Recommendations for More Resilient Fisheries and Protected Resources Due to Climate Change
| Published date | 03 March 2021 |
| Citation | 86 FR 12410 |
| Record Number | 2021-04137 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)
[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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