This is a survey of seafood and
industrial fish processing firms. Firms processing fish from
certain fisheries must report on their annual volume, the wholesale
value of products, and monthly employment figures. Data are used in
economic analyses to estimate the capacity and extent to which
processors utilize domestic harvest. These analyses are necessary
to carry out the provision of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act. A one-time survey will be added to
the annual reporting form, for completion by respondents from this
information collection as well as respondents under OMB Control No.
0648-0618. The data collected will be used to update regional
fishery economic models. The information collection is necessary in
that it has been more than two decades since the model to produce
commercial fishery economic impacts and value added for commercial
marine products has been updated.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
This one-time survey adds
questions about fishery quantity and costs by species name.
One-time addition of responses and hours: 1,174 and 587, annualized
to 391 and 196.
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.