Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Review Workshop for Gulf of Mexico Menhaden and Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Yellowtail Snapper, 52638-52639 [2011-21542]
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: August 18, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–21530 Filed 8–22–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Shipboard
Observation Form for Floating Marine
Debris
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before October 24,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
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copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Carey Morishige, (808) 694–
3936, Carey.Morishige@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection.
This data collection project will be
coordinated by James Callahan (private
citizen) with assistance from the NOAA
Marine Debris Program, recreational
sailors (respondents), non-government
organizations (respondents) as well as
numerous experts on marine debris
observations at sea. The Shipboard
Observation Form for Floating Marine
Debris was created based on methods
used in studies of floating marine debris
by established researchers, previous
shipboard observational studies
conducted at sea by NOAA, and the
experience and input of recreational
sailors. The goal of this form is to be
able to calculate the density of marine
debris within an area of a known size.
Additionally, this form will help collect
data on potential marine debris
resulting from the March 2011 Japan
tsunami in order to better model
movement of the debris as well as
prepare (as needed) for debris arrival to
areas around the Pacific. This form may
be used to collect data on floating
marine debris in any water body.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic or paper forms. Methods of
submittal include e-mail of electronic
forms, and mail and facsimile
transmission of paper forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; not-for profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
60.
Estimated Time per Response:
45 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 45.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
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agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: August 18, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XA654
Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and
South Atlantic; Southeast Data,
Assessment, and Review (SEDAR);
Review Workshop for Gulf of Mexico
Menhaden and Gulf of Mexico and
South Atlantic Yellowtail Snapper
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 27 Review
Workshop for Gulf of Mexico menhaden
and Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic
yellowtail snapper.
AGENCY:
The technical stock
assessments of the Gulf of Mexico stock
of menhaden and the southeast U.S.
stocks of yellowtail snapper will be
reviewed during the Review Workshop.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The Review Workshop will take
place November 1–4, 2011. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The Review Workshop will
be held at Florida Wildlife Research
Institute, 100 8th Avenue SE., St.
Petersburg, FL 33701.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber
Place Drive, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405; (843) 571–4366;
e-mail: Julie.neer@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
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Caribbean Fishery Management
Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf
States Marine Fisheries Commissions
have implemented the Southeast Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
process, a multi-step method for
determining the status of fish stocks in
the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data
Workshop, (2) Assessment Process
utilizing webinars and (3) Review
Workshop. The product of the Data
Workshop is a data report which
compiles and evaluates potential
datasets and recommends which
datasets are appropriate for assessment
analyses. The product of the Assessment
Process is a stock assessment report
which describes the fisheries, evaluates
the status of the stock, estimates
biological benchmarks, projects future
population conditions, and recommends
research and monitoring needs. The
assessment is independently peer
reviewed at the Review Workshop. The
product of the Review Workshop is a
Summary report documenting Panel
opinions regarding the strengths and
weaknesses of the stock assessment and
input data. Participants for SEDAR
Workshops are usually appointed by the
Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management
Councils, Fisheries Commissions, and
NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional
Office and Southeast Fisheries Science
Center. Participants include data
collectors and database managers; stock
assessment scientists, biologists, and
researchers; constituency
representatives including fishermen,
environmentalists, and NGO’s;
International experts; and staff of
Councils, Commissions, and state and
federal agencies. Additionally, SEDAR
Cooperators may request a SEDAR
Review of an assessment produced
outside of the standard SEDAR
workshop process.
SEDAR 27 Review Workshop Schedule
November 1–4, 2011; SEDAR 27 Review
Workshop,
November 1, 2011: 9 a.m.–8 p.m.;
November 2–3, 2011: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.;
November 4, 2011: 8 a.m.–12 p.m.
The established times may be
adjusted as necessary to accommodate
the timely completion of discussion
relevant to the assessment process. Such
adjustments may result in the meeting
being extended from, or completed prior
to the time established by this notice.
The Review Workshop is an
independent peer review of the
assessment developed during the
assessment process, which may include
Data and Assessment Workshops.
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Workshop Panelists will review the
assessment and document their
comments and recommendations in a
Consensus Summary.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to the Council office
(see ADDRESSES) at least 10 business
days prior to each workshop.
Dated: August 18, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Scallop Advisory Panel on September
12, 2011 to consider actions affecting
New England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: This meeting will be held on
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Courtyard by Marriott, 225
McClellan Highway, East Boston, MA
02128; telephone: (617) 569–5250; fax:
(617) 569–5159.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Advisory Panel will make
recommendations for the Scallop
Committee to consider related to
Framework 23 to the Scallop Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). Framework 23
is considering alternatives related to
four specific issues: (1) Potentially
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require a turtle deflector dredge for
scallop dredge vessels; (2) revise the
yellowtail flounder accountability
measures (AMs) proposed in
Amendment 15; (3) possibly modify
how catch in state waters is accounted
for in both the limited access general
category management program for the
Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) area
and the limited access general category
IFQ fishery; and (4) modify when a
scallop vessel declares into the scallop
fishery to improve fleet operations. The
Panel will also discuss
recommendations related to potential
2012 Council work priorities for the
Scallop FMP. Other business may also
be discussed at this meeting. For
example, recent data suggest that
windowpane flounder bycatch in the
scallop fishery increased dramatically in
2010. The Scallop advisors may discuss
possible reasons why and brainstorm
recommendations for potential
accountability measures if the Council
decides to allocate a sub-ACL of
windowpane flounder to the scallop
fishery in a future action under the
Groundfish FMP.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
listed in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978)
465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 18, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA654
Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Southeast
Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Review Workshop for Gulf of
Mexico Menhaden and Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Yellowtail
Snapper
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 27 Review Workshop for Gulf of Mexico menhaden
and Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic yellowtail snapper.
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SUMMARY: The technical stock assessments of the Gulf of Mexico stock of
menhaden and the southeast U.S. stocks of yellowtail snapper will be
reviewed during the Review Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The Review Workshop will take place November 1-4, 2011. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The Review Workshop will be held at Florida Wildlife
Research Institute, 100 8th Avenue SE., St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; (843) 571-
4366; e-mail: Julie.neer@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
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Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions
have implemented the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
process, a multi-step method for determining the status of fish stocks
in the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a three-step process including: (1)
Data Workshop, (2) Assessment Process utilizing webinars and (3) Review
Workshop. The product of the Data Workshop is a data report which
compiles and evaluates potential datasets and recommends which datasets
are appropriate for assessment analyses. The product of the Assessment
Process is a stock assessment report which describes the fisheries,
evaluates the status of the stock, estimates biological benchmarks,
projects future population conditions, and recommends research and
monitoring needs. The assessment is independently peer reviewed at the
Review Workshop. The product of the Review Workshop is a Summary report
documenting Panel opinions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of
the stock assessment and input data. Participants for SEDAR Workshops
are usually appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, Fisheries Commissions, and NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office and Southeast Fisheries Science
Center. Participants include data collectors and database managers;
stock assessment scientists, biologists, and researchers; constituency
representatives including fishermen, environmentalists, and NGO's;
International experts; and staff of Councils, Commissions, and state
and federal agencies. Additionally, SEDAR Cooperators may request a
SEDAR Review of an assessment produced outside of the standard SEDAR
workshop process.
SEDAR 27 Review Workshop Schedule
November 1-4, 2011; SEDAR 27 Review Workshop,
November 1, 2011: 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; November 2-3, 2011: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.;
November 4, 2011: 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
The established times may be adjusted as necessary to accommodate
the timely completion of discussion relevant to the assessment process.
Such adjustments may result in the meeting being extended from, or
completed prior to the time established by this notice.
The Review Workshop is an independent peer review of the assessment
developed during the assessment process, which may include Data and
Assessment Workshops. Workshop Panelists will review the assessment and
document their comments and recommendations in a Consensus Summary.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES)
at least 10 business days prior to each workshop.
Dated: August 18, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-21542 Filed 8-22-11; 8:45 am]
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