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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 15 (Friday, January 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8122-8123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01670]

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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; U.S. Caribbean Commercial Fishermen Census

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of

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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 
August 9th, 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: U.S. Caribbean Commercial Fishermen Census.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0716.
    Form Number(s): [None].
    Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current 
information collection].
    Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Average Hours per Response: 45 minutes to complete the Fisher 
Census Survey Form.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,125 hours.
    Needs and Uses: This is a request for renewal of an approved 
information collection. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
proposes to conduct a census of small-scale fishers operating in the 
United States (U.S.) Caribbean. This data collection applies Puerto 
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The proposed socio-economic study 
will collect information on demographics, capital investment in fishing 
gear, equipment and vessels, fishing and marketing practices, economic 
performance, crew dynamics, and miscellaneous attitudinal questions. 
The data gathered will be used for the development of amendments to 
fishery management plans, which require descriptions of the human and 
economic environment and socio-economic analyses of regulatory 
proposals. The information collected will also be used to strengthen 
fishery management decision-making and satisfy various legal mandates 
under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
(U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; MSA), Executive Order 12866, Regulatory 
Flexibility Act, Endangered Species Act (ESA), and National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and other pertinent statues.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: NEPA and MSA.
    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 0648-0716.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-01670 Filed 1-23-25; 8:45 am]
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