[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54480-54481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19205]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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; Florida Fishing and Boating Survey

    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 May 6, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Florida Fishing and Boating Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0769.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a 
current information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 3,120.
    Average Hours per Response: 0.05 hours (3 minutes).
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 156.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for an extension and revision of a 
currently approved information collection and is sponsored by NOAA's 
Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC).
    The objective of the data collection effort under OMB Control 
Number 0648-0769 is to understand how anglers and boaters respond to 
changes in trip costs and/or fishing regulations in Florida (both in 
waters of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Ocean). This will 
improve the analysis of the economic effects of proposed changes in 
fishing regulations and changes in economic factors that affect the 
cost of fishing and boating such as fuel prices. The survey will be 
used to develop predictive models that forecast how fishing and boating 
effort changes when either trip costs change or when fishing 
regulations (season length or bag limits) change. The survey will ask 
about the number of trips anglers take under current costs and 
regulations and anticipated number of trips when costs and/or 
regulations change.
    The population to be surveyed consists of anglers and boat owners 
with a license to fish in the Gulf of Mexico or South Atlantic from 
Florida. The sample will be drawn from a list of licensed Florida 
anglers and registered Florida boat owners. Anglers/boat owners will be 
emailed an invitation to the online survey that directs them to a 
website to complete the survey. Changes proposed to the collection 
include the addition of respondents on the Atlantic Coast of Florida, 
adapting the survey to ask about all federally managed fish in the 
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, and removing the mail component and 
financial incentives of the survey.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Twice per calendar year.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

[[Page 54481]]

    Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act as reauthorized in 2007 (16 U.S.C. 1801 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 0648-0769.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-19205 Filed 9-2-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P