524 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 3 / Wednesday, January 6, 2021 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA742] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Scallop Advisory Panel via webinar 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, January 21, 2021 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: All meeting participants 

and interested parties can register to 

join the webinar at https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

4846438759558045968. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Scallop Advisory Panel (AP) will 

discuss Framework Adjustment 33 (FW 

33): Specifically, a review of 

specifications alternatives in FW 33 and 

make final recommendations. FW 33 

will set specifications including 

acceptable biological catch/annual catch 

limit (ABC/ACLs), days-at-sea (DAS), 

access area allocations for Limited 

Access (LA) and Limited Access General 

Category (LAGC), Total Allowable Catch 

(TAC) for Northern Gulf of Maine 

(NGOM) management area, target-TAC 

for LAGC incidental catch and setasides for the observer and research 

programs for fishing year 2021 and 

default specifications for fishing year 

2022. Review options for mitigating 

impacts on Georges Bank yellowtail 

flounder and northern windowpane 

flounder and make final 

recommendations. They will also 

discuss Scallop Priorities: Reviewing 

the existing 2021 scallop work priorities 

and correspondence from the Scallopers 

Campaign requesting the Council 

consider changing the scallop priorities 

by adding LA scallop leasing listening 

sessions to the priority list and develop 

a recommendation for the Council to 

consider. The AP may recommend 

deleting a priority if a new priority is 

added. Other business may be 

discussed, as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. 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 Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. Consistent with 16 

U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: December 31, 2020. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–29240 Filed 1–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

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; Atlantic Highly Migratory 

Species Individual Bluefin Tuna Quota 

(IBQ) Tracking and Appeals 

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 August 31, 

2020, during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory 

Species (HMS) Individual Bluefin Tuna 

Quota Tracking. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0677. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 220. 

Average Hours per Response: 10 

minutes for initial application for IBQ 

account; 15 minutes per IBQ allocation 

lease. 

Burden Hours: 54. 

Needs and Uses: Amendment 7 to the 

2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery 

Management Plan (79 FR 71510, 

December 2, 2014) implemented 

individual bluefin tuna quota (IBQ) 

shares and allocations for vessels 

permitted in the Atlantic Tunas 

Longline category, and also 

implemented distribution of Atlantic 

Tunas Purse Seine category quota 

through the IBQ online system. IBQs are 

intended to fairly and effectively 

allocate limited quota for incidental 

capture of Atlantic bluefin tuna among 

vessels in the Longline category, while 

minimizing dead discards and 

discouraging interactions with bluefin 

tuna, and better utilizing the Purse 

Seine category quota. An online system 

developed by NMFS tracks allocations 

and allocation leases, and reconciles 

allocation with bluefin tuna catches for 

quota monitoring. This collection of 

information accounts for the reporting 

burden associated with allocation and 

lease tracking. 

First-time vessel permit holders in the 

affected categories must obtain and set 

up an IBQ account in the online ‘‘Catch 

Shares Online System’’ in order to be 

issued IBQ shares and resultant 

allocation, to lease IBQ, and to resolve 

quota debt. To use the electronic IBQ 

System, first–time participants will 

need to request an account and set their 

account up with background 

information. The information collected 

during account issuance and set-up will 

be used by NMFS to verify the identity 

of the individual/business and whether 

they qualify for IBQ allocation leasing. 

The lease monitoring information 

collected by the online system will be 

used by each permit holder to keep 

track of their individual IBQ allocation, 

and document allocation leases with 

other IBQ participants. NMFS will use 

these data to ensure proper accounting 

of allocations among participants, and 


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