This collection of information covers regulatory requirements for fishing vessel and gear identification authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and other applicable law. Vessels in federally-regulated fisheries in the western Pacific region are required to display the vessel's official number in three locations. Purse seine vessels in the South Pacific are required to display their international radio call sign in three locations and on any helicopter or skiff. Fishing gear in the western Pacific pelagic longline fisheries, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands crustacean fishery, and western Pacific coral reef ecosystem fisheries are required to be marked with the vessel's official number in a specific manner and location. This collection renews OMB Control No.: 0648-0360 and adds vessel ID requirements for western Pacific fisheries and the South Pacific purse seine fishery from OMB Control No.: 0648-0361. Vessel ID requirements for fisheries off the U.S. west coast will continue to be covered under OMB Control No.: 0648-0361.
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Pub.L. 94 - 265 303
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
The adjusted burden and cost is due to: 1) transferring 238 hours of vessel marking requirements for western Pacific and South Pacific tuna purse seine fisheries from OMB Control No.: 0361), 2) an increase of 28 hours in longline vessel gear marking due to updated estimates and 3) a decrease of 552 hours for gear marking of the not currently active NWHI lobster vessels traps. The final result: the increase due to 238 transferred hours, plus the net decrease in gear marking of 524, is a decrease of 286 hours.
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Walter Ikehara 808 944-2275
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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.
0360 ss ren_rev 032108.pdf
Pacific Islands Region Gear Identifcation Requirements