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and researchers; constituency
representatives including fishermen,
environmentalists, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs);
international experts; and staff of
Councils, Commissions, and state and
federal agencies.
The SEDAR 60 In-person Workshop is
being held to address both data and
assessment concerns. The items for
discussion could include:
1. Participants could evaluate all
available data and select appropriate
sources for providing information on
life history characteristics, catch
statistics, discard estimates, length and
age composition, and fishery
independent and fishery dependent
measures of stock abundance, as
specified in the Terms of Reference for
the workshop, to develop an assessment
data set and associated documentation.
2. Participants might then consider
methods and configuration options for
models, recommend assessment
methods (i.e., model types) to pursue for
potential base model configuration,
identify likely issues to be addressed
and evaluated in developing the base
model, review base model alternatives
and recommend a base model approach
and configuration. Participants could
also, recommend sensitivities and
uncertainty evaluations, review
continuity, sensitivities and uncertainty
evaluations, recommend projection
approaches and configuration and
review projection results.
The In person Workshop is open to
the public. Additional information
about SEDAR 60, including a public
comment form is available from the
SEDAR website at: http://sedarweb.org/
sedar-60.
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
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people
with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary
aids should be directed to the SAFMC
office (see ADDRESSES) at least 10
business days prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

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Dated: October 1, 2019.
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
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Pacific Coast
Groundfish Trawl Rationalization
Program Permit and License
Information Collection
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 December 3,
2019.
SUMMARY:

Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or at
[email protected]). All comments
received are part of the public record.
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.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Jahnava Duryea, National
Marine Fisheries Service, California
Central Valley Office, 650 Capital Mall,
Suite 5–100, Sacramento, CA 95814,
(916) 930–3725 or via email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) requests comments on the
extension of a currently approved
information collection for the West

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Coast Region’s Pacific Coast Groundfish
Trawl Rationalization Program.
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, 16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq., provides that the
Secretary of Commerce is responsible
for the conservation and management of
marine fisheries resources in the
Exclusive Economic Zone (3–200 miles)
of the United States. NMFS West Coast
Region manages the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Fishery in the Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) off the coasts of
Washington, Oregon, and California
under the Pacific Coast Groundfish
Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
In January 2011, NMFS implemented
a trawl rationalization program, which
is a catch share program, for the Pacific
Coast Groundfish Limited Entry Trawl
Fishery. The program was implemented
through Amendments 20 and 21 to the
Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP and the
corresponding implementing
regulations at 50 CFR part 660.
Amendment 20 established the trawl
rationalization program that consists of
an individual fishing quota (IFQ)
program for the shorebased trawl fleet
(including whiting and nonwhiting
sectors) and cooperative programs for
the at-sea mothership and catcher/
processor trawl fleets (whiting only).
Amendment 21 set long-term allocations
for the limited entry trawl sectors of
certain groundfish species.
Under the trawl rationalization
program, new permits, accounts,
endorsements and licenses were
established. These consist of: Quota
share (QS) permits/accounts, vessel
accounts, first receiver site licenses,
mothership endorsements on certain
limited entry trawl permits, mothership
catcher vessel endorsements on certain
limited entry trawl permits, catcher/
processor endorsements on certain
limited entry trawl permits, a
mothership cooperative permit, and a
catcher/processor cooperative permit.
NMFS collects information from
program participants required to: (1)
Establish new permits, accounts, and
licenses; (2) renew permits, accounts,
and licenses; (3) allow trading of QS
percentages and quota pounds (QP) in
online QS and vessel accounts, and
allow transfer of catch history
assignments between limited entry trawl
permits; (4) track compliance with
program control limits; and (5)
implement other features of the
regulations pertaining to permits and
licenses.
As part of its fishery management
responsibilities, NMFS requires this
information to determine whether a
respondent complies with regulations
that pertain to the issuance, renewal,

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and transfer and use of quota.
Identification of the participants of the
trawl rationalization program, their gear
types, descriptions of their vessels, and
activity levels are needed to control and
determine the extent of fishing and to
track inseason quota use. Collection of
this information also allows NMFS to
equitably manage annual shorebased
trawl allocations for the fishery and
enforce control limits such that no
person may own or control, or have a
controlling influence over, quota for any
individual species that exceeds the
Shorebased IFQ Program accumulation
limits. NMFS requests comments on the
extension of these permit information
collections.

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II. Method of Collection
Information is collected by mail and
electronically.
The following information is collected
by mail: QS permit application forms;
late QS permit renewals; vessel account
registration requests; late vessel account
renewals; trawl identification of
ownership interest forms for new
applicants, mothership catcher vessel
endorsed limited entry permit owners,
and mothership permit owners; first
receiver site license application forms;
mothership permit renewal forms;
mothership permit change of vessel
registration, permit owner, or vessel
owner application forms; mothership
cooperative permit application forms;
change of mothership catcher vessel
endorsement and catch history
assignment registration forms; mutual
agreement exception forms; mothership
withdrawal forms; catcher/processor
cooperative permit application forms;
material change forms; and QS
abandonment requests.
The following information is collected
electronically: QS permit renewals; QS
percent transfers; QP transfers from a
QS account to a vessel account; vessel
account renewals; QP transfers from a
vessel account to another vessel
account; and trawl identification of
ownership interest forms for online QS
and vessel account renewals.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0620.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; non-profit
institutions; State, local, or tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
410.
Estimated Time per Response: QS
permit/account application form—30
minutes; QS permit/account online

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renewal—10 minutes; QS permit/
account late renewal form—15 minutes;
QS transfer—10 minutes; QP transfer
from QS account to vessel account—8
minutes; vessel account registration
request—15 minutes; vessel account
online renewal—10 minutes; vessel
account late renewal form—15 minutes;
QP transfer from vessel account to
another vessel account—8 minutes;
trawl identification of ownership
interest form for new entrants—45
minutes; trawl identification of
ownership interest form for renewals—
5 minutes; first receiver site license
application form for new entrants—210
minutes; first receiver site license
application form for re-registering
license holders—110 minutes;
mothership permit renewal form—20
minutes; mothership permit change of
vessel registration, permit owner, or
vessel owner application form—45
minutes; mothership cooperative permit
application form—240 minutes; change
of mothership catcher vessel
endorsement and catch history
assignment registration form—45
minutes; mutual agreement exception—
60 minutes; mothership withdrawal—
120 minutes; catcher/processor
cooperative permit application form—
120 minutes; QS abandonment
request—10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 640.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $12,475.
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;

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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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:

The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Joint
Scallop Advisory Panel and Plan
Development Team to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: This meeting will be held on
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the New Bedford Harbor Hotel, 222
Union Street, New Bedford, MA 02740;
phone: (508) 999–1292.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Agenda
The Joint Scallop Advisory Panel and
Plan Development Team will review
Framework (FW) 32 alternatives and
analyses. The primary focus of this
meeting will be to provide input on the
range of specification alternatives. FW
32 will set specifications including
ABC/ACLs, days-at-sea, access area
allocations, total allowable catch for the
Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM)
management area, targets for General
Category incidental catch, and set-asides
for the observer and research programs
for fishing year 2019 and default
specifications for fishing year 2020.
Management measures in FW 32

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