# Federal Register #2026-23192

NOAA Seeks Comment on Gulf Shrimp Fishery Electronic Logbook Information Collection

**Buyer:** U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
**Posted:** November 13, 2026
**Respond By:** January 13, 2027
**Identifier:** 2026-23192

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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