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effectiveness analysis, constrained 

optimization, simulation modeling, and 

application of perception, information 

processing, and decision models and 

theories; and drawing on parts of 

operations research, microeconomics, 

statistical inference, management 

control, cognitive and social 

psychology, and computer science. By 

focusing on decisions as the unit of 

analysis, decision science provides a 

unique framework for understanding 

interactions across technologies, socioeconomic networks, organizations (e.g., 

institutions, firms), elements of the built 

environment, and a range of ecological 

problems and perceptions that influence 

these decisions. Data may be collected 

through a variety of modes, including 

but not limited to electronic or social 

media, direct or indirect observation 

(i.e., in-person, video and audio 

collections), interviews, structured 

questionnaires, and focus groups. 

Affected Public: Federal Government; 

households and individuals; the private 

sector; and State and local governments. 

Frequency: Select from the following 

options: once, annually, monthly, 

quarterly: Frequency will be variable 

across collections. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: 

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 0693–0089. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20663 Filed 9–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–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; Social and Economic Survey 

of Hired Captains and Crew in 

Commercial Fisheries 

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 May 7, 2024 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

Title: Social and Economic Survey of 

Hired Captains and Crew in Commercial 

Fisheries. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0636. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

[revision and extension of a current 

information collection]. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 

1,353. 

Average Hours per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 338. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for a 

revision and extension to an approved 

collection. The proposed revisions 

would do the following to the currently 

approved information collection. 

1. Expand the scope from New 

England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, 

and Gulf of Mexico commercial fisheries 

to Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, West 

Coast, and Pacific Islands commercial 

fisheries; 

2. Change the title from ‘‘SocioEconomic Survey of Hired Captains and 

Crew in New England, Mid-Atlantic, 

South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico 

Commercial Fisheries’’ to ‘‘Social andEconomic Survey of Hired Captains and 

Crew in Commercial Fisheries’’; 

a. Replace the survey instrument that 

OMB approved in 2021, which included 

some region-specific questions, with 

region-specific survey instruments that 

NMFS produced by eliminating the few 

irrelevant questions for each region, 

adding a few region-specific questions, 

rewording a few questions to make them 

region specific, and giving each survey 

a region-specific name. 

Under the revised information 

collection, the Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center (NEFSC) will conduct 

the survey for the New England and 

Mid-Atlantic fisheries; the Southeast 

Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) will 

conduct the survey for the South 

Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto Rico, 

and the U.S. Virgin Islands fisheries; the 

Northwest Fisheries Science Center 

(NWFSC) and the Southwest Fisheries 

Science Center (SWFSC) will jointly 

conduct the survey for the West Coast 

fisheries; and the Pacific Islands 

Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) will 

conduct the survey for the Pacific 

Islands fisheries. Each Fisheries Science 

Center will conduct a social and 

economic survey of hired captains and 

crew once in the following three years 

for its commercial fisheries. 

The Fisheries Science Centers seek to 

conduct surveys to provide for the 

ongoing collection of social and 

economic data related to the fishing 

industries in those states. The purpose 

of this survey is to assess and track over 

time the social and economic conditions 

of commercial fishing crews and hired 

captains for which little is known. This 

survey will provide data on social and 

economic impacts for this population 

and the changes in fisheries because of 

regulatory changes. Data to be collected 

include demographic information on 

crew, individual and community wellbeing, fishing practices, job satisfaction, 

job opportunities, and attitudes toward 

fisheries management. The National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

Magnuson-Stevens Conservation and 

Management Act (MSA) both contain 

requirements for considering the social 

and economic impacts of fishery 

management decisions. There is a need 

to understand how such fishery 

management policies and programs will 

affect the social and economic 

characteristics of those involved in the 

commercial fishing industry. To help 

meet these requirements of NEPA and 

MSA, the Fisheries Science Centers will 

collect data on an ongoing basis to track 

how the social and economic 

characteristics of fisheries are changing 

over time and the impact of fishery 

management policies and programs 

implemented for the New England, MidAtlantic, South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, 

Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, West 

Coast, and Pacific Islands commercial 

fisheries. 


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Affected Public: Individuals (i.e., 

hired captains and other crew members 

in commercial fisheries). 

Frequency: Once. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: The National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

Magnuson-Stevens Conservation and 

Management Act (MSA). 

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 0648–0636. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20664 Filed 9–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE233] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Ad-hoc Sacramento River Fall Chinook 

(SRFC) Workgroup will hold a two-day 

online meeting in October 2024. 

DATES: The online meeting will be held 

on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 and 

Thursday, October 3, 2024, daily from 9 

a.m. until 3 p.m., Pacific time, or when 

business for the day concludes. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

online. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on how to join the 

meeting and system requirements will 

be provided in the meeting 

announcement on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 

2412 for technical assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Forristall, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Council; telephone: (503) 820–2419. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of the meetings is to 

address guidance received from the 

Pacific Council at their June 2024 

meeting. The Workgroup will likely 

focus on finalizing their report that 

considers new or updated tools for 

SRFC management for the Pacific 

Council’s November 2024 meeting. If 

applicable, the Workgroup may also 

discuss 2024 Salmon Methodology 

Review topics relevant to their tasking. 

Additional discussions may include, but 

are not limited to, future meetings, 

workload planning, and upcoming 

Council agenda items. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during this 

meeting. Action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document that 

require emergency action under section 

305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the intent to take final action to address 

the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10 

days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: September 9, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20705 Filed 9–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE280] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public online 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Groundfish 

Subcommittee of the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) will convene an online meeting to 

review the suitability of fish age 

estimates developed using Fourier 

Transformed Near-Infrared 

Spectroscopy (FT–NIRS) for inclusion 

in groundfish stock assessments. The 

methodology review meeting is open to 

the public. 

DATES: The groundfish methodology 

review online meeting will be held 

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 and 

Wednesday October 2, 2024, daily from 

8 a.m. until noon (Pacific daylight time) 

or until business for the day has been 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: The groundfish 

methodology review will be conducted 

as an online meeting. Specific meeting 

information, including the agenda and 

directions on how to join the meeting 

and system requirements, will be 

provided in the workshop 

announcement on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 

2412 for technical assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene A. Bellman, Staff Officer, 

Pacific Council; telephone: (503) 820– 

2414, email: marlene.bellman@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the groundfish methodology 

review meeting is aimed at evaluating 

FT–NIRS to provide a reliable 

alternative to traditional ageing. 

Proponents plan to explore and 

document the variability in estimated 

relationships between traditional age 

reads and spectral data across major 

categorical dimensions. In addition, the 

review may evaluate the effect that 

replacing large blocks of traditional ages 

in assessments with FT–NIRS ages has 

on important assessment metrics. 

Evaluation of the benefits of including 

additional variables and the costs/ 

implications for use of the age data in 

estimating other relationships, such as 

growth, will be explored, as time 

permits. This review is planned in 

preparation for the 2025 groundfish 

stock assessment cycle. The results of 


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