Owners of fishing vessels that fish
for lobster or deepwater shrimp that are crustacean management unit
species in Federal waters, or that land crustacean management unit
species in ports of the western Pacific region, must obtain a
crustacean fisheries fishing permit from the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS). This collection originally covered
permitting, vessel identification, and reporting requirements for
deepwater shrimp fisheries in the Pacific Islands region. The
reporting requirement was moved into OMB Control No. 0648-0214 and
the vessel identification requirement was moved to OMB Control No.
0648-0360. Lobster permit applications were previously covered by
OMB Control No. 0648-0490, but now are consolidated into this
collection, so the name is changed to cover permits for all
crustacean fisheries.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
Program changes: Vessel
identification and reporting requirements were removed from this
collection; net reductions: 510 responses, 91 hours and $425 in
costs. One permit application was added but the current response
estimate covers both lobster and shrimp responses (4 lobster and 6
shrimp). Also, a $48 fee was added to the shrimp application,
adding $288. Adjustment: The shrimp permit application time was
changed from 30 minutes to 15 minutes. This removes 1.5 (2)
hours.
$150
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Walter Ikehara 808
944-2275
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;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.