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SEDAR 70: Greater Amberjack Stock
Assessment Report and SEDAR 72: Gag
Grouper Stock Assessment Report, and
discuss SSC Recommendations and Reef
Fish Advisory Panel Feedback for both.
The Committee will also discuss the
Council Request for State Reef Fish
Survey (SRFS) Integration and Update
Assessment for SEDAR 72: Gag Grouper.
The Committee will review Individual
Fishing Quota (IFQ) Programs, Focus
Group Formation and next steps and
Public Hearing Draft: Reef Fish
Amendment 36B. The Committee will
receive an update on Draft Snapper
Grouper Amendment 44 and Reef Fish
Amendment 55: Modifications to
Southeastern U.S. Yellowtail Snapper
Jurisdictional Allocations, Catch Limits,
and South Atlantic Sector Annual Catch
Limits.
The Committee will hold a discussion
on Wenchman in the Gulf of Mexico,
review the Revised Great Red Snapper
Count Estimates and SSC
Recommendations for re-evaluating Red
Snapper Catch Advise, discuss any
remaining SSC and Reef Fish Advisory
Panel recommendations.
Full Council will reconvene in a
CLOSED SESSION for selection of IFQ
Focus Group Participants.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022; 8 a.m.–
5:30 p.m., CST
The Data Collection Committee will
receive an update on Southeast For-Hire
Integrated Electronic Reporting
(SEFHIER) Program and review Draft
Framework Action: Modification to
Location Reporting Requirements for
For-Hire Vessels and Reef Fish Advisory
Panel (AP) Recommendations. The
Committee will receive a presentation
on Update on Modifications to the
Commercial Electronic Reporting
Program. The Committee will receive an
update on Upcoming Workshop to
Evaluate State-federal Recreational
Survey Differences.
The Sustainable Fisheries Committee
will review and discuss Standardized
Bycatch Reporting Methodology and
SSC Recommendations.
Following lunch at approximately
1:30 p.m. CST, the Council will
reconvene with a Call to Order,
Announcements and Introductions,
Adoption of Agenda and Approval of
Minutes; and receive a presentation on
Density Estimations of age-0 and age-1
Gray Triggerfish, Balistes capriscus, and
Vermilion Snapper, Rhomboplites
aurorubens, from 2007 to 2015, in the
northern Gulf of Mexico.
The Council will hold public
testimony from 2:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.,
CST on Final Action Item: Framework
Action: Modification of Vermilion
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Snapper Catch Limits; and open
testimony on other fishery issues or
concerns. Public comment may begin
earlier than 2:15 p.m. CST, but will not
conclude before that time. Persons
wishing to give public testimony inperson must register at the registration
kiosk in the meeting room. Persons
wishing to give public testimony
virtually must sign up on the Council
website on the day of public testimony.
Registration for virtual testimony closes
one hour (1:15 p.m. CST) before public
testimony begins.
Thursday, January 27, 2022; 8 a.m.–
4:30 p.m., CST
The Council will receive Committee
reports from Habitat Protection and
Restoration, Shrimp, Outreach and
Education, Mackerel, Data Collection,
Reef Fish and Sustainable Fisheries
Management Committees. The Council
will review Closed Session Report and
receive updates from the following
supporting agencies: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council; Louisiana
Law Enforcement Efforts; NOAA Office
of Law Enforcement (OLE); Gulf States
Marine Fisheries Commission; U.S.
Coast Guard; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; and Department of State.
Lastly, the Council will discuss any
Other Business items.
Meeting Adjourns
The meeting will be virtual only. You
may register for the webinar to ‘‘listenin’’ only by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org
and click on the Council meeting tab.
The timing and order in which agenda
items are addressed may change as
required to effectively address the issue,
and the latest version along with other
meeting materials will be posted on the
website as they become available.
Although other non-emergency issues
not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, in
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during these meeting. Actions
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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided that the public
has been notified of the Council’s intent
to take final action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aid or
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Kathy Pereira, (813) 348–1630, at least
15 days prior to the meeting date.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
Dated: January 13, 2022.
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; Surfclam/Ocean Quahog
Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ)
Administration
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before March 21, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0240 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Douglas
Potts, Fishery Policy Analyst, 978–281–
9341 or Douglas.Potts@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
currently approved collection associated
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with the Atlantic surfclam and ocean
quahog fisheries. National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) Greater
Atlantic Region manages these fisheries
in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
of the Northeastern United States
through the Atlantic Surfclam and
Ocean Quahog Fishery Management
Plan (FMP). The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council prepared the FMP
pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The
regulations implementing the FMP are
specified at 50 CFR part 648.
The recordkeeping and reporting
requirements at §§ 648.74, 648.75, and
648.76 form the basis for this collection
of information. We request information
from surfclam and ocean quahog
individual transferable quota (ITQ)
permit holders to issue ITQ permits and
to process and track requests from
permit holders to transfer quota share or
cage tags. We also request information
from surfclam and ocean quahog ITQ
permit holders to track and properly
account for surfclam and ocean quahog
harvest shucked at sea. Because there is
not a standard conversion factor for
estimating unshucked product from
shucked product, NMFS requires
vessels that shuck product at sea to
carry on board the vessel a NMFSapproved observer to certify the amount
of these clams harvested. This
information, upon receipt, results in an
efficient and accurate database for
management and monitoring of fisheries
of the Northeastern U.S. EEZ.
Georges Bank has been closed to the
harvest of surfclams and ocean quahogs
since 1990 due to red tide blooms that
cause paralytic shellfish poisoning
(PSP). We reopened a portion of the
Georges Bank Closed Area starting in
2012 under certain conditions. We
request information from surfclam and
ocean quahog ITQ permit holders who
fish in the reopened area to ensure
compliance with the Protocol for
Onboard Screening and Dockside
Testing in Molluscan Shellfish. The U.S.
Food and Drug Administration, the
commercial fishing industry, and NMFS
developed the PSP protocol to test and
verify that clams harvested from
Georges Bank continue to be safe for
human consumption. The National
Shellfish Sanitation Program adopted
the PSP protocol at the October 2011
Interstate Shellfish Sanitation
Conference.
The Council has approved
Amendment 20 to the Surfclam and
Ocean Quahog FMP, which would
implement an excessive shares cap in
this fishery. If that action is approved
and implemented, some of the fields in
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the ITQ ownership form and the ITQ
transfer form may change as a result.
Any revisions to this collection will be
specified in the upcoming proposed rule
for the amendment.
II. Method of Collection
Forms are online at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-englandmid-atlantic/resources-fishing/greateratlantic-region-forms-and-applicationssummary as ‘‘fillable’’ pdf documents,
which can then be downloaded, printed,
and faxed, mailed, or emailed to NMFS.
ITQ transfer forms may also be
submitted electronically. Information
for the PSP protocol is submitted
through paper forms, as well as through
electronic methods, including email,
telephone, and shipboard electronic
equipment such as VHF radio, email, or
a vessel monitoring system.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0240.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals and
Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
177.
Estimated Time per Response: ITQ
permit application form, review of a
pre-filled form for renewing entities,
ITQ transfer form, 5 minutes each; 1
hour to complete the ITQ ownership
form for new applicants and 30 minutes
for the application to shuck surfclams
and ocean quahogs at sea. The
requirements under the PSP protocol are
based on the number of vessels that land
surfclams or ocean quahogs and the
number of trips taken into the area, with
a total estimated annual burden of 2,400
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,473.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $111,757.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq, Section 303).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
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Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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Patent and Trademark Office
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Matters Related to First
Inventor To File
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) 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. The
USPTO invites comment on this
information collection renewal, which
helps the USPTO assess the impact of
its information collection requirements
and minimize the public’s reporting
burden. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal
Register on October 5, 2021 during a 60day comment period. This notice allows
for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Department of
Commerce.
Title: Matters Related to First Inventor
To File.
OMB Control Number: 0651–0071.
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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; Surfclam/Ocean Quahog Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ)
Administration
AGENCY: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before March 21, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0240 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Douglas Potts, Fishery Policy Analyst, 978-281-9341 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a currently approved collection
associated
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with the Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries. National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) Greater Atlantic Region manages these
fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Northeastern
United States through the Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
prepared the FMP pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The regulations implementing
the FMP are specified at 50 CFR part 648.
The recordkeeping and reporting requirements at Sec. Sec. 648.74,
648.75, and 648.76 form the basis for this collection of information.
We request information from surfclam and ocean quahog individual
transferable quota (ITQ) permit holders to issue ITQ permits and to
process and track requests from permit holders to transfer quota share
or cage tags. We also request information from surfclam and ocean
quahog ITQ permit holders to track and properly account for surfclam
and ocean quahog harvest shucked at sea. Because there is not a
standard conversion factor for estimating unshucked product from
shucked product, NMFS requires vessels that shuck product at sea to
carry on board the vessel a NMFS-approved observer to certify the
amount of these clams harvested. This information, upon receipt,
results in an efficient and accurate database for management and
monitoring of fisheries of the Northeastern U.S. EEZ.
Georges Bank has been closed to the harvest of surfclams and ocean
quahogs since 1990 due to red tide blooms that cause paralytic
shellfish poisoning (PSP). We reopened a portion of the Georges Bank
Closed Area starting in 2012 under certain conditions. We request
information from surfclam and ocean quahog ITQ permit holders who fish
in the reopened area to ensure compliance with the Protocol for Onboard
Screening and Dockside Testing in Molluscan Shellfish. The U.S. Food
and Drug Administration, the commercial fishing industry, and NMFS
developed the PSP protocol to test and verify that clams harvested from
Georges Bank continue to be safe for human consumption. The National
Shellfish Sanitation Program adopted the PSP protocol at the October
2011 Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference.
The Council has approved Amendment 20 to the Surfclam and Ocean
Quahog FMP, which would implement an excessive shares cap in this
fishery. If that action is approved and implemented, some of the fields
in the ITQ ownership form and the ITQ transfer form may change as a
result. Any revisions to this collection will be specified in the
upcoming proposed rule for the amendment.
II. Method of Collection
Forms are online at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/new-england-mid-atlantic/resources-fishing/greater-atlantic-region-forms-and-applications-summary as ``fillable'' pdf documents, which can then be
downloaded, printed, and faxed, mailed, or emailed to NMFS. ITQ
transfer forms may also be submitted electronically. Information for
the PSP protocol is submitted through paper forms, as well as through
electronic methods, including email, telephone, and shipboard
electronic equipment such as VHF radio, email, or a vessel monitoring
system.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0240.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals and Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 177.
Estimated Time per Response: ITQ permit application form, review of
a pre-filled form for renewing entities, ITQ transfer form, 5 minutes
each; 1 hour to complete the ITQ ownership form for new applicants and
30 minutes for the application to shuck surfclams and ocean quahogs at
sea. The requirements under the PSP protocol are based on the number of
vessels that land surfclams or ocean quahogs and the number of trips
taken into the area, with a total estimated annual burden of 2,400
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,473.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $111,757.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq, Section 303).
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-01007 Filed 1-19-22; 8:45 am]
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