# 2026-11778: Tuna Treaty Paperwork Renewal Opens for Comment

2026-11778, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; South Pacific Tuna Act, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published 2026-06-11, effective To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before August 10, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-18).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11778
- As of: 2026-06-18
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-11778
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; South Pacific Tuna Act
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 35464
- Published: 2026-06-11
- Effective: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before August 10, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-08-10
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-18

## In one line

Tuna Treaty Paperwork Renewal Opens for Comment

## Summary

NOAA is asking for public feedback on renewing its info collection from U.S. tuna fishing boats operating in Pacific Island waters. This helps track fishing activity under an important treaty and keeps things fair and legal. Comments are open until August 10, 2026, and this process doesn’t add new costs but keeps the system running smoothly.

## Abstract

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

## Effects PRIA read

- Mandatory reporting for U.S. tuna vessels: cost, high. If you operate a U.S. purse seine tuna vessel fishing under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, you must submit annual vessel license and registration (including vessel monitoring system (VMS) unit registration) and periodic written catch and unloading reports to NOAA/FFA. This information collection is…
- Estimated time and dollar burden on operators: cost, high. NOAA estimates this collection affects 20 respondents, totaling 222 annual burden hours and $119,626 in recordkeeping/reporting costs to the public. Estimated time per response ranges from 15 minutes (renewal) up to 2 hours (expression of interest), with license and catch reports estimated at 1 hou…

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## Sources
- [2026-11778 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/11/2026-11778/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for)
- [2026-11778 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-11/pdf/2026-11778.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-11778 (as of 2026-06-18).