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Participants in most federally 

managed fisheries in the NMFS 

Southeast Region are currently required 

to keep and submit catch and effort 

logbooks from their fishing trips. A 

subset of fishermen on these vessels also 

provides information on the species and 

quantities of fish, shellfish, marine 

turtles, and marine mammals that are 

caught and discarded or have interacted 

with the fishing gear. A subset of 

fishermen on these vessels also provides 

information about dockside prices, trip 

operating costs, and annual fixed costs. 

An intercept survey for vessels with 

Federal charter vessel/headboat permits 

is designed to support and validate the 

electronic logbooks. 

The data are used for scientific 

analyses that support critical 

conservation and management decisions 

made by national and international 

fishery management organizations. 

Interaction reports are needed for 

fishery management planning and to 

help protect endangered species and 

marine mammals. Price and cost data 

will be used in analyses of the economic 

effects of proposed and existing 

regulations. 

Regulatory Amendment 29 effective 

July 15, 2020 would require at least one 

descending device to be on board and 

ready for use on commercial, for-hire, 

and private recreational vessels while 

fishing for or possessing snappergrouper species in the South Atlantic. 

Most recently the Descend Act was 

passed, which added a new section 321 

to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. 

This requires commercial and 

recreational fishermen to possess a 

venting tool or descending device that is 

rigged and ready for use when fishing 

for reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico 

Exclusive Economic Zone. 

Descending devices increase 

survivability from barotrauma, which is 

injury caused by internal gas expansion 

when reeled up from depth. In addition 

to being asked to report the number of 

fish released respondents would be 

asked to report the method used to 

release fish as part of their current 

logbook submissions. The purpose of 

asking respondents to distinguish 

between fish releases without 

descending devices, fish released with 

gas bladders vented, and fish released 

with descending devices is to provide 

data needed by NMFS to accurately 

account for fishing mortality when 

performing stock assessments. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit organizations; individuals. 

Frequency: Monthly for no activity or 

once per fishing trip. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

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

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 0648–0016. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB787] 

North Pacific Albacore United States 

Stakeholder Meeting; Meeting 

Announcement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a U.S. 

stakeholder meeting open to the public 

to discuss North Pacific albacore 

(NPALB) management. This meeting is 

intended to prepare for potential 

discussions at the 2022 annual meetings 

of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna 

Commission (IATTC) and Western and 

Central Pacific Fisheries Commission 

Northern Committee (WCPFC NC) on a 

harvest strategy for NPALB fisheries. 

The meeting topics are described under 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this notice. 

DATES: The virtual meeting will be held 

on April 5, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

HST (or until business is concluded). 

You must complete the registration 

process by March 29, 2022, if you plan 

to attend the meeting (see ADDRESSES). 

Members of the public may submit 

written comments on meeting topics or 

materials to Valerie Post at valerie.post@

noaa.gov by March 29, 2022, and may 

also provide oral comments during the 

virtual meeting. 

ADDRESSES: If you plan to attend the 

meeting, which will be held by webinar, 

please register at https://forms.gle/ 

eoY4EPsnkdLTyJMP7. Instructions for 

attending the meeting will be emailed to 

meeting participants before the meeting 

occurs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Valerie Post, Pacific Islands Regional 

Office at valerie.post@noaa.gov, (808) 

725–5034. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2021, 

the International Scientific Committee 

on Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the 

North Pacific Ocean (ISC) completed a 

management strategy evaluation (MSE) 

on NPALB,1 and the ISC Albacore 

Working Group hosted a meeting among 

U.S. and Canadian stakeholders from 

March 22–25, 2021, to review the results 

of the MSE. As a follow-up to the ISC 

meeting in March 2021, NMFS hosted a 

U.S. virtual meeting on June 1, 2021, for 

U.S. stakeholders to express their 

priorities and consider future 

management of NPALB. This April 5 

meeting, is intended to follow up to the 

June 2021 webinar, as well as to prepare 

for anticipated discussions at the IATTC 

and WCPFC NC. 

NPALB U.S. Stakeholder Meeting Topic 

This meeting agenda will be 

distributed to participants in advance of 

the meeting. The meeting agenda will 

include a discussion on a potential 

future harvest strategy for NPALB and 

may include, but is not limited to, 

candidate limit and target reference 

points. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be indicated when registering for 

the meeting (see ADDRESSES) by March 

29, 2022. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 951 et seq., 16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 6901 

et seq. 

Dated: February 10, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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