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appropriate for assessment analyses.
The product of the Assessment Process
is a stock assessment report that
describes the fisheries, evaluates the
status of the stock, estimates biological
benchmarks, projects future population
conditions, and recommends research
and monitoring needs. The assessment
is independently peer reviewed at the
Review Workshop. The product of the
Review Workshop is a Summary
documenting panel opinions regarding
the strengths and weaknesses of the
stock assessment and input data.
Participants for SEDAR Workshops are
appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South
Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery
Management Councils and NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office,
HMS Management Division, and
Southeast Fisheries Science Center.
Participants include data collectors and
database managers; stock assessment
scientists, biologists, and researchers;
constituency representatives including
fishermen, environmentalists, and
NGO’s; International experts; and staff
of Councils, Commissions, and state and
federal agencies.
The items of discussion in webinar
are as follows:
Participants will discuss modeling
approaches for use in the assessment of
Gulf of Mexico red snapper.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Action will
be restricted to those issues specifically
identified 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 intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least
10 business days prior to each
workshop.
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Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 1, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the intent to take final action to address
the emergency.

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Special Accommodations

Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting

Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee
(MPC) will hold an online public
meeting.
DATES: The online meeting will be held
Thursday, February 23, 2023, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Time or until
business for the day has been
completed.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held
online. Specific meeting information,
including a proposed agenda and
directions on how to join the meeting
and system requirements will be
provided in the meeting announcement
on the Pacific Council’s website (see
www.pcouncil.org). You may send an
email to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt
(kris.kleinschmidt@noaa.gov) or contact
him at (503) 820–2412 for technical
assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer, Pacific
Council; telephone: (503) 820–2409.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this online meeting is for the
MPC to consider current offshore wind
(OSW) energy and aquaculture issues
and to provide information and advice
to the Pacific Council for consideration
at its April 2023 meeting. Topics will
include updates on spatial suitability
modeling to support identification of
Wind Energy Areas off the Oregon
Coast, and other OSW energy planning
and development on the West Coast.
Other relevant topics may be addressed
as appropriate.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this
meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any issues arising after
publication of this document that
require emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
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Dated: February 2, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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; Designation of Fishery
Management Council Members and
Application for Reinstatement of State
Authority
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
via the Federal Register on November 7,
2022, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Designation of Fishery
Management Council Members and
Application for Reinstatement of State
Authority.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0314.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a current information collection).
Number of Respondents: 275.
Average Hours per Response: 80
hours for a nomination for Council
appointment; 16 hours for background

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documentation for nominees; 1 hour to
designate a principal state fishery
official(s) or for a request to reinstate
authority.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,607.
Needs and Uses: The MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act) authorizes the establishment of
eight Regional Fishery Management
Councils to manage fisheries within
regional jurisdictions. This collection
pertains to several sections of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act related to the
Councils. Section 302(b) provides for
appointment of Council members
nominated by State Governors,
Territorial Governors, or Tribal
Governments and for designation of a
principal state fishery official for the
purposes of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
Section 306(b)(2) provides for a request
by a state for reinstatement of state
authority over a managed fishery.
Nominees for Council membership must
provide their State Governor, Territorial
Governor, or Tribal Government
leadership with background
documentation, which is then submitted
to NOAA, on behalf of the Secretary of
Commerce to review qualifications for
Council membership. The information
collected with these actions is used to
ensure that the requirements of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act are being met in
regard to Council membership and state
authority.
Affected Public: State, local, or Tribal
government.
Frequency: Annual.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Act section 302(b), section 306(b)(2),
and 50 CFR 600.215.
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 0648–0314.
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; Highly Migratory Species
Vessel Logbooks and Cost-Earnings
Data Reports
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
via the Federal Register on October 19,
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: Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
Vessel Logbooks and Cost-Earnings Data
Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0371.
Form Number(s): 88–191.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 5,642.
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes for cost/earnings summaries
attached to logbook reports, 30 minutes
for annual expenditure forms, 12
minutes for logbook catch trip and set
reports, 2 minutes for negative logbook
catch reports.
Burden Hours: 21,710.
Needs and Uses: NMFS collects
information via vessel logbooks to
monitor the U.S. catch of Atlantic
swordfish, sharks, billfish, and tunas in
relation to the quotas, thereby ensuring
that the United States complies with its
domestic and international obligations.
The HMS logbook program, OMB
Control No. 0648–0371, was specifically
designed to collect the vessel level
information needed for the management
of Atlantic HMS, and includes set
forms, trip forms, negative reports, and
cost-earning requirements for both
commercial and recreational vessels.
The information supplied through the
HMS logbook program provides the
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and incidental species. In addition to
HMS fisheries, the HMS logbook
program is also used to report catches of
dolphin and wahoo by commercial and
charter/headboat fisheries by vessels
that do not possess other federal
permits. Additionally, the HMS logbook
collects data on incidental species,
including sea turtles, which is necessary
to evaluate the fisheries in terms of
bycatch and encounters with protected
species. While most HMS fishermen use
the HMS logbook program, HMS can
also be reported as part of several other
logbook collections including the
Northeast Region Fishing Vessel Trip
Reports (0648–0212) and Southeast
Region Coastal Logbook (0648–0016).
These data are necessary to assess the
status of HMS, dolphin, and wahoo in
each fishery. International stock
assessments for tunas, swordfish,
billfish, and some species of sharks are
conducted through ICCAT’s Standing
Committee on Research and Statistics
periodically and provide, in part, the
basis for ICCAT management
recommendations which become
binding on member nations. Domestic
stock assessments for most species of
sharks and for dolphin and wahoo are
used as the basis of managing these
species.
Supplementary information on fishing
costs and earnings has been collected
via the HMS logbook program. This
economic information enables NMFS to
assess the economic impacts of
regulatory programs on small businesses
and fishing communities, consistent
with the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), Executive Order 12866, the
Regulatory Flexibility Act, and other
domestic laws.
Atlantic HMS fisheries are managed
under the dual authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) and the Atlantic Tunas
Conservation Act (ATCA). Under the
MSA, management measures must be
consistent with ten National Standards,
and fisheries must be managed to
maintain optimum yield, rebuild
overfished fisheries, and prevent
overfishing. Under ATCA, the Secretary
of Commerce shall promulgate
regulations, as necessary and
appropriate, to implement measures
adopted by the International
Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations (vessel owners).
Frequency: Trip summary reports are
submitted within 7 days following the
completion of each fishing trip, trip
cost-earnings reports are due within 30
days of trip completion, no catch/

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