The 

requirements for submitting a complete 

EFP application are provided in the 

regulations implementing the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act at 

§ 600.745(b). 

Classification 

This action is required by 50 CFR part 

648 and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C.553(b)(B), there is 

good cause to waive prior notice and 

opportunity for public comment on this 

action, as notice and comment would be 

unnecessary and contrary to the public 

interest because the action is 

administrative in nature, and because it 

provides the public (i.e., researchers) 

the opportunity to reduce costs 

associated with conducting monkfish 

related research activities. Additionally, 

there is good cause under 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3) to waive the 30–day delay in 

effective date because the action is 

administrative in nature. 

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

Dated: June 11, 2009. 

Kristen C. Koch, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Administration 

RIN 0648–XM35 

New Conservation and Management 

Measures and Resolutions for 

Antarctic Marine Living Resources 

Under the Auspices of CCAMLR 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final notice. 

SUMMARY: NMFS notifies the public that 

the United States has accepted 

conservation and management measures 

and resolutions pertaining to fishing in 

Antarctic waters managed by the 

Commission for the Conservation of 

Antarctic Marine Living Resources 

(Commission or CCAMLR). The 

Commission adopted these measures at 

its twenty-seventh meeting in Hobart, 

Tasmania, October 27 to November 7, 

2008. The measures have been agreed 

upon by the Member countries of 

CCAMLR, including the United States, 

in accordance with Article IX of the 

Convention for the Conservation of 

Antarctic Marine Living Resources (the 

Convention). The measures include: 

measures previously adopted by the 

Commission and remaining in force; 

measures adopted for the 2008/2009 

fishing season to restrict overall catches, 

research catch and bycatch of certain 

species of finfish, squid, krill and crabs; 

restrict fishing in certain areas; restrict 

use of certain fishing gear; specify 

implementation and inspection 

obligations supporting the Catch 

Documentation Scheme of Contracting 

Parties; promote compliance with 

CCAMLR measures by non-Contracting 

Party vessels; and require vessels 

engaged in bottom fishing to report data 

on benthic organisms recovered by their 

gear. This notice includes a summary of 

the 22 new measures adopted at the 

twenty-seventh meeting of CCAMLR. 

The full text of all measures adopted by 

CCAMLR can be found on CCAMLR’s 

Web site—www.ccamlr.org. 

DATES: These measures are effective on 

June 17, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Gorrell, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, Room 13463, 1315 East-West 

Highway, SSMC3, NMFS, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910; tel: 301–713–2341; fax 301– 

713–1193; e-mail 

Robert.Gorrell@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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