Catch and effort data are needed for
scientific analyses that support critical conservation and
management decisions that are made by national and international
fishery management agencies. In addition, biologist need data on
the amount of fish, marine mammals, and sea turtles are caught or
interacted with. This family of forms also includes the collection
of cost-earning information and discards reported by fishermen.
This request is to modify the the paper logbook form that has been
approved for charter boats and headboats to an online version, with
no other changes to the form. We are requesting review as soon as
possible, to enable collection of information related to impacts of
the Deepwater Horizon incident.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Management and Conservation Act
The principal cause of the
difference between the OMB inventory of 18,714 burden hours and the
estimated annual burden hours of 33,590 is the planned start-up of
the charter boat logbook program which will require an additional
19,154 potential burden hours from an estimated 3,250 potential
respondents who held charter permits in 2009. However, the net
increase in hours is only 15,236, due to adjustments to numbers of
current logbook respondents. When fully implemented, the charter
logbook program will require weekly reporting from the 3,250
vessels, with 169,000 responses estimated (3,250 x 52 = 169,000).
Additionally, 18,962 burden hours are estimated: 16,900 hours from
fishing forms and 2,254 hours from no-fishing forms submitted by
the approximately 40% expected to submit no-fish forms (16,900 +
2,254 = 19,154). A decrease of 3,918 burden hours from previous
estimates is being made to account for current estimates for all
but the live rock, Columbian Treaty Waters and headboat burden
hours. Hence, the difference of the current inventory of 18,714 and
the new estimated burden hours of 33,950 is a net difference of
15,236 hours.
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.
Southeast Region Logbook Family of Forms - headboat and charter boat
0016 Change Request Online Form_072210.pdf
Southeast Region Logbook Family of Forms - headboat and charter boat