New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 524 [2020-29240]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XA742]
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 via webinar 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.
SUMMARY:
This meeting will be held on
Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: All meeting participants
and interested parties can register to
join the webinar at https://
attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/
4846438759558045968.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
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Agenda
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date. Consistent with 16
U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is
available upon request.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 31, 2020.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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The Scallop Advisory Panel (AP) will
discuss Framework Adjustment 33 (FW
33): Specifically, a review of
specifications alternatives in FW 33 and
make final recommendations. FW 33
will set specifications including
acceptable biological catch/annual catch
limit (ABC/ACLs), days-at-sea (DAS),
access area allocations for Limited
Access (LA) and Limited Access General
Category (LAGC), Total Allowable Catch
(TAC) for Northern Gulf of Maine
(NGOM) management area, target-TAC
for LAGC incidental catch and setasides for the observer and research
programs for fishing year 2021 and
default specifications for fishing year
2022. Review options for mitigating
impacts on Georges Bank yellowtail
flounder and northern windowpane
flounder and make final
recommendations. They will also
discuss Scallop Priorities: Reviewing
the existing 2021 scallop work priorities
and correspondence from the Scallopers
Campaign requesting the Council
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consider changing the scallop priorities
by adding LA scallop leasing listening
sessions to the priority list and develop
a recommendation for the Council to
consider. The AP may recommend
deleting a priority if a new priority is
added. Other business may be
discussed, as necessary.
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.
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Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Atlantic Highly Migratory
Species Individual Bluefin Tuna Quota
(IBQ) Tracking and Appeals
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
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via the Federal Register on August 31,
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: Atlantic Highly Migratory
Species (HMS) Individual Bluefin Tuna
Quota Tracking.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0677.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 220.
Average Hours per Response: 10
minutes for initial application for IBQ
account; 15 minutes per IBQ allocation
lease.
Burden Hours: 54.
Needs and Uses: 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 also
implemented distribution of Atlantic
Tunas Purse Seine category quota
through the IBQ online system. IBQs are
intended to fairly and effectively
allocate limited quota for incidental
capture of Atlantic 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 NMFS tracks allocations
and allocation leases, and reconciles
allocation with bluefin tuna catches for
quota monitoring. This collection of
information accounts for the reporting
burden associated with allocation and
lease tracking.
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, to lease IBQ, and to resolve
quota debt. 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
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XA742]
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panel via webinar
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 Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 9
a.m.
ADDRESSES: All meeting participants and interested parties can register
to join the webinar at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4846438759558045968.
Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
The Scallop Advisory Panel (AP) will discuss Framework Adjustment
33 (FW 33): Specifically, a review of specifications alternatives in FW
33 and make final recommendations. FW 33 will set specifications
including acceptable biological catch/annual catch limit (ABC/ACLs),
days-at-sea (DAS), access area allocations for Limited Access (LA) and
Limited Access General Category (LAGC), Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for
Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) management area, target-TAC for LAGC
incidental catch and set-asides for the observer and research programs
for fishing year 2021 and default specifications for fishing year 2022.
Review options for mitigating impacts on Georges Bank yellowtail
flounder and northern windowpane flounder and make final
recommendations. They will also discuss Scallop Priorities: Reviewing
the existing 2021 scallop work priorities and correspondence from the
Scallopers Campaign requesting the Council consider changing the
scallop priorities by adding LA scallop leasing listening sessions to
the priority list and develop a recommendation for the Council to
consider. The AP may recommend deleting a priority if a new priority is
added. Other business may be discussed, as necessary.
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 Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Consistent with 16
U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is available upon request.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 31, 2020.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-29240 Filed 1-5-21; 8:45 am]
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