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will remain the same and appropriate,
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Catherine Marzin,
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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; West Coast Region Gear
Identification Requirements
The Department of Commerce will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication
of this notice. We invite 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. Public
comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on January 25,
2021, (86 FR 6873) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Marine Fisheries
Service.
Title: West Coast Region Gear
Identification Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0352.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
current information collection.
Number of Respondents: 942.
Average Hours per Response: 15
minutes per marking.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 848.
Needs and Uses: 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
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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
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.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Frequency: Every 5 years.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660.12.
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 0648–0352.
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; West Coast Region Gear Identification Requirements
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite 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. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on January 25, 2021, (86 FR 6873) during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
Agency: National Marine Fisheries Service.
Title: West Coast Region Gear Identification Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0352.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a current information collection.
Number of Respondents: 942.
Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes per marking.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 848.
Needs and Uses: 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 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. Regulation-compliant fishermen ultimately benefit from
these requirements, as unauthorized and illegal fishing is deterred,
and more burdensome regulations are avoided.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Every 5 years.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660.12.
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 0648-0352.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
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