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(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before March 26, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0352 in the subject line of your 

comments. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Keeley 

Kent, (206) 247–8252 or keeley.kent@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

The success of fisheries management 

programs depends significantly on 

regulatory compliance. The 

requirements that fishing gear be 

marked are essential to facilitate 

enforcement. The ability to link fishing 

gear to the vessel owner or operator is 

crucial to enforcement of regulations 

issued under the authority of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. The 

marking of fishing gear is also valuable 

in actions concerning damage, loss, and 

civil proceedings. The regulations 

specify that fishing gear must be marked 

with the vessel’s official number, 

Federal permit or tag number, or some 

other specified form of identification. 

The regulations further specify how the 

gear is to be marked (e.g., location and 

color). Law enforcement personnel rely 

on gear marking information to assure 

compliance with fisheries management 

regulations. Gear that is not properly 

identified is confiscated. Gear violations 

are more readily prosecuted when the 

gear is marked, and this allows for more 

cost-effective enforcement. Gear 

marking helps ensure that a vessel 

harvests fish only from its own traps/ 

pots/other gear and the gear are not 

illegally placed. Cooperating fishermen 

also use the gear marking numbers to 

report suspicious or non-compliant 

activities that they observe, and to 

report placement or occurrence of gear 

in unauthorized areas. The identifying 

number on fishing gear is used by the 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS), the United States Coast Guard 

(USCG), and other marine agencies in 

issuing regulations, prosecutions, and 

other enforcement actions necessary to 

support sustainable fisheries behaviors 

as intended in regulations. Regulationcompliant fishermen ultimately benefit 

from these requirements, as 

unauthorized and illegal fishing is 

deterred, and more burdensome 

regulations are avoided. 

II. Method of Collection 

The physical marking of fishing buoys 

is done by fishermen in the Pacific 

Coast Groundfish Fishery according to 

regulation. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0352. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

811. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes per gear marking. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,236 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $3,236. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: 50 CFR 660.12. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RTID 0648–XA826 

Interagency Working Group on Illegal, 

Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing; 

Reopening of Comment Period 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Reopening of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: On December 16, 2020, NMFS 

requested input on the Work Plan of the 

Interagency Working Group on Illegal, 

Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing. 

That notice requested comments by 

January 15, 2021. NMFS received 

comments requesting that the comment 

period be extended. We are reopening 

the comment period to fulfill the request 

and provide additional time to submit 

comments. 

DATES: Information should be received 

on or before February 24, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Information may be 

submitted electronically to iuu.fishing@

noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mi 

Ae Kim, phone 301–427–8365 or email 

mi.ae.kim@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Maritime Security and Fisheries 

Enforcement Act (Maritime SAFE Act) 

became law on December 20, 2019. The 

overarching purpose of the Maritime 

SAFE Act is to support a whole-ofgovernment approach across the Federal 

government to counter illegal, 

unreported, and unregulated (IUU) 

fishing and related threats to maritime 

security. It seeks to achieve this through 

a number of means, including: Improve 

data sharing that enhances surveillance, 

enforcement, and prosecution against 


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IUU fishing and related activities; 

support coordination and collaboration 

to counter IUU fishing within priority 

regions; and increase and improve 

global transparency and traceability 

across the seafood supply chain to deter 

IUU fishing and strengthen fisheries 

management and food security; improve 

global enforcement operations against 

IUU fishing; and prevent the use of IUU 

fishing as a financing source for 

transnational organized crime groups. 

Part II of the Maritime SAFE Act calls 

for the establishment of the Interagency 

Working Group on IUU Fishing, 

specifying the chair and agency 

membership in the Working Group, as 

well as the Working Group’s 

responsibilities. This Working Group 

met for the first time in June 2020. 

NOAA is chair of this Working Group 

for its first 3 years, joined by the U.S. 

Department of State and U.S. Coast 

Guard as deputy chairs. 

The Working Group has developed its 

Work Plan, a living document that will 

serve as the basis for a 5-year strategic 

plan that is due to Congress by the end 

of calendar year 2021. In this Work 

Plan, the Working Group identified 

ongoing existing activities, as well as 

new lines of effort, that comprise the 

initial focus of Federal government 

actions under the purview of the 

Working Group. Many of the new 

activities proposed in the Work Plan 

emphasize the use of maritime 

intelligence and the involvement of 

military departments to support efforts 

to combat IUU fishing. The Work Plan 

can be found here: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

maritime-safe-act-interagency-workinggroup-iuu-fishing. 

The Working Group is exploring 

potential ways in which the government 

and private sector stakeholders can 

work together to combat IUU fishing 

and enhance maritime security. We are 

interested to hear from the seafood 

industry, non-governmental 

organizations, and other stakeholders 

that are engaged in efforts to combat 

IUU fishing. We welcome comments in 

relation to the Work Plan, particularly 

any responses to the following 

questions: 

• Which activities in the Work Plan 

are connected to the expertise or 

interests of your organization related to 

combating IUU fishing? 

• What kinds of distinctive 

capabilities or capacities could your 

organization bring to the activities in the 

Work Plan? 

• Which specific activities could 

serve as the basis for a partnership 

between your organization and 

particular Federal agencies? 

• Are there specific geographic 

regions or seafood industry sectors (e.g., 

harvesting, processing, or trade) where 

your organization focuses efforts to 

build capacity in combating IUU fishing 

that could be tied to activities in the 

Work Plan? 

• Which elements in the Work Plan 

do you see as priorities to include in the 

5-year Strategic Plan of the Working 

Group? 

Dated: January 19, 2021. 

Alexa Cole, 

Director, Office of International Affairs and 

Seafood Inspection, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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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; National Saltwater Angler 

Registry and State Exemption Program 

AGENCY: National Oceanic & 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before March 26, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer, 

at Adrienne.thomas@noaa.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 0648– 

0578 in the subject line of your 

comments. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to Lauren 

Dolinger Few, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, Office of Science and 

Technology, 1315 East-West Hwy./ 

FST1, Silver Spring, MD 21910, Phone: 

(301) 427–8127 lauren.dolinger.few@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

currently approved collection. The 

National Saltwater Angler Registry 

Program (Registry Program) was 

established to implement 

recommendations included in the 

review of national saltwater angling data 

collection programs conducted by the 

National Research Council (NRC) in 

2005/2006, and the provisions of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization Act, 

codified at Section 401(g) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(MSA), which require the Secretary of 

Commerce to commence improvements 

to recreational fisheries surveys, 

including establishing a national 

saltwater angler and for-hire vessel 

registry, by January 1, 2009. A final rule 

that includes regulatory measures to 

implement the Registry Program (RIN 

0648–AW10) was adopted and codified 

in 50 CFR 600, subpart P. 

The Registry Program collects 

identification and contact information 

from those anglers and for-hire vessels 

who are involved in recreational fishing 

in the United States Exclusive Economic 

Zone or for anadromous fish in any 

waters, unless the anglers or vessels are 

exempted from the registration 

requirement. Data collected includes— 

for anglers: Name, address, date of birth, 

telephone contact information and 

region(s) of the country in which they 

fish; for for-hire vessels: Owner and 

operator name, address, date of birth, 

telephone contact information, vessel 

name and registration/documentation 

number and home port or primary 

operating area. This information is 

compiled into a national and/or series of 

regional registries that is being used to 

support surveys of recreational anglers 

and for-hire vessels to develop estimates 

of recreational angling effort. 

II. Method of Collection 

Persons may register online at a 

NOAA-maintained website. Registration 

cards, valid for one year from the date 

of issuance, are mailed to registrants. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0578. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 


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