[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 30541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12190]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Foreign Fishing Vessel Permits, Vessel, and Gear 
Identification, and Reporting Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0075.
    Form Number(s): NA.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a current 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 7.
    Average Hours per Response: Activity reports and weekly reports, 6 
minutes; logbooks and internal waters operations, 30 minutes each; 
directed fishing applications and joint venture applications, 2 hours 
each; transshipment applications, 45 minutes; vessel marking, 45 
minutes; gear marking, 1 hour.
    Burden Hours: 82.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current 
information collection. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
issues permits, under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; MSA), to foreign fishing 
vessels fishing or operating in U.S. waters. MSA and associated 
regulations at 50 CFR Part 600 requires applications for the permits, 
vessels and certain gear be marked for identification purposes, and for 
permit holders to report their fishing effort and catch or, when 
processing fish, amount and locations of fish received from U.S. 
vessels. These requirements apply to all foreign vessels fishing, 
transshipping, or processing fish in U.S. waters. Information is 
collected from persons who operate a foreign fishing vessel in U.S. 
waters to participate in a directed fishery or joint venture operation, 
transship fish harvested by a U.S. vessel to a location outside the 
U.S., or process fish in internal waters. Each person may be required 
to submit information for a permit, mark their vessels and gear, or 
submit information about their fishing activities. To facilitate 
observer coverage, foreign fishing vessel operators must provide a 
quarterly schedule of fishing effort and upon request must also provide 
observers with copies of any required records. For foreign fishing 
vessels that process fish in internal waters, the information collected 
varies somewhat from other foreign fishing vessels that participate in 
a directed fishery or a joint venture operation. In particular these 
vessels may not be required to provide a permit application or mark 
their vessels. The information submitted in applications is used to 
determine whether permits should be used to authorize directed foreign 
fishing, participation in joint ventures with U.S. vessels, or 
transshipments of fish or fish products within U.S. waters. The display 
of identifying numbers on vessels and gear aids in fishery law 
enforcement and allows other fishermen to report suspicious activity. 
Reporting of fishing activities allows monitoring of fish received by 
foreign vessels.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually and on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: May 21, 2014.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-12190 Filed 5-27-14; 8:45 am]
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