[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3081-3082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00977]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB646]
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern
United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Approved Monitoring
Service Providers
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of approved monitoring service providers.
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SUMMARY: NMFS has approved two additional companies to provide
Northeast multispecies sector electronic monitoring services in fishing
year 2022. Regulations implementing the Northeast Multispecies Fishery
Management Plan require at-sea and electronic monitoring companies to
be approved by NMFS to provide monitoring services to sectors. This
action will allow sectors to contract for electronic monitoring
services with any of the approved service providers for fishing year
2022.
ADDRESSES: The list of NMFS-approved sector monitoring service
providers is available at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/data/observer-providers-northeast-and-mid-atlantic-programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samantha Tolken, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 675-2176, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Northeast Multispecies Fishery
Management Plan includes a requirement for industry-funded monitoring
of catch by sector vessels. Sectors must contract with independent
third-party service providers who provide at-sea and/or electronic
monitoring services to their vessels. In order to provide at-sea or
electronic monitoring services to sectors, monitoring companies must be
approved by NMFS. The regulations at 50 CFR 648.87(b)(4) describe the
criteria for approval of at-sea and electronic monitoring service
provider applications. We approve service providers based on: (1)
Completeness and sufficiency of applications; and (2) determination of
the applicant's ability to meet the performance requirements of a
sector monitoring service provider. Once approved, service providers
must meet specified performance requirements outlined in Sec.
648.87(b)(4), including required coverage levels, in order to maintain
eligibility. We must notify service providers, in writing, if NMFS
withdraws approval for any reason.
Approved Monitoring Service Providers
NMFS previously approved seven companies to provide monitoring
services to the Northeast multispecies sectors in fishing years 2021
and 2022.
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Four of the seven approved companies provide both at-sea and electronic
monitoring services: A.I.S., Inc.; East West Technical Services, LLC;
Fathom Research, LLC; and Saltwater, Inc. The other three approved
companies provide electronic monitoring services: Flywire Cameras; New
England Marine Monitoring; and Teem Fish. On September 18, 2021, NMFS
announced an additional opportunity for monitoring companies to apply
for approval to provide at-sea monitoring and/or electronic monitoring
services in fishing year 2022.
NMFS approved two additional companies to provide electronic
monitoring services to the Northeast multispecies sectors in fishing
year 2022: Archipelago Marine Research, Ltd.; and Satlink US, LLC.
Table 1 includes the revised list of approved monitoring providers for
fishing year 2022.
We approved the additional two companies to provide electronic
monitoring services in fishing year 2022 because they have met the
application requirements and documented their ability to comply with
service provider standards. We will closely monitor the performance of
approved providers, and we will withdraw approval during the current
approval term if we determine performance standards are not being met.
Table 1--Approved Providers for Fishing Year 2022
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Provider Services Address Phone Fax Website
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A.I.S., Inc........................... ASM/EM...................... 540 Hawthorn St., 508-990-9054 508-990-9055 https://aisobservers.com/
Dartmouth, MA 02747. .
Archipelago Marine Research, Ltd...... EM.......................... 525 Head St., Victoria, 250-383-4535 250-383-0103 https://
BC V9A 5S1, Canada. www.archipelago.ca/.
East West Technical Services, LLC..... ASM/EM...................... 91 Point Judith Rd., 860-910-4957 860-223-6005 https://www.ewts.com/.
Suite 26, Unit 347,
Narragansett, RI 02882.
Fathom Resources, LLC................. ASM/EM...................... 855 Aquidneck Ave., Unit 508-990-0997 508-991-7372 https://
9, Middletown, RI 02842. fathomresources.com/.
Flywire Cameras....................... EM.......................... P.O. BOX 55048, 888-315-7796 502-861-6568 https://
Lexington, KY 40511. www.flywirecameras.com/
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New England Marine Monitoring......... EM.......................... 350 Commercial St., 508-269-8138 .............. https://
Portland, ME 04101. www.nemarinemonitoring
.com/.
Saltwater, Inc........................ ASM/EM...................... 733 N St., Anchorage, AK 907-276-3241 907-258-5999 https://
99501. www.saltwaterinc.com/.
Satlink US, LLC....................... EM.......................... 16423 Sawgrass Drive, 703-447-5287 .............. https://www.satlink.es/
Rehoboth Beach, DE en/.
19971.
Teem Fish............................. EM.......................... 90--425 Carrall St., 778-884-2598 .............. https://teem.fish/.
Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3,
Canada.
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ASM/EM = At-sea and electronic monitoring; EM = Electronic monitoring only.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
Dated: January 13, 2022.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-00977 Filed 1-19-22; 8:45 am]
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