[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 248 (Monday, December 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 80754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32542]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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: International Billfish Angler Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0020.
    Form Number(s): NOAA 88-10.
    Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved 
information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 42.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently 
approved information collection.
    The International Billfish Angler Survey began in 1969 and is an 
integral part of the Billfish Research Program at the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Southwest Fisheries Science 
Center (SWFSC). The survey tracks recreational angler fishing catch and 
effort for billfish in the Pacific and Indian Oceans in support of the 
Pacific and Western Pacific Fishery Management Councils, authorized 
under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management and Act 
(MSA). The data are used by scientists and fishery managers to assist 
with assessing the status of billfish stocks. The survey is intended 
for anglers cooperating in the Billfish Program and is entirely 
voluntary. This survey is specific to recreational anglers fishing for 
Istiophorid and Xiphiid billfish in the Pacific and Indian Oceans; as 
such it provides the only estimates of catch per unit of effort for 
recreational billfish fishing in those areas.
    Affected Public:
    Frequency:
    Respondent's Obligation:
    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 fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: December 21, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-32542 Filed 12-24-15; 8:45 am]
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