Economic Survey for A. Samoa, a Trip Cost Information Add-on to the American Samoa, Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources Boat-based Survey Boat Log
Economic Survey for Guam, a Trip Cost Information Add-on to the Fisheries Section, Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, Department of Agriculture, Guam Offshore Creel Census Form
Economic Surveys of Specific US Commercial Fisheries
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
04/27/2022
03/09/2022
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2025
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2023
1,935
0
1,655
1,757
0
1,477
0
0
0
NMFS needs economic data to comply with or support a variety of laws, including the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Executive Orders and NMFS strategies and policies. It will collect the information from owners/operators of active fishing vessels, permit/license holders and other well-defined groups of fishermen. NMFS and the Regional Fishery Management Councils will use this information to monitor, explain and predict changes in the economic performance and impacts of specific commercial fisheries. Among other things, this will enable fisheries managers and the public to more fully consider the economic effects of proposed and existing regulations for federally managed fisheries. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationâs (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS or NOAA Fisheries) is requesting an extension and revisions to this standard collection of information. The proposed revisions would do the following to the currently approved information collection.
1. Add the an information collection for the Greater Atlantic Region Commercial Fisheries, which was approved under OMB Control Number 0648-0643 and later discontinued;
2. Increase the burden hours to account for that addition information collection;
3. Make minor changes to the survey forms that primarily provide flexibility with respect to when NMFS will conduct each of the 16 information collections; and
4. Extend it for three years.
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.
NEFSC: Greater Atlantic Region Commercial Fisheries Economic Data Collection