Notice2021-20989
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Economic Surveys of Specific U.S. Commercial Fisheries
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September 28, 2021
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53640-53641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20989]
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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; Economic Surveys of Specific U.S. Commercial Fisheries
AGENCY: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before November 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#165772647f7378787338627e797b7765567879777738717960"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c1d382e353932323972283433313d2f1c32333d3d723b332a">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0773 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Dr. Joe Terry, Office of Science and Technology, 1315 East-West
Hwy., Bldg. SSMC3, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282, (858) 454 -2547,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdd7d2d893c9d8cfcfc4fdd3d2dcdc93dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3898c86cd978691919aa38d8c8282cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a revision and extension of a currently
approved collection.
The Office of Science and Technology is sponsoring the collection.
Economic surveys will be conducted in selected commercial fisheries for
the East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, West Coast, Hawaii, and the
U.S. Pacific Islands territories.
The requested information will include different components of
operating costs/expenditures, earnings, employment, ownership, vessel
characteristics, effort/gear descriptors, employment, and demographic
information for the various types of fishing vessels operating in the
16 U.S. commercial fisheries or groups of fisheries listed below.
1. West Coast Limited Entry Groundfish Fixed Gear Fisheries
2. West Coast Open Access Groundfish, Non-tribal Salmon, Crab, and
Shrimp Fisheries
3. American Samoa Longline Fishery
4. Hawaii Pelagic Longline Fishery
5. Hawaii Small Boat Fishery
6. American Samoa Small Boat Fishery
7. American Samoa, Guam, and The Commonwealth of The Northern Mariana
Islands Small Boat-Based Fisheries
8. Mariana Archipelago Small Boat Fleet
9. USVI F Small-Scale Commercial Fisheries
10. Puerto Rico Small-Scale Commercial Fisheries
11. Gulf of Mexico Inshore Shrimp Fishery
12. U.S. South Atlantic Region Golden Crab Fishery
13. West Coast Coastal Pelagic Fishery
14. West Coast Swordfish Fishery
15. West Coast North Pacific Albacore Fishery
16. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Fisheries
A variety of laws, Executive Orders (EOs), and NOAA Fisheries
strategies and policies include requirements for economic data and the
analyses they support. When met adequately, those requirements allow
better-informed conservation and management decisions on the use of
living marine resources and marine habitat in federally managed
fisheries. Obtaining these data improves the ability of NOAA Fisheries
and the Regional Fishery Management Councils (Councils) to monitor,
explain and predict changes in the economic performance and impacts of
federally managed commercial fisheries. Measures of economic
performance include costs, earnings, and profitability (net revenue);
productivity and economic efficiency; capacity; economic stability; the
level and distribution of net economic benefits to society; and market
power. The economic impacts include sector, community or region-
specific, and national employment, sales, value-added, and income
impacts. Economic data are required to support more than a cursory
effort to comply with or support the following laws, EOs, and NOAA
Fisheries strategies and policies:
1. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA)
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2. The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)
3. The Endangered Species Act (ESA)
4. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
5. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
6. E.O. 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review)
7. E.O. 13771 (Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs)
8. E.O. 12898 (Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in
Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations)
9. E.O. 13840 (Ocean Policy to Advance the Economic, Security, and
Environmental Interests of the United States).
10. The NOAA Fisheries Guidelines for Economic Reviews of Regulatory
Actions
11. The NOAA Fisheries Strategic Plan 2019-2022 (Strategic Plan)
12. The NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management (EBFM) Road
Map
13. The NOAA Fisheries National Bycatch Reduction Strategy
14. NOAA's Catch Share Policy
Data collections will focus each year on a different set of the 16
commercial fisheries or groups of fisheries. This cycle of data
collection will facilitate economic data being available and updated
for all those commercial fisheries.
There will be an effort to coordinate the data collections in order
to reduce the additional burden for those who participate in multiple
fisheries. To further reduce the burden, the requested information for
a specific fishery will be limited to that which is not available from
other sources. Participation in these data collections will be
voluntary.
The proposed revisions to the information collection will: (a) Add
an information collection for Northeast and Mid-Atlantic fisheries; (b)
increase the burden hours to account for that addition information
collection: (c) make minor changes to the survey forms that primarily
provide flexibility with respect to when NMFS will conduct each of the
16 information collections; and (d) extend it for three years. Though
the information collection was recently renewed, an extension is
requested at this time as no additional changes to the collection are
anticipated before the current expiration date.
II. Method of Collection
The information will be collected by mail, internet, phone, and in-
person interviews. In general, respondents will receive a mailed copy
of the survey instrument in advance of a phone or in-person interview.
Where feasible, survey respondents will have the option to respond to
an on-line survey. If phone and in-person interviews are not feasible
or not desired by the potential respondents, the information will be
collected by mail or internet.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0773.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension and revision of a
currently approved collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or households and business or other
for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,655.
Estimated Time per Response: NWFSC: West Coast Limited Entry
Groundfish Fixed Gear Fisheries Economic Data Collection: 3 hours.
NWFSC: West Coast Open Access Groundfish, Non-tribal Salmon, Crab,
and Shrimp Fisheries Economic Data Collection: 3 hours.
PIFSC: American Samoa Longline Fishery Economic Data Collection: 1
hour.
PIFSC: Hawaii Pelagic Longline Fishery Economic Data Collection: 1
hour.
PIFSC: Hawaii Small Boat Fishery Economic Data Collection: 45
minutes.
PIFSC: American Samoa Small Boat Fishery Economic Data Collection:
45 minutes.
PIFSC: American Samoa, Guam, and The Commonwealth of The Northern
Mariana Islands Small Boat-Based Fisheries Economic Data Collection (an
add-on to a creel survey): 10 minutes.
PIFSC: Mariana Archipelago Small Boat Fleet Economic Data
Collection: 45 minutes.
SEFSC: USVI F Small-Scale Commercial Fisheries Economic Data
Collection: 15 minutes.
SEFSC: Puerto Rico Small-Scale Commercial Fisheries Economic Data
Collection: 1 hour.
SEFSC: Gulf of Mexico Inshore Shrimp Fishery Economic Data
Collection: 28 minutes.
SEFSC: U.S. South Atlantic Region Golden Crab Fishery Economic Data
Collection: 30 minutes.
SWFSC: West Coast Coastal Pelagic Fishery Economic Data Collection:
3 hours.
SWFSC: West Coast Swordfish Fishery Economic Data Collection: 30
minutes.
SWFSC: West Coast North Pacific Albacore Fishery Economic Data
Collection: 1 hour.
NEFSC: Northeast Commercial Fishing Business Economic Data
Collection: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,756.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: 0.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-20989 Filed 9-27-21; 8:45 am]
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