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Under the fee percentage formula 

described above, the estimated 

percentage of direct program costs to 

fishery value for the 2024 calendar year 

is 0.24 percent for the AFA inshore 

sector. To calculate the 2024 fee 

liabilities, NMFS applied the respective 

fee percentages to the landings of Bering 

Sea pollock debited from each 

cooperative’s fishery allocation that 

occurred between January 1 and 

December 31. The 2024 fee payments 

must be submitted to NMFS on or before 

December 31, 2024. Payment must be 

made in accordance with the payment 

methods set forth in § 679.66(a)(4)(iv). 

AIP Program Standard Price and Fee 

Percentage 

The AIP Program allocates the 

Aleutian Islands directed pollock 

fishery TAC to the Aleut Corporation, 

consistent with the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 

108–109) and implementing regulations. 

Annually, prior to the start of the 

pollock season, the Aleut Corporation 

provides NMFS with the identity of its 

designated representative for harvesting 

the Aleutian Islands directed pollock 

fishery TAC. The same individual is 

responsible for the submission of all 

cost recovery fees for pollock landed 

under the AIP Program. Cost recovery 

requirements for the AIP Program are at 

§ 679.67. 

NMFS calculates the standard price 

for pollock using the most recent annual 

value information reported to the Alaska 

Department of Fish and Game for the 

Commercial Operator’s Annual Report 

and compiled in the Alaska Commercial 

Fisheries Entry Commission Gross 

Earnings data for Aleutian Islands 

pollock. As explained above, due to the 

time required to compile the data, there 

is a 1-year delay between the gross 

earnings data year and the fishing year 

to which it is applied. 

For the 2024 fishing year, the Aleut 

Corporation did not select any 

participants to harvest or process the 

Aleutian Islands directed pollock 

fishery TAC, and most of that TAC was 

reallocated to the Bering Sea directed 

pollock fishery TAC. Since there was no 

fishery for the AIP Program in 2024, the 

fee percentage is zero. 

CDQ Standard Price and Fee Percentage 

The CDQ Program was implemented 

in 1992 to provide access to BSAI 

fishery resources to villages located in 

Western Alaska. Section 305(i) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act identifies 65 

villages eligible to participate in the 

CDQ Program and the six CDQ groups 

to represent these villages. CDQ groups 

receive exclusive harvesting privileges 

of the TACs for a broad range of crab 

species, groundfish species, and halibut. 

NMFS implemented a CDQ cost 

recovery program for the BSAI crab 

fisheries in 2005 (70 FR 10174, March 

2, 2005) and published the cost recovery 

fee percentage for the 2023/2024 crab 

fishing year on July 2, 2024 (89 FR 

54785). This notice provides the cost 

recovery fee percentage for the CDQ 

Program with respect to groundfish and 

halibut. Each CDQ group is subject to 

cost recovery fee requirements and the 

designated representative of each CDQ 

group is responsible for submitting 

payment for their CDQ group. Cost 

recovery requirements for the CDQ 

Program are at § 679.33. 

For most CDQ groundfish species, 

NMFS annually summarizes volume 

and value information for landings of all 

fishery species subject to cost recovery 

in order to estimate a standard price for 

each fishery species. The volume and 

value information are obtained from the 

First Wholesale Volume and Value 

Report and the Pacific Cod Ex-Vessel 

Volume and Value Report. For CDQ 

halibut and fixed-gear sablefish, NMFS 

calculates the standard prices using 

information from the Individual Fishing 

Quota (IFQ) Ex-Vessel Volume and 

Value Report, which collects 

information on both IFQ and CDQ 

volume and value. 

Using the fee percentage formula 

described above, the estimated 

percentage of direct program costs to 

fishery value for the 2024 calendar year 

is 1.38 percent for the CDQ Program. For 

2024, NMFS applied the calculated CDQ 

fee percentage to all CDQ groundfish 

and halibut landings made between 

January 1 and December 31 to calculate 

the CDQ fee liability for each CDQ 

group. The 2024 fee payments must be 

submitted to NMFS on or before 

December 31, 2024. Payment must be 

made in accordance with the payment 

methods set forth in § 679.33(a)(3)(iv). 

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

Dated: November 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; Report of Whaling 

Operations 

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 July 17, 

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: Report of Whaling Operations. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0311. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

[extension of a current information]. 

Number of Respondents: 95 (There are 

approx.165 whaling captains, but many 

of them do not strike or land a whale in 

any given year). 

Average Hours per Response: 30 

minutes for reports on whales struck or 

on recovery of dead whales, including 

providing the information to the Native 

American whaling organization; 1 hour 

for the Native American whaling 

organization to type in each report; and 

21⁄2 hours for the Native American 

whaling organization to consolidate and 

submit reports. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 61. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a current information 

collection. Native Americans may 

conduct certain aboriginal subsistence 

whaling under the Whaling Convention 

Act in accordance with the provisions of 

the International Whaling Commission 

(IWC). In order to respond to obligations 

under the International Convention for 

the Regulation of Whaling, the IWC, and 

the Whaling Convention Act, whaling 

captains participating in these 

operations must submit certain 

information to the Native American 

whaling organization about strikes and 


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catch of whales. Anyone retrieving a 

dead whale is also required to report. 

Captains must place a distinctive 

permanent identification mark on any 

harpoon, lance, or explosive dart used, 

as well as provide information on the 

mark and self-identification 

information. The Native American 

whaling organization receives the 

reports, compiles them, and submits the 

information to NOAA. The information 

is used to monitor the hunt and to 

ensure that quotas are not exceeded. 

The information is also provided to the 

IWC, which uses it to monitor 

compliance with its requirements. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; State, Local, or Tribal 

government. 

Frequency: Reporting by whaling 

captains occurs after each strike or 

landing and is submitted to the Native 

American whaling organization. The 

Native American whaling organization 

may submit interim reports every month 

and additionally once at the end of each 

hunting season (Spring and Fall). 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Whaling Convention 

Act (16 U.S.C. 916–9161). 

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 0648–0311. 

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–XE498] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 28229 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Humble Bee Films (Responsible Party: 

Natasha Busjeet), 8 Elmdale Road, 

Bristol, BS8 1SL, United Kingdom, has 

applied in due form for a permit to 

conduct commercial and educational 

photography on humpback whales 

(Megaptera novaeangliae). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before December 30, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: These documents are 

available upon written request via email 

to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. 

Written comments on this application 

should be submitted via email to 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please 

include File No. 28229 in the subject 

line of the email comment. 

Those individuals requesting a public 

hearing should submit a written request 

via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@

noaa.gov. The request should set forth 

the specific reasons why a hearing on 

this application would be appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Hubard or Erin Markin, Ph.D., 

(301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject permit is requested under the 

authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the 

regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The applicant proposes to film up to 

540 humpback whales annually in the 

Auau Channel, Hawaii. Filming may 

occur from vessels, unmanned aircraft 

systems, and underwater divers. Fifty 

bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) and 50 

spinner (Stenella longirostris) dolphins 

may be filmed while interacting with 

humpback whales. Footage will be used 

for an episode of a natural history 

television series. The permit would be 

valid through April 2026. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding copies of the 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: November 22, 2024. 

Amy Sloan, 

Acting Chief, Permits and Conservation 

Division, 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 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Atlantic Highly Migratory 

Species (HMS) Individual Bluefin Tuna 

Quota Tracking and Appeals 

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 July 16, 

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: Atlantic Highly Migratory 

Species Individual Bluefin Tuna Quota 

Tracking and Appeals. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0677. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(request for extension of a current 

information collection). 

Number of Respondents: 240. 

Average Hours per Response: 12 

minutes for initial application for IBQ 

account, 15 minutes per IBQ allocation 

lease, and 15 minutes per IBQ Cost 

Recovery. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 96. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

renewal and extension of a currently 

approved information collection. Under 

the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) is responsible for management 

of the Nation’s marine fisheries. NMFS 

must also promulgate regulations, as 

necessary and appropriate, to carry out 


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