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(ONMS) collects, evaluates and assesses 

student data and information for the 

purpose of selecting successful 

scholarship candidates, generating 

internal NOAA reports and articles to 

demonstrate the success of its program. 

The Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship 

Program is available to graduate 

students pursuing masters and doctoral 

degrees in the areas of marine biology, 

oceanography and maritime 

archaeology. The ONMS requires 

applicants to the Dr. Nancy Foster 

Scholarship Program to complete an 

application and to supply references 

(e.g., from academic professors and 

advisors) in support of the scholarship 

application. Scholarship recipients are 

required to conduct a pre- and postevaluation of their studies through the 

scholarship program to gather 

information about the level of 

knowledge, skills and behavioral 

changes that take place with the 

students before and after their program 

participation. The evaluation results 

support ONMS performance measures. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Annually and on occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

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 19, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23057 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–12–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; West Coast Region 

U.S. Pacific Highly Migratory Species 

Hook and Line Logbook 

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 December 26, 

2017. 

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 Shannon Penna, National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), West 

Coast Region (WCR) Long Beach Office, 

501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long 

Beach, CA 90802, (562) 980–4238 or 

shannon.penna@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Under the Fishery Management Plan 

for United States (U.S.) West Coast 

Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species 

(HMS FMP) U.S. fishermen, 

participating in the Pacific Hook and 

Line fishery (also known as the albacore 

troll and pole-and-line fishery), are 

required to obtain a Highly Migratory 

Species (HMS) permit. Permit holders 

are required to complete and submit 

logbooks documenting their daily 

fishing activities, including catch and 

effort for each fishing trip. Logbook 

forms must be completed within 24 

hours of the completion of each fishing 

day and submitted to the Southwest 

Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) 

within 30 days of the end of each trip. 

These data and associated analyses help 

the SWFSC provide fisheries 

information to researchers and the 

needed management advice to the U.S. 

in its negotiations with foreign fishing 

nations exploiting HMS. 

II. Method of Collection 

Respondents have a choice of either 

electronic data submission or paper 

forms. Methods of submittal include 

secure electronic transmission, and 

mailing of paper forms. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0223. 

Form Number(s): NOAA Form 88– 

197. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,700. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,800. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $3,332 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: October 19, 2017. 

Sarah Brabson, 

NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23055 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF782 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

and its advisory entities will hold 

public meetings. 

DATES: The Pacific Council and its 

advisory entities will meet November 

14–20, 2017. The Pacific Council 

meeting will begin on Wednesday, 


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November 15, 2017 at 9 a.m. Pacific 

Standard Time (PST), reconvening at 8 

a.m. each day through Monday, 

November 20, 2017. All meetings are 

open to the public, except a closed 

session will be held from 8 a.m. to 9 

a.m., Wednesday, November 15 to 

address litigation and personnel 

matters. The Pacific Council will meet 

as late as necessary each day to 

complete its scheduled business. 

ADDRESSES: Meetings of the Pacific 

Council and its advisory entities will be 

held at the Hilton Orange County/Costa 

Mesa, 3050 Bristol Street, Costa Mesa, 

CA; telephone: (714) 540–7000. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220. Instructions for attending the 

meeting via live stream broadcast are 

given under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION, below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Chuck Tracy, Executive Director; 

telephone: 503–820–2280 or 866–806– 

7204 toll-free; or access the Pacific 

Council Web site, http://

www.pcouncil.org for the current 

meeting location, proposed agenda, and 

meeting briefing materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

November 14–20, 2017 meeting of the 

Pacific Council will be streamed live on 

the internet. The broadcasts begin 

initially at 9 a.m. PST Wednesday, 

November 15, 2017 and continue at 8 

a.m. daily through Monday, November 

20, 2017. Broadcasts end daily at 6 p.m. 

PST or when business for the day is 

complete. Only the audio portion and 

presentations displayed on the screen at 

the Pacific Council meeting will be 

broadcast. The audio portion is listenonly; you will be unable to speak to the 

Pacific Council via the broadcast. To 

access the meeting online please use the 

following link: http://

www.gotomeeting.com/online/webinar/ 

join-webinar and enter the November 

Webinar ID, 897–986–459, and your 

email address. You can attend the 

webinar online using a computer, tablet, 

or smart phone, using the GoToMeeting 

application. It is recommended that you 

use a computer headset to listen to the 

meeting, but you may use your 

telephone for the audio-only portion of 

the meeting. The audio portion may be 

attended using a telephone by dialing 

the toll number 1–562–247–8422 (not a 

toll-free number), audio access code 

862–846–290, and entering the audio 

pin shown after joining the webinar. 

The following items are on the Pacific 

Council agenda, but not necessarily in 

this order. Agenda items noted as ‘‘Final 

Action’’ refer to actions requiring the 

Council to transmit a proposed fishery 

management plan, proposed plan 

amendment, or proposed regulations to 

the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, under 

Sections 304 or 305 of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. Additional detail on 

agenda items, Council action, advisory 

entity meeting times, and meeting 

rooms are described in Agenda Item 

A.4, Proposed Council Meeting Agenda, 

and will be in the advance November 

2017 briefing materials and posted on 

the Pacific Council Web site at 

www.pcouncil.org no later than October 

27, 2017. 

A. Call to Order 

1. Opening Remarks 

2. Roll Call 

3. Executive Director’s Report 

4. Approve Agenda 

B. Open Comment Period 

1. Comments on Non-Agenda Items 

C. Coastal Pelagic Species Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. 2018 Exempted Fishing Permits 

(EFPs) Notice of Intent 

3. Methodology Review Preliminary 

Topic Selection 

D. Salmon Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. Methodology Review—Final 

Approval 

3. Sacramento River Winter Chinook 

(SRWC) Control Rule, Final 

Recommendations 

4. 2018 Preseason Management 

Schedule 

E. Pacific Halibut Management 

1. Final Annual Regulation Changes 

and 2A Catch Sharing Plan Changes 

F. Groundfish Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. Trawl Catch Share Review—Final 

Report Adoption and Preliminary 

Range of Alternatives for Follow-On 

Actions 

3. Essential Fish Habitat—Rockfish 

Conservation Area Amendment, 

Informational Update 

4. Final Stock Assessments and 

Rebuilding Analyses 

5. Mid-Biennium Harvest 

Specifications Adjustments, Final 

Action 

6. Biennial Harvest Specifications for 

2019–2020 

7. Endangered Species Act 

Consultations on Salmon and 

Seabirds 

8. Preliminary Exempted Fishing 

Permit (EFP) Approval for 2019– 

2020 

9. Biennial Management Measures for 

2019–2020 

10. Off-Year Science and Stock 

Assessment Methodology Review— 

Final Topic Selection 

11. Electronic Monitoring—Final 

Pacific Halibut Discard Mortality 

Rates, Discards Species Lists, and 

Third-Party Review 

12. Cost Recovery Update 

G. Administrative Matters 

1. Legislative Matters 

2. Fiscal Matters 

3. Approval of Council Meeting 

Record 

4. Membership Appointments and 

Council Operating Procedures 

5. Future Council Meeting Agenda 

and Workload Planning 

H. Highly Migratory Species 

Management 

1. National Marine Fisheries Service 

Report 

2. Recommendations for International 

Management Activities 

3. Proposed Deep-Set Buoy Gear 

Exempted Fishing Permits 

I. Enforcement Matters 

1. Tri-State Enforcement Report 

Advisory Body Agendas 

Advisory body agendas will include 

discussions of relevant issues that are 

on the Pacific Council agenda for this 

meeting, and may also include issues 

that may be relevant to future Council 

meetings. Proposed advisory body 

agendas for this meeting will be 

available on the Pacific Council Web 

site http://www.pcouncil.org/counciloperations/council-meetings/currentbriefing-book/ no later than Friday, 

October 27, 2017. 

Schedule of Ancillary Meetings 

Day 1—Tuesday, November 14, 2017 

Ad Hoc Groundfish Electronic 

Monitoring (GEM) Policy Advisory 

Committee and GEM Technical 

Advisory Committee Joint Meeting—8 

a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team—8 a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Scientific and Statistical Committee—8 

a.m. 

Legislative Committee—11 a.m. 

Budget Committee—1 p.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—1 p.m. 

Day 2—Wednesday, November 15, 2017 

California State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team—8 a.m. 

Salmon Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Scientific and Statistical Committee—8 

a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants—3 p.m. 

Day 3—Thursday, November 16, 2017 

California State Delegation—7 a.m. 


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Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team—8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Management 

Team—8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants—Ad Hoc 

Day 4—Friday, November 17, 2017 

California State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team—8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory 

Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Highly Migratory Species Management 

Team—8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants—Ad Hoc 

Day 5—Saturday, November 18, 2017 

California State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team—8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants—Ad Hoc 

Day 6—Sunday, November 19, 2017 

California State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. 

Groundfish Management Team—8 a.m. 

Enforcement Consultants—Ad Hoc 

Day 7—Monday, November 20, 2017 

California State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before the Pacific Council for 

discussion, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal Council action during 

this meeting. Council action will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

listed 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 Pacific 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 Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt at (503) 820–2280, ext. 

411 at least 10 business days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Dated: October 19, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23034 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF781 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (MAFMC’s) 

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 

Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a 

public meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, November 13, 2017, from 

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Tuesday, 

November 14, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 

3 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for agenda details. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Garden Inn BWI Airport, 

1516 Aero Drive, Linthicum, MD 21090; 

telephone: (410) 691–0500. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; Web site: 

www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council’s 

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 

Bass Monitoring Committee will meet 

November 13–14 to develop 

recommendations for recreational 

management measures for the 2018 

summer flounder, scup, and black sea 

bass fisheries. The Committee may also 

discuss ongoing options for 

improvements to the recreational 

management measures process and 

ongoing analyses related to recreational 

fishery issues for these three species. 

A detailed agenda and background 

documents will be made available on 

the Council’s Web site (www.mafmc.org) 

prior to the meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aid 

should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, 

(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

Dated: October 19, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23033 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF784 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Recreational Advisory Panel to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 10 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 363 

Maine Mall Road, South Portland, ME 

04106–02360; phone: (207) 775–6161. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Recreational Advisory Panel will 

receive a report from GARFO’s 

recreational management workshop. 

They plan to review and discuss 

recreational fishing data for fishing year 

2016 and preliminary fishing year 2017. 

The Advisory Panel will discuss 

Framework Adjustment 57— 

Specifications and Management 

Measures, in particular, (1) An overview 


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