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amberjack during seasonal fishery 

closures must maintain documentation, 

as specified in 50 CFR part 300 subpart 

K, that such fish were harvested from 

areas other than the South Atlantic. The 

documentation includes information on 

the vessel that harvested the fish and on 

where and when the fish were 

offloaded. The information is required 

for the enforcement of fishery 

regulations. 

II. Method of Collection 

The information is in the form of a 

paper affidavit which remains with the 

respondent. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0365. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

collection). 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

25. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 50. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

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. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03698 Filed 2–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD786 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a meeting of its Standing, Special 

Reef Fish, Special Shrimp and Special 

Spiny Lobster Scientific and Statistical 

Committees (SSC). 

DATES: The meeting will convene at 1 

p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2015 and 

conclude by 12 noon on Thursday, 

March 12, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council office, 2203 North Lois Avenue, 

Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Steven Atran, Senior Fishery Biologist, 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

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

(813) 348–1711; email: steven.atran@

gulfcouncil.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion in the individual meeting 

agenda are as follows: 

Standing, Special Shrimp and Special 

Spiny Lobster SSC Agenda, Tuesday, 

March 10, 2015, 1 p.m. Until 5:30 p.m. 

I. Introductions and Adoption of 

Agenda 

II. Approval of Minutes 

a. August 2014 Standing and Special 

Shrimp SSC 

b. January 2011 Standing, Special 

Spiny Lobster and Special Reef Fish 

SSC 

III. Selection of SSC representative at 

March, 2015 Council meeting 

IV. Report on the MSY ABC Control 

Rule Workshop for Penaeid Shrimp 

a. AP recommendations 

b. Shrimp 15 implications 

V. Shrimp Amendment 17 

a. Working Group recommendations 

b. AP recommendations 

VI. Spiny Lobster 2013–14 Landings 

a. Report on Review Panel for Spiny 

Lobster 

Standing, Special Reef Fish SSC 

Agenda, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 

8:30 a.m. Until 5 p.m. and Thursday, 

March 12, 2015, 8:30 a.m. Until 12 

Noon—If Needed 

VII. Approval of Minutes 

a. January 2014 Standing and Special 

Reef Fish SSC 

b. January 2011 Standing, Special 

Spiny Lobster and Special Reef Fish 

SSC 

VIII. Reorganization of SSCs as 

approved by Council 

IX. FWC Mutton Snapper Update 

Assessment 

X. Hogfish OFL and ABC 

a. OFL and ABC recommendations for 

Gulf stock 

XI. Minimum Stock Size Threshold 

Amendment 

XII. SEDAR 45 vermilion snapper Terms 

of Reference and Project Schedule 

XIII. Review of draft National Standard 

1 Guideline revisions 

XIV. Review of NMFS Climate Change 

Strategy 

XV. National SSC Workshop V 

Summary 

XVI. Ecosystem Working Group 

Summary 

a. Ecosystem SSC recommendations 

XVII. Other Business 

—Adjourn— 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted on the 

Council’s 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’’. Click on the ‘‘Library 

Folder’’, then scroll down to ‘‘SSC 

meeting—2015–03’’. 

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 other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before the 

Scientific and Statistical Committees for 

discussion, in accordance with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal action during these meetings. 

Actions of the Scientific and Statistical 

Committees will be restricted to those 

issues specifically identified in the 

agenda 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 action to 

address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 


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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: February 19, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03701 Filed 2–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD785 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold scoping workshops for Reef Fish 

Amendment 36. 

DATES: The scoping meetings will be 

held from Tuesday, March 10 through 

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at seven 

locations throughout the Gulf of Mexico. 

The scoping meetings will begin at 6 

p.m. and will conclude no later than 9 

p.m. For specific dates and locations see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The public hearings 

will be held in the following locations: 

Mobile, AL; Pascagoula, MS; Panama 

City Beach and St. Petersburg, FL; 

Houma, LA; and Galveston and Port 

Aransas, TX. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 

North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, 

FL 33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Ava Lasseter, Anthropologist, Gulf of 

Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

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

348–1711; email: ava.lasseter@

gulfcouncil.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion in the public hearings are 

as follows: 

The Council is examining a broad 

scope of potential modifications to the 

Red Snapper Individual Fishing Quota 

(IFQ) program. These include changes to 

the program’s eligibility requirements; 

redistribution of shares held in inactive 

accounts to address regulatory discards; 

consideration of a full retention 

commercial fishery for red snapper; 

exploring share, allocation, and vessel 

caps on quota; requirements for the use 

of shares and/or allocation; withholding 

full distribution of shares in the event 

of an anticipated mid-year quota 

change; and increasing enforcement of 

all commercial reef fish landings. 

Although this action focuses on red 

snapper specifically, the implication of 

Red Snapper IFQ program changes on 

the Grouper-Tilefish IFQ program, and 

other potential issues with in the 

Grouper-Tilefish IFQ program will also 

be discussed. 

The scoping workshops will begin at 

6 p.m. and conclude at the end of public 

testimony or no later than 9 p.m. at the 

following locations: 

Tuesday, March 10, 2015, Courtyard 

Marriott, 142 Library Drive, Houma, LA 

70360, telephone: (985) 223–8996; 

Thursday, March 12, 2015, Hilton 

Garden Inn, 6703 Denny Avenue, 

Pascagoula, MS 39567, telephone: (228) 

762–7182; 

Monday, March 16, 2015, Hilton 

Galveston Island Hotel, 5400 Seawall 

Boulevard, Galveston Island, TX 77551, 

telephone: (409) 744–5000; 

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, Hawthorn 

Suites by Wyndham, 501 East 

Goodnight Avenue, Aransas Pass, TX 

78336, telephone: (361) 758–1774; 

Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza 

Hotel, 64 South Water Street, Mobile, 

AL 36602, telephone: (251) 438–4000; 

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, Hilton 

Garden Inn, 1101 US Highway 231, 

Panama City, FL 32405, telephone: (850) 

392–1093; and 

Tuesday, March 24, 2015, Hilton St. 

Petersburg Carillon Park, 950 Lake 

Carillon Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33716, 

telephone: (727) 540–0050. 

Copies of the scoping workshop 

documents can be obtained by calling 

(813) 348–1630 or visiting 

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 these meetings. 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 

These meetings are 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: February 19, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03700 Filed 2–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD783 

Peer Review Meeting To Review Sea 

Scallop Survey Methods 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS and the Northeast 

Regional Science Center (NEFSC) will 

convene a Peer Review meeting for the 

purpose of a review of the survey 

methods for the Sea Scallop. The scope 

of the review is broad and includes the 

statistical design and data collection 

methods and procedures for several 

survey systems, including scallop 

dredges, video drop cameras, and 

HabCam. The objectives of this review 

will be to assess the relative merits of 

each sampling method, to identify 

complementary aspects among the 

survey methodologies, and to determine 

areas of future research and 

collaboration. The public is invited to 

attend the presentations and 

discussions. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

from March 17 through March 19, 2015. 

The meeting will commence on March 

17, 2015 at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard 

Time. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for the daily meeting agenda. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Waypoint Event Center at the 

Marriott Fairfield Inn and Suites, 185 

MacArthur Drive, New Bedford, MA 

02740. 


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