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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Alaska Halibut Fisheries:
Charter
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 September
28, 2023, during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Alaska Halibut Fisheries:
Charter.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0575.
Form Number(s): None.
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Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 560.
Average Hours per Response:
Application for Annual Registration of
CHPs: 15 minutes; Application for
Military CHP: 30 minutes; Application
for Transfer of CHP: 2 hours;
Application for Transfer (Lease)
Between IFQ and GAF: 1.5 hours; GAF
Landing Report: 5 minutes; GAF Permit
Log: 2 minutes; ADF&G Saltwater Sport
Fishing Charter Trip Logbook: 4
minutes; and Appeals: 4 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,876
hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska
Region, is requesting extension of a
currently approved information
collection for the Pacific halibut charter
fishery off Alaska.
Management of and regulations for
Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus
stenolepis) in Alaska are developed on
the international, Federal, and state
levels by the International Pacific
Halibut Commission (IPHC), the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council,
the NMFS Alaska Region, and the State
of Alaska Department of Fish and Game
(ADF&G). The IPHC and NMFS manage
fishing for Pacific halibut through
regulations established under authority
of the Convention between the United
States Halibut Fishery of the Northern
Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, the
Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (16
U.S.C. 773), and section 303(b) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
NMFS manages the charter halibut
fishery off Alaska under the Charter
Halibut Limited Access Program
(CHLAP; 75 FR 554, January 5, 2010)
and the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing
Plan (CSP; 78 FR 75844, December 12,
2013). This information collection is
necessary for NMFS to manage and
administer the charter halibut fishery
under the CHLAP and the CSP.
Regulations that implement this
information collection are at 50 CFR 300
subpart E and 50 CFR 679.5(l)(7).
Information on the CHLAP and the CSP
is on the NMFS Alaska Region website
at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/
alaska/resources-fishing/sport-halibutfishing-alaska.
The CHLAP established new Federal
Charter Halibut Permits (CHPs) for
operators in the sport charter halibut
fishery in IPHC regulatory Areas 2C
(Southeast Alaska) and 3A (Central Gulf
of Alaska). All charter halibut vessel
operators in Areas 2C and 3A with
clients on board must have a valid CHP
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on board during every charter vessel
fishing trip. As the period to obtain a
CHP, other than a military CHP or
community CHP, ended in 2010, CHPs
may now only be obtained through
transfer. This information collection
contains the applications used to
annually register CHPs, to apply for new
military CHPs, and to transfer CHPs.
The application for a community CHP is
approved under OMB Control Number
0648–0665. Information collected by
these applications includes permit
holder information or applicant
information, and depending on the
form, may include CHP identification,
CHP ownership information and
affiliation, a survey question on the use
of the CHP, and transaction information
for transfer of a CHP.
The CSP authorizes annual transfers
of commercial halibut individual fishing
quota (IFQ) as guided angler fish (GAF)
to qualified CHP holders for harvest by
charter vessel anglers in Area 2C or 3A.
GAF enables CHP holders to lease a
limited amount of IFQ from commercial
quota shareholders to allow charter
vessel anglers to harvest halibut in
addition to, or instead of, the halibut
harvested under the daily bag limit for
charter anglers.
This information collection includes
the application used to transfer Area 2C
or 3A commercial halibut IFQ to a CHP
holder for use as GAF or for the CHP
holder to return unused GAF to the IFQ
permit holder from which it was
obtained. Information collected by this
application includes permit holder
information, IFQ permit information,
CHP information, GAF permit
information, and transaction
information. NMFS, on approving the
transfer of IFQ to GAF, issues a GAF
permit, which authorizes the holder to
allow charter vessel anglers to retain
GAF halibut caught in the IPHC
regulatory area specified on the permit.
This information collection also
includes the GAF landing report and the
GAF permit log. The GAF landing report
is submitted by GAF permit holders and
collects information on each GAF
halibut retained by an angler on a
charter vessel fishing trip in Area 2C or
3A. The GAF permit log is printed on
the back of each GAF permit and is used
by the permit holder to record the GAF
landing report confirmation number and
information on GAF halibut after a trip
in which GAF halibut were retained.
If a GAF permit holder is unable to
submit the GAF landings report
electronically due to hardware,
software, or internet failure for a period
longer than the required reporting time,
or a correction must be made to
information already submitted, the
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permit holder must contact NOAA OLE
by telephone. This information
collection is revised to include a form
for the non-electronic (manual) GAF
landing report. This form will help
streamline the submission of manual
landing information for GAF permit
holders and NOAA Office for Law
Enforcement, and help ensure the
correct information is submitted on
time. The time and cost burden for the
manual GAF landing report form
remains the same as the previous
estimates for the GAF landing report
because the estimates allow for
differences needed to complete and
submit the report.
This information collection includes
the logbook reporting requirements for
the charter halibut fishery. The charter
halibut sector in Areas 2C and 3A is
managed to charter catch limits
established under the CSP. Charter
operators are required to record all
halibut caught and kept by charter
vessel anglers in the ADF&G Saltwater
Charter Logbook. Logbook reporting is
the basis for estimating annual charter
harvests of halibut relative to the charter
catch limits.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: Annually; As needed.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain Benefits, Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The Northern Pacific
Halibut Act of 1982 (16 U.S.C. 773c);
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
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
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Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function and
entering either the title of the collection
or the OMB Control Number 0648–0575.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs,
Commerce Department.
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Pacific Island Pelagic Fisheries; False
Killer Whale Take Reduction Plan; New
Trigger Value for Southern Exclusion
Zone Closure
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) of 1972, and the False Killer
Whale Take Reduction Plan, NMFS is
publishing a new trigger value for the
Southern Exclusion Zone (SEZ) closure.
The new trigger is three observed
mortality or serious injuries of false
killer whales incidental to the deep-set
longline fishery within the U.S.
Exclusive Economic Zone.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elena Duke, NMFS Pacific Islands
Region, (808) 725–5134, elena.duke@
noaa.gov; or Kristy Long, NMFS Office
of Protected Resources, (301) 427–8402,
Kristy.Long@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
Pursuant to section 118(f) of the
MMPA, on December 31, 2012, NMFS
implemented the False Killer Whale
Take Reduction Plan (Plan). The Plan
establishes a framework to reduce the
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level of incidental mortality and serious
injury (M/SI) of the Hawaii pelagic and
Hawaii insular stocks of false killer
whales in the Hawaii longline fisheries
(77 FR 71260; November 29, 2012).
In accordance with the Plan, NMFS
issued regulations to establish the SEZ
(50 CFR 229.37(d)(2)). These regulations
require NMFS to close the SEZ to deepset longline fishing when a certain
number (trigger) of false killer whale M/
SI are observed in the deep-set longline
fishery in the U.S. Exclusive Economic
Zone (EEZ). As described in the Plan
regulations, the SEZ is bounded on the
east at 154°30′ W longitude, on the west
at 165° W longitude, on the north by the
boundaries of the Main Hawaiian
Islands Longline Fishing Prohibited
Area and Papaha¯naumokua¯kea Marine
National Monument, and on the south
by the EEZ boundary (see fig. 1). The
SEZ trigger is defined in § 229.37(e)(2)
as the larger of either of these 2 values:
(i) 2 observed M/SI of false killer whales
within the EEZ around Hawaii, or (ii)
the smallest number of observed false
killer whale M/SI that, when
extrapolated based on the percentage
observer coverage in the deep-set
longline fishery for that year, exceeds
the Hawaii pelagic false killer whale
stock’s potential biological removal
(PBR). For the first year of the Plan’s
implementation, NMFS established the
trigger value as 2 observed false killer
whale M/SI by the deep-set longline
fishery within the EEZ around Hawaii
(77 FR 71259, November 29, 2012),
based on the PBR level of 9.1 for the
Hawaii pelagic stock of false killer
whales, as calculated in the draft 2012
Stock Assessment Report (SAR)
(Carretta et al., 2012). The Plan specifies
the trigger value (2) will remain valid
until NMFS publishes a new trigger
value in the Federal Register
(§ 229.37(e)(1)). NMFS published a new
trigger value on December 15, 2020
following a change in the abundance
estimate, which changed the trigger
value from 2 to 4 observed M/SI of false
killer whales (85 FR 81184, December
15, 2020).
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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; Alaska Halibut Fisheries: Charter
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 September 28, 2023, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
Title: Alaska Halibut Fisheries: Charter.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0575.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 560.
Average Hours per Response: Application for Annual Registration of
CHPs: 15 minutes; Application for Military CHP: 30 minutes; Application
for Transfer of CHP: 2 hours; Application for Transfer (Lease) Between
IFQ and GAF: 1.5 hours; GAF Landing Report: 5 minutes; GAF Permit Log:
2 minutes; ADF&G Saltwater Sport Fishing Charter Trip Logbook: 4
minutes; and Appeals: 4 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,876 hours.
Needs and Uses: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS),
Alaska Region, is requesting extension of a currently approved
information collection for the Pacific halibut charter fishery off
Alaska.
Management of and regulations for Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus
stenolepis) in Alaska are developed on the international, Federal, and
state levels by the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC),
the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, the NMFS Alaska Region,
and the State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G). The IPHC
and NMFS manage fishing for Pacific halibut through regulations
established under authority of the Convention between the United States
Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, the
Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (16 U.S.C. 773), and section
303(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
NMFS manages the charter halibut fishery off Alaska under the
Charter Halibut Limited Access Program (CHLAP; 75 FR 554, January 5,
2010) and the Pacific Halibut Catch Sharing Plan (CSP; 78 FR 75844,
December 12, 2013). This information collection is necessary for NMFS
to manage and administer the charter halibut fishery under the CHLAP
and the CSP. Regulations that implement this information collection are
at 50 CFR 300 subpart E and 50 CFR 679.5(l)(7). Information on the
CHLAP and the CSP is on the NMFS Alaska Region website at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/resources-fishing/sport-halibut-fishing-alaska.
The CHLAP established new Federal Charter Halibut Permits (CHPs)
for operators in the sport charter halibut fishery in IPHC regulatory
Areas 2C (Southeast Alaska) and 3A (Central Gulf of Alaska). All
charter halibut vessel operators in Areas 2C and 3A with clients on
board must have a valid CHP on board during every charter vessel
fishing trip. As the period to obtain a CHP, other than a military CHP
or community CHP, ended in 2010, CHPs may now only be obtained through
transfer. This information collection contains the applications used to
annually register CHPs, to apply for new military CHPs, and to transfer
CHPs. The application for a community CHP is approved under OMB Control
Number 0648-0665. Information collected by these applications includes
permit holder information or applicant information, and depending on
the form, may include CHP identification, CHP ownership information and
affiliation, a survey question on the use of the CHP, and transaction
information for transfer of a CHP.
The CSP authorizes annual transfers of commercial halibut
individual fishing quota (IFQ) as guided angler fish (GAF) to qualified
CHP holders for harvest by charter vessel anglers in Area 2C or 3A. GAF
enables CHP holders to lease a limited amount of IFQ from commercial
quota shareholders to allow charter vessel anglers to harvest halibut
in addition to, or instead of, the halibut harvested under the daily
bag limit for charter anglers.
This information collection includes the application used to
transfer Area 2C or 3A commercial halibut IFQ to a CHP holder for use
as GAF or for the CHP holder to return unused GAF to the IFQ permit
holder from which it was obtained. Information collected by this
application includes permit holder information, IFQ permit information,
CHP information, GAF permit information, and transaction information.
NMFS, on approving the transfer of IFQ to GAF, issues a GAF permit,
which authorizes the holder to allow charter vessel anglers to retain
GAF halibut caught in the IPHC regulatory area specified on the permit.
This information collection also includes the GAF landing report
and the GAF permit log. The GAF landing report is submitted by GAF
permit holders and collects information on each GAF halibut retained by
an angler on a charter vessel fishing trip in Area 2C or 3A. The GAF
permit log is printed on the back of each GAF permit and is used by the
permit holder to record the GAF landing report confirmation number and
information on GAF halibut after a trip in which GAF halibut were
retained.
If a GAF permit holder is unable to submit the GAF landings report
electronically due to hardware, software, or internet failure for a
period longer than the required reporting time, or a correction must be
made to information already submitted, the
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permit holder must contact NOAA OLE by telephone. This information
collection is revised to include a form for the non-electronic (manual)
GAF landing report. This form will help streamline the submission of
manual landing information for GAF permit holders and NOAA Office for
Law Enforcement, and help ensure the correct information is submitted
on time. The time and cost burden for the manual GAF landing report
form remains the same as the previous estimates for the GAF landing
report because the estimates allow for differences needed to complete
and submit the report.
This information collection includes the logbook reporting
requirements for the charter halibut fishery. The charter halibut
sector in Areas 2C and 3A is managed to charter catch limits
established under the CSP. Charter operators are required to record all
halibut caught and kept by charter vessel anglers in the ADF&G
Saltwater Charter Logbook. Logbook reporting is the basis for
estimating annual charter harvests of halibut relative to the charter
catch limits.
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations.
Frequency: Annually; As needed.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits,
Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (16
U.S.C. 773c); Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
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 0648-0575.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
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