[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 69643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27765]


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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: Gulf of Alaska Trawl Groundfish Fishery Rationalization 
Social Study.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,574.
    Average Hours per Response: Survey, 1 hour; unstructured interview 
or meeting, 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 1,168.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection.
    The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) is currently 
debating designs of a new rationalization program for the Gulf of 
Alaska trawl groundfish fishery and is expected to take final action on 
a new program in late 2014 or early 2015. These types of management 
programs are known to have extensive beneficial outcomes for fish 
stocks. Literature shows that there are mixed outcomes for the people 
participating in the fishery. Fishery participants may suffer negative 
social impacts. Sufficient non-economic social science data will be 
collected to describe the fishery prior to the management change, to 
collect baseline data. This information will be used to inform the 
program design and compared to a data collection post rationalization 
in order to detect any changes in the system as a result of the 
management change. With the pre- and post-rationalization data, social 
impacts may be measured. The collection of this data will provide 
fisheries managers with social science data which is typically 
unavailable or available in limited quality. This research aims to 
collect extensive data about the people in the fishery for the maximum 
benefit to all parties, including fisheries.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Frequency: One time.
    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: November 14, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-27765 Filed 11-19-13; 8:45 am]
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