Notice2025-22170
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Highly Migratory Species Dealer Reporting Family of Forms
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Published
December 8, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 233 (Monday, December 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56733-56734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22170]
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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; Highly Migratory Species Dealer Reporting Family of Forms
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 April 28, 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: Highly Migratory Species Dealer Reporting Family of Forms.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0040.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of an
existing collection).
Number of Respondents: 2,141.
Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes each for catch document,
statistical document, and re-export certificate; 15 minutes for catch
document/statistical document/re-export certificate validation by
government official; 120 minutes for authorization of non-governmental
catch document/statistical document/re-export certificate validation; 2
minutes for daily Atlantic bluefin tuna landing reports; 3 minutes for
daily Atlantic bluefin tuna landing reports from pelagic longline and
purse seine vessels; 1 minute for Atlantic bluefin tuna tagging; 15
minutes for biweekly electronic Atlantic bluefin tuna dealer landing
reports; 15 minutes for HMS international trade biweekly electronic
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reports; 15 minutes for weekly electronic HMS dealer landing reports
(e-dealer); 30 minutes for weekly electronic HMS dealer landing reports
using the file upload method (e-dealer); 5 minutes for negative weekly
electronic HMS dealer landing reports (e-dealer); 15 minutes for
voluntary fishing vessel and catch forms; 2 minutes for provision of
HMS dealer email address.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,863 hours.
Needs and Uses: This is a request for a revision and extension of
an existing information collection, HMS Dealer Family of Forms (0648-
0040). This information collection covers reports from seafood dealers
regarding purchases, sales, imports, exports, or re-exports of Atlantic
highly migratory species (HMS), including federally managed bigeye,
albacore, yellowfin, and skipjack (BAYS) tunas, Bluefin tuna (BFT),
sharks, and swordfish (SWO). Domestic catch/landing data are necessary
to effectively manage domestic fisheries. This information, consistent
with the stated purpose of Executive Order (E.O.) 14276 of ensuring the
integrity of the seafood supply chain, is used to monitor quotas,
estimate fishing mortality, and identify the geographic and temporal
distribution of fish and fisheries. The International Commission
requires international trade-tracking programs for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). As part of this revision, the process for
collecting email addresses from new HMS dealers has been updated.
Previously, new HMS dealers were asked to submit their email addresses
via email or phone. However, it is now a standard part of the annual
dealer permit application process to collect email addresses.
Consequently, there is no longer a need for new HMS dealers to provide
their emails separately. Therefore, the burden estimates associated
with collecting email addresses are no longer applicable for this ICR.
The overall goal of these trade-tracking programs is to reduce illegal,
unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing for the covered species and
improve the management of associated fisheries. This goal aligns with
the policies outlined in Executive Orders (E.O.) 14276, which seeks to
combat IUU fishing and protect U.S. seafood markets from unfair trade
practices, and E.O. 14303, which ensures that federal decisions are
based on the most credible, reliable, and impartial data available.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Daily and biweekly for bluefin tuna dealer reports;
weekly for swordfish, sharks, and BAYS tuna dealer reports and negative
reports; biweekly for trade reports; and as needed for submission of
non-governmental validation authorizations and validation of catch and
statistical reports and re-export certifications.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and the Atlantic Tunas
Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971 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 0648-0040.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-22170 Filed 12-5-25; 8:45 am]
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