Upon renewal,
NOAA must provide a complete response in supporting statement part
A, item 8, including consulting with outside persons on their views
regarding the availability of data, frequency of collection, the
clarity of instructions and recordkeeping, disclosure, or reporting
format (if any), and on the data elements to be recorded,
disclosed, or reported.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2017
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2014
25,557
0
21,987
3,608
0
2,451
0
0
0
The Large Pelagic Fishing Survey
consists of dockside and telephone surveys of recreational anglers
for large pelagic fish (tunas, sharks, and billfish) in the
Atlantic Ocean. The survey provides the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) with information to monitor catch of bluefin tuna
and marlin. Catch monitoring in these fisheries and collection of
catch and effort statistics for all pelagic fish is required under
the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act. The information collected is
essential for the United States (U.S.) to meet its reporting
obligations to the International Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT). This revision seeks to increase the annual
Large Pelagics Telephone Survey (LPTS) target sample size from
10,780 to 15,900 interviews to improve survey precision. To address
potential non-response bias, this action also seeks to expand the
non-response follow-up survey to the LPTS to cover the Southeast
region (currently the Northeast is covered for non-response
survey). Other changes include additional questions to the LPTS
survey instrument, reducing the estimated Large Pelagics Biological
Survey sample size from 1,500 to 1,000 interviews, and dropping the
Large Pelagics Headboat Survey component.
US Code:
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USC 971 Name of Law: Atlantic Tunas Conventions Act
Program Changes 1) Elimination
of the Large Pelagics Headboat Survey (LPHS) component results in
an annual reduction of 90 unduplicated respondents, 870 responses,
and 82 burden hours. 2) Large Pelagics Telephone Survey changes a.
Addition of up to five questions to the Large Pelagics Telephone
Survey. b. Expansion of the LPTS non-response follow-up survey to
cover all regions (previously only conducted in the Northeast from
Maine through Virginia). c. Increasing the Large Pelagics Telephone
Survey target sample size from 10,780 to 15,900 for both the
Northeast and Southeast combined. d. LPTS changes combined (2a, 2b,
2c above) will result in an estimated annual increase of 3,871
unduplicated respondents, 5,120 responses, and 1,247 burden hours.
3) Reduction in the Large Pelagics Biological Survey annual sample
size from 1,500 to 1,000 will result in an annual decrease of 500
responses and 8 burden hours.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.