Notice2024-28501
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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December 5, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 234 (Thursday, December 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96646-96647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28501]
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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 July 30, 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.
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Title: Recreational Angler Survey of Sea Turtle Interactions.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0774.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular Submission [Revision and Extension of a
current information collection].
Number of Respondents: 6,667.
Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes for the Fishing Site
Characterization Form, 5 minutes for the Survey Cover Sheet, 10 minutes
for the Angler Intercept Survey.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,111 hours.
Needs and Uses: NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA
Fisheries) proposes to revise and 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, and a Survey Cover Sheet.
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 over three years'
time to approximately 20,000 individual recreational Anglers (6,667 per
year). 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 who will also collect information on the structure and
operation of the pier or shore-based fishing location. The survey
administrator will complete the Site Characterization Sheet during each
survey period and collect 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. The collection
previously included a Sea Turtle Incidental Capture Form. This form
will be removed from this collection and is now included in the
National Sea Turtle Stranding & Salvage Network Stranding & Gear
Interaction Data Collection (0648-0496).
Collection of 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 collection will allow NOAA Fisheries obtain specific information
about recreational piers (defined here to include piers and other
shore-based structures), the anglers that fish on piers, the nature of
interactions between pier-based anglers and sea turtles, as well as to
determine specific factors that may influence the rate of interactions.
NOAA Fisheries can use the information collected to evaluate the impact
of these interactions on sea turtle populations and determine
conservation measures that can be implemented to reduce interactions
and support the conservation and recovery of endangered and threatened
sea turtle populations.
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,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-28501 Filed 12-4-24; 8:45 am]
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