The objective of the survey is to collect information on both trip expenditures and annual durable good expenditures made by marine recreational anglers. The survey will be conducted in two phases. One phase of the survey will ask anglers about their purchases of durable goods such as fishing gear, boats, vehicles, and second homes. The second phase will ask anglers about the expenses incurred on their most recent marine recreational fishing trip. As specified in the Magnuson-Stevenson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1996 (and reauthorized in 2007), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is required to enumerate the economic impacts of the policies it implements on fishing participants and coastal communities. The expenditure data collected in this survey will be used to estimate the economic contributions and impacts of marine recreational fishing to each coastal state and nationwide.
This request is to add a web-based alternative to the survey.
US Code:
16 USC 1801 et seq.
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
Program Changes:
The HMS component was dropped due to the fact that we do not anticipate surveying this population again in the next 3 years. Puerto Rico was dropped due to complications with staffing intercept interviews in the territory in the foreseeable future. The burden hours were reduced because the HMS angler permit frame was dropped (accounting for a decrease of 124 hours).
Adjustments:
Adjustments were made to the number of MRIP intercept interviews (including dropping Puerto Rico and moving LA and HI to a mail/internet based survey) were made based on more recent estimates of effort from 2015. LA and HI were switched to the mail frame with adjustments to those frames as well given updated sample size estimates from state license frames. All of these adjustments for Puerto Rico, LA, HI and the other trip expenditure related updates resulted in a net decrease of 406 hours. Adjustments to the durable good portion related to updated estimates of anglers per state resulted in further reduced burden hours for a decrease of 132 hours. The total reduction in burden hours was 538 hours.
The trip expenditure form for mail/web was shortened to two pages via minor modifications in question wording for clarification, by consolidating text and formats, and removing the front page of images. Question 9 (regarding the number of trips in the previous 2 months) and trips in non-US waters were dropped from the California version. Expenditure categories for CA were changed to just âbaitâ instead of live or non-live bait, and for all state versions, âParking and site access feesâ now reads âParking, site access fees, and tollsâ. For the durable expenditure survey form for CA, the question on what counties within the state the angler fished were dropped. We donât expect that these minor changes will significantly affect the time to fill out the survey. A combined Hawaii form was added so that durables could be collected for Hawaii; in the original submission no durable good expenditures were collected for Hawaii.
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.
Hawaii Charter Trip Expenditures
0693 30 day frn pub 032217_14693.pdf
0693 SS Part B 2017_final.docx
Hawaii Charter Trip Expenditures