The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) collects license, registration, catch, and
unloading information from purse seine vessels fishing within a
large region of the central and western Pacific Ocean governed by
the Treaty of Fisheries between the governments of Certain Pacific
Island States and the government of the United States of America.
The information collected is required to meet obligations under
that Treaty. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is
issuing a final rule that would implement provisions regarding "net
sharing" (i.e., the transfer of fish that have not yet been loaded
on board any fishing vessel from the purse seine net of one vessel
to another fishing vessel) for U.S. purse seine vessels fishing in
the area of application of the Convention on the Conservation and
Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and
Central Pacific Ocean (Convention Area).
Due to the recent increase in
license holders (from 22 in 2007 to 36 in October 2010), the
expected number of respondents for the information collection has
been adjusted to 38, two fewer than the maximum number of general
licenses that may be issued under the Treaty in any given licensing
period, plus four prospective license applicants that submit
expressions of interest each year but that do not subsequently
submit a complete application package or receive a license. Mailing
costs have been added for the catch report and unloading logsheets,
because they are more likely now to be mailed than picked up by
NMFS staff (not a program change).
$14,273
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Thomas Graham
8089442219
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.