[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 166 (Friday, August 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53401-53402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21889]


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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.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0380.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision/extension of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 12,434.
    Average Hours per Response: Telephone survey, 10 minutes; intercept

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survey, 5 minutes; follow-up telephone call, 2 minutes; biological 
survey, 1 minute; headboat survey, 4 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 2,451.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision and extension of a 
current information collection.
    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, marlin and other federally-managed species. 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 (U.S.) to meet its reporting obligations to the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna. The revision is due 
to the elimination of two surveys from the collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    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 6616, 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 [email protected].

    Dated: August 23, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-21889 Filed 8-25-11; 8:45 am]
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