[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 67 (Friday, April 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18516-18517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07348]


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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; Cooperative Game Fish 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 January 11, 2021 (86 FR 1940) during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Title: Cooperative Game Fish Tagging Report.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0247.
    Form Number(s): 88-162.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 8,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 2 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 267.
    Needs and Uses: The Cooperative Tagging Center attempts to 
determine the migration patterns of, and other biological information 
for, billfish, tunas, and swordfish. The fish tagging report is 
provided to the angler with the tags, and they fill out the card with 
the information when a fish is tagged and mails it to NMFS. Information 
on each species is used by NMFS to determine

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migratory patterns, distance traveled, stock boundaries, age, and 
growth. These data are necessary input for developing management 
criteria by regional fishery management councils, states, and NMFS.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Occasional.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: US Code: 16 U.S.C. 760e.
    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 0648-0247.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-07348 Filed 4-8-21; 8:45 am]
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