Alaska Region Gear Identification Requirements

ICR 201611-0648-004

OMB: 0648-0353

Federal Form Document

ICR Details
0648-0353 201611-0648-004
Historical Active 201603-0648-020
DOC/NOAA
Alaska Region Gear Identification Requirements
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 01/04/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 11/04/2016
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
04/30/2017 04/30/2017 04/30/2017
7,360 0 7,350
1,841 0 1,225
11,310 0 9,800

Fishermen have proposed using longline pot gear to protect captured sablefish from whale depredation. Depredation negatively impacts the sablefish IFQ fleet through reduced catch rates and increased operating costs. Depredation negatively impacts whales through increased risk of vessel strike, gear entanglement, and altered foraging strategies. Depredation also increases sablefish mortality and the uncertainty of sablefish abundance indicies. Potential benefits of longline pot gear for sablefish fishing include: mitigation of whale interaction with fishing gear, reduced mortality of seabirds, reduced bycatch of non-target fish species, reduced overall halibut mortality when targeting sablefish, and better accounting of total sablefish fishing mortality. Using longline pots versus single pots will maximize fishing efficiency and ex-vessel value of the fishery. Single pots are heavy and their deployment results in lost gear and resultant ghost fishing. Handling of lighter pot longline gear enhances crew safety, particularly on smaller vessels. Fishermen who voluntarily adopt the use of pot longline gear will face some additional recordkeeping and reporting requirements. The owners of vessels on which pot longline gear is used must register to receive pot tags and must submit an affidavit in order to receive a replacement for lost tags.

PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006
  
None

0648-BF42 Final or interim final rulemaking 81 FR 95435 12/28/2016

No

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 7,360 7,350 0 10 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 1,841 1,225 0 3 613 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 11,310 9,800 0 1,510 0 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
Program changes Request for Pot Tags [new] an increase of 4 respondents, 4 instead of 0 an increase of 4 responses, 4 instead of 0 an increase of 1 hour, 1 hr instead of 0 hr an increase of $ 37 personnel cost, $37 instead of $ 0 an increase of $ 1,470 miscellaneous cost, $ 1,470 instead of $ 0 Replace Pot Tags [new] an increase of 2 respondents and responses, 2 instead of 0 an increase of 1 hour, 1 hr instead of 0 hr an increase of $37 personnel cost, $37 instead of $ 0 Longline Pot Marker Buoys [new] an increase of 4 respondents and responses, 4 instead of 0 an increase of 1 hour, 1 hr instead of 0 hr an increase of $ 37 personnel cost, $ 37 instead of $ 0 an increase of $ 40 miscellaneous cost, $ 40 instead of $ 0 Adjustment Groundfish Marker Buoys an increase of 613 hours, 1,838 hr instead of 1,225 hr an increase of $ 15,320 personnel cost, $ 27,570 instead of $ 12,250

$185
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Patsy Bearden 907 586-7008

  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;
 
 
 
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.
11/04/2016


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