This information collection consists of a mandatory dealer reporting program for domestic landings and international trade of highly migratory species. Catch and trade monitoring is required under the provisions of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (ATCA), Tunas Convention Act (TCA), and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). Information collected through this program is essential for the United States (U.S.) to meet its reporting obligations to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT), and its management obligations under the MSA.
NMFS has modernized its dealer reporting system for Atlantic bluefin tuna landings by replacing the facsimile (FAX)-based optical character recognition system with an online reporting application. The new online electronic system collects the same data fields, at the same interval, as those that were previously collected via FAX. Instead of hand-writing out a landing form and faxing it into an automated system, dealers now log into the Standard Atlantic Fisheries Information System (SAFIS) (https://safis.accsp.org:8443/safis_prod/f?p=SAFIS:101::::::) and key in the required data electronically over the internet (associated with a final rule, RIN 0648-BG16).
Per Final Rule 0648-BF17, bluefin tuna catch documents (BCDs) will now be submitted electronically, at the same estimated burden as the
paper documents. Users will be pre-registered in the new system. Paper forms will still be allowed if needed.
US Code:
16 USC 971
Name of Law: Atlantic Tunas Conservation Act
Program Change: Submission of an email address for e-Dealer reporting responses decreased because it was a "one time" requirement for most HMS dealers. This removes 873 responses, 30 hours and $116.
Adjustments: When available, actual 2014 data has been used to calculate the number of responses, number of respondents, and associated time and cost burden estimates. In many cases, the new estimates differ substantially from previous estimates. The primary reason for the difference is because previous estimates of the number of responses for HMS electronic landing reports (e-dealer), including negative reports and the voluntary vessel and catch form, utilized a method that multiplied the number of HMS dealers by the number of weekly annual reporting periods (48). In practice, all permitted swordfish, shark, and BAYS tunas dealers must submit an electronic HMS landing report for each trip that they purchase (including trips that did not land HMS). If HMS dealers did not purchase a trip during a weekly reporting period, a negative report must be filed. This change in methodology (i.e., use of 2014 data) resulted in an increase of over 108,000 responses (HMS Electronic Landing Reports, Negative Reports, and Voluntary Vessel and Catch Forms). Daily BFT Landing Reports and Tagging also showed a moderate increase. Conversely, the use of 2014 data substantially decreased the number of responses for Atlantic BFT Biweekly Reports (- 8,096 responses); HMS Trade Biweekly Reports (- 4,580 responses); and, CDs, SDs, and RXCs (- 7,621 responses).
The number of respondents has increased primarily because of an increase in the number of permitted HMS dealers, and the number of actual trips landing HMS for which a Voluntary Vessel and Catch Form could be provided to a dealer.
Total annual costs have decreased primarily because currently permitted HMS dealers already must have a computer and internet access as part of their regular business operations. Thus, only new HMS dealers that do not already possess a computer and/or internet access would be subject to these costs.
Correction: The $10 cost for a validation stamp was overlooked in the last iteration of this ICR (included in cost description but not in total cost). This correction adds $100 in recordkeeping/reporting costs.
Table 6. Program changes and adjustments
Program change/Adjustment Category Previous New Estimates Program Adjustment Program Change
Number of Respondents 7,061 9,585 + 2,524 0
Number of Responses 78,942 169,196 + 91,127 -873
Number of Burden Hours 18,700 39,960 + 21,290 -30
Total Annual Costs $154,155 $12,570 - $151,906 -116
$683,931
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Margo Schulz-Haugen 301 713-0234
No
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.
HMS International Trade Biweekly Report
0040 Dealer Reporting Family of Forms.2016 Change Request BFT dealer reporting.08102016.final.docx
Application for authorization for non-government validation