[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 66 (Friday, April 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 13638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06648]


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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: North Atlantic Recreational Fishing Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (Request for a new collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,295.
    Average Hours per Response: Telephone pre-screening survey with an 
eligible angler, 3 minutes; telephone pre-screening survey with an 
ineligible angler, 1 minute; completion of mail/email survey by an 
eligible angler, 20 minutes; completion of mail/email survey by an 
ineligible angler, 10 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 226.66.
    Needs and Uses: The Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) is 
conducting an economics research project to assess how changes in 
recreational Atlantic cod and haddock fishing regulations affect angler 
effort, angler welfare, fishing mortality, and future stock levels. The 
statistical model needed to meet this research objective requires 
fishing-related and socioeconomic data on users of these fisheries. To 
collect this essential information, the NEFSC seeks to implement the 
North Atlantic Recreational Fishing Survey (NARFS), a questionnaire 
directed toward recreational anglers who fish for Atlantic cod or 
haddock off the coast of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Data 
collected by the NARFS will be used as input into a bioeconomic model 
that is currently used to determine recreational fishing regulations 
for North Atlantic cod and haddock (83 FR 18972).
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    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.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-06648 Filed 4-4-19; 8:45 am]
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