[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 29038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13337]
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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.
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Reporting of Sea Turtle Entanglement in Fishing Gear or
Marine Debris.
OMB Control Number: 0648-0496.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 111.
Average Hours per Response: Reports and Sea Turtle Disentanglement
Network responses, 1 hour each; interviews of fishermen, 30 minutes.
Burden Hours: 165.
Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Sea turtles can become accidentally entangled in active or
discarded fishing gear, marine debris, or other line in the marine
environment. Entanglement has the potential to cause serious injury or
mortality, which would negatively impact the recovery of endangered and
threatened sea turtle populations. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
established the Sea Turtle Disentanglement Network (STDN) to respond to
these entanglement events, in particular those involving the vertical
line of fixed gear fisheries. The STDN's goals are to increase
reporting, to reduce serious injury and mortality to sea turtles, and
to collect information that can be used for mitigation of these
threats. As there is limited observer coverage of fixed gear fisheries,
the STDN data are invaluable to NMFS in understanding the threat of
entanglement and working towards mitigation.
Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions; business or other
for-profit organizations; individuals or households; Federal government
and state, local and tribal governments.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
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: June 21, 2017.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-13337 Filed 6-26-17; 8:45 am]
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