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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 95 / Monday, May 18, 2026 / Notices
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; West Coast Region
Groundfish Electronic Fish Ticket
Program
AGENCY: National Oceanic &

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection, request for comment.
SUMMARY: 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 July 17, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0738 in the subject line of your
comments. All comments received are
part of the public record and will
generally be posted on https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
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 Jahnava
Duryea, Groundfish IFQ Permits
Coordinator, Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, 110 McAllister Way,
Santa Cruz, CA 95060, (916) 930–3725
or via email at jahnava.duryea@
noaa.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract
This is a request for renewal of an
approved information collection. The
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) requests comments on the
extension of a currently approved
information collection for the West

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Coast Region Groundfish Electronic Fish
Ticket Program.
As part of its fishery management
responsibilities, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) NMFS collects information to
determine the amount and type of
groundfish caught by fishing vessels.
Electronic fish tickets are submissions
of landings data from the first receiver
to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries
Commission (PSMFC) and NMFS. This
collection supports requirements for
participants of the Pacific Coast shore
based commercial groundfish fisheries
(including the shore based Individual
Fishing Quota (IFQ) program, the
limited entry fixed gear fishery, and the
open access fixed gear fishery) to
account for all landed catch and to send
electronic catch data used to manage the
catch allocations and limits. The
respondents are principally shore based
first receivers.
II. Method of Collection
Electronic fish ticket data of landings
data will be submitted from the first
receiver to PSMFC. Shoreside first
receivers, defined as persons who
receive, purchase, or take custody,
control, or possession of catch onshore
directly from a vessel, are required to
use a web-based, NMFS-approved
electronic fish ticket program to send
catch reports within 24 hours from the
date of the landing. The electronic fish
tickets are based on information
currently required in state fish receiving
tickets or landing receipts. The PSMFC
currently receives and stores fish ticket
data from the states. This data is
maintained on the Pacific Fisheries
Information Network (PacFIN) database.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0738.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; non-profit
institutions; State, local, or tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Estimated Time per Response: 2–10
minutes. Electronic fish ticket filling
and submission (Washington and
California): 10 minutes. Electronic fish
ticket submission (Oregon already
requires electronic fish tickets, sending
will be the only additional time/cost
burden): 2 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 667 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.

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Respondent’s Obligation: Required by
regulatory compliance to participate in
the fishery.
Legal Authority: NMFS implemented
a trawl rationalization program in
January 2011 for the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Limited Entry Trawl
Fishery. The program was implemented
through Amendments 20 and 21 to the
Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP and the
corresponding implementing
regulations for recordkeeping and
reporting at 50 CFR 660.113 (https://
www.ecfr.gov/current/title-50/section660.113).
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 information
collection request. 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,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office
of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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