Form 88-162 Tag and acknowledgement and recapture NMFS letters

The following will be provided to the tagging volunteers when they are issued tags and Reports:
The Cooperative Game Fish Tagging Program is part of the fisheries research program operated
by the National Marine Fisheries Service. The information supplied on the report will be used to
determine migratory patterns, stock boundaries, and other aspects of the fish tagged. Your
response is voluntary. The information submitted will be held as confidential under the Privacy
Act. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 minutes
per response, including the time necessary to review instructions, gather the data, and complete
and review the report. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the address on the
Fish Tagging Report form. Notwithstanding any other provision on the law, no person is
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a
collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that
collection of information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.