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Plan (FMP) for the Reef Fish Resources
of the Gulf of Mexico. NMFS and the
South Atlantic Council manage the
fishery for rock shrimp in the South
Atlantic under the FMP for the Shrimp
Fishery in the South Atlantic Region.
The vessel monitoring system (VMS)
regulations for the Gulf reef fish fishery
and the South Atlantic rock shrimp
fishery may be found at 50 CFR 622.28
and 622.205, respectively.
The FMPs and the implementing
regulations contain several specific
management areas where fishing is
restricted or prohibited to protect
habitat or spawning aggregations, or to
control fishing pressure. Unlike size,
bag, and trip limits, where the catch can
be monitored on shore when a vessel
returns to port, area restrictions require
at-sea enforcement. However, at-sea
enforcement of offshore areas is difficult
due to the distance from shore and the
limited number of patrol vessels,
resulting in a need to improve
enforceability of area fishing restrictions
through remote sensing methods. In
addition, all fishing gears are subject to
some area fishing restrictions. Because
of the sizes of these areas and the
distances from shore, the effectiveness
of enforcement through over flights and
at-sea interception is limited. An
electronic VMS allows a more effective
means to monitor vessels for intrusions
into restricted areas.
The VMS provides effort data and
significantly aids in enforcement of
areas closed to fishing. All position
reports are treated in accordance with
NMFS existing guidelines for
confidential data. As a condition of
authorized fishing for or possession of
Gulf reef fish or South Atlantic rock
shrimp in or from Federal waters, vessel
owners or operators subject to VMS
requirements must allow NMFS, the
United States Coast Guard, and their
authorized officers and designees,
access to the vessel’s position data
obtained from the VMS.
The information collected on the
‘‘Vessel Monitoring System Installation
and Activation Certification for the Reef
Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico’’
form provides NMFS assurance that
vessels are compliant with the
requirements to install and activate an
approved VMS unit. Information
collected on the ‘‘Vessel Monitoring
System Mobile Transceiver Unit (MTU)
Power-Down Exemption Request for
Vessels in the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish
Fishery’’ form provides information that
allows NMFS to exempt a vessel from
their the VMS reporting requirement
under specific criteria.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

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Frequency: VMS unit installation,
once; installation and activation
checklist, once; power down exemption
request, variable but on average less
than once per year; trip declaration,
variable but an average of 9 annually per
vessel; and annual maintenance once
per year.
Respondent’s Obligation: Submission
of the Installation and Activation
certification is and mandatory.
Transmission of fishing activity report is
mandatory. Submission of a Power
down Exemption Authorization request
is required to obtain or retain benefits.
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 0648–0544.
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
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Fisheries Certificate of Origin
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed, and continuing
information collections, which helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. Public
comments were previously requested
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2022 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Fisheries Certificate of Origin.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0335.
Form Number(s): NOAA Form 370.
Type of Request: Regular submission,
extension of a current information
collection.
Number of Respondents: 540.
Average Hours per Response: 25
minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 5,833.
Needs and Uses: This request is for an
extension of a current information
collection sponsored by NMFS’ Office of
International Affairs, Trade, and
Commerce. The information required by
the International Dolphin Conservation
Program Act, amendment to the Marine
Mammal Protection Act, is needed to:
(1) Document the dolphin-safe status of
frozen and/or processed tuna import
shipments; (2) verify that import
shipments of fish were not harvested by
large-scale, high seas driftnets; and (3)
verify that tuna was not harvested by an
embargoed nation or one that is
otherwise prohibited from exporting
tuna to the United States.
Collected information includes the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Entry Identification, date of entry, and
contact details on the exporting and
importing companies. Collected
information also includes harvest
characteristics such as fishing vessel
name, fishing trip dates, vessel flag,
vessel gear type, and ocean area of
harvest, as well as the declaration of the
dolphin-safe status of the shipment, and
if applicable, the attachment of required
certifications. Forms are submitted by
importers and processors. NMFS uses
this information to verify the dolphinsafe status of tuna shipments.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Per applicable tuna
importation.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Marine Mammal
Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.)
and the Dolphin Protection Consumer
Information Act (16 U.S.C. 1385).
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/

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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 0648–0335.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
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Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

The Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has
made a preliminary determination that
an Exempted Fishing Permit application
contains all of the required information
and warrants further consideration. The
Exempted Fishing Permit would allow
commercial fishing vessels to fish
outside fishery regulations in support of
research conducted by the applicant.

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Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act require publication of
this notification to provide interested
parties the opportunity to comment on
applications for proposed Exempted
Fishing Permits.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 23, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Email: nmfs.gar.efp@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ‘‘NEFSC
Study Fleet EFP’’.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Louis Forristall, Fishery Management
Specialist, (339) 674–7646.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
applicant submitted a complete
application for an Exempted Fishing
Permit (EFP) to conduct commercial
fishing activities that the regulations
would otherwise restrict. This EFP
would exempt the participating vessels
from the following Federal regulations:

TABLE 1—REQUESTED EXEMPTIONS
Citation

Regulation

Need for exemption

648.83 ......

Multispecies Minimum Fish Sizes ..............

684.86(a) ..
648.86(d) ..

Haddock Possession Restriction ................
Small-Mesh Multispecies Possession Restriction.
Yellowtail Flounder Possession Restriction
Georges Bank Winter Flounder Possession Restriction.
Ocean Pout, Windowpane Flounder, and
Atlantic Wolffish Possession Restriction.

Allow possession of haddock, yellowtail flounder, winter flounder, and American
plaice below minimum size on Common pool and sector vessels for biological sampling purposes.
Allow possession of haddock for biological sampling.
Exempt vessels from small-mesh possession restrictions for biological sampling.

648.86(g) ..
648.86(j) ...
648.86(l) ...

Exempt common pool vessels from yellowtail possession restrictions and limitations.
Exempt common pool vessels from winter flounder restrictions.
Exempt vessels from wolffish possession prohibitions.

TABLE 2—PROJECT SUMMARY
Project title

Study fleet program

Applicant .........................................
Project objectives ............................

NESFC Cooperative Research Branch.
Allow fishermen and Center staff to collect biological data and biological samples relevant to stock assessments and fish biology.
February 7, 2022.
May 1, 2022.
April 30, 2023.
19.
40.
3.
72.
Otter trawl, scallop dredge, midwater otter trawl, paired trawl.
5.
2 hours.

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Application date ..............................
Project period ..................................
Project location ...............................
Number of vessels ..........................
Number of trips ...............................
Trip duration (days) .........................
Total number of days ......................
Gear type(s) ....................................
Number of tows or sets ..................
Duration of tows or sets ..................

Project Narrative
The Northeast Fisheries Science
Center’s Cooperative Research Branch is
requesting an EFP to allow participants
in their Study Fleet Program to collect
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catch. The Center established the Study
Fleet Program in 2002 to more fully
characterize commercial fishing
operations and provide sampling
opportunities to augment NOAA’s
National Marine Fisheries Service’s data
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program, the Center contracts
commercial fishing vessels to collect
biological data and fish specimens for
the Center to use in research relevant to
stock assessments and fish biology.
Under the EFP, Study Fleet
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