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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 11, 2021 / Notices
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focus of the work, and collect initial stakeholder input.
DATES: These webinars will be held on Monday, August 30, 2021, at 4 p.m.5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, September 1, 2021, at 6 p.m.7:30 p.m.;
Thursday, September 2, 2021, at 10
a.m.11:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: All meeting participants and interested parties are strongly encouraged to register in advance of any webinar they are interested in attending.
Meeting links for each webinar can be located at: https www.mafmc.org/
climate-change-scenario-planning.
Meeting addresses: The meetings will be held via webinar see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: 978 4650492.
Contact information and individual staff members working on this initiative can be found here: https www.mafmc.org/
climate-change-scenario-planning.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background Climate change is a growing threat to marine fisheries worldwide. On the East coast of the United States, there is evidence of climate-related shifts in distribution, abundance, and/or productivity of fishery resources. It is uncertain what the next couple of decades will bring, and how fishery management programs can best prepare to meet the challenges ahead. Over the next year, this joint effort will bring together researchers, fishery managers, fishery participants and others to discuss these questions and emerge with ideas and recommendations for how fishery management can potentially adapt to climate change.
The management bodies in this region have decided to employ a scenario planning framework to discuss these issues. Scenario planning is a way of exploring how fishery management may need to evolve over the next few decades as climate change becomes a bigger issue. Specifically, scenarios are stories about possible future developments. This approach is designed to help stakeholders and managers think broadly about the future implications of climate change to help define what changes can potentially be made now to be better prepared.
These introductory webinars are the first step of a multi-year scenario planning effort. Staff will explain the overall initiative and share draft objectives, possible outcomes and focus of the work. There will be a presentation introducing the basics of scenario
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planning and potential benefits of engaging in the process. At the end of the webinar there will be an opportunity for small group discussions for participants to share feedback and suggestions on the information presented and proposed. Additional details about the webinars will be posted to this page once available:
https www.mafmc.org/climate-changescenario-planning.
Special Accommodations These meetings are 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 4650492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 5, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Environmental Impact Statement on Phase 2 Modifications to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan To Reduce Serious Injury and Mortality of Large Whales in Commercial Trap/Pot and Gillnet Fisheries Along the U.S.
East Coast National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement, request for comments.
AGENCY:

The National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS intends to begin a rulemaking process that will amend the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Plan to reduce the risk of mortalities and serious injuries of North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis and other large whales caused by entanglement in commercial trap/pot and gillnet fisheries along the U.S. East Coast. An Environmental Impact Statement EIS will be prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA to analyze the impacts to the environment of alternatives to amend the Plan. This notice informs the public of upcoming
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scoping meetings to solicit public input on Phase 2 of our efforts to reduce the risk of entanglement to right, humpback, and fin whales in U.S. commercial fisheries managed under the Plan. Phase 1, a final rule implementing new modifications to reduce mortalities and serious injuries caused by incidental entanglement in the northeast American lobster and Jonah crab trap/pot fishery, is anticipated shortly, and was analyzed in a Final Environmental Impact Statement released FEIS on July 2, 2021. Phase 2 focuses on risk reduction in U.S. East Coast gillnet, Atlantic mixed species trap/pot, and MidAtlantic lobster and Jonah crab trap/pot fisheries.
Written or electronic scoping inputs must be received at the appropriate address, email mailbox, or phone number see ADDRESSES by October 21, 2021.
Public Hearings: At least seven virtual public meetings will be held during the public comment period. In addition, we will be holding three call-in days for interested parties to call and speak to a NMFS staff member to ask questions or submit information and recommendations.
See ADDRESSES to obtain public hearing and call-in day notification details. Scoping will also occur through presentations and discussions at the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and New England, MidAtlantic, and South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meetings during the scoping period.

DATES:

You may submit input on this document via email. Submit all electronic public comments by sending an email to nmfs.gar.ALWTRT2021@
noaa.gov using the subject line Comments on Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Scoping. Input can also be provided via webinar during scoping meetings or via phone on callin days. Remote public meeting dates, access, and call-in information is available in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section. Meeting information will also be posted on the Plan website fisheries.noaa.gov/
ALWTRP, or you may contact Marisa Trego for information on dates and times.
ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marisa Trego, Take Reduction Team Coordinator, Greater Atlantic Region.
Telephone: 978 2828484. Address: 55
Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930. Email: marisa.trego@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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