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OMB Control No: 0648-0212	ICR Reference No: 202506-0648-003
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202311-0648-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/NOAA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Greater Atlantic Region Logbook Family of Forms
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 07/23/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	190,676	192,203
Time Burden (Hours)	15,236	18,740
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: This is a request for extension of an approved information collection. The Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO), under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (Atlantic Coastal Act), the New England Fishery Management Council (the Council), and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (the Commission) are responsible for conservation and management of marine fishery resources off the east coast. NMFS enacts complementary regulations to Council and Commission actions. The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires that conservation and management measures must prevent overfishing while achieving, on a continuing basis, the optimum yield from each fishery. These measures must be based on the best scientific information available. The Atlantic Coastal Act oversees coastal fishery resources that migrate, or are widely distributed, across the jurisdictional boundaries of two or more of the Atlantic States and Federal Government. The information collected using the logbook family of forms will be used by several offices of NMFS, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Councils and Commission, and state fishery agencies. The information is used to develop, implement, and monitor fishery management strategies. Logbook data serve as inputs for a variety of uses, including biological analyses and stock assessments, regulatory impact analyses, quota allocation selections and monitoring, economic profitability profiles, trade and import tariff decisions, allocation of grant funds among states, and analysis of ecological interactions among species. NMFS would be unable to fulfill the majority of its scientific research and fishery management missions without these data. During the renewal of collection 0648-0212, our program office was informed that the changes published into 2018 (50 CFR Part 48) did not reflect on the current ICs. While we are still requesting an extension we also request the following revisions to accurately display the modifications of said collection. Regulatory changes from 2018 resulted in the elimination of the paper-based shellfish logbook, which integrated into the electronic VTR data collection program and the elimination of Tilefish IVR reporting. (Question 12 table) Rule 0648-BL61 integrated the Lobster VTR into the overall VTR information collection for all species. Previous information collection “Herring” was renamed to “Daily Catch Reports” (DCR) to accurately count for multiple species that are required to submit in the daily catch report.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 5101 et seq. Name of Law: Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act
US Code: 16 USC ch. 38 § 1801 et seq. 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:
	90 FR 12708	03/19/2025
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 34438	07/22/2025
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	190,676	192,203	-1,527
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	15,236	18,740	-3,504
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: The number of responses fluctuate daily due to the number of days at sea and hauls. Additionally, the Days as Sea reports was previously not captured properly, so the new sponsor has now updated the burden for that IC and has instituted a transparent and reproducible methodology for capturing this information in the future.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,191

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

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. Yes

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. Yes

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: Barry Clifford 9782819148

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