80 FR 75977 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Recreational Landings and Bluefin Tuna Catch Reports

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 234 (December 7, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-30692

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic Highly 
Migratory Species Recreational Landings and Bluefin Tuna Catch Reports

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 5, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet 
at [email protected]).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Margo Schulze-Haugen, (301) 427-8503 or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This request is for extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Catch reporting from recreational and commercial hand-gear 
fisheries provides important data used to monitor catches of Atlantic 
highly migratory species (HMS) and supplements other existing data 
collection programs. Data collected through this program are used for 
both domestic and international fisheries management and stock 
assessment purposes.
    Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) catch reporting provides real-time 
catch information used to monitor the BFT fishery. Under the Atlantic 
Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (ATCA, 16 U.S.C. 971), the United States 
is required to adopt regulations, as necessary and appropriate, to 
implement recommendations of the International Commission for the 
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), including recommendations on a 
specified BFT quota. BFT catch reporting helps the U.S. monitor this 
quota and supports scientific research consistent with ATCA and the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). Recreational anglers and 
commercial hand-gear fishermen are required to report specific 
information regarding their catch of BFT.
    Atlantic billfish and swordfish are managed internationally by 
ICCAT and nationally under ATCA and the Magnuson-Stevens Act. This 
collection provides information needed to monitor the recreational 
catch of Atlantic blue and white marlin, which is applied to the 
recreational limit established by ICCAT, and the recreational catch of 
North Atlantic swordfish, which is applied to the U.S. quota 
established by ICCAT. This collection also provides information on 
recreational landings of West Atlantic sailfish which is unavailable 
from other established monitoring programs. Collection of sailfish 
catch information is authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Act for 
purposes of stock management.

II. Method of Collection

    Respondents reporting BFT catch in states (and the United States 
Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico) other than Maryland and North Carolina 
may use either an internet Web site or a toll-free telephone number. 
Respondents reporting Atlantic marlin, West Atlantic sailfish, or North 
Atlantic swordfish in states (and the United States Virgin Islands and 
Puerto Rico) other than Maryland or North Carolina may use either an 
internet Web site or a toll-free telephone number to report landings 
information. In Maryland and North Carolina, a paper reporting system 
is used for all of the aforementioned species. Under state law, 
respondents in Maryland and North Carolina must submit a landing card 
at a state-operated reporting station. States that participate in a 
landing card program must submit weekly reports and one annual report 
to NOAA to summarize landings and results to date.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0648-0328.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations; 
individuals or households; and State, Local, or Tribal government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,527.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes for an initial call-in or 
internet report; 5 minutes for a confirmation call; 10 minutes for a 
landing card; 1 hour for a weekly state report; and 4 hours for an 
annual state report.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,190.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 in recordkeeping/
reporting costs.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information

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on respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: December 1, 2015.
Sarah Brabson,
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
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• Representatives of a business- ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments monitoring programs. Collection of
owned or co-owned vessel must bring to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental sailfish catch information is authorized
proof that the individual is an agent of Paperwork Clearance Officer, under the Magnuson-Stevens Act for
the business (such as articles of Department of Commerce, Room 6616, purposes of stock management.
incorporation), a copy of the applicable 14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
II. Method of Collection
swordfish and/or shark permit(s), and Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
proof of identification. Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). Respondents reporting BFT catch in
• Vessel operators must bring proof of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: states (and the United States Virgin
identification. Requests for additional information or Islands and Puerto Rico) other than
copies of the information collection Maryland and North Carolina may use
Workshop Objectives either an internet Web site or a toll-free
instrument and instructions should be
The Protected Species Safe Handling, directed to Margo Schulze-Haugen, telephone number. Respondents
Release, and Identification Workshops (301) 427–8503 or Margo.Schulze- reporting Atlantic marlin, West Atlantic
are designed to teach longline and Haugen@noaa.gov. sailfish, or North Atlantic swordfish in
gillnet fishermen the required states (and the United States Virgin
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
techniques for the safe handling and Islands and Puerto Rico) other than
release of entangled and/or hooked I. Abstract Maryland or North Carolina may use
protected species, such as sea turtles, This request is for extension of a either an internet Web site or a toll-free
marine mammals, and smalltooth currently approved information telephone number to report landings
sawfish. In an effort to improve collection. information. In Maryland and North
reporting, the proper identification of Catch reporting from recreational and Carolina, a paper reporting system is
protected species will also be taught at commercial hand-gear fisheries provides used for all of the aforementioned
these workshops. Additionally, important data used to monitor catches species. Under state law, respondents in
individuals attending these workshops of Atlantic highly migratory species Maryland and North Carolina must
will gain a better understanding of the (HMS) and supplements other existing submit a landing card at a state-operated
requirements for participating in these data collection programs. Data collected reporting station. States that participate
fisheries. The overall goal of these through this program are used for both in a landing card program must submit
workshops is to provide participants domestic and international fisheries weekly reports and one annual report to
with the skills needed to reduce the management and stock assessment NOAA to summarize landings and
mortality of protected species, which purposes. results to date.
may prevent additional regulations on Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) catch III. Data
these fisheries in the future. reporting provides real-time catch
OMB Control Number: 0648–0328.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. information used to monitor the BFT Form Number(s): None.
Dated: December 2, 2015. fishery. Under the Atlantic Tunas Type of Review: Regular submission
Convention Act of 1975 (ATCA, 16 (extension of a currently approved
Alan D. Risenhoover,
U.S.C. 971), the United States is information collection).
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
required to adopt regulations, as Affected Public: Businesses or other
National Marine Fisheries Service.
necessary and appropriate, to for-profit organizations; individuals or
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implement recommendations of the households; and State, Local, or Tribal
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International Commission for the government.
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Estimated Number of Respondents:
including recommendations on a 20,527.
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specified BFT quota. BFT catch Estimated Time per Response: 5
National Oceanic and Atmospheric reporting helps the U.S. monitor this minutes for an initial call-in or internet
Administration quota and supports scientific research report; 5 minutes for a confirmation call;
consistent with ATCA and the 10 minutes for a landing card; 1 hour for
Proposed Information Collection; Magnuson-Stevens Fishery a weekly state report; and 4 hours for an
Comment Request; Atlantic Highly Conservation and Management Act annual state report.
Migratory Species Recreational (Magnuson-Stevens Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 Estimated Total Annual Burden
Landings and Bluefin Tuna Catch et seq.). Recreational anglers and Hours: 2,190.
Reports commercial hand-gear fishermen are Estimated Total Annual Cost to
required to report specific information Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting
AGENCY: National Oceanic and regarding their catch of BFT. costs.
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Atlantic billfish and swordfish are
Commerce. managed internationally by ICCAT and IV. Request for Comments
ACTION: Notice. nationally under ATCA and the Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
Magnuson-Stevens Act. This collection the proposed collection of information
SUMMARY: The Department of provides information needed to monitor is necessary for the proper performance
Commerce, as part of its continuing the recreational catch of Atlantic blue of the functions of the agency, including
effort to reduce paperwork and and white marlin, which is applied to whether the information shall have
respondent burden, invites the general
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the recreational limit established by practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
public and other Federal agencies to ICCAT, and the recreational catch of agency’s estimate of the burden
take this opportunity to comment on North Atlantic swordfish, which is (including hours and cost) of the
proposed and/or continuing information applied to the U.S. quota established by proposed collection of information; (c)
collections, as required by the ICCAT. This collection also provides ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. information on recreational landings of clarity of the information to be
DATES: Written comments must be West Atlantic sailfish which is collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
submitted on or before February 5, 2016. unavailable from other established burden of the collection of information

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on respondents, including through the megabyte file size. Attachments to findings are made and the necessary
use of automated collection techniques electronic comments will be accepted in prescriptions are established.
or other forms of information Microsoft Word or Excel or Adobe PDF The incidental taking of small
technology. file formats only. All comments numbers of marine mammals may be
Comments submitted in response to received are a part of the public record allowed only if NMFS (through
this notice will be summarized and/or and will generally be posted to the authority delegated by the Secretary)
included in the request for OMB Internet at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/ finds that the total taking by the
approval of this information collection; permits/incidental/construction.htm specified activity during the specified
they also will become a matter of public without change. All personal identifying time period will (i) have a negligible
record. information (e.g., name, address) impact on the species or stock(s) and (ii)
Dated: December 1, 2015. voluntarily submitted by the commenter not have an unmitigable adverse impact
may be publicly accessible. Do not on the availability of the species or
Sarah Brabson,
submit confidential business stock(s) for subsistence uses (where
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. relevant). Further, the permissible
information or otherwise sensitive or
[FR Doc. 2015–30692 Filed 12–4–15; 8:45 am] protected information. methods of taking and requirements
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: pertaining to the mitigation, monitoring
Laura McCue, Office of Protected and reporting of such taking must be set
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. forth, either in specific regulations or in
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE an authorization.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The allowance of such incidental
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Availability taking under section 101(a)(5)(A), by
Administration harassment, serious injury, death, or a
An electronic copy of the Navy’s
RIN 0648–XE271 application and supporting documents, combination thereof, requires that
as well as a list of the references cited regulations be established.
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to in this document, may be obtained by Subsequently, a Letter of Authorization
Specified Activities; Taking Marine visiting the Internet at: may be issued pursuant to the
Mammals Incidental to the Bravo www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/permits/ prescriptions established in such
Wharf Recapitalization Project incidental/construction.htm. In case of regulations, providing that the level of
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries problems accessing these documents, taking will be consistent with the
please call the contact listed above. findings made for the total taking
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
allowable under the specific regulations.
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Policy Act Under section 101(a)(5)(D), NMFS may
Commerce.
The Navy has prepared a draft authorize such incidental taking by
ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental
Environmental Assessment (Wharf harassment only, for periods of not more
harassment authorization; request for Bravo Recapitalization at Naval Station than one year, pursuant to requirements
comments. Mayport, Jacksonville, FL) in accordance and conditions contained within an
SUMMARY: NMFS has received a request with the National Environmental Policy IHA. The establishment of prescriptions
from the U.S. Navy (Navy) for Act (NEPA) and the regulations through either specific regulations or an
authorization to take marine mammals published by the Council on authorization requires notice and
incidental to construction activities as Environmental Quality. It is posted at opportunity for public comment.
part of a wharf recapitalization project. the aforementioned site. NMFS will NMFS has defined ‘‘negligible
Pursuant to the Marine Mammal independently evaluate the EA and impact’’ in 50 CFR 216.103 as ‘‘. . . an
Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is determine whether or not to adopt it. impact resulting from the specified
requesting public comment on its We may prepare a separate NEPA activity that cannot be reasonably
proposal to issue an incidental analysis and incorporate relevant expected to, and is not reasonably likely
harassment authorization (IHA) to the portions of Navy’s EA by reference. to, adversely affect the species or stock
Navy to incidentally take marine Information in the Navy’s application, through effects on annual rates of
mammals, by Level B harassment only, EA, and this notice collectively provide recruitment or survival.’’ Except with
during the specified activity. the environmental information related respect to certain activities not pertinent
to proposed issuance of this IHA for here, section 3(18) of the MMPA defines
DATES: Comments and information must
public review and comment. We will ‘‘harassment’’ as: ‘‘. . . any act of
be received no later than January 6,
review all comments submitted in pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i)
2016.
response to this notice as we complete has the potential to injure a marine
ADDRESSES: Comments on this proposal the NEPA process, including a decision mammal or marine mammal stock in the
should be addressed to Jolie Harrison, of whether to sign a Finding of No wild [Level A harassment]; or (ii) has
Chief, Permits and Conservation Significant Impact (FONSI), prior to a the potential to disturb a marine
Division, Office of Protected Resources, final decision on the incidental take mammal or marine mammal stock in the
National Marine Fisheries Service. authorization request. wild by causing disruption of behavioral
Physical comments should be sent to patterns, including, but not limited to,
1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Background
migration, breathing, nursing, breeding,
MD 20910 and electronic comments Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the feeding, or sheltering [Level B
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should be sent to ITP.mccue@noaa.gov. MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) direct harassment].’’
Instructions: NMFS is not responsible the Secretary of Commerce to allow,
for comments sent by any other method, upon request by U.S. citizens who Summary of Request
to any other address or individual, or engage in a specified activity (other than On July 21, 2015, we received a
received after the end of the comment commercial fishing) within a specified request from the Navy for authorization
period. Comments received area, the incidental, but not intentional, of the taking, by Level B harassment
electronically, including all taking of small numbers of marine only, of marine mammals, incidental to
attachments, must not exceed a 25- mammals, providing that certain pile driving in association with the

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Contact		Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Margo Schulze-Haugen, (301) 427-8503 or Margo.Schulze- [email protected]
FR Citation		80 FR 75977

80 FR 75977 - Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Recreational Landings and Bluefin Tuna Catch Reports

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCENational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 234 (December 7, 2015)

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