Participants in the marine fishing
industry, including vessel owners, vessel operators, and fish
dealers, who wish to participate in regulated Northeast Regional
fisheries must apply for, and obtain, permits. Persons obtaining
permits may also be subject to notification, tagging, and other
requirements. To ensure timely catch data are available to better
inform management decisions, NMFS proposes that owner/operators of
vessels issued limited access herring permits (Categories A-C) be
required to report herring catch, retained and discarded, daily via
VMS. Note: through a related request for OMB Control No. 0648-0212,
each entity will have 52 fewer 4-minute weekly catch report
responses through interactive voice response system (IVR). Although
VMS daily items per entity are only for days on which vessels are
on a declared herring trip, the weekly IVR requirement applied
whether or not fish were caught.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Management and Conservation Act
To ensure timely catch data are
available to better inform management decisions, NMFS proposes that
owner/operators of vessels issued limited access herring permits
(Categories A-C) be required to report herring catch, retained and
discarded, daily via VMS. Note: through a related request for OMB
Control No. 0648-0212, each entity will have 52 fewer 4-minute
weekly catch report responses through interactive voice response
system (IVR). Although VMS daily items per entity are only for days
on which vessels are on a declared herring trip, the weekly IVR
requirement applied whether or not fish were caught. In 0648-0202,
322 hours and $2,323 in reporting costs are added.
$1,150,250
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Lindsey Feldman 978
675-2179
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.