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observers, if requested, for a period of 5
years without further action by NMFS.
This will enable NMFS to develop
appropriate observer coverage and
sampling protocols to investigate
whether, how, when, where, and under
what conditions sea turtle bycatch is
occurring and to evaluate whether
existing measures are minimizing or
preventing bycatch.
2025 Annual Determination
Pursuant to 50 CFR 222.402(a),
NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries, in consultation with Regional
Administrators and Fisheries Science
Center Directors, annually identifies
fisheries for inclusion on the AD based
on the extent to which:
(1) The fishery operates in the same
waters and at the same time as sea
turtles are present;
(2) The fishery operates at the same
time or prior to elevated sea turtle
strandings; or
(3) The fishery uses a gear or
technique that is known or likely to
result in incidental take of sea turtles
based on documented or reported takes
in the same or similar fisheries; and
(4) NMFS intends to monitor the
fishery and anticipates that it will have
the funds to do so.
NMFS is providing notification that
the agency is not identifying additional
fisheries to observe on the 2025 AD,
pursuant to its authority under the ESA.
NMFS is not identifying additional
fisheries at this time given lack of
dedicated resources to implement new
observer programs or expand existing
observer programs to focus on sea
turtles. The four fisheries identified on
the 2020 AD (see table 1) will remain on
the AD for a 5-year period and are
required to carry observers upon NMFS’
request until September 29, 2025. The
two fisheries identified on the 2023 AD
(see table 1) will remain on the AD for
a 5-year period and are required to carry
observers upon NMFS’ request until
December 31, 2027.

TABLE 1—STATE AND FEDERAL COMMERCIAL FISHERIES INCLUDED ON
THE 2020 AND 2023 ANNUAL DETERMINATIONS

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Trawl Fisheries:
Southeastern U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico
shrimp trawl ...............
Gulf of Mexico mixed
species fish trawl .......
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TABLE 1—STATE AND FEDERAL COMMERCIAL FISHERIES INCLUDED ON hours per person.
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TERMINATIONS—Continued
Needs and Uses: This is a request for
a new collection of information.
The National Oceanic and
Fishery
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
products and services ‘‘support
economic vitality and affect more than
Chesapeake Bay
one-third of America’s gross domestic
inshore gillnet .............
2020–2025
product.’’ The National Weather Service
Long Island inshore
gillnet ..........................
2020–2025 (NWS) is a critical component of this
Mid-Atlantic gillnet .........
2023–2027 service and operates under the mission
to ‘‘provide weather, water and climate
Pound Net/Weir/Seine Fisheries:
data, forecasts, warnings, and impactGulf of Mexico menhabased decision support services for the
den purse seine .........
2023–2027 protection of life and property and
enhancement of the national economy.’’
Leveraging and integrating Social,
Dated: October 29, 2024.
Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
Kimberly Damon-Randall,
(SBES) methodologies and knowledge is
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
crucial to meeting our mission.
National Marine Fisheries Service.
If we are to effectively support public
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and partner decision making, build
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actionable tools and information, and
evaluate our performance, then it’s
imperative that the NOAA/NWS collect
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key SBES data and fully engage with our
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
audiences. Additionally, the NOAA/
Administration
NWS has articulated a priority to
enhance services for historically
Agency Information Collection
underinvested and underserved
Activities; Submission to the Office of
communities and improve service
Management and Budget (OMB) for
equity across the board. These
NOAA Social, Behavioral, and
communities typically experience
Economic Science Studies for
higher rates of poverty, homelessness,
Weather, Water, and Climate
disabilities, and language barriers,
which increase their vulnerability to
The Department of Commerce will
hazard impacts.
submit the following information
The generic clearance is an important
collection request to the Office of
planning and engagement tool for
Management and Budget (OMB) for
NOAA/NWS. The procedures expected
review and clearance in accordance
to be used include but are not limited
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
to social network analysis, open, semi1995, on or after the date of publication
structured and structured interviews,
of this notice. We invite the general
focus groups, surveys, and participant
public and other Federal agencies to
observation.
comment on proposed, and continuing
Affected Public: Members of the
information collections, which helps us
public, emergency managers, broadcast
assess the impact of our information
meteorologists, state/local/tribal
collection requirements and minimize
decision makers, and non-profit
the public’s reporting burden. Public
organizations.
comments were previously requested
Frequency: On Occasion.
via the Federal Register on August 30,
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
2024 during a 60-day comment period.
This information collection request
This notice allows for an additional 30
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
days for public comments.
Follow the instructions to view the
Agency: National Oceanic and
Department of Commerce collections
Atmospheric Administration,
currently under review by OMB.
Commerce.
Written comments and
Title: NOAA Social, Behavioral, and
recommendations for the proposed
Economic Science Studies for Weather,
information collection should be
Water, and Climate.
submitted within 30 days of the
OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX.
publication of this notice on the
Form Number(s): None.
following website www.reginfo.gov/
Type of Request: New information
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
collection.
Number of Respondents:
particular information collection by
Approximately 6,000 per year.
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Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering the title of the collection.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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A detailed agenda and background
documents will be made available on
the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org)
prior to the meeting.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to
Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251, at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 30, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) will hold a meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, November 20, 2024, from
10 a.m. to 12 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for agenda details.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
over webinar using the Webex platform
with a telephone-only connection
option. Details on how to connect to the
webinar by computer and by telephone
will be available at: www.mafmc.org/
ssc.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331; website:
www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During
this meeting, the SSC will provide
revised Acceptable Biological Catch
(ABC) recommendations for the 2025
Spiny Dogfish fishing year. At their
October 2024 meeting, the Council
reviewed the stock status and
performance of the Spiny Dogfish
fishery and deferred action on
modifying 2025 Spiny Dogfish
specifications until their December
meeting. The Council requested the SSC
calculate a revised ABC equal to the
catch associated with a 50% probability
of overfishing under a suspension of the
Council’s risk policy. The SSC may take
up any other business as necessary.

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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 of public meeting.
AGENCY:

The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a hybrid meeting of its
Scallop 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 meeting will be held on
Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at
Hilton Garden Inn, Boston Logan, 100
Boardman St., Boston, MA 02110;
telephone: (617) 567–5678.
Webinar registration URL
information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/
meeting/register/tJwudeytqTgqGt2VX_
ZiPQpjvC-fTkgSM1YO.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate
O’Keefe, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

select final preferred alternatives. FW39
will set specifications including the
overfishing limit (OFL), acceptable
biological catch/annual catch limit
(ABC/ACLs), days-at-sea (DAS), access
area allocations for Limited Access (LA)
vessels, quota and access area trip
allocation to the Limited Access General
Category (LAGC) Individual Fishing
Quota (IFQ) component, Total
Allowable Landings (TAL) for the
Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM)
management area, a target-Total
Allowable Catch (TAC) for LAGC
incidental catch and set-asides for the
observer and research programs for
fishing year 2025, and default
specifications for fishing year 2026. This
action also considers modifying the
seasonal bycatch closure of Area II to
improve yield and reduce impacts to
northern windowpane flounder and
modifying the possession prohibition
for NGOM-permitted scallop vessels on
a declared NGOM trip to possess
scallops outside of the NGOM
management area. Other business will
be discussed, if 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 Cate
O’Keefe, Executive Director, at (978)
465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 30, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Agenda

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The Scallop Committee will meet to
discuss: Framework 39 (FW39): Review
specifications alternatives in FW39 and

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