[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11751-11752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05918]


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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: Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic 
Highly Migratory Species Tournament Registration and Reporting.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0323.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 600.
    Average Hours per Response: Tournament registration, 2 minutes; 
tournament summary reporting, 20 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 110.
    Needs and Uses: Under the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), 
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible for 
management of the nation's marine fisheries. Existing regulations 
require operators of tournaments involving Atlantic highly migratory 
species (HMS; Atlantic swordfish, sharks, billfish, and tunas) to 
register four weeks in advance of the tournament. Operators must 
provide contact information and the tournament's date(s), location(s), 
and target species. All operators are required to submit an HMS 
tournament summary report within seven days after tournament fishing 
has ended. Most of the catch data in the summary report is routinely 
collected in the course of regular tournament operations. NMFS uses the 
data to estimate the total annual catch of HMS and the impact of 
tournament operations in relation to other types of fishing activities. 
In addition, HMS tournament registration provides a method for 
tournament operators to request educational and regulatory outreach 
materials from NMFS.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-
for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Varies with the number of tournaments occurring.
    Respondent's Obligation: Tournament operators are required to 
submit an

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HMS tournament summary report within seven days after tournament 
fishing has ended.
    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.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-05918 Filed 3-27-19; 8:45 am]
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