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MSA, management measures must be
consistent with ten National Standards,
and fisheries must be managed to
maintain optimum yield, rebuild
overfished fisheries, and prevent
overfishing. Under ATCA, the Secretary
of Commerce shall promulgate
regulations, as necessary and
appropriate, to implement measures
adopted by the International
Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
II. Method of Collection
First-time VMS respondents must
install a VMS unit and submit an
activation checklist to NMFS via mail.
Hail-out, hail-in, hourly position
reports, and bluefin tuna catch reports
must be submitted to NMFS
electronically via the VMS
communication system. First-time
electronic monitoring respondents must
have an electronic monitoring system
installed by a NMFS contractor.
Electronic monitoring data must be
submitted after each pelagic longline
trip via mail.

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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0372.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
311.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours
for initial VMS installation; 5 minutes
per VMS initial activation checklist; 2
minutes per hail-out/hail-in declaration;
6 hours for initial electronic monitoring
installation; 5 minutes for pelagic
longline bluefin tuna catch records; 15
minutes for purse seine bluefin tuna
catch records; 1 minute for dockside
review of bluefin tuna catch records; 2
hours for electronic monitoring data
retrieval.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 6,420.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $422,329.
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

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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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Alaska American
Fisheries Act (AFA) Permits
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 Gabrielle Aberle, National
Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. Box
21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668.
Telephone (907) 586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
current information collection.
The American Fisheries Act (AFA)
was signed into law in October 1998.
The purpose of the AFA was to tighten
U.S. ownership standards that had been
exploited under the Anti-reflagging Act,
and to provide the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock fleet the
opportunity to conduct their fishery in
a more rational manner while protecting
non-AFA participants in the other
fisheries. The AFA established sector
allocations in the BSAI pollock fishery,
determined eligible vessels and
processors, allowed the formation of
cooperatives, set limits on the
participation of AFA vessels in other
fisheries, and imposed special catch
weighing and monitoring requirements
on AFA vessels.
Any vessel used to engage in directed
fishing for a non-western Alaska
community development quota (nonCDQ) allocation of pollock in the Bering
Sea and any shoreside processor,
stationary floating processor, or
mothership that receives pollock
harvested in a non-CDQ directed
pollock fishery in the Bering Sea must
have a valid AFA permit on board the
vessel or at the facility location at all
times while non-CDQ pollock is being
harvested or processed.
Permanent AFA permits (AFA catcher
vessel, AFA catcher/processor, AFA
mothership, and AFA inshore
processor) for the BSAI pollock fishery
had a one-time application deadline of
December 1, 2000, and were issued with
an indefinite expiration date. Therefore,
except for participants that require
annual or replacement permits, all AFA
entities required to have a permit are
already permitted.
This information collection contains
the following AFA permitting and
reporting requirements:
• The AFA Permit: Rebuilt,
Replacement, or Removed Vessel
Application is submitted by an owner of
an AFA vessel to notify NMFS the
vessel has been rebuilt; to request an
AFA permit for a replacement catcher
vessel, catcher/processor, or
mothership; or to request removal of an
AFA catcher vessel that is a member of
an inshore cooperative and assign its
catch history to another vessel or vessels
in the same cooperative.
• The Application for AFA Inshore
Catcher Vessel Cooperative Permit is
submitted annually by each AFA
inshore catcher vessel cooperative to
obtain an AFA Inshore Catcher Vessel
Cooperative Permit and identify the
vessels and processors that will be

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participating in the BSAI pollock fishery
prior to the start of each fishing year.
• The AFA Inshore Vessel Contract
Fishing Notification is submitted by an
AFA inshore cooperative that intends to
contract with a non-member vessel to
harvest a portion of the cooperative’s
annual pollock allocation to notify
NMFS of vessels that might be reporting
with an alternative cooperative ID.
• The Application for Approval as an
Entity to Receive Transferable Chinook
Salmon PSC Allocation is submitted by
an entity representing the catcher/
processor sector or the mothership
sector to request approval to receive
transferable Chinook salmon PSC
allocations on behalf of members of the
sector. Once approved, an entity is not
required to reapply for or renew its
status. Entities sometimes submit
amendments to update contact and
other information related to the entity
and its members.
• The Application for Transfer of
Bering Sea Chinook Salmon PSC
Allocations is submitted by an
authorized representative of the catcher/
processor sector, the mothership sector,
an inshore cooperative, or a CDQ group
to transfer Chinook salmon PSC
allocations to another entity’s account.

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II. Method of Collection
All may be submitted to NMFS by
mail, fax, or delivery except the AFA
Inshore Vessel Contract Fishing
Notification, which is not accepted by
fax. The Application for Transfer of
Bering Sea Chinook Salmon PSC
Allocations and the Approval as an
Entity to Receive Transferable Chinook
Salmon PSC Application may be
submitted online through eFISH on the
NMFS Alaska Region website at https://
alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/webapps/efish/
login.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0393.
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:
27.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour
each for AFA Permit: Rebuilt,
Replacement, or Removed Vessel
Application and Application for
Transfer of Bering Sea Chinook Salmon
PSC Allocations; 2 hours for
Application for AFA Inshore Catcher
Vessel Cooperative Permit; 4 hours for
AFA Inshore Vessel Contract Fishing
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Approval as an Entity to Receive
Transferable Chinook Salmon PSC
Allocation.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 135 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $155 in recordkeeping and
reporting costs.
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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XV094

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 60 In-person
Workshop for South Atlantic Red Porgy.
AGENCY:

The SEDAR 60 assessment of
the South Atlantic stock of Red Porgy
will consist of a series of workshops and
webinars: An In-person Workshop to
address data and assessment needs, and
Assessment Webinars. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR 60 In-person
Workshop will be held on December 10,
2019, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; December
SUMMARY:

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11, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and
December 12, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. The established times may be
adjusted as necessary to accommodate
the timely completion of discussion
relevant to the assessment process. Such
adjustments may result in the meeting
being extended from or completed prior
to the time established by this notice.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The SEDAR 60 Inperson Workshop will be held at the
Beaufort Hotel, 2440 Lennoxville Road,
Beaufort, NC 28516; phone: (252)728–
3000.
SEDAR address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N
Charleston, SC 29405;
www.sedarweb.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen Howington, 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. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data
Workshop; (2) Assessment Process
utilizing webinars; and (3) Review
Workshop. The product of the Data
Workshop is a data report which
compiles and evaluates potential
datasets and recommends which
datasets are appropriate for assessment
analyses. The product of the Assessment
Process is a stock assessment report
which describes the fisheries, evaluates
the status of the stock, estimates
biological benchmarks, projects future
population conditions, and recommends
research and monitoring needs. The
assessment is independently peer
reviewed at the Review Workshop. The
product of the Review Workshop is a
Summary documenting panel opinions
regarding the strengths and weaknesses
of the stock assessment and input data.
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,

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