Fishing vessels permitted to
participate in Federally permitted fisheries in the Northeast
Region are required to submit logbooks containing catch and effort
information about their fishing trips. Participants in the tilefish
and open access herring fisheries are also required to make reports
on the catch through an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system. In
addition, vessels fishing under the Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP)
or Mid-Atlantic Research Set-Aside (RSA) programs are required to
submit research catch information through the IVR system. This
revision/extensionremoves the information collection for the
halibut fishery, in which halibut participants were asked to make
voluntary reports on the size of halibut caught and time of day
caught. These reports are no longer collected. Special Access
Management programs are being transferred to OMB Control No.
0648-0605. Two information collections from the 0648-0202 family of
forms to this collection as these sources of information are
collected through the IVR system. Moving these two collections
allows all of the IVR reported information to be captured in one
family of forms. The information submitted is needed for the
management of the fisheries.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
Program changes: Removal of the
voluntary halibut logbook reporting: removes 474 responses, 4 hours
and $209 in recordkeeping/reporting costs. Transfer of Special
Management Area Programs to OMB Control No. 0648-0605
(revision/extension pending): removes 25,160 responses, 6,369 hours
and $22,100. Transfer of Departure/Landing call-in for Monkfish and
Occasional Sea Scallop Vessels through IVR reporting from OMB
Control No. 0648-0202: adds 2,030 responses and 68 hours. Transfer
of Declaration of days out of gillnet fishery (Multispecies and
Monkfish Vessels) through IVR reporting from OMB Control No.
0648-0202: adds 2,000 responses and 100 hours. Adjustments: Changes
in respondent numbers since the last request and after removal of
halibut logbook reporting above: Logbooks: 167,168 responses, down
from 203,512, and 14,438 hours, down from 18,196 = decrease of
36,344 responses and 3,758 hours. Reporting/recordkeeping costs
decreased from $90, 824 to $75,226, a decrease of $15,598. IVR:
4,413 responses, up from 696, and 362 hours, up from 41 = increase
of 3,717 responses and 321 hours.
$376,400
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.
Form 88-140 Northeast Region Logbooks
0212 Supporting Statement 010913 rev.doc
CA I Hookgear Haddock SAP (sector manager daily reports)