Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 3 / Tuesday, January 6, 2015 / Notices 489 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Atlantic Highly 

Migratory Species Vessel Logbooks 

and Cost-Earnings Data Reports 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before March 9, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Katie Davis, (727) 824–5399 

or Katie.Davis@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This request is for extension of a 

current information collection. Under 

the provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration’s (NOAA) National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is 

responsible for management of the 

nation’s marine fisheries. In addition, 

NMFS must comply with the Atlantic 

Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 

U.S.C. 971 et seq.), which implements 

the International Commission for the 

Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 

recommendations. 

NMFS collects information via vessel 

logbooks to monitor the U.S. catch of 

Atlantic swordfish, sharks, billfish, and 

tunas in relation to the quotas, thereby 

ensuring that the United States complies 

with its domestic and international 

obligations. HMS logbooks are verified 

using observer data that is collected 

under OMB Control No. 0648–0593 

(Observer Programs’ Information That 

Can Be Gathered Only Through 

Questions). In addition to HMS 

fisheries, the HMS logbook is also used 

to report catches of dolphin and wahoo 

by commercial and charter/headboat 

fisheries. The HMS logbooks collect 

data on incidentally-caught species, 

including sea turtles, which is necessary 

to evaluate the fisheries in terms of 

bycatch and encounters with protected 

species. For both directed and 

incidentally caught species, the 

information supplied through vessel 

logbooks also provides the catch and 

effort data on a per-set or per-trip level 

of resolution. 

These data are necessary to assess the 

status of highly migratory species, 

dolphin, and wahoo in each fishery. 

International stock assessments for 

tunas, swordfish, billfish, and some 

species of sharks are conducted and 

presented to the ICCAT periodically and 

provide, in part, the basis for ICCAT 

management recommendations which 

are binding on member nations. 

Domestic stock assessments for most 

species of sharks and for dolphin and 

wahoo are often used as the basis of 

managing these species. 

Supplementary information on fishing 

costs and earnings has been collected 

via this vessel logbook program. This 

economic information enables NMFS to 

assess the economic impacts of 

regulatory programs on small businesses 

and fishing communities, consistent 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), Executive Order 12866, the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act, and other 

domestic laws. 

II. Method of Collection 

Logbook entries are mailed. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0371. 

Form Number: NOAA Form 88–191. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a current information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit (vessel owners). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10,216. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes for cost/earnings summaries 

attached to logbook reports, 30 minutes 

for annual expenditure forms, 12 

minutes for logbook catch reports, 2 

minutes for negative logbook catch 

reports. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 36,189. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting 

costs. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: December 31, 2014. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30924 Filed 1–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD690 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Observer Policy Committee will meet to 

review scientific information affecting 

New England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, January 22, 2015 beginning at 

9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the DoubleTree Hotel Boston North 

Shore, 50 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 

01923; telephone: (978) 777–2500; fax: 

(978) 750–7991. 

Council Address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda items: 


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