Bycatch data will be collected from selected commercial and for-hirevessels fishing for snapper-grouper in the South Atlantic exclusive economic zone (EEZ). In order to utilize the specified methodologies, Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance is needed for the following: 1) installation of electronic logbooks and/or video monitoring cameras and data downloads; 2) submission of an annual report with permit transfer requests by corporations. A collection of bycatch information from fishermen affected by the management of federal commercial fisheries is needed to ensure that national goals, objectives, and requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and other laws are met. The information is vital to future fishery management decisions focused on achieving optimum yield, and ending overfishing in the snapper grouper fishery.
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Pub.L. 94 - 265 303
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
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;
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