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Fishnews for March 13, 2001
Editor?s Note: Fishnews is just over a month old and we?re pleased with
the progress we?ve made in reaching our constituents more frequently
with news and notices, including our federal register activities. Like
any new effort, we?ve hit a few bumps in the road but, for the most
part, those have been technical problems. For instance, many of you
received duplicate Fishnews editions for March 8 and 9. That duplication
was due to a problem on our end with the server. Over the next few
weeks, NOAA will be switching the servers that carry our information to
you, so please bear with us ? it?ll be smooth sailing soon!
As always, if you have a question, comment or news brief that you would
like to share, please send them to fishnews.feedback@noaa.gov.
Thank you.
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IN TODAY'S ISSUE:
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1. NOAA Fisheries Northwest Region Approves Innovative Oregon Salmon
Fisheries Plan
2. Status of Operations in the Federal Columbia River Power System
Available Online
3. May 7 is Deadline for Comments on Tortugas Amendment
4. Preliminary Agenda Available for Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission Meeting
5. States Close Winter Period Fisheries for Scup and Black Sea Bass
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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
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* Federal Register Actions Scheduled to File or Publish the Week of
March 12, 2001
* Calendar for Upcoming Meetings & Events
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1. NOAA Fisheries Northwest Region Approves Innovative Oregon Salmon
Fisheries Plan
NOAA Fisheries Northwest Region has approved an innovative Oregon salmon
fisheries plan. The plan will help recover Willamette Basin spring
chinook, yet allow fishers to catch a much higher number of
hatchery-produced chinook than in the past. The Fisheries Management and
Evaluation Plan, developed by the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife, sets fishing regulations to help recover these salmon. More
details and a copy of the plan are available on the web at:
http://www.nwr.noaa.gov.
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2. Status of Operations in the Federal Columbia River Power System
Available Online
This is a challenging year for the federal agencies involved with
managing the Federal Columbia River Power System. The agencies are
trying to protect and recover ESA-listed salmon and steelhead while
dealing with low water conditions and power emergencies. The Army Corps
of Engineers is providing an electronic update on system operations
every few days. It is available electronically at:
http://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/pa/news-rls/news-npr.htm. Click on
?Columbia River Update?.
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3. May 7 is Deadline for Comments on Tortugas Amendment
The public comment period for the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council's Tortugas Amendment ends May 7, 2001. The amendment implements
the "no-take" marine reserves of Tortugas South and the portion of
Tortugas North that resides within the EEZ, the boundaries of which were
defined through the Tortugas 2000 Working Group. For a copy of the
amendment, call the Gulf of Mexico Council, (888) 833-1844 (toll-free).
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4. Preliminary Agenda Available for Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission Meeting
The draft agenda for the ASMFC Spring Meeting Week ? April 23 - 26, 2001
? is available electronically at: http://www.asmfc.org/newpage5.htm. The
meeting will be held at the Quality Hotel & Conference Center, 1200
North Courthouse Road in Arlington, Virginia. For more information,
e-mail: tberger@asmfc.org, or call the (703)524-4000.
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5. States Close Winter Period Fisheries for Scup and Black Sea Bass
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission announced that the
states from Massachusetts through North Carolina closed their waters to
the commercial harvest and possession of scup and black sea bass
effective March 1 and March 7, 2001, respectively. NOAA?s National
Marine Fisheries Service will take like actions with respect federal
permit holders fishing for scup and black sea bass in the Exclusive
Economic Zone. These actions are based on analysis of current landings
data which project 100 percent of the winter period quotas for the two
species will be fully utilized by early March. Both fisheries will be
reopened at the beginning of their new quota seasons, which begin on May
1, 2001, for the Scup Summer Period and April 1, 2001, for the Black Sea
Bass Quarter 2 Period. Scup and black sea bass are jointly managed by
the ASMFC and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. For more
information, call Robert Beal, (202)289-6400, ext. 318.
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Federal Register Actions Scheduled to File or Publish the Week of March
12, 2001
To go to the Federal Register Online:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
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*** Filed March 13, 2001 ***
-Emergency Interim Rule; Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM);
Prohibition of the Trap Gear in the Royal Red Shrimp Fishery in the GOM,
Extension of emergency interim rule; extension of expiration date, will
file March 13, 2001, and publish March 14, 2001.
- Rule; Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas (Makah
Tribe) will file on March 13, 2001, and will publish March 14, 2001.
-Notice; Marine Mammal Permit for Sea World (Killer Whale for Display
Purposes) will publish March 14, 2001.
-Notice; International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
(ICCAT) Species Working Groups Advisory Committee Meeting, April 9-10,
2001
*** Filed March 12, 2001 ***
- Notice; Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
(Notice of Availability of Summer Chum Salmon Conservation Initiative)
will file on March 12, 2001, and will publish
March 13, 2001.
- Rule; American Lobster Fishery (Final rule to exempt black sea bass
fishers who hold limited access lobster and limited access black sea
bass permits from restrictive gear requirements) filed on March 12,
2001, and will publish on March 13, 2001.
*** Filed March 9, 2001 ***
- Notice; Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Notice of
Availability of Draft Biological Opinion filed on March 9, 2001, and
will publish March 12, 2001.
- Notice; Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
filed on March 9, 2001, and will publish March 12, 2001.
- Notice; Permits; Foreign Fishing (Receipt of Application by Russian
Federation to Conduct Fishing Operations in the Northwest Atlantic for
Mackerel and Herring) filed on March 9, 2001,
and will publish March 12, 2001.
- Rule; Sea Turtle Conservation; Limitations on Incidental Takings
During Fishing Activities (Temporary rule) filed on March 9, 2001, and
will publish March 15.
- Closure; Fisheries of the EEZ Off Alaska. Pollock by vessels
processing by the mothership component; filed on March 9, 2001, and will
publish March 14, 2001.
*** Filed March 7, 2001 ***
- Rule; Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka
Mackerel in the Western Aleutian District and Bering Sea Subarea of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands filed on March 7, 2001, and will publish
on March 12, 2001.
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Calendar for Upcoming Meetings & Events
See our calendar online at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/calendar.htm
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