Notice2025-01718
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Economic Surveys of Specific U.S. Commercial Fisheries
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Published
January 24, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites 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. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the proposed new information collection prior to the submission of the information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 15 (Friday, January 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8121-8122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01718]
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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; Economic Surveys of Specific U.S. Commercial Fisheries
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites 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. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the
proposed new information collection prior to the submission of the
information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written or on-line comments must be
submitted on or before March 25, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b05040a0a651b190a0b25242a2a652c243d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="97d9d8d6d6b9c7c5d6d7f9f8f6f6b9f0f8e1">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0773 in the subject line of your
comments. All comments received are part of the public record and will
generally be posted on <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> without change. Do
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Joe Terry, Office of Science and Technology, 1315 East West Hwy.,
Bldg. SSMC3, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282, (858) 454 -2547,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0c6663692278697e7e754c62636d6d226b637a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d3b9bcb6fda7b6a1a1aa93bdbcb2b2fdb4bca5">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This is a request for extension of an approved information
collection.
The Nation Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of Science and
Technology is sponsoring the collection Economic Surveys of Specific US
Commercial Fisheries.
The requested information includes different components of
operating costs/expenditures, earnings, ownership, vessel
characteristics, effort/gear descriptors, employment, and demographic
information for the various types of fishing vessels operating in the
16 U.S. commercial fisheries or groups of fisheries listed below.
1. West Coast Limited Entry Groundfish Fixed Gear Fishery
2. West Coast Open Access Groundfish, Non-tribal Salmon, Crab, and
Shrimp Fisheries
3. American Samoa Longline Fishery
4. Hawaii Longline Fishery
5. Hawaii Small Boat Fishery
6. American Samoa Small Boat Fishery
7. American Samoa (ESAS), Guam, and The Commonwealth of The Northern
Mariana Islands (CNMI) Small Boat-Based Fisheries
8. Mariana Archipelago Small Boat Fishery
9. USVI Small-Scale Fisheries
10. Puerto Rico Small-Scale Fisheries
11. Gulf of Mexico Inshore Shrimp Fishery
12. Golden Crab Fisheries in the U.S. South Atlantic Region
13. West Coast Coastal Pelagic Fishery
14. West Coast Swordfish Fishery
15. West Coast North Pacific Albacore Fishery
16. Greater Atlantic Region Commercial Fisheries
A variety of laws, Executive Orders (E.O.s), and NOAA strategies
and policies include requirements for economic data and the analyses
they support. When met adequately, those
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requirements allow better-informed conservation and management
decisions on the use of living marine resources and marine habitat in
federally managed fisheries. Obtaining these data improves the ability
of NOAA Fisheries and the Regional Fishery Management Councils
(Councils) to monitor, explain and predict changes in the economic
performance and impacts of federally managed commercial fisheries.
Measures of economic performance include costs, earnings, and
profitability (net revenue); productivity and economic efficiency;
capacity; economic stability; the level and distribution of net
economic benefits to society; and market power. The economic impacts
include sector, community or region-specific, and national employment,
sales, value-added, and income impacts. Economic data are required to
support more than a cursory effort to comply with or support the
following laws, E.O.s, and NOAA strategies and policies:
1. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA)
2. Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA)
3. Endangered Species Act (ESA)
4. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
5. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
6. E.O. 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review)
7. The NOAA Fisheries Guidelines for Economic Reviews of Regulatory
Actions
8. NOAA FY22-26 Strategic Plan, Building a Climate Ready Nation
9. The NOAA Fisheries Strategic Plan 2022-2025 (Strategic Plan)
10. The NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management (EBFM) Road
Map
11. The NOAA Fisheries National Bycatch Reduction Strategy
12. NOAA's Catch Share Policy
Data collections will focus each year on a different set of the 16
commercial fisheries or groups of fisheries. This cycle of data
collection will facilitate economic data being available and updated
for all those commercial fisheries.
There will be an effort to coordinate the data collections in order
to reduce the additional burden for those who participate in multiple
fisheries. To further reduce the burden, the requested information for
a specific fishery will be limited to that which is not available from
other sources. Participation in these data collections will be
voluntary.
II. Method of Collection
The information will be collected by mail, internet, phone, and in-
person interviews. In general, respondents will receive a mailed copy
of the survey instrument in advance of a phone or in-person interview.
Where feasible, survey respondents will have the option to respond to
an on-line survey. If phone and in-person interviews are not feasible
or not desired by the potential respondents, the information will be
collected by mail or internet.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0773.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently
approved collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or households and business or other
for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,655.
Estimated Time per Response
West Coast Open Access Groundfish, Non-Tribal Salmon, Crab, and
Shrimp Economic Data Collection: 3 hours.
West Coast Limited Entry Groundfish Fixed Gear Economic Data
Collection: 3 hours.
American Samoa Longline Survey: 1 hour.
Hawaii Longline Survey: 1 hour.
Hawaii Small Boat Economic Survey: 45 minutes.
American Samoa Small Boat Survey: 45 minutes.
Economic Surveys of American Samoa (ESAS), Guam, and The
Commonwealth of The Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Small Boat-Based
Fisheries (an add-on to a creel survey): 10 minutes.
Cost Earnings Survey of Mariana Archipelago Small Boat Fleet: 45
minutes.
Economic Expenditure Survey of Golden Crab Fishermen in the U.S.
South Atlantic Region: 30 minutes.
USVI Fisheries Economic Survey (Socio-Economic Profile of Small-
Scale Commercial Fisheries (SSCF) in the U.S. Caribbean): 15 minutes.
Puerto Rico Fisheries Economic Survey (Socio-Economic Profile of
Small-Scale Commercial Fisheries (SSCF) in the U.S. Caribbean): 1 hour.
Gulf of Mexico Inshore Shrimp Fishery Economic Survey: 28 minutes.
West Coast Swordfish Fishery Cost and Earnings Survey: 30 minutes.
West Coast Coastal Pelagic Fishery Economic Survey: 3 hours.
West Coast North Pacific Albacore Fishery Economic Survey: 1 hour.
Greater Atlantic Region Commercial Fisheries Economic Data
Collection: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,757.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this information collection request. Before including
your address, phone number, email address, or other personal
identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your
entire comment--including your personal identifying information may be
made publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-01718 Filed 1-23-25; 8:45 am]
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