[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26014-26015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10063]


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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; U.S. Pacific Highly Migratory Species Hook and Line Logbook

    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 1943) during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

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    Title: U.S. Pacific Highly Migratory Species Hook and Line Logbook.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0223.
    Form Number(s): NOAA 88-197.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 1,700.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,400.
    Needs and Uses: Under the Fishery Management Plan for United States 
(U.S.) West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species (HMS), U.S. 
anglers participating in the Pacific hook-and-line (also known as the 
albacore troll and poll-and-line), coastal purse seine (vessels less 
than 400 st carrying capacity), large-mesh drift gillnet, and swordfish 
harpoon fisheries, are required to obtain an HMS permit. Permit holders 
are also required to complete and submit logbooks documenting their 
daily fishing activities, including catch and effort for each fishing 
trip. Logbook forms must be completed within 24 hours of the completion 
of each fishing day and submitted to the Southwest Fisheries Science 
Center (SWFSC) within 30 days of the end of each trip. Federal 
regulations allow the use of state logbooks to fulfill this 
requirement; for example, Washington commercial passenger fishing 
vessels have fulfilled this requirement to date for HMS fisheries. 
These data and associated analyses help the SWFSC provide critical HMS 
fisheries information to researchers, fisheries managers, and the 
needed management advice to the U.S. in its negotiations with foreign 
fishing nations that fish for HMS.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: After each trip.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits, and 
Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act.
    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 0648-0223.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-10063 Filed 5-11-21; 8:45 am]
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