Alaska Cooperatives in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (Formerly: American Fisheries Act: Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements)

ICR 201001-0648-007

OMB: 0648-0401

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Document
Name
Status
Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change
2010-01-21
ICR Details
0648-0401 201001-0648-007
Historical Active 200906-0648-013
DOC/NOAA
Alaska Cooperatives in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (Formerly: American Fisheries Act: Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements)
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 01/29/2010
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 01/21/2010
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
08/31/2010 08/31/2010 08/31/2010
156 0 167
162 0 470
225 0 225

The cooperative management structure, originally implemented by the American Fisheries Act (AFA), has shifted more of the monitoring and enforcement burden to the cooperatives and their members; and has allowed NMFS to manage the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock fishery more precisely. With the flexibility provided by cooperatives, vessels are able to individually (and in aggregate) come very close to harvesting exactly the amount of pollock they were allocated. Allocations of pollock and other species have allowed the AFA fleet the ability to spread their effort in time and space to accommodate Steller Sea Lion conservation measures. This revision provides an additional tool for the cooperatives of the Alaska Cooperatives in the BSAI: “Salmon bycatch reduction inter-cooperative agreement (ICA).” The ICA will be a tool to lower chinook and chum salmon bycatch in the pollock fisheries. This change request, per pending Final Rule 0648-AY28 is to combine two reports, a preliminary and a final, into an anuual report.

PL: Pub.L. 109 - 479 104 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006
  
None

0648-AU03 Final or interim final rulemaking 72 FR 61070 10/29/2007

No

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 156 167 0 -11 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 162 470 0 -308 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 225 225 0 0 0 0
No
Yes
Changing Regulations
Removing the requirement for an annual preliminary AFA cooperative reportreport which results in a reduction of 308 burden hours.

$1,248
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Patsy Bearden 907 586-7008

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
01/21/2010


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