[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 107 (Friday, June 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 33750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11969]


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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; North Atlantic Recreational Fishing Survey III

    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 March 21, 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: Survey to Collect Economic Data from Recreational Anglers 
Along the Atlantic Coast.
    OMB Control Number: 0648-0783.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular [revision of currently approved 
information collections].
    Number of Respondents: 442.
    Average Hours per Response: Eligible Anglers, 14 minutes; 
Ineligible Anglers, 4 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 58.
    Needs and Uses: 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 (North Atlantic Recreational Fishing Survey I). 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 
(North Atlantic Recreational Fishing Survey II). This current revision 
will re-add the original cod and haddock survey to this control number 
(North Atlantic Recreational Fishing Survey III).
    The objective of this survey will be to update our understanding of 
how anglers who fish for Atlantic cod and haddock, respond to changes 
in management options and fishing regulations (e.g., bag limits, size 
limits, dates of open seasons, etc.) along the Atlantic coast from 
Maine to Massachusetts. The survey data will provide the information 
fisheries managers need to conduct updated and improved analysis of the 
socio-economic 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. This survey will address that stated need for more species-
specific studies.
    The survey population consists of those anglers who fish in 
saltwater along the North Atlantic coast from Maine to Massachusetts 
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.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Frequency: The NARFS III will be a cross-sectional survey asking 
anglers to respond once to a single questionnaire.
    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 0648-0783.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-11969 Filed 6-2-22; 8:45 am]
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