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scientific and commercial information, 

we are soliciting new information from 

the public, governmental agencies, 

Tribes, the scientific community, 

industry, environmental entities, and 

any other interested parties concerning 

the status of the Chinese river dolphin/ 

Baiji/Yangtze River dolphin (Lipotes 

vexillifer). Categories of requested 

information include: (1) species biology 

including, but not limited to, population 

trends, distribution, abundance, 

demographics, and genetics; (2) habitat 

conditions including, but not limited to, 

amount, distribution, and important 

features for conservation; (3) status and 

trends of threats to the species and its 

habitats; (4) conservation measures that 

have been implemented that benefit the 

species, including monitoring data 

demonstrating effectiveness of such 

measures; and (5) other new 

information, data, or corrections 

including, but not limited to, taxonomic 

or nomenclatural changes and improved 

analytical methods for evaluating 

extinction risk. 

If you wish to provide information for 

the review, you may submit your 

information and materials electronically 

(see ADDRESSES section). We request that 

all information be accompanied by 

supporting documentation such as 

maps, bibliographic references, or 

reprints of pertinent publications. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: September 27, 2024. 

Lisa Manning, 

Acting Chief, Endangered Species 

Conservation Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE288] 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review Workshops Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; nominations for shark 

stock assessment advisory panel. 

SUMMARY: NMFS solicits nominations 

for the Atlantic Highly Migratory 

Species (HMS) Southeast Data, 

Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) 

Workshops Advisory Panel, also known 

as the ‘‘SEDAR Pool.’’ The SEDAR Pool 

is comprised of a group of individuals 

who, if selected review data and advise 

NMFS on the scientific information, 

data, and models used in stock 

assessments for oceanic sharks in the 

Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of 

Mexico and Caribbean Sea. NMFS is 

seeking nominations for 5-year 

appointments (2025–2030). NMFS will 

consider individuals with definable 

interests in recreational and commercial 

fishing and related industries, including 

those from the environmental 

community, academia, and nongovernmental organizations, for 

membership on the SEDAR Pool. 

DATES: Submit nominations on or before 

November 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

nominations and request the SEDAR 

Pool Statement of Organization, 

Practices, and Procedures electronically 

via email to SEDAR.pool@noaa.gov. 

Additional information on SEDAR 

and the SEDAR guidelines can be found 

at http://sedarweb.org/. The terms of 

reference for the SEDAR Pool, along 

with a list of current members, can be 

found at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/southeast-dataassessment-and-review-and-atlantichighly. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karyl Brewster-Geisz or Delisse Ortiz at 

301–427–8503. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HMS 

fisheries (tunas, billfish, swordfish, and 

sharks) are managed under the 2006 

Consolidated HMS Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP) and its amendments 

pursuant to the authority of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act; 16 U.S.C. 1801 

et seq.) and consistent with the Atlantic 

Tunas Convention Act (16 U.S.C. 971 et 

seq.). HMS implementing regulations 

are at 50 CFR part 635. 

Background 

NMFS established the SEDAR Pool 

consistent with section 302(g) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act. NMFS may 

select individuals of the SEDAR Pool to 

review and advise NMFS on the 

scientific information, data, and models 

used in stock assessments for oceanic 

sharks in the Atlantic Ocean, including 

the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. 

While NMFS created the SEDAR Pool 

specifically for consultation on Atlantic 

shark stock assessments, NMFS may 

expand consultation to other HMS, as 

needed. 

NMFS may select individuals in the 

SEDAR Pool to participate in the 

various data and assessment workshops 

during the stock assessment process. 

The primary responsibility of selected 

individuals is to review and provide 

advice regarding the scientific 

information, data, and models that 

NMFS will use or consider for use in the 

relevant stock assessment. In order to 

ensure that the peer review is unbiased, 

individuals who participated in a data 

and/or assessment workshop for a 

particular stock assessment cannot serve 

as a peer reviewer for the same stock 

assessment. However, these individuals 

may be asked to attend the review 

workshop to answer specific questions 

from the reviewers concerning the data 

and/or assessment workshops. Members 

of the SEDAR Pool may serve as 

members of other advisory panels or 

committees established under section 

302(g) concurrent with, or following, 

their service on the SEDAR Pool. 

Procedures and Guidelines 

A. Participants 

The SEDAR Pool is comprised of 

individuals that represent the 

commercial and recreational fishing 

communities for Atlantic sharks, the 

environmental community active in the 

conservation and management of 

Atlantic sharks, and the academic 

community that have relevant expertise 

with sharks and/or stock assessment 

methodologies for marine fish species. 

Additionally, individuals who may not 

necessarily work directly with sharks, 

but who are involved in fisheries with 

similar life history, biology, and fishery 

issues may be part of the SEDAR Pool. 

Members of the SEDAR Pool must have 

demonstrated experience in the 

fisheries, related industries, research, 

teaching, writing, conservation, or 

management of marine organisms. The 

distribution of representation among the 

interested parties is not defined or 

limited. 

Additional members of the SEDAR 

Pool may also include representatives 

from the 5 Atlantic Regional Fishery 

Management Councils, the 18 Atlantic 

states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 

Puerto Rico, and the relevant interstate 

commissions (Atlantic States Marine 

Fisheries Commission and Gulf States 

Marine Fisheries Commission). 

If NMFS requires additional members 

to ensure a diverse pool of individuals 

for data or assessment workshops, 

NMFS may request individuals to 

become members of the SEDAR Pool 

outside of the annual nomination 

period. 

SEDAR Pool members serve at the 

discretion of the Secretary. Not all 

members will attend each SEDAR 

workshop. Rather, NMFS will invite 


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certain members to participate at 

specific stock assessment workshops 

dependent on their ability to participate, 

discuss, and offer scientific input and 

advice regarding the species being 

assessed. 

NMFS is not obligated to fulfill any 

requests (e.g., requests for an assessment 

of a certain species) that may be made 

by the SEDAR Pool or its individual 

members. Members of the SEDAR Pool 

who are invited to attend stock 

assessment workshops will not be 

compensated for their services, but may 

be reimbursed for their travel-related 

expenses to attend such workshops. 

B. Nomination Procedures for 

Appointments to the SEDAR Pool 

Member tenure is 5 years. 

Nominations are sought for terms 

beginning early in 2025 and expiring in 

2030. Nomination packages should 

include: 

1. The name, address, phone number, 

and email of the applicant or nominee; 

2. A description of the applicant’s or 

nominee’s interest in Atlantic shark 

stock assessments or the Atlantic shark 

fishery; 

3. A statement of the applicant’s or 

nominee’s background and/or 

qualifications; and 

4. A written commitment that the 

applicant or nominee shall participate 

actively and in good faith in the tasks 

of the SEDAR Pool, as requested. 

C. Meeting Schedule 

Individual members of the SEDAR 

Pool meet to participate in stock 

assessments at the discretion of the 

Office of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS. 

Stock assessment timing, frequency, and 

relevant species will vary depending on 

the needs determined by NMFS and 

SEDAR staff. NMFS is currently 

assessing the status of the hammerhead 

shark species in the hammerhead shark 

management group (scalloped and 

Carolina hammerhead, smooth 

hammerhead, and great hammerhead). 

SEDAR released the final research 

assessment in February 2024 and NMFS 

expects to complete the operational 

assessment, which will provide the final 

stock assessment results and 

management advice, in late 2024. 

Beginning in 2025, following the 

completion of the hammerhead stock 

assessments, NMFS plans to assess the 

sandbar shark stock. Once the sandbar 

shark assessment is complete, NMFS 

plans to assess the bull shark stock 

starting at some point in 2026. All 

meetings are open for observation by the 

public. 

Dated: September 26, 2024. 

Karen H. Abrams, 

Acting 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; NOAA Geospatial Metadata 

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 December 2, 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– 

0024 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 James 

Primrose, IT Specialist, NOAA/National 

Centers for Environmental Information, 

325 Broadway, Boulder CO 80305, 720– 

248–8122, James.Primrose@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for renewal and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. The National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) collects, 

generates, retains, and redistributes 

geospatial metadata in a wide array of 

data formats covering diverse aspects of 

earth, biological, and space sciences. To 

fully understand and reuse these data 

over the course of many years, NOAA 

provides several metadata 

documentation tools for various 

communities of users to enable them to 

easily create complete, standards-based 

descriptive information about geospatial 

data. The following tools, in use by 

NOAA Program offices, are authorized 

to collect geospatial metadata consistent 

with Executive Order 12906, NOAA 

Administrative Order 212–15, and the 

2013 Office of Science and Technology 

Policy Memorandum ‘Public Access to 

Research Results’. Geospatial metadata 

collected by the listed tools are 

voluntary, but the ability for data 

documented by relevant geospatial 

metadata is significantly degraded if 

metadata are incomplete, inaccurate or 

otherwise less than the information 

collection tool supports. The collections 

approved under this control number 

include: (1) National Environmental 

Satellite, Data and Information Service: 

Send2NCEI web application; (2) 

National Environmental Satellite, Data 

and Information Service: Advanced 

Tracking and Resource tool for Archive 

Collections (ATRAC) web application; 

(3) National Environmental Satellite, 

Data and Information Service: 

Collection Metadata Editing Tool 

(CoMET) web application; (4) National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS): InPort 

metadata authoring tool; and (5) Office 

of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research 

(OAR): Science Data Information System 

(SDIS) metadata and data submission 

tool. 

Collecting geospatial metadata is 

necessary to fully understand, use, and 

reuse geospatial data, geospatial 

metadata because metadata provides 

contextual information about data 

formats, bounding areas, use and access 

limitations (if any). Geospatial metadata 

from this information collection also 

supports multiple search and discovery 

catalog services, such as data.gov, 

NASA Global Change Master Directory 

(GCMD), and many others. 

Information will be collected from 

data producers (primarily university, 

private industry, and governmentfunded scientific researchers) in 

multiple fields of geosciences, biological 

and atmospheric sciences, and socioeconomic sciences. Geospatial metadata 

typically includes descriptive 

information about specific observed, 

calculated, or modeled data (e.g., title, 

abstract, purpose statement, descriptive 

discovery keywords), characteristics of 

the described data (e.g., date and spatial 

range of data collection activities, data 

processing steps, collected/measured 


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