Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey To Collect Economic Data From Recreational Anglers That Fish for Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States, 9102-9103 [2019-04617]
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Dated: March 8, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting via
webinar.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council is convening its
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) via webinar to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: This webinar will be held on
Friday, March 29, 2019 at 10 a.m.
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information: https://attendee.goto
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Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
The SSC will review research priority
updates suggested by Council’s
committees and Plan Development
Teams (PDT) and provide the Council
with any recommendations about
revisions to the Council research
priorities that were developed in 2018.
They may possibly review updated OFL
and ABC recommendations for Atlantic
herring for 2019–21, only if necessary.
This agenda item has been added in the
event an updated projection and
recommendation from the Herring PDT
is completed in time for this meeting.
Other business will be discussed as
necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on the agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Council
action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency. The public also should be
aware that the meeting will be recorded.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
of the recording is available upon
request.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 8, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Survey To Collect
Economic Data From Recreational
Anglers That Fish for Summer
Flounder and Black Sea Bass in the
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before May 13, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Scott Steinback, Economist,
Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166
Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543. Tel:
(508) 495–4701 or scott.steinback@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new information
collection. The title will be
‘‘Understanding Anglers’ Preferences for
Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass.’’
The recreational fishing community
and regional fisheries management
councils along the Atlantic coast have
requested more species-specific socioeconomic and behavioral studies of
recreational fishing that can be used in
the analysis of fisheries policies. This
survey will address that stated need for
more species-specific studies by
focusing on two very popular
recreational species caught along the
Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to
North Carolina: Summer flounder and
black sea bass. The objective of the
survey will be to understand how
anglers respond to changes in expected
harvest distributions of summer
flounder and black sea bass. This
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information is important to fisheries
managers because changes in
recreational fishing regulations (e.g., bag
limits, size limits, season lengths, etc.)
affect anglers’ harvest distributions.
Anglers will be asked a series of
questions designed to elicit their
willingness to trade off lower/higher
expected catch for reduced/increased
catch variability, and whether those
trade-offs depend on fishing mode, trip
length, trip costs, and demographic
characteristics. Responses to these
questions will provide the data
necessary to evaluate anglers’ expected
catch preferences for summer flounder
and black sea bass. Additional data
gathered will include questions that
focus on anglers’ recent recreational
fishing experiences, such as how often
they go fishing, species targeted, and
primary mode of fishing. Ultimately, the
data collected from the survey will
allow fisheries managers to better
evaluate the socio-economic effects of
proposed changes in recreational fishing
regulations for summer flounder and
black sea bass.
A survey sample will be drawn from
the National Saltwater Angler Registry,
a database of licensed recreational
anglers living in the U.S. The
information comes primarily from statebased saltwater fishing license and
registration programs. The survey will
be conducted using both mail and email
to contact anglers and invite them to
take the survey online. Anglers not
responding to the online survey may
receive a paper survey in the mail. This
survey is part of a series of planned
surveys across the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts to gather socio-economic data on
saltwater recreational anglers’
preferences for different fishery
management options.
II. Method of Collection
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (request for a
new information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 500 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
costs.
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Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Herring Committee to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: This meeting will be held on
Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Holiday Inn, Mansfield, MA 02048;
telephone: (508) 339–2200.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUMMARY:
The survey will be conducted using
two modes: Paper via regular mail and
electronically via internet.
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IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
The primary purpose of this meeting
is to make progress on the development
of herring fishery specifications for
fishing years 2020 and 2021. The
committee will review and provide
input on the Science and Statistical
Committee (SSC) recommendation for
overfishing limits (OFL) and acceptable
biological catch (ABC) limits for fishing
years 2020 and 2021. The committee
will provide input on the purpose and
need for this action and identify a range
of alternatives to be included for
consideration. The committee will
receive an update and have opportunity
for input on actions under consideration
by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission (ASMFC). They will also
give an update about the status of the
Industry Funded Monitoring (IFM)
Amendment. The committee will give
an opportunity to provide input on the
Council’s five-year research priorities
related to the herring resource and
fishery. Other business will be
discussed as necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Council
action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. This meeting
will be recorded. Consistent with 16
U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is
available upon request. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 8, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey To
Collect Economic Data From Recreational Anglers That Fish for Summer
Flounder and Black Sea Bass in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before May 13, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the internet
at PRAcomments@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Scott Steinback, Economist, Northeast Fisheries Science
Center, 166 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543. Tel: (508) 495-4701 or
scott.steinback@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for a new information collection. The title will be
``Understanding Anglers' Preferences for Summer Flounder and Black Sea
Bass.''
The recreational fishing community and regional fisheries
management councils along the Atlantic coast have requested more
species-specific socio-economic and behavioral studies of recreational
fishing that can be used in the analysis of fisheries policies. This
survey will address that stated need for more species-specific studies
by focusing on two very popular recreational species caught along the
Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to North Carolina: Summer flounder
and black sea bass. The objective of the survey will be to understand
how anglers respond to changes in expected harvest distributions of
summer flounder and black sea bass. This
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information is important to fisheries managers because changes in
recreational fishing regulations (e.g., bag limits, size limits, season
lengths, etc.) affect anglers' harvest distributions. Anglers will be
asked a series of questions designed to elicit their willingness to
trade off lower/higher expected catch for reduced/increased catch
variability, and whether those trade-offs depend on fishing mode, trip
length, trip costs, and demographic characteristics. Responses to these
questions will provide the data necessary to evaluate anglers' expected
catch preferences for summer flounder and black sea bass. Additional
data gathered will include questions that focus on anglers' recent
recreational fishing experiences, such as how often they go fishing,
species targeted, and primary mode of fishing. Ultimately, the data
collected from the survey will allow fisheries managers to better
evaluate the socio-economic effects of proposed changes in recreational
fishing regulations for summer flounder and black sea bass.
A survey sample will be drawn from the National Saltwater Angler
Registry, a database of licensed recreational anglers living in the
U.S. The information comes primarily from state-based saltwater fishing
license and registration programs. The survey will be conducted using
both mail and email to contact anglers and invite them to take the
survey online. Anglers not responding to the online survey may receive
a paper survey in the mail. This survey is part of a series of planned
surveys across the Atlantic and Gulf coasts to gather socio-economic
data on saltwater recreational anglers' preferences for different
fishery management options.
II. Method of Collection
The survey will be conducted using two modes: Paper via regular
mail and electronically via internet.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-xxxx.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular (request for a new information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 500 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-04617 Filed 3-12-19; 8:45 am]
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