NMFS Observer Programs' Information That Can Be Gathered Only Through Questions

OMB 0648-0593

OMB 0648-0593

This request is for an extension and revision to an existing information collection (OMB Control No. 0648-0593): Observer Programs’ Information That Can Be Gathered Only through Questions. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) deploys fishery observers on United States (U.S.) fishing vessels and to fish processing plants in order to collect biological and economic data and to monitor industry regulatory compliance. Under an OMB approved information collection observers collect information from fishing vessel captains/crew or fish processing plant managers/staff prior to deployment. This information is used to assess whether the vessel or plan satisfies applicable safety requirements. In June 2020, NMFS received emergency approval from OMB to add six questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic to the above mentioned information collection. The added safety questions are necessary to ensure that an observer can be safely deployed on a specific fishing vessel or stationed at a specific processing plant and work safely once assigned to a specific vessel or plant. With this renewal request NMFS would like to update the six questions to also include other communicable diseases, and make four other minor changes to this collection. This will allow observer programs flexibility when other communicable diseases arise in the United States. Additional revisions include: The expansion of observers to include an additional fishery. The Southeast region will begin sending observers out on Southeast reef fish fishery trips and thus needs to add this fishery to this collection. A combination of two programs previously listed as separate; the Gulf of Mexico reef fish and shrimp program and grouper snapper program. The West Coast Groundfish Observer Program (WCGOP) would like to start collecting the names of crew members within their observer logbooks. The data will be recorded on paper, scanned in, and stored according to vessel name. This information will only be accessed if there is an enforcement issue. Also within the West Coast Groundfish Observer Program: They have introduced a new phone app that captains are using to declare upcoming fishing trips and NMFS is using to let them know if they have been selected for observer coverage. Finally, some forms have been removed from this control number as they are completed based upon direct observation by an employee or agent of the sponsoring agency and are therefore exempt from the PRA requirements. A list of all forms, included and removed, is uploaded as a Supplemental Document.

The latest form for NMFS Observer Programs' Information That Can Be Gathered Only Through Questions expires 2024-01-31 and can be found here.

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Revision of a currently approved collection 2023-12-19
Revision of a currently approved collection 2020-12-10
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Revision of a currently approved collection 2020-06-08
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No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection 2020-05-28
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Extension without change of a currently approved collection 2018-10-31
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Revision of a currently approved collection 2015-09-21
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No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection 2015-03-18
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No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection 2015-03-18
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No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection 2012-11-19
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Extension without change of a currently approved collection 2012-09-17
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No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection 2011-10-24
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No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection 2010-12-30
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Revision of a currently approved collection 2010-12-15
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No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection 2010-11-03
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No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection 2010-04-01
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No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection 2009-09-30
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New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number) 2009-08-03
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NEFOP: Northeast Fisheries Observer Program

Federal Enterprise Architecture: Natural Resources - Conservation, Marine and Land Management

Form NATwin trawl gear logPaper OnlyForm
Form NATrip Data Release FormPaper OnlyForm and instruction
Form NACaptain Interview QuestionsPaper OnlyForm and instruction
Form NAFishermen's Comment CardPaper OnlyForm
Form NANMFS Fishery Observer Program Discard LogPaper OnlyForm
Form NACatch Composition LogPaper OnlyForm
Form NAClam/Quahog Dredge Off-Watch Haul LogPaper OnlyForm
Form NAClam/Quahog Dregde Haul LogPaper OnlyForm
Form NAClam/Quahog Dredge Gear Characteristics LogPaper OnlyForm
Form NALongline Haul LogPaper OnlyForm
Form NALongline Gear Characteristics LogPaper OnlyForm
Form NABeach Seine/Beach Anchored Gillnet Haul LogPaper OnlyForm
Form NABeach Seine Gear/Beach Anchored Gillnet Gear CharacteristicsPaper OnlyForm
Form NAPurse seine Set LogPaper OnlyForm
Form NAPurse seine gear characteristics logPaper OnlyForm
Form NALobster, Crab, and Fish Pot Haul LogPaper OnlyForm
Form NAPair and single midwater haul logPaper OnlyForm
Form NAPair and single midwater gear characteristics logPaper OnlyForm
Form NATrawl haul logPaper OnlyForm
Form NATrawl gear characteristics logPaper OnlyForm
Form NAGillnet Haul LogPaper OnlyForm
Form NAGillnet Characteristics LogPaper OnlyForm
Form NAVessel and Trip Information LogPaper OnlyForm and instruction
Form NAPre-Trip Vessel Safefy ChecklistPaper OnlyForm and instruction
Form NALobster, Crab, and Fish Pot Gear Characteristics LogPaper OnlyForm
Form NAScallop dredge off-watch haul logPaper OnlyForm
Form NAScallop dredge haul logPaper OnlyForm
Form NAScallop dredge gear characeristics logPaper OnlyForm
Form NAScallop trawl off-watch haul logPaper OnlyForm
Form NAScallop trawl haul logPaper OnlyForm
Form NAScallop trawl gear characteristics logPaper OnlyForm
Form NATwin trawl haul logPaper OnlyForm

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