Notice2025-21781
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Alaska Chinook Salmon Economic Data Report (EDR)
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December 3, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55719-55720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21781]
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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; Alaska Chinook Salmon Economic Data Report (EDR)
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 11, 2025 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: Alaska Chinook Salmon Economic Data Report (EDR).
OMB Control Number: 0648-0633.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission. Extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 151.
Average Hours per Response: Compensated Transfer Report: 40 hours;
Vessel Fuel Survey: 4 hours; Vessel Master Survey: 4 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 640.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
Alaska Regional Office, is requesting renewal of the currently approved
information collection for the Chinook Salmon Economic Data Report
(EDR) Program.
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) manages the Bering Sea
pollock fishery under the American Fisheries Act (AFA) (16 U.S.C.
1851). AFA fishing vessels harvest pollock in the Bering Sea pollock
fishery using pelagic trawl gear, which consists of large nets towed
through the water by the vessel. At times, Chinook salmon and pollock
occur in the same locations in the Bering Sea; consequently, Chinook
salmon are incidentally caught in the nets as pollock is harvested.
This incidental catch is called bycatch and is also called prohibited
species catch (PSC).
The Chinook Salmon EDR Program provides NMFS and the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council) with data to evaluate the
effectiveness of Chinook salmon bycatch management measures for the
Bering Sea pollock fishery that were implemented under Amendment 91 to
the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area (75 FR 53026, August 30, 2010). The
Chinook Salmon EDR requirements were revised in 2023 to remove third
party data verification audits and blind formatting of EDR data (88 FR
7586). The Chinook Salmon EDR Program provides information to the
analysts and the Council and is intended to evaluate the effectiveness
of the Chinook Salmon Incentive Plan Agreement (IPA) (see OMB Control
No. 0648-0401). The Chinook Salmon EDR Program is intended to evaluate
where, when, and how pollock fishing and salmon bycatch occur and to
provide data to study and verify conclusions drawn by industry in the
IPA annual reports.
The Chinook Salmon EDR Program is managed primarily by the Alaska
Fisheries Science Center, with support from NMFS Alaska Region, and is
administered in collaboration with Pacific States Marine Fisheries
Commission. The EDR is a mandatory reporting requirement under 50 CFR
679.65 for all entities participating in the AFA Bering Sea (BS)
pollock trawl fishery, including vessel masters and businesses that own
or lease one or more AFA[hyphen]permitted vessels active in fishing or
processing BS pollock, Western Alaska Community Development Quota
groups receiving allocations of BS pollock, and representatives of
sector entities receiving allocations of Chinook salmon PSC from NMFS.
The Chinook Salmon EDR Program consists of three separate forms:
<bullet> Chinook PSC Allocation In-season Compensated Transfer
Report--Collects transfer and monetary compensation information for
Chinook salmon PSC allocations.
<bullet> Vessel Fuel Survey--Collects fuel consumption and average
fuel costs.
<bullet> Vessel Master Survey--Collects vessel master impressions
of fishing experiences during the year and of Chinook salmon PSC
avoidance efforts.
These collections are unchanged since the previous revision in
2023.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The EDR is a mandatory reporting requirement under
50 CFR 679.65. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. American Fisheries Act, 16 U.S.C. 1851.
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
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entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number
0648-0633.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-21781 Filed 12-2-25; 8:45 am]
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