[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 58317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23020]


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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: For-Hire Telephone Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (request for a new information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 22,421.
    Average Hours per Response: 3 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 1,121.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a new information collection.
    Marine recreational anglers are surveyed to collect catch and 
effort data, fish biology data, and angler socioeconomic 
characteristics. These data are required to carry out provisions of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 
1801 et seq.), as amended, regarding conservation and management of 
fishery resources.
    The For-Hire Survey (FHS) will collect recreational fishing catch 
and effort data through a telephone, Web-based data collection, and log 
sheet methods. Amendments to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act require the development of an improved data 
collection program for recreational fisheries. To meet these 
requirements, NOAA Fisheries has designed a telephone questionnaire in 
the Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) system for surveying 
and collecting catch and effort data from recreational anglers. The FHS 
will sample a week's activity from 10% of vessels that are permitted 
for-hire or charter vessel trips. Each interview will collect the 
number of recreational fishing trips, and log sheets submitted by the 
permit holders will show corresponding effort data (e.g. time at sea, 
amounts of catch from each fishery), within the sample selected week. 
In lieu of telephone interviews, respondents may also provide 
information via a Web-based application.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: September 23, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-23020 Filed 9-26-14; 8:45 am]
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