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Council members, other meeting 

participants, and members of the public 

will have the option to participate in 

person at The Westin Arlington 

Gateway or virtually via Webex 

webinar. Webinar connection 

instructions and briefing materials will 

be available at: https://www.mafmc.org/ 

briefing/february-2024. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State St., 

Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: 

(302) 674–2331; www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (302) 

526–5255. The Council’s website, 

www.mafmc.org, also has details on the 

meeting location, proposed agenda, 

webinar listen-in access, and briefing 

materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items are on the agenda, 

although agenda items may be 

addressed out of order (changes will be 

noted on the Council’s website when 

possible.) 

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 

Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog 

Species Separation Requirements 

Amendment 

Review and approve Public Hearing 

Document. 

LUNCH 

Business Session 

Committee Reports (SSC); Executive 

Director’s Report; Organization Reports; 

and Liaison Reports. 

Other Business and General Public 

Comment 

Briefing Book Tutorial 

Legal Review, Financial Disclosure and 

Recusal Training—John Almeida, 

NOAA Fisheries 

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 

Offshore Wind Updates 

Updates from the Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management. 

Updates from the state working group 

on a fisheries compensation fund 

administrator. 

Updates from offshore wind project 

developers: ;rsted, Vineyard Wind, 

Kitty Hawk Wind, Community Offshore 

Wind. 

Black Sea Bass Assessment Overview— 

Larry Alade, Kiersten Curti, NEFSC 

Overview of recently completed 

Research Track stock assessment. 

LUNCH 

Sturgeon Framework 

Review progress on joint MidAtlantic/New England Council action to 

reduce Atlantic Sturgeon interaction in 

the monkfish/dogfish gillnet fisheries. 

Approve final packages of 

alternatives. 

Northeast Fisheries Science Center 

(NEFSC) White Paper ‘‘Draft Proposed 

Plan for a Novel Industry Based 

Multispecies Bottom Trawl Survey on 

the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf ’’ 

—Dr. Kathryn Ford, NEFSC 

Overview of the Industry-based 

survey white paper. 

Consider next steps. 

Awards Presentation 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Actions 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically identified in this notice and 

any issues arising after publication of 

this notice that require emergency 

action under Section 305(c). 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aid 

should be directed to Shelley Spedden, 

(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: January 17, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD670] 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of hybrid conference 

meetings of the North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council and its advisory 

committees. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) and its 

advisory committees will meet in 

February in Seattle, WA. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

February 5, 2024 through February 12, 

2024. The Council’s Scientific and 

Statistical Committee (SSC) will begin at 

8 a.m. in the Courtyard Ballroom on 

Monday, February 5, 2024, and continue 

through Wednesday, February 7, 2024. 

The Council’s Advisory Panel (AP) will 

begin at 10:30 a.m. in the North/West 

room on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, and 

continue through Friday, February 9, 

2024. The Council will begin at 8 a.m. 

in the Courtyard Ballroom on Thursday, 

February 8, 2024, and continue through 

Monday, February 12, 2024. All times 

listed are Pacific Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be a 

hybrid conference. 

Meeting address: The in-person 

component of the meeting will be held 

at the Renaissance Hotel, 515 Madison 

St., Seattle, WA 98104, or join the 

meeting online through the links at 

https://www.npfmc.org/upcomingcouncil-meetings. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 1007 W 

3rd Ave., Suite 400, Anchorage, AK 

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

Instructions for attending the meeting 

via web conference are given under 

Connection Information, below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana Evans, Council staff; email: 

diana.evans@noaa.gov; telephone: (907) 

271–2809. For technical support, please 

contact our Council administrative staff, 

email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Monday, February 5, 2024 Through 

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 

The SSC agenda will include the 

following issues: 

(1) NSRKC (Norton Sound Red King 

Crab) ABC (acceptable biological 

catch)/OFL (overfishing limit)—Set 

Specifications, Crab Plan Team 

Report 

(2) BBRKC (Bristol Bay Red King Crab) 

Closure Areas—Initial Review 

(3) Cook Inlet Salmon—Status 

Determination Criteria, harvest 

specifications 

(4) AFA (American Fisheries Act) 

Program Review—review workplan 

(5) Case Studies for the 8th National 

Regional Fishery Management 

Councils’ Scientific Coordination 

Subcommittee (SCS8) workshop— 

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(6) Small Sablefish release—identify 

sablefish DMR (discard mortality 

rate) for analysis 

(7) Research Priorities—Plan Teams 

reports 

The agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted at 

https://meetings.npfmc.org/Meeting/ 

Details/3030 prior to the meeting, along 

with meeting materials. 

In addition to providing ongoing 

scientific advice for fishery management 

decisions, the SSC functions as the 

Council’s primary peer review panel for 

scientific information, as described by 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act section 

302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard 

2 guidelines (78 FR 43066). The peerreview process is also deemed to satisfy 

the requirements of the Information 

Quality Act, including the OMB Peer 

Review Bulletin guidelines. 

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Through 

Friday, February 9, 2024 

The Advisory Panel agenda will 

include the following issues: 

(1) NSRKC ABC/OFL—Set 

Specifications, Crab Plan Team 

Report 

(2) BBRKC Closure Areas—Initial 

Review 

(3) Pelagic Trawl Gear Definition 

Changes—review NMFS report 

(4) Cook Inlet Salmon—Status 

Determination Criteria, harvest 

specifications 

(5) GOA (Gulf of Alaska) Tanner Crab 

protections—review discussion 

paper 

(6) Programmatic Evaluation of 

management policies—Council 

direction and workshop planning 

(7) AFA Program Review—review 

workplan 

(8) Staff Tasking 

Thursday, February 8, 2024 Through 

Monday, February 12, 2024 

The Council agenda will include the 

following issues. The Council may take 

appropriate action on any of the issues 

identified. 

(1) B Reports (Executive Director 

including research presentation on 

effects of fishing on benthic habitat, 

NMFS Management including 

annual cost recovery updates and ELogbooks Exempted Fishing Permit, 

NOAA GC, AFSC, ADF&G, USCG, 

USFWS, IPHC report, Advisory 

Panel, SSC report) 

(2) NSRKC ABC/OFL—Set 

Specifications, Crab Plan Team 

Report 

(3) BBRKC Closure Areas—Initial 

Review 

(4) Cook Inlet Salmon—Status 

Determination Criteria, harvest 

specifications 

(5) Pelagic Trawl Gear Definition 

Changes—review NMFS report 

(6) GOA Tanner Crab protections— 

review discussion paper 

(7) Programmatic Evaluation of 

management policies—Council 

direction and workshop planning 

(8) AFA Program Review—review 

workplan 

(9) Staff Tasking 

Connection Information 

You can attend the meeting online 

using a computer, tablet, or smart 

phone; or by phone only. Connection 

information will be posted online at: 

https://www.npfmc.org/upcomingcouncil-meetings. For technical support, 

please contact our administrative staff, 

email: npfmc.admin@noaa.gov. 

If you are attending the meeting inperson, please refer to the COVID 

avoidance protocols on our website, 

https://www.npfmc.org/upcomingcouncil-meetings/. 

Public Comment 

Public comment letters will be 

accepted and should be submitted 

electronically through the links at 

https://www.npfmc.org/upcomingcouncil-meetings. The Council strongly 

encourages written public comment for 

this meeting, to avoid any potential for 

technical difficulties to compromise oral 

testimony. The written comment period 

is open from January 12, 2024, to 

February 2, 2024, and closes at 12 p.m. 

Alaska Time on Friday, February 2, 

2024. 

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

Dated: January 16, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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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; Commercial Operator’s 

Annual Report (COAR) 

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 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at NOAA.PRA@noaa.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0428 in the subject line of your 

comments. 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 Gabrielle 

Aberle, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 

99802–1668, gabrielle.aberle@noaa.gov 

or 323–372–0062. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS), Alaska Regional Office, is 

requesting renewal of the currently 

approved information collection for the 

Commercial Operator’s Annual Report 

(COAR). 

The COAR is a State of Alaska report 

that is required to be completed and 

submitted by direct marketers, catcher 

processors, catcher exporters, buyer 

exporters, shore-based processors, and 

floating processor permit holders 

pursuant to Alaska Administrative Code 

(5 AAC 39.130) and Federal regulations 

at 50 CFR 679. Under 50 CFR 679.5(p), 

NMFS requires motherships and catcher 

processors that are issued a Federal 

fisheries permit to annually complete 

and submit the appropriate sections of 

the COAR. 

The COAR is used to gather statewide 

fish and shellfish information 

describing buying (ex-vessel) and 

production (wholesale or retail) 

activities. The information collected in 

the COAR is used to determine the 

value of Alaska’s fisheries resources and 

products. NMFS uses the COAR 

database in annual Federal publications 

on the value of U.S. commercial 

fisheries, in the annual NMFS Stock 


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