North Pacific Albacore United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting Announcement, 9039 [2022-03434]
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Participants in most federally
managed fisheries in the NMFS
Southeast Region are currently required
to keep and submit catch and effort
logbooks from their fishing trips. A
subset of fishermen on these vessels also
provides information on the species and
quantities of fish, shellfish, marine
turtles, and marine mammals that are
caught and discarded or have interacted
with the fishing gear. A subset of
fishermen on these vessels also provides
information about dockside prices, trip
operating costs, and annual fixed costs.
An intercept survey for vessels with
Federal charter vessel/headboat permits
is designed to support and validate the
electronic logbooks.
The data are used for scientific
analyses that support critical
conservation and management decisions
made by national and international
fishery management organizations.
Interaction reports are needed for
fishery management planning and to
help protect endangered species and
marine mammals. Price and cost data
will be used in analyses of the economic
effects of proposed and existing
regulations.
Regulatory Amendment 29 effective
July 15, 2020 would require at least one
descending device to be on board and
ready for use on commercial, for-hire,
and private recreational vessels while
fishing for or possessing snappergrouper species in the South Atlantic.
Most recently the Descend Act was
passed, which added a new section 321
to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act.
This requires commercial and
recreational fishermen to possess a
venting tool or descending device that is
rigged and ready for use when fishing
for reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico
Exclusive Economic Zone.
Descending devices increase
survivability from barotrauma, which is
injury caused by internal gas expansion
when reeled up from depth. In addition
to being asked to report the number of
fish released respondents would be
asked to report the method used to
release fish as part of their current
logbook submissions. The purpose of
asking respondents to distinguish
between fish releases without
descending devices, fish released with
gas bladders vented, and fish released
with descending devices is to provide
data needed by NMFS to accurately
account for fishing mortality when
performing stock assessments.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations; individuals.
Frequency: Monthly for no activity or
once per fishing trip.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
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Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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
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by using the search function and
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or the OMB Control Number 0648–0016.
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
[RTID 0648–XB787]
North Pacific Albacore United States
Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting
Announcement
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces a U.S.
stakeholder meeting open to the public
to discuss North Pacific albacore
(NPALB) management. This meeting is
intended to prepare for potential
discussions at the 2022 annual meetings
of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission (IATTC) and Western and
Central Pacific Fisheries Commission
Northern Committee (WCPFC NC) on a
harvest strategy for NPALB fisheries.
The meeting topics are described under
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this notice.
DATES: The virtual meeting will be held
on April 5, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
HST (or until business is concluded).
You must complete the registration
process by March 29, 2022, if you plan
to attend the meeting (see ADDRESSES).
Members of the public may submit
written comments on meeting topics or
materials to Valerie Post at valerie.post@
noaa.gov by March 29, 2022, and may
also provide oral comments during the
virtual meeting.
SUMMARY:
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If you plan to attend the
meeting, which will be held by webinar,
please register at https://forms.gle/
eoY4EPsnkdLTyJMP7. Instructions for
attending the meeting will be emailed to
meeting participants before the meeting
occurs.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Valerie Post, Pacific Islands Regional
Office at valerie.post@noaa.gov, (808)
725–5034.
In 2021,
the International Scientific Committee
on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the
North Pacific Ocean (ISC) completed a
management strategy evaluation (MSE)
on NPALB,1 and the ISC Albacore
Working Group hosted a meeting among
U.S. and Canadian stakeholders from
March 22–25, 2021, to review the results
of the MSE. As a follow-up to the ISC
meeting in March 2021, NMFS hosted a
U.S. virtual meeting on June 1, 2021, for
U.S. stakeholders to express their
priorities and consider future
management of NPALB. This April 5
meeting, is intended to follow up to the
June 2021 webinar, as well as to prepare
for anticipated discussions at the IATTC
and WCPFC NC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
NPALB U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topic
This meeting agenda will be
distributed to participants in advance of
the meeting. The meeting agenda will
include a discussion on a potential
future harvest strategy for NPALB and
may include, but is not limited to,
candidate limit and target reference
points.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be indicated when registering for
the meeting (see ADDRESSES) by March
29, 2022.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 6901
et seq.
Dated: February 10, 2022.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB787]
North Pacific Albacore United States Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting
Announcement
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces a U.S. stakeholder meeting open to the public
to discuss North Pacific albacore (NPALB) management. This meeting is
intended to prepare for potential discussions at the 2022 annual
meetings of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Northern Committee
(WCPFC NC) on a harvest strategy for NPALB fisheries. The meeting
topics are described under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
DATES: The virtual meeting will be held on April 5, 2022, from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. HST (or until business is concluded). You must complete the
registration process by March 29, 2022, if you plan to attend the
meeting (see ADDRESSES). Members of the public may submit written
comments on meeting topics or materials to Valerie Post at
[email protected] by March 29, 2022, and may also provide oral
comments during the virtual meeting.
ADDRESSES: If you plan to attend the meeting, which will be held by
webinar, please register at https://forms.gle/eoY4EPsnkdLTyJMP7.
Instructions for attending the meeting will be emailed to meeting
participants before the meeting occurs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valerie Post, Pacific Islands Regional
Office at [email protected], (808) 725-5034.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2021, the International Scientific
Committee on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean
(ISC) completed a management strategy evaluation (MSE) on NPALB,\1\ and
the ISC Albacore Working Group hosted a meeting among U.S. and Canadian
stakeholders from March 22-25, 2021, to review the results of the MSE.
As a follow-up to the ISC meeting in March 2021, NMFS hosted a U.S.
virtual meeting on June 1, 2021, for U.S. stakeholders to express their
priorities and consider future management of NPALB. This April 5
meeting, is intended to follow up to the June 2021 webinar, as well as
to prepare for anticipated discussions at the IATTC and WCPFC NC.
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NPALB U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topic
This meeting agenda will be distributed to participants in advance
of the meeting. The meeting agenda will include a discussion on a
potential future harvest strategy for NPALB and may include, but is not
limited to, candidate limit and target reference points.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be indicated when registering for the meeting (see ADDRESSES) by
March 29, 2022.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and 16
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.
Dated: February 10, 2022.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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