American Fisheries Act Reports in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (formerly Alaska Cooperatives in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands)
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American Fisheries Act Reports in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (formerly Alaska Cooperatives in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
The cooperative management structure, originally implemented by the American Fisheries Act (AFA), has shifted more of the
monitoring and enforcement burden to the cooperatives and their members; and has allowed National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)to manage the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) pollock fishery more precisely. With the flexibility provided by cooperatives, vessels are able to individually (and in aggregate) come very close to harvesting exactly the amount of pollock they were allocated. Allocations of pollock and other species have allowed the AFA fleet the ability to spread their effort in time and space to accommodate Steller Sea Lion conservation measures.
PL:
Pub.L. 109 - 479 104
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006
Adjustments are made in this collection. The burden of the newly revised annual cooperative report was reduced based on actual time to complete. Other adjustments correct page count, postage rates, fax costs and in some cases, increased electronic submission.
There is one program change: there are no longer ICA appeals, but requests for additional information as part of the initial ICA submission.
Cooperative annual report
The combined estimated burden had been 12 hr. Feedback from the fishing industry showed that an estimate of 8 hr was more accurate for the one report.
A decrease of 44 burden hours, 88 instead of 132
A decrease of $1,100 personnel cost, $2,200 instead of $3,300
A decrease of $34 miscellaneous cost, $18 instead of $52.
Cooperative pollock catch report
A decrease of $141 miscellaneous cost, $17 instead of $158 (the previously approved cost was stated in error the complete cost of $2 was calculated as a per-response cost).
Agent for Service of Process
A decrease of $10 miscellaneous cost, $1 instead of $11.
Salmon ICA
The initial ICA was submitted and approved by NMFS, with an estimated burden of 40 hr, annualized to 14 hr. From now on, renewal or revision of the existing ICA will occur, which is estimated to be 1 hr.
A decrease of 13 burden hours, 1 instead of 14
A decrease of $325 personnel cost, $25 instead of $350.
Salmon ICA Appeals [REMOVED]
A decrease of 1 respondent and response, 0 instead of 1
A decrease of 4 burden hours, 0 instead of 4
A decrease of $100 personnel cost, $0 instead of $100
A decrease of $2 miscellaneous cost, $0 instead of $2.
$475
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Patsy Bearden 907 586-7008
No
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(ii) Use of information;
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0401 renewal ss 071210rev.pdf
Agent for Service of Process