[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 221 (Friday, November 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64908-64909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25313]


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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; Recreational Angler Survey of Sea Turtle Interactions

    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 August 19, 2021 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: Recreational Angler Survey of Sea Turtle Interactions.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0774.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a current information 
collection).
    Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Average Time per Response: 10 minutes for the Angler Intercept 
Survey, 5 minutes for the Sea Turtle Incidental Capture Form.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,153 hours.
    Needs and Uses: NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA 
Fisheries) proposes to extend a current information collection designed 
to assess the extent of hook and line interactions between recreational 
anglers on piers and other shore-based fishing locations and sea 
turtles. The collection comprises an Angler Intercept Survey, a Fishing 
Site Characterization Form, a Survey Cover Sheet, and a Sea Turtle 
Incidental Capture Form. The Angler Intercept Survey will be verbally 
administered on piers and shore-based fishing locations within NOAA 
Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region and Southeast Region, and will be 
administered to approximately 20,000 individual recreational fishermen. 
The respondents will be verbally asked a series of questions about 
their fishing practices and observations of sea turtles and the 
interviewer will record their answers. The survey will also assess the 
feasibility of an intercept survey for this purpose in terms of 
response rates and data collection. The Fishing Site Characterization 
Form will be completed by the survey administrator at each fishing 
location and collects information on the structure and operation of the 
pier or shore-based fishing location. The Site Characterization Sheet 
will be completed by the survey administrator during each survey period 
and collects

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information on the environmental conditions for that particular day, 
the number of anglers fishing, number of lines in the water, and the 
number of surveys completed. Sea Turtle Incidental Capture Form will be 
filled out by a Sea Turtle Stranding and Salvage Network participant 
when a turtle is incidentally captured, regardless of if the capture 
occurs during a specific survey period, and collects information on the 
specific interaction with fishing gear. This information is necessary 
to compare to the angler survey data, to identify if certain factors or 
fishing practices influence the rate of interactions. In this 
extension, minor revisions will be made to the Sea Turtle Incidental 
Capture Form to eliminate duplication with other sea turtle stranding 
data collection efforts.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Collection of these data on sea turtle 
interactions in the shore-based recreational fishing sector is 
necessary to fulfill statutory requirements of the Endangered Species 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.).
    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 0648-0774.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-25313 Filed 11-18-21; 8:45 am]
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