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entities (marinas, bait and tackle shops, 

fishing clubs, state natural resource 

agencies, etc.,) within the community. 

The interviews will gather qualitative 

information on each respondent’s 

information sharing network, including 

how information sources are connected. 

Respondents will be asked to provide 

names of additional contacts from their 

network that could provide meaningful 

information for the study. These named 

contacts will then be contacted and 

interviewed in the same manner as the 

initial respondents. The in-person 

survey will conclude once interviews 

have been completed for 60 respondents 

within each community. 

Questions will explore demographics, 

fishing practices, specific names of 

individuals, key locations, media 

sources, and websites that anglers rely 

on for communication about fisheries 

data collection and management issues. 

The characteristics about the sources 

that make respondents perceive them as 

reliable or trustworthy sources will be 

determined by exploring attitudes 

toward Federal and state fishery 

management agencies (e.g., why 

agencies are/are not perceived as 

trustworthy; how agencies can improve 

communication, etc.). Questions will 

also explore the personal level of 

engagement in the fisheries data 

collection and management process as 

well as the level of engagement of 

information sharing partners. These data 

will be used to identify key information 

sources for recreational anglers, evaluate 

regional differences in information 

sources, and evaluate recreational angler 

confidence in management and data 

collection efforts. The information 

obtained will allow MRIP to more 

effectively communicate with 

recreational anglers on data collection 

issues by focusing communications 

efforts on important network channels. 

II. Method of Collection 

Information will be collected via inperson surveys. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(new information collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

180. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 90. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: December 18, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG671 

U.S. Stakeholder Meetings on Pacific 

Bluefin Tuna Long-Term Management 

Framework; Meeting Announcement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is holding a meeting to 

discuss the future of the U.S. West Coast 

Pacific bluefin tuna fishery, including 

objectives and a management 

framework. 

DATES: The meeting will be held January 

9, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. PST, 

or until business concludes. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

concurrently in two locations: (1) In the 

Pacific Conference Room (Room 300) at 

NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science 

Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La 

Jolla, California 92037; and (2) Room 

3400 at the Long Beach Federal 

Building, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long 

Beach, California 90802. Please notify 

Celia Barroso (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) by December 27, 

2018, if you plan to attend and whether 

you will be attending in person or 

remotely. The meetings will also be 

accessible by webinar. NMFS will email 

instructions and background materials 

for the webinar to meeting participants. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Celia Barroso, West Coast Region, 

NMFS, at Celia.Barroso@noaa.gov, or at 

(562) 432–1850. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Domestic 

and international stakeholders share 

interest in developing management 

objectives and a long-term management 

framework for Pacific bluefin tuna. In 

September 2018, the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (PFMC) 

recommended that its Highly Migratory 

Species Management Team develop a 

long-term management strategy for 

Pacific bluefin tuna (See the PFMC’s 

‘‘September 2018 Summary Decision’’ at 

https://www.pcouncil.org/wp-content/ 

uploads/2018/09/0918_Decision_

Summary_DocumentV2.pdf). 

Additionally, the International 

Scientific Committee on Tuna and 

Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific 

Ocean (ISC) is considering whether to 

proceed with a management strategy 

evaluation (MSE) for Pacific bluefin 

tuna. The development of a domestic 

management strategy and objectives 

could apply to the ISC’s MSE. During 

this stakeholder meeting, NMFS will 

briefly review the current status of the 

stock and current management regime, 

and then intends to solicit input from 

participants on potential management 

objectives and strategies to achieve 

those objectives for the Pacific bluefin 

tuna fishery. 

Pacific Bluefin Tuna U.S. Stakeholder 

Meeting Topics 

The Pacific bluefin tuna U.S. 

stakeholder meeting topics will include, 

but are not limited to, the following: 

(1) An overview of international 

management Pacific bluefin tuna and 

management of the U.S. Pacific bluefin 

tuna fishery; 

(2) Potential management objectives; 

and, 

(3) Potential management strategies. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting location is physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Celia Barroso (see 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) by 

December 23, 2018. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 

1801 et seq., 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. 


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Dated: December 17, 2018. 

Karen H. Abrams, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Awareness and application of 

long-term monitoring data in the Pacific 

Islands. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (request for 

a new information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 160. 

Average Hours per Response: Surveys, 

30 minutes; focus groups, 90 minutes. 

Burden Hours: 170. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for a 

new collection of information. The 

objective of the study is to understand 

the types of available socioeconomic 

data, types of data used and data gaps 

identified, regarding coastal 

conservation management, fisheries and 

other marine conservation management, 

and efforts (including opportunities and 

barriers) in integrating biophysical and 

socioeconomic data. The voluntary 

survey and interviews will assess the 

degree to which the available 

socioeconomic data are being used and 

have met the needs of the different 

natural resource management and 

conservation programs in the U.S. 

jurisdictions and affiliations in the 

Pacific island region. Results of the 

survey and interviews are expected to 

assist in guiding any future 

modifications of socioeconomic and 

biophysical indicators, data collecting 

tools, approaches, and communications 

of results. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; not for profit institutions; 

state, federal and tribal governments; 

Federal government. 

Frequency: One time in three years. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: December 18, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG670 

U.S. Stakeholder Meetings on North 

Pacific Albacore Management Strategy 

Evaluation; Meeting Announcement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is holding a meeting to 

present and solicit public input on 

preliminary results of the North Pacific 

albacore Management Strategy 

Evaluation (MSE) conducted by the 

International Scientific Committee for 

Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the 

North Pacific. The meeting topics are 

described under the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

February 6, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. PST, and February 7, 2019, from 

8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

concurrently in two locations: (1) In the 

Pacific Conference Room (Room 300) at 

NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science 

Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La 

Jolla, California 92037; and (2) Room 

3400 at the Long Beach Federal 

Building, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long 

Beach, California 90802. Please notify 

Celia Barroso (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) by January 30, 

2019, if you plan to attend and whether 

you will be attending in person or 

remotely. The meetings will also be 

accessible by webinar—instructions and 

background materials will be emailed to 

meeting participants. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Celia Barroso, West Coast Region, 

NMFS, at Celia.Barroso@noaa.gov, or at 

(562) 432–1850. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

International Scientific Committee for 

Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the 

North Pacific Ocean (ISC) is hosting the 

4th North Pacific Albacore MSE 

Workshop on March 5–7, 2019, in 

Yokohama, Japan. MSE is a simulation 

that allows stakeholders (e.g., industry, 

managers, scientists) to assess how well 

different management strategies, such as 

harvest control rules, meet the 

objectives of a fishery. The ISC will 

present the results of the initial North 

Pacific albacore MSE at the upcoming 

Workshop. NMFS is hosting a meeting 

in advance of the Workshop to present 

the preliminary results of the MSE to 

U.S. stakeholders. Because ISC meetings 

are often held abroad, NMFS seeks to 

engage in discussions on the MSE 

results with more stakeholders than 

could possibly travel to the ISC 

Workshop. NMFS is soliciting 

participants’ input on the preliminary 

results of the MSE and NMFS 

representatives attending the ISC 

workshop can then convey information 

gathered at the U.S. stakeholder meeting 

to participants at the ISC Workshop. 

The manner of public comment during 

the NMFS-hosted meeting will be at the 

discretion of the presenters and NMFS 

staff. 

North Pacific Albacore U.S. 

Stakeholder Meeting Topics 

The North Pacific albacore MSE 

topics will include, but are not limited 

to, the following: 

(1) An overview of the North Pacific 

albacore MSE; and 

(2) Discussion of the results of testing 

the initial management strategies. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting location is physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Celia Barroso (see 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) by 

January 20, 2019. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq. and 16 

U.S.C. 6901 et seq. 

Dated: December 17, 2018. 

Karen H. Abrams, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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