[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 180 (Monday, September 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48030-48031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-23180]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091201A]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Commerce has submitted 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: Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0052.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 34,887.
    Number of Respondents: 667,729.
    Average Hours Per Response: 7 minutes for telephone survey of 
fishing household, 7 minutes for telephone survey of vessel operator 
fishing effort, 4.5 minutes for intercept survey of anglers, 3 minutes 
for economic telephone survey of households, 60 minutes for an in-
person economic survey of vessel operators, 8 minutes for a telephone 
economic survey of vessel operators, 8 minutes for economic intercept 
questions and telephone follow-up survey of anglers, 15 minutes for 
economic intercept questions and

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follow-up mail survey of anglers, 2 minutes for a vessel directory 
survey, 2 minutes for a vessel operator verification call, 1.5 minutes 
for an intercept survey verification call, 1 minute for a telephone 
contact of non-fishing households, .5 minutes for a telephone contact 
of non-households, and 1 minute for a biological data collection.
    Needs and Uses: This survey conducts random telephone interviews of 
residents of coastal county households to obtain data on marine 
recreational fishing efforts and conducts random field interviews of 
anglers returning from fishing trips to obtain data on the average 
catches of different fish species per angler fishing trip. These data 
are used to calculate bi-monthly estimates of marine recreational 
fishing participation, effort, and catch by species. The effort and 
catch estimates are used in the development, implementation, and 
monitoring of fishery management programs by the NMFS, regional fishery 
management councils, interstate marine fisheries commissions, and state 
fishery agencies.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork 
Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 
Internet at [email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 7, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-23180 Filed 9-14-01; 8:45 am]
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