Notice2025-23565
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Alaska Region Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Economic Data Reports
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Published
December 22, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 243 (Monday, December 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59797-59798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23565]
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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 Region Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Economic
Data Reports
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
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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 14, 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 Region Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Economic
Data Reports.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0518.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current
information collection].
Number of Respondents: 77.
Average Hours per Response: Annual Catcher Vessel Crab--21 hrs,
Annual Catcher/Processor Crab--20 hrs, and Annual Processor Crab--16
hrs.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,449 hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
Alaska Regional Office, is requesting renewal of the currently approved
information collection for the Economic Data Reporting for the Bering
Sea and Aleutian Island Crab Rationalization Program (CR Program). The
CR Program is a limited access privilege program managed under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2004
(Pub. L. 108-199, Sec. 801), and the Fishery Management Plan for Bering
Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crab (FMP). The CR Program
allocates crab among harvesters, processors, Western Alaska Community
Development Quota groups, and coastal communities for nine crab
fisheries. The CR Program also includes a comprehensive economic data
collection program requiring participants to complete annual Economic
Data Reports (EDRs). These EDRs are intended to aid the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council) and NOAA's National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) to assess the performance of the CR Program
and to develop amendments to the FMP or regulations to mitigate any
unintended consequences of the CR Program.
NMFS has designated Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
(PSMFC) as the Data Collection Agent for the CR Program. NMFS and PSMFC
administer the crab EDR program under the guidance of the Council. The
crab EDR program collects annually reported cost, revenue, ownership,
and employment data from harvest and processing sector participants in
the CR Program fisheries. This information is necessary to monitor and
assess the economic effects of the CR Program and support rigorous
economic analysis to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act and the FMP.
Participation in the crab EDR program is mandatory under Federal
fisheries regulations at 50 CFR 680.6 for all active vessel and
processing sector participants in the CR Program fisheries.
This information collection contains the three EDRs used by
participants in the CR Program: Catcher Vessel Crab EDR, Catcher/
Processor Crab EDR, and Processor Crab EDR. An EDR is required from any
owner or leaseholder of a vessel or processing plant, or a holder of a
registered crab receiver permit that harvested, processed, custom
processed, or obtained custom processing for CR Program crab in
specified Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fisheries during the
prior calendar year. The EDRs are submitted annually and are due on or
before July 31 of the following year. Additional information on the
crab EDR program is available on the PSFMC website at <a href="http://www.psmfc.org/alaska_crab/">http://www.psmfc.org/alaska_crab/</a>.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, Not-
for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Participation in the crab EDR program is mandatory
under Federal fisheries regulations at 50 CFR 680.6 for all active
vessel and processing sector participants in the CR Program fisheries.
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 0648-0518.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-23565 Filed 12-19-25; 8:45 am]
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