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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 12 / Tuesday, January 20, 2026 / Notices

Dated: January 15, 2026.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of a permit and
a permit amendment.

[FR Doc. 2026–00991 Filed 1–16–26; 8:45 am]

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XF432]

Marine Mammals and Endangered
Species
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

permit and a permit amendment have
been issued under the Marine Mammal
Protection Act (MMPA) and the
Endangered Species Act (ESA), as
applicable.
ADDRESSES: The permits and related
documents are available for review
upon written request via email to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D.; at (301) 427–
8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
requested permits have been issued

under the MMPA of 1972, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the regulations
governing the taking and importing of
marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the
ESA of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.), and the regulations
governing the taking, importing, and
exporting of endangered and threatened
species (50 CFR parts 222–226), as
applicable. Notices were published in
the Federal Register on the dates listed
below that requests had been submitted.
To locate the Federal Register notice
that announced our receipt of the
application and a complete description
of the activities, go to https://
www.federalregister.gov and search for
the file number provided in table 1
below.

TABLE 1—ISSUED PERMIT AND PERMIT AMENDMENT
File No.

Version
No.

22306 .....
29134 .....

RTID

Applicant

01

0648–XB081

N/A

0648–XF188

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La
Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037 (Responsible Party: David Weller, Ph.D.).
Emily McCulliss, of Emily McCulliss Photography,
LLC, P.O. Box 3668, Littleton, CO 80161.

In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final
determination has been made that the
activities proposed are categorically
excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement.
As required by the ESA, as applicable,
issuance was based on a finding that
such permits: (1) were applied for in
good faith; (2) will not operate to the
disadvantage of such endangered
species; and (3) are consistent with the
purposes and policies set forth in
section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: January 14, 2026.
Shannon Bettridge,
Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle
Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Previous Federal
Register notice

Issuance date

86 FR 26013, May 12,
2021.

December 3, 2025.

90 FR 46392, September
26, 2025.

December 8, 2025.

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; North Pacific Fishery
Management Council Cooperative
Annual Reports
AGENCY: National Oceanic &

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection, request for comment.
SUMMARY: 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 23, 2026.

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ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0678 in the subject line of your
comments. All comments received are
part of the public record and will
generally be posted on https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
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 Mallarie
Yeager, Marine Habitat Resource
Specialist, National Marine Fisheries
Service, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK
99802–1668, (907) 586–7228,
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for renewal of an
approved information collection. The
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), Alaska Regional Office (AKR),
is the sponsor of this information
collection.
The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) has
developed cooperative programs as
options in several fishery catch share
programs. As part of cooperative

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programs, the Council and the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) have
required or requested that the
cooperatives submit annual reports
detailing various fishery activities.
These reports are intended to be a
resource for the Council to track the
effectiveness of cooperatives and their
ability to meet the Council’s goals, and
as way for NMFS to monitor the internal
fishery management practices of
cooperatives. Additionally, they are a
tool for the cooperatives to provide
feedback on the programs. This
collection covers the following required
and voluntary cooperative and intercooperative reports, agreements, and
plans:
• The Alaska Crab Rationalization
Program Cooperative Annual Report is
voluntary and provides information
about measures taken by cooperatives to
increase the availability of crab quota
share (QS) for transfer to active
participants and crew members in the
fishery, as well as actions to decrease
high QS lease rates and improve low
crew compensation.
• The Rockfish Program Cooperative
Annual Report is a voluntary summary
of cooperative harvests, retention,
discards, monitoring methods, and
disciplinary actions made within each
Rockfish Program cooperative.
Additionally, it contains voluntary
reporting requirements including
monthly chinook bycatch by origin, and
intertemporal harvest information.
• The Amendment 80 Cooperative
Annual Report is a required summary of
cooperative harvests, discards,
monitoring methods, disciplinary
actions taken against non-compliant
members, groundfish retention
calculations, and a third-party audit.
Voluntary elements of the report
include catch from the Northern Bristol
Bay Trawl Area, fleet catch capacity
over time, and intertemporal harvest
information. An additional voluntary
element was added to this report in
2019 requesting information on
cooperatives or other measures
implemented to reduced bycatch in the
BSAI yellowfin sole Trawl Limited
Access Sector fishery by A80
participants.
• The Amendment 80 Halibut
Prohibited Species Catch (PSC)
Management Plan is a voluntary
collection providing information to the
Council about fishery cooperative
halibut avoidance practices,
communication between participating
harvesters, use of halibut excluders,
deck sorting, bycatch performance
assessment of individual boats,
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consequences for substandard
performance.
• The American Fisheries Act Catcher
Vessel Interco operative Agreement is
voluntary and includes fishery
allocations of cooperative members,
penalties to members that exceed them,
monitoring methods, limits on the
amount of cod harvested by certain
vessels. Procedures for Interco operative
sideboard transfers and incentives for
prohibited species catch reduction.
• The American Fisheries Act
Cooperative Annual Report is required
and must report the cooperative’s
pollock and sideboard allocations, suballocations made to individual vessels,
retained and discarded catch,
monitoring methods, actions taken
against non-compliant members, any
pollock landed outside the State of
Alaska, and chinook bycatch including
a list of vessels with the highest bycatch
rates. An additional voluntary element
was added to this report in 2019
requesting information on cooperatives
or other measures implemented to
reduce bycatch in the BSAI yellowfin
sole Trawl Limited Access Sector
fishery by AFA participants.
• The Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative
(PCTC) Annual Report is voluntary and
provides information on the structure,
function and operation of the
cooperatives, including information on
cooperative quota (CQ) leasing
activities, and any penalties issued,
harvest of CQ resulting from processorheld quota share (QS), cooperative
membership, cooperative management,
and performance (including
implementation of the Aleutian Islands
set-aside when in effect).
II. Method of Collection
Methods of submittal include text
attachments to email, mail, and
facsimile transmission.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0678.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
[extension of a current information
collection].
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
31.
Estimated Time per Response: Alaska
Crab Rationalization Cooperative
Annual Report, 30 hours; Rockfish
Program Cooperative Annual Report, 45
hours; Amendment 80 Cooperative
Annual Report, 40 hours; Amendment
80 Halibut Bycatch Avoidance Progress
Report, 40 hours; Amendment 80
Halibut PSC Management Plan, 12
hours; American Fisheries Act Catcher

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Vessel Inter-cooperative Agreement, 40
hours; American Fisheries Act Catcher
Vessel Inter-cooperative Report, 8 hours;
American Fisheries Act Cooperative
Annual Report, 8 hours. Pacific Cod
Trawl Cooperative Annual Report, 18
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 783 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $15,255 in recordkeeping and/or
reporting costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary or
Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
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 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,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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