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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 106 / Friday, June 2, 2023 / Notices

The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public hybrid meeting of
its Herring Committee 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 hybrid meeting will be held
on Thursday, June 22, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Webinar registration URL
information: https://attendee.
gotowebinar.com/register/
5982149628204238171.
Meeting address: This meeting will be
held at the Four Points by Sheraton,
One Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA
01880; phone: (781) 245–9300.
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:

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Agenda
The Herring Committee will meet to
receive recommendations from the
Herring Advisory Panel and a report
from the Herring Plan Development
Team (PDT) covering these agenda
topics. Revisit Amendment 8 Inshore
Midwater Trawl Closure to suggest
revisions to a draft problem statement
and discuss preliminary PDT work on
Committee tasking. River Herring and
Shad discussion on a potential change
in 2023 Council priorities to develop
river herring and shad time/area
closures. They will make
recommendations to the Council, as
appropriate. Other business will be
discussed as necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on the agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Council
action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency. The public also should be
aware that the meeting will be recorded.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
of the recording is available upon
request.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for

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sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 30, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy 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; Gear-Marking Requirements
for Atlantic Large Whale Take
Reduction Plan
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite 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. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on February 13,
2023 (88 FR 9252) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
Title: Gear-Marking Requirements for
Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction
Plan.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0364.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a current information collection).
Number of Respondents: 3,970.
Average Hours per Response: Each
mark requires approximately 6.7–8.6
minutes of time.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 222,391.
Needs and Uses: In 1996, pursuant to
section 118 of the MMPA, the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
established and convened an Atlantic
Large Whale Take Reduction Team
(Team) to assist in the development of
the Atlantic Large Whale Take

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Reduction Plan (Plan). Throughout this
process, the Team has provided NMFS
with recommended measures designed
to reduce mortality and serious injury to
North Atlantic right (Eubalaena
glacialis), humpback (Megaptera
novaeangliae), minke (Balaenoptera
acutorostrata), and fin (Balaenoptera
physalus) whales from incidental
interactions with commercial fishing
gear. To gather information on where
entanglements are occurring and what
type of gear is involved, the Team
developed gear marking requirements.
As a result, any person setting trap/pot
or gillnet gear to fish commercially in
some areas of the Atlantic Ocean are
required to paint or otherwise mark
their gear with specific color codes,
designating the type of gear and area
where it is set, in addition to specific
buoy marking requirements.
NMFS is continuing the gear marking
regulations amended in the 2021 rule
for the Northeast Region Trap/Pot
Management Area (northeast region)
commercial trap/pot fisheries because
increased gear marking continues to be
necessary to improve our understanding
of where entanglement incidents occur
(RIN 648–BJ09). The gear modifications
required by the rule became effective
May 1, 2022, which is at the start of the
American lobster/Jonah crab fishing
year.
The continuation of this data
collection allows for improved
information on entanglement origins
that will further enable NMFS to reduce
injuries and deaths of large whales,
especially North Atlantic right whales,
due to incidental entanglement in
United States commercial fishing gear.
In order to develop fair and effective
management measures, the Team
requires comprehensive data on when,
where, and how fixed gear vessels fish,
and where whales become entangled in
fishing gear.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: All gear must be marked
and maintained so marks are visible. On
average, gear is replaced every 5–6
years, at which time the new gear must
be marked.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Marine Mammal
Protection Act, Endangered Species Act.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the

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publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0364.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XD049]

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

The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Groundfish Advisory Panel via webinar
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 webinar will be held on
Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Webinar registration URL
information: https://attendee.
gotowebinar.com/register/
2073639778606826075.
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:

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SUMMARY:

Agenda
The Groundfish Advisory Panel will
receive a report from the Groundfish
Plan Development Team (PDT) covering
these agenda topics. The Advisory Panel
will discuss. Framework Adjustment
66/Specifications and Management
Measures (to be initiated)—this action
may include 2024–26 specifications for
redfish, Northern windowpane
flounder, and Southern windowpane

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flounder, 2024–25 specifications for
white hake and U.S./Canada resources
of Eastern Georges Bank cod, Eastern GB
haddock, and GB yellowtail flounder, a
revised white hake rebuilding plan, and
Atlantic halibut management. They will
also discuss a Framework Adjustment
on Acceptable Biological Catches (ABC)
Control Rules (to be initiated)—updates
to the work plan, feedback from the
Scientific and Statistical Committee,
and facilitated meeting planning. The
panel will talk about an Atlantic Cod
Transition Plan—updates to the work
plan, the general criteria for defining
management units, and the latest cod
spawning research. Also on the agenda
is Gulf of Maine Haddock—a potential
change in 2023 Council priorities to
revise Gulf of Maine haddock
specifications for 2024 and 2025 in
Framework Adjustment 66. The panel
will make recommendations to the
Groundfish Committee, as appropriate.
Other business may be discussed as
necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on the agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Council
action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency. The public also should be
aware that the meeting will be recorded.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
of the recording is available upon
request.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 26, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XD054]

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

The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Groundfish Committee 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 hybrid meeting will be held
on Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at 9:30
a.m.
SUMMARY:

ADDRESSES:

Webinar registration URL
information: https://attendee.
gotowebinar.com/register/
8671259301116413280.
Meeting address: This meeting will be
held at the Four Points by Sheraton,
One Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA
01880; phone: (781) 245–9300.
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:
Agenda
The Groundfish Committee will meet
to receive recommendations from the
Recreational Advisory Panel and
Groundfish Advisory Panel, and a report
from the Groundfish Plan Development
Team (PDT) covering these agenda
topics, Framework Adjustment 66/
Specifications and Management
Measures (to be initiated)—this action
may include 2024–26 specifications for
redfish, Northern windowpane
flounder, and Southern windowpane
flounder, 2024–25 specifications for
white hake and U.S./Canada resources
of Eastern Georges Bank cod, Eastern GB
haddock, and GB yellowtail flounder, a
revised white hake rebuilding plan, and
Atlantic halibut management.
Framework Adjustment on Acceptable
Biological Catches (ABC) Control Rules
(to be initiated)—updates to the work
plan, feedback from the Scientific and

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