Fishing vessels permitted to
participate in federally permitted fisheries in the Northeast
Region are required to submit logbooks containing catch and effort
information about their fishing trips. Participants in the tilefish
and open access herring fisheries are also required to make reports
on the catch through an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system. In
addition, vessels fishing under the Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP)
or Mid-Atlantic Research Set-Aside (RSA) programs are required to
submit research catch information through the IVR system.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
The “Number of Respondents” and
“Total Number of Annual Responses” was derived by calculating their
respective average based upon submissions over the past three
calendar years. (2016 – 2018). The entry for “Departure/Landing
Call-In for Scallop” was removed due to that information now being
solely provided via VMS (Collection 0648-0202). The wage and labor
rate for computing public burden was adjusted from $18.88 per hour
to $24.84 using 2018 Bureau of Labor and Statistics data. The rate
used for the public cost burden in chart 13 reflects an increase of
postage costs from $0.49 to $0.50.
$255,938
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Uncollected
Jim St. Cyr 978
281-9369
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.