This collection-of-information affords
an increasingly more efficient and accurate database for monitoring
and management of the groundfish fisheries of the Exclusive
Economic Zone in the waters off Alaska for purposes of conservation
of the fisheries as well as for the enforcement of fisheries
regulations. Parts of this collection are also used by the
fishermen recording catch information on the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands crab fisheries, and the Individual Fishing Quota
Program for Pacific halibut. The final rule for Amendment 91 to the
Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area (RIN 0648-AX89) requires operators
of the American Fisheries Act (AFA) and Community Development Quota
(CDQ) trawl catcher/processors to use the ELB. In the ELB, the
operator must enter processor identification information and
catch-by-haul information. This change request is also to add the
prohibited species discard or disposition data for all salmon
species, previously counted under OMB Control No. 0648-0515, and to
submit this data through the ELB. Essentially, the ELBs would
become an additional component to eLandings. NMFS does not expect
this change in format to increase the cost or burden of providing
information (the salmon reporting is part of a larger report, and
consists of a few seconds each, with less than a hour of increased
total burden). In fact, NMFS expects that the ease of using the ELB
may actually reduce the actual time of data entry.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
This action revises use of some
of the logbooks and forms due to regulatory effectiveness of an
electronic data system, eLandings (see OMB 0648-0515). The
shoreside processor DCPL is removed. The mothership and
catcher/processor DCPLs are now partially completed in conjunction
with eLandings, but time per response remains the same, based on
partial duplication of information with eLandings. Mothership
cumulative fish tickets are removed from this collection, because
eLandings creates fish tickets as part of the normal procedure. The
daily production report and weekly production report are removed,
because eLandings also creates daily production reports as part of
the normal procedure. In addition, frequency of responses for DCPLs
is corrected based on current regulatory requirements
$167,648
No
No
No
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.
Catcher vessel trawl gear daily fishing logbook
0213 Amend91 chg justification v2 - 072210.pdf
Catcher vessel trawl gear daily fishing logbook