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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 150 / Monday, August 9, 2021 / Notices
The AP meeting will be held by webinar and conference call from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, September 8; from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
on Thursday, September 9; and from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday, September 10.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be accessible via conference call and webinar. Conference call and webinar access information are available at:
https www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/
september-2021-hms-advisory-panelmeeting.
Participants are strongly encouraged to log/dial in 15 minutes prior to the meeting. NMFS will show the presentations via webinar and allow public comment during identified times on the agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Cooper at 301 4278503 or Peter.Cooper@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic HMS fisheries are managed under the dual authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Magnuson-Stevens Act; 16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq. and the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act ATCA; 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.. The 2006 Consolidated Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plan 2006
Consolidated HMS FMP and its amendments are implemented by regulations at 50 CFR part 635.
The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires the establishment of APs and requires NMFS to consult with and consider the comments and views of AP members during the preparation and implementation of FMPs or FMP
amendments. 16 U.S.C. 1854g1A
B. NMFS meets with the HMS AP
approximately twice each year to consider potential alternatives for the conservation and management of Atlantic tunas, swordfish, billfish, and shark fisheries, consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
For this meeting, we anticipate discussing:
Bluefin tuna fisheries management, including multiple sessions dedicated to Draft Amendment 13;
The progress regarding a Report to Congress on an assessment of fishing interference by sharks and dolphins on commercial, charter, and recreational fishing in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic as directed by the 2021
Appropriations Act Joint Explanatory Statement;
The HMS best scientific information available BSIA framework draft document;
The progress regarding spatial management models and considerations;

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Gear considerations and pelagic and demersal indicator species lists; and A plan to establish term limits for HMS AP members.
Additional information on the meetings and a copy of the draft agenda will be posted prior to the meeting at:
https www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/
september-2021-hms-advisory-panelmeeting.
Dated: August 3, 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 0648XB303

Marine Mammals; File No. 25563
National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given that the NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA
98115 Responsible Party: John Bengtson, has applied in due form for a permit to conduct research on 20
species of marine mammals.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email comments must be received on or before September 8, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for review by selecting Records Open for Public Comment from the Features box on the Applications and Permits for Protected Species APPS home page, https apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting File No. 25563 from the list of available applications. These documents are also available upon written request via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@
noaa.gov.
Written comments on this application should be submitted via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please include File No. 25563 in the subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a written request via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@
noaa.gov. The request should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this application would be appropriate.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Amy Hapeman or Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D., 301 4278401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., the regulations governing the taking and importing of marine mammals 50 CFR
part 216, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq., the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species 50
CFR parts 222226, and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended 16 U.S.C. 1151
et seq..
The applicant proposes to monitor cetacean population trends, abundance, distribution, and health in the North Pacific Ocean, the Bering, Beaufort, and Chukchi Seas, and Gulf of Maine.
Researchers would study 20 species of cetaceans including endangered and threatened blue Balaenoptera musculus, bowhead Balaena mysticetus, Cook Inlet beluga Delphinapterus leucas, fin Balaenoptera physalus, gray Eschrichtius robustus, humpback Megaptera novaeangliae, North Pacific right Eubalaena japonica, sei Balaenoptera borealis, Southern Resident killer Orcinus orca, and sperm Physeter macrocephalus whales. Researchers would conduct vessel and aerial crewed and uncrewed surveys for observations, counts, photography/videography underwater, topside, and aerial, photogrammetry, photo-identification, biological sampling exhaled air, feces, blubber and skin, sloughed skin, eDNA, and prey remains, invasive and noninvasive tagging, and active acoustics.
Biological samples collected on the high seas would be imported to the United States. Up to nine species of pinnipeds could be unintentionally harassed during surveys. See the take tables for specific numbers and life stages requested for each species. The permit would be valid for five years.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq., an initial determination has been made that the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of the application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.

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