Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Consultative Committee Nominations and Meeting Announcement, 35933-35934 [2017-16245]
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Phillip A. Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovation and
Industry Services.
[FR Doc. 2017–16219 Filed 8–1–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Atlantic Highly
Migratory Species (HMS) Individual
Bluefin Tuna Quota Tracking
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 2, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at pracomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Margo Schulze-Haugen,
(301) 427–8503 or Margo.SchulzeHaugen@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Abstract
Amendment 7 to the 2006
Consolidated HMS Fishery Management
Plan (79 FR 71510, December 2, 2014)
implemented individual bluefin tuna
quota (IBQ) shares and allocations for
vessels permitted in the Atlantic Tunas
Longline Category and Atlantic Tunas
Purse Seine Category. IBQs are intended
to fairly and effectively allocate limited
quota for incidental capture of bluefin
tuna among vessels in the Longline
category, while minimizing dead
discards and discouraging interactions
with bluefin tuna, and better utilizing
the Purse seine category quota. An online system developed by the NOAA
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National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) tracks allocations and
allocation leases, and reconciles leases
with bluefin tuna catches for quota
monitoring. The extension of this
collection of information will allow
NMFS to continue to account for the
reporting burden associated with
allocation and lease tracking. There are
no new requirements.
First-time vessel permit holders in the
affected categories must obtain and set
up an IBQ account in the online ‘‘Catch
Shares Online System’’ in order to be
issued IBQ shares and resultant
allocation, and to lease IBQ. To use the
electronic IBQ System, first-time
participants will need to request an
account and set their account up with
background information. The
information collected during account
issuance and set-up will be used by
NMFS to verify the identity of the
individual/business and whether they
qualify for IBQ allocation leasing.
The lease monitoring information
collected by the online system will be
used by each permit holder to keep
track of their individual IBQ allocation,
and document allocation leases with
other IBQ participants. NMFS will use
these data to ensure proper accounting
of allocations among participants, and
to track use of quota allocations and
reconcile allocation usage with bluefin
tuna catch and landings.
Atlantic HMS fisheries are managed
under the dual authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) and the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Act (ATCA). Under the
MSA, management measures must be
consistent with ten National Standards,
and fisheries must be managed to
maintain optimum yield, rebuild
overfished fisheries, and prevent
overfishing. Under ATCA, the Secretary
of Commerce shall promulgate
regulations, as necessary and
appropriate, to implement measures
adopted by the International
Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
II. Method of Collection
Information will be collected on line
using the electronic IBQ System.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0677.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (extension of
a current information collection).
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations; individuals or
households; and State, Local, or Tribal
government.
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Estimated Number of Respondents:
120.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes for initial application for IBQ
account; 15 minutes per IBQ allocation
lease.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 29.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $1,100 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs (total annualized
expense for 5% of respondents who may
not have a computer and choose to
purchase one).
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: July 27, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF532
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization Consultative Committee
Nominations and Meeting
Announcement
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice calling for nominations
and announcing meeting.
AGENCY:
NOAA is soliciting
nominations for individuals to serve as
members of the Northwest Atlantic
Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
Consultative Committee. This action is
SUMMARY:
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necessary to ensure that the interests of
U.S. stakeholders in the fisheries of the
Northwest Atlantic Ocean are
adequately represented in NAFO.
NOAA is also announcing a meeting of
the NAFO Consultative Committee.
DATES: The NAFO Consultative
Committee Meeting will be held on
August 30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Nominations for NAFO
Consultative Committee members
should be made in writing to Mr. Patrick
E. Moran, Office of International Affairs,
National Marine Fisheries Service, at
1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20910. Nominations and questions
about the NAFO Consultative
Committee meeting may also be sent via
email (Pat.Moran@noaa.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Patrick E. Moran, (301) 427–8370.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
NAFO is a regional fisheries
management organization that
coordinates scientific study and
cooperative management of the fisheries
resources of the Northwest Atlantic
Ocean, excluding salmon, tunas/
marlins, whales and sedentary species
(e.g., shellfish). NAFO was established
in 1979 by the Convention on Future
Multilateral Cooperation in the
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries. The
United States acceded to the Convention
in 1995, and has participated actively in
NAFO since that time. In 2005, NAFO
launched a reform effort to amend the
Convention in order bring the
Organization more in line with the
principles of modern fisheries
management. As a result of these efforts,
the Amendment to the Convention on
Future Multilateral Cooperation in the
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries entered
into force in May 2017. NAFO currently
has 12 Contracting Parties, including
Canada, Cuba, Denmark (in respect of
Faroe Islands and Greenland), European
Union, France (in respect of St. Pierre
and Miquelon), Iceland, Japan, Norway,
Republic of Korea, Russian Federation,
Ukraine and the United States.
As outlined in 16 U.S.C. 5607
provides that the Secretaries of
Commerce and State shall jointly
establish a NAFO Consultative
Committee (NCC) to advise the
Secretaries on issues related to the
NAFO Convention. Membership in the
NCC is open to representatives from the
New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Councils, the States
represented on those Councils, the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, the fishing industry, the
seafood processing industry, and others
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knowledgeable and experienced in the
conservation and management of
fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic
Ocean. Members shall be appointed to
a 2-year term and are eligible for
reappointment. The NCC is exempted
from the Federal Advisory Committee
Act. NCC members are invited to attend
all non-executive meetings of the U.S.
Commissioners and at such meetings are
given an opportunity to examine and to
be heard on all proposed programs of
study and investigation, reports,
recommendations, and regulations of
issues relating to the Act and
proceedings of NAFO. In addition, NCC
members may attend all public meetings
of the NAFO Commission and any other
meetings to which they are invited.
Nominations
Nominations to the NCC will be
accepted at any time and should
document an individual’s qualifications
based on those outlined in 16 U.S.C.
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5607 (see above). Resumes and/or
curriculum vitae will be requested from
nominees. Self-nominations are
acceptable, and current and former NCC
members are eligible for reappointment.
Nominations will be evaluated by
officials in the Department of Commerce
who are familiar with the duties and
responsibilities of NCC membership. All
nominees will be notified of their status
and any need for further information
once the nomination process is
complete.
Meeting
A meeting of the NCC will be held
1:30–3 p.m. on August 30, 2017, at the
NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional
Fisheries Office at 55 Great Republic
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. All
members of the public with an interest
in the fisheries of the Northwest
Atlantic Ocean are welcome to attend.
Dated: July 27, 2017.
Steven Wilson,
Acting Director, Office of International
Affairs, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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 2, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at pracomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to David Ulmer, (757) 723–
0303 or David.Ulmer@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Federally permitted dealers, and any
individual acting in the capacity of a
dealer, must submit to the Regional
Administrator or to the official designee
a detailed report of all fish purchased or
received for a commercial purpose,
other than solely for transport on land,
by one of the available electronic
reporting mechanisms approved by
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS). The information obtained is
used by economists, biologists, and
managers in the management of the
fisheries. The data collection parameters
are consistent with the current
requirements for Federal dealers under
the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act. This is an extension request of the
current approval.
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II. Method of Collection
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Dealers submit purchase information
through an electronic process by one of
the following: The web based system as
administered by the Atlantic Coast
Cooperative Statistics Program, the
computer based trip ticket program
issued by the NMFS or through a NMFS
approved proprietary mechanism.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Northeast Region
Dealer Purchase Reports
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0229.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(request for extension of a currently
approved information collection).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF532
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization Consultative Committee
Nominations and Meeting Announcement
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice calling for nominations and announcing meeting.
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SUMMARY: NOAA is soliciting nominations for individuals to serve as
members of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO)
Consultative Committee. This action is
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necessary to ensure that the interests of U.S. stakeholders in the
fisheries of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean are adequately represented in
NAFO. NOAA is also announcing a meeting of the NAFO Consultative
Committee.
DATES: The NAFO Consultative Committee Meeting will be held on August
30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Nominations for NAFO Consultative Committee members should
be made in writing to Mr. Patrick E. Moran, Office of International
Affairs, National Marine Fisheries Service, at 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910. Nominations and questions about the NAFO
Consultative Committee meeting may also be sent via email
(Pat.Moran@noaa.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Patrick E. Moran, (301) 427-8370.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
NAFO is a regional fisheries management organization that
coordinates scientific study and cooperative management of the
fisheries resources of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, excluding salmon,
tunas/marlins, whales and sedentary species (e.g., shellfish). NAFO was
established in 1979 by the Convention on Future Multilateral
Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries. The United States
acceded to the Convention in 1995, and has participated actively in
NAFO since that time. In 2005, NAFO launched a reform effort to amend
the Convention in order bring the Organization more in line with the
principles of modern fisheries management. As a result of these
efforts, the Amendment to the Convention on Future Multilateral
Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries entered into force in
May 2017. NAFO currently has 12 Contracting Parties, including Canada,
Cuba, Denmark (in respect of Faroe Islands and Greenland), European
Union, France (in respect of St. Pierre and Miquelon), Iceland, Japan,
Norway, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Ukraine and the United
States.
As outlined in 16 U.S.C. 5607 provides that the Secretaries of
Commerce and State shall jointly establish a NAFO Consultative
Committee (NCC) to advise the Secretaries on issues related to the NAFO
Convention. Membership in the NCC is open to representatives from the
New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils, the States
represented on those Councils, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, the fishing industry, the seafood processing industry, and
others knowledgeable and experienced in the conservation and management
of fisheries in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Members shall be
appointed to a 2-year term and are eligible for reappointment. The NCC
is exempted from the Federal Advisory Committee Act. NCC members are
invited to attend all non-executive meetings of the U.S. Commissioners
and at such meetings are given an opportunity to examine and to be
heard on all proposed programs of study and investigation, reports,
recommendations, and regulations of issues relating to the Act and
proceedings of NAFO. In addition, NCC members may attend all public
meetings of the NAFO Commission and any other meetings to which they
are invited.
Nominations
Nominations to the NCC will be accepted at any time and should
document an individual's qualifications based on those outlined in 16
U.S.C. 5607 (see above). R[eacute]sum[eacute]s and/or curriculum vitae
will be requested from nominees. Self-nominations are acceptable, and
current and former NCC members are eligible for reappointment.
Nominations will be evaluated by officials in the Department of
Commerce who are familiar with the duties and responsibilities of NCC
membership. All nominees will be notified of their status and any need
for further information once the nomination process is complete.
Meeting
A meeting of the NCC will be held 1:30-3 p.m. on August 30, 2017,
at the NMFS Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office at 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. All members of the public with an
interest in the fisheries of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean are welcome
to attend.
Dated: July 27, 2017.
Steven Wilson,
Acting Director, Office of International Affairs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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