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(6) Small Sablefish release—identify
sablefish DMR (discard mortality
rate) for analysis
(7) Research Priorities—Plan Teams
reports
The agenda is subject to change, and
the latest version will be posted at
https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/
Details/3030 prior to the meeting, along
with meeting materials.
In addition to providing ongoing
scientific advice for fishery management
decisions, the SSC functions as the
Council’s primary peer review panel for
scientific information, as described by
the Magnuson-Stevens Act section
302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard
2 guidelines (78 FR 43066). The peerreview process is also deemed to satisfy
the requirements of the Information
Quality Act, including the OMB Peer
Review Bulletin guidelines.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Through
Friday, February 9, 2024
The Advisory Panel agenda will
include the following issues:
(1) NSRKC ABC/OFL—Set
Specifications, Crab Plan Team
Report
(2) BBRKC Closure Areas—Initial
Review
(3) Pelagic Trawl Gear Definition
Changes—review NMFS report
(4) Cook Inlet Salmon—Status
Determination Criteria, harvest
specifications
(5) GOA (Gulf of Alaska) Tanner Crab
protections—review discussion
paper
(6) Programmatic Evaluation of
management policies—Council
direction and workshop planning
(7) AFA Program Review—review
workplan
(8) Staff Tasking

Dated: January 16, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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The Council agenda will include the
following issues. The Council may take
appropriate action on any of the issues
identified.
(1) B Reports (Executive Director
including research presentation on
effects of fishing on benthic habitat,
NMFS Management including
annual cost recovery updates and ELogbooks Exempted Fishing Permit,
NOAA GC, AFSC, ADF&G, USCG,
USFWS, IPHC report, Advisory
Panel, SSC report)
(2) NSRKC ABC/OFL—Set
Specifications, Crab Plan Team
Report
(3) BBRKC Closure Areas—Initial
Review

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Connection Information
You can attend the meeting online
using a computer, tablet, or smart
phone; or by phone only. Connection
information will be posted online at:
https://www.npfmc.org/upcomingcouncil-meetings. For technical support,
please contact our administrative staff,
email: [email protected].
If you are attending the meeting inperson, please refer to the COVID
avoidance protocols on our website,
https://www.npfmc.org/upcomingcouncil-meetings/.
Public Comment
Public comment letters will be
accepted and should be submitted
electronically through the links at
https://www.npfmc.org/upcomingcouncil-meetings. The Council strongly
encourages written public comment for
this meeting, to avoid any potential for
technical difficulties to compromise oral
testimony. The written comment period
is open from January 12, 2024, to
February 2, 2024, and closes at 12 p.m.
Alaska Time on Friday, February 2,
2024.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Thursday, February 8, 2024 Through
Monday, February 12, 2024

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(4) Cook Inlet Salmon—Status
Determination Criteria, harvest
specifications
(5) Pelagic Trawl Gear Definition
Changes—review NMFS report
(6) GOA Tanner Crab protections—
review discussion paper
(7) Programmatic Evaluation of
management policies—Council
direction and workshop planning
(8) AFA Program Review—review
workplan
(9) Staff Tasking

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; Commercial Operator’s
Annual Report (COAR)
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection, request for comment.
AGENCY:

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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
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 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0428 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 Gabrielle
Aberle, National Marine Fisheries
Service, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK
99802–1668, [email protected]
or 323–372–0062.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), Alaska Regional Office, is
requesting renewal of the currently
approved information collection for the
Commercial Operator’s Annual Report
(COAR).
The COAR is a State of Alaska report
that is required to be completed and
submitted by direct marketers, catcher
processors, catcher exporters, buyer
exporters, shore-based processors, and
floating processor permit holders
pursuant to Alaska Administrative Code
(5 AAC 39.130) and Federal regulations
at 50 CFR 679. Under 50 CFR 679.5(p),
NMFS requires motherships and catcher
processors that are issued a Federal
fisheries permit to annually complete
and submit the appropriate sections of
the COAR.
The COAR is used to gather statewide
fish and shellfish information
describing buying (ex-vessel) and
production (wholesale or retail)
activities. The information collected in
the COAR is used to determine the
value of Alaska’s fisheries resources and
products. NMFS uses the COAR
database in annual Federal publications
on the value of U.S. commercial
fisheries, in the annual NMFS Stock

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Assessment and Fishery Evaluation
reports for the groundfish fisheries of
the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and
the Gulf of Alaska, and in periodic
reports that describe the fisheries and
that serve as reference documents to
management agencies, the industry, and
others.
The mothership and catcher processor
data, when added to the COAR
information collected from shoreside
processors and stationary floating
processors required under State of
Alaska requirements, yield a complete
data base of equivalent annual product
value information for all respective
processing sectors. The information also
provides a consistent time series
according to which groundfish
resources may be managed more
efficiently. Use of the information
generated by the COAR is coordinated
between NMFS and the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G).
The COAR must be submitted by
April 1 to the ADF&G for the previous
year’s activity for all operations that are
required to submit a COAR. NMFS
requires the owner of a mothership or
catcher processor to annually complete
and submit the appropriate forms of the
COAR, whether the processor operated
that year or not. If no receipt or
production took place for that year, the
owner submits only the COAR
certification page.
The COAR requires submission of
information on seafood purchasing,
production, and both ex-vessel and
wholesale values of seafood products.
The buying information is reported by
species, harvest area, area of purchase,
condition of fisheries resources at the
time of purchase, type of gear used in
the harvest, pounds purchased, and exvessel value. The ex-vessel value
includes any post-season adjustments or
bonuses paid after the fish was
purchased. The production information
is reported by species, area of
processing, process type (e.g., frozen,
canned, smoked), product type (e.g.,
fillets, surimi, sections), net weight of
the processed product, and the first
wholesale value.
II. Method of Collection
The COAR may be submitted
electronically through eLandings, the
Interagency Electronic Reporting System
(elandings.alaska.gov). The COAR is
also available in fillable PDF, Microsoft
Word, and Microsoft Excel formats on
the ADF&G Commercial Fish Reporting
web page at https://
www.adfg.alaska.gov/
index.cfm?adfg=fishlicense.coar and
may be emailed or printed and mailed
to the ADF&G.

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III. Data

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

OMB Control Number: 0648–0428.
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.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
72.
Estimated Time per Response:
Commercial Operator’s Annual Report:
8 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 576 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $360 in recordkeeping and
reporting costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau 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 ICR. 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 Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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Ocean Research Advisory Panel
(ORAP)
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:

This notice sets forth the
schedule and proposed agenda of a
meeting of the Ocean Research Advisory
Panel (ORAP). The members will
discuss issues outlined in the section on
Matters to be considered.
DATES: The meeting is scheduled for
February 26, 2024 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time (EST). This time
and the agenda topics described below
are subject to change.
For the latest agenda please refer to
the ORAP website: https://
www.noaa.gov/ocean-research-advisorypanel/orap-public-meetings.
ADDRESSES: The February 26, 2024
meeting will be virtual. The link for the
webinar registration will be posted,
when available, on the ORAP website:
https://www.noaa.gov/ocean-researchadvisory-panel/orap-public-meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Viviane Silva, ORAP Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), SSMC3, Room 11320,
1315 East-West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD
20910; Phone Number: 240–624–0656;
Email: [email protected]; or visit the
ORAP website at https://www.noaa.gov/
ocean-research-advisory-panel/orappublic-meetings.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Ocean
Research Advisory Panel (ORAP)
advises the Ocean Policy Committee
(OPC) and provides independent
recommendations to the Federal
Government on matters of ocean policy.
Congress directed the establishment
of the ORAP in Section 1055(c) of the
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2021 (Pub. L. 116–283), 10 U.S.C.
8933.
ORAP’s responsibilities are (1) to
advise the OPC on policies and
procedures to implement the National
Oceanographic Partnership Program; (2)
to advise the OPC on matters relating to
national oceanographic science,
engineering, facilities, or resource
requirements; (3) to advise the OPC on
improving diversity, equity, and
inclusion in the ocean sciences and
related fields; (4) to advise the OPC on
national ocean research priorities; and
(5) any additional responsibilities that
the OPC considers appropriate.
SUMMARY:

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