View Information Collection Request (ICR) Package

OMB Control No: 0648-0013	ICR Reference No: 202404-0648-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202001-0648-005
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Southeast Region Dealer and Interview Family of Forms
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/06/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/16/2024
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2027	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2024
Responses	72,637	0	86,694
Time Burden (Hours)	1,826	0	4,062
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This request is for a revision and renewal of a current information collection. Fishery quotas are established for many species in the fishery management plans developed by the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Fishery Management Council, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and The Caribbean Fishery Management Council. The Southeast Fisheries Science Center has been delegated the responsibility to monitor these quotas. To do so in a timely manner, seafood dealers that handle these species are required to report the purchases (landings) of these species. It was discovered that the USVI trip interviews were being double counted with the Vessel trip interviews. We have made the changes to remove the USVI interviews for accuracy. Fishery statistics are collected by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for a variety of reasons under several Federal statutes. The overall purposes for the data collection activities under this family of forms have not changed significantly since the first approval of this family of forms in 1995. In general industry effort has been relatively consistent from year to year and is expected to remain so even though there are some minor localized disruptions. Locations where there were brief closures/ disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic are similar to impact noticed during natural disasters (i.e., Hurricanes and flooding) and procedures are in place to statistically account for strata with missing data. This family of forms includes the same three methodologies that were included in the previous submissions. These methods include: (1) landings statistics, (2) mandatory dealer reporting for monitoring Federal fishery annual catch limits (ACLs), and (3) bio-profile data from the Trip Interview Program (TIP). The SEFSC employs several methods to collect the variety of data included in the information collection. The following is a brief description of these procedures. For the landing statistics referred to as general canvass statistics, the SEFSC does not collect these data directly from the seafood dealers. The state fishery agencies in each of the states in the southeast region collect landings statistics under their individual state authority. The state agencies share these data with the SEFSC as part of formal cooperative agreements between the SEFSC and the states. These cooperative arrangements serve to both reduce the overall cost of data collection and avoid the possibility of duplicate effort. To collect the data required to monitor the federal fisheries ACLs for the coastal fisheries, the SEFSC has entered formal cooperative agreements with the states which has reduced the public burden. Starting in 2012, 7 of the 8 states changed state regulations to allow dealers to use an electronic trip ticket system. Minimum burden will be required of dealers in these 7 states to transmit federal data through the states to the SEFSC every week. In South Carolina, dealers are still permitted to use a paper trip ticket system for state reporting obligations. Burden will be required of SC dealers to use the electronic system and transmit federal ACL data every week. Mackerel gillnet dealers on the Florida gulf coast report summarized landing statistics to the SEFSC for ACL monitoring by using a simple, easy to use form developed by the SEFSC. The bio-profile data (also referred to as the trip interview data) is collected by federal and State personnel referred to as port agents who are distributed throughout the region and use local knowledge and relationships with industry to make arrangements to sample catch from the trip.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 4592	01/24/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 26865	04/16/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	72,637	86,694	-14,057
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,826	4,062	-2,236
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Seasonal differences are always noticed because many factors such as weather, duration of fishing trips, fuel cost, dock side fish prices, fish migration patterns, the number of fishermen with active permits, and seasonal closures can influence how many fishing trip take place annually. These annual differences also affect the number of permitted dealers because some fisherman can decide to acquire a dealer permit and sell their catch on their own while others fisherman will continue to sell their catch through dedicated wholesale dealers. A five-year averages have been used to determine annual estimates.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,075,616

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Michael Judge 305 361-4235

View ICR - OIRA Conclusion