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Dated: March 22, 2024.
Everett Wayne Baxter,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XC937]
Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine
Conservation Plan for Guam; Western
Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of agency decision.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces approval of
a Marine Conservation Plan (MCP) for
Guam.
DATES: This agency decision is effective
from March 27, 2024 through August 3,
2026.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of
the MCP, identified by NOAA–NMFS–
2023–0059, from the Federal eRulemaking Portal, https://
www.regulations.gov/docket/NOAANMFS-2023-0059, or from the Western
Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council), 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400,
Honolulu, HI 96813, 808–522–8220,
https://www.wpcouncil.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Keith Kamikawa, Sustainable Fisheries,
NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office,
808–725–5177.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
204(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes the
Secretary of State, with the concurrence
of the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary), and in consultation with the
Council, to negotiate and enter into a
Pacific Insular Area fishery agreement
(PIAFA). A PIAFA would allow foreign
fishing within the U.S. Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) adjacent to
American Samoa, Guam, or the
Northern Mariana Islands. The Governor
of the Pacific Insular Area to which the
PIAFA applies must request the PIAFA.
The Secretary of State may negotiate
and enter the PIAFA after consultation
with, and concurrence of, the applicable
Governor.
Before entering into a PIAFA, the
applicable Governor, with concurrence
of the Council, must develop and
submit to the Secretary a 3-year MCP
providing details on uses for any funds
collected by the Secretary under the
PIAFA. NMFS is the designee of the
Secretary for MCP review and approval.
The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires
payments received under a PIAFA to be
deposited into the United States
Treasury and then conveyed to the
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Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for
which funds were collected.
In the case of violations by foreign
fishing vessels in the EEZ around any
Pacific Insular Area, amounts received
by the Secretary attributable to fines and
penalties imposed under the MagnusonStevens Act, including sums collected
from the forfeiture and disposition or
sale of property seized subject to its
authority, are deposited into the
Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area
adjacent to the EEZ in which the
violation occurred, after direct costs of
the enforcement action are subtracted.
The Pacific Insular Area government
may use funds deposited into the
Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for
fisheries enforcement and for
implementation of an MCP.
Federal regulations at 50 CFR 665.819
authorize NMFS to specify catch limits
for longline-caught bigeye tuna for U.S.
territories. NMFS may also authorize
each territory to allocate a portion of
that limit to U.S. longline fishing vessels
that are permitted to fish under the
Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic
Fisheries of the Western Pacific (FEP).
Payments collected under specified
fishing agreements are deposited into
the Western Pacific Sustainable
Fisheries Fund, and any funds
attributable to a particular territory may
be used only for implementation of that
territory’s MCP. An MCP must be
consistent with the Council’s FEPs,
must identify conservation and
management objectives (including
criteria for determining when such
objectives have been met), and must
prioritize planned marine conservation
projects.
At its September 2023 meeting, the
Council reviewed and concurred with
the MCP. On November 27, 2023, the
Governor of Guam submitted the MCP
to NMFS for review and approval. The
MCP contains the following six
conservation and management
objectives:
1. Fisheries resource assessment,
research and monitoring;
2. Effective surveillance and
enforcement mechanisms;
3. Promote ecosystems approach in
fisheries management, climate change
adaptation and mitigation, and regional
cooperation;
4. Public participation, research,
education and outreach, and local
capacity building;
5. Domestic fisheries development;
and
6. Recognizing the importance of
island cultures and traditional fishing
practices and community based
management.
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Please refer to the MCP for projects
and activities designed to meet each
objective, the evaluative criteria, and
priority rankings.
This notice announces that NMFS has
reviewed the MCP and determined that
it satisfies the requirements of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act. Accordingly,
NMFS has approved the MCP for the
time period from the publication of this
notice through August 3, 2026. This
MCP supersedes the one approved
previously for August 4, 2020, through
August 3, 2023 (85 FR 55642, September
9, 2020).
Dated: March 22, 2024.
Everett Wayne Baxter,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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[Docket No.: PTO–C–2024–0008]
WIPO Diplomatic Conference on the
Design Law Treaty
United States Patent and
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Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO), Department
of Commerce, requests public comments
on negotiations at the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) regarding
a proposed Design Law Treaty (DLT). A
diplomatic conference to finalize the
DLT will be conducted in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia on November 11–22, 2024.
Public comments are requested
regarding the DLT.
The negotiations at the Diplomatic
Conference will be the culmination of
years of discussions at the WIPO
Standing Committee on the Law of
Trademarks, Industrial Designs, and
Geographical Indications (SCT). The
provisions of the DLT will pertain to
formalities associated with applications
for the protection of industrial designs,
and its adoption may result in changes
to requirements associated with filing
these applications in the United States.
DATES: Written comments must be
received by June 25, 2024 to ensure
consideration.
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For reasons of government
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Mail to: Keith M. Mullervy, Patent
Attorney, Mail Stop OPIA, U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Keith M. Mullervy, Patent Attorney,
Office of Policy and International
Affairs (OPIA), at 571–270–7079.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WIPO is a
specialized United Nations agency
based in Geneva, Switzerland. The
WIPO SCT is a forum at which WIPO
Member States 1 and accredited
observers facilitate coordination and
provide guidance on the development of
international law on trademarks,
industrial designs, and geographical
indications, including the
harmonization of national laws and
procedures.
The draft DLT aims to help designers
obtain easier, faster and cheaper
protection for their industrial designs—
both in domestic and foreign markets.
The DLT would streamline the global
system for protecting industrial designs,
which are an integral part of many
brands, by simplifying and aligning
requirements associated with industrial
design filings. If approved, these
changes would benefit the community
of designers, particularly for small-scale
designers who may have limited access
to legal support for registering their
industrial designs. In particular, the
DLT would make it significantly easier
for small and medium-sized enterprises
to obtain industrial design protection
overseas as a result of simplified,
1 WIPO currently has 193 Member States.
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streamlined and aligned procedures and
requirements.
Work on the simplification of
procedures for the protection of
industrial designs was initially started
in the WIPO SCT in 2006 and gradually
matured into an initial set of draft
Articles (WIPO/SCT/35/2,2 the
‘‘Industrial Design Law and Practice—
Draft Articles’’) and draft Regulations
(WIPO/SCT/35/3,3 the ‘‘Industrial
Design Law and Practice—Draft
Regulations’’) for a treaty. Similar
treaties already exist in the area of
patents (Patent Law Treaty of 2000) and
trademarks (Trademark Law Treaty of
1994 and Singapore Treaty on the Law
of Trademarks of 2006).
In 2006 and 2007, the SCT requested
the WIPO Secretariat to develop a set of
questionnaires relating to the formalities
of industrial design registration and to
the differences between all types of
marks and industrial designs, with a
view to promoting a better
understanding of the different design
systems. In response, the Secretariat
developed a set of questionnaires on
industrial design law and practice and
circulated them among SCT members.
After receiving replies from the SCT
members, the Secretariat compiled a
summary of replies to the set of
questionnaires (WIPO/Strad/INF/2
Rev.2).4 In addition, in 2011 and 2012,
the SCT requested that the Secretariat
prepare a study on the impact of the
Draft Articles and Draft Regulations. In
response, the Secretariat, with the
involvement of the WIPO Chief
Economist prepared the study (WIPO/
SCT/27/4 5 and WIPO/SCT/27/4 ADD).6
In addition, at its Fifty-Fifth (30th
Extraordinary) Session, held in Geneva
on July 14–22, 2022, the WIPO General
Assembly decided to convene a
diplomatic conference (to be held no
later than 2024) to conclude and adopt
a Design Law Treaty, based on:
document WIPO/SCT/35/2; document
WIPO/SCT/35/3; the 2019 proposal
considered by the WIPO General
Assembly, on draft Articles and
Regulations on Industrial Design Law
and Practice; and any other
contributions by Member States. The
General Assembly further decided to
convene a Preparatory Committee in the
second half of 2023 to establish the
2 https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/sct/en/sct_
35/sct_35_2.pdf.
3 https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/sct/en/sct_
35/sct_35_3.pdf.
4 https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/sct/en/
meetings/pdf/wipo_strad_inf_2_rev_2.pdf.
5 https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/sct/en/sct_
27/sct_27_4.pdf.
6 https://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/sct/en/sct_
29/sct_27_4_add.pdf.
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC937]
Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine Conservation Plan for Guam;
Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of agency decision.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval of a Marine Conservation Plan (MCP)
for Guam.
DATES: This agency decision is effective from March 27, 2024 through
August 3, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of the MCP, identified by NOAA-NMFS-
2023-0059, from the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal, https://www.regulations.gov/docket/NOAA-NMFS-2023-0059, or from the Western
Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), 1164 Bishop St., Suite
1400, Honolulu, HI 96813, 808-522-8220, https://www.wpcouncil.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Kamikawa, Sustainable Fisheries,
NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office, 808-725-5177.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 204(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act)
authorizes the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), and in consultation with the
Council, to negotiate and enter into a Pacific Insular Area fishery
agreement (PIAFA). A PIAFA would allow foreign fishing within the U.S.
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) adjacent to American Samoa, Guam, or the
Northern Mariana Islands. The Governor of the Pacific Insular Area to
which the PIAFA applies must request the PIAFA. The Secretary of State
may negotiate and enter the PIAFA after consultation with, and
concurrence of, the applicable Governor.
Before entering into a PIAFA, the applicable Governor, with
concurrence of the Council, must develop and submit to the Secretary a
3-year MCP providing details on uses for any funds collected by the
Secretary under the PIAFA. NMFS is the designee of the Secretary for
MCP review and approval. The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires payments
received under a PIAFA to be deposited into the United States Treasury
and then conveyed to the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for which
funds were collected.
In the case of violations by foreign fishing vessels in the EEZ
around any Pacific Insular Area, amounts received by the Secretary
attributable to fines and penalties imposed under the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, including sums collected from the forfeiture and disposition or
sale of property seized subject to its authority, are deposited into
the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area adjacent to the EEZ in which
the violation occurred, after direct costs of the enforcement action
are subtracted. The Pacific Insular Area government may use funds
deposited into the Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for fisheries
enforcement and for implementation of an MCP.
Federal regulations at 50 CFR 665.819 authorize NMFS to specify
catch limits for longline-caught bigeye tuna for U.S. territories. NMFS
may also authorize each territory to allocate a portion of that limit
to U.S. longline fishing vessels that are permitted to fish under the
Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific
(FEP). Payments collected under specified fishing agreements are
deposited into the Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund, and any
funds attributable to a particular territory may be used only for
implementation of that territory's MCP. An MCP must be consistent with
the Council's FEPs, must identify conservation and management
objectives (including criteria for determining when such objectives
have been met), and must prioritize planned marine conservation
projects.
At its September 2023 meeting, the Council reviewed and concurred
with the MCP. On November 27, 2023, the Governor of Guam submitted the
MCP to NMFS for review and approval. The MCP contains the following six
conservation and management objectives:
1. Fisheries resource assessment, research and monitoring;
2. Effective surveillance and enforcement mechanisms;
3. Promote ecosystems approach in fisheries management, climate
change adaptation and mitigation, and regional cooperation;
4. Public participation, research, education and outreach, and
local capacity building;
5. Domestic fisheries development; and
6. Recognizing the importance of island cultures and traditional
fishing practices and community based management.
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Please refer to the MCP for projects and activities designed to
meet each objective, the evaluative criteria, and priority rankings.
This notice announces that NMFS has reviewed the MCP and determined
that it satisfies the requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
Accordingly, NMFS has approved the MCP for the time period from the
publication of this notice through August 3, 2026. This MCP supersedes
the one approved previously for August 4, 2020, through August 3, 2023
(85 FR 55642, September 9, 2020).
Dated: March 22, 2024.
Everett Wayne Baxter,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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