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Comment Request; Marine
Recreational Fishing Expenditure
Survey
National Oceanic and
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Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
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effort to reduce paperwork and
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take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
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8153 or sabrina.lovell@noaa.gov.
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SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new collection of
information.
The objective of the survey is to
collect information on both trip
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expenditures and annual durable good
expenditures made by marine
recreational anglers. The survey will be
conducted in two parts. The first part of
the survey, planned for 2014, will ask
anglers about their purchases of durable
goods such as fishing gear, boats,
vehicles, and second homes. The second
part, planned for 2016, will ask anglers
about the expenses incurred on their
most recent marine recreational fishing
trip. As specified in the MagnusonStevenson Fishery Conservation and
Management Act of 1996 (and
reauthorized in 2007), NMFS is required
to enumerate the economic impacts of
the policies it implements on fishing
participants and coastal communities.
The expenditure data collected in this
survey will be used to estimate the
economic contributions and impacts of
marine recreational fishing to each
coastal state and nationwide.
III. Data
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Type of Review: Regular submission
(request for a new information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
114,527: 14,781 for durable goods and
99.746 for trip expenditure surveys.
Estimated Time per Response:
Durable goods survey, 15 minutes; trip
expenditures survey, 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
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record.
Dated: October 29, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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[Docket No. 041229366–5088–02]
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Monkfish Fisheries
Management Plan; Reallocation of
2013 Monkfish Research Set-Aside
Days-at-Sea
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; reallocation of monkfish
research set-aside days-at-sea.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
reallocation of 2013 Monkfish Research
Set-Aside days-at-sea. These days are
being reallocated because they were not
awarded through the 2013 Monkfish
Research Set-Aside Program grant
process. The reallocated days-at-sea are
available to conduct monkfish research
activities during fishing year 2013 (May
1, 2013–April 30, 2014).
DATES: Effective November 4, 2013,
through April 30, 2014. Days-at-sea
reallocated through this Monkfish
Research Set-Aside Program must be
used by April 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Applications for an
exempted fishing permit can be sent to
the Regional Administrator, NMFS,
Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jason Berthiaume, (978) 281–9177.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Amendment 2 to the Monkfish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) (70 FR 21927,
April 28, 2005) established the
Monkfish Research Set-Aside (RSA)
Program, which annually sets-aside 500
of the total monkfish DAS as RSA DAS
to be used to conduct monkfish
research. Amendment 2 also established
the Monkfish Exemption Program,
which requires NMFS to make any
unallocated RSA DAS available as
exempted DAS. These exempted DAS
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may be used to conduct monkfish
research activities during the current
fishing year. In September 2012, NMFS
published a notice announcing the 2013
Monkfish RSA Program, and solicited
proposals for monkfish research
activities to be conducted under the
RSA program. Four proposals were
received, and two were granted awards
totaling 426 RSA DAS. As a result, there
are 74 DAS that were not awarded and
are now available as exempted DAS.
Therefore, pursuant to the regulations
governing the monkfish fishery at 50
CFR 648.92(c)(1)(v), NMFS is
reallocating the unused 2013 RSA DAS
as exempted DAS that may be used to
conduct monkfish research during the
remainder of fishing year 2013 (through
April 30, 2014). Requests for exempted
DAS must be submitted to NMFS along
with a complete application for an
exempted fishing permit. The exempted
DAS differ from RSA DAS in that
research must occur in conjunction with
the exempted DAS. The exempted DAS
cannot be used solely to generate funds.
A summary of the requirements for
submitting an exempted fishing permit
are available online at:
www.nero.noaa.gov/permits/forms/
EFPLOAEEAAPossessionLOA
Guidance.pdf.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part
648 and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866. Pursuant to 5
U.S.C.553(b)(B), there is good cause to
waive prior notice and opportunity for
public comment on this action, as notice
and comment would be unnecessary
and contrary to the public interest
because the action is administrative in
nature, and because it provides the
public (i.e., researchers) the opportunity
to reduce costs associated with
conducting monkfish related research
activities. Additionally, there is good
cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive
the 30–day delay in effective date
because the action is administrative in
nature.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 30, 2013.
James P. Burgess,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XC950
Caribbean Fishery Management
Council; Scoping Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a scoping meeting.
AGENCY:
The Caribbean Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a scoping meeting to obtain input
from fishers, the general public, and the
local agencies representatives on the
development of compatible regulations
for three seasonally closed areas off
Puerto Rico. The Council is considering
modifying the seasonal closures of Abrir
La Sierra, Bajo de Sico, and Tourmaline
Bank. The goal of modifying the
closures is to protect the red hind
spawning aggregations and large
individuals of snappers and groupers
from directed fishing pressure to
achieve a more natural sex ratio, age,
and size structure, while minimizing
adverse social and economic effects. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The scoping meeting will be held
on November 25, 2013, from 7 p.m. to
10 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The scoping meeting will be
¨
held at the Holiday Inn Mayaguez, 2701
¨
Highway #2, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caribbean Fishery Management Council,
˜
270 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401,
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918–1903;
telephone: (787) 766–5926.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Options Paper entitled ‘‘Developing
Compatible Regulations for Three
Seasonally Closed Areas off Puerto Rico:
Abrir La Sierra Bank, Bajo de Sico, and
Tourmaline Bank,’’ considers the
following alternative actions:
Action 1: Modify the length of the
closed season for Abrir La Sierra.
Option 1: No Action—do not modify
the seasonal closure of Abrir La Sierra.
Option 2: Modify the seasonal closure
of Abrir La Sierra to a 6 month closure
from October 1–March 31.
Option 3: Modify the seasonal closure
of Abrir La Sierra to a 6 month closure
from December 1–May 31.
Option 4: Modify the closure of Abrir
La Sierra to 12 months.
Action 2: Modify the length of the
closed season for Tourmaline Bank.
Option 1: No Action—do not modify
the seasonal closure of Tourmaline
Bank.
SUMMARY:
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Option 2: Modify the seasonal closure
of Tourmaline Bank to a 6 month
closure from October 1–March 31.
Option 3: Modify the seasonal closure
of Tourmaline Bank to a 6 month
closure from December 1–May 31.
Option 4: Modify the closure of
Tourmaline Bank to 12 months.
Action 3: Modify the length of the
closed season for Bajo de Sico.
Option 1: No Action—do not modify
the seasonal closure of Bajo de Sico.
Option 2: Modify the seasonal closure
of Bajo de Sico to a 3 month closure
from December 1–End of February.
Option 3: Modify the seasonal closure
of Bajo de Sico to a 6 month closure
from December 1–May 31.
Option 4: Modify the closure of Bajo
de Sico to 12 months.
Action 4: Prohibit Fishing Activities
in Abrir La Sierra.
Option 1: No Action—Do not modify
the species prohibited during the
seasonal closure of Abrir La Sierra.
Option 2: During the seasonal closure
of Abrir La Sierra specified in Action 1,
prohibit fishing for council-managed
reef fish.
Option 3: During the seasonal closure
of Abrir La Sierra specified in Action 1,
prohibit fishing for and possession of
council-managed reef fish species.
Option 4: During the seasonal closure
of Abrir La Sierra specified in Action 1,
prohibit fishing for spiny lobster.
Option 5: During the seasonal closure
of Abrir La Sierra specified in Action 1,
prohibit fishing for and possession of
spiny lobster.
Option 6: During the seasonal closure
of Abrir La Sierra specified in Action 1,
prohibit fishing for and possession of all
species.
Action 5: Prohibit Fishing Activities
in Tourmaline Bank.
Option 1: No Action—Do not modify
the species prohibited during the
seasonal closure of Tourmaline Bank.
Option 2: During the seasonal closure
of Tourmaline Bank specified in Action
2, prohibit fishing for council-managed
reef fish.
Option 3: During the seasonal closure
of Tourmaline Bank specified in Action
2, prohibit fishing for and possession of
council-managed reef fish species.
Option 4: During the seasonal closure
of Tourmaline Bank specified in Action
2, prohibit fishing for spiny lobster.
Option 5: During the seasonal closure
of Tourmaline Bank specified in Action
2, prohibit fishing for and possession of
spiny lobster.
Option 6: During the seasonal closure
of Tourmaline Bank specified in Action
2, prohibit fishing for and possession of
all species.
Action 6: Prohibit Fishing Activities
in Bajo de Sico.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[Docket No. 041229366-5088-02]
RIN 0648-XC884
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Monkfish Fisheries
Management Plan; Reallocation of 2013 Monkfish Research Set-Aside Days-
at-Sea
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; reallocation of monkfish research set-aside days-at-
sea.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the reallocation of 2013 Monkfish
Research Set-Aside days-at-sea. These days are being reallocated
because they were not awarded through the 2013 Monkfish Research Set-
Aside Program grant process. The reallocated days-at-sea are available
to conduct monkfish research activities during fishing year 2013 (May
1, 2013-April 30, 2014).
DATES: Effective November 4, 2013, through April 30, 2014. Days-at-sea
reallocated through this Monkfish Research Set-Aside Program must be
used by April 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Applications for an exempted fishing permit can be sent to
the Regional Administrator, NMFS, Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Berthiaume, (978) 281-9177.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Amendment 2 to the Monkfish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) (70 FR 21927, April 28, 2005) established the
Monkfish Research Set-Aside (RSA) Program, which annually sets-aside
500 of the total monkfish DAS as RSA DAS to be used to conduct monkfish
research. Amendment 2 also established the Monkfish Exemption Program,
which requires NMFS to make any unallocated RSA DAS available as
exempted DAS. These exempted DAS
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may be used to conduct monkfish research activities during the current
fishing year. In September 2012, NMFS published a notice announcing the
2013 Monkfish RSA Program, and solicited proposals for monkfish
research activities to be conducted under the RSA program. Four
proposals were received, and two were granted awards totaling 426 RSA
DAS. As a result, there are 74 DAS that were not awarded and are now
available as exempted DAS. Therefore, pursuant to the regulations
governing the monkfish fishery at 50 CFR 648.92(c)(1)(v), NMFS is
reallocating the unused 2013 RSA DAS as exempted DAS that may be used
to conduct monkfish research during the remainder of fishing year 2013
(through April 30, 2014). Requests for exempted DAS must be submitted
to NMFS along with a complete application for an exempted fishing
permit. The exempted DAS differ from RSA DAS in that research must
occur in conjunction with the exempted DAS. The exempted DAS cannot be
used solely to generate funds. A summary of the requirements for
submitting an exempted fishing permit are available online at:
www.nero.noaa.gov/permits/forms/EFPLOAEEAAPossessionLOAGuidance.pdf.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C.553(b)(B),
there is good cause to waive prior notice and opportunity for public
comment on this action, as notice and comment would be unnecessary and
contrary to the public interest because the action is administrative in
nature, and because it provides the public (i.e., researchers) the
opportunity to reduce costs associated with conducting monkfish related
research activities. Additionally, there is good cause under 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in effective date because the
action is administrative in nature.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 30, 2013.
James P. Burgess,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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