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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 50 / Wednesday, March 13, 2024 / Notices
Notice of hybrid conference
meetings.
ACTION:
The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) and its
advisory committees will meet April 1,
2024 through April 9, 2024.
DATES: The Council’s Scientific and
Statistical Committee (SSC) will begin at
8 a.m. in the Aleutian room on Monday,
April 1, 2024, and continue through
Wednesday, April 3, 2024. The
Council’s Advisory Panel (AP) will
begin at 8 a.m. in the Denali room on
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, and continue
through Saturday, April 6, 2024. The
closed Executive/Finance Committee
will meet Wednesday April 3, 2024,
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Council’s
offices. The Council will begin at 8 a.m.
in the Aleutian room on Thursday,
April 4, 2024, and continue through
Tuesday, April 9, 2024. All times listed
are Alaska Time.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be a
hybrid conference. The in-person
component of the meeting will be held
at the Hilton Hotel, 500 W 3rd Ave.,
Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 99501, or join
the meeting online through the links at
https://www.npfmc.org/upcomingcouncil-meetings.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 1007 W
3rd Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501–2252;
telephone: (907) 271–2809. Instructions
for attending the meeting via
webconference are given under
Connection Information, below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Evans, Council staff; email:
diana.evans@noaa.gov; telephone: (907)
271–2809. For technical support, please
contact our Council administrative staff,
email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Agenda
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Monday, April 1, 2024, Through
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
The SSC agenda will include the
following issues:
(1) Scallops—Stock Assessment and
Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report,
Acceptable biological catch (ABC)/Over
Fishing Limit (OFL), Plan Team report.
(2) Salmon bycatch—review (a)
Chinook/chum genetics reports for
Bering Sea (BS), Gulf of Alaska (GOA);
and (c) Chum Salmon Bycatch initial
review analysis.
(3) Amendment 80 Program Review—
review report.
(4) Research Priorities—set 5-year
priorities.
(5) Sablefish study for IRA funding—
discuss for potential analysis.
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The agenda is subject to change, and
the latest version will be posted at
https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/
Details/3040 prior to the meeting, along
with meeting materials.
In addition to providing ongoing
scientific advice for fishery management
decisions, the SSC functions as the
Council’s primary peer review panel for
scientific information, as described by
the Magnuson-Stevens Act section
302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard
2 guidelines (78 FR 43066). The peerreview process is also deemed to satisfy
the requirements of the Information
Quality Act, including the OMB Peer
Review Bulletin guidelines.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024, Through
Saturday, April 6, 2024
The Advisory Panel agenda will
include the following issues:
(1) Scallops—SAFE report, ABC/OFL,
Plan Team report.
(2) Salmon bycatch—review (a)
Chinook/chum genetics reports BS and
GOA, and (c) Chum Salmon Bycatch
initial review analysis.
(3) Area 4 Vessel Caps—Initial
Review.
(4) Amendment 80 Program Review—
review report.
(5) Maximum retention amount
adjustments—review discussion paper.
(6) Research Priorities set 5-year
priorities.
(7) Staff Tasking.
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
The Executive/Finance Committee
will meet in closed session to discuss
Council finances and internal
administrative matters.
Thursday, April 4, 2024, Through
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
The Council agenda will include the
following issues. The Council may take
appropriate action on any of the issues
identified.
(1) B Reports (Executive Director,
NMFS Management, NOAA General
Counsel (GC), Alaska Fishery Science
Center (AFSC), Alaska Department of
Fish and Game (ADF&G), United States
Coast Guard (USCG), United States Fish
and Wildlife Service (USFWS), National
Institute for Occupational Safety &
Health (NIOSH) report, Cooperative
reports, Advisory Panel, SSC report).
(2) Scallops—SAFE report, ABC/OFL,
Plan Team report.
(3) Salmon bycatch—review (a)
Chinook/chum genetics reports BS and
GOA; (b) pollock IPA reports, Sea Share,
and (c) Chum Salmon Bycatch initial
review analysis.
(4) Area 4 Vessel Caps—Initial
Review.
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(5) Amendment 80 Program Review—
review report.
(6) Maximum retention amount
adjustments—review discussion paper.
(7) Research Priorities set 5-year
priorities.
(8) Staff Tasking.
Connection Information
You can attend the meeting online
using a computer, tablet, or smart
phone; or by phone only. Connection
information will be posted online at:
https://www.npfmc.org/upcomingcouncil-meetings. For technical support,
please contact our administrative staff,
email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov.
If you are attending the meeting inperson, please refer to the COVID
avoidance protocols on our website,
https://www.npfmc.org/upcomingcouncil-meetings/.
Public Comment
Public comment letters will be
accepted and should be submitted
electronically through the links at
https://www.npfmc.org/upcomingcouncil-meetings. The Council strongly
encourages written public comment for
this meeting, to avoid any potential for
technical difficulties to compromise oral
testimony. The written comment period
is open from March 8, 2024, to March
29, 2024, and closes at 12 p.m., Alaska
Time on Friday, March 29, 2024.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 8, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Renewal of the Advisory Committee on
Excellence in Space, Formerly the
Advisory Committee on Commercial
Remote Sensing
ACTION:
Notice.
In accordance with the
provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended (FACA), the
Department of Commerce has renewed
and renamed the Advisory Committee
on Commercial Remote Sensing
(ACCRES) as the Advisory Committee
on Excellence in Space (ACES),
determining this action to be in the
public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the
Department by law. ACCRES was
SUMMARY:
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renewed and renamed as ACES on
March 4, 2024.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Committee was first established in May
2002 to advise the Under Secretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
on matters relating to the U.S.
commercial remote sensing industry
and NOAA’s activities to carry out the
responsibilities of the Department of
Commerce set forth in the National and
Commercial Space Programs Act of 2010
(the Act), title 51 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.
(formerly the Land Remote Sensing
Policy Act of 1992, 15 U.S.C. 5621–
5625).
ACES will have a fairly balanced
membership consisting of no more than
25 members serving in a representative
or Special Government Employee
capacity. The members should represent
a variety of space policy, engineering,
technical, science, legal, and finance
professionals with significant expertise
in the commercial space industry. Each
candidate member shall be
recommended by the Director of
NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce
(OSC) and shall be appointed by the
Under Secretary or the OSC Director,
generally for a term of two years and
serve at the discretion of the Under
Secretary or OSC Director.
The Committee will function solely as
an advisory body, and in compliance
with provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. Copies of the
Committee’s revised Charter have been
filed with the appropriate committees of
the Congress and with the Library of
Congress.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jason Y. Kim, Chief of Staff, NOAA
Office of Space Commerce, 1401
Constitution Ave. NW, Room 68015,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone 202–
482–6125; email space.commerce@
noaa.gov.
Michael C. Morgan,
Assistant Secretary for Environmental
Observation and Prediction.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XD786]
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
Provisions; Atlantic Coastal Fisheries
Cooperative Management Act
Provisions; General Provisions for
Domestic Fisheries; Application for
Exempted Fishing Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has
made a preliminary determination that
an Exempted Fishing Permit application
contains all of the required information
and warrants further consideration. The
exempted fishing permit would allow
federally permitted fishing vessels to
fish outside fishery regulations in
support of exempted fishing activities
proposed by the Maine Department of
Marine Resources. Regulations under
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act and
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the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries
Cooperative Management Act require
publication of this notification to
provide interested parties the
opportunity to comment on applications
for proposed exempted fishing permits
(EFP).
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before March 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by the following method:
• Email: nmfs.gar.efp@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ‘‘MDMR 2024
On-demand EFP’’
All comments received are a part of
the public record and will generally be
posted for public viewing in https://
www.noaa.gov/organization/
information-technology/foia-readingroom without change. All personal
identifying information (e.g., name,
address), confidential business
information, or otherwise sensitive
information submitted voluntarily by
the sender will be publicly accessible.
NMFS will accept anonymous
comments (enter ‘‘anonymous’’ as the
signature if you wish to remain
anonymous).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christine Ford, Fishery Management
Specialist, Christine.Ford@noaa.gov,
(978) 281–9185.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Maine
Department of Marine Resources
(MDMR) submitted a complete
application for an EFP to conduct
commercial fishing activities that the
regulations would otherwise restrict to
test alternative gear retrieval systems
that only use one traditional surface
buoy. This EFP would exempt the
participating vessels from the following
Federal regulations:
TABLE 1—REQUESTED EXEMPTIONS
CFR citation
Regulation
Need for exemption
50 CFR 697.21(b)(2) .......................
Gear marking requirements ...........
50 CFR 648.84(b) ...........................
Gear marking requirements ...........
For trial of trap/pot gear with no more than one surface marking on
trawls of more than three traps.
For trial of gillnet gear with no more than one surface marking.
TABLE 2—PROJECT SUMMARY
Project title ......................................
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Project End .....................................
Project objectives ............................
Project location ...............................
Number of vessels ..........................
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Testing various acoustic on-demand fishing technologies that help minimize the risk of large whale entanglements in trap/pot and gillnet fishing gear in the Gulf of Maine.
Upon Issuance.
One year from the date of issuance.
Provide access, training, and support to fishers in the Gulf of Maine to test acoustic on-demand fishing and
gear geolocation technology. Data collected will help provide feedback to manufacturers to adapt to the
specific needs of Maine fishers involved in fixed gear fleets. This work is important to reduce the risk associated with vertical lines to the endangered North Atlantic right whale in the Gulf of Maine.
Trap/pot: Lobster Management Area 1 and all Maine Lobster Conservation Zones (A, B, C, D, E, F, G).
Gillnet: Statistical Areas 513, 514, 515.
50 (up to 45 trap/pot; up to 5 gillnet).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Renewal of the Advisory Committee on Excellence in Space,
Formerly the Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended (FACA), the Department of Commerce has
renewed and renamed the Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing
(ACCRES) as the Advisory Committee on Excellence in Space (ACES),
determining this action to be in the public interest in connection with
the performance of duties imposed on the Department by law. ACCRES was
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renewed and renamed as ACES on March 4, 2024.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee was first established in May
2002 to advise the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
Atmosphere on matters relating to the U.S. commercial remote sensing
industry and NOAA's activities to carry out the responsibilities of the
Department of Commerce set forth in the National and Commercial Space
Programs Act of 2010 (the Act), title 51 U.S.C. 60101 et seq. (formerly
the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992, 15 U.S.C. 5621-5625).
ACES will have a fairly balanced membership consisting of no more
than 25 members serving in a representative or Special Government
Employee capacity. The members should represent a variety of space
policy, engineering, technical, science, legal, and finance
professionals with significant expertise in the commercial space
industry. Each candidate member shall be recommended by the Director of
NOAA's Office of Space Commerce (OSC) and shall be appointed by the
Under Secretary or the OSC Director, generally for a term of two years
and serve at the discretion of the Under Secretary or OSC Director.
The Committee will function solely as an advisory body, and in
compliance with provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
Copies of the Committee's revised Charter have been filed with the
appropriate committees of the Congress and with the Library of
Congress.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Y. Kim, Chief of Staff, NOAA
Office of Space Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Room 68015,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone 202-482-6125; email
[email protected].
Michael C. Morgan,
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Observation and Prediction.
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