[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 33240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14849]
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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.
Title: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Recreational
Landings and Bluefin Tuna Catch Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0328.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (Extension, without change, of a currently
approved collection).
Number of Respondents: 15,761.
Average Hours per Response: 5-10 minutes per landings report; 1
hour for state reports.
Burden Hours: 1,786.
Needs and Uses: Catch reporting from recreational and commercial
handgear fisheries provides important data used to monitor catches of
Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) and supplements other existing
data collection programs. Data collected through this program are used
for both domestic and international fisheries management and stock
assessment purposes.
Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) catch reporting provides real-time
catch information used to monitor the BFT fishery. Under the Atlantic
Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (ATCA, 16 U.S.C. 971), the United States
is required to adopt regulations, as necessary and appropriate, to
implement recommendations of the International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), including recommendations on a
specified BFT quota. BFT catch reporting helps the United States
monitor this quota and supports scientific research consistent with
ATCA and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). Recreational anglers
and commercial handgear fishermen are required to report specific
information regarding their catch of BFT.
Atlantic billfish and swordfish are managed internationally by
ICCAT and nationally under ATCA and the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This
collection provides information needed to monitor the recreational
catch of Atlantic blue marlin, white marlin, and roundscale spearfish,
which is applied to the recreational limit established by ICCAT, and
the recreational catch of North Atlantic swordfish, which is applied to
the U.S. quota established by ICCAT. This collection also provides
information on recreational landings of West Atlantic sailfish, which
is unavailable from other established monitoring programs.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations;
individuals or households; and State, Local, or Tribal government.
Frequency: On occasion; Weekly/Bi-weekly; Annually.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-14849 Filed 7-11-19; 8:45 am]
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