Notice2026-08547
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Highly Migratory Species Tournament Registration and Reporting
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Published
May 1, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23405-23406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08547]
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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 Tournament Registration and Reporting
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
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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 December 19, 2025, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Highly Migratory Species Tournament Registration and
Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0323.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (revision and extension of a
current information collection).
Number of Respondents: 300.
Average Hours per Response: Tournament registration, 2 minutes;
tournament summary report, 20 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 110 hours.
Needs and Uses: This request is for the revision and extension of a
currently approved information collection. Under the provisions of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.), NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is
responsible for management of the nation's marine fisheries. Existing
regulations require operators of tournaments involving Atlantic highly
migratory species (HMS; Atlantic swordfish, sharks, billfish, and
tunas) to register four weeks in advance of the tournament. Operators
must provide contact information and the tournament's date(s),
location(s), and target species. If selected by NMFS, operators are
required to submit an HMS tournament summary report within seven days
after tournament fishing has ended. Most of the catch data in the
summary report is routinely collected in the course of regular
tournament operations. NMFS uses the data to estimate the total annual
catch of HMS and the impact of tournament operations in relation to
other types of fishing activities. In addition, HMS tournament
registration provides a method for tournament operators to request
educational and regulatory outreach materials from NMFS. NMFS is
implementing several modifications to the tournament registration and
reporting forms, including: (1) updating the target species list in the
tournament registration form, (2) reporting vessel effort by state
residency status (in-state vs. out-of-state participants), (3)
reporting of bluefin tuna catch by size class, (4) clarifying the
species for which tournament operators are required to report
individual lengths and weights in their post-tournament catch reports,
and (5) adding questions regarding the depredation of tournament catch
by sharks, other fish, or marine animals.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-
for-profit institutions.
Frequency: Annually; on occasion.
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 0648-0323.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2026-08547 Filed 4-30-26; 8:45 am]
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