[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47452-47453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22930]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. No. 082301A]


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Recovery Plan 
Preparation for the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of 
Atlantic Salmon

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; request for information.

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SUMMARY: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service (FWS)(the Services) are developing a recovery plan 
for the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment of Atlantic Salmon. 
The Services are required by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to 
develop plans for the conservation and survival of federally listed 
species, i.e., recovery plans.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Minton, NMFS, telephone 978-

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281-9355; Anne Hecht, FWS 978-443-4325.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ESA specifies that recovery plans must 
include: (1) a description of management actions necessary to achieve 
the plan's goals for the conservation and survival of the species; (2) 
objective, measurable criteria which, when met, would result in the 
species being removed from the list; and (3) estimates of the time and 
costs required to achieve the plan's goal and achieve intermediate 
steps toward that goal.
    The Services have developed an interim, draft schedule for the 
completion of the recovery plan. The interim schedule for plan 
development includes completion of technical draft recovery plan 
(December 2001); completion and distribution of draft recovery plan 
(May 2002); completion of final recovery plan (May 2003).
    The NMFS hereby requests relevant information on the species and/or 
comments on the impacts to the species that should be addressed during 
plan development. Comments must be received within 60 days of the 
publication of this notice. Comments should be sent to:
    National Marine Fisheries Service, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930, Attn: Atlantic Salmon Recovery Plan Coordinator.

    Dated: September 5, 2001.
Ann D. Terbush,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-22930 Filed 9-11-01; 8:45 am]
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