Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 041499A]

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). This request is being submitted

under the emergency processing procedures of the Paperwork Reduction

Act.

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Title: Large Pelagic Fishing Survey.

Agency Form Number(s): None.

OMB Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection--emergency clearance requested.

Burden: 4,752 hours.

Number of Respondents: 21,500 (multiple responses).

Avg. Hours Per Response: Ranges between 2 and 15 minutes depending

on the requirement.

Needs and Uses: The Large Fishing Survey consists of dockside and

telephone surveys of recreational anglers and headboats fishing for

large pelagic species (tunas, sharks, and billfish) in the Atlantic

Ocean. The summer fisheries for bluefin tuna and marlin begin in June.

Catch monitoring in these two fisheries and collection of catch and

effort statistics for all large pelagic fish is required under the

Atlantic Tunas Convention Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act. Information collected through the

survey is essential for the U.S. to meet its reporting obligation to

the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit

organizations.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained

by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer,

(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5033, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via Internet at

LE[email protected]).

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information

collection should be sent no later than April 30, 1999 to David

Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building,

725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 12, 1999.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information

Officer.

[FR Doc. 99-9727 Filed 4-16-99; 8:45 am]

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