48216 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 199 / Tuesday, October 17, 2017 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF737 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean 

Quahog Fisheries; Notice That Vendor 

Will Provide 2018 Cage Tags 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of vendor to provide 

fishing year 2018 cage tags. 

SUMMARY: NMFS informs surfclam and 

ocean quahog individual transferable 

quota (ITQ) allocation holders that they 

will be required to purchase their 

fishing year 2018 (January 1, 2018– 

December 31, 2018) cage tags from the 

National Band and Tag Company. The 

intent of this notice is to comply with 

regulations for the Atlantic surfclam and 

ocean quahog fisheries and to promote 

efficient distribution of cage tags. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna Macan, Fishery Management 

Specialist, (978) 281–9165; fax (978) 

281–9161. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Atlantic surfclam and ocean 

quahog fishery regulations at 50 CFR 

648.77(b) authorize the Regional 

Administrator of the Greater Atlantic 

Region, NMFS, to specify in the Federal 

Register a vendor from whom cage tags, 

required under the Atlantic Surfclam 

and Ocean Quahog Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP), shall be purchased. Notice 

is hereby given that National Band and 

Tag Company of Newport, Kentucky, is 

the authorized vendor of cage tags 

required for the fishing year 2018 

Federal surfclam and ocean quahog 

fisheries. Detailed instructions for 

purchasing these cage tags will be 

provided in a letter to ITQ allocation 

holders in these fisheries from NMFS 

within the next several weeks. 

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

Dated: October 11, 2017. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22401 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 

Title: Groundfish Trawl Catcher 

Processor Economic Data Report. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0564. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 30. 

Average Hours per Response: 22 

hours per report. 

Burden Hours: 660. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

The Groundfish Trawl Catcher 

Processor Economic Data Report (the 

EDR) collects information for the Gulf of 

Alaska Trawl Groundfish Economic 

Data Report Program (GOA Trawl EDR 

Program) and for Amendment 80 to the 

Fishery Management Plan for 

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands Management Area. 

The GOA Trawl EDR Program 

evaluates the economic effects of 

current and future groundfish and 

prohibited species catch (PSC) 

management measures for GOA trawl 

fisheries. This program provides the 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) and the North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council with baseline 

information on affected harvesters, 

crew, processors, and communities in 

the GOA. 

Amendment 80 to the Fishery 

Management Plan for Groundfish of the 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

Management Area primarily allocates 

several BSAI non-pollock trawl 

groundfish fisheries among fishing 

sectors, and facilitates the formation of 

harvesting cooperatives among vessels 

in the Non-American Fisheries Act 

(non-AFA) Trawl Catcher/Processor 

Cooperative Program. This program 

established a limited access privilege 

program for the non-AFA trawl catcher/ 

processor sector. 

Data collected through the EDR 

includes labor information, revenues 

received, capital and operational 

expenses, and other operational or 

financial data. This information is used 

to assess the economic effects of 

Amendment 80 on vessels or entities 

regulated by the non-AFA Trawl 

Catcher/Processor Cooperative Program, 

and impacts of major changes in the 

groundfish management regime, 

including allocation of PSC species and 

target species to harvesting 

cooperatives. 

The EDR is submitted annually by 

vessel owners and leaseholders of GOA 

trawl vessels, processors receiving 

deliveries from those trawl vessels, and 

Amendment 80 catcher/processors 

harvesting in the GOA and BSAI. 

Submission of the EDR is mandatory. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow 

the instructions to view Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. 

Dated: October 12, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22482 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF417 

Schedules for Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshops and 

Protected Species Safe Handling, 

Release, and Identification Workshops; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public workshops; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: NMFS cancelled the Atlantic 

Shark Identification workshop 

originally scheduled for September 7, 

2017, in Panama City, FL, and the 

Protected Species Safe Handling, 

Release, and Identification workshop 

originally scheduled for September 13, 


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