National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) At-Sea Hake Observer Program defines observer duties, trains and debriefs observers, and manages data and release. The observers, deployed aboard at-sea processing vessels in the US West Coast hake (a.k.a. whiting) fishery, are hired by observer providers who contract with the at-sea processors to provide the required observer coverage (50 CFR part, 660). This data collection relates to the response time for observer providers and observers to register for training, debriefing or that have been issued suspension or decertification.
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Pub.L. 109 - 479 104
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006
Small adjustments were made to responses and hours, due to previous rounding errors. Costs had previously been undercalculated by $150 and an additional $14 was added to account for postage increases. However, a decrease is shown in ROCIS as the current approved cost is rounded, in the system, to $1,000. Because of the system's perceiving the cost change as a net decrease, and it's in fact being a net increase, attempts to achieve meaningful balance via use of the "adjustments" rather than the "agency discretion" column were not successful.
$1,056
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Jonathan Cusick 360 332-2793
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.
0500 ss ren 082807rev.pdf
Observer applicant transcript and disclosure statement