Census-level information on fishing
vessel and gear characteristics in the Gulf of Mexico Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) shrimp fishery are needed as supplemental
information necessary to conduct economic, social, and biological
analyses that will improve fishery management decision-making in
this fishery; ensure that national goals, objectives, and
requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA), Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) and Executive
Order (E.O.) 12866 are met; and quantify achievement of the
performance measures in the National Marine Fisheries Service's
Strategic Operating Plans. This information is vital in assessing
the economic, social, and biological effects of fishery management
decisions and regulations on individual shrimp fishing enterprises,
fishing communities, and the nation as a whole.
PL:
Pub.L. 91 - 190 101 Name of Law: National Environmental Policy
Act
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
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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).
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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
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