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Standing, Reef Fish, Mackerel,
Ecosystem and Socioeconomic
Scientific and Statistical Committees
(SSC) reviewing the Marine Recreational
Information Program—Fishing Effort
Survey (MRIP–FES).
DATES: The workshop will be held on
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 and Thursday,
July 9, 2020, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
EDT daily.
ADDRESSES: The workshop will take
place via webinar; you may register by
visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and
clicking on the SSC meeting on the
calendar.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 4107 W
Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL
33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ryan Rindone, Lead Fishery Biologist,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; ryan.rindone@gulfcouncil.org,
telephone: (813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020; 8:30 a.m.–5:30
p.m.
The workshop will begin with
Introductions, Adoption of Agenda and
Scope of Work. The Committees will
receive presentations and questions on
the FES from the National Marine
Fisheries Science Center (NMFS).
Presentations will include a Coastal
Household Telephone Survey (CHTS)
versus FES Primer—differences in effort
survey designs, MRIP catch and effort
estimation, characterization of CHTS
biases, characterization of FES biases,
QA/QC Process; Calibration Process—
FES Calibration Model and Methods,
comparison of effort calibrations to
historical regional population estimates,
fishing license numbers, and/or other
quantifiable censoring datasets, impacts
of calibrations on regional estimates of
fishing effort; Post-processing of MRIP
estimates—weight estimation
procedures, description of MRIP weight
estimation method, description of
Southeast Fisheries Science Center
(SEFSC) weight estimation method and
MRIP vs. SEFSC plots of Gulf king
mackerel and gray snapper weight
estimates, CHTS to For-Hire Survey
(FHS) calibration method and CHTS vs
FHS plots for charter estimates of
specified Gulf species (Gulf king
mackerel and gray snapper). The
Committees will also review
Operationalizing FES Data—FES
estimates as used for quota monitoring
and management, data availability and
certification, effects of calibration on
fishing season duration projections,
calibration of historical landings data
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and effects on sector allocations, and the
effects on IFQ programs.
Thursday, July 9, 2020; 8:30 a.m.–5:30
p.m.
The Committees will review case
studies on Gulf of Mexico Migratory
Group King Mackerel and Gray Snapper;
comparison of landings, effort, and
discards, pre- and post-FES, treatment
of shore mode landings, effort and
discards, treatment of outlier/abnormal
data points, shifts in projected catch
recommendations, pre- and post-FES
and the effects of FES calibration of
estimated discards.
The Committees will make
recommendations to the Council based
on the information presented during the
workshop, as appropriate.
Lastly, the Committees will discuss
any other business items.
—Meeting Adjourns
The meeting will be broadcast via
webinar. You may register for the
webinar by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org
and clicking on the SSC meeting on the
calendar.
Time will be afforded following each
major Agenda item for a brief question
and answer session, during which
members of the public may ask
questions of the presenters and the
Committees.
The Agenda is subject to change, and
the latest version along with other
meeting materials will be posted on
www.gulfcouncil.org as they become
available.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agenda may come before the
Scientific and Statistical Committees for
discussion, in accordance with the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
those issues may not be the subject of
formal action during this meeting.
Actions of the Scientific and Statistical
Committee will be restricted to those
issues specifically identified in the
agenda and any issues arising after
publication of this notice that require
emergency action under Section 305(c)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the Council’s intent to take action to
address the emergency.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 18, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Greater Atlantic Region
Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery
Management Plan
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on March 6,
2020, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Greater Atlantic Region,
Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery
Management Plan Data Collection.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0491.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 802.
Average Hours per Response: Trip
exchange request (full & part-time)—15
minutes; Quote transfer application
(temporary & permanent)—5 minutes;
Cost Recovery—2 hours; Sector
Proposals & Operation Plans—125
hours.
Burden Hours: 980.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a current information
collection. Under the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, the Secretary of Commerce has the
responsibility for the conservation and
management of marine fishery
resources. Much of this responsibility
has been delegated to NOAA’s National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
NMFS manages the Atlantic sea scallop
(scallop) fishery through a set of
regulations that limit catch of scallops
and fishing vessel activity. In addition,
regulations limit catch of certain other
species of fish in order to minimize
bycatch and bycatch mortality (bycatch
is the catch and discard of species that
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are not targeted in the scallop fishery).
Finally, the regulations control vessel
permitting and the exchange of effort
and quota allocations between vessels.
In order to effectively manage these
resources, track fishing effort and catch,
and to allow vessel owners to exchange
fishing trips and quota, NMFS must
collect information through the
reporting requirements included in this
renewal: Access area trip exchange
application procedures; Individual
Fishing Quota (IFQ) transfers; Cost
recovery; and IFQ sector program. The
collection is being revised to remove
Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)
requirements to eliminate duplication as
these VMS requirements are now
collected under the approved OMB
Control No. 0648–0202.
Access Area Trip Exchange Application
The one-for-one access area trip
exchange program provides flexibility to
scallop vessels about where they may
fish. Participants need to send an access
area trip exchange application to NMFS
with the following information: Vessel
name and permit number, owner name
and signature, specification of the areas
involved in the exchange. Both vessels
involved in the exchange are required to
submit forms for cross verification. This
measure is expected to provide
flexibility to vessels regarding which
areas to fish, thereby reducing the
possibility of revenue loss to those
vessels that are unable to access some
distant areas due to vessel capacity
constraints.
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IFQ Transfers
IFQ permit holders can temporarily
and/or permanently transfer individual
fishing quota from one IFQ vessel to
another. Quota transfers are requested
through the submission of transfer
applications. Required information
includes vessel information, quota
transfer information, and authorizing
signatures from both parties. The IFQ
transfer program is entirely optional,
and provides greater flexibility for IFQ
permit holders by enabling them to
increase their vessel’s IFQ or for
individuals to lease or sell IFQ if they
choose not to fish the allocation.
Cost Recovery
Section 304(d)(2) of the MagnusonStevens Act (MSA) requires an IFQ cost
recovery plan to recover management
and enforcement costs for IFQ fisheries.
The FMP includes an IFQ cost recovery
program, whereby NMFS will collect up
to 3% of ex-vessel value of landed
product to cover actual costs directly
related to enforcement and management
of the IFQ program. IFQ permit holders
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are required to submit a cost recovery
payment annually via a pre-existing
Federal payment system called
www.pay.gov, which is also currently
used by the Alaska Region and the
Southeast Region. Information
submitted via the internet would require
the user to establish an online account,
including personal and financial
information. This requirement is
necessary in order to comply with the
provisions of the MSA and to collect
payments from individuals that have
been granted an allocation to a public
resource.
IFQ Sector Program
The FMP contains provisions that
authorize allocation of a portion of the
overall IFQ fishery total allowable catch
(TAC) to a self-selected group of IFQ
permit holders (sector), provided the
sector provides adequate information
describing the formation of the sector
and its intended plan of operations.
Individuals or other entities
(corporations, cooperatives, etc.)
proposing a sector are required to
submit a Sector Allocation Proposal and
Operations Plan. Any person may
submit a Sector Allocation Proposal for
a group of limited access general
category scallop vessels to the Council,
at least 1 year in advance of the start of
a sector, and request that the Sector be
implemented through a framework
procedure specified at § 648.55. A group
that wants to form a Sector and receive
an allocation is required to submit a
legally binding Operations Plan to the
Council and the Regional Administrator.
The operations plan must be agreed
upon and signed by all members of the
sector and, if approved, would
constitute a contract. This information
is necessary to describe the proposed
sector and the proposed rules under
which the sector would operate. This
information is used to determine
whether this sector would maintain
consistency with the goals and
objectives of the FMP.
VMS Requirements
Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)
requirements are now collected under
the approved OMB Control No. 0648–
0202 and will not be collected in this
renewal.
The collection requirements under
OMB Control No. 0648–0491 enable
successful implementation and
administration of components of the
Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profit organizations are primarily
affected.
Frequency: On occasion, monthly,
annually, every three years.
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Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority:
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0491.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Greater Atlantic Region Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery
Management Plan
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on March 6, 2020, during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Greater Atlantic Region, Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery
Management Plan Data Collection.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0491.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 802.
Average Hours per Response: Trip exchange request (full & part-
time)--15 minutes; Quote transfer application (temporary & permanent)--
5 minutes; Cost Recovery--2 hours; Sector Proposals & Operation Plans--
125 hours.
Burden Hours: 980.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current
information collection. Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act, the Secretary of Commerce has the responsibility
for the conservation and management of marine fishery resources. Much
of this responsibility has been delegated to NOAA's National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS). NMFS manages the Atlantic sea scallop
(scallop) fishery through a set of regulations that limit catch of
scallops and fishing vessel activity. In addition, regulations limit
catch of certain other species of fish in order to minimize bycatch and
bycatch mortality (bycatch is the catch and discard of species that
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are not targeted in the scallop fishery). Finally, the regulations
control vessel permitting and the exchange of effort and quota
allocations between vessels.
In order to effectively manage these resources, track fishing
effort and catch, and to allow vessel owners to exchange fishing trips
and quota, NMFS must collect information through the reporting
requirements included in this renewal: Access area trip exchange
application procedures; Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) transfers; Cost
recovery; and IFQ sector program. The collection is being revised to
remove Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) requirements to eliminate
duplication as these VMS requirements are now collected under the
approved OMB Control No. 0648-0202.
Access Area Trip Exchange Application
The one-for-one access area trip exchange program provides
flexibility to scallop vessels about where they may fish. Participants
need to send an access area trip exchange application to NMFS with the
following information: Vessel name and permit number, owner name and
signature, specification of the areas involved in the exchange. Both
vessels involved in the exchange are required to submit forms for cross
verification. This measure is expected to provide flexibility to
vessels regarding which areas to fish, thereby reducing the possibility
of revenue loss to those vessels that are unable to access some distant
areas due to vessel capacity constraints.
IFQ Transfers
IFQ permit holders can temporarily and/or permanently transfer
individual fishing quota from one IFQ vessel to another. Quota
transfers are requested through the submission of transfer
applications. Required information includes vessel information, quota
transfer information, and authorizing signatures from both parties. The
IFQ transfer program is entirely optional, and provides greater
flexibility for IFQ permit holders by enabling them to increase their
vessel's IFQ or for individuals to lease or sell IFQ if they choose not
to fish the allocation.
Cost Recovery
Section 304(d)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) requires an IFQ
cost recovery plan to recover management and enforcement costs for IFQ
fisheries. The FMP includes an IFQ cost recovery program, whereby NMFS
will collect up to 3% of ex-vessel value of landed product to cover
actual costs directly related to enforcement and management of the IFQ
program. IFQ permit holders are required to submit a cost recovery
payment annually via a pre-existing Federal payment system called
www.pay.gov, which is also currently used by the Alaska Region and the
Southeast Region. Information submitted via the internet would require
the user to establish an online account, including personal and
financial information. This requirement is necessary in order to comply
with the provisions of the MSA and to collect payments from individuals
that have been granted an allocation to a public resource.
IFQ Sector Program
The FMP contains provisions that authorize allocation of a portion
of the overall IFQ fishery total allowable catch (TAC) to a self-
selected group of IFQ permit holders (sector), provided the sector
provides adequate information describing the formation of the sector
and its intended plan of operations. Individuals or other entities
(corporations, cooperatives, etc.) proposing a sector are required to
submit a Sector Allocation Proposal and Operations Plan. Any person may
submit a Sector Allocation Proposal for a group of limited access
general category scallop vessels to the Council, at least 1 year in
advance of the start of a sector, and request that the Sector be
implemented through a framework procedure specified at Sec. 648.55. A
group that wants to form a Sector and receive an allocation is required
to submit a legally binding Operations Plan to the Council and the
Regional Administrator. The operations plan must be agreed upon and
signed by all members of the sector and, if approved, would constitute
a contract. This information is necessary to describe the proposed
sector and the proposed rules under which the sector would operate.
This information is used to determine whether this sector would
maintain consistency with the goals and objectives of the FMP.
VMS Requirements
Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) requirements are now collected under
the approved OMB Control No. 0648-0202 and will not be collected in
this renewal.
The collection requirements under OMB Control No. 0648-0491 enable
successful implementation and administration of components of the
Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profit organizations are
primarily affected.
Frequency: On occasion, monthly, annually, every three years.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority:
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0648-0491.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
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