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in the economic and social analyses
developed when proposing and
evaluating fishery management actions.
The data are also used in annual reports
such as Fisheries of the United States
and is provided to other agencies,
academia, and industry members as
needed and allowed through the
Magnuson Stevens Act.
This year, we are proposing to modify
the survey to allow respondents to mark
themselves as more than one type of
operation (i.e., Processor, wholesaler,
cold storage, and/or other) and we are
asking them to specify the number of
processing line workers they have, if
they are a processor.
II. Method of Collection
Responses are submitted by mail, via
postage-paid envelopes provided by
NOAA Fisheries. If preferred by the
processor, an electronically fillable pdf
can also be provided and transmitted
via encrypted messaging. Lastly, as an
alternative option, interested processors
can request an online account to our
Fisheries One Stop Shop (FOSS) portal
and enter and submit data
electronically.
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0018.
Form Number(s): NOAA Forms 88–
13, 88–13C.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
revision of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
620.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 310 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
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including whether the information will
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collection techniques or other forms of
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XD186]
International Affairs; Northwest
Atlantic Fisheries Organization
Consultative Committee Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
NMFS announces a public
meeting of the Northwest Atlantic
Fisheries Organization Consultative
Committee. This meeting will help to
ensure that the interests of U.S.
stakeholders in the fisheries of the
Northwest Atlantic Ocean are
adequately represented at the Annual
Meeting of the Organization. Northwest
Atlantic Fisheries Organization
Consultative Committee members and
all other interested U.S. stakeholders are
invited to attend.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held August
16, 2023, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST.
DATES:
The meeting will be held at
National Marine Fisheries Service’s
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries
Office, 55 Great Republic Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930. Please notify
Shannah Jaburek (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) by August 16,
2023, if you plan to attend the meeting
in person or remotely. The meeting will
be accessible by webinar—instructions
will be emailed to meeting participants
who provide notice.
ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shannah Jaburek, Shannah.jaburek@
noaa.gov, (978) 282–8456.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization (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.
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
to 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 13 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, the United Kingdom, and the
United States.
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. NMFS, and the U.S. government
more generally, are committed to
advancing diversity, equity, inclusion,
and accessibility at all levels, including
within the communities we serve and
protect. Consistent with this
commitment, NMFS is taking steps
aimed at increasing the diversity of
stakeholder voices that represent the
United States in our international
fisheries engagements, including by
promoting greater diversity and
representation of underserved
communities in the pool of potential
candidates for appointment as NCC
members. Through this notice, NMFS is
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also taking steps to advance a
transparent process that promotes
equity, inclusion, and accessibility
when seeking nominees to serve in
these important roles. As such, NMFS
encourages nominations for women and
for individuals from underserved
communities that meet the knowledge,
experience, and other legal
requirements of the positions described
in this notice. See Executive Order
(E.O.) 13985 (Advancing Racial Equity
and Support for Underserved
Communities Through the Federal
Government) § 2 (defining ‘‘underserved
communities’’ as ‘‘populations sharing a
particular characteristic, as well as
geographic communities, that have been
systematically denied a full opportunity
to participate in aspects of economic,
social, and civic life,’’ ‘‘such as Black,
Latino, and Indigenous and Native
American persons, Asian Americans
and Pacific Islanders and other persons
of color; members of religious
minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+)
persons; persons with disabilities;
persons who live in rural areas; and
persons otherwise adversely affected by
persistent poverty or inequality.’’). E.O.
13985 is available at https://
www.federalregister.gov/documents/
2021/01/25/2021-01753/advancingracial-equity-and-support-forunderserved-communities-through-thefederal-government.
Members shall be appointed to a 2year 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,
and unless information at those
meetings is otherwise protected, NCC
members 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 NAFO fisheries. In
addition, NCC members may attend all
public meetings of the NAFO
Commission and any other meetings to
which they are invited.
If you are interested in becoming a
member of the NCC, please contact
Shannah Jaburek (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) for additional
details. The NAFO Annual Meeting will
be held September 22–28, 2023, in Vigo,
Spain. Additional information about the
meeting can be found at: https://
www.nafo.int/Meetings/AM.
Special Accommodations
The meeting location is physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
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Dated: July 20, 2023.
Alexa Cole,
Director, NOAA Fisheries Office of
International, Affairs, Trade, and Commerce.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental
To Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Marine Site
Characterization Surveys Offshore of
New Jersey
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental
harassment authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as
amended, notification is hereby given
that NMFS has issued an incidental
harassment authorization (IHA) to
Ocean Wind II, LLC (Ocean Wind II) to
incidentally harass marine mammals
during marine characterization surveys
off New Jersey.
DATES: This Authorization is effective
from July 31, 2023, through July 30,
2024.
SUMMARY:
Electronic copies of the
original application and supporting
documents (including NMFS Federal
Register notices of the original proposed
and final authorizations, and the
previous IHA), as well as a list of the
references cited in this document, may
be obtained online at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. In case
of problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carter Esch, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
Background
The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of
marine mammals, with certain
exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and
(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce
(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
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engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
incidental take authorization may be
provided to the public for review.
Authorization for incidental takings
shall be granted if NMFS finds that the
taking will have a negligible impact on
the species or stock(s) and will not have
an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
taking for subsistence uses (where
relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe
the permissible methods of taking and
other ‘‘means of effecting the least
practicable adverse impact’’ on the
affected species or stocks and their
habitat, paying particular attention to
rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of
similar significance, and on the
availability of such species or stocks for
taking for certain subsistence uses
(referred to in shorthand as
‘‘mitigation’’); and requirements
pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
and reporting of such takings are set
forth.
The definitions of all applicable
MMPA statutory terms cited above are
included in the relevant sections below.
History of Request
On October 1, 2021, NMFS received a
request from Ocean Wind II for an IHA
to take marine mammals incidental to
high-resolution geophysical (HRG)
marine site characterization surveys
offshore of New Jersey in the area of the
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s
(BOEM) Commercial Lease of
Submerged Lands for Renewable Energy
Development on the Outer Continental
Shelf Lease Area (OCS–A) 0532 and
associated Export Cable Route (ECR)
area. Ocean Wind II requested
authorization to take small numbers of
16 species (comprising 17 stocks) of
marine mammals by Level B harassment
only. NMFS published a notice of the
proposed IHA in the Federal Register
on March 16, 2022 (87 FR 14823). After
a 30-day public comment period and
consideration of all public comments
received, we subsequently issued the
IHA on May 19, 2022 (87 FR 30453),
which was effective from May 10, 2022
through May 9, 2023.
Ocean Wind II conducted the required
marine mammal mitigation and
monitoring and did not exceed the
authorized levels of take under previous
IHAs issued for surveys offshore of New
Jersey (see 87 FR 30452, May 19, 2022).
These previous monitoring results are
available to the public on our website:
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD186]
International Affairs; Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
Consultative Committee Meeting
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 public meeting of the Northwest Atlantic
Fisheries Organization Consultative Committee. This meeting will help
to ensure that the interests of U.S. stakeholders in the fisheries of
the Northwest Atlantic Ocean are adequately represented at the Annual
Meeting of the Organization. Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
Consultative Committee members and all other interested U.S.
stakeholders are invited to attend.
DATES: The meeting will be held August 16, 2023, from 1:30 p.m. to 3
p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at National Marine Fisheries
Service's Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great Republic
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Please notify Shannah Jaburek (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) by August 16, 2023, if you plan to attend
the meeting in person or remotely. The meeting will be accessible by
webinar--instructions will be emailed to meeting participants who
provide notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannah Jaburek,
[email protected], (978) 282-8456.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization (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. 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 to 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 13 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, the United Kingdom, and
the United States.
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. NMFS, and the U.S. government more generally,
are committed to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and
accessibility at all levels, including within the communities we serve
and protect. Consistent with this commitment, NMFS is taking steps
aimed at increasing the diversity of stakeholder voices that represent
the United States in our international fisheries engagements, including
by promoting greater diversity and representation of underserved
communities in the pool of potential candidates for appointment as NCC
members. Through this notice, NMFS is
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also taking steps to advance a transparent process that promotes
equity, inclusion, and accessibility when seeking nominees to serve in
these important roles. As such, NMFS encourages nominations for women
and for individuals from underserved communities that meet the
knowledge, experience, and other legal requirements of the positions
described in this notice. See Executive Order (E.O.) 13985 (Advancing
Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the
Federal Government) Sec. 2 (defining ``underserved communities'' as
``populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as
geographic communities, that have been systematically denied a full
opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic
life,'' ``such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American
persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of
color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities;
persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely
affected by persistent poverty or inequality.''). E.O. 13985 is
available at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/25/2021-01753/advancing-racial-equity-and-support-for-underserved-communities-through-the-federal-government.
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, and unless information at
those meetings is otherwise protected, NCC members 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 NAFO fisheries. In addition, NCC members may attend all
public meetings of the NAFO Commission and any other meetings to which
they are invited.
If you are interested in becoming a member of the NCC, please
contact Shannah Jaburek (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) for
additional details. The NAFO Annual Meeting will be held September 22-
28, 2023, in Vigo, Spain. Additional information about the meeting can
be found at: https://www.nafo.int/Meetings/AM.
Special Accommodations
The meeting location is physically accessible to people with
disabilities.
Dated: July 20, 2023.
Alexa Cole,
Director, NOAA Fisheries Office of International, Affairs, Trade, and
Commerce.
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