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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; U.S. Pacific Highly Migratory
Hook and Line Logbook
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and 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 March 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0223 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 Micayla
Kiepert, National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), West Coast Region
(WCR) Long Beach Office, 501 West
Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach,
CA 90802, (562) 980–4081, and
Micayla.Kiepert@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
Under the Fishery Management Plan
for United States (U.S.) West Coast
Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species
(HMS) U.S. fishermen participating in
the Pacific hook-and-line (also known as
the albacore troll and poll-and-line),
coastal purse seine (vessels less than
400 st carrying capacity), large-mesh
drift gillnet, and swordfish harpoon
fisheries are required to obtain an HMS
permit. Permit holders are also required
to complete and submit logbooks
documenting their daily fishing
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activities, including catch and effort for
each fishing trip. Logbook forms must
be completed within 24 hours of the
completion of each fishing day and
submitted to the Southwest Fisheries
Science Center (SWFSC) within 30 days
of the end of each trip. Federal
regulations allow the use of state
logbooks to fulfill this requirement; for
example, Washington commercial
passenger fishing vessels have fulfilled
this requirement to date for HMS
fisheries. These data and associated
analyses help the SWFSC provide
critical HMS fisheries information to
researchers, fisheries managers, and the
needed management advice to the U.S.
in its negotiations with foreign fishing
nations that fish for HMS.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic data submission or paper
forms for hook-and-line logbooks.
Currently, purse seine, drift gillnet, and
harpoon are only collected in paper
form. Fillable pdf forms are available for
hook-and-line logbooks. Methods of
submittal include secure electronic
transmission and mailing of paper
forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0223.
Form Number(s): NOAA Form 88–
197.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
collection).
Affected Public: Business of other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,700.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,400.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $1,110 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
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
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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.
[FR Doc. 2021–00298 Filed 1–8–21; 8:45 am]
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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; Commercial Operator’s
Annual Report (COAR)
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice. 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 March 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0428 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
SUMMARY:
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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 Gabrielle
Aberle, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), Alaska Regional Office, is
requesting renewal of the currently
approved information collection for the
Commercial Operator’s Annual Report
(COAR).
The COAR is a State of Alaska report
that is required to be completed and
submitted by direct marketers, catcher
processors, catcher exporters, buyer
exporters, shore-based processors, and
floating processor permit holders
pursuant to Alaska Administrative Code
(5 AAC 39.130) and 50 CFR 679. Under
50 CFR 679.5(p), NMFS requires
motherships and catcher processors that
are issued a Federal fisheries permit to
annually complete and submit the
appropriate sections of the COAR.
The COAR is used to gather statewide
fish and shellfish information
describing buying (ex-vessel) and
production (wholesale or retail)
activities. The information collected in
the COAR is used to determine the
value of Alaska’s fisheries resources and
products. NMFS uses the COAR
database in annual Federal publications
on the value of U.S. commercial
fisheries, in the annual NMFS Stock
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation
reports for the groundfish fisheries of
the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and
the Gulf of Alaska, and in periodic
reports that describe the fisheries and
that serve as reference documents to
management agencies, the industry, and
others.
The mothership and catcher processor
data, when added to the COAR
information collected from shoreside
processors and stationary floating
processors required under State of
Alaska requirements, yield a complete
database of equivalent annual product
value information for all respective
processing sectors. The information also
provides a consistent time series
according to which groundfish
resources may be managed more
efficiently. Use of the information
generated by the COAR is coordinated
between NMFS and the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G).
The COAR must be submitted by
April 1 to the ADF&G for the previous
year’s activity for all operations that are
required to submit a COAR. NMFS
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requires the owner of a mothership or
catcher processor to annually complete
and submit the appropriate forms of the
COAR, whether the processor operated
that year or not. If no receipt or
production took place for that year, the
owner submits only the COAR
certification page.
The COAR requires submission of
information on seafood purchasing,
production, and both ex-vessel and
wholesale values of seafood products.
The buying information is reported by
species, area of purchase, condition of
fisheries resources at the time of
purchase, type of gear used in the
harvest, pounds purchased, and exvessel value. The ex-vessel value
includes any post-season adjustments or
bonuses paid after the fish was
purchased. The production information
is reported by species, area of
processing, process type (e.g., frozen,
canned, smoked), product type (e.g.,
fillets, surimi, sections), net weight of
the processed product, and the first
wholesale value.
II. Method of Collection
The COAR is available in fillable PDF,
Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel
formats on the ADF&G Commercial Fish
Reporting web page at https://
www.adfg.alaska.gov/
index.cfm?adfg=fishlicense.coar and
may be emailed or printed and mailed
to the ADF&G.
There is also a mechanism in
eLandings (elandings.alaska.gov) that
enables authorized users to generate a
spreadsheet of data that includes their
production information along with
COAR reporting areas. This information
can be used to verify production
information that needs to be entered in
the COAR, but is not a substitute for it.
Instructions on how to generate COAR
data from eLandings can be found on
the same web page as the COAR form.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0428.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
98.
Estimated Time per Response:
Commercial Operator’s Annual Report:
8 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 784 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $392.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
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Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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.
[FR Doc. 2021–00301 Filed 1–8–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XA751]
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a meeting of the Law Enforcement
Advisory Panel to obtain feedback and
recommendations on items related to
SUMMARY:
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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; Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
AGENCY: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice. Request for comment.
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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 March 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648-0428 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
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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 Gabrielle Aberle, 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Regional
Office, is requesting renewal of the currently approved information
collection for the Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR).
The COAR is a State of Alaska report that is required to be
completed and submitted by direct marketers, catcher processors,
catcher exporters, buyer exporters, shore-based processors, and
floating processor permit holders pursuant to Alaska Administrative
Code (5 AAC 39.130) and 50 CFR 679. Under 50 CFR 679.5(p), NMFS
requires motherships and catcher processors that are issued a Federal
fisheries permit to annually complete and submit the appropriate
sections of the COAR.
The COAR is used to gather statewide fish and shellfish information
describing buying (ex-vessel) and production (wholesale or retail)
activities. The information collected in the COAR is used to determine
the value of Alaska's fisheries resources and products. NMFS uses the
COAR database in annual Federal publications on the value of U.S.
commercial fisheries, in the annual NMFS Stock Assessment and Fishery
Evaluation reports for the groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands and the Gulf of Alaska, and in periodic reports that
describe the fisheries and that serve as reference documents to
management agencies, the industry, and others.
The mothership and catcher processor data, when added to the COAR
information collected from shoreside processors and stationary floating
processors required under State of Alaska requirements, yield a
complete database of equivalent annual product value information for
all respective processing sectors. The information also provides a
consistent time series according to which groundfish resources may be
managed more efficiently. Use of the information generated by the COAR
is coordinated between NMFS and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
(ADF&G).
The COAR must be submitted by April 1 to the ADF&G for the previous
year's activity for all operations that are required to submit a COAR.
NMFS requires the owner of a mothership or catcher processor to
annually complete and submit the appropriate forms of the COAR, whether
the processor operated that year or not. If no receipt or production
took place for that year, the owner submits only the COAR certification
page.
The COAR requires submission of information on seafood purchasing,
production, and both ex-vessel and wholesale values of seafood
products. The buying information is reported by species, area of
purchase, condition of fisheries resources at the time of purchase,
type of gear used in the harvest, pounds purchased, and ex-vessel
value. The ex-vessel value includes any post-season adjustments or
bonuses paid after the fish was purchased. The production information
is reported by species, area of processing, process type (e.g., frozen,
canned, smoked), product type (e.g., fillets, surimi, sections), net
weight of the processed product, and the first wholesale value.
II. Method of Collection
The COAR is available in fillable PDF, Microsoft Word, and
Microsoft Excel formats on the ADF&G Commercial Fish Reporting web page
at https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishlicense.coar and may
be emailed or printed and mailed to the ADF&G.
There is also a mechanism in eLandings (elandings.alaska.gov) that
enables authorized users to generate a spreadsheet of data that
includes their production information along with COAR reporting areas.
This information can be used to verify production information that
needs to be entered in the COAR, but is not a substitute for it.
Instructions on how to generate COAR data from eLandings can be found
on the same web page as the COAR form.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648-0428.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 98.
Estimated Time per Response: Commercial Operator's Annual Report: 8
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 784 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $392.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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.
[FR Doc. 2021-00301 Filed 1-8-21; 8:45 am]
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