Download or read book Northeast Fisheries Science Center s Research Surveys Supplemental Environmental Assessment Supplements the Environmental Assessment for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center s Research Surveys Dated March 28 2008 written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This supplemental environmental assessment (SEA) updates the previously approved (March 31, 2008) environmental assessment (EA) drafted to analyze impacts resulting from the issuance of Scientific Research Permits (SRP) for the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) research surveys. The 2008 EA concluded that research surveys would not significantly impact the quality of the human environment. All beneficial and adverse impacts of the action were evaluated in the EA, resulting in a finding of no significant impact"--Introduction (page 2).

Download or read book Environmental Assessment written by Brandi T. Noble and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NMFS is responsible for the management of Federal fishery resources. Scientific research is an important means of gathering valuable information about fish species and is necessary for making informed management decisions on these fish stocks. NMFS conducts Resource Assessment surveys to aid in the development of an index of relative abundance for fishery stock assessments in the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Gear research is also conducted with the primary focus of research being the development of sea turtle and finfish bycatch mitigation measures for commercial trawl fisheries. The proposed research activities are expected to ultimately contribute to management decisions about fisheries that would potentially have positive social or economic impacts and aide in the recovery and conservation of protected species. The more data available regarding the health of these fish stocks and protected resources, the better NMFS is able maintain a productive and sustainable fishery balanced with ecosystem needs"--Purpose and need [first page of unnumbered EA].

Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment SEA on the Issuance of Two Modifications to Scientific Research Permits file Nos 14759 and 16375 to the North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit to Conduct Research on Shortnose Sturgeon and Atlantic Sturgeon written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to issue modifications to two research permits held by the North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit [hereinafter "Permit Holder" and Joseph Hightower, Ph.D., Responsible Party/Principal Investigator: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695] for takes of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) (File No. 14759-01) and for takes of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) (File No. 16375-01) in the wild, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The research objectives for both permits would remain unchanged: to collect data on the biology, distribution and abundance of endangered shortnose sturgeon and Atlantic sturgeon to facilitate recovery of the respective species. In Permit No. 14759, the Permit Holder is currently authorized to capture with gill net, measure, weigh, genetic tissue sample, PIT tag and Floy tag up to 15 shortnose sturgeon annually from the Chowan and Cape Fear River Basins and Albemarle Sound. Additionally, the Permit Holder is authorized to capture and sample up to 25 shortnose sturgeon per year from the Roanoke River Basin. Annually, a sub- set of up to five sub-adults or adults from each of the river basins and Albemarle Sound can also be anesthetized and surgically implanted with internal sonic transmitters annually. In Permit No. 16375, the Permit Holder is authorized to capture with gill nets measure, weigh, genetic tissue sample, PIT and Floy tag up to 200 Atlantic sturgeon annually from the same locations authorized in Permit No. 14759. Further, a sub-set of up to ninety juvenile, sub-adult or adult Atlantic sturgeon may be annually implanted with acoustic transmitter tags within the Albemarle Sound, and Roanoke, Chowan and Cape Fear River Basins, with no more than 45 tagged in each the Cape Fear River system or the combined area for the Albemarle Sound, Roanoke River and Chowan River. The applicant now requests authorization to verify spawning activity shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon by deploying artificial egg mats downstream of suspected spawning areas to take up to 50 early life stages (ELS) of each species annually from both the Roanoke River and Cape Fear River (total of 200 ELS). The expanded action area for each species up to the first impassible dam on the Roanoke River (rkm 221) and on the Cape Fear (rkm 300), will also be a part of the permit modification. All other currently authorized takes, methods and activities would remain the same for each permit. The modifications would be valid through the expiration dates of the original Permit No. 14759 (August 19, 2015) and Permit No. 16375 (April 5, 2017).

Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment SEA on the Issuance of a Modification to Scientific Research Permit No 13330 to the NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science Center to Conduct Research on Protected Smalltooth Sawfish written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to issue a modification to a research permit to the NMFS Southeast Regional Science Center for takes of smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata) in the wild, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The modification would be valid through October 31, 2013. The primary objective of the proposed modification would remain unchanged: to non-lethally collect data on the biology, distribution and abundance of the endangered smalltooth sawfish to facilitate recovery of the species. Sampling, with the goal of taking 45 smalltooth sawfish annually, is currently authorized by longline, gillnet, seine net, drum (set) lines, or rod and reel throughout Florida's coastal waters, but primarily in the region of the Florida coast from Naples to Key West, encompassing the Ten Thousand Islands. All captured sawfish are to be handled, measured, tagged, sampled, and released alive. Current tagging methods include rototags (fin tags), dart tags, umbrella dart tags, Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags, acoustic transmitters, Pop-Up Archival Transmitting (PAT) tags, and Smart Position Only Transmitting (SPOT) tags. Sampling also includes tissue fin clips and blood. Finally, dead sawfish acquired through strandings or from law enforcement confiscations are also measured and sampled for scientific purposes"--Abstract.

Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment SEA on the Issuance of a Modified Scientific Research Permit file No 16482 01 to the Warnell School of Forest Resources Fisheries Division to Conduct Scientific Research on Endangered Shortnose and Atlantic Sturgeon in Georgia and Florida Waters written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to the receipt of an application for a permit modification from Warnell School of Forest Resources, Fisheries Division [hereinafter, Permit Holder, and Douglas Peterson, PhD, Responsible Party (RP)/Principal Investigator (PI)], University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602], NMFS, Office of Protected Resources (PR) proposes to modify Permit No. 16482 to include additional "takes" of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) and Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).The permit holder proposes to continue studying the population dynamics and seasonal habitat use of Atlantic sturgeon in the rivers and estuaries as currently authorized in Permit 16482 in the Savannah (GA/SC), Ogeechee (GA), Altamaha (GA), Satilla (GA), and Saint Marys Rivers (GA/FL). The Permit Holder is authorized to capture Atlantic sturgeon with gill nets and trammel nets and also measure, weigh, genetic tissue sample, PIT tag and Floy tag, acoustic tag, laparoscope, biopsy, anesthetize, gastric lavage, fin ray clip, acoustic tag and to collect early life stages. However, the permit holder now proposes to combine takes of shortnose sturgeon, which were previously authorized under separate permits while fishing concurrently for Atlantic sturgeon. One existing shortnose sturgeon permit in Georgia waters would be terminated when the modification is issued, while other expired shortnose sturgeon permits would be reapplied for as previously authorized. The permit holder also requests taking 100 blood samples from both species captured from the Altamaha River. Further, the modification expands the project area to include northeast Florida's Nassau and St. Johns rivers and adjoining waterways, as well as to authorize the take of shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon. The modification would be valid through the expiration date of the original permit on April 5, 2017.

Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment SEA on the Issuance of a Modification to Scientific Research Permit No 16507 Dewayne Fox to Conduct Research on Shortnose Sturgeon written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposes to issue a modification to a research permit to Dewayne Fox, PhD., for takes of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) in the wild, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The modification would be valid through April 5, 2017. The objectives of the research for Atlantic sturgeon would remain unchanged: to collect data on the biology, distribution and abundance of endangered Atlantic sturgeon to facilitate recovery of the species. Three projects fall under the permitted research. The first project authorizes directed mortality of Atlantic sturgeon eggs. As part of the second project, a hydroacoustic assessment survey, 100 Atlantic sturgeon are authorized for capture by gill net, and for measuring, weighing, tissue sampling, and PIT tagging. The third involves the capture of 300 Atlantic sturgeon annually by gill net throughout Delaware's coastal waters, and in the Delaware Bay and River. All captured Atlantic sturgeon are measured, passive integrated transponder tagged, tissue sampled, and released. Subsets of captured Atlantic sturgeon are fitted with internal satellite tags or external pop-off satellite tags; sampling also includes gonad tissue biopsy. The applicant now requests authorization for 100 annual shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) takes for the remainder of the permit; all capture methods, action areas and activities would remain the same as for the currently authorized Atlantic sturgeon takes. The authorization to sample an additional sturgeon species would allow the permit holder to test use of a hydroacoustic assessment method for shortnose sturgeon which is currently authorized for Atlantic sturgeon.

Download or read book Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Fisheries Research Conducted and Funded by the Southwest Fisheries Science Center written by Jeremy D. Rusin and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NMFS has prepared this Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment (Final PEA) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to evaluate several alternatives for conducting and funding these fisheries and ecosystem research activities as the primary federal action. NMFS is also evaluating in this Final PEA a related action-also called a "connected action" under NEPA (Sec. 1508.25)-which is the proposed promulgation of regulations and authorization of "takes" of marine mammals incidental to the research activities through issuance of Letters of Authorization (LOA) under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) (see Section 6.3 for detailed discussion). Additionally, because the proposed fisheries and ecological research activities occur in areas inhabited by a number of marine mammals, birds, sea turtles, fishes, and invertebrates listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as threatened or endangered, this Final PEA evaluates activities that could result in unintentional impacts on ESA-listed marine species"--Executive summary (ES-2).

Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment SEA on the Issuance of a Modified Scientific Research Permit File No 16436 01 to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to Conduct Scientific Research on Endangered Shortnose and Atlantic Sturgeon in the Hudson River written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In response to the receipt of an application from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), NMFS, Office of Protected Resources (PR) proposes to modify Permit No. 16436 and terminate Permit No. 16439 pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Both permits are held by the NYSDEC. The Permit Holder proposes to continue studying the population dynamics and seasonal habitat use of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) authorized in Permit 16436 and proposes to consolidate the existing takes of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in Permit 16439 and then terminate Permit No. 16439 upon issuance of the modification. The Permit Holder also requests increasing the numbers and procedures for taking both Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon to meet new objectives, including tracking movement, habitat and diet changes in response to major construction projects on the Hudson River. The modification would be valid through the expiration date of the original permit on April 5, 2017.

Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment SEA on the Issuance of a Modification to Scientific Research Permit No 16547 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service USFWS to Conduct Research on Atlantic Sturgeon in the Chesapeake Bay and Coastal Waters March 2013 written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NMFS proposes to issue a modification to scientific research permit No. 16547 to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), 11110 Kimages Road; Charles City, Virginia 23030 [Albert Spells: Responsible Party], authorizing scientific research on endangered Atlantic sturgeon pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.c. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 222-226). The modification would be valid through April 5, 2017. Permit No. 16547 currently permits the permit holder to: evaluate abundance of Atlantic sturgeon within the Chesapeake Bay Distinct Population Segment (DPS), including the entirety of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries above and below 22 parts per thousand (ppt) salinity. Researchers are authorized to capture adult, juvenile and early life stages (ELS) of Atlantic sturgeon using gill nets, trawls, fyke nets, trammel nets, pound nets and egg mats; and to measure, weigh, tissue sample, PIT and Floy tag appropriately sized animals. Dependent on the life stage and the salinity level, a subset may be telemetry tagged internally or externally. The permit holder now requests to: telemetry tag adult sub-adult or juvenile Atlantic sturgeon with either internal or external telemetry tags without respect to salinity level within the same action area. However, the numbers of adult and sub-adult Atlantic sturgeon requested would be reduced from 425 to 350 per year; the numbers of juveniles would be reduced from 175 to 125 annually, and the sub-set of juveniles requested to be telemetry tagged is increased to 50 from 25, including the option for internal telemetry tagging. Finally, the number of ELS proposed would increase from 25 to 50 annually to document spawning in other rivers. All other aspects of the currently permitted activity--the action area, capture methods, incidental takes, impacts to other listed species, types of research activities, and objectives--would remain the same.

Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment for Issuance of Modifications to Scientific Research Permits Nos 1578 00 and 1595 03 to Conduct Scientific Research on Protected Shortnose Sturgeon in the Gulf of Maine written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Protected Resources, proposes to issue modifications to two scientific research permits for takes of shortnose sturgeon in the wild, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR Parts 222-226). The Permit modifications addressed in this SEA are for Permit No. 1578-00 issued to the Maine Division of Marine Resources (MDMR) in 2006, and Permit No. 1595-03 issued to Michael Hastings of the University of Maine (UM) in 2009. This SEA, therefore, supplements the prior respective EA and SEA, and all other minor permit modifications. Permit No. 1578 currently authorizes research focusing on the location of spawning habitat, feeding habitat, and migratory pathways of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the Kennebec River, between Augusta and Waterville, Maine. The proposed modification (File 1578-01) would change research objectives, as well as expand the geographic scope of the research, increasing numbers of sturgeon sampled, acoustic tags deployed, and new research methods including: borescoping, Floy anchor tagging, blood collection, gastric lavage, electronarcosis and scute sampling. Permit 1595-03 currently assesses the distribution, abundance, movements and spawning of shortnose sturgeon in the lower Penobscot River and Estuary. The objectives and action area of research would not be changed in the proposed modification (File 1595-04); however, it proposes increased numbers of sturgeon captured, lower water temperatures for sampling adults and juvenile sturgeon, and new research methods including: scute sampling, Floy anchor tagging, fall egg and larvae sampling, electronarcosis and gastric lavage. Both permit modifications would assist researchers in the future development of collaborative research programs in the Gulf of Maine (GOM) determining the number and size of extant populations of shortnose sturgeon in the GOM and the rate of exchange between coastal river systems"--Abstract (p. [1]-2).

Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This action would increase the acceptable biological catch (ABC) and associated catch limits for the Northeast Skate Complex fishery, reflecting updated scientific information on the status of skate stocks. The ABC for the remainder of the 2011 fishing year would increase from 41,080 mt to 50.435 mt, reducing the likelihood of skate fishery closures. The action is expected to have neutral impacts on target, non·target, and protected species, and habitat relative to no action, because it would not likely change the distribution or magnitude of total fishing effort in fisheries that catch skates. However, positive economic and social impacts are expected, given that the increased catch limits will maximize the opportunities to land skates, increasing potential fishing revenues"--Cover letter; Portfolio comprised of two related PDF documents digitized and organized by: NOAA Office of Program Planning and Integration (PPI) National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) staff.

Download or read book Supplemental Environmental Assessment for Issuance of Amendments to Scientific Research Permit No 14097 03 to Add Specific Cetacean Research Activities Updated FONSI written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NMFS proposes to issue an amendment to Permit No. 14097-04 to authorize a 12-month extension of the permit duration and allow researchers to biopsy sample humpback whales in the Southern Ocean more than once annually where sampling is already authorized. The purpose of the research is to determine the migration routes and movement patterns, habitat use, diving behavior, vocal patterns, and acoustic environment of cetaceans worldwide. Impacts from these activities would be short-term and minimal to individual animals and negligible to the species. The amended permit would be valid through June 30, 2016"--Cover letter summary.

Download or read book Environmental Assessment EA on the Issuance of a Scientific Research Permit permit No 16549 to the S O Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center CAFRC to Conduct Research Activities on Endangered Wild and Captive Shortnose Sturgeon written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center; USGS, Box 796 (One Migratory Way, Turners Falls, Massachusetts 01376), is requesting authorization for a scientific research permit for takes of shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) in the wild and captivity pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 et seq.). The applicant proposes to determine up and downstream migrations, habitat use, spawning periodicity, and seasonal movements of shortnose sturgeon in the Connecticut River (from Agawam, MA to Montague, MA). The applicant also proposes short-term captive animal research of wild origin shortnose sturgeon in laboratory tests of up- and downstream fish passage studies, swimming performance tests, tagging studies, anesthesiology, behavior, physiology, and contaminant studies. Furthermore, the applicant requests authorization for collecting fertilized embryo from the Merrimack River (MA), Kennebec River, and Androscoggin River (ME), to produce non-releasable progeny for larval research in the laboratory. The permit would be valid for five years upon issuance.

Download or read book Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment to Analyze Impacts of a NOAA s National Marine Fisheries Service Determination that the Fishery Management and Evaluation Plans Submitted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Satisfy the Section 4 d Rule and that the Tribal Resource Management Plans Submitted by the Nez Perce Tribe the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Shoshone Bannock Tribes Satisfy the Tribal 4 d Rule and Do Not Appreciably Reduce the Likelihood of Survival and Recovery of Snake River Spring Summer run Chinook Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit Or Snake River Steelhead Basin Distinct Population Segment Under the Endangered Species Act written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) on the effects of two Fishery Management and Evaluation Plans (FMEPs) from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), one Tribal Resource Management Plan (TRMP) form the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), and one TRMP from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (SBT) was released by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for a 30-day public comment period on August 11, 2011 (76 FR 49735). Since the draft EA was published, ODFW modified the Grande Ronde River FMEP to include fisheries managed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) in the Washington State portion of the Grande Ronde River (ODFW 2012), the CTUIR provided clarifications regarding their original TRMP (CTUIR 2012), and the Nez Perce Tribe (NPT) submitted to NMFS a TRMP for the Grande Ronde and Imnaha Rivers (NPT 2012). NMFS considered these changes, clarifications and new TRMP to be substantial new information warranting additional information in the NEPA analysis, and warranting further public review. Consequently, NMFS prepared this Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment to address the following: Inclusion of spring/summer Chinook salmon Fisheries in the Washington State portion of the Grande Ronde River to be managed by WDFW; Clarification by the CTUIR on their original spring/summer Chinook salmon Fisheries TRMP in the Imnaha and Grande Ronde River subbasins; A spring/summer Chinook salmon Fisheries TRMP in the Imnaha and Grande Ronde River subbasins submitted by the NPT"--Executive summary (page 7).

Download or read book Northeast Multispecies Fishery Fisheries Management Plan FMP written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Environmental Assessment Notebook Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Notebook 1. Identification of transportation alternatives -- Notebook 2. Social impacts -- Notebook 3. Economic impacts -- Notebook 4. Physical impacts -- Notebook 5. Organization and content of environmental assessment materials -- Notebook 6. Environmental assessment reference book.

Download or read book Draft Environmental Assessment written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: