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Back through Aug. 27, 2001 Monday, Dec. 31 (Dec. 31 TOC)

• NMFS issues final rule amending the sea turtle handling and resuscitation regulation. "Recent scientific and technical information indicates that the current procedures need to be updated. This measure is necessary to improve the handling of sea turtles that are incidentally captured during scientific research or fishing activities." (12/31, p. 67495-6)
• FWS: Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Western Regional Panel to meet; Invasive Species Screening Process workshop scheduled (12/31, p. 67541)
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (12/31, p. 67541)
• FWS submits ICR to OMB for approval: collection of monitoring data for peregrine falcon (12/31, p. 67539-41)
• FWS submits ICR to OMB re: Federal Aid in Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Acts. "The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000 requires that States certify annually in writing that their expenditure of these Federal grant funds was in accordance with the appropriate Act." (12/31, p. 67537-9)

Friday, Dec. 28 (Dec. 28 TOC)

• FWS: Gulf Highlands LLC and Fort Morgan Paradise Joint Venture are seeking ITPs for a residential development in Alabama that would take Alabama beach mouse (12/28, p. 67290-2)
• FWS: Air Products, L.P., of Houston, Texas, has submitted an application to install a 10-inch nominal pipeline for transportation of industrial gas from Bayport, Texas, to Freeport, Texas, containing approximately 52.7 miles in length and crossing portions of Harris, Galveston, and Brazoria counties, Texas. The pipeline will be within an existing 300-foot wide pipeline right-of-way corridor that crosses the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, in Brazoria County, Texas. (12/28, p. )
• FWS begins candidate status review for the Rio Grande cutthroat trout to determine if candidate status is warranted (12/28, p. 67289-90)
• FWS reopens public comment period until Jan. 28 on proposal to designate CH for Northern Plains piping plover (12/28, p. 67165-6)
  • Analysis is here
• FWS: In anticipation of receiving an application for an incidental take permit for the Multiple HCP, FWS requests public comment on all four volumes of the draft MHCP Plan and a draft EIS/EIR prepared jointly by the service and San Diego Association of Governments. (12/28, p. 67292-4)
  • Info is here
• NMFS issues an emergency rule to establish the commercial quotas for large and small coastal sharks at 1,285 metric tons (mt) dressed weight (dw) and 1,760 mt dw, respectively (12/28, p. 67118-21)
• NMFS announces that the State of Maine, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of Connecticut, the State of Florida, and the State of Maryland have transferred a total of 434,000 lb (196,859 kg) of commercial bluefish quota to the State of North Carolina from their respective 2001 quotas (12/28, p. 67122)

Thursday, Dec. 27 (Dec. 27 TOC)

• FWS emergency lists the Tumbling Creek cavesnail (12/27, p. 66803-11)
• FWS proposes listing for the Tumbling Creek cavesnail (12/27, p. 66868-9)
• FWS issues Letters of Authorization to Phillips Alaska and Anadarko Inc. to take marine mammals incidental to oil and gas industry activities (12/27, p. 66915-6)
• NMFS announces annual harvest guideline for Pacific sardine in the exclusive economic zone off the Pacific coast for calendar year 2002. (12/27, p. 66811-2)
• Daniel J. Cox, Natural Exposures, Bozeman, Mont., has applied for a permit to take Northern elephant seals for purposes of commercial/educational photography (12/27, p. 66888)
• NMFS' Southeast Fisheries Science Center in Miami has been issued a permit to take marine mammals for purposes of scientific research (12/27, p. 66888)

Wednesday, Dec. 26 (Dec. 26 TOC)

• FWS reinstates 1993 proposed listing of the flat-tailed horned lizard as a threatened species, reopens public comment period. Action was taken to comply with Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision (12/26, p. 66384-5)
• NMFS issues final specifications for the 2002 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries and makes preliminary adjustments to the 2002 commercial quotas for these fisheries. (12/26, p. 66348-58)
• On Nov. 27, NMFS announced its intent to revise the Alaska Groundfish Fisheries draft Programmatic SEIS. After reviewing more than 21,000 comment letters received on the draft Programmatic SEIS, NMFS determined that revisions to the draft Programmatic SEIS are appropriate and necessary. NMFS also determined that these revisions will require the release of a revised draft Programmatic SEIS. Based on these decisions, NMFS announced a new series of dates for preparing the revised draft, preparing the final programmatic SEIS, and issuing the Record of Decision (12/26, p. 66390-1)
• NMFS proposes rule to amend regulations governing Atlantic billfish and North Atlantic swordfish recreational fisheries to implement recommendations adopted at the 2000 meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and to enhance management programs for these species (12/26, p. 66386-90)

Friday, Dec. 21 (Dec. 21 TOC)

• FWS receives endangered species permit application (12/21, p. 65980-1)
• FWS receives permit application (Williams) for Incidental Take of the Houston Toad (12/21, p. 65981)
• FWS receives permit application(Nicholson) for Incidental Take of the Houston Toad (12/21, p. 65981-2)
• FWS receives permit application (Angulo) for Incidental Take of the Houston Toad (12/21, p. 65982)
• FWS receives permit application (Kirchner) for Incidental Take of the Houston Toad (12/21, p. 65982-3)
• This proposed rule would allow the transfer of permits associated with Habitat Conservation Plans, Safe Harbor Agreements with Assurances and Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances. (12/21, p. 65873-5)
• NMFS issues letter of authorization to BP Exploration to take a small number of marine mammals incidental to the production of offshore oil and gas at the Northstar development in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska (12/21, p. 65923-35)

Thursday, Dec. 20 (Dec. 20 TOC)

• Large number of leatherback strandings on northeast Florida beaches prompt additional 30-day restriction by NMFS on shrimp trawlers that are required to have a turtle excluder device (TED) installed in each net rigged for fishing, and that are operating in Atlantic offshore waters out to 10 nautical miles (18.3 km) from the coast of Florida between 28 deg.N. latitude and the Georgia-Florida border. During this 30-day period shrimp vessels operating in this area must use a TED with an escape opening large enough to exclude leatherback turtles, as specified in the regulations. (12/20, p. 65658-60)
• NMFS announces that the summer flounder commercial quota available to the State of Rhode Island has been harvested (12/20, p. 65660)
• NMFS issues positive 90-day finding for a petition to list Atlantic white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) as threatened or endangered (12/20, p. 65676-8)

Wednesday, December 19 (Dec. 19 TOC)

• FWS grants emergency exemption to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to capture individuals from the Columbia Basin DPS of the pygmy rabbit, recently listed as endangered (12/19, p. 65508-9)
• FWS Region 3 requests amendment to permit for scientific research activities, to add species to authorization list (12/19, p. 65509)
• Third Rock Consultants, LLC., Lexington, Ky., requests scientific research permit to conduct activities with a variety of species (12/19, p. 65509-10)
• FWS announces public meetings on draft EIS on double- crested cormorant management (12/19, p. 65510-1)
• NMFS issues interim final rule to establish a voluntary fishing capacity reduction program for the Northeast multispecies fishery that permanently removes multispecies limited access fishing permits (12/19, p. 65454-9)
• NMFS will prepare EA for issuing a Bowhead Whale subsistence quota to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission for the years 2003 through 2007 (12/19, p. 65472-3)

Tuesday, Dec. 18 (Dec. 18 TOC)

• FWS Region 1 reports on incidental take permits issued between Feb. 17 and Nov. 14, 2001. The region approved seven HCPs, issuing seven associated permits, and transferred three permits (12/18, p. 65218-9)

Monday, Dec. 17 (Dec. 17 TOC)

• FWS receives permit request to import sport-hunted male bontebok from South Africa (12/17, p. 64986)
• Various endangered species permit applications filed with FWS (12/17, p. 64986-7)
• FWS receives permit request: 12,000 eyed Atlantic salmon eggs (12/17, p. 64987)
• FWS grants permit to import polar bear (12/17, p. 64987)
• NMFS publishes IFQ standard prices and notification of adjustment of the IFQ fee percentage for the IFQ Cost Recovery Program in the halibut and sablefish fisheries of the North Pacific. (12/17, p. 64915-7)
• NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 61 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area, Amendment 61 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, Amendment 13 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab, and Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska (FMPs). These amendments incorporate the provisions of the American Fisheries Act (AFA) into the FMPs and their implementing regulations (12/17, p. 65027-69)

Friday, Dec. 14 (Dec. 14 TOC)

• FWS "plans to establish policy on state audits accomplished by its Division of Federal Aid by issuing Manual Chapters on the subject. The Service is requesting comments and suggestions on the chapters as described [in the FR notice]." (12/14, p. 64845-53)
• NMFS issues positive petition funding on green sturgeon (12/14, p. 64793-5)
• NMFS extends comment period (again) on proposed new TED requirements for sea turtles, this time until Feb. 15. (12/14, p. 64793)

Thursday, Dec. 13 (Dec. 13 TOC)

• FWS releases draft Addendum to the Recovery Plan for the Multi-Island Plants (10 endangered plants endemic to the Maui Nui group of islands in the Hawaiian Islands) (12/13, p. 64451-2)
• NMFS is closing directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (12/13, p. 64380)
• NMFS extends expiration date until July 8, 2002, of the emergency rule that closed the Northeast Distant Statistical Reporting (NED) Area to pelagic longline fishing, required modifications in deploying pelagic longline fishing gear, and required sea turtle handling and release guidelines for bottom and pelagic longline fisheries to be posted in the wheelhouse (12/13, p. 64378-9)
• NMFS announces a 2001-2002 aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for gray whales of five gray whales landed. This quota and other management provisions govern the harvest of gray whales by members of the Makah Indian Tribe (Tribe) (12/13, p. 64378)
• NMFS proposes a regulatory amendment that would establish cut- off dates for using landings data from the commercial summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries to calculate quota overages (12/13, p. 64392-6)
• NMFS announces the availability of harbor porpoise bycatch estimates for January through December, 2000 (12/13, p. 64403)
  • Estimates are here

Wednesday, Dec. 12 (Dec. 12 TOC)

• No FWS or NMFS notices today

Tuesday, Dec. 11 (Dec. 11 TOC)

• NMFS issues amendment to Dr. Daniel Costa, Institute of Marine Sciences, Earth & Marine Sciences Bldg. A316, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, to take marine mammals for scientific research (12/11, p. 64022)

Monday, Dec. 10 (Dec. 10 TOC)

• FWS designates five units totalling 65,879 acres in the Koolau and Waianae mountains on the island of Oahu as critical habitat for the Oahu elepaio (12/10, p. 63751-82)
• FWS proposes to list the San Miguel Island Fox, Santa Rosa Island Fox, Santa Cruz Island Fox, and Santa Catalina Island Fox as endangered (12/10, p. 63654-65)
• FWS extends comment period until Jan. 25 on proposed rule to authorize new methods of take for light goose hunting (12/10, p. 63665-6)
• DEIS available on light goose management (12/10, p. 63723-4)
  • Draft EIS is here
• NMFS extends emergency interim rule prohibiting the targeting of swordfish north of the equator by Hawaii longline vessels, among other things (12/10, p. 63630-2)
• The New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils plan to prepare Amendment 2 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan and to prepare an SEIS in accordance with NEPA to analyze the impacts of any proposed management measures on the human environment (12/10, p. 63666-7)
• NMFS issues Incidental Harassment Authorization to take small numbers of Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) by harassment incidental to repairs at the Carpinteria Oil and Gas Processing Facility in Carpinteria, Calif. to Venoco Inc. (12/10, p. 63680-3)

Today's links: Friday, Dec. 7 (Dec. 7 Table of Contents)

• FWS issues Letters of Authorization to take marine mammals incidental to oil and gas industry activities (12/7, p. 63548)

Thursday, Dec. 6 (Dec. 6 TOC)

• FWS proposed rule would create a permit category to specifically authorize rehabilitation activities involving migratory birds (12/6, p. 63349-55)
• FWS issues marine mammal permit (12/6, p. 63402)

Wednesday, Dec. 5 (Dec. 5 TOC)

• FWS releases technical/agency draft recovery plan for Karner blue butterfly (12/5, p. 63248-9)
  • Recovery plan is supposed to be here
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (12/5, p. 63247-8)
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (12/5, p. 63248)
• NMFS announces a 1,000 lb (454 kg)/trip limit of Dover sole in the limited entry trawl fishery coastwide for the month of December. (12/5, p. 63199-202)
• OPA enforcement: Proposed consent decree--U.S. v. Equilon Pipeline Company, LLC, Civ. No. H-01 3171, S.D. Tex.). For discharges of oil and gasoline into the navigable waters of the U.S. and the State of Texas in the vicinity of the San Jacinto River on or about Oct. 20, 1994. Defendants will buy about 100 acres of replacement property and pay another $250,000 "to construct estuarine and freshwater habitat." (12/5, p. 63256-7)
• Wetlands enforcement: Proposed consent decree--U.S. v. Gallo Glass Company (Civ. No. C 01 3350 JL, N.D. Cal.). CD "imposes civil penalties against the defendants for the excavation and deep ripping of 260 acres of wetlands and depositing fill material into approximately 12.5 acres of drainage, swales, and creeks in wetlands adjacent to Washoe Creek, a tributary to the Laguna de Santa Rosa Creek and Russian River, located on Stoney Point." (12/5, p. 63257)

Tuesday, Dec. 4 (Dec. 4 TOC)

• FWS lists Mississippi gopher frog as endangered (12/4, p. 62993-63002)
• FWS to prepare EIS on on Coyote Springs Investments MSHCP and issuance of an ITP (12/4, p. 63065-6)
• The Hawk Creek Wildlife Center has been authorized, via permit number PRT-TE050080-0, by FWS's Region 5 to transfer and possess one specific female ocelot, Felis pardalis. (12/4, p. 63065)
• FWS, NPS "will discontinue all activities associated with developing an [EIS] for a proposed exchange of lands on South Fox Island, Leelanau County, MI. "FWS and NPS have received a written request from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to permanently discontinue efforts on development of the EIS to analyze the proposed exchange of land ..." (12/4, p. 63066)
• NMFS says that since the 2001 fishing year Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) General category quota will be attained by Nov. 30, 2001, "the General category fishery will be closed effective 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 30, 2001. This action is being taken to prevent overharvest of the total adjusted General category quota of 919.7 mt (12/4, p. 63002)
• NMFS says that the Atlantic bluefish commercial quota available to the State of New York has been harvested. (12/4, p. 63002-3)
• New England Fishery Management Council will hold a special 2-day council meeting on Dec. 19-20, 2001, to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (12/4, p. 63012-3)

Monday, Dec. 3 (Dec. 3 TOC)

• FWS releases draft EIS on double-crested cormorant management (12/3, p. 60218-9)
  • EIS is here
• FWS releases EA/HCP, application for an ITP for the Temecula Ridge Apartments and Temecula Village Development Projects in Riverside County, Calif. (12/3, p. 60219-20)
• FWS releases draft recovery plan for coastal plants of the Northern San Francisco Peninsula for review and comment (12/3, p. 60217-8)
  • RP is available here
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (12/3, p. 60215-6)
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (12/3, p. 60216-7)
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (12/3, p. 60217)
• FWS issues permit to import polar bear from Canada (12/3, p. 60220)
• NMFS announces that the closed commercial fishery for red snapper in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of Mexico will reopen. Reopening of the fishery is necessary because the 2001 annual quota for red snapper has not been reached (12/3, p. 60161)

Friday, Nov. 30 (Nov. 30 TOC)

• FWS emergency lists the Columbia Basin distinct population segment of the pygmy rabbit (11/30, p. 59734-9)
• FWS proposes to list pygmy rabbit as endangered (11/30, p. 59769-71)
• FWS releases final revised Recovery Plan for the Oregon Silverspot Butterfly (11/30, p. 59807)
  • Plan is here
• FWS publishes the priority list for the Multistate Conservation Grant Program submitted by the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (11/30, p. 59807-9)
• Endangered species permit applications received by FWS (11/30, p. 59806-7)
• FWS receives marine mammal permit applications (11/30, p. 59809)
• NMFS Alaska Regional Administrator is authorizing an exemption to the 3-nm, no-entry zone around Chirikof Island for the sole purpose of livestock removal by FWS (11/30, p. 59749-50)
• NMFS reopens the scoping and comment period for the EIS on the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (11/30, p. 59771-2)
• NMFS receives end. species research permit application (11/30, p. 59780)
• NMFS denies an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 376-1520-01, submitted by James H.W. Hain, Associated Scientists at Woods Hole, Box 721, Woods Hole, MA 02543 (11/30, p. )
• Doyle A. Hanan, Ph.D., P.O. Box 8914, Rancho Santa Fe, California 92067, has applied for a permit to take California sea lions for purposes of scientific research. (11/30, p. 59781)
• Funtime, Inc. d/b/a Six Flags Worlds of Adventure, 1060 North Aurora Road, Aurora, OH 44202, has applied for a permit to import two killer whales for the purposes of public display. (11/30, p. 59781-2)

Thursday, Nov. 29 (Nov. 29 TOC)

• FWS emergency-lists Carson wandering skipper in California and Nevada as endangered (11/29, p. 59537-45)
• FWS proposes to make emergency rule for wnadering skipper permanent (11/29, p. 59550-2)
• NMFS Northeast Regional Administrator makes preliminary determination that an EFP application submitted by the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries contains all the required information (11/29, p. 59552-3)
• NMFS Northeast Regional Administrator makes preliminary determination that Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences' application for an exempted fishing permit for mixed groundfish fisheries of the Northeast contains all the required information (11/29, p. 59553-4)

Wednesday, Nov. 28 (Nov. 28 TOC)

• FWS lists Vermilion darter as endangered. The fish's current range is 7.2 miles of the mainstem of Turkey Creek and the lower reaches of (about a half mile) of Dry and Beaver Creeks where they intersect Turkey Creek. Turkey Creek is a tributary of the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River, and is found in northeast Jefferson County, Alabama (11/28, p. 59367-73)
• NMFS proposes to amend the regulations that implement the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to provide further protection for large whales, with an emphasis on North Atlantic right whales, through a program called Seasonal Area Management (SAM) (11/28, p. 59394-404)

Tuesday, Nov. 27 (Nov. 27 TOC)

• NMFS closed directed fishery for Pacific mackerel in the exclusive economic zone off the Pacific coast at noon local time on Nov. 21, 2001 (11/27, p. 59173-4)
  • More info on Dec. 5-10 meeting of North Pacific Fishery Management Council can be found here
• NMFS publishes the Fraser River salmon inseason orders regulating salmon fisheries in U.S. waters (11/27, p. 59171-3)
• NMFS announces its intent to revise the Alaska Groundfish Fisheries draft Programmatic SEIS (11/27, p. 59228-9)
• The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted Amendment 61 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area, Amendment 61 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, Amendment 13 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab, and Amendment 8 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska (FMPs). (11/27, p. 59225-8)
• NMFS issues this proposed rule to implement Amendment 3 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Golden Crab Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (11/27, p. 59221-5)

Monday, Nov. 26 (Nov. 26 TOC)

• NMFS to prepare EA for issuing a Gray Whale subsistence quota to the Makah Indian Tribe for the years 2003 through 2007 (11/26, p. 59000-1)
• NMFS receives request from Caltrans for an authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to construction of a replacement bridge for the East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay (11/26, p. 59001-6)

Friday, Nov. 23 (Nov. 23 TOC)

• FWS reopens comment period until Dec. 24 on proposal to list the Southwestern Washington/Columbia River Coastal Cutthroat Trout in Washington and Oregon as threatened (11/23, p. 58706-7)
• FWS withdraws Oct. 11 proposal for duck hunting along Mississippi Flyway, discusses possible ways to address the issue of framework opening and closing dates in the future. Proposal dealt with states in the Lower Region (Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee) of the Mississippi Flyway. (11/23, p. 58707-8)
• FWS reopens public comment period until Dec. 10 on draft recovery goals for four endangered Colorado River fishes (11/23, p. 58748)
• FWS receives permit application for incidental take of the endangered Houston Toad (11/23, p. 58748-9)

Wednesday, Nov. 21 (Nov. 21 TOC)

• FWS receives endangered species permit application to conduct research on fanshell in Indiana (11/21, p. 58513)
• FWS: More research applications submitted (11/21, p. 58513-4)
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (tigers, leopards, sport-hunted bontebok) (11/21, p. 58514)
• FWS allows import of "one polar bear (Ursus maritimus) taken from the Lancaster Sound population, Canada, for personal use (11/21, p. 58514)
• NMFS closes commercial fishery for king mackerel in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the western zone of the Gulf of Mexico (11/21, p. 58410-1)
• NOAA amends regulations governing the anchoring and mooring of vessels in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (11/21, p. 58370-1)
• NOAA releases draft restoration plan and EA for the M/V Kuroshima Oil Spill, Summer Bay, Unalaska, Alaska (11/21, p. 58439-40)
  • M/V Kuroshima web site
• NMFS' Southwest Fisheries Science Center receives permit to take Antarctic pinnipeds for purposes of scientific research. (11/21, p. 58445)

Tuesday, Nov. 20 (Nov. 20 TOC)

• FWS releases EA/HCP, receives application for an ITP from the Interagency Task Force proposing the Six Points Road Interchange and related development in Marion and Hendricks Counties, IN (11/20, p. 58159-60)
• FWS releases EA, receives ITP application for a city government facility, Deltona, Volusia County, Florida (11/20, p. 58157-9)
• NMFS announces that the scup commercial quota available in the Winter II period to the coastal states from Maine to North Carolina has been harvested (11/20, p. 58073-4)
• NMFS announces that the period 2 spiny dogfish commercial quota available to the coastal states from Maine through Florida has been harvested. Federally permitted commercial vessels may no longer land spiny dogfish for the duration of period 2 (through April 30, 2002) (11/20, p. 58074)
• NMFS announces that the 67-metric ton shrimp quota available for harvest by the United States in Division 3L of the NAFO Regulatory Area has been allocated (11/20, p. 58073)
• NMFS proposes specifications for the 2002 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries (11/20, p. 58097-105)

Monday, Nov. 19 (Nov. 19 TOC)

• FWS: Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Northeast Regional Panel to meet Nov. 26 and 27 (11/19, p. 57981-2)
• North American Wetlands Conservation Council to meet Dec. 2 in Wichita, Kansas (11/19, p. 57982)
• NMFS issues final rule updating regulations governing the operation of Regional Fishery Management Councils under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) (11/19, p. 57885-8)
• NMFS extends public comment period to Dec. 31 for the purpose of receiving comments on the proposed rule (Oct. 2) to amend sea turtle regulations (11/19, p. 57930-1)
• NMFS issues marine mammal permit to LGL Limited, Environmental Research Associates, King City, Ontario, Canada (ringed seals, bearded seals, and spotted seals for purposes of scientific research) (11/19, p. 57939-40)
• NMFS issues marine mammal permit to Dr. Robert B. Griffin, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL (Atlantic spotted dolphins and bottlenose dolphins) (11/19, p. 57940)

Friday, Nov. 16 (Nov. 16 TOC)

• FWS receives permit application for incidental take of the Houston Toad (Lower Colorado River Authority) (11/16, p. 57729)
• NMFS announces closure of the 2001 catcher/processor fishery for Pacific whiting (whiting) at 1800 hours local time (l.t.) November 13, 2001, because the allocation for the catcher/processor sector will be reached by that time (11/16, p. 57687)

Thursday, Nov. 15 (Nov. 15 TOC)

• FWS proposes designation of critical habitat for La Graciosa thistle, Eriodictyon capitatum (Lompoc yerba santa), and Deinandra increscens ssp. villosa [= Hemizonia increscens ssp. villosa] (Gaviota tarplant) (11/15, p. 57559-60)
• FWS proposes to designate CH for Santa Cruz tarplant (11/15, p. 57525-58)
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (11/15, p. 57474)
• NMFS closes the commercial fishery for king mackerel in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the northern Florida west coast subzone. This closure is necessary to protect the Gulf king mackerel resource. (11/15, p. 57396-7)
• NMFS adjusts the October-December subquota for the General category Atlantic bluefin tuna (11/15, p. 57397-8)
• NMFS announces that the Commonwealth of Virginia has transferred a total of 100,000 lb (45,372 kg) of commercial bluefish quota to the State of New York for 2001 (11/15, p. 57398-9)
• NMFS proposes to amend regulations governing the Atlantic highly migratory species fisheries to implement recommendations adopted at the 2000 meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (11/15, p. 57409- 13)

Wednesday, Nov. 14 (Nov. 14 TOC)

• FWS releases draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and EA for Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge, Monterey County, California (11/14, p. 57108-9)
  • CCP and EA will be available here
• DOI extends deadline until Nov. 27 for nominations to Invasive Species Advisory Committee (11/14, p. 57107-8)
• NOAA releases EA/FONSI on approval of state plans from Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas under the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (11/14, p. 57038)
• Dr. Patricia E. Mascarelli, Carribean Center for Marine Studies, Puerto Rico, has applied for a permit to take humpback whales for purposes of scientific research (11/14, p. 57040-1)
• NMFS receives applications for research on harbor seals (predation on Atlantic salmon) and bottlenose dolphins (11/14, p. 57041)

Tuesday, Nov. 13 (Nov. 13 TOC)

• FWS "corrects errors in the season dates and other pertinent information for the States of Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Vermont" in Sept. 28 notice "prescribing the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for general waterfowl seasons and those early seasons for which states previously deferred selection." (11/13, p. 56780-1)
• FWS releases draft EA for federal agency participation in the June sucker recovery implementation program (11/13, p. 56840-1)
• NMFS extends emergency interim rule (published May 8, 2001, amended July 23) on fishing in the Atlantic deep-sea red crab from Nov. 14 for an additional 180 days to continue protection of red crab while permanent measures are being developed by the New England Fishery Management Council (11/13, p. 56781-2)

Friday, Nov. 9 (Nov. 9 TOC)

• FWS, FS: Federal Subsistence Board temporarily closes, makes changes to harvest limits to protect moose populations in Unit 22(B), (D), and (E), and to help the recovery of deer populations in Unit 8 (11/9, p. 56610-3)
• FWS releases Comprehensive Conservation Plan for North Platte National Wildlife Refuge, Scottsbluff, NE (11/9, p. 56705-6)
  • Plan is here
• NMFS has modified permits given to the National Park Service and California Department of Fish and Game in order to authorize takes of ESA-listed fish for the purpose of rescue, subject to certain conditions set forth therein (11/9, p. 56657-8)
• NMFS has evaluated the Tribal Resource Management Plan submitted by the Nez Perce Tribe pursuant to the protective regulations promulgated for Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon under the ESA (11/9, p. 56656-7)
• NOAA releases final damage assessment and restoration plan/EA for ecological injuries and service losses--Alcoa Point Comfort/Lavaca Bay NPL Site, Point Comfort, Texas (11/9, p. 56649-50)
  • Plan/EA is here
• NOAA releases final damage assessment and restoration plan/EA for recreational fishing service losses--Alcoa Point Comfort/Lavaca Bay NPL Site, Point Comfort, Texas (11/9, p. 56650-1) (see same link, above)
• NOAA releases draft restoration plan/EA for the Applied Environmental Services (Shore Realty) Superfund Site for public review (11/9, p. 56651-4
  • Go here for plan/EA
• NMFS is amending the notice for applications for ESA scientific research permits from EPA in Corvallis, Ore., and U.S. Forest Service in Corvallis, Ore. (11/9, p. 56658)

Thursday, Nov. 8 (Nov. 8 TOC)

• FWS proposes to designate critical habitat for Chlorogalum purpureum, a plant from the South Coast Ranges of California (11/8, p. 56508-31)
• FWS receives application for an ITP for the operation and management of a tourist and residential project, Palmas del Mar, Humacao, P.R. (hawksbill turtle, leatherback turtle) (11/8, p. 56564-6)
• FWS, Orange County will prepare a joint programmatic EIR/EIS on the South Subregion Natural Community Conservation Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan proposed by the county (11/8, p. 56566-7)
• NOAA begins joint review of management plans/regulations for the Cordell Bank, Gulf of the Farallones, and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuaries. Draft EIS and management plans will be prepared; scoping meetings scheduled (11/8, p. 56540-1)

Wednesday, Nov. 7 (Nov. 7 TOC)

• FWS reopens until Dec. 7 the comment period on proposal to list showy stickseed as endangered (11/7, p. 56265-6)
• FWS adds New Jersey to proposal (published Oct. 12) to increase harvest of overabundant light goose populations (11/7, p. 56266)
  • EIS is available here
• FWS reissues marine mammal permit (walrus) (11/7, p. 56334-5)
• FWS receives Wild Bird Conservation Act permit application. "The applicant wishes to establish a cooperative breeding program for black sparrowhawk, European sparrowhawk, African hawk-eagle, lanner falcon, saker falcon, and red headed falcon." (11/7, p. 56335)
• NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management announces intent to evaluate the performance of the Mississippi Coastal Management Program, and the Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina (11/7, p. 56277-8)

Tuesday, Nov. 6 (Nov. 6 TOC)

• NMFS announces that 95 percent of the Atlantic herring total allowable catch (TAC) allocated to Management Area 1A (Area 1A) for the fishing year 2001 has been harvested. Therefore, federally permitted vessels may not fish for, catch, possess, transfer or land more than 2,000 lb (907.2 kg) of Atlantic herring harvested from Area 1A per trip or calendar day for the remainder of the 2001 fishery (through Dec. 31) (11/6, p. 56041-2)
• NMFS adjusts 2001 specifications for the Atlantic herring fishery by transferring 10,000 mt of U.S. at-sea processing to joint venture processing (11/6, p. 56039-40)
• NMFS says that less than 75 percent of the 6,252 mt haddock target total allowable catch will be harvested for the 2001 fishing year under the present landing limit, so the daily landing limit is being suspended until March 1, 2002 (11/6, p. 56040-1)
• NMFS announces that the 2001 yellowfin tuna quota has been reached and a 15-percent incidental catch limit is now in effect for yellowfin tuna taken in the U.S. purse seine fishery in the Commission's Yellowfin Regulatory Area of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission through the remainder of 2001 (11/6, p. )
• NMFS corrects information provided in the proposed specifications for the 2002 Atlantic herring fishery published in the Federal Register Oct. 29 (11/6, p. 56052)

Monday, Nov. 5 (Nov. 5 TOC)

• FWS: Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Great Lakes Panel to meet Nov. 29-30 in Ann Arbor (11/5, p. 55945-6)
• NMFS: Caribbean Fishery Management Council will prepare a draft supplemental EIS on impacts on the natural and human environment of the management measure proposed in its draft Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Queen Conch Resources of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (11/5, p. 55910-1)
• NMFS receives request from the Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation for a Letter of Authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals incidental to rocket launches from the Kodiak Launch Complex, Kodiak Island, AK (11/5, p. 55909-10)

Friday, Nov. 2 (Nov. 2 TOC)

• FWS releases draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and EA for Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, Contra Costa County, California (11/2, p. 55692-3)
  • Go here for more
• FWS finds petition to list the Alaska stock of sea otters as depleted "does not present substantial information that the petitioned action is warranted." (11/2, p. 55693-7)
• NMFS announces that the black sea bass commercial quota available in the quarter 4 period to the coastal states from Maine through North Carolina has been harvested (11/2, p. 5599-600)
• NMFS corrects trip limit adjustments in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery (11/2, p. 55599)

Thursday, Nov. 1 (Nov. 1 TOC)

• FWS, FS announce Federal Subsistence Board's in-season management actions to protect chinook and chum salmon escapement in the Yukon River drainage (11/1, p. 55092-6)
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (11/1, p. 55196-7)
• FWS issues Record of Decision on Sea Lamprey Control Program in Lake Champlain, Vt. (11/1, p. 55197-9)
  • More here
• NMFS corrects final rule for the Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) that was published Aug. 20 (11/1, p. 55123-8)
• NMFS is closing directed fishing for yellowfin sole by vessels using trawl gear in Bycatch Limitation Zone 1 (Zone 1) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (11/1, p. 55128-9)

Wednesday, Oct. 31 (Oct. 31 TOC)

• FWS, Forest Service announce Federal Subsistence Board's in- season management actions to protect chinook and chum salmon escapement in the Kuskokwim River drainage (10/31, p. 54931-4)
• FWS, Forest Service announce Federal Subsistence Board's in-season management actions to protect sockeye salmon escapement in the Redoubt and Salmon Lakes drainages (10/31, p. 54934-6)
• FWS releases draft Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment (10/31, p. 55002-3)
  • Plan is here
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (10/31, p. 55003)

Tuesday, Oct. 30 (Oct. 30 TOC)

• FWS issues updated list of candidate species (10/30, p. 54807-32)
• FWS, on behalf of the Department of the Interior, as a Natural Resource Trustee, releases draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment (RP/EA) for the Charles George Landfill Superfund Site in Tyngsborough, Mass. (10/30, p. 54775-6)
• Georgia Power Company applies for an enhancement of survival permit to reintroduce the robust redhorse into a portion of the upper Ocmulgee River in central Georgia and conduct related research and monitoring activities (10/30, p. 54776-8)
• NMFS closes the commercial fishery for red snapper in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of Mexico (10/30, p. 54723)
• NMFS suspends the minimum size limit of 4.75 inches (12.07 cm) for Atlantic surf clams for the 2002 fishing year (10/30, p. 54723-4)
• NMFS announces closure of the recreational fishery for rockfish and lingcod in Federal waters (3-200 nautical miles offshore) south of 40 deg.10' N lat. and seaward of the 20-fathom (36.9-m) depth contour off the coast of California from October 29 through December 31, 2001. (10/30, p. 54721-3)
• NMFS issues modification 2 to permit 1067 to the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) that authorizes takes of ESA-listed anadromous fish species for the purpose of scientific research and enhancement, subject to certain conditions set forth therein (10/30, p. 54751)

Today's links: Thursday, October 25 (Oct. 25 Table of Contents)

• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (10/25, p. 54019)
• FWS releases EA/HCP, receives application for ITPs from Gulf Highlands LLC and Fort Morgan Paradise Joint Venture to take endangered Alabama beach mouse, endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle, the threatened green sea turtle, and the threatened loggerhead sea turtle in connection with planned development in Baldwin County, Alabama (10/25, p. 54020-2)
• NMFS receives application for a scientific research permit (10/25, p. 53983)

Wednesday, October 24 (Oct. 24 TOC)

• FWS proposes to designate 74 acres in Humboldt County, Calif., as critical habitat for Thlaspi californicum (Kneeland Prairie penny-cress) (10/24, p. 53756-68)
• FWS receives scientific research permit applications (10/24, p. 53803-4)
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (10/24, p. 53804)
• FWS issues permit to import polar bear from Canada (10/24, p. 53805)
• NMFS is closing directed fishing for groundfish by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), except for directed fishing for pollock by vessels using pelagic trawl gear in those portions of the GOA open to directed fishing for pollock (10/24, p. 53736-7)
• NMFS announces the 2001 quotas and associated purse seine fishery conservation measures for the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP), consistent with recommendations by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) that have been approved by the Department of State (DOS) under the terms of the Tuna Conventions Act (10/24, p. 53735-6)
• NMFS proposes quotas for the Atlantic surfclam, ocean quahog, and Maine mahogany ocean quahog fisheries for 2002 (10/24, p. 53770-2)
  • A copy of the EA/RIR/IRFA is here
• NMFS releases final evaluation findings for the Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts and Texas Coastal Management Programs (10/24, p. 53782)

Tuesday, Oct. 23 (Oct. 23 TOC)

• FWS says revision of critical habitat for the Cape Sable Seaside sparrow is warranted. However, "[c]urrently, most of our listing budget must be directed to complying with numerous court orders, settlement agreements, litigation related activities, and due and overdue final listing determinations. We will proceed with a proposal to revise critical habitat for the Cape Sable seaside sparrow as soon as feasible, considering our workload priorities and available funding." (10/23, p. 53573-5)
• NMFS denies petition for emergency rulemaking for the red snapper fishery in the Gulf of Mexico that was filed with the Department of Commerce by the Texas Shrimp Association. TSA's petition asked for a reduction in the 2001 total allowable catch in the fishery and for a shortening of the associated recreational fishing season (10/23, p. 53579-83)
• NMFS announces initial specifications for the 2002 fishing year for Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish (MSB) (10/23, p. 53575-9)
• NMFS issues permit to John Wise, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine, 520-8034 to take marine mammal species of the orders Cetacea and Pinnipedia for purposes of scientific research (10/23, p. 53587)

Monday, Oct. 22 (Oct. 22 TOC)

• NMFS adjusts October-December subquota for the General category Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) fishery (10/22, p. 53346-7)
• NMFS schedules public hearings on Oct. 2 proposal (scroll down) to amend regs to protect sea turtles from shrimp trawling in the Atlantic and Gulf Areas of the southeastern United States (10/22, p. 53385)
• NMFS issues scientific research permit (Canadian populations of harbor seal, hooded seal, harp seal, and gray seal) (10/22, p. 53403)
• NMFS issues scientific research permit (Steller sea lions) (10/22, p. 53403)

Friday, Oct. 19 (Oct. 19 TOC)

• NMFS corrects final rule for the Halibut Donation Program that was published in the FR on June 12, 1998 (10/19, p. 53122)
• NMFS determines that listing Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy stock of harbor porpoise as threatened or endangered is not warranted, and removes stock from the ESA candidate species list. Final status review available. (10/19, p. 53195-7)
  • Status review is here
• NMFS issues minor correction to Oct. 2 sea turtle conservaiton requirements rule (10/19, p. 53194-5)
• NMFS solicits public comments on a request from state of Washington and a proposal by NMFS to extend, for 5 years, a letter of authorization for the lethal removal of individually identifiable California sea lions that are having a significant negative impact on the status and recovery of winter steelhead that migrate through the Ballard Locks in Seattle, Wash. (10/19, p. 53210-1)

Thursday, Oct. 18 (Oct. 18 TOC)

• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (10/18, p. 52930)
• FWS: Richard T. Adams has applied for a permit (PRT-043591) to import one polar bear (Ursus maritimus), taken from the Norwegian Bay population, Canada, for personal use (10/18, p. 52930)

Wednesday, Oct. 17 (Oct. 17 TOC)

• FWS releases draft EA, annonces receipt of an application for an ITP for Pinery Glen, Douglas County, Colorado (Preble's meadow jumping mouse) (10/17, p. 527771)
• FWS releases revised draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and EA for the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, Juneau and Wood counties, Wisc. (10/17, p. 52776)
  • More information here
• NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the seasonal allowance of the pollock total allowable catch for Statistical Area 610 of the GOA (10/17, p. 52713-4)
• NMFS announces the aboriginal subsistence whaling quota for bowhead whales, and other limitations deriving from regulations adopted at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) (10/17, p. 52712-3)

Tuesday, Oct. 16 (Oct. 16 TOC)

• FWS receives application to amend West Fork Timber Company's incidental take permit for Western Washington to include Canada Lynx and bull trout (10/16, p. 52638-40)
• NMFS issues draft EA/FONSI on an application for an ITP from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) for the take of ESA-listed adult and juvenile salmonids associated with otherwise lawful artificial propagation programs for non-listed species in the upper Columbia River and its tributaries in the state of Washington (10/16, p. 52567-9)
• NMFS has received a request to modify permit (1174) from Mr. Harold Brundage III, of Environmental Research and Consulting (shortnose sturgeon) (10/16, p. 52593-4)
• Dan Tapster, BBC Natural History Unit, has been issued a permit to harass bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) for purposes of commercial/educational photography (10/16, p. 52594)
• Scott D. Kraus, Ph.D., Edgerton Research Laboratory, New England Aquarium, has applied for a permit to take North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) for purposes of scientific research (10/16, p. 52594-5)

Monday, Oct. 15 (Oct. 15 TOC)

• FWS submits ICR to OMB for approval (permit allowing economic privileges such as farming, commercial filming on wildlife refuges) (10/15, p. 52444-5)
• FWS releases EA/HCP for issuance of an ESA Sec. 10 permit for incidental take of the bald eagle during continued development of the East Lake Area, The Woodlands, Montgomery County, TX (10/15, p. 52445-6)
• FWS will not prepare an EIS for the proposed Oregon State project, ``Restoration of the Diamond Lake Recreational Fishery.'' (10/15, p. 52446)
• FWS releases EA, receives application for an ITP for the Redhawk Communities, Inc. Development in Riverside County, CA (10/15, p. 52446-7)
• NMFS corrects sea turtle conservation rule of March 23, 1999 (10/15, p. 52362)
• The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting of its Snapper Grouper Committee, a joint meeting of its Executive and Finance Committees, and a public scoping meeting in Charleston, SC (10/15, p. 52370)

Friday, Oct. 12 (Oct. 12 TOC)

• FWS rule would authorize new methods of take for light goose hunting. (10/12, p. 52077-90)
• FWS proposes to revise list of migratory birds (10/12, p. 52281-300)
• FWS schedules meetings on draft EIS on light goose management (10/12, p. 52147-8)
• NMFS makes inseason adjustments to the 2001 annual management measures for the ocean salmon fishery; request for comments. (10/12, p. 52062-4)
• NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 54 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area and Amendment 54 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (10/12, p. 52090-3)
• National Ocean Service (NOS), in cooperation with California State Parks, has completed a joint draft EIS/EIR addressing the potential effects on the human and natural environment that may result from construction of sedimentation, flood control and other facilities within and adjacent to Goat Canyon, and the elevation and/or realignment of Monument Road through Border Field State Park lands. (10/12, p. 52112-3)

Thursday, Oct. 11 (Oct. 11 TOC)

• FWS proposes to change the regulatory alternatives for the 2001-02 duck hunting seasons for States in the Lower Region (Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee) of the Mississippi Flyway to allow for a season length of 60 days beginning no earlier than Sept. 29 and ending no later than Jan. 31 (10/11, p. 51919-21)
• FWS releases Comprehensive Conservation Plan and FONSI for Lower Suwannee and Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuges in Florida (10/11, p. 51966)
  • More info here
• Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force "to meet" Oct. 10 and 11 in Yreka, Calif. If you hurry, you might make today's meeting. (10/11, p. 51967-8)
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (10/11, p. 51966-7)
• FWS issues permit to Gilbert E. Orr to import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) taken from the Lancaster Sound population, Canada for personal use (10/11, p. 51967)
• FWS: Klamath Fishery Management Council to meet Oct. 17-18, Weaverville, Calif. (10/11, p. 51967)
• NMFS informs surf clam and ocean quahog allocation owners that they will be required to purchase their fishing year 2002 cage tags from a vendor (10/11, p. 51929)
• NMFS: Peter L. Tyack, Ph.D., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, has requested an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 981-1578-01 (whales) (10/11, p. 51930)

Wednesday, Oct. 10 (Oct. 10 TOC)

• Commodity Credit Corporation to make $20 M available to farmers in Klamath Basin (10/10, p. 51637)
• FWS lists Spalding's catchfly as threatened (10/10, p. 51597-606)
• FWS submits proposed ICR to OMB re: American peregrine falcon monitoring (10/10, p. 51680-2)
• FWS submits proposed ICR to OMB re: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Employee Exit Survey (10/10, p. 51682-3)
• FWS reopens comment period until Dec. 10 on the draft Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Recovery Plan (10/10, p. 51683-4)

Tuesday, Oct. 9 (Oct. 9 TOC)

• FWS lists scaleshell mussel as endangered (10/9, p. 51322-39)
• FWS issues "not warranted" finding for Bonneville cutthroat trout (10/9, p. 51362-6)
• FWS will ask OMB "to renew approval of the collection of information for the Conservation Order for the Reduction of Mid Continent Light Goose populations." (10/9, p. 51443-4)
• FWS to prepare CCP, comply w/ NEPA re: Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) located in Suffolk and Chesapeake, Virginia and Gates and Camden Counties, North Carolina and the Nanesmond Refuge Unit located in Suffolk, Va. (10/9, p. 51444)
• FWS determines that designation of critical habitat is not prudent for the Rock Gnome Lichen (10/9, p. 51445-52)
• FWS releases draft implementation plan for falconry take of nestling American Peregrine Falcons in the contiguous United States and Alaska (10/9, p. 51444-5)
  • Implementation plan supposedly here
• FWS is extending the period to prepare a draft EIS for the Swanson River Satellites Natural Gas project beyond the nine months prescribed in Title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) (10/9, p. 51452)
• FWS: The Hanford Reach National Monument Federal Advisory Committee will conduct a meeting on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2001, from 9 a.m. to 4:45 pm in the Board Room in the Administration Building of the Columbia Basin College, 2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco, Washington (10/9, p. 51452-3)
• National trustee agencies, led by NOAA, have formed the Montrose Settlements Restoration Program (MSRP) to plan and oversee the restoration of natural resources that have been injured by the release of hazardous substances, DDTs and PCBs, in the Southern California Bight marine environment (10/9, p. 51391-4)
• NOAA releases final guidance for the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) (10/9, p. 51396-400)
  • Guidance is here
• Dr. Daniel P. Costa, Professor of Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Center for Ocean Health, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, has requested an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 87-1593 (California sea lions, four species of seals) (10/9, p. 51395-6)

Friday, Oct. 5 (Oct. 5 TOC)

• FWS says that polar bears "sport hunted in [the M'Clintock Channel population] after the 1999/2000 Canadian hunting season will no longer be eligible for import under the 1997 finding which approved this population for multiple harvest seasons." (10/5, p. 50843-51)
• FWS releases EA on "overabundant light goose population; management alternatives" (10/5, p. 51273-4)
  • EA is here
• NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from vessels using trawl and jig gear to vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear in the BSAI (10/5, p. 50858-9)
• NMFS announces changes to the following limited entry and open access trip limits in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery (10/5, p. 50851-8)
• The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has submitted for Secretarial review Amendment 6 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone off the Coast of Alaska. The amendment is necessary to revise the overfishing definitions for the salmon fishery authorized under the Salmon FMP (10/5, p. 51001-3)
• The New England Fishery Management Council announces its intention to prepare an SEIS in accordance with Framework Adjustment 36 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (10/5, p. 51000-1)
• NOAA proposes amendments to regulations on assessment of natural resource damages pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (10/5, p. 50919)
• NMFS issues endangered species permits to Preston Pate, of the State of North Carolina-Department of Environment and Natural Resources (1348) and permit 1325 to Mr. Rich Carpenter, of the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (1325). (10/5, p. 51023)

Thursday, Oct. 4 (Oct. 4 TOC)

• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (10/4, p. 50671-2)
• FWS issues Letter of Authorization to Anadarko Petroleum Co. to take polar bears incidental to oil and gas industry exploration activities in the Beaufort Sea and adjacent northern coast of Alaska (10/4, p. 50672)
• Wetlands enforcement: Proposed consent decree would require $300,000 fine for filling of wetlands (U.S. v. Caribbean Airport Facilities, Inc, and Anthony Tirri (01-2178, D.P.R.) (10/4, p. 50682)
  • Proposed consent decree
• NMFS closes directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area by vessels using trawl gear not fishing for a Community Development Quota. This action is necessary to prevent overfishing of the sharpchin/northern rockfish species group (10/4, p. 50576-7)

Wednesday, Oct. 3 (Oct. 3 TOC)

• FWS lists Ohlone tiger beetle as endangered (10/3, p. 50340-50)
• FWS proposes to list Rota bridled white-eye (a bird) as endangered (10/3, p. 50383-90)
• Paramount Farming Company applies for enhancement of survival permit. Permit application includes a proposed Safe Harbor agreement between the applicant and FWS. "The agreement allows for management and conservation of the endangered San Joaquin kit fox on 1,668 acres of private land, owned by [Paramount], between the Lost Hills oil field and the California Aqueduct, in western Kern County." The permit would be for three years. (10/3, p. 50444-5)
• NMFS is closing the waters of Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, to fishing with gillnets with a mesh size larger than 4\1/4\ inch (10.8 cm) stretched mesh (``large-mesh gillnet''), from September 28, 2001 through December 15, 2001, to protect migrating sea turtles (10/3, p. 50350-4)
• NMFS Advance notice of proposed rulemaking. The service is preparing regulations to implement a Seasonal Area Management program to seasonally limit fishing operations in certain areas, which was identified as a measure under the RPA contained in the Biological Opinions (BOs) prepared for the federal Northeast multispecies, monkfish, spiny dogfish, and American lobster fisheries (10/3, p. 50390-4)
• NMFS issues Navy Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take small numbers of pinnipeds by harassment incidental to the demolition and removal of buildings located at the entrance of Mugu Lagoon in Point Mugu, California (10/3, p. 50416-9)

Tuesday, Oct. 2 (Oct. 2 TOC)

• NMFS proposes to amend sea turtle regulations by requiring changes to TEDs (Atlantic and Gulf Areas of the southeastern U.S.) (10/2, p. 50148-59)
• NMFS proposes to amend the regulations that implement the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan to clarify its authority to temporarily restrict the use of lobster and gillnet fishing gear within defined areas, and to establish criteria and procedures for implementing such restrictions north of 40 deg. N. latitude, in order to further reduce risk of entanglement of right whales by such gear (10/2, p. 50160-3)

Monday, Oct. 1 (Oct. 1 TOC)

• NMFS announces the end of the 2001 primary season for the shore-based fishery for Pacific whiting (whiting) and resumption of per-trip limits at 8 p.m. local time (l.t.) September 26, 2001, because the shore-based allowance is projected to be reached (10/1, p. 49875-6)
• NMFS proposal would implement Amendment 67 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (10/1, p. 49908-14)
• NMFS is proposing to amend the regulations that implement the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP) to provide further protection for large whales, with an emphasis on protective measures to benefit North Atlantic right whales (10/1, p. 49896-908)

Friday, Sept. 28 (Sept. 28 TOC)

• FWS issues positive 90-day finding on Kootenai River burbot (9/28, p. 49608-11)
• FWS lists two perennial herbs as endangered--Astragalus holmgreniorum (Holmgren milk-vetch) and Astragalus ampullarioides (Shivwits milk-vetch) (9/28, p. 49560-7)
• FWS final rule prescribes special late-season migratory bird hunting regulations for certain tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands and ceded lands (9/28, p. 49773-81)
• FWS final rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for general waterfowl seasons and those early seasons for which states previously deferred selection. (9/28, p. 49747-92)
• NOAA is extending by 15 days the comment period on the draft report ``Fair Market Value for a Submarine Cable Permit in National Marine Sanctuaries,'' published on August 17, 2001, 66 FR 43135. (9/28, p. 49576)
• NOAA, EPA release EA/FONSIs on approval of coastal nonpoint pollution control programs for Georgia, Texas and Ohio (9/28, p. 49643)
• National Park Service is implementing the Glacier Bay National Park Commercial Fisheries Compensation Plan.

Today's links: Friday, Sept. 21 (Sept. 21 Table of Contents)

• Wetlands: Corps extends comment period to Oct. 9 on proposed changes to nationwide permits (9/21, p. 48665-6)
• FWS submits ICR to OMB for approval, on state certification of spending under Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000 (9/21, p. 48700-3)
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (9/21, p. 48703-4)
• FWS receives marine mammal permit application (9/21, p. 48704)
• NOAA: Notice of Approval and Availability of the Final Revised Management Plan for the Waquiot Bay National Eustraine Research Reserve (9/21, p. 48662-3)
• NMFS receives request for amendment to marine mammal permit (9/21, p. 48663-4)

Thursday, Sept. 20 (Sept. 20 TOC)

• FWS receives endangered species scientific research permit applications (9/20, p. 48477)
• FWS issues leters of authorization to take marine mammals incidental to oil and gas industry activities (9/20, p. 48477-8)
• Forest Service proposes to issue an interim directive to guide its employees in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations for issuance of a special use authorization involving administrative changes where no changes are proposed in authorized activities or facilities (9/20, p. 48412-6)
• NMFS corrects July 17, 2001, emergency interim rule and its Aug. 22 correction by correcting Steller sea lion protection areas for the Pacific cod directed fishery, to clarify closure areas to Tables 22, 23, and 24 to part 679 and by correcting the corresponding regulatory text to be consistent with the changes to the tables (9/20, p. 48371-80)
• NMFS has determined that the Indian tribal fishery will be unable to harvest 10,000 metric tons (mt) of their 2001 Pacific whiting (whiting) allocation. Therefore, NMFS announces the reapportionment of surplus whiting from the tribal allocation to the catcher/processor, mothership, and shore-based sectors (9/20, p. 48370-1)
• NMFS to prepare EIS for the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) King and Tanner Crabs (FMP) (9/20, p. 48410-1)
• NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management will evaluate the performance of the Hawaii Coastal Management Program, the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, New Hampshire, the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Puerto Rico, and the Ashepoo-Combahee-Edisto (ACE) Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve, South Carolina (9/20, p. 48425-6)
• NOAA has prepared a draft EIS to assess the impacts associated with the approval of the Indian Lake Michigan Coastal Program (LMCP); public hearing scheduled (9/20, p. 48426)

Wednesday, Sept. 19 (Sept. 19 TOC)

• FWS reopens public comment period, releases draft economic analysis on Monterey spineflower (9/19, p. 48228-30)
• FWS reopens public comment period, releases draft economic analysis on robust spineflower (9/19, p. 48225-7)
• FWS reopens public comment period, releases draft economic analysis on Scotts Valley spineflower (9/19, p. 48227-8)
• NMFS closed harpoon fishing for Atlantic bluefin tuna on Sept. 16 because the quota was reached (9/19, p. 48221-2)

Tuesday, Sept. 18 (Sept. 18 TOC)

• Wetlands: Corps of Engineers reschedules hearing on proposed changes to nationwide permits for Sept. 26 (9/18, p. 48121)
• No FWS or NMFS endangered species notices. NMFS has a couple of meetings scheduled. See TOC link

Monday, Sept. 17 (Sept. 17 TOC)

• NMFS Northeast Regional Administrator closes specific areas within Northeast multispecies fishery in order to protect Gulf of Maine cod resources (9/17, p. 48011-2)
• NMFS proposes to amend the regulations that implement Amendment 12 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) to change the date of the Year-4 default management measures for small-mesh multispecies (silver hake (whiting), red hake and offshore hake), from May 1, 2002, to May 1, 2003 (9/17, p. 48020-4)
• NMFS receives application for a scientific research permit from Dr. Frank A. Chapman, of the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida (shortnose sturgeon) (9/17, p. 48031-2)

Friday, Sept. 14 (Sept. 14 TOC)

• NMFS has received a request from the 30th Space Wing, U.S. Air Force for a modification to the regulations that govern, and the annual Letter of Authorization (LOA) that authorizes the take of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to missile and rocket launches, aircraft flight test operations, and helicopter operations at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA (VAFB) (9/14, p. 47905-9)

Thursday, Sept. 13 (Sept. 13 TOC)

• NMFS prohibits directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). "This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the C season allowance of the pollock total allowable catch..." (9/13, p. 47591-2)
• NMFS announces public hearings on proposed rule governing take of four threatened Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) of West Coast Salmonids: California Central Valley Spring-run chinook; California Coastal chinook; Northern California steelhead; Central California Coast coho. (9/13, p. 47625-6)
• FWS grants permit to Lee Anderson, Jr., to import one polar bear taken from the Lancaster Sound population, Canada, for personal use. (9/13, p. 47682-3)

Wednesday, Sept. 12 (Sept. 12 TOC)

• Wetlands: Corps extends comment period until Oct. 29 on draft programmatic EIS for the Nationwide Permit Program (9/12, p. 47457-8)
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (9/12, p. 47499)
• FWS, NMFS: Application submitted by Geo-Marine Inc. of Plano, TX, for a permit to take all marine mammal species (Cetacea, Pinnipedia, and Sirenia) and sea turtle species occurring in waters of Puerto Rico for purposes of scientific research has been returned to Venoco because the conpany "failed to respond within 60 days to reviewer comments..." (9/12, p. 47455-6)
• NMFS prohibits trawling in Steller sea lion protection areas in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). "This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season critical habitat limit of the 2001 total allowable catch (TAC) of Atka mackerel allocated to the Central Aleutian District." (9/12, p. 47418)
• NMFS final rule clarifies definition of length overall (LOA) of a vessel for the purposes of the regulations governing the groundfish fisheries in the exclusive economic zone off Alaska (9/12, p. 47416-7)
• NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the C season allowance of the pollock total allowable catch (TAC) for Statistical Area 610 of the GOA (9/12, p. 47417-8)
• NMFS publishes corrected adjustments to the 2001 commercial quotas for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass. (9/12, p. 47413-6)
• Oregon DFW submits Fisheries Management and Evaluation Plan (FMEP) pursuant to the protective regulations promulgated for Lower Columbia River (LCR) chum salmon under the ESA (9/12, p. 47452)
  • Go here for plan
• NMFS asks for information on Gulf of Maine Atlantic salmon DPS as part of development of recovery plan (9/12, p. 47452-3)
• (9/12, p. )
• NMFS requests comments on its proposal "to authorize Venoco Inc. to incidentally take, by harassment, small numbers of Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) from Nov. 1, 2001, through Nov. 1, 2002 (9/12, p. 47453-5)

Tuesday, Sept. 11 (Sept. 11 TOC)

• No FWS or NMFS notices today

Today's links: Monday, Sept. 10 (Sept. 10 Table of Contents)

• FWS will prepare a status review and a revised 12-month finding for the Wasatch Front population of the spotted frog (9/10, p. 47034-5)
• FWS announces draft recovery goals for Colorado River fishes: humpback chub, bonytail, Colorado pikeminnow (formerly named Colorado squawfish), and razorback sucker (9/10, p. 47033-4)
  • Draft recovery goals
• FWS releases draft EA for the Mandalay Bank Protection Project (Demo) Terrebonne Parish, LA (9/10, p. 47035)
• NMFS prohibits directed fishing for species that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), except for vessels fishing for pollock using pelagic trawl gear in those portions of the GOA open to directed fishing for pollock (9/10, p. 46967)
• NMFS modifies the limited retention regulation for the commercial fishery from Humbug Mt., OR, to the OR-CA border, suspending the possession and landing limit of 30 fish per day until further notice (9/10, p. 46966-7)
• NOAA prohibits operation of motorized personal watercraft within the boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (9/10, p. 46942-51)
• NMFS will prepare supplemental EIS's in accordance with NEPA for the Essential Fish Habitat components of the monkfish, Atlantic herring, and Atlantic Salmon FMPs (9/10, p. 46979)
• National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, has been issued a permit to take harbor porpoise for purposes of scientific research. (9/10, p. 47015-6)

Friday, Sept. 7 (Sept. 7 TOC)

• FWS releases EA for a major amendment to San Diego County's subarea plan of the Multiple Species Conservation Program Plan, California (9/7, p. 46808-9)
• FWS to prepare EIR/S for the Western Riverside County, Calif., Multiple Species HCP (9/7, p. 46809-11)
• Wetlands enforcement: Proposed consent decree in U.S. v. Robert Desmond, Civ. No. 01-CV-11425-RGS (D. Mass.), requires payment of a civil penalty of $10,000, for filling waters of the U.S. in Taunton, Mass. "The Defendant is required to pay an additional penalty of $48,478.47, reflecting payments owed to the United States under [a previous Consent Agreement and Final Order], unless the Defendant proves to the satisfaction of the United States, within 90 days of entry of the Consent Decree, that he paid $12,500 to the United States on or before July 31, 1998." (9/7, p. 46811-2)
• Wetlands enforcement: Proposed Consent Decree includes fine of $100,000, requires "completion of site restoration activities, including the filling of ditches" (U.S. v. Mallory Creek Developers Inc., No. 7:01-CV-163-F1 (E.D.N.C.). Complaint concerns "unauthorized discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States at the Mallory Creek Developers Site located on the west side of State Highway 133, in Brunswick County, North Carolina." (9/7, p. 46812)

Thursday, Sept. 6 (Sept. 6 TOC)

• FWS designates 6,135 acres of land in Chelan County, Wash., as critical habitat for the plant Sidalcea oregana var. calva (Wenatchee Mountains checker-mallow) (9/6, p. 46536-48)
• FWS designates 11.2 river miles of the Kootenai River in Idaho as critical habitat for Kootenai River sturgeon (9/6, p. 46548-61)
• FWS proposes Sacramento Mountains Checkerspot Butterfly as endangered, proposes critical habitat (9/6, p. 46575-95)
• FWS submits ICR to OMB for approval on Native Alaskans' taking of polar bears, sea otters, and Pacific walruses for subsistence or handcraft purposes (9/6, p. 46649-50)
• FWS receives petition to designate Alaska stock of sea otters as depleted (9/6, p. 46651)
  • Petition from Center for Biological Diversity
• FWS receives endangered species permit applications (9/6, p. 46650-1)
• FWS releases final supplemental EIS for a sea lamprey control proposal in Lake Champlain (9/6, p. 46651-2)
• FWS issues permit to import polar bear for personal use (9/6, p. 46652)

Wednesday, Sept. 5 (Sept. 5 TOC)

• FWS corrects Figure 2 in June 6 proposed rule to designate CH for O`ahu `elepaio (9/5, p. 46428-30)
• NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel with gears other than jig in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2001 total allowable catch (TAC) of Atka mackerel in these areas (9/5, p. 46404-5)
• NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for groundfish by vessels using hook-and-line gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), except for sablefish or demersal shelf rockfish in the Southeast Outside District (9/5, p. 46404)
• NMFS has determined that the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) General category daily retention limit should be adjusted to two large medium or giant BFT per vessel (9/5, p. 46400-1)
• NMFS notifies eligible participants of the commercial fishery for large coastal sharks (LCS) in the Western North Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, which was scheduled to be closed on August 31, 2001, at 11:30 p.m. local time, has been extended to September 4, 2001, at 11:30 p.m. local time. (9/5, p. )
• NMFS adjusts the 2001 fishing year directed fishery and incidental catch quotas for North Atlantic swordfish to account for underharvest from the 1999 fishing year (9/5, p. 46401-2)
• NMFS announces a modification of the open periods and limited retention regulation for the commercial fishery from the Queets River, WA, to Cape Falcon, OR (9/5, p. 46403-4)

Tuesday, Sept. 4 (Sept. 4 TOC)

• FWS adds seven national wildlife refuges to the list of areas open for hunting and/or sport fishing, along with pertinent refuge-specific regulations (9/4, p. 46345-63)
• FWS releases draft economic analysis, reopens public comment period on proposed CH designation for San Bernardino kangaroo rat (9/4, p. 46251-3)
  • Go here and scroll down for economic analysis
• Company to pay $580,000 in fines, including $500,000 for natural resources restoration projects compensating for injuries to wildlife and habitat, for 1998 oil spill off Oahu (U.S. v. Tesoro Hawaii Corp., 01-560 SOM LEK, D. Haw.) (9/4, p. 46287)

Friday, Aug. 31 (Aug. 31 TOC)

• FWS prescribes special early season migratory bird hunting regulations for certain tribes on federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands and ceded lands (8/31, p. 46199-207)
• NMFS receives application for a research/enhancement permit from Mr. Thomas McCormick, of Channel Islands Marine Resource Institute (5-year permit to maintain captively bred white abalone) (8/31, p. 45971-2)

Thursday, Aug. 30 (Aug. 30 TOC)

• FWS proposed to amend Preble's jumping mouse regs to "provide exemption from the section 9 take prohibitions for certain noxious weed control and ditch maintenance activities." (8/30, p. 45829-33)
• NMFS is rescinding the trawl closure in the Chiniak Gully Research Area (8/30, p. 45786-7)
• NMFS corrects errors in May 11 final regs implementing Framework 14 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan (8/30, p. 45784-5)
• NMFS announces that the summer flounder commercial quota available to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has been harvested (8/30, p. 45785-6)
• NMFS corrects a section heading and a phrase in amendatory instruction 6 to the Amendment 14 final rule which was published on Aug. 7. Amendment 14 creates a permit stacking program for limited entry permits with sablefish endorsements (8/30, p. 45786)
• NMFS announces receipt of an application for an EFP from the California Department of Fish and Game. The EFP application applies to vessels with valid California state delivery permits fishing for chilipepper rockfish with small footrope trawl gear south of 40 deg.10' N. lat (8/30, p. 45833-4)

Wednesday, Aug. 29 (Aug. 29 TOC)

• FWS prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits of mourning, white-winged, and white-tipped doves; band-tailed pigeons; rails; moorhens and gallinules; woodcock; common snipe; sandhill cranes; sea ducks; early (September) waterfowl seasons; migratory game birds in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; and some extended falconry seasons (8/29, p. 45729-47)
• Five public hearings set on establishing 16 additional manatee protection areas in Florida (8/29, p. 45662-3)
• FWS: Endangered species permit applications received (8/29, p. 45689-90)
• FWS to prepare an EIS on possible issuance of an ITP to the Salt River Project for the Roosevelt HCP (8/29, p. 45690-1)
• Polar bears can be imported under FWS marine mammal permits (8/29, p. 45691-2)
• NMFS is closing directed fishing for species in the rock sole/ flathead sole/"other flatfish'' fishery category by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2001 Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the trawl rock sole/flathead sole/"other flatfish" fishery category (8/29, p. 45635-6)
• NMFS announces specific inseason actions for the West Coast ocean salmon fisheries (8/29, p. 45634-5)

Tuesday, Aug. 28 (Aug. 28 TOC)

• FWS proposes to establish the 2001-02 late-season hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds (8/28, p. 45517)
• FWS to resume review of all aspects of regulations pertaining to the release and harvest of captive-reared mallards (8/28, p. 45274-5)
• FWS has submitted a request to OMB to renew its approval of the collection of information for the Migratory Bird Harvest Surveys (8/28, p. 45320-2)
• FWS receives scientific research permit applications (8/28, p. 45322)
• Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Ballast Water and Shipping Committee to meet Sept. 11 (8/28, p. 45323)
• Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Western Regional Panel to meet (8/28, p. 45322-3)
• NMFS: "The final rule to implement Framework Adjustment 1 for the summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, Loligo squid, Illex squid, Atlantic mackerel, butterfish, and bluefish fisheries published on Friday, August 10, 2001, contained errors in the preamble, amendatory instructions, and designation of a revised paragraph. This document corrects the errors." (8/28, p. 45187)

Monday, Aug. 27 (Aug. 27 TOC)

• FWS, FS propose regulations for hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of wildlife for subsistence uses during the 2002-2003 regulatory year (8/27, p. 45081-135)
• NMFS issues this final rule to implement Amendment 9 (on bycatch) to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan (8/27, p. 44986-7)