The National Marine Fisheries Service,
Southeast Fisheries Science Center uses these reporting instruments
to collect landings statistics and quota monitoring data from
commercial seafood dealers and to conduct interviews with fishermen
for effort and fishing locations data. This family of forms
includes data collection activities for monitoring fishery quotas,
routine collections of monthly statistics from seafood dealers, and
interviews with fishermen to collect catch/effort and biological
data. Proposed rule 0648-BC12 will close a loop hole in the current
regulations, for situations where non-federally permitted dealers
are buying federally managed species caught in state waters. Under
the new rule any dealer who is the first point of sale of a
federally managed species (buying fish from a fisherman, not
another dealer) will need to obtain a federal dealer permit and
will need to make weekly transmissions of trip ticket data to the
electronic state run trip ticket programs. Dealers in South
Carolina will be asked to use the electronic trip ticket program in
addition to the state required paper submissions. Burden will be
required of SC dealers to use the electronic system. Dealers in the
other states will require burden to transmit the data
weekly.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
The total annual burden hours
estimate of 3,165 represents a net increase of 1,623 hours in the
reporting burden for this PRA request from the previous burden of
1,542 hours. The total annual responses estimate of 61,046
represents a net increase of 47,129 responses from the previous
13,917 estimated responses. Respondents: dealer respondents are
estimated to increase by 700. Program changes: The burden hours
have increased by 1,623 because: 1. Under the new rule any dealer
who is the first point of sale of a federally managed species
(buying fishing from a fisherman not another dealer) will need to
get a federal dealer permit and make weekly reports electronically.
Thus this assumption is based on a large number of state dealers
who handle a very small percentage of federally managed species
might get a federal permit and be affected by this collection. The
new estimates are high to account for that assumption. It is
expected that many dealers will not get a federal dealer permit and
will not become the first point of sale for federally managed
species. 2. Under the new rule, mackerel non-gillnet dealer reports
will change from monthly to weekly; gillnet reports, from weekly to
daily.
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.
Shrimp and finfish trip Interviews