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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: Alaska American Fisheries Act (AFA) Reports.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0401.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 8.
    Average Hours per Response: AFA cooperative contract, 8 hours; 
annual cooperative report, 16 hours; inshore cooperative weekly catch 
report, 45 minutes; incentive plan agreement (IPA) amendment, 50 hours; 
incentive plan agreement disapproval appeals, 4 hours; IPA annual 
report, 80 hours.
    Burden Hours: 599.
    Needs and Uses: On October 21, 1998, the President signed into law 
The American Fisheries Act, 16 U.S.C. 1851 (AFA). The AFA authorizes 
the formation of fishery cooperatives in all sectors of the Bering Sea 
and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) pollock fishery, grants 
antitrust exemptions to cooperatives in the mothership sector, and 
imposes operational limits on fishery cooperatives in the BSAI pollock 
fishery. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issues a single 
pollock allocation to each cooperative, and the cooperative may make 
sub-allocations of pollock to each individual vessel owner in the 
cooperative.
    With respect to the fisheries off Alaska, the AFA Program is a 
suite of management measures that fall into four general regulatory 
categories:
     Limit access into the fishing and processing sectors of 
the BSAI pollock fishery and that allocate pollock to such sectors (50 
CFR 679.64).
     Govern the formation and operation of fishery cooperatives 
in the BSAI pollock fishery, including filing of cooperative contracts 
(50 CFR 679.61 and 679.62).
     Protection of other fisheries from spillover effects from 
the AFA (50 CFR 679.64).
     Govern catch measurement and monitoring in the BSAI 
pollock fishery, including filing of annual reports and completing and 
submitting inshore catcher vessel pollock cooperative catch reports (50 
CFR 679.63).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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 [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: January 11, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-00691 Filed 1-16-18; 8:45 am]
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Dated: January 10, 2018. pollock fishery, including filing of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Emily H. Menashes, cooperative contracts (50 CFR 679.61 Carolyn Doherty, (301) 427–8385.
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable and 679.62). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Aboriginal
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. • Protection of other fisheries from subsistence whaling in the United States
[FR Doc. 2018–00666 Filed 1–16–18; 8:45 am] spillover effects from the AFA (50 CFR is governed by the Whaling Convention
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 679.64). Act (WCA) (16 U.S.C. 916 et seq.).
• Govern catch measurement and Under the WCA, IWC regulations shall
monitoring in the BSAI pollock fishery, generally become effective with respect
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE including filing of annual reports and to all persons and vessels subject to the
completing and submitting inshore jurisdiction of the United States, within
National Oceanic and Atmospheric catcher vessel pollock cooperative catch 90 days of notification from the IWC
Administration reports (50 CFR 679.63). Secretariat of an amendment to the IWC
Affected Public: Business or other for- Schedule (16 U.S.C. 916k). Regulations
Submission for OMB Review; profit organizations. that implement the WCA, found at 50
Comment Request Frequency: Annually and on occasion. CFR 230.6, require the Secretary of
The Department of Commerce will Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. Commerce (Secretary) to publish, at
submit to the Office of Management and This information collection request least annually, aboriginal subsistence
Budget (OMB) for clearance the may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow whaling quotas and any other
following proposal for collection of the instructions to view Department of limitations on aboriginal subsistence
information under the provisions of the Commerce collections currently under whaling deriving from regulations of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. review by OMB. IWC.
Chapter 35). Written comments and At the 64th Annual Meeting of the
Agency: National Oceanic and recommendations for the proposed IWC, the Commission set catch limits
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). information collection should be sent for aboriginal subsistence use of
Title: Alaska American Fisheries Act within 30 days of publication of this bowhead whales from the Bering-
(AFA) Reports. notice to OIRA_Submission@ Chukchi-Beaufort Seas stock. The
OMB Control Number: 0648–0401. omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. bowhead catch limits were based on a
Form Number(s): None. Dated: January 11, 2018. joint request by the United States and
Type of Request: Regular (extension of the Russian Federation, accompanied by
Sarah Brabson,
a currently approved information documentation concerning the needs of
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
collection). two Native groups: Alaska Eskimos and
Number of Respondents: 8. [FR Doc. 2018–00691 Filed 1–16–18; 8:45 am] Chukotka Natives in the Russian Far
Average Hours per Response: AFA BILLING CODE 3510–22–P East.
cooperative contract, 8 hours; annual The IWC set a 6-year block catch limit
cooperative report, 16 hours; inshore of 336 bowhead whales landed. For
cooperative weekly catch report, 45 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE each of the years 2013 through 2018, the
minutes; incentive plan agreement (IPA) number of bowhead whales struck may
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
amendment, 50 hours; incentive plan not exceed 67, except that any unused
Administration
agreement disapproval appeals, 4 hours; portion of a strike quota from any prior
IPA annual report, 80 hours. RIN 0648–XF951 year may be carried forward. No more
Burden Hours: 599. than 15 strikes may be added to the
Needs and Uses: On October 21, 1998, Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal strike quota for any one year. At the end
the President signed into law The Subsistence Whaling Quotas of the 2017 harvest, there were 15
American Fisheries Act, 16 U.S.C. 1851 unused strikes available for carry-
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
(AFA). The AFA authorizes the forward, so the combined strike quota
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
formation of fishery cooperatives in all set by the IWC for 2018 is 82 (67 + 15).
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
sectors of the Bering Sea and Aleutian An arrangement between the United
Commerce.
Islands Management Area (BSAI) States and the Russian Federation
pollock fishery, grants antitrust ACTION: Notice; notification of quota for ensures that the total quota of bowhead
exemptions to cooperatives in the bowhead whales. whales landed and struck in 2018 will
mothership sector, and imposes SUMMARY: NMFS notifies the public of not exceed the limits set by the IWC.
operational limits on fishery the aboriginal subsistence whaling Under this arrangement, the Russian
cooperatives in the BSAI pollock quota for bowhead whales that it has natives may use no more than seven
fishery. The National Marine Fisheries assigned to the Alaska Eskimo Whaling strikes, and the Alaska Eskimos may use
Service (NMFS) issues a single pollock Commission (AEWC), and of limitations no more than 75 strikes.
allocation to each cooperative, and the on the use of the quota deriving from Through its cooperative agreement
cooperative may make sub-allocations of regulations of the International Whaling with the AEWC, NOAA has assigned 75
pollock to each individual vessel owner Commission (IWC). For 2018, the quota strikes to the Alaska Eskimos. The
in the cooperative. is 75 bowhead whales struck. This quota AEWC will in turn allocate these strikes
With respect to the fisheries off among the 11 villages whose cultural
and other applicable limitations govern
Alaska, the AFA Program is a suite of and subsistence needs have been
the harvest of bowhead whales by
management measures that fall into four documented, and will ensure that its
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members of the AEWC.
general regulatory categories: hunters use no more than 75 strikes.
• Limit access into the fishing and DATES: Applicable January 17, 2018.
processing sectors of the BSAI pollock ADDRESSES: Office for International Other Limitations
fishery and that allocate pollock to such Affairs and Seafood Inspection, National The IWC regulations, as well as the
sectors (50 CFR 679.64). Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East- NOAA regulation at 50 CFR 230.4(c),
• Govern the formation and operation West Highway, Silver Spring, MD forbid the taking of calves or any whale
of fishery cooperatives in the BSAI 20910. accompanied by a calf.

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