As part of its fishery management
responsibilities, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) collects
information to determine the amount and type of groundfish caught
by fishing vessels. This collection supports requirements for first
receivers in the Pacific Coast sablefish fishery to account for all
landed catch and to send electronic catch data used to manage the
catch allocations and limits. The respondents are principally
shorebased first receivers. In addition, upon approval of this
collection, it will be merged into OMB Control No. 0648-0619, or
the electronic fish ticket information on OMB Control No. 0648-0619
will be removed from that collection and combined with this new
collection.
US Code:
16 USC 1801 et seq. Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
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.