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Information Collection Request

Gulf of Mexico Electronic Logbook

ICR 202309-0648-010 · OMB 0648-0543 · Received in OIRA

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supplementary Document
2023-09-28
Supporting Statement A
2023-09-26
Supporting Statement B
2023-09-24
Supplementary Document
2023-09-24
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
4657
Modified
ICR Details
0648-0543 202309-0648-010
Received in OIRA 201912-0648-005
DOC/NOAA
Gulf of Mexico Electronic Logbook
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular 09/28/2023
  Requested Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved 11/30/2023
1,220 1,410
1,220 4,230
0 338,400
This request is for extension of a current information collection. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) to prepare and amend fishery management plans for any fishery in waters under its jurisdiction. NMFS manages the commercial shrimp fishery in Federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) under the Fishery Management Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf. The electronic logbook (ELB) regulations for the Gulf shrimp fishery may be found at 50 CFR 622.51(a)(2). The ELB is a device that records the position of the vessel every ten minutes. The tracks of the vessels can be examined to determine when and where shrimp trawling is occurring. As of May 1, 2023, there are approximately 1,319 valid or renewable Federal permits to commercially harvest shrimp from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Gulf. Monitoring shrimp vessels, operating together with many other fishing vessels of differing sizes, gears types used, and fishing capabilities, is made even more challenging by seasonal variability in shrimp abundance and price, and the broad geographic distribution of the fleet. ELBs provide a precise means of estimating the amount of shrimp fishing effort. Using ELBs to estimate fishing effort serves an important role to help estimate bycatch in the Gulf shrimp fleet.
PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
  
None
Not associated with rulemaking
  88 FR 37862 06/09/2023
88 FR 66815 09/28/2023
No
1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Gulf of Mexico Electronic Logbook
  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 1,220 1,410 0 0 -190 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 1,220 4,230 0 0 -3,010 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 338,400 0 0 -338,400 0
No
No
The number of respondents and responses has been re-calculated for accuracy. The burden response time was decreased based on a change to the technology used since the previous renewal, and the burden costs have been removed due to the change in technology.
$343,137
Yes Part B of Supporting Statement
    No
    No
No
No
No
No
Rebecca Smith 409 210-1817 rebecca.smith@noaa.gov
  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.
09/28/2023