Notice2023-02563
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Highly Migratory Species Vessel Logbooks and Cost-Earnings Data Reports
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Published
February 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7949-7950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02563]
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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; Highly Migratory Species Vessel Logbooks and Cost-Earnings
Data 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 October 19, 2022, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Vessel Logbooks and Cost-
Earnings Data Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0371.
Form Number(s): 88-191.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: 5,642.
Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes for cost/earnings summaries
attached to logbook reports, 30 minutes for annual expenditure forms,
12 minutes for logbook catch trip and set reports, 2 minutes for
negative logbook catch reports.
Burden Hours: 21,710.
Needs and Uses: NMFS collects information via vessel logbooks to
monitor the U.S. catch of Atlantic swordfish, sharks, billfish, and
tunas in relation to the quotas, thereby ensuring that the United
States complies with its domestic and international obligations. The
HMS logbook program, OMB Control No. 0648-0371, was specifically
designed to collect the vessel level information needed for the
management of Atlantic HMS, and includes set forms, trip forms,
negative reports, and cost-earning requirements for both commercial and
recreational vessels. The information supplied through the HMS logbook
program provides the catch and effort data on a per-set or per-trip
level of resolution for both directed and incidental species. In
addition to HMS fisheries, the HMS logbook program is also used to
report catches of dolphin and wahoo by commercial and charter/headboat
fisheries by vessels that do not possess other federal permits.
Additionally, the HMS logbook collects data on incidental species,
including sea turtles, which is necessary to evaluate the fisheries in
terms of bycatch and encounters with protected species. While most HMS
fishermen use the HMS logbook program, HMS can also be reported as part
of several other logbook collections including the Northeast Region
Fishing Vessel Trip Reports (0648-0212) and Southeast Region Coastal
Logbook (0648-0016).
These data are necessary to assess the status of HMS, dolphin, and
wahoo in each fishery. International stock assessments for tunas,
swordfish, billfish, and some species of sharks are conducted through
ICCAT's Standing Committee on Research and Statistics periodically and
provide, in part, the basis for ICCAT management recommendations which
become binding on member nations. Domestic stock assessments for most
species of sharks and for dolphin and wahoo are used as the basis of
managing these species.
Supplementary information on fishing costs and earnings has been
collected via the HMS logbook program. This economic information
enables NMFS to assess the economic impacts of regulatory programs on
small businesses and fishing communities, consistent with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Executive Order 12866, the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, and other domestic laws.
Atlantic HMS fisheries are managed under the dual authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) and the
Atlantic Tunas Conservation Act (ATCA). Under the MSA, management
measures must be consistent with ten National Standards, and fisheries
must be managed to maintain optimum yield, rebuild overfished
fisheries, and prevent overfishing. Under ATCA, the Secretary of
Commerce shall promulgate regulations, as necessary and appropriate, to
implement measures adopted by the International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations
(vessel owners).
Frequency: Trip summary reports are submitted within 7 days
following the completion of each fishing trip, trip cost-earnings
reports are due within 30 days of trip completion, no catch/
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fishing reports are due at the end of each month in which no fishing
occurs, and annual expenditure reports are submitted annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Under the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is responsible for management
of the Nation's marine fisheries. NMFS must also promulgate
regulations, as necessary and appropriate, to carry out obligations the
United States (U.S.) undertakes internationally regarding tuna
management through the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA, 16 U.S.C.
971 et seq.).
This information collection request may be viewed at <a href="http://reginfo.gov">reginfo.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions to view 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 0648-0371.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-02563 Filed 2-6-23; 8:45 am]
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