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observers, if requested, for a period of 5 

years without further action by NMFS. 

This will enable NMFS to develop 

appropriate observer coverage and 

sampling protocols to investigate 

whether, how, when, where, and under 

what conditions sea turtle bycatch is 

occurring and to evaluate whether 

existing measures are minimizing or 

preventing bycatch. 

2025 Annual Determination 

Pursuant to 50 CFR 222.402(a), 

NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for 

Fisheries, in consultation with Regional 

Administrators and Fisheries Science 

Center Directors, annually identifies 

fisheries for inclusion on the AD based 

on the extent to which: 

(1) The fishery operates in the same 

waters and at the same time as sea 

turtles are present; 

(2) The fishery operates at the same 

time or prior to elevated sea turtle 

strandings; or 

(3) The fishery uses a gear or 

technique that is known or likely to 

result in incidental take of sea turtles 

based on documented or reported takes 

in the same or similar fisheries; and 

(4) NMFS intends to monitor the 

fishery and anticipates that it will have 

the funds to do so. 

NMFS is providing notification that 

the agency is not identifying additional 

fisheries to observe on the 2025 AD, 

pursuant to its authority under the ESA. 

NMFS is not identifying additional 

fisheries at this time given lack of 

dedicated resources to implement new 

observer programs or expand existing 

observer programs to focus on sea 

turtles. The four fisheries identified on 

the 2020 AD (see table 1) will remain on 

the AD for a 5-year period and are 

required to carry observers upon NMFS’ 

request until September 29, 2025. The 

two fisheries identified on the 2023 AD 

(see table 1) will remain on the AD for 

a 5-year period and are required to carry 

observers upon NMFS’ request until 

December 31, 2027. 

TABLE 1—STATE AND FEDERAL COMMERCIAL FISHERIES INCLUDED ON

THE 2020 AND 2023 ANNUAL DETERMINATIONS

Fishery 

Years 

eligible 

to carry 

observers 

Trawl Fisheries: 

Southeastern U.S. Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico 

shrimp trawl ............... 2020–2025 

Gulf of Mexico mixed 

species fish trawl ....... 2020–2025 

Gillnet Fisheries: 

TABLE 1—STATE AND FEDERAL COMMERCIAL FISHERIES INCLUDED ON

THE 2020 AND 2023 ANNUAL DETERMINATIONS—Continued 

Fishery 

Years 

eligible 

to carry 

observers 

Chesapeake Bay 

inshore gillnet ............. 2020–2025 

Long Island inshore 

gillnet .......................... 2020–2025 

Mid-Atlantic gillnet ......... 2023–2027 

Pound Net/Weir/Seine Fisheries: 

Gulf of Mexico menhaden purse seine ......... 2023–2027 

Dated: October 29, 2024. 

Kimberly Damon-Randall, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

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 

NOAA Social, Behavioral, and 

Economic Science Studies for 

Weather, Water, and Climate 

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 August 30, 

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: NOAA Social, Behavioral, and 

Economic Science Studies for Weather, 

Water, and Climate. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 

Approximately 6,000 per year. 

Average Hours Per Response: 0.5 

hours per person. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 

Annualized 3,000 hours overall. 

Needs and Uses: This is a request for 

a new collection of information. 

The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

products and services ‘‘support 

economic vitality and affect more than 

one-third of America’s gross domestic 

product.’’ The National Weather Service 

(NWS) is a critical component of this 

service and operates under the mission 

to ‘‘provide weather, water and climate 

data, forecasts, warnings, and impactbased decision support services for the 

protection of life and property and 

enhancement of the national economy.’’ 

Leveraging and integrating Social, 

Behavioral, and Economic Sciences 

(SBES) methodologies and knowledge is 

crucial to meeting our mission. 

If we are to effectively support public 

and partner decision making, build 

actionable tools and information, and 

evaluate our performance, then it’s 

imperative that the NOAA/NWS collect 

key SBES data and fully engage with our 

audiences. Additionally, the NOAA/ 

NWS has articulated a priority to 

enhance services for historically 

underinvested and underserved 

communities and improve service 

equity across the board. These 

communities typically experience 

higher rates of poverty, homelessness, 

disabilities, and language barriers, 

which increase their vulnerability to 

hazard impacts. 

The generic clearance is an important 

planning and engagement tool for 

NOAA/NWS. The procedures expected 

to be used include but are not limited 

to social network analysis, open, semistructured and structured interviews, 

focus groups, surveys, and participant 

observation. 

Affected Public: Members of the 

public, emergency managers, broadcast 

meteorologists, state/local/tribal 

decision makers, and non-profit 

organizations. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

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 


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by using the search function and 

entering the title of the collection. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental 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 

[RTID 0648–XE424] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) will hold a meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, November 20, 2024, from 

10 a.m. to 12 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for agenda details. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

over webinar using the Webex platform 

with a telephone-only connection 

option. Details on how to connect to the 

webinar by computer and by telephone 

will be available at: www.mafmc.org/ 

ssc. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; website: 

www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During 

this meeting, the SSC will provide 

revised Acceptable Biological Catch 

(ABC) recommendations for the 2025 

Spiny Dogfish fishing year. At their 

October 2024 meeting, the Council 

reviewed the stock status and 

performance of the Spiny Dogfish 

fishery and deferred action on 

modifying 2025 Spiny Dogfish 

specifications until their December 

meeting. The Council requested the SSC 

calculate a revised ABC equal to the 

catch associated with a 50% probability 

of overfishing under a suspension of the 

Council’s risk policy. The SSC may take 

up any other business as necessary. 

A detailed agenda and background 

documents will be made available on 

the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org) 

prior to the meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is 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: October 30, 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–XE434] 

New England 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 New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a hybrid meeting of its 

Scallop Committee to consider actions 

affecting New England fisheries in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at 

Hilton Garden Inn, Boston Logan, 100 

Boardman St., Boston, MA 02110; 

telephone: (617) 567–5678. 

Webinar registration URL 

information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/ 

meeting/register/tJwudeytqTgqGt2VX_

ZiPQpjvC-fTkgSM1YO. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Scallop Committee will meet to 

discuss: Framework 39 (FW39): Review 

specifications alternatives in FW39 and 

select final preferred alternatives. FW39 

will set specifications including the 

overfishing limit (OFL), acceptable 

biological catch/annual catch limit 

(ABC/ACLs), days-at-sea (DAS), access 

area allocations for Limited Access (LA) 

vessels, quota and access area trip 

allocation to the Limited Access General 

Category (LAGC) Individual Fishing 

Quota (IFQ) component, Total 

Allowable Landings (TAL) for the 

Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) 

management area, a target-Total 

Allowable Catch (TAC) for LAGC 

incidental catch and set-asides for the 

observer and research programs for 

fishing year 2025, and default 

specifications for fishing year 2026. This 

action also considers modifying the 

seasonal bycatch closure of Area II to 

improve yield and reduce impacts to 

northern windowpane flounder and 

modifying the possession prohibition 

for NGOM-permitted scallop vessels on 

a declared NGOM trip to possess 

scallops outside of the NGOM 

management area. Other business will 

be discussed, if necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: October 30, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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