Notice2023-27247
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; For-Hire Telephone Survey
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Published
December 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86119-86120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27247]
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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; For-Hire Telephone Survey
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 09/05/2023 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: For-Hire Telephone Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0709.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 21,930.
Average Hours per Response: 3 minutes, 30 seconds.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,279.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently
approved information collection. The For-Hire Survey (FHS) is conducted
for NMFS to estimate fishing effort on for-hire vessels (i.e., charter
boats and head boats) in coastal states from Maine to Mississippi.
These data are required to carry out provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as
amended, regarding conservation and management of fishery resources.
The FHS collects fishing effort information from for-hire vessel
representatives by telephone interview. For-hire vessels are randomly
selected for the FHS from a comprehensive sample frame developed and
maintained by NMFS. A sample of 10% of the vessels on the FHS frame are
selected for reporting each week. Each interview collects information
about the vessel, the number and type of trips the vessel made during
the reporting week, the number of anglers on each trip, and other trip-
level information.
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For-hire fishing effort is estimated in numbers of angler-trips per
sub-region, state, two-month wave, vessel type, and fishing area
(inshore, nearshore, offshore). To get a total for-hire effort
estimate, weekly FHS effort estimates are summed to produce wave
estimates that are adjusted to account for frame coverage and reporting
error. The FHS estimates are then combined with for-hire catch-rate
estimates derived from complementary Marine Recreational Information
Program (MRIP) surveys, to estimate total, state-level fishing catch.
These estimates are used in the development, implementation, and
monitoring of fishery management programs by the NMFS, regional fishery
management councils, interstate marine fisheries commissions, and state
fishery agencies.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act.
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 0648-0709.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-27247 Filed 12-11-23; 8:45 am]
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