Notice2022-21957
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
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Published
October 11, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61293-61294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21957]
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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
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comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 19,
2022, 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.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 13,798.
Average Hours Per Response: 5 minutes for an initial call-in,
internet, or smartphone app report; 5 minutes for a confirmation call;
10 minutes for a landing card; 1 hour for a weekly state report; and 4
hours for an annual state report.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,677.
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
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 United States
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. The state of Maryland
and North Carolina will submit weekly or biweekly reports on their
catch card programs, plus an annual summary report.
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. Permit holders in the
state of Maryland and North Carolina are required to submit state
landings report (catch card) and obtain a fish tag from a state
reporting station before leaving the dock.
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
<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 0648-0328.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-21957 Filed 10-7-22; 8:45 am]
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