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the RCR. The RCR permit holder is 

responsible for submitting this payment 

to NMFS on or before July 31, in the 

year following the crab fishing year in 

which landings of crab were made. 

The dollar amount of the fee due is 

determined by multiplying the fee 

percentage (not to exceed 3 percent) by 

the ex-vessel value of crab debited from 

the allocation. Specific details on the 

Program’s cost recovery provision may 

be found in the implementing 

regulations at 50 CFR 680.44. 

Fee Percentage 

Each year, NMFS calculates and 

publishes in the Federal Register the fee 

percentage according to the factors and 

methodology described at § 680.44(c)(2). 

The formula for determining the fee 

percentage is the ‘‘direct program costs’’ 

divided by ‘‘value of the fishery,’’ where 

‘‘direct program costs’’ are the direct 

program costs for the Program for the 

previous fiscal year, and ‘‘value of the 

fishery’’ is the ex-vessel value of the 

catch subject to the crab cost recovery 

fee liability for the current year. Fee 

collections for any given year may be 

less than, or greater than, the actual 

costs and fishery value for that year, 

because, by regulation, the fee 

percentage is established in the first 

quarter of a crab fishery year based on 

the fishery value and the costs of the 

prior year. 

Based upon the fee percentage 

formula described above, the estimated 

percentage of costs to value for the 

2017/2018 fishery was 1.85 percent. 

Therefore, the fee percentage will be 

1.85 percent for the 2018/2019 crab 

fishing year. This is an increase of 0.28 

percent from the 2017/2018 fee 

percentage of 1.57 percent (81 FR 32329, 

July 13, 2017). Although direct program 

costs for managing the fishery increased 

by 2.9 percent from 2016/2017 to 2017/ 

2018, the increase in the fee percentage 

was more affected by a $24.0 million 

decrease in the value of the crab 

harvested under the Program. Similar to 

previous years, the largest direct 

program costs are incurred by the 

Alaska Department of Fish and Game 

and the NOAA Office of Law 

Enforcement. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1862; Pub. L. 109– 

241; Pub. L. 109–479. 

Dated: July 16, 2018. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15468 Filed 7–18–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Sanctuary System Business Advisory 

Council: Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

meeting of the Sanctuary System 

Business Advisory Council (council). 

The meeting is open to the public, and 

participants may provide comments at 

the appropriate time during the meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, August 22, 2018, from 9:00 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, and an opportunity 

for public comment will be provided 

around 4:00 p.m. ET. Both these times 

and agenda topics are subject to change. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

JetBlue Airways Corporation, 27–01 

Queens Plaza North, Long Island City, 

NY 11101. The meeting agenda, 

including times and topics, can be 

found here: http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ 

management/bac/meetings.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LeAnn Hogan, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, 1305 East West Highway, 

Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (Phone: 

240–533–0679; Fax: 301–713–0404; 

Email: LeAnn.Hogan@noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ONMS 

serves as the trustee for a network of 

underwater parks encompassing more 

than 600,000 square miles of marine and 

Great Lakes waters from Washington 

State to the Florida Keys, and from Lake 

Huron to American Samoa. The network 

includes a system of 13 national marine 

sanctuaries and Papaha ̄naumokua ̄kea 

and Rose Atoll marine national 

monuments. National marine 

sanctuaries protect our nation’s most 

vital coastal and marine natural and 

cultural resources, and through active 

research, management, and public 

engagement, sustain healthy 

environments that are the foundation for 

thriving communities and stable 

economies. One of the many ways 

ONMS ensures public participation in 

the designation and management of 

national marine sanctuaries is through 

the formation of advisory councils. The 

Sanctuary System Business Advisory 

Council (council) has been formed to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the Director regarding the relationship 

of ONMS with the business community. 

Additional information on the council 

can be found at http://

sanctuaries.noaa.gov/management/ac/ 

welcome.html. 

Matters to be Considered: The 

meeting will provide an opportunity for 

council members to hear news from 

across the National Marine Sanctuary 

System and review and comment on 

program initiatives. For a complete 

agenda, including times and topics, 

please visit http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ 

management/bac/meetings.html. This 

meeting notice is being issued under 

Section 315 of the National Marine 

Sanctuaries Act, 16 U.S.C. 1445A. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. Sections 1431, et seq. 

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 

Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program) 

Dated: June 27, 2018. 

John Armor, 

Director, Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15452 Filed 7–18–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG361 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will hold a public 

hearing via webinar to solicit public 

comments on Amendment 13—Spiny 

Lobster for Management in the Gulf of 

Mexico. 

DATES: The webinar will convene on 

Thursday, August 2, 2018, from 6 p.m. 

to 9 p.m., EDT. The webinar will begin 

at 6 p.m. and will conclude no later 

than 9 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be 

held via webinar. Council address: Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 

4701 W Spruce Street, Suite 200, 

Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348– 

1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Morgan Kilgour, Fishery Biologist, Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

morgan.kilgour@gulfcouncil.org, 

telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

agenda for the following webinar is as 


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