[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 88237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25865]


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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; Marine Recreational Fishing Expenditure Survey

    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 July 30, 2024 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
    Title: Marine Recreational Fishing Expenditure Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0693.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission [revision and extension of a 
current information collection].
    Number of Respondents: 28,106.
    Average Hours per Response: Trip Expenditure survey 7 minutes, 
Durable Good Surveys 15 minutes, HI Charter Trip Expenditures 5 
minutes, and HMS Trip Expenditure 6.5 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,160 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This is a request for revision and extension of an 
approved information collection. As specified in the Magnuson-Stevenson 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1996 (and reauthorized in 
2007), NMFS is required to enumerate the economic impacts of the 
policies it implements on fishing participants and coastal communities. 
The objective of the survey is to collect information on marine 
(saltwater) recreational fishing trip expenditures and durable good 
expenditures made by marine recreational anglers. The survey has two 
parts which may be conducted either jointly during the same calendar 
year or in separate years. The trip expenditure portion will ask 
anglers about the expenses incurred on their most recent marine 
recreational fishing trip. The durable goods portion will ask anglers 
about their purchases of durable goods such as fishing gear, boats, 
vehicles, and second homes over a 12-month period. The expenditure data 
collected in this regular survey is widely used by both federal, state, 
and non-governmental organizations for research and analysis regarding 
the economic importance and contributions of marine recreational 
fishing to each coastal state and nationwide. The program office would 
like to make minor changes to a few of the questions on the survey. 
These changes will not affect the integrity or overall purpose of said 
survey. The NMFS Office of Science and Technology conducts the survey 
and publishes the results in both technical reports and the annual 
`Fisheries Economics of the U.S.' report series.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act as reauthorized in 2007 (16 U.S.C. 1801 et. seq.).
    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 0648-0693.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-25865 Filed 11-6-24; 8:45 am]
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