[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 66539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23206]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Billfish Tagging Report

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on June 24, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Billfish Tagging Report.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0009.
    Form Number(s): NOAA 88-162.
    Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current 
information collection].
    Number of Respondents: 1,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 83.
    Needs and Uses: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration's Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) operates a 
conventional mark-recapture billfish tagging program. The SWFSC 
provides tagging supplies to individuals electing to tag and release 
the billfish they catch (the program is advertised by a newsletter and 
by word of mouth). Each Billfish Tagging Report Card is issued with an 
individual billfish tag and is imprinted with the number matching the 
accompanying tag. The Billfish Tagging Report Card is the primary 
mechanism by which these cooperating anglers and commercial fishers 
return the tag and release information concerning the billfish they 
have tagged. Individuals cooperating in the program do so on a strictly 
voluntary basis.
    Tagging supplies are provided to volunteer anglers. When anglers 
catch and release a tagged fish, they submit a brief report on the fish 
and the location of the tagging. The program is conducted throughout 
the year to determine billfish habitat, mortality rates, migration 
patterns, feeding habits, and growth rates. Fishery biologists 
investigating the health of billfish resources throughout the Pacific 
utilize data from this program. Results aid in ongoing research 
concerning billfish resources and are published annually in the 
Billfish newsletter.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: This program is authorized under 16 U.S.C. 760(e), 
Study of migratory game fish; waters; research; purpose.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0648-0009.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-23206 Filed 10-19-20; 8:45 am]
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