15918 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 54 / Monday, March 21, 2022 / Notices 

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; Survey To Collect Economic 

Data From Recreational Anglers Along 

the Atlantic Coast 

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 May 20, 2022. 

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– 

0783 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 Scott 

Steinback, Economist, Northeast 

Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water St., 

Woods Hole, MA 02543. Tel: (508) 645– 

6443 or scott.steinback@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection and is sponsored 

by NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science 

Center (NEFSC). 

The original data collection effort in 

2019 under OMB Control Number 0648– 

0783 was to assess how changes in 

saltwater recreational fishing 

regulations affect angler effort, angler 

welfare, fishing mortality, and future 

stock levels. That data collection effort 

focused on anglers who fished for 

Atlantic cod and haddock off the 

Atlantic coast from Maine to 

Massachusetts. In 2020, the collection 

was revised to remove the cod and 

haddock survey and add a survey 

focused on anglers who fish for summer 

flounder and black sea bass along the 

Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to 

North Carolina. This current revision 

will re-add the original cod and 

haddock survey to this control number. 

The objective of the surveys will be to 

understand how anglers respond to 

changes in management options and 

fishing regulations (e.g., bag limits, size 

limits, dates of open seasons, etc.) along 

the Atlantic coast. We are conducting 

this survey to improve our ability to 

understand and predict how changes in 

management options and regulations 

may change the number of trips anglers 

take for highly sought after recreational 

fish species. This data will allow 

fisheries managers to conduct updated 

and improved analysis of the socioeconomic effects to recreational anglers 

and to coastal communities of proposed 

changes in fishing regulations. The 

recreational fishing community and 

regional fisheries management councils 

have requested more species-specific 

socio-economic studies of recreational 

fishing that can be used in the analysis 

of fisheries policies. These surveys will 

address that stated need for more 

species-specific studies. The population 

consists of those anglers who fish in 

saltwater along the Atlantic coast and 

who possess a license to fish. A sample 

of anglers will be drawn from state 

fishing license frames. The survey will 

be conducted using both mail and email 

to contact anglers and invite them to 

take the survey online. Anglers not 

responding to the online survey may 

receive a paper survey in the mail. 

II. Method of Collection 

The survey will be conducted using 

two modes: Mail and internet. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0783. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(revision and extension of a currently 

approved information collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,000 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05948 Filed 3–18–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB893] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Ad Hoc Marine Planning Committee 

(MPC) will hold a public meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday April 5, 2022, from 1 p.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Pacific Daylight Time or until 


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business for the day has been 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

online. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on how to join the 

meeting and system requirements will 

be provided in the meeting 

announcement on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 

2412 for technical assistance. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer, Pacific 

Council; telephone: (503) 820–2409. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of this online meeting 

is for the MPC to discuss several issues 

related to offshore wind energy 

development and NOAA Aquaculture 

Opportunity Areas, and to develop 

recommendations in advance of 

upcoming public comment 

opportunities on the Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management’s Oregon Call Areas 

for offshore wind energy and NOAA’s 

Notice of Intent to develop an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Aquaculture Opportunity Areas. Other 

marine planning topics or emerging 

issues may be discussed as necessary. 

The meeting agenda will be available on 

the Pacific Council’s website in advance 

of the meeting. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during this 

meeting. Action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document that 

require emergency action under section 

305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the intent to take final action to address 

the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: March 15, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05813 Filed 3–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

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 

Information Program, Fishing Effort 

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 January 7, 

2022, during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

Title: Marine Recreational Information 

Program, Fishing Effort Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0652. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular (revision 

and extension of current information 

collection.) 

Number of Respondents: 113,000. 

Average Hours per Response: 5 

minutes. 

Burden Hours: 9,417. 

Needs and Uses: Marine recreational 

anglers are surveyed to collect catch and 

effort data, fish biology data, and angler 

socioeconomic characteristics. These 

data are required to carry out provisions 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as amended, 

regarding conservation and management 

of fishery resources. 

Marine recreational fishing catch and 

effort data are collected through a 

combination of mail surveys, telephone 

surveys and on-site intercept surveys 

with recreational anglers. The Marine 

Recreational Information Program 

(MRIP) Fishing Effort Survey (FES) is a 

self-administered, household mail 

survey that samples from a residential 

address frame to collect data on the 

number of recreational anglers and the 

number of recreational fishing trips. The 

survey estimates marine recreational 

fishing activity for all coastal states from 

Maine through Mississippi, as well as 

Hawaii and Puerto Rico. 

FES estimates are combined with 

estimates derived from complementary 

surveys of fishing trips, the AccessPoint Angler Intercept Survey, to 

estimate total, state-level fishing catch, 

by species. These estimates are used in 

the development, implementation, and 

monitoring of fishery management 

programs by NOAA Fisheries, regional 

fishery management councils, interstate 

marine fisheries commissions, and state 

fishery agencies. 

The proposed collection will include 

experimental work to evaluate nonsampling errors in recreational fishing 

surveys. Specifically, the revision will 

include three mail survey 

questionnaires designed to evaluate 

measurement error in the reporting of 

saltwater fishing effort and possession 

of a saltwater fishing license. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

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 0648–0652. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05945 Filed 3–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Sanctuary System Business Advisory 

Council: Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of National Marine 

Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean 

Service (NOS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of open public meeting. 


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