This collection-of-information affords an increasingly more efficient and accurate database for monitoring and management of the groundfish fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone in the waters off Alaska for purposes of conservation of the fisheries as well as for the enforcement of fisheries regulations. Parts of this collection are also used by the fishermen recording catch information on the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab fisheries, and the Individual Fishing Quota Program for Pacific halibut.
The final rule for Amendment 91 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (RIN 0648-AX89) requires operators of the American Fisheries Act (AFA) and Community Development Quota (CDQ) trawl catcher/processors to use the ELB. In the ELB, the operator must enter processor identification information and catch-by-haul information. This change request is also to add the prohibited species discard or disposition data for all salmon species, previously counted under OMB Control No. 0648-0515, and to submit this data through the ELB.
Essentially, the ELBs would become an additional component to eLandings. NMFS does not expect this change in format to increase the cost or burden of providing information (the salmon reporting is part of a larger report, and consists of a few seconds each, with less than a hour of increased total burden). In fact, NMFS expects that the ease of using the ELB may actually reduce the actual time of data entry.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
This action revises use of some of the logbooks and forms due to regulatory effectiveness of an electronic data system, eLandings (see OMB 0648-0515). The shoreside processor DCPL is removed. The mothership and catcher/processor DCPLs are now partially completed in conjunction with eLandings, but time per response remains the same, based on partial duplication of information with eLandings. Mothership cumulative fish tickets are removed from this collection, because eLandings creates fish tickets as part of the normal procedure. The daily production report and weekly production report are removed, because eLandings also creates daily production reports as part of the normal procedure.
In addition, frequency of responses for DCPLs is corrected based on current regulatory requirements
$167,648
No
No
No
Uncollected
No
Uncollected
Patsy Bearden 907 586-7008
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.
Catcher vessel trawl gear daily fishing logbook
0213 Amend91 chg justification v2 - 072210.pdf
Catcher vessel trawl gear daily fishing logbook