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(301) 975–8912. After pre-registering,
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Phillip A. Singerman,
Associate Director for Innovation and
Industry Services.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Reporting of Sea Turtle
Incidental Take in Virginia Chesapeake
Bay Pound Net Operations.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0470.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of
a currently approved information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 35.
Average Hours per Response: 10
minutes.
Burden Hours: 165.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a current information
collection.
This action would continue the
reporting measure requiring all Virginia
Chesapeake Bay pound net fishermen to
report interactions with endangered and
threatened sea turtles, found both live
and dead, in their pound net operations.

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When a live or dead sea turtle is
discovered during a pound net trip, the
Virginia pound net fisherman is
required to report the incidental take to
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) and, if necessary, the
appropriate rehabilitation and stranding
network. This information will be used
to monitor the level of incidental take in
the state-managed Virginia pound net
fishery and ensure that the seasonal
pound net leader restrictions (50 CFR
223.206(d)(10)) are adequately
protecting listed sea turtles. Based on
the number of sea turtle takes
anticipated in the Virginia pound net
fishery and the available number of
Virginia pound net fishermen and
pound nets, the number of responses
anticipated on an annual basis is 988.
This is an increase from the previous
information collection (n=483) as we
used the maximum number of possible
licensed pound net sites per Virginia
fishery regulations (n=161) on which to
base our information collection
estimate, rather than the number of
documented sites from NMFS
monitoring efforts (n=80), as the latter is
outdated and may be an underestimate.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
This information collection request
may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to view Department of
Commerce collections currently under
review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: August 28, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 5,
2018.
Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
internet at [email protected]).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Christopher Liese, Industry
Economist, SEFSC, NMFS, 75 Virginia
Beach Drive, Miami FL 33149, (305)
365–4109 or Christopher.Liese@
noaa.gov.
ADDRESSES:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
This request is for extension of this
information collection.
NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Fisheries
Science Center, annually collects
socioeconomic data from commercial
fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico and
South Atlantic shrimp fisheries who
hold one or more permits for harvesting
shrimp from federal waters (U.S.
Exclusive Economic Zone). Information
about revenues, variable and fixed costs,
capital investment and other
socioeconomic information is collected
from a random sample of permit
holders. These data are needed to
conduct socioeconomic analyses in
support of management of the shrimp
fishery and to satisfy legal requirements.
The data will be used to assess how
fishermen will be impacted by and
respond to federal regulation likely to be
considered by fishery managers.
II. Method of Collection

National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration

The information will be collected on
paper using a mail survey.

Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Annual Economic
Survey of Federal Gulf and South
Atlantic Shrimp Permit Holders

III. Data

National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing

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OMB Control Number: 0648–0591.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
650 permit holders.

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Estimated Time per Response: 45
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 488 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: August 28, 2018.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Southeast Region
Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) and
Related Requirements
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 5,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,

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Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230, or via email at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Adam Bailey, National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th
Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701,
(727) 824–5305, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

areas closed to fishing. All position
reports are treated in accordance with
NMFS existing guidelines for
confidential data. As a condition of
authorized fishing for or possession of
Gulf reef fish or South Atlantic rock
shrimp in or from Federal waters, vessel
owners or operators subject to VMS
requirements must allow NMFS, the
United States Coast Guard, and their
authorized officers and designees,
access to the vessel’s position data
obtained from the VMS.

I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
authorizes the Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Gulf Council) and
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (South Atlantic Council) to
prepare and amend fishery management
plans for any fishery in Federal waters
under their respective jurisdictions.
NMFS and the Gulf Council manage the
reef fish fishery in the Gulf of Mexico
(Gulf) under the Fishery Management
Plan (FMP) for Reef Fish Resources of
the Gulf of Mexico. NMFS and the
South Atlantic Council manage the
fishery for rock shrimp in the South
Atlantic under the FMP for the Shrimp
Fishery in the South Atlantic Region.
The vessel monitoring system (VMS)
regulations for the Gulf reef fish fishery
and the South Atlantic rock shrimp
fishery may be found at 50 CFR 622.28
and 622.205, respectively.
The FMPs and the implementing
regulations contain several specific
management areas where fishing is
restricted or prohibited to protect
habitat or spawning aggregations, or to
control fishing pressure. Unlike size,
bag, and trip limits, where the catch can
be monitored on shore when a vessel
returns to port, area restrictions require
at-sea enforcement. However, at-sea
enforcement of offshore areas is difficult
due to the distance from shore and the
limited number of patrol vessels,
resulting in a need to improve
enforceability of area fishing restrictions
through remote sensing methods. In
addition, all fishing gears are subject to
some area fishing restrictions. Because
of the sizes of these areas and the
distances from shore, the effectiveness
of enforcement through over flights and
at-sea interception is limited. An
electronic VMS allows a more effective
means to monitor vessels for intrusions
into restricted areas.
The VMS provides effort data and
significantly aids in enforcement of

Respondents have a choice of either
electronic or paper forms. Methods of
submittal include email of electronic
forms, and mail and facsimile
transmission of paper forms.

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II. Method of Collection

III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0544.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
927.
Estimated Time per Response:
Installation, 5 hours; installation and
activation checklist, 20 minutes; powerdown exemption requests, 5 minutes;
transmission of fishing activity reports,
1 minute; and annual maintenance, 2
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,557.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $1,466,255 in start-up, transfer,
operations, and maintenance costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.

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