[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 133 (Friday, July 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 41299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17623]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[I.D. 070703E]


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Recreational Landings 
Reports.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0328.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,369.
    Number of Respondents: 10,069.
    Average Hours Per Response: 5 minutes for a telephone or Internet 
report; 10 minutes for a state landing card; 1hour for a state weekly 
report; and 4 hours for a state annual report.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection consists of a mandatory 
catch reporting program in the recreational fishery for Atlantic 
bluefin tuna, Atlantic swordfish, Atlantic blue marlin, Atlantic white 
marlin, and Atlantic sailfish. Anglers harvesting these species must 
report through an automated phone system or an Internet site, or 
through landing card programs administered by some states. Catch 
monitoring and collection of catch and effort statistics in these 
fisheries are required under the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act and the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The 
information collected through this program is essential for the United 
States to meet its reporting obligations to the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) and to assure 
the harvest of these species remains within ICCAT required quotas.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations; and State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    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: July 3, 2003,
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-17623 Filed 7-10-03; 8:45 am]
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