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or fishery management, and other
oceanographic or marine science areas
as deemed appropriate by the
Administrator. Full-time officers or
employees of the United States may not
be appointed as a voting member. Any
voting member of the Panel who is an
applicant for, or beneficiary of (as
determined by the Administrator) any
assistance under 33 U.S.C. 892c shall
disclose to the Panel that relationship,
and may not vote on any other matter
pertaining to that assistance.
Voting members of the Panel serve a
four-year term, except that vacancy
appointments are for the remainder of
the unexpired term of the vacancy.
Members serve at the discretion of the
Administrator and are subject to
government ethics standards. Any
individual appointed to a partial or full
term may be reappointed for one
additional full term. A voting member
may serve until his or her successor has
taken office. The Panel selects one
voting member to serve as the Chair and
another to serve as the Vice Chair. The
Vice Chair acts as Chair in the absence
or incapacity of the Chair but will not
automatically become the Chair if the
Chair resigns. Meetings occur at least
twice a year, and at the call of the Chair
or upon the request of a majority of the
voting members or of the Administrator.
Voting members receive compensation
at a rate established by the
Administrator, not to exceed the
maximum daily rate payable under
section 5376 of title 5, United States
Code, when engaged in performing
duties for the Panel. Members are
reimbursed for actual and reasonable
expenses incurred in performing such
duties.
Past HSRP public meeting summary
reports, agendas, presentations,
transcripts, webinars, and other
information is available online at:
https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/
hsrp/meetings.htm.
Individuals Selected for Panel
Membership
Upon selection and agreement to
serve on the HSRP Panel, you become
a Special Government Employee (SGE)
of the United States Government. 18
U.S.C. 202(a) an SGE (s) is an officer or
employee of an agency who is retained,
designated, appointed, or employed to
perform temporary duties, with or
without compensation, not to exceed
130 days during any period of 365
consecutive days, either on a fulltime or
intermittent basis. After the selection
process is complete, applicants selected
to serve on the Panel must complete the
following actions before they can be
appointed as a Panel member:

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(a) Security Clearance (on-line
Background Security Check process and
fingerprinting conducted through
NOAA Workforce Management); and
(b) Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report—As an SGE, you are required to
file a Confidential Financial Disclosure
Report to avoid involvement in a real or
apparent conflict of interest. You may
find the Confidential Financial
Disclosure Report at the following
website. http://www.usoge.gov/forms/
form_450.aspx.
Dated: February 1, 2018.
Kathryn Ries,
Deputy Director, Office of Coast Survey,
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG008

Meeting of the Advisory Committee to
the United States Delegation to the
International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee
meeting.
AGENCY:

The Advisory Committee
(Committee) to the U.S. Section to the
International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
announces its annual spring meeting to
be held March 5–6, 2018.
DATES: The open sessions of the
Committee meeting will be held on
March 5, 2018, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
and March 6, 2018, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Closed sessions will be held on March
5, 2018, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and on March
6, 2018, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Sheraton Silver Spring Hotel, 8777
Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Terra Lederhouse at (301) 427–8360.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section
to ICCAT will meet in open session to
receive and discuss information on
recreational fisheries in ICCAT;
management strategy evaluation and
harvest control rules; ICCAT stock
assessment methods; the 2017 ICCAT
meeting results and U.S.
implementation of ICCAT decisions;
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NMFS research and monitoring
activities; global and domestic
initiatives related to ICCAT; the Atlantic
Tunas Convention Act-required
consultation on any identification of
countries that are diminishing the
effectiveness of ICCAT; the results of the
meetings of the Committee’s Species
Working Groups; and other matters
relating to the international
management of ICCAT species. The
public will have access to the open
sessions of the meeting, but there will
be no opportunity for public comment.
The agenda is available from the
Committee’s Executive Secretary upon
request (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
The Committee will meet in its
Species Working Groups for part of the
afternoon of March 5, 2018, and for one
hour on the morning of March 6, 2018.
These sessions are not open to the
public, but the results of the Species
Working Group discussions will be
reported to the full Advisory Committee
during the Committee’s open session on
March 6, 2018.
Special Accommodations
The meeting location is physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Terra Lederhouse
at (301) 427–8360 at least 5 days prior
to the meeting date.
Dated: February 9, 2018.
John Henderschedt,
Director, Office of International Affairs and
Seafood Inspection, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Documentation of
Fish Harvest
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.

AGENCY:

ACTION:

Notice.

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

SUMMARY:

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collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted by April 16, 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 Adam Bailey, National
Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast
Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue
South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection. The seafood dealers who
process red porgy, greater amberjack,
gag grouper, black grouper, red grouper,
scamp, red hind, rock hind,
yellowmouth grouper, yellowfin
grouper, graysby or coney during
seasonal fishery closures for applicable
species must maintain documentation,
as specified in 50 CFR part 300 subpart
K and 50 CFR 622.192(i), that such fish
were harvested from areas other than
state or Federal waters in the South
Atlantic. The documentation includes
information on the vessel that harvested
the fish, and where and when the fish
were offloaded. NMFS requires the
information for the enforcement of
fishery regulations.
II. Method of Collection
The information is in the form of a
paper affidavit, which remains with the
respondent.

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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0365.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission—
extension of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
25.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.

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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: February 8, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF988

Fisheries of the South Atlantic;
Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 56 Assessment
Webinars III.
AGENCY:

The SEDAR 56 assessment of
the South Atlantic stock of Black
Seabass will consist of a series
webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
SUMMARY:

SEDAR 56 Assessment webinar
III will be held on Friday, March 2, 2018
from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held via webinar. The webinar is open
to members of the public. Those
interested in participating should
contact Julia Byrd at SEDAR (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) to
request an invitation providing webinar
access information. Please request
webinar invitations at least 24 hours in
advance of each webinar.
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SEDAR address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N.
Charleston, SC 29405;
www.sedarweb.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber
Place Drive, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571–
4366; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management
Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf
States Marine Fisheries Commissions,
have implemented the Southeast Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
process, a multi-step method for
determining the status of fish stocks in
the Southeast Region. The product of
the SEDAR webinar series will be a
report which compiles and evaluates
potential datasets and recommends
which datasets are appropriate for
assessment analyses, and describes the
fisheries, evaluates the status of the
stock, estimates biological benchmarks,
projects future population conditions,
and recommends research and
monitoring needs. Participants for
SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the
Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management
Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast
Regional Office, Highly Migratory
Species Management Division, and
Southeast Fisheries Science Center.
Participants include: data collectors and
database managers; stock assessment
scientists, biologists, and researchers;
constituency representatives including
fishermen, environmentalists, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs);
international experts; and staff of
Councils, Commissions, and state and
federal agencies.
The items of discussion in the
Assessment webinars are as follows:
1. Participants will continue
discussions to develop population
models to evaluate stock status, estimate
population benchmarks, and project
future conditions, as specified in the
Terms of Reference.
2. Participants will recommend the
most appropriate methods and
configurations for determining stock
status and estimating population
parameters.
3. Participants will prepare a
workshop report and determine whether
the assessment(s) are adequate for
submission for review.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal

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