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Tuesday, May 22, 2018 through
Thursday, May 24, 2018
CCC Session: The agenda for the CCC’s
plenary session will include the
following issues.
(1) Budget Update
(2) National Bycatch Reduction Policy
(3) Electronic Monitoring Policy
Directive
(4) Data Modernization
(5) Development of Electronic
Monitoring in the North Pacific
(6) Legislative Update
(7) Recusal Policy
(8) Ecosystem Based Fishery
Management Regional Implementation
Plans
(9) Exempted Fishing Permits
(10) Best Scientific Information
Available
(11) NMFS Policy Directive
(12) Allocation Reviews
(13) Research Priorities
(14) Aquaculture
(15) International Affairs/Seafood
Inspection
(16) Regulatory Reform
(17) Recreational Fisheries Overview
(18) Citizen Science
(19) NEFMC Program Review
(20) NOAA Fisheries website
Transition
(21) CCC Workgroup Reports
(communications group, habitat
committee, scientific coordination
subcommittee)
(22) CCC Terms of Reference
(23) Other Business
The CCG agenda will include the
following issues:
(1) Communication and technology
tools and procedures
(2) Promoting the regional Council
system
(3) Communicating effectively using
social media
(4) Public comment/input outside of
Council meetings/public hearings
(5) Working effectively with the news
media
(6) Regional and national
communications coordination between
councils and NOAA
(7) Council and advisory body
meeting communication protocols
(8) Education programs and training
of Council/staff
(9) Publications and outreach
(10) Wrap up: Path forward
The Agenda is subject to change, and
the latest version will be posted at
http://www.npfmc.org/.
Public Comment
Public comment letters will be
accepted and should be submitted either
electronically to Diana Evans, Council

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staff: [email protected] or through
the mail: North Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 605 W. 4th Ave.,
Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501–2252.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Shannon Gleason
at (907) 271–2809 at least 7 working
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: April 27, 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
Administration
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: Assessment of the Social and
Economic Impact of Hurricanes and
Other Climate Related Natural Disasters
on Commercial and Recreational
Fishing Industries in the Eastern, Gulf
Coast and Caribbean Territories of the
United States.
OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (request for
a new information collection).
Number of Respondents: 18,747.
Average Hours Per Response: 15–20
minutes.
Burden Hours: 9,373.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a
new information collection.
The NOAA Fisheries Office of Science
and Technology’s Economics and Social
Analysis Division seeks to conduct
assessments of the social and economic
impacts from hurricanes and other
climate related natural disasters on
commercial and recreational fishing
industries in the eastern, gulf coast and
Caribbean territories of the United
States. It seeks to collect data on the
immediate and long-term disruption
and impediments to recovery of normal
business practices to the commercial
and recreational fishing industries. Data

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would be collected from commercial
and recreational for hire fishermen, fish
dealers, bait and tackle stores, marinas
and other businesses dependent on the
fishing industry for livelihood. The data
will improve research and analysis of
potential fishery management actions by
understanding the immediate effects
and/or long-term compounding effects
of natural disasters on communities
most dependent on commercial and
recreational fishing. This data collection
is consistent with the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act and essential for
implementing National Standard 8,
which calls for the sustained
participation of fishing communities.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for profit
organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
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: April 30, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:

Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), this
notice announces that NMFS intends to
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) to inform its decision of
whether to determine that a resource
management plan (RMP) jointly
developed by the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife
(WDFW) and the Puget Sound Tribes
(Tribes), collectively the co-managers,
meets requirements under Limit 6 of the

SUMMARY:

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