[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 213 (Friday, November 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 66178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26884]


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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: International Billfish Angler Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0020.
    Form Number(s): NOAA 88-10.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 5 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 83.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current 
information collection.
    The International Billfish Angler Survey began in 1969 and is an 
integral part of the Billfish Research Program at the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Southwest Fisheries Science 
Center (SWFSC). The survey tracks recreational angler fishing catch and 
effort for billfish in the Pacific and Indian Oceans in support of the 
Pacific and Western Pacific Fishery Management Councils, authorized 
under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act 
(MSA). The data may be used by scientists and fishery managers to 
assist with assessing the status of billfish stocks. The survey is 
intended for anglers cooperating in the Billfish Program and is 
entirely voluntary. This survey is specific to recreational anglers 
fishing for Istiophorid and Xiphiid billfish in the Pacific and Indian 
Oceans; as such it provides the only estimates of catch per unit of 
effort for recreational billfish fishing in those areas.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: [email protected].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, 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: October 29, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-26884 Filed 11-1-12; 8:45 am]
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