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Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of currently approved
collection).
Number of Respondents: 100.
Average Hours per Response: Initial
registration—15 minutes.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 25
hours.
Needs and Uses: Section 118 of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act requires
any commercial fisherman operating in
Category I and II fisheries to register for
a certificate of authorization that will
allow the fisherman to take marine
mammals incidental to commercial
fishing operations. The information
requested in the form needed to register
or update a commercial fishery
authorization is found at 50 C.F.R 229.4.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: One time for initial
registration. Then only on an as needed
if vessel owners’ contact or vessel
information changes after initial
registration.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
lawfully take marine mammals’
incidental to fishing operations.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.; MMPA.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0293.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Economic Surveys of
Specific U.S. Commercial Fisheries
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before November 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0773 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Dr. Joe
Terry, Office of Science and
Technology, 1315 East-West Hwy., Bldg.
SSMC3, Silver Spring, MD 20910–3282,
(858) 454 –2547, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
This request is for a revision and
extension of a currently approved
collection.
The Office of Science and Technology
is sponsoring the collection. Economic
surveys will be conducted in selected
commercial fisheries for the East Coast,
Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, West Coast,
Hawaii, and the U.S. Pacific Islands
territories.
The requested information will
include different components of
operating costs/expenditures, earnings,
employment, ownership, vessel

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characteristics, effort/gear descriptors,
employment, and demographic
information for the various types of
fishing vessels operating in the 16 U.S.
commercial fisheries or groups of
fisheries listed below.
1. West Coast Limited Entry Groundfish
Fixed Gear Fisheries
2. West Coast Open Access Groundfish,
Non-tribal Salmon, Crab, and
Shrimp Fisheries
3. American Samoa Longline Fishery
4. Hawaii Pelagic Longline Fishery
5. Hawaii Small Boat Fishery
6. American Samoa Small Boat Fishery
7. American Samoa, Guam, and The
Commonwealth of The Northern
Mariana Islands Small Boat-Based
Fisheries
8. Mariana Archipelago Small Boat Fleet
9. USVI F Small-Scale Commercial
Fisheries
10. Puerto Rico Small-Scale Commercial
Fisheries
11. Gulf of Mexico Inshore Shrimp
Fishery
12. U.S. South Atlantic Region Golden
Crab Fishery
13. West Coast Coastal Pelagic Fishery
14. West Coast Swordfish Fishery
15. West Coast North Pacific Albacore
Fishery
16. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
Fisheries
A variety of laws, Executive Orders
(EOs), and NOAA Fisheries strategies
and policies include requirements for
economic data and the analyses they
support. When met adequately, those
requirements allow better-informed
conservation and management decisions
on the use of living marine resources
and marine habitat in federally managed
fisheries. Obtaining these data improves
the ability of NOAA Fisheries and the
Regional Fishery Management Councils
(Councils) to monitor, explain and
predict changes in the economic
performance and impacts of federally
managed commercial fisheries.
Measures of economic performance
include costs, earnings, and profitability
(net revenue); productivity and
economic efficiency; capacity; economic
stability; the level and distribution of
net economic benefits to society; and
market power. The economic impacts
include sector, community or regionspecific, and national employment,
sales, value-added, and income impacts.
Economic data are required to support
more than a cursory effort to comply
with or support the following laws, EOs,
and NOAA Fisheries strategies and
policies:
1. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA)

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2. The Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA)
3. The Endangered Species Act (ESA)
4. The National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA)
5. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
6. E.O. 12866 (Regulatory Planning and
Review)
7. E.O. 13771 (Reducing Regulation and
Controlling Regulatory Costs)
8. E.O. 12898 (Federal Actions to
Address Environmental Justice in
Minority Populations and LowIncome Populations)
9. E.O. 13840 (Ocean Policy to Advance
the Economic, Security, and
Environmental Interests of the
United States).
10. The NOAA Fisheries Guidelines for
Economic Reviews of Regulatory
Actions
11. The NOAA Fisheries Strategic Plan
2019–2022 (Strategic Plan)
12. The NOAA Fisheries EcosystemBased Fishery Management (EBFM)
Road Map
13. The NOAA Fisheries National
Bycatch Reduction Strategy
14. NOAA’s Catch Share Policy
Data collections will focus each year
on a different set of the 16 commercial
fisheries or groups of fisheries. This
cycle of data collection will facilitate
economic data being available and
updated for all those commercial
fisheries.
There will be an effort to coordinate
the data collections in order to reduce
the additional burden for those who
participate in multiple fisheries. To
further reduce the burden, the requested
information for a specific fishery will be
limited to that which is not available
from other sources. Participation in
these data collections will be voluntary.
The proposed revisions to the
information collection will: (a) Add an
information collection for Northeast and
Mid-Atlantic fisheries; (b) increase the
burden hours to account for that
addition information collection: (c)
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 (d) extend it for three years. Though
the information collection was recently
renewed, an extension is requested at
this time as no additional changes to the
collection are anticipated before the
current expiration date.
II. Method of Collection
The information will be collected by
mail, internet, phone, and in-person
interviews. In general, respondents will
receive a mailed copy of the survey
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survey respondents will have the option
to respond to an on-line survey. If
phone and in-person interviews are not
feasible or not desired by the potential
respondents, the information will be
collected by mail or internet.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0773.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension and revision of a currently
approved collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households and business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,655.
Estimated Time per Response:
NWFSC: West Coast Limited Entry
Groundfish Fixed Gear Fisheries
Economic Data Collection: 3 hours.
NWFSC: West Coast Open Access
Groundfish, Non-tribal Salmon, Crab,
and Shrimp Fisheries Economic Data
Collection: 3 hours.
PIFSC: American Samoa Longline
Fishery Economic Data Collection: 1
hour.
PIFSC: Hawaii Pelagic Longline
Fishery Economic Data Collection: 1
hour.
PIFSC: Hawaii Small Boat Fishery
Economic Data Collection: 45 minutes.
PIFSC: American Samoa Small Boat
Fishery Economic Data Collection: 45
minutes.
PIFSC: American Samoa, Guam, and
The Commonwealth of The Northern
Mariana Islands Small Boat-Based
Fisheries Economic Data Collection (an
add-on to a creel survey): 10 minutes.
PIFSC: Mariana Archipelago Small
Boat Fleet Economic Data Collection: 45
minutes.
SEFSC: USVI F Small-Scale
Commercial Fisheries Economic Data
Collection: 15 minutes.
SEFSC: Puerto Rico Small-Scale
Commercial Fisheries Economic Data
Collection: 1 hour.
SEFSC: Gulf of Mexico Inshore
Shrimp Fishery Economic Data
Collection: 28 minutes.
SEFSC: U.S. South Atlantic Region
Golden Crab Fishery Economic Data
Collection: 30 minutes.
SWFSC: West Coast Coastal Pelagic
Fishery Economic Data Collection: 3
hours.
SWFSC: West Coast Swordfish
Fishery Economic Data Collection: 30
minutes.
SWFSC: West Coast North Pacific
Albacore Fishery Economic Data
Collection: 1 hour.
NEFSC: Northeast Commercial
Fishing Business Economic Data
Collection: 1 hour.

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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,756.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: 0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
RTID 0648–XB431

Meeting on the Stock Status of
Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of virtual public meeting.
AGENCY:

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