The issuance of a permit is an
essential part of managing fishery resources. The purpose and use
of permits is to: (1) Register vessel owners, vessel operators,
fishing vessels, fish dealers, and processors; (2) list the
characteristics of fishing vessels and/or dealer/processor
operations; (3) exercise influence over compliance (e.g., withhold
permit issuance pending collection of unpaid penalties, or
unsubmitted, but required data); (4) provide a mailing list for the
dissemination of important information to the industry; (5)
register participants to be considered for limited entry; and (6)
provide a universe for data collection samples. Identification of
the participants, their gear types, vessels, and expected activity
levels is an effective and necessary tool in the enforcement of
fishery regulations. Vessels are also required to request gillnet
and lobster tags through the Northeast region permit office when
using gillnet gear or lobster traps. Lastly, vessel owners that own
multiple vessels, but would like to request communication from NMFS
be consolidated into one mailing (and not separate mailings for
each vessel), may request the single letter vessel owner option to
improve efficiency of their business practice. This
revision/extension removes the following information collections,
as this information has been moved to another collection (OMB
Control No. 0648-0605) to avoid duplication: Expedited submission
of proposed special access programs (SAPs), days-at-sea (DAS)
transfer program requirements, and Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization (NAFO) reporting requirements. This revision also
removes the declaration of days out of the gillnet fishery for NE
multispecies and monkfish vessels and the departure/landing call-in
for monkfish and occasional scallop vessels both of which were
moved to the 0648-0212 family of forms in the 2012
revision/extension. This request also adds the requirement to
collect vessel owner email addresses for the purpose of
distributing information electronically instead of using paper mail
only. This information collection is not associated with a
rulemaking, but is being implemented as a voluntary program through
the Northeast Regional Office.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Management and Conservation Act
Program Changes: This
revision/extension removes the following information collections,
which are no longer valid or were moved to other collections: No
longer valid: Proposed Sector Allocations, was a one-time
information collection and has been removed: 5 responses, 162 hours
and $6. Area and DAS Declaration: Gulf of Maine Differential Days
at Sea Area Heaving-To Declaration is no longer valid, per
regulations enacted as part of Amendment 16 to the NE Multispecies
FMP and implemented in OMB Control No.0648-0605: 140 responses, 12
hours and $70. Moved to other collections: Expedited submission
of proposed special access programs (SAPs): 1 response, 20 burden
hours, $2 cost to the public (moved to OMB Control No. 0648-0605);
Days-at-sea (DAS) transfer program requirements: 1,400 responses,
116 burden hours, $1,512 cost to the public, (moved to OMB Control
No. 0648-0605); Multispecies Area and DAS Declaration -
Groundfish vessels fishing under an NE Multispecies DAS: included
in OMB Control No. 0648-0605 but had not yet been deleted from this
collection: 30,000 responses, 2,490 hours and $15,000. Northwest
Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) reporting requirements: 50
responses, 8 burden hours, zero cost to the public (moved to OMB
Control No.0648-0605); Declaration of days out of the gillnet
fishery for NE multispecies and monkfish vessels/ Departure/landing
call-in for monkfish and occasional scallop vessels: 4,030
responses, 167 burden hours, zero cost to the public (moved to OMB
Control No.0648-0212). Total changes: 35,626 fewer responses, 2,975
fewer hours (rounded down to 2,973 in ROCIS) and $16,590 in public
costs. Adjustments: The burden estimates for this information
collection have been revised and updated as necessary. Estimates
made when new information collection requirements were added have
often been overestimates, and have now been revised down. The
burden has been adjusted downward for almost all information
collections since the last comprehensive request. Also, operator
permit renewal intervals have been corrected from one to three
years, reducing the annual burden from 11,200 to 4,200, a decrease
of 7,000 hours. Total adjustments: 20,994 fewer responses, 10,284
fewer hours (rounded up to 10,291 in ROCIS) and $4,152,251 less in
public costs.
$849,765
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Aja Peters-Mason
9782819195
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.
DAS Credit for Standing By Entangled Whale
0202 ss 041613 rev.doc
Monkfish Southern Fishery Management Area Landing Limit and Minimum Fish Size Exemption