Notice2021-25313
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
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Published
November 19, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 221 (Friday, November 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64908-64909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
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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