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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 17 / Tuesday, January 27, 2026 / Notices

addition to providing this briefing, the
EWG may discuss other items relevant
to its work for the Pacific Council. A
detailed meeting agenda will be
available on the Pacific Council’s
website prior to the meeting.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this
meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any issues arising after
publication of this document that
require emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
Special Accommodations
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
pcouncil.org; (503) 820–2412) at least 10
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 23, 2026.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Alaska American Fisheries
Act Reports
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 June 11,
2025, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.

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Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Alaska American Fisheries Act
Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0401.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection, revision).
Number of Respondents: 10.
Average Hours per Response: AFA
Cooperative Contract 8 hours; Bering
Sea Pollock Fishery Incentive Plan
Agreement 50 hours; Bering Sea Pollock
Fishery IPA Annual Report 80 hours;
IPA administrative appeals 4 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 350
hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Services (NMFS), Alaska
Region, requests an extension of a
currently approved information
collection for American Fisheries Act
reporting requirements.
NMFS Alaska Region manages the
groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands Management Area
in the Exclusive Economic Zone off
Alaska. The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council)
prepared the Fishery Management Plan
for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area
(FMP) under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, 16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and other applicable
laws. Regulations implementing the
FMP are at 50 CFR part 679.
The Bering Sea pollock fishery is
managed under the American Fisheries
Act (AFA). The purpose of the AFA was
to tighten U.S. ownership standards for
U.S. fishing vessels under the Antireflagging Act and to provide the Bering
Sea pollock fleet the opportunity to
conduct its fishery in a more rational
manner while protecting non-AFA
participants in the other fisheries. The
AFA established sector allocations in
the Bering Sea 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.
This information collection contains
the annual and periodic reporting
requirements for AFA cooperatives.
These requirements include reports
about on-going fishing operations of the
cooperatives and reports focused on
efforts to minimize salmon bycatch in
the Bering Sea pollock fishery. These
reporting requirements are at 50 CFR
679.21 and 679.61.

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This information is used to manage
the Bering Sea pollock fishery, to
evaluate the salmon bycatch
management measures, and to provide
the public with information about how
the program operates and information
about bycatch reduction under this
program. This information collection
provides the Council and NMFS with
information about the organization and
fishing operations of the AFA
cooperatives, allocations to the AFA
cooperatives, and the effectiveness of
the Chinook salmon and chum salmon
bycatch management measures. This
information is necessary to ensure longterm conservation and abundance of
salmon and pollock, maintain a healthy
marine ecosystem, and provide
maximum benefit to fishermen and
communities that depend on salmon
and pollock.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Annually; As needed.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits; Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act; American Fisheries 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
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 0648–0401.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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