    [Federal Register Volume 91, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 2026)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 14680-14681]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2026-05904]

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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; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Recreational Landings
    and Bluefin Tuna Catch Reports

        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 July 11, 2025, 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: Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Recreational
    Landings and Bluefin Tuna Catch Reports.
        OMB Control Number: 0648-0328.

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        Form Number(s): None.
        Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
    information collection).
        Number of Respondents: 14,161.
        Average Hours per Response: 5-10 minutes per landings report.
        Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,557.
        Needs and Uses: Catch reporting from recreational and commercial
    handgear fisheries provides important data used to monitor catches of
    Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) and supplements other existing
    data collection programs. Data collected through this program are used
    for both domestic and international fisheries management and stock
    assessment purposes.
        Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) catch reporting provides real-time
    catch information used to monitor the BFT fishery. Under the Atlantic
    Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (ATCA, 16 U.S.C. 971), the United States
    (U.S.) is required to adopt regulations, as necessary and appropriate,
    to implement recommendations of the International Commission for the
    Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), including recommendations on a
    specified BFT quota. BFT catch reporting helps the U.S. monitor this
    quota and supports scientific research consistent with ATCA and the
    Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
    Stevens Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). Recreational anglers and
    commercial handgear fishermen are required to report specific
    information regarding their catch of BFT.
        Atlantic billfish and swordfish are managed internationally by
    ICCAT and nationally under ATCA and the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This
    collection provides information needed to monitor the recreational
    catch of Atlantic blue marlin, white marlin, and roundscale spearfish,
    which is applied to the recreational limit established by ICCAT, and
    the recreational catch of North Atlantic swordfish, which is applied to
    the U.S. quota established by ICCAT. This collection also provides
    information on recreational landings of West Atlantic sailfish, which
    is unavailable from other established monitoring programs.
        Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations;
    individuals or households; and State, Local, or Tribal government.
        Frequency: Irregular as the reporting requirement is triggered by
    landing a bluefin tuna, billfish, or swordfish. Most permit holders
    will only need to report once or twice a year.
        Respondent's Obligation: HMS Angling, Charter/Headboat, and
    Atlantic Tunas General category permit holders are required to report
    landings of billfish and swordfish and bluefin tuna catch (i.e.,
    landings and dead discards) within 24 hours.
        Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
    Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and the Atlantic Tunas
    Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971 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 0648-0328.

    Sheleen Dumas,
    Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
    Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
    [FR Doc. 2026-05904 Filed 3-25-26; 8:45 am]
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