Federal Register #2026-23192

NOAA Seeks Comment on Gulf Shrimp Fishery Electronic Logbook Information Collection

NOAA is seeking public comment on continuing an existing electronic-logbook information collection for the Gulf commercial shrimp fishery. - Government buyer: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); logbook memory cards are sent to the NMFS Galveston Laboratory. - Purpose and scope: The logbooks record fishing-effort data used to estimate fishing effort and bycatch. Approximately 1,171 permit holders are affected, with an estimated three hours of reporting per respondent, or 3,513 hours annually. - Current process and planned modernization: Memory cards are mailed to the NMFS Galveston Laboratory twice per year. NOAA, the shrimp industry, and the Gulf Fishery Management Council are developing a plan to phase out current units and implement modernized devices capable of transmitting data. - Procurement status: This is a public-comment notice about an information collection, not a solicitation for products or contracted services. No OEMs, vendors, purchasable products, part numbers, or quantities are identified.

Description

NOAA seeks public comment on extending the current information collection for electronic logbooks used in the Gulf of America commercial shrimp fishery. The logbooks collect fishing-effort data used to estimate fishing effort and bycatch; data are currently collected by mailing memory cards to the NMFS Galveston Laboratory twice a year. NOAA, the shrimp industry, and the Gulf Fishery Management Council are developing a plan to phase out and replace the units with modernized devices that can transmit data. Comments are due January 12, 2027.

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