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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 24 / Monday, February 5, 2018 / Notices
regulations and terms of an APO is a
violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: January 30, 2018.
James Maeder,
Senior Director performing the duties of
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration

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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Socioeconomics of Guided
Whale-Watching Operations in the
Stellwagon Bank National Marine
Sanctuary.
OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (request for
a new information collection).
Number of Respondents: 30.
Average Hours per Response: One
hour and 45 minutes.
Burden Hours: 53.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
new information collection to benefit
natural resource managers in Stellwagen
Bank National Marine Sanctuary
(SBNMS).
The National Ocean Service (NOS)
proposes to collect information from
wildlife watching operations to
ascertain the market value of marine
wildlife via the ocean recreational
industry in the Stellwagen Bank/Gulf of
Maine region.
Up-to-date socioeconomic data is
needed to support the conservation and
management goals of SBNMS to
strengthen and improve conservation of
marine wildlife, including whales,
pinnipeds, seals, and seabirds within
the jurisdiction of the sanctuary and to
satisfy legal mandates.
SBNMS is currently in the process of
updating the 2010 Management Plan,
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socioeconomic information on ocean
recreation businesses. The type of data
targeted for this collection has not been
updated since 2008 and there are no
source so information that detail
operators’ perceptions and attitudes
towards the industry and sanctuary.
Thus, current information on the
importance of marine wildlife to the
local tourism industry and operators is
required. The primary focus for the
survey will be to gather data on the nonconsumptive, person-days of marine
wildlife viewing and operators’
perceptions and attitudes. Specifically,
researchers will collect data to help
determine the contribution of marine
wildlife watching operations to the
economy in the Stellwagen Bank region.
The number of person-days of wildlife
viewing is necessary to estimate the
economic value that the industry makes
to the region.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: January 30, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Atlantic Shark Management Measures;
2018 Research Fishery
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

On November 3, 2017, NMFS
published a notice inviting qualified
commercial shark permit holders to
submit applications to participate in the
2018 shark research fishery. The shark
research fishery allows for the collection
of fishery-dependent data for future

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stock assessments and cooperative
research with commercial fishermen to
meet the shark research objectives of the
Agency. Every year, the permit terms
and permitted activities (e.g., number of
hooks and retention limits) specifically
authorized for selected participants in
the shark research fishery are designated
depending on the scientific and research
needs of the Agency, as well as the
number of NMFS-approved observers
available. In order to inform selected
participants of this year’s specific
permit requirements and ensure all
terms and conditions of the permit are
met, NMFS is holding a mandatory
permit holder meeting (via conference
call) for selected participants. The date
and time of that meeting is announced
in this notice.
DATES: A conference call will be held on
February 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: A conference call will be
conducted. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for information on how to
access the conference call.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karyl Brewster-Geisz or Guy DuBeck at
(301) 427–8503 or Delisse Ortiz at (240)
681–9037.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Atlantic shark fisheries are managed
under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act). The 2006 Consolidated Highly
Migratory species (HMS) Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) is
implemented by regulations at 50 CFR
part 635.
The final rule for Amendment 2 to the
2006 Consolidated HMS FMP (73 FR
35778, June 24, 2008, corrected at 73 FR
40658, July 15, 2008) established,
among other things, a shark research
fishery to maintain time-series data for
stock assessments and to meet NMFS’
research objectives. The shark research
fishery gathers important scientific data
and allows selected commercial
fishermen the opportunity to earn more
revenue from selling the sharks caught,
including sandbar sharks. Only the
commercial shark fishermen selected to
participate in the shark research fishery
are authorized to land/harvest sandbar
sharks subject to the sandbar quota
available each year. The 2018 sandbar
shark quota is 90.7 mt dw per year. The
selected shark research fishery
participants also have access to the
research large coastal shark, small
coastal shark, and pelagic shark quotas
subject to retention limits and quotas
per §§ 635.24 and 635.27, respectively.
On November 3, 2017 (82 FR 51218),
NMFS published a notice inviting
qualified commercial shark directed and

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