Southeast Region Vessel and Gear Identification Requirements

ICR 202107-0648-006

OMB: 0648-0358

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supplementary Document
2021-07-22
Supporting Statement A
2021-07-17
Supplementary Document
2021-07-16
ICR Details
0648-0358 202107-0648-006
Received in OIRA 201802-0648-005
DOC/NOAA
Southeast Region Vessel and Gear Identification Requirements
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 07/22/2021
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 07/31/2021
284,585 439,048
40,335 51,015
544,752 673,277

This is an extension request without change to an existing information collection. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and other partners manage federal fisheries in the U.S. southeast region, which includes the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and U.S. Caribbean. The purpose of the information collections approved under OMB Control No. 0648-0358 is to facilitate enforcement of regulatory requirements on fishing vessels and fishing gear in the U.S. southeast region. Specific markings on vessels and gear allow enforcement personnel and fishermen to locate, identify, and distinguish the owner or operator of fishing vessels and gear. NMFS requires persons with permitted fishing vessels to mark their vessel and fishing gear with the official identification number or another form of approved identification. A vessel's official number, under most regulations, is required to be displayed on the port and starboard sides of the deckhouse or hull, and weather deck. The marking of fishing gear is also valuable in actions concerning damage, loss, and civil proceedings. Fishing gear marking requirements apply to coral aquacultured live rock, golden crab traps, mackerel gillnet floats, spiny lobster traps, buoy gear, and black sea bass pots. These vessel and fishing gear markings provide law enforcement personnel with a means to monitor fishing, at-sea processing, and other related activities to ascertain whether the vessel's observed activities and fishing gear are in accordance with those authorized for that vessel.

US Code: 16 USC 1801 et seq. Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  86 FR 10250 02/19/2021
86 FR 38685 07/22/2021
No

2
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Southeast Region Gear Identification Requirements
Southeast Region Vessel Identification Requirements

  Total Request Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 284,585 439,048 0 0 -154,463 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 40,335 51,015 0 0 -10,680 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 544,752 673,277 0 0 -128,525 0
No
No
Vessel marking burdens decreased due to fewer permitted vessels in the fishery. Gear Identification requirements had an overall decrease in burden due to fewer respondents overall.

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No
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Adam Bailey 808 944-2248

  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.
07/22/2021


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