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(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 26, 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–
0352 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 Keeley
Kent, (206) 247–8252 or keeley.kent@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
The success of fisheries management
programs depends significantly on
regulatory compliance. The
requirements that fishing gear be
marked are essential to facilitate
enforcement. The ability to link fishing
gear to the vessel owner or operator is
crucial to enforcement of regulations
issued under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act. The
marking of fishing gear is also valuable
in actions concerning damage, loss, and
civil proceedings. The regulations
specify that fishing gear must be marked
with the vessel’s official number,
Federal permit or tag number, or some
other specified form of identification.
The regulations further specify how the
gear is to be marked (e.g., location and
color). Law enforcement personnel rely
on gear marking information to assure
compliance with fisheries management
regulations. Gear that is not properly
identified is confiscated. Gear violations
are more readily prosecuted when the
gear is marked, and this allows for more
cost-effective enforcement. Gear
marking helps ensure that a vessel
harvests fish only from its own traps/
pots/other gear and the gear are not
illegally placed. Cooperating fishermen
also use the gear marking numbers to
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report suspicious or non-compliant
activities that they observe, and to
report placement or occurrence of gear
in unauthorized areas. The identifying
number on fishing gear is used by the
National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), the United States Coast Guard
(USCG), and other marine agencies in
issuing regulations, prosecutions, and
other enforcement actions necessary to
support sustainable fisheries behaviors
as intended in regulations. Regulationcompliant fishermen ultimately benefit
from these requirements, as
unauthorized and illegal fishing is
deterred, and more burdensome
regulations are avoided.
II. Method of Collection
The physical marking of fishing buoys
is done by fishermen in the Pacific
Coast Groundfish Fishery according to
regulation.
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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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0352.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
extension of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
811.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes per gear marking.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,236 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $3,236.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660.12.
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
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Interagency Working Group on Illegal,
Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing;
Reopening of Comment Period
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Reopening of public comment
period.
AGENCY:
On December 16, 2020, NMFS
requested input on the Work Plan of the
Interagency Working Group on Illegal,
Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing.
That notice requested comments by
January 15, 2021. NMFS received
comments requesting that the comment
period be extended. We are reopening
the comment period to fulfill the request
and provide additional time to submit
comments.
DATES: Information should be received
on or before February 24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Information may be
submitted electronically to iuu.fishing@
noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mi
Ae Kim, phone 301–427–8365 or email
mi.ae.kim@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Maritime Security and Fisheries
Enforcement Act (Maritime SAFE Act)
became law on December 20, 2019. The
overarching purpose of the Maritime
SAFE Act is to support a whole-ofgovernment approach across the Federal
government to counter illegal,
unreported, and unregulated (IUU)
fishing and related threats to maritime
security. It seeks to achieve this through
a number of means, including: Improve
data sharing that enhances surveillance,
enforcement, and prosecution against
SUMMARY:
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IUU fishing and related activities;
support coordination and collaboration
to counter IUU fishing within priority
regions; and increase and improve
global transparency and traceability
across the seafood supply chain to deter
IUU fishing and strengthen fisheries
management and food security; improve
global enforcement operations against
IUU fishing; and prevent the use of IUU
fishing as a financing source for
transnational organized crime groups.
Part II of the Maritime SAFE Act calls
for the establishment of the Interagency
Working Group on IUU Fishing,
specifying the chair and agency
membership in the Working Group, as
well as the Working Group’s
responsibilities. This Working Group
met for the first time in June 2020.
NOAA is chair of this Working Group
for its first 3 years, joined by the U.S.
Department of State and U.S. Coast
Guard as deputy chairs.
The Working Group has developed its
Work Plan, a living document that will
serve as the basis for a 5-year strategic
plan that is due to Congress by the end
of calendar year 2021. In this Work
Plan, the Working Group identified
ongoing existing activities, as well as
new lines of effort, that comprise the
initial focus of Federal government
actions under the purview of the
Working Group. Many of the new
activities proposed in the Work Plan
emphasize the use of maritime
intelligence and the involvement of
military departments to support efforts
to combat IUU fishing. The Work Plan
can be found here: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/
maritime-safe-act-interagency-workinggroup-iuu-fishing.
The Working Group is exploring
potential ways in which the government
and private sector stakeholders can
work together to combat IUU fishing
and enhance maritime security. We are
interested to hear from the seafood
industry, non-governmental
organizations, and other stakeholders
that are engaged in efforts to combat
IUU fishing. We welcome comments in
relation to the Work Plan, particularly
any responses to the following
questions:
• Which activities in the Work Plan
are connected to the expertise or
interests of your organization related to
combating IUU fishing?
• What kinds of distinctive
capabilities or capacities could your
organization bring to the activities in the
Work Plan?
• Which specific activities could
serve as the basis for a partnership
between your organization and
particular Federal agencies?
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• Are there specific geographic
regions or seafood industry sectors (e.g.,
harvesting, processing, or trade) where
your organization focuses efforts to
build capacity in combating IUU fishing
that could be tied to activities in the
Work Plan?
• Which elements in the Work Plan
do you see as priorities to include in the
5-year Strategic Plan of the Working
Group?
Dated: January 19, 2021.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs and
Seafood Inspection, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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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; National Saltwater Angler
Registry and State Exemption Program
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 March 26, 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–
0578 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 Lauren
Dolinger Few, National Marine Fisheries
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Service, Office of Science and
Technology, 1315 East-West Hwy./
FST1, Silver Spring, MD 21910, Phone:
(301) 427–8127 lauren.dolinger.few@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This request is for extension of a
currently approved collection. The
National Saltwater Angler Registry
Program (Registry Program) was
established to implement
recommendations included in the
review of national saltwater angling data
collection programs conducted by the
National Research Council (NRC) in
2005/2006, and the provisions of the
Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Act,
codified at Section 401(g) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA), which require the Secretary of
Commerce to commence improvements
to recreational fisheries surveys,
including establishing a national
saltwater angler and for-hire vessel
registry, by January 1, 2009. A final rule
that includes regulatory measures to
implement the Registry Program (RIN
0648–AW10) was adopted and codified
in 50 CFR 600, subpart P.
The Registry Program collects
identification and contact information
from those anglers and for-hire vessels
who are involved in recreational fishing
in the United States Exclusive Economic
Zone or for anadromous fish in any
waters, unless the anglers or vessels are
exempted from the registration
requirement. Data collected includes—
for anglers: Name, address, date of birth,
telephone contact information and
region(s) of the country in which they
fish; for for-hire vessels: Owner and
operator name, address, date of birth,
telephone contact information, vessel
name and registration/documentation
number and home port or primary
operating area. This information is
compiled into a national and/or series of
regional registries that is being used to
support surveys of recreational anglers
and for-hire vessels to develop estimates
of recreational angling effort.
II. Method of Collection
Persons may register online at a
NOAA-maintained website. Registration
cards, valid for one year from the date
of issuance, are mailed to registrants.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0578.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RTID 0648-XA826
Interagency Working Group on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated
Fishing; Reopening of Comment Period
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Reopening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On December 16, 2020, NMFS requested input on the Work Plan of
the Interagency Working Group on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated
Fishing. That notice requested comments by January 15, 2021. NMFS
received comments requesting that the comment period be extended. We
are reopening the comment period to fulfill the request and provide
additional time to submit comments.
DATES: Information should be received on or before February 24, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Information may be submitted electronically to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mi Ae Kim, phone 301-427-8365 or email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Maritime Security and Fisheries
Enforcement Act (Maritime SAFE Act) became law on December 20, 2019.
The overarching purpose of the Maritime SAFE Act is to support a whole-
of-government approach across the Federal government to counter
illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and related threats
to maritime security. It seeks to achieve this through a number of
means, including: Improve data sharing that enhances surveillance,
enforcement, and prosecution against
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IUU fishing and related activities; support coordination and
collaboration to counter IUU fishing within priority regions; and
increase and improve global transparency and traceability across the
seafood supply chain to deter IUU fishing and strengthen fisheries
management and food security; improve global enforcement operations
against IUU fishing; and prevent the use of IUU fishing as a financing
source for transnational organized crime groups.
Part II of the Maritime SAFE Act calls for the establishment of the
Interagency Working Group on IUU Fishing, specifying the chair and
agency membership in the Working Group, as well as the Working Group's
responsibilities. This Working Group met for the first time in June
2020. NOAA is chair of this Working Group for its first 3 years, joined
by the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Coast Guard as deputy chairs.
The Working Group has developed its Work Plan, a living document
that will serve as the basis for a 5-year strategic plan that is due to
Congress by the end of calendar year 2021. In this Work Plan, the
Working Group identified ongoing existing activities, as well as new
lines of effort, that comprise the initial focus of Federal government
actions under the purview of the Working Group. Many of the new
activities proposed in the Work Plan emphasize the use of maritime
intelligence and the involvement of military departments to support
efforts to combat IUU fishing. The Work Plan can be found here: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/maritime-safe-act-interagency-working-group-iuu-fishing.
The Working Group is exploring potential ways in which the
government and private sector stakeholders can work together to combat
IUU fishing and enhance maritime security. We are interested to hear
from the seafood industry, non-governmental organizations, and other
stakeholders that are engaged in efforts to combat IUU fishing. We
welcome comments in relation to the Work Plan, particularly any
responses to the following questions:
Which activities in the Work Plan are connected to the
expertise or interests of your organization related to combating IUU
fishing?
What kinds of distinctive capabilities or capacities could
your organization bring to the activities in the Work Plan?
Which specific activities could serve as the basis for a
partnership between your organization and particular Federal agencies?
Are there specific geographic regions or seafood industry
sectors (e.g., harvesting, processing, or trade) where your
organization focuses efforts to build capacity in combating IUU fishing
that could be tied to activities in the Work Plan?
Which elements in the Work Plan do you see as priorities
to include in the 5-year Strategic Plan of the Working Group?
Dated: January 19, 2021.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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