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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 82 / Friday, April 27, 2018 / Notices

Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date. This meeting will be
recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C.
1852, a copy of the recording is
available upon request.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 24, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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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.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Alaska Chinook Salmon
Economic Data Report.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0633.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 117.
Average Hours per Response: 40
hours for Compensated Transfer Report;
4 hours each for Vessel Fuel Survey,
Vessel Master Survey; and Chinook EDR
Verification/Audit.
Burden Hours: 728.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) manages the Bering Sea pollock
fishery under the American Fisheries
Act (AFA) (16 U.S.C. 1851). AFA fishing
vessels harvest pollock in the Bering Sea
pollock fishery using pelagic (midwater) trawl gear, which consists of
large nets towed through the water by
the vessel. At times, Chinook salmon
and pollock occur in the same locations
in the Bering Sea; consequently,
Chinook salmon are incidentally caught
in the nets as pollock is harvested. This
incidental catch is called bycatch and is
also called prohibited species catch
(PSC).

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The Chinook Salmon Economic Data
Report (Chinook Salmon EDR) Program
provides NMFS and the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council)
with data to evaluate the effectiveness of
Chinook salmon bycatch management
measures for the Bering Sea pollock
fishery that were implemented under
Amendment 91 to the Fishery
Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (75 FR 53026, August
30, 2010). The EDR consists of three
data collections that are submitted
annually by owners and operators of
catcher vessels, catcher/processors,
motherships, and the Western Alaska
Community Development Quota
Program groups qualified to participate
in the Bering Sea pollock fishery (50
CFR 679.65). The Chinook Salmon EDR
Program also includes a means for
NMFS to verify the data submitted in
these three collections.
NMFS and the Council use the
information to determine the
effectiveness of the Incentive Plan
Agreement (IPA), the IPA incentives, the
PSC limits, and the performance
standard in terms of minimizing salmon
bycatch in times of high and low levels
of salmon abundance. NMFS and the
Council also use the data to evaluate
how Amendment 91 affects where,
when, and how pollock fishing and
salmon bycatch occur and to study and
verify conclusions drawn by industry in
the IPA annual reports.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
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: April 24, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Pacific Islands
Logbook Family of Forms
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
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 June 26, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, 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:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Fishermen in Federally-managed
fisheries in the Pacific Islands Region
are required to provide certain
information about their fishing
activities, catch, and interactions with
protected species by submitting reports
to National Marine Fisheries Service,
per 50 CFR part 665. These data are
needed to determine the condition of
the stocks and whether the current
management measures are having the
intended effects, to evaluate the benefits
and costs of changes in management
measures, and to monitor and respond
to accidental takes of endangered and
threatened species, including seabirds,
sea turtles, and marine mammals.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic or paper forms. Methods of
submittal include email of electronic
forms, submission via vessel monitoring
system device or online, and mail and
facsimile transmission of paper forms.

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