[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12410-12411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04137]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA812]


Recommendations for More Resilient Fisheries and Protected 
Resources Due to Climate Change

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

ACTION: Notice; request for information.

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SUMMARY: On January 27, 2021, the White House issued an Executive Order 
on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. As part of this 
effort, NOAA is collecting recommendations on how to make fisheries and 
protected resources more resilient to climate change, including changes 
in management and conservation measures, and improvements in science, 
monitoring, and cooperative research. NOAA requests written input from 
interested parties on how best to achieve these objectives described in 
the Executive Order.

DATES: Responses must be received by April 2, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Responses should be submitted via email to 
[email protected]. Include ``Climate: Recommendations for

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Fisheries and Protected Resources'' in the subject line of the message.
    Instructions: Response to this request for information (RFI) is 
voluntary. Respondents may comment on fisheries, protected resources or 
both. For all submissions, clearly indicate which issue(s) are being 
addressed. Email attachments will be accepted in plain text, Microsoft 
Word, or Adobe PDF formats only. Each individual or institution is 
requested to submit only one response. The Department of Commerce may 
post responses to this RFI, without change, on a Federal website. NOAA, 
therefore, requests that no business proprietary information, 
copyrighted information, or personally identifiable information be 
submitted in response to this RFI. Please note that the U.S. Government 
will not pay for response preparation, or for the use of any 
information contained in the response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Sagar, [email protected], 
301-427-8019.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 27, 2021, the President signed a 
new Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. 
Section 216(c) of the Executive Order requires the Secretary of 
Commerce, through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, to collect input from fishermen, regional 
ocean councils, fishery management councils, scientists, and other 
stakeholders on how to make fisheries and protected resources more 
resilient to climate change, including changes in management and 
conservation measures, and improvements in science, monitoring, and 
cooperative research.

    Dated: February 24, 2021.
Benjamin Friedman,
Deputy Under Secretary for Operations, Performing the Duties of Under 
Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2021-04137 Filed 3-2-21; 8:45 am]
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