3558 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 15 / Friday, January 23, 2015 / Notices 

1 ‘‘Fisheries Economics of the U.S,’’ NOAA Office 

of Science and Technology, http://www.st.nmfs.

noaa.gov/economics/publications/feus/fisheries_

economics_2012. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(new information collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations; not-for-profit institutions; 

State, Local, or Tribal government. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 20. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Internship application form, reference 

forms and support letter, 1 hour each. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 80. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $20 for copies. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: January 16, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD692 

Availability of the Draft NOAA 

Fisheries Climate Science Strategy for 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is releasing the draft 

NMFS Climate Science Strategy (NCSS) 

for public review and comment. 

Additional information, including the 

Strategy for download may be found at: 

http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/

ecosystems/climate/. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received from January 21, 2015 through 

March 31, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this document, identified NOAA– 

NMFS–2015–0010, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

www.regulations.gov/

#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2015- 

0010. 

• click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

• Mail: Valerie Termini, NMFS, 

Office of Science and Technology, 1315 

East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 

20910. Include on the envelope the 

following identifier ‘‘NCSS Public 

Comment.’’ 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/ 

A’’ in the required fields if you wish to 

remain anonymous). Attachments to 

electronic comments will be accepted in 

Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF 

file formats only. Please include page 

number and line number in your 

comments. Comments sent by any other 

method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information, including the 

Strategy for download may be found at 

http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/

ecosystems/climate/national-call-forcomments, or by contacting Roger 

Griffis, Climate Change Coordinator, 

NMFS, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301– 

427–8134 or email: roger.b.griffis@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary of Report 

Warming oceans, rising seas and 

ocean acidification are impacting the 

marine life off of our coasts, disrupting 

fisheries and local economies. These 

impacts are expected to increase with 

continued changes in the planet’s 

climate and ocean systems. There is 

much at risk. For example, oceanrelated fisheries generate $200 billion in 

sales and support 1.7 million jobs 

nationally each year.1

These current and possible future 

climate-related changes also affect 

NOAA’s ability to fulfill its stewardship 

mandates for marine resources and the 

communities that depend on them. The 

goal of the draft Climate Science 

Strategy is to increase the production, 

delivery, and use of climate-related 

information to apprise and fulfill NMFS 

LMR stewardship mandates in a 

changing climate, including the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, Endangered 

Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection 

Act, National Environmental Policy Act 

and others. 

The draft Climate Science Strategy 

identifies seven key steps to improve 

the production and use of climaterelated information to fulfill agency 

mandates and increase the resilience of 

marine resources and resourcedependent sectors and communities. 

The Strategy is designed to provide a 

nationally consistent framework to 

guide development and implementation 

of regional actions. The Strategy 

proposes specific near and mediumterm recommendations, and identifies 

priority recommendations that are 

common across mandates, regions, 

objectives and living marine resources. 

Implementation of the Strategy over 

the next five years is crucial for effective 

fulfillment of NMFS mission and 

mandates with changing climate and 

ocean conditions. Implementation of the 

Strategy will increase the production 

and delivery of climate-related 

information needed by NMFS and 

partners to reduce impacts and increase 

resilience of marine resources and the 

communities that depend on them. 

NMFS works with and depends on 

many partners to fulfill its science and 

information needs from other federal 

agencies to academia, fisheries and 

other organizations. As such, we are 

providing this opportunity for broad 

public review and comment on the draft 

Strategy. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 15 / Friday, January 23, 2015 / Notices 3559 

Dated: January 16, 2015. 

Stephen K. Brown, 

Acting Director, Office of Science and 

Technology, National Marine Fisheries 

Service. 

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–729 

Gulf of Mexico 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 Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a meeting of the Spiny Lobster 

Review Panel. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, February 9, 2015, from 9 a.m. 

Until 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the Marriott Beachside Key West 

Hotel, located at 3841 North Roosevelt 

Boulevard, Key West, FL 33040; 

telephone: (305) 296–8100. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 

North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, 

FL 33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Morgan Kilgour, Fishery Biologist, Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (813) 348–1630; fax: (813) 

348–1711; email: morgan.kilgour@

gulfcouncil.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion on the agenda are as 

follows: 

Spiny Lobster Review Panel Agenda, 

Monday, February 9, 2015, 9 a.m. until 

5 p.m. 

1. Introductions. 

2. Council charge—‘‘If the ACT is 

exceeded the Councils will convene a 

review panel to determine if corrective 

action is necessary to prevent the ACL 

from being exceeded. Furthermore, if 

the catch exceeds the ACL more than 

once in the last four consecutive years, 

the entire system of ACLs and AMs 

would be re-evaluated as required by 

the National Standard 1 guidelines.’’ 

3. Scope of work. 

4. Recent spiny lobster landings. 

5. Potential factors contributing to 

landings increase—topics for 

discussion: 

a. Former stock assessment summary. 

b. Economic value through time. 

i. Other factors affecting effort and 

catch. 

c. Stone crab landings. 

d. Types of effort, permits, and 

landings. 

e. Overview of Annual Catch Target/ 

Annual Catch Limit/Overfishing Limit 

using different metrics. 

i. Time series analyses of ACT, ACL, 

and OFL. 

ii. Mean ± 1 s.d., 1.5 s.d., and 2 s.d. 

using the most recent 10 years data (in 

Amendment 10). 

iii. Mean ± 1 s.d., 1.5 s.d., and 2 s.d. 

from 2000–present. 

f. Other. 

i. PaV1 disease prevalence. 

ii. Genetic information. 

6. Discussion and panel 

recommendations. 

7. Other Business. 

—Adjourn— 

For meeting materials see folder 

‘‘Spiny Lobster Review Panel meeting 

Feb 2015’’ on Gulf Council file server. 

To access the file server, the URL is 

https://public.gulfcouncil.org:5001/

webman/index.cgi, or go to the 

Council’s Web site and click on the FTP 

link in the lower left of the Council Web 

site (http://www.gulfcouncil.org). The 

username and password are both 

‘‘gulfguest’’. The Agenda is subject to 

change. 

The meeting will be webcast over the 

internet. A link to the webcast will be 

available on the Council’s Web site, 

http://www.gulfcouncil.org. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action 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) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Kathy Pereira at the Council Office (see 

ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days 

prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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

Dated: January 20, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold public meetings of the Council and 

its Committees. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 through 

Thursday, February 12, 2015. For 

agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Doubletree by Hilton Raleigh 

Brownstone-University, 1707 

Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27605; 

telephone: (919) 828–0811. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State St., 

Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: 

(302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (302) 

526–5255. The Council’s Web site, 

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, 

however, agenda items may be 

addressed out of order (changes will be 

noted on the Council’s Web site when 

possible.) 

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 

1 p.m.–3 p.m. 

Research Set-Aside (Cooperative 

Research) Committee 

—Discuss goals for a MAFMC 

cooperative research program and 

criteria for evaluating success 

—Review and decide on a plan of 

action, including whether the 

following are needed: additional 

committee members, a Fishery 


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