Existing collection in use without an OMB Control Number
No
Regular
10/09/2020
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
440
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36
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Service staff at the Marquette and
Ludington biological stations fulfill U.S. obligations under the
1954 Convention on Great Lakes Fisheries between the United States
and Canada and the Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 931).
The Service works with State, Tribal, and other Federal agencies to
monitor progress towards fish community objectives for sea lampreys
in each of the Great Lakes, and also to develop and implement
actions to achieve these objectives. Activities are closely
coordinated with State, Tribal, and other Federal and provincial
management agencies, nongovernmental organizations, private
landowners, and the public. Our primary goal is to conduct
ecologically sound and publicly acceptable integrated sea lamprey
control. The Sea Lamprey Control Program is administered and funded
by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) and implemented by two
control agents, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Fisheries
and Oceans Canada, who often partner on larger projects. The sea
lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), a parasitic fish species native to
the Atlantic Ocean, parasitizes other fish species by sucking their
blood and other bodily fluids. Having survived through at least
four major extinction events, the species has remained largely
unchanged for more than 340 million years. The sea lamprey differs
from many other fishes, in that it does not have jaws or other bony
structures, but instead has a skeleton made of cartilage. Sea
lampreys prey on most species of large Great Lakes fish such as
lake trout, salmon, lake sturgeon, whitefish, burbot, walleye, and
catfish.
US Code:
16
USC 931 Name of Law: Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956
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).
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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;
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and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.