Upon renewal, NOAA must provide a complete response in supporting statement part A, item 8, including consulting with outside persons on their views regarding the availability of data, frequency of collection, the clarity of instructions and recordkeeping, disclosure, or reporting format (if any), and on the data elements to be recorded, disclosed, or reported.
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2017
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2014
25,557
0
21,987
3,608
0
2,451
0
0
0
The Large Pelagic Fishing Survey consists of dockside and telephone surveys of recreational anglers for large pelagic fish (tunas, sharks, and billfish) in the Atlantic Ocean. The survey provides the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) with information to monitor catch of bluefin tuna and marlin. Catch monitoring in these fisheries and collection of catch and effort statistics for all pelagic fish is required under the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The information collected is essential for the United States (U.S.) to meet its reporting obligations to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT). This revision seeks to increase the annual Large Pelagics Telephone Survey (LPTS) target sample size from 10,780 to 15,900 interviews to improve survey precision. To address potential non-response bias, this action also seeks to expand the non-response follow-up survey to the LPTS to cover the Southeast region (currently the Northeast is covered for non-response survey). Other changes include additional questions to the LPTS survey instrument, reducing the estimated Large Pelagics Biological Survey sample size from 1,500 to 1,000 interviews, and dropping the Large Pelagics Headboat Survey component.
US Code:
16 USC 971
Name of Law: Atlantic Tunas Conventions Act
Program Changes
1) Elimination of the Large Pelagics Headboat Survey (LPHS) component results in an annual reduction of 90 unduplicated respondents, 870 responses, and 82 burden hours.
2) Large Pelagics Telephone Survey changes
a. Addition of up to five questions to the Large Pelagics Telephone Survey.
b. Expansion of the LPTS non-response follow-up survey to cover all regions (previously only conducted in the Northeast from Maine through Virginia).
c. Increasing the Large Pelagics Telephone Survey target sample size from 10,780 to 15,900 for both the Northeast and Southeast combined.
d. LPTS changes combined (2a, 2b, 2c above) will result in an estimated annual increase of 3,871 unduplicated respondents, 5,120 responses, and 1,247 burden hours.
3) Reduction in the Large Pelagics Biological Survey annual sample size from 1,500 to 1,000 will result in an annual decrease of 500 responses and 8 burden hours.
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.
Large Pelagic Fishing Survey - Biological Sampling
0380 Supporting Statement 012814 Part A rev.docx
Large Pelagics Fishing Survey - Telephone Survey