[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 42 (Thursday, March 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11286-11287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5064]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 022500D]


North Carolina and Louisiana Commercial King and/or Spanish 
Mackerel Fishermen Pilot Economic Survey

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

ACTION: Proposed Collection; comment request.

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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, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before May 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Linda Engelmeier, 
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 507, 
14th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington DC 20230 (or via the 
Internet at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument(s) and instructions 
should be directed to John Vondruska, Department of Commerce, NCAA, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, Fisheries Economics Office, 9721 
Executive Center Drive N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The North Carolina and Louisiana Commercial King and/or Spanish 
Mackerel Fishermen Pilot Economic Survey will consist of telephone 
screening with in-person interviews of commercial fishermen in North 
Carolina and Louisiana possessing Federal commercial mackerel fishing 
permits. The survey will provide NMFS with economic information to 
better estimate the effects of regulations proposed for the King and 
Spanish mackerel commercial fisheries. The survey will also provide a 
better basis for designing statistically-random surveys for other 
strata of the population of boats that engage in these and other 
fisheries in a seasonally-complex round of economic activity throughout 
the Southeast (coastal states from North Carolina to Texas). Monitoring 
of these fisheries is required under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act.

II. Method of Collection

    The information sought will be collected through telephone screener 
interviews and in-person data collection. The frame of vessels in North 
Carolina and Louisiana holding Federal commercial mackerel fishing 
permits will be randomly sampled (separately by state).

III. Data

    OMB Number: None.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations 
(commercial mackerel fishermen in North Carolina and Louisiana).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 103.
    Estimated Time Per Response: Average response times are estimated 
at 12 minutes per telephone screening interview, 15 minutes per captain 
interview, 20 minutes per owner interview, and 45 minutes (15 minutes x 
3 times) per typical trip interview for a total time of 92 minutes per 
respondent.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 160 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 (no capital 
expenditures).

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.


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    Dated: February 24, 2000
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-5064 Filed 3-1-00; 8:45 am]
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