[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 18287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07756]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 15,024.
    Average Hours per Response: 11 minutes for a telephone interview; 5 
minutes for a dockside interview; 1\1/2\ minutes to respond to a 
follow-up validation call for dockside interviews; 1 minute for a 
biological sampling of catch.
    Burden Hours: 3,608.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved 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.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually, weekly or on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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: April 12, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-07756 Filed 4-17-17; 8:45 am]
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