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mail or email; use of email is
encouraged. All written comments must
be received by October 11, 2019 (see
ADDRESSES).
NMFS expects members of the public
to conduct themselves appropriately at
the open session of the Advisory
Committee meeting. At the beginning of
the public comment session, an
explanation of the ground rules will be
provided (e.g., alcohol in the meeting
room is prohibited, speakers will be
called to give their comments in the
order in which they registered to speak,
each speaker will have an equal amount
of time to speak and speakers should
not interrupt one another). The session
will be structured so that all attending
members of the public are able to
comment, if they so choose, regardless
of the degree of controversy of the
subject(s). Those not respecting the
ground rules will be asked to leave the
meeting.
After the open session, the Advisory
Committee will meet in closed session
to discuss sensitive information relating
to upcoming international negotiations
regarding Atlantic highly migratory
species conservation and management.
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 or terra.lederhouse@
noaa.gov at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.; 16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.
Dated: September 20, 2019.
Alexa Cole,
Acting 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; West Coast Region
Groundfish Electronic Fish Ticket
Program
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.

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The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
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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 25,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, Government
Information Specialist, NOAA, 151
Patton Avenue, Room 159, Asheville,
NC 28801 (or via the internet at
[email protected]). Comments
will generally be posted without change.
All Personally Identifiable Information
(for example, name and address)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Jahnava Duryea at (916) 930–
3725 or email at jahnava.duryea@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
As part of its fishery management
responsibilities, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) collects information to
determine the amount and type of
groundfish caught by fishing vessels.
Electronic fish tickets are submissions
of landings data from the first receiver
to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries
Commission (PSMFC) and NMFS. This
collection supports requirements for
participants of the Pacific Coast
shorebased commercial groundfish
fisheries (including the shorebased
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program,
the limited entry fixed gear fishery, and
the open access fixed gear fishery) to
account for all landed catch and to send
electronic catch data used to manage the
catch allocations and limits. The
respondents are principally shorebased
first receivers.
II. Method of Collection
Electronic fish ticket data of landings
data will be submitted from the first
receiver to PSMFC. Shoreside first
receivers, defined as persons who

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receive, purchase, or take custody,
control, or possession of catch onshore
directly from a vessel, are required to
use a web-based, NMFS-approved
electronic fish ticket program to send
catch reports within 24 hours from the
date of the landing. The electronic fish
tickets are based on information
currently required in state fish receiving
tickets or landing receipts. The PSMFC
currently receives and stores fish ticket
data from the states. These data are
maintained on the Pacific Fisheries
Information Network (PacFIN) database.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0738.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Individuals or
households; State, Local, or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Estimated Time per Response: 2–10
minutes. Electronic fish ticket filling
and submission (Washington and
California): 10 minutes. Electronic fish
ticket submission (Oregon already
requires electronic fish tickets, sending
will be the only additional time/cost
burden): 2 Minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 666.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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