OMB control number

Mandatory Shrimp Vessel and Gear Characterization Survey

OMB 0648-0542 · DOC/NOAA.

OMB 0648-0542

This request is for an extension of this currently approved information collection. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) currently collects census-level information on fishing vessel and gear characteristics in the commercial shrimp fishery that operates in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. NMFS uses this information to conduct analyses that improve fishery management decision-making and to ensure compliance with national goals, objectives, and requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and other applicable laws and statutes..

The latest form for Mandatory Shrimp Vessel and Gear Characterization Survey expires 2027-04-30 and can be found here.