Federal Register Vol. 84, No. 40 Thursday, February 28, 2019

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries ACTION: Temporary rule; annual adjustment of Atlantic bluefin tuna Purse Seine and Reserve category quotas; inseason quota transfer from the Reserve category to the General category. [TEXT] [PDF] SUMMARY: NMFS is adjusting the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) Purse Seine and Reserve category quotas for 2019, as it has done annually since 2015. NMFS also is transferring 25 metric tons (mt) of BFT quota from the Reserve category to the General category January 2019 period (from January 1 through March 31, 2019, or until the available subquota for this period is reached, whichever comes first). The transfer to the General category is based on consideration of the regulatory determination criteria regarding inseason adjustments and applies to Atlantic tunas General category (commercial) permitted vessels and Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Charter/Headboat category permitted vessels with a commercial sale endorsement when fishing commercially for BFT.

DATES: Effective February 25, 2019, through December 31, 2019.

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Trawl Catcher Vessels in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. [TEXT] [PDF] SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2019 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to trawl catcher vessels in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.

DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 25, 2019, through 1200 hours, A.l.t., June 10, 2019.

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Small-Mesh Multispecies Fishery; Inseason Adjustment to the Northern Red Hake Possession Limit ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason adjustment. [TEXT] [PDF] SUMMARY: This action reduces that the commercial per-trip possession limit for northern red hake for the remainder of the 2018 fishing year. Regulations governing the small-mesh multispecies fishery require this action because the northern red hake fishery is projected to reach 37.9 percent of its total allowable landing limit for the year. This action is intended to prevent this limit from being exceeded. This announcement also informs the public of the reduced northern red hake possession limit.

DATES: Effective February 27, 2019, through April 30, 2019.

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Certification of Admissibility for Fishery Products. ACTION: Submission for OMB Review; Paperwork Reduction Act Comment Request [TEXT] [PDF] 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: Certification of Admissibility for Fishery Products. OMB Control Number: 0648-0651. Form Number(s): None. Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current information collection). Number of Respondents: 90 respondents annually filing 10 responses each. Average Hours per Response: 0.17 hours (10 minutes). Burden Hours: 150 hours annually. Needs and Uses: This information is needed to confirm admissibility of certain seafood products when a nation is subject to trade restrictions imposed by the United States under the authority of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act or the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations; foreign officials; Federal government. Frequency: On each occasion of an export shipment of fish and fish products subject to the certification requirement. Respondent's Obligation: The information is collected electronically at the time of entry filing in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The exporter completes information on the contents/origin of the fish products contained in the export shipment and obtains export government certification that the fish meet the U.S. admissibility criteria. Entry filers (importers or customs brokers) obtain the completed Certification of Admissibility from the exporter (attached to the shipment packaging or via email or fax) and upload the image file of the document to ACE via the Document Image System. CBP will release the shipment only when certification has been received.