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Four of the seven approved companies
provide both at-sea and electronic
monitoring services: A.I.S., Inc.; East
West Technical Services, LLC; Fathom
Research, LLC; and Saltwater, Inc. The
other three approved companies provide
electronic monitoring services: Flywire
Cameras; New England Marine
Monitoring; and Teem Fish. On
September 18, 2021, NMFS announced
an additional opportunity for
monitoring companies to apply for

approval to provide at-sea monitoring
and/or electronic monitoring services in
fishing year 2022.
NMFS approved two additional
companies to provide electronic
monitoring services to the Northeast
multispecies sectors in fishing year
2022: Archipelago Marine Research,
Ltd.; and Satlink US, LLC. Table 1
includes the revised list of approved
monitoring providers for fishing year
2022.

We approved the additional two
companies to provide electronic
monitoring services in fishing year 2022
because they have met the application
requirements and documented their
ability to comply with service provider
standards. We will closely monitor the
performance of approved providers, and
we will withdraw approval during the
current approval term if we determine
performance standards are not being
met.

TABLE 1—APPROVED PROVIDERS FOR FISHING YEAR 2022
Provider

Services

Address

Phone

Fax

A.I.S., Inc ............................

ASM/EM .........

508–990–9054

508–990–9055

https://aisobservers.com/.

Archipelago Marine Research, Ltd.
East West Technical Services, LLC.

EM .................

250–383–4535

250–383–0103

https://www.archipelago.ca/.

860–910–4957

860–223–6005

https://www.ewts.com/.

Fathom Resources, LLC .....

ASM/EM .........

508–990–0997

508–991–7372

https://fathomresources.com/.

Flywire Cameras .................

EM .................

888–315–7796

502–861–6568

New England Marine Monitoring.
Saltwater, Inc ......................

EM .................

508–269–8138

........................

907–276–3241

907–258–5999

https://www.flywirecameras.com/
.
https://www.nemarinemonitoring
.com/.
https://www.saltwaterinc.com/.

Satlink US, LLC ..................

EM .................

703–447–5287

........................

https://www.satlink.es/en/.

Teem Fish ...........................

EM .................

540 Hawthorn St., Dartmouth, MA 02747.
525 Head St., Victoria, BC
V9A 5S1, Canada.
91 Point Judith Rd., Suite
26, Unit 347, Narragansett, RI 02882.
855 Aquidneck Ave., Unit
9, Middletown, RI 02842.
P.O. BOX 55048, Lexington, KY 40511.
350 Commercial St., Portland, ME 04101.
733 N St., Anchorage, AK
99501.
16423 Sawgrass Drive,
Rehoboth Beach, DE
19971.
90—425 Carrall St., Vancouver, BC V6B 6E3,
Canada.

778–884–2598

........................

https://teem.fish/.

ASM/EM .........

ASM/EM .........

Website

ASM/EM = At-sea and electronic monitoring; EM = Electronic monitoring only.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
Dated: January 13, 2022.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; U.S. Territorial Catch and
Fishing Effort Limits
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.

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AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

SUMMARY:

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(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be
submitted on or before March 21, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0689 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Keith
Kamikawa, Fishery Management
Specialist, NMFS Pacific Islands

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Regional Office, (808) 725–5177,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) established the
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council) to develop fishery
ecosystem plans (FEP) for fisheries in
the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and
high seas of the Pacific Islands region.
If approved by the Secretary of
Commerce, NMFS implements these
FEPs in Federal regulations. FEPs and
these regulations manage fishing to
prevent overfishing and to ensure the
long-term productivity and social and
economic benefit of the resources.
Under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Act, regulations at 50 CFR
665.819 allow the Council to
recommend and NMFS to implement
catch or fishing effort limits for pelagic
fisheries in the Territory of American
Samoa, the Territory of Guam, and the

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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI) (hereinafter, ‘‘territory’’
or ‘‘territories’’). The regulations further
allow NMFS to authorize the
government of each territory to allocate
a portion of its catch or fishing effort
limit to U.S. fishing vessels permitted
under an FEP through specified fishing
agreements between the vessels and the
respective territories. Payments made
under these agreements support
fisheries development in the territories.
A specified fishing agreement
provides access to an identified portion
of catch or fishing effort limit and may
not exceed the limit specified for the
territory and that NMFS has made
available for allocation. The identified
portion of catch or fishing effort limit in
an agreement must account for recent
and anticipated harvest on the fish stock
or stock complex or fishing effort, and
any other valid agreements with the
territory during the same year not to
exceed the territory’s catch or fishing
effort limit or allocation limit.
II. Method of Collection
Each participating territory may
submit a complete specified fishing
agreement for review by the Council and
review and approval by NMFS (see 50
CFR 665.819(c)). The agreement must:
(i) Identify the vessels and document
that each fishing vessel has a valid
permit issued under 50 CFR 665.801; (ii)
identify the limit on catch of western
Pacific pelagic management unit
species, if applicable; (iii) identify the
limit on fishing effort, if applicable; (iv)
be signed by an authorized official of
the participating territory or designated
representative; and (v) be signed by each
vessel owner or designated
representative. There is no form for an
agreement. Agreements may be
submitted by mail, fax, or secure email.

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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0689.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations; State, Local, or Tribal
governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
hours per agreement, 2 hours per
appeal.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 90.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $4,885.20.

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IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department to: (a) Evaluate
whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper
functions of the Department, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this information
collection request. Before including
your address, phone number, email
address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you may ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Groundfish Tagging Program
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the

SUMMARY:

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impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before March 21, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0276 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to, Rebecca
Reuter, Fisheries Biologist, NOAA
Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science
Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE,
Seattle, WA 98115, 425–666–9578, and
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection. The groundfish tagging
program provides scientists with
information necessary for effective
conservation, management, and
scientific understanding of the
groundfish fishery off Alaska and the
Northwest Pacific. The program area
includes the Pacific Ocean off Alaska
(the Gulf of Alaska, the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Area, and the
Alexander Archipelago of Southeast
Alaska), California, Oregon, and
Washington. Fish movement
information from recovered tags is used
in population dynamics models for
stock assessment. There are three
general categories of tags. Simple plastic
tags (spaghetti tags) are external tags
approximately two inches long, printed
with code numbers. When a tag is
returned, the tag number is correlated
with databases of released, tagged fish to
determine the net movement and
growth rate of the tagged fish. Archival
tags are microchips with sensors
encased in plastic cylinders that record
the depth, temperature or other data,
which can be downloaded electronically
from the recovered tags. Pop-off satellite
tags are programmed to release from the
fish and upload archived data (depth,
temperature, and approximate
geolocation) to passing satellites,
therefore data is received independent
of the fishery. The groundfish tagging

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