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clients to harvest halibut in addition to,
or instead of, the halibut harvested
under the daily bag limit for charter
anglers. This information collection
contains the application used to transfer
Area 2C or 3A commercial halibut IFQ
to a CHP holder for use as GAF or for
the CHP holder to return unused GAF
to the IFQ permit holder from which it
was obtained. Information collected by
the application includes permit holder
information, IFQ permit information,
CHP information, GAF permit
information, and transaction
information. NMFS, on approving the
transfer of IFQ to GAF, issues a GAF
permit, which authorizes the holder to
allow charter vessel anglers to retain
GAF halibut caught in the IPHC
regulatory area specified on the permit.
This information collection also
contains the GAF landing report and the
GAF permit log, The GAF landing report
is submitted by GAF permit holders and
collects information on each GAF
halibut retained by an angler on a
charter vessel fishing trip in Area 2C or
3A. The GAF permit log, which is
printed on the back of each GAF permit,
is used by the GAF permit holder to
record the GAF landing report
confirmation number and information
on GAF halibut after a trip in which
GAF halibut were retained.
Federal regulations at 50 CFR 300.65
require charter vessel operators fishing
in Areas 2C and 3A to comply with the
ADF&G annual registration of sport
fishing guides and businesses and
ADF&G Saltwater Sport Fishing Charter
Trip Logbook (Charter Logbook). This
information collection contains the
Charter Logbook, which is the primary
recordkeeping and reporting
requirement for charter vessel operators
for all species harvested in saltwater in
Areas 2C and 3A. The logbook collects
information including where and when
charter fishing occurs and the species
and numbers of fish kept and released
by the individual charter anglers.
II. Method of Collection
Information is collected primarily via
mail or fax. The application forms are
available as fillable pdfs on the NMFS
Alaska Region website and may be
downloaded, completed, and printed
out prior to submission. The GAF
landing report is submitted online
through eFISH on the NMFS Alaska
Region website. If a GAF permit holders
is unable to submit a GAF landing
report electronically, the GAF permit
holder must contact NOAA Office of
Law Enforcement by telephone.

Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Revision and
extension of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
639.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes for Application for Annual
Registration of Charter Halibut Permits
(CHPs); 0.5 hour for Application of
Military CHP; 2 hours for Application
for Transfer of CHP; 1.5 hours for
Application for Transfer Between IFQ
and GAF and Issuance of GAF Permit;
5 minutes for GAF Landing Report; 2
minutes for GAF Permit Log; 4 minutes
for ADF&G Saltwater Sport Fishing
Charter Trip Logbook; and 4 hours for
Appeals.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,403.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $11,198 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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0575.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; U.S.-Canada
Albacore Treaty Reporting System
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 April 24, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the internet
at [email protected]). All
comments received are part of the
public record. Comments will generally
be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Shannon Penna, National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), West
Coast Region (WCR) Long Beach Office,
501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long
Beach, CA 90802, (562) 980–4238 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for an extension of a
current information collection.
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), West Coast Region (WCR),
manages the United States (U.S.)—
Canada Albacore Tuna Treaty of 1981
(Treaty). Owners of vessels that fish
from U.S. West Coast ports for albacore
tuna (Thunnus alalunga) are required to
notify the NMFS WCR of their desire to
be on the list of vessels provided to
Canada each year indicating vessels
eligible to fish for albacore tuna in
waters under the jurisdiction of Canada.
Additionally, vessel operators are
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intention to fish in Canadian waters
prior to crossing the maritime border as
well as to mark their fishing vessels to
facilitate enforcement of the effort limits
under the Treaty. Vessel operators are
also required to maintain and submit a
logbook of all catch and fishing effort.
The regulations implementing the
reporting and vessel marking
requirements under the Treaty are at 50
CFR part 300.172–300.176. If a vessel
enters into Canadian waters without
adhering to these regulations, they will
be in violation of the treaty and
Canadian enforcement may issue a fine
or a warning.
The estimated burden below includes
hours to complete the logbook
requirement, although it is assumed that
most if not all of the respondents
already complete the required logbook
under the mandatory West Coast Highly
Migratory Species Fishery Management
Plan (HMS FMP), OMB Control No.
0648–0223. Duplicate reporting under
the Treaty and HMS FMP is not
required. Most years, there will be much
less fishing (and thus less reporting)
under the Treaty than the level on
which the estimate is based.

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II. Method of Collection
Requests to be placed on the vessel
eligibility list may be made in writing
via mail, fax, email, telephone, or
through online registration if available.
Communications to comply with ‘hail
in’ and ‘hail out’ requirements are made
via ship to shore radio or via telephone
and are compiled in an electronic
database by Fisheries and Oceans
Canada. Summaries of hail reports are
provided to NMFS on a periodic basis.
Vessel marking requirements entail
painting the letter ‘U’ immediately after
the U.S. Coast Guard documentation
identification number or state
registration number already on the
vessel. Logbooks are maintained in preprinted paper format and submitted via
mail.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0492.
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:
135.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes for the request to be placed on
the eligible list per year; 2 hours and 55
minutes for required vessel markings; 10
minutes for logbook entries; 5 minutes
for each set of two hail reports for
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 840 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $2311.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
[FR Doc. 2020–03628 Filed 2–21–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Marine
Recreational Fishing Expenditure
Survey
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
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: To ensure consideration written
comments must be submitted on or
before April 24, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Adrienne Thomas, PRA Officer,
NOAA, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 159,
Asheville, NC 28801 (or via the internet
at [email protected]). All
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comments received are part of the
public record. Comments will generally
be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Sabrina Lovell, Economist,
Office of Science and Technology,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Hwy., Silver
Spring, MD 20910. Tel: (301) 427–8153
or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a regular
submission, extension of a current
information collection.
As specified in the MagnusonStevenson Fishery Conservation and
Management Act of 1996 (and
reauthorized in 2007), the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration’s (NOAA’s) National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is
required to enumerate the economic
impacts of the policies it implements on
fishing participants and coastal
communities. The objective of the
survey is to collect information on
marine (saltwater) recreational fishing
trip expenditures and durable good
expenditures made by marine
recreational anglers. The voluntary
survey has two parts that may be
conducted either jointly during the
same calendar year or in separate years.
The trip expenditure portion will ask
anglers about the expenses incurred on
their most recent marine recreational
fishing trip. The durable goods portion
will ask anglers about their purchases of
durable goods such as fishing gear,
boats, vehicles, and second homes over
a 12-month period. The expenditure
data collected in this regular survey is
widely used by both federal, state, and
non-governmental organizations for
research and analysis regarding the
economic importance and contributions
of marine recreational fishing to each
coastal state and nationwide. The NMFS
Office of Science and Technology
conducts the survey and publishes the
results in both technical reports and the
annual ‘Fisheries Economics of the U.S.’
report series.
II. Method of Collection
The trip expenditure portion of the
survey may be conducted using in-

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