Swordfish and Billfish - Internet and IVR reporting

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement for HMS Landings Reports (OMB
Control No. 0648-0328) to be provided upon request
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT: Mandatory catch reporting provides
essential information for the conservation and management of Atlantic highly migratory species.
Information on catch levels will be reported to the International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas and will be used for stock assessment and in developing
international catch sharing agreements. Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 5 minutes per response for telephone (1-888-872-8862 tunas;
1-800-894-5528 billfish/swordfish) or internet reports (at www.hmspermits.gov), and 10 minutes
per response for landing card reports. These response burden estimates include the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding
these burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden, to: NMFS, Highly Migratory Species (F/SF1), 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Catch reporting is required under the authority of the
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act. It is NOAA policy to preserve the confidentiality of information submitted
under this reporting requirement, except that NMFS may release such information in aggregate
or summary form, such that individual identifiers are not disclosed (NAO 216-100).
Notwithstanding any other provision of 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. This information collection is approved under
OMB Control No. 0648-0328 and expiration date ____________.