[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 69 (Thursday, April 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17603-17604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8820]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 030703B]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

ACTION: 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).

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
    Title: Large Pelagic Fishing Survey.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0380.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 5,218.
    Number of Respondents: 22,500.
    Average Hours Per Response: 2 minutes for a pre-screen phone 
contact; 8 minutes per telephone survey response; 5 minutes per 
dockside interview response; 1.5 minutes per interviewer evaluation 
response; 3 minutes per socio-economic response; 15 minutes per charter 
clientele response; 1 minute per biological sampling response; 8 
minutes per headboat survey response; and 6 minutes for a North 
Carolina Winter Bluefin Tuna Dockside Survey.
    Needs and Uses: The Large Pelagic Fishing Survey consists of 
dockside and telephone surveys of recreational anglers for large 
pelagic fish (tunas, sharks, and billfish) in the Atlantic Ocean. The 
survey provides NMFS with information to monitor catch of bluefin tuna 
and marlin. Catch monitoring in these fisheries and collection of catch 
and effort statistics for all pelagic fish is required under the 
Atlantic Tunas

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Convention Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act. The information collected is essential for the U.S. to 
meet its reporting obligations to the International Commission for the 
Conservation of Atlantic Tuna.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion, weekly, annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 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: April 3, 2003.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-8820 Filed 4-9-03; 8:45 am]
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