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in Rockfish Program regulations at 50 

CFR part 679. 

The Rockfish Program is a limited 

access privilege program developed to 

enhance resource conservation and 

improve economic efficiency in the 

Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish fisheries. 

The rockfish fisheries are conducted in 

Federal waters near Kodiak, Alaska, by 

trawl vessels and longline vessels. The 

Rockfish Program assigns quota share 

(QS) to License Limitation Program 

(LLP) licenses for rockfish primary and 

secondary species based on legal 

landings associated with that LLP. 

Each year, an LLP license holder 

assigns the LLP license with rockfish QS 

to a rockfish cooperative. Each rockfish 

cooperative receives an annual 

cooperative fishing quota (CQ), which is 

an amount of primary and secondary 

rockfish species the cooperative is able 

to harvest in that fishing year. 

This collection contains the 

information collection requirements 

submitted by the rockfish cooperatives 

for an annual rockfish CQ permit, intercooperative quota transfers, vessel 

check-in/check-out reports, and 

termination of fishing reports. 

The Application for Rockfish 

Cooperative Fishing Quota is submitted 

annually by a rockfish cooperative to 

receive the cooperative’s annual CQ 

permit. The application collects rockfish 

cooperative identification information, 

LLP holder and ownership 

documentation for the members of the 

cooperative applying for QS, 

identification information for vessels of 

the cooperative members, shoreside 

processor associate identification 

information, certifications of the 

cooperative representative and 

processor associate(s), and required 

attachments. 

The Application for Inter-Cooperative 

Transfer of CQ is used by a rockfish 

cooperative to transfer CQ to another 

rockfish cooperative. The information 

collected includes information on the 

QS to be transferred. This information is 

used by NMFS to monitor transfers to 

ensure they do not exceed ownership or 

use caps for the fishery. 

The Rockfish Program vessel check-in 

report must be submitted before a vessel 

authorized to fish under the 

cooperative’s permit starts fishing for 

the cooperative, and a check-out report 

when a vessel stops fishing for the 

cooperative during the fishing season. 

The check-in and check-out reports are 

necessary so that NMFS’s catch 

accounting system can identify catch by 

a vessel that should accrue to a rockfish 

cooperative quota allocation from catch 

that occurs in other, non-Rockfish 

Program fisheries. 

A rockfish cooperative may choose to 

terminate its CQ permit through a 

termination of fishing report submitted 

to NMFS. This notifies NMFS that all 

vessels fishing for the cooperative have 

completed fishing in the Rockfish 

Program for the year. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: Annually; as needed. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary; 

Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits; 

Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function and 

entering either the title of the collection 

or the OMB Control Number 0648–0545. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing 

System (IOOS®) Advisory Committee 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Integrated Ocean 

Observing System (IOOS®), 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 

virtual meeting of the U.S. Integrated 

Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) 

Advisory Committee (Committee). The 

meeting is open to the public and an 

opportunity for oral and written 

comments will be provided. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

March 18, 2024 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

(EST). Written public comments should 

be received by the Designated Federal 

Official by March 11, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually. To register for the meeting 

and/or submit public comments, use 

this link https://forms.gle/

MwbP2NXJhaz7cbuV8 or email 

Laura.Gewain@noaa.gov. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

instructions and other information 

about public participation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Krisa Arzayus, Designated Federal 

Official, U.S. IOOS Advisory 

Committee, U.S. IOOS Program, 1315 

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910; Phone 240–533–9455; Fax 301– 

713–3281; email krisa.arzayus@

noaa.gov or visit the U.S. IOOS 

Advisory Committee website at http://

ioos.noaa.gov/community/u-s-ioosadvisory-committee/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee was established by the 

NOAA Administrator as directed by 

section 12304 of the Integrated Coastal 

and Ocean Observation System Act, part 

of the Omnibus Public Land 

Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111– 

11), and reauthorized under the 

Coordinated Ocean Observations and 

Research Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116–271). 

The Committee advises the NOAA 

Administrator and the Interagency 

Ocean Observation Committee (IOOC) 

on matters related to the responsibilities 

and authorities set forth in section 

12302 and section 12304 of the 

Integrated Coastal and Ocean 

Observation System Act of 2009 and 

other appropriate matters as the Under 

Secretary may refer to the Committee for 

review and advice. 

The Committee will provide advice 

on: 

(a) administration, operation, 

management, and maintenance of the 

Integrated Coastal and Ocean 

Observation System (the System); 

(b) expansion and periodic 

modernization and upgrade of 

technology components of the System; 

(c) identification of end-user 

communities, their needs for 

information provided by the System, 

and the System’s effectiveness in 

disseminating information to end-user 

communities and to the general public; 

and 

(d) additional priorities, including— 

(1) a national surface current mapping 

network designed to improve fine scale 

sea surface mapping using high 

frequency radar technology and other 

emerging technologies to address 

national priorities, including Coast 

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planning and harmful algal bloom 

forecasting and detection that— 

(i) is comprised of existing high 

frequency radar and other sea surface 

current mapping infrastructure operated 

by national programs and regional 

coastal observing systems; 

(ii) incorporates new high frequency 

radar assets or other fine scale sea 

surface mapping technology assets, and 

other assets needed to fill gaps in 

coverage on United States coastlines; 

and 

(iii) follows a deployment plan that 

prioritizes closing gaps in high 

frequency radar infrastructure in the 

United States, starting with areas 

demonstrating significant sea surface 

current data needs, especially in areas 

where additional data will improve 

Coast Guard search and rescue models; 

(2) fleet acquisition for unmanned 

maritime systems for deployment and 

data integration to fulfill the purposes of 

this subtitle; 

(3) an integrative survey program for 

application of unmanned maritime 

systems to the real-time or near realtime collection and transmission of sea 

floor, water column, and sea surface 

data on biology, chemistry, geology, 

physics, and hydrography; 

(4) remote sensing and data 

assimilation to develop new analytical 

methodologies to assimilate data from 

the System into hydrodynamic models; 

(5) integrated, multi-State monitoring 

to assess sources, movement, and fate of 

sediments in coastal regions; 

(6) a multi-region marine sound 

monitoring system to be— 

(i) planned in consultation with the 

IOOC, NOAA, the Department of the 

Navy, and academic research 

institutions; and 

(ii) developed, installed, and operated 

in coordination with NOAA, the 

Department of the Navy, and academic 

research institutions; and 

(e) any other purpose identified by the 

Administrator or the Council. 

Matters To Be Considered 

The meeting will focus on: (1) IOOC 

Strategic Plan, (2) final 

recommendations from the Phase 2 

workplan, and (3) updates on the spring 

public meeting. The latest version of the 

agenda will be posted at http://

ioos.noaa.gov/community/u-s-ioosadvisory-committee/. The times and the 

agenda topics described here are subject 

to change. 

Public Comment Instructions 

The meeting will be open to public 

participation (check agenda on website 

to confirm time). The Committee 

expects that public statements presented 

at its meetings will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted verbal or written 

statements. In general, each individual 

or group making a verbal presentation 

will be limited to a total time of three 

(3) minutes. Written comments should 

be received by the Designated Federal 

Official by March 11, 2024, to provide 

sufficient time for Committee review. 

Written comments received after March 

11, 2024, will be distributed to the 

Committee, but may not be reviewed 

prior to the meeting date. To submit 

written comments, please fill out the 

brief form at https://forms.gle/

MwbP2NXJhaz7cbuV8 or email your 

comments and the organization/ 

company affiliation you represent to 

Laura Gewain, Laura.Gewain@noaa.gov. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Krisa Arzayus, 

Designated Federal Official by phone 

(240–533–9455) or email 

(Krisa.Arzayus@noaa.gov) or to Laura 

Gewain (Laura.Gewain@noaa.gov) by 

March 11, 2024. 

Carl C. Gouldman, 

Director, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing 

System Office, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD713] 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 82 South 

Atlantic Gray Triggerfish Review 

Workshop. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 82 assessment of 

the South Atlantic stock of gray 

triggerfish will consist of a data 

webinars/workshop, a series of 

assessment webinars, and a review 

workshop. A SEDAR 82 Review 

Workshop has been scheduled for 

March 12–14, 2024. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and 

agenda. 

DATES: The SEDAR 82 South Atlantic 

Gray Triggerfish Review Workshop is 

scheduled for March 12–14, 2024, from 

8 a.m. until 6 p.m. eastern, each day. 

The established times may be adjusted 

as necessary to accommodate the timely 

completion of discussion relevant to the 

assessment process. Such adjustments 

may result in the meeting being 

extended from or completed prior to the 

time established by this notice. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the DoubleTree by Hilton 

Atlantic Beach Oceanfront, 2717 West 

Fort Macon Road, Atlantic Beach, NC 

28512. The meeting is open to the 

public and available for broadcast by 

registering at the following link: https:// 

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/

6450821962810158942. 

SEDAR address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N 

Charleston, SC 29405; 

www.sedarweb.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Meisha Key, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571– 

4366; email: Meisha.Key@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions, 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop; (2) Assessment Process 

utilizing webinars; and (3) Review 

Workshop. The product of the Data 

Workshop is a data report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses. The product of the Assessment 

Process is a stock assessment report 

which describes the fisheries, evaluates 

the status of the stock, estimates 

biological benchmarks, projects future 

population conditions, and recommends 

research and monitoring needs. The 

assessment is independently peer 

reviewed at the Review Workshop. The 

product of the Review Workshop is a 

Summary documenting panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, 


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