[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77104-77105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21604]


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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; Survey to Collect Economic Data from Recreational Anglers 
along the Atlantic Coast

    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 March 21, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
    Title: Survey to Collect Economic Data from Recreational Anglers 
along the Atlantic Coast.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0783.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission [extension and revision of a 
current information collection].
    Number of Respondents: 957.
    Average Hours per Response: 8 minutes to complete NARFS III and 12 
minutes to complete NARFS IV.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 157 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision and extension to a 
currently approved information collection. The first data collection 
effort in 2019 under OMB Control Number 0648-0783 was to assess how 
changes in saltwater recreational fishing regulations affect angler 
effort, angler welfare, fishing mortality, and future stock levels. 
That data collection effort focused on anglers who fished for Atlantic 
cod and haddock off the Atlantic coast from Maine to Massachusetts 
(North Atlantic Recreational Fishing Survey I). In 2020, the collection 
was revised to remove the cod and haddock survey and add a survey 
focused on anglers who fish for summer flounder, black sea bass, and 
scup along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to North Carolina 
(North Atlantic Recreational Fishing Survey II). In 2022, the 
collection was revised again to re-add the original cod and haddock 
survey back to this control number (North Atlantic Recreational Fishing 
Survey III). This revision will re-add the survey focused on summer 
flounder, black sea bass, and scup (North Atlantic Recreational Fishing 
Survey IV) that was inadvertently removed in the last revision.
    The objective of these surveys will remain exactly the same as the 
previous surveys conducted under this control number. That is, to 
statistically assess how anglers respond to changes in management 
options and fishing regulations (e.g., bag limits, size limits, dates 
of open seasons, etc.). The survey data will provide the information 
fisheries managers need to conduct updated analysis of the socio-
economic effects to recreational anglers and to coastal communities of 
proposed changes in fishing regulations. The recreational fishing 
community and regional fisheries management councils now rely on 
species-specific socio-economic studies of recreational fishing for 
analyses of fisheries policies. These surveys will address the stated 
need for more species-specific studies.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 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

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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 
0648-0783.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-21604 Filed 9-19-24; 8:45 am]
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