Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 8 / Thursday, January 11, 2018 / Notices 1337 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Economic Survey 

of Recreational Steelhead Fishermen 

in Washington State 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before March 12, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

internet at pracomments@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Robby Fonner, (206) 302– 

2469 or robby.fonner@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for a new collection of 

information. 

The Northwest Fisheries Science 

Center and Southwest Fisheries Science 

Center are undertaking an economics 

research project to assess the 

preferences of recreational steelhead 

anglers for trip attributes including 

opportunities for catching wild and 

hatchery steelhead. The Economic 

Survey of Recreational Steelhead 

Fishermen (ESRSF) will yield 

information on angling preferences that 

will inform management of recreational 

steelhead resources and steelhead 

hatchery operations in The Pacific 

Northwest. More specifically, the ESRSF 

will collect data needed to (1) assess the 

socioeconomic characteristics of 

recreational anglers; (2) assess the 

economic value of steelhead 

recreational fishing trips through 

statistical estimation of models; and (3) 

assess the change in these values 

associated with possible changes in 

recreational steelhead angling 

opportunities, including catch rates of 

wild and hatchery fish, site attributes, 

and travel costs. 

II. Method of Collection 

A sample of Washington State fishing 

license holders who intended to fish for 

steelhead will be screened with an 

email survey (screener), followed by an 

internet survey. Sampled anglers who 

do not have an email address in the 

license database used for sampling will 

be sent an invitation by mail to the webbased screener and subsequent survey. 

Respondents to the internet survey will 

submit data online. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(new information collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

629. 

Estimated Time per Response: Five 

minutes for the screening survey; 25 

minutes for the full survey. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 102. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

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 5, 2018. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00312 Filed 1–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF929 

Pacific 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 Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

and the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) 

Southwest Fisheries Science Center 

(SWFSC) will hold a meeting that is 

open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Monday, January 29 through Friday, 

February 2, 2018. The meeting will 

begin at 1 p.m. the first day and at 8:30 

a.m. each subsequent day. The meeting 

will end each day at 5 p.m., or until 

business for the day has been 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Pacific Conference Room of the 

NOAA SWFSC, 8901 La Jolla Shores 

Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037–1508. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220; telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kerry Griffin, Pacific Council; 

telephone: (503) 820–2409 or Dale 

Sweetnam, SWFSC; telephone: (858) 

546–7170. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is to conduct a 

methodology review of the NOAA 

acoustic-trawl survey methodology 

(ATM), conducted regularly to collect 

fisheries and oceanographic information 

in U.S. West Coast waters. The ATM 

survey has been approved for use in 

stock assessments for Pacific sardine, 

but has not yet been approved for use 

in stock assessments for northern 

anchovy, Pacific mackerel, or jack 

mackerel. At its April 2018 meeting, the 

Pacific Council will consider the results 

of this review, and will consider 

whether to approve the ATM for use in 

stock assessments for stocks other than 

Pacific sardine. An agenda and other 

meeting materials will be available by 

January 15, 2018, on the Pacific 

Council’s ftp site: ftp://ftp.pcouncil.org/ 

pub/2018%20ATM%20Methodology

%20Review/. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 


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