Notice2024-20664
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Social and Economic Survey of Hired Captains and Crew in Commercial Fisheries
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Published
September 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74215-74216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20664]
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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; Social and Economic Survey of Hired Captains and Crew in
Commercial Fisheries
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 May 7, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
Title: Social and Economic Survey of Hired Captains and Crew in
Commercial Fisheries.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0636.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission [revision and extension of a
current information collection].
Annual Number of Respondents: 1,353.
Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 338.
Needs and Uses: This request is for a revision and extension to an
approved collection. The proposed revisions would do the following to
the currently approved information collection.
1. Expand the scope from New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic,
and Gulf of Mexico commercial fisheries to Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin
Islands, West Coast, and Pacific Islands commercial fisheries;
2. Change the title from ``Socio-Economic Survey of Hired Captains
and Crew in New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic and Gulf of
Mexico Commercial Fisheries'' to ``Social and-Economic Survey of Hired
Captains and Crew in Commercial Fisheries'';
a. Replace the survey instrument that OMB approved in 2021, which
included some region-specific questions, with region-specific survey
instruments that NMFS produced by eliminating the few irrelevant
questions for each region, adding a few region-specific questions,
rewording a few questions to make them region specific, and giving each
survey a region-specific name.
Under the revised information collection, the Northeast Fisheries
Science Center (NEFSC) will conduct the survey for the New England and
Mid-Atlantic fisheries; the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC)
will conduct the survey for the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto
Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands fisheries; the Northwest Fisheries
Science Center (NWFSC) and the Southwest Fisheries Science Center
(SWFSC) will jointly conduct the survey for the West Coast fisheries;
and the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) will conduct
the survey for the Pacific Islands fisheries. Each Fisheries Science
Center will conduct a social and economic survey of hired captains and
crew once in the following three years for its commercial fisheries.
The Fisheries Science Centers seek to conduct surveys to provide
for the ongoing collection of social and economic data related to the
fishing industries in those states. The purpose of this survey is to
assess and track over time the social and economic conditions of
commercial fishing crews and hired captains for which little is known.
This survey will provide data on social and economic impacts for this
population and the changes in fisheries because of regulatory changes.
Data to be collected include demographic information on crew,
individual and community well-being, fishing practices, job
satisfaction, job opportunities, and attitudes toward fisheries
management. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Magnuson-
Stevens Conservation and Management Act (MSA) both contain requirements
for considering the social and economic impacts of fishery management
decisions. There is a need to understand how such fishery management
policies and programs will affect the social and economic
characteristics of those involved in the commercial fishing industry.
To help meet these requirements of NEPA and MSA, the Fisheries Science
Centers will collect data on an ongoing basis to track how the social
and economic characteristics of fisheries are changing over time and
the impact of fishery management policies and programs implemented for
the New England, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Puerto
Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, West Coast, and Pacific Islands commercial
fisheries.
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Affected Public: Individuals (i.e., hired captains and other crew
members in commercial fisheries).
Frequency: Once.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
Magnuson-Stevens Conservation and Management Act (MSA).
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 0648-0636.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-20664 Filed 9-11-24; 8:45 am]
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