[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 209 (Friday, October 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75048-75049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26051]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; West Coast 
Swordfish Fishery Survey

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, offers the general public 
and other Federal agencies this opportunity to comment on proposed and/
or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before 60 days after 
date of publication of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Stephen Stohs, (858) 546-7084 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This request is for a new collection of information.
    The Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) is undertaking an 
economics data collection effort for the West Coast Swordfish Fishery 
(WCSF) in order to improve the SWFSC's capability to do the following: 
(1) Describe and monitor economic performance (e.g., profitability, 
capacity utilization, efficiency, and productivity) and impacts (e.g., 
sector, community, or region-specific employment and income); (2) 
determine the quantity and distribution of net benefits derived from 
living marine resources; (3) understand and predict the ecological, and 
behavior of participants in Federally managed commercial fisheries; (4) 
predict the biological, ecological, and economic impacts of existing 
management measures and alternative proposed management actions; and 
(5) in general, more effectively conduct the analyses required under 
the MSA, the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act (MMPDA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 
and Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), Executive Order 12866, and other 
applicable law.

II. Method of Collection

    WCSF participants will be contacted and screened to participate in 
the data collection. A cost and earnings survey will be scheduled and 
administered to eligible respondents as appropriate. Screener, 
scheduling and survey modes may include in-person, Internet, phone, or 
mail.
    WCSF participants are defined as current or former participants in 
the United States (U.S.) west-coast swordfish fisheries--drift gillnet, 
longline, harpoon and experimental deep-set buoy gear--and suppliers of 
support services to the fishery, such as processors and spotter-plane 
pilots.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (request for a new information 
collection).
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 50.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes for screener; 5 minutes to 
schedule survey for qualified and

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interested respondents; 60 minutes for survey.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 95.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: October 24, 2016.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-26051 Filed 10-27-16; 8:45 am]
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