[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25144-25145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6386]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


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: Large Pelagic Fishing Survey.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0380.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 2,370.
    Number of Respondents: 17,000.

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    Average Hours Per Response: 8 minutes for a telephone interview; 5 
minutes for a dockside interview; 2 minutes to respond to a follow-up 
validation call for dockside interviews; 1 minute for a biological 
sampling of catch; 28 minutes for a headboat effort and catch survey; 
and 6 minutes for North Carolina winter bluefin tuna dockside 
interview.
    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 the National Marine Fisheries Service with information 
to monitor catch of bluefin tuna and marlin. The catch monitoring in 
these fisheries and collection of catch and effort statistics for all 
pelagic fish is required under the Atlantic Tunas 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: Annually, weekly, and on occasion.
    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, FAX number (202) 395-7285, or 
[email protected].

    Dated: April 24, 2006.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-6386 Filed 4-27-06; 8:45 am]
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