[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 105 (Friday, May 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 31057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12080]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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: 4,689.
    Number of Respondents: 18,000.
    Average Hours per Response: Telephone survey, 8 minutes; dockside 
interview, 5 minutes and 1 minute and 30 seconds per interview 
telephone validation response; biological sampling, 1 minute; headboat 
captain telephone interview response, 4 minutes and 8 minutes per 
headboat at-sea survey response; North Carolina winter bluefin tuna 
dockside survey, 6 minutes; HMS characterization survey, 15 minutes.
    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 (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 
Convention Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act. The information collected is essential for the United 
States to meet its reporting obligations to the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna. Due to funding 
limitations the Large Pelagic Fishing Survey has only been conducted 
from Maine through Virginia in previous years. In 2008 NMFS proposes to 
conduct pilot studies to characterize the recreational large pelagic 
fisheries in the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean regions.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Weekly, annually 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: May 27, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-12080 Filed 5-29-08; 8:45 am]
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