42490 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 163 / Wednesday, August 22, 2018 / Notices 

mitigation and monitoring 

requirements; and 

(2) A preliminary monitoring report 

showing the results of the required 

monitoring to date and an explanation 

showing that the monitoring results do 

not indicate impacts of a scale or nature 

not previously analyzed or authorized; 

• Upon review of the request for 

renewal, the status of the affected 

species or stocks, and any other 

pertinent information, NMFS 

determines that there are no more than 

minor changes in the activities, the 

mitigation and monitoring measures 

remain the same and appropriate, and 

the original findings remain valid. 

Dated: August 16, 2018. 

Donna S. Wieting, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18056 Filed 8–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG432 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of telephonic meeting. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) 

Observer Advisory Committee Subgroup 

will meet September 5, 2018. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, September 5, 2018, from 

1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

telephonically. Teleconference line: 

(907) 271–2896. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Figus, Council staff; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The agenda will include: A discussion 

of the Observer Program Fee Analysis 

developments since June 2018, 

including an outline, alternatives, 

monitoring objectives, and discussion of 

analysis methods. 

Public Comment 

Public comment letters will be 

accepted and should be submitted either 

electronically to Elizabeth Figus, 

Council staff: Elizabeth.figus@noaa.gov 

or through the mail: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. In-person oral public 

testimony will be accepted at the 

discretion of the chair. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Shannon Gleason at (907) 271–2809 at 

least 7 working days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Dated: August 17, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18118 Filed 8–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG003 

Pacific Island Fisheries; Marine 

Conservation Plan for American 

Samoa; Western Pacific Sustainable 

Fisheries Fund 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of agency decision. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval of 

a marine conservation plan (MCP) for 

American Samoa. 

DATES: This agency decision is effective 

from July 25, 2018, through July 24, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of 

the MCP, identified by NOAA–NMFS– 

2018–0014, from the Federal eRulemaking Portal, http://

www.regulations.gov/#!

docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2018- 

0014, or from the Western Pacific 

Fishery Management Council (Council), 

1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400, Honolulu, 

HI 96813, tel 808–522–8200, http://

www.wpcouncil.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabriel Forrester, Sustainable Fisheries, 

NMFS Pacific Island Regional Office, 

808–725–5179. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

204(e) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes the 

Secretary of State, with the concurrence 

of the Secretary of Commerce 

(Secretary) and in consultation with the 

Council, to negotiate and enter into a 

Pacific Insular Area fishery agreement 

(PIAFA). A PIAFA would allow foreign 

fishing within the U.S. Exclusive 

Economic Zone (EEZ) adjacent to 

American Samoa, Guam, or the 

Northern Mariana Islands. The Governor 

of the Pacific Insular Area to which the 

PIAFA applies must request the PIAFA. 

The Secretary of State may negotiate 

and enter the PIAFA after consultation 

with, and concurrence of, the applicable 

Governor. 

Before entering the PIAFA, the 

applicable Governor, with concurrence 

of the Council, must develop and 

submit to the Secretary a 3-year MCP 

providing details on uses for and funds 

collected by the Secretary for MCP 

review and approval. NMFS is the 

designee of the Secretary for MCP 

review and approval. The MagnusonStevens Act requires payments received 

under a PIAFA to be deposited into the 

United States Treasury and then 

conveyed to the Treasury of the Pacific 

Insular Area for which funds were 

collected. 

In the case of violations by foreign 

fishing vessels in the EEZ around any 

Pacific Insular Area, amounts received 

by the Secretary attributable to fines and 

penalties imposed under the MagnusonStevens Act, including sums collected 

from the forfeiture and disposition or 

sale of property seized subject to its 

authority, shall be deposited into the 

Treasury of the Pacific Insular Area 

adjacent to the EEZ in which the 

violation occurred, after direct costs of 

the enforcement action are subtracted. 

The Pacific Insular Area government 

may use funds deposited into the 

treasury of the Pacific Insular Area for 

fisheries enforcement and for 

implementation of an MCP. 

Federal regulations at 50 CFR 665.819 

authorize NMFS to specify catch limits 

of longline-caught bigeye tuna for U.S. 

territories. NMFS may also authorize 

each territory to allocate a portion of 

that limit to U.S. longline fishing vessels 

that are permitted to fish under the 

Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic 

Fisheries of the Western Pacific (FEP). 

Payments collected under specified 

fishing agreements are deposited into 

the Western Pacific Sustainable 

Fisheries Fund, and any funds 

attributable to a particular Fisheries 

Fund, and any funds attributable to a 

particular territory may be used only for 

implementation of that territory’s MCP. 


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