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minimum stock size threshold (MSST).
NMFS informed the South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council that they
must take action to end overfishing
immediately on this stock and
implement conservation and
management measures to rebuild it.
NMFS has determined that the Gulf of
Mexico greater amberjack is subject to
overfishing. This determination is based
on the most recent assessment (SEDAR
33 Update), finalized in 2016, using data
through 2015. This assessment supports
a finding of subject to overfishing
because the current estimate of F is
above the MFMT. This stock remains
overfished because the spawning stock
biomass estimate is less than the MSST.
NMFS informed the Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council that they
must take action to end overfishing
immediately on this stock and
implement conservation and
management measures to rebuild it.
NMFS has determined that
Northwestern Atlantic witch flounder is
still overfished and the overfishing
status is unknown. The assessment peer
review panel for this stock rejected the
most recent benchmark assessment,
finalized in 2017, using data through
2015. However, this stock is at historical
low levels and other signs of poor stock
condition support this stock remaining
listed as overfished. Lack of similar
reliable indicators for overfishing status
support changing the overfishing status
of this stock to unknown. NMFS has
notified the New England Fishery
Management Council that they must
implement conservation and
management measures to rebuild this
stock.
Dated: September 22, 2017.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Non-Commercial
Permit and Reporting Requirements in
the Main Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish
Fishery
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing

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effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 27,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Walter Ikehara, (808) 725–
5175 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Regulations at 50 CFR 665, Subpart C,
require that all participants (including
vessel owners, operators, and crew) in
the boat-based non-commercial
bottomfish fishery in the Exclusive
Economic Zone around the main
Hawaiian Islands obtain a federal
bottomfish permit. This collection of
information is needed for permit
issuance, to identify actual or potential
participants in the fishery, determine
qualifications for permits, and to help
measure the impacts of management
controls on the participants in the
fishery. The permit program is also an
effective tool in the enforcement of
fishery regulations and serves as a link
between the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) and fishermen.
Regulations at 50 CFR 665 require that
all vessel owners or operators in this
fishery submit a completed logbook
form at the completion of each fishing
trip. These logbook reporting sheets
document the species and amount of
species caught during the trip. The
reporting requirements are crucial to
ensure that NMFS and the Western
Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) will be able to monitor the
fishery and have fishery-dependent
information to develop an Annual Catch
Limit for the fishery, evaluate the
effectiveness of management measures,
determine whether changes in fishery
management programs are necessary,
and estimate the impacts and
implications of alternative management
measures.

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II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic or paper forms. Methods of
submittal include email of electronic
forms, and mail and facsimile
transmission of paper forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0577.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or small
businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes per paper permit application; 5
minutes per online permit application;
2 hours per appeal of denied permit; 20
minutes per trip report logsheet.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 98.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $3,850 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: September 22, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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