Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Billfish Tagging Report

• Citation: 85 FR 66539
• Record Number: 2020-23206
• Published date: 20 October 2020
• Section: Notices
• Court: Commerce Department,National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 203 (Tuesday, October 20, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 203 (Tuesday, October 20, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Page 66539]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-23206]
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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; Billfish Tagging Report
                 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 June 24, 2020 during a 60-day comment period. This
                notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
                 Agency: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                Commerce.
                 Title: Billfish Tagging Report.
                 OMB Control Number: 0648-0009.
                 Form Number(s): NOAA 88-162.
                 Type of Request: Regular submission [extension of a current
                information collection].
                 Number of Respondents: 1,000.
                 Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes.
                 Total Annual Burden Hours: 83.
                 Needs and Uses: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                Administration's Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) operates a
                conventional mark-recapture billfish tagging program. The SWFSC
                provides tagging supplies to individuals electing to tag and release
                the billfish they catch (the program is advertised by a newsletter and
                by word of mouth). Each Billfish Tagging Report Card is issued with an
                individual billfish tag and is imprinted with the number matching the
                accompanying tag. The Billfish Tagging Report Card is the primary
                mechanism by which these cooperating anglers and commercial fishers
                return the tag and release information concerning the billfish they
                have tagged. Individuals cooperating in the program do so on a strictly
                voluntary basis.
                 Tagging supplies are provided to volunteer anglers. When anglers
                catch and release a tagged fish, they submit a brief report on the fish
                and the location of the tagging. The program is conducted throughout
                the year to determine billfish habitat, mortality rates, migration
                patterns, feeding habits, and growth rates. Fishery biologists
                investigating the health of billfish resources throughout the Pacific
                utilize data from this program. Results aid in ongoing research
                concerning billfish resources and are published annually in the
                Billfish newsletter.
                 Affected Public: Individuals or households.
                 Frequency: On occasion.
                 Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
                 Legal Authority: This program is authorized under 16 U.S.C. 760(e),
                Study of migratory game fish; waters; research; purpose.
                 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 0648-0009.
                Sheleen Dumas,
                Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
                Officer, Commerce Department.
                [FR Doc. 2020-23206 Filed 10-19-20; 8:45 am]
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