[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66815-66816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21176]


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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; Electronic Logbook for the Commercial Shrimp Fishery in the 
Gulf of Mexico

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite 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. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on June 9, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 
Commerce.
    Title: Electronic Logbook for the Commercial Shrimp Fishery in the 
Gulf of Mexico.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0543.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission--extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 610.
    Average Hours per Response: 2 hours.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,220.
    Needs and Uses: This request is for extension of a current 
information collection. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes the Gulf of Mexico 
Fishery Management Council (Council) to prepare and amend fishery 
management plans for any fishery in waters under its jurisdiction. 
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) manages the commercial 
shrimp fishery in Federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) under the 
Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf. The 
electronic logbook (ELB) regulations for the Gulf shrimp fishery may be 
found at 50 CFR 622.51(a)(2). The ELB is a device that records the 
position of the vessel every ten minutes. The tracks of the vessels can 
be examined to determine when and where shrimp trawling is occurring.

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    As of May 1, 2023, there are approximately 1,319 valid or renewable 
Federal permits to commercially harvest shrimp from the exclusive 
economic zone (EEZ) in the Gulf. Monitoring shrimp vessels, operating 
together with many other fishing vessels of differing sizes, gears 
types used, and fishing capabilities, is made even more challenging by 
seasonal variability in shrimp abundance and price, and the broad 
geographic distribution of the fleet. ELBs provide a precise means of 
estimating the amount of shrimp fishing effort. Using ELBs to estimate 
fishing effort serves an important role to help estimate bycatch in the 
Gulf shrimp fleet.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Twice Annually (every 6 months).
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Service or 
Benefit.
    Legal Authority: Fishing Regulation 50 CFR 622.51(a)(2).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0648-0543.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-21176 Filed 9-27-23; 8:45 am]
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