Alaska Saltwater Sport Fishing Economic Survey

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Follow-up Non-response Survey Form	Modified
0648-0639 Supporting Statement A.docx Supporting Statement A	2025-06-10
0648-0639 30-day 90 FR 24101 2025-0606.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-06-06
0648-0639 Supporting Statements B_2025-0521.docx Supporting Statement B	2025-05-21
NOAA4700 PIA FY25 SAOP_Approved.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-04-18
0648-0639 60-Day 89 FR 61402 2024-0731.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-04-17
Section 515 of Public Law 106-554.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-04-17
Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. 773c.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-04-17
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Pacific Halibut Recreational Quota Entity Program Fee Collection.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-04-17
Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plan; 2025 Annual Management Measures.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-04-17
IPHC 1979 Pacific Halibut Convention.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-04-17
EO 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review).pdf Supplementary Document	2025-04-17
EO 12962 (Recreational Fisheries).pdf Supplementary Document	2025-04-17
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act - 2007 Blue Book.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-04-17
NOAA-TM-AFSC-214.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-08-25

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
199008	Follow-up Non-response Survey Form	Modified
199006	Alaska Saltwater Sport Fishing Economic Survey (Resident & Non-resident) Other-Correspondence Letter and Follow up Letters	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0648-0639	ICR Reference No: 202504-0648-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 201608-0648-009
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Alaska Saltwater Sport Fishing Economic Survey
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 06/11/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved
Responses	4,263	0
Time Burden (Hours)	2,108	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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Abstract: This request is for reinstatement with changes of a previously approved information collection (OMB Control Number 0648-0639). Relative to the previously approved information collection, this information collection focuses on collecting data from a subset of the Alaska saltwater angler population targeted in previous collections, specifically all Alaska saltwater anglers fishing by charter boat rather than all Alaska saltwater anglers. The focus on charter anglers excludes anglers who fish from a private boat or from shore. The focus on the charter angler subpopulation is due to that population being of primary concern for fishery managers. Charter anglers fishing for federally-regulated Pacific halibut are subject to different regulations and management actions compared with other Alaska saltwater anglers. Harvest regulations (e.g., daily bag limits) for Pacific halibut off Alaska have been unchanged for decades and are unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. Charter fishing for halibut in Alaska, on the other hand, has experienced a number of important changes that affect both charter anglers and the charter fishing businesses providing charter fishing services. The proposed data collection is needed to improve estimates of fishing trip values and fishing behavior potentially affected by changes in federal recreational fisheries off Alaska, including recent declines in populations of Pacific halibut and subsequent measures to manage harvest in the Alaska recreational charter fishing sector. Numerous questions in the survey have been updated to better reflect, and understand the effects of, recent changes in Alaska marine recreational fisheries.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 1881 et seq. Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 61402	07/31/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 24101	06/06/2025
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Alaska Saltwater Sport Fishing Economic Survey (Resident & Non-resident)	N/A, N/A	Alaska Saltwater Sport Fishing Survey (Resident) ,   Alaska Saltwater Sport Fishing Survey (Non-Resident)
Follow-up Non-response Survey	N/A	Alaska Non-Response Telephone Questionnaire

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	4,263	0	0	4,263	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,108	0	0	2,108	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a request to reinstate collection 0648-0639, and is thus a program change.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $140,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 06/11/2025

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