# 2026-12751: NOAA Updates West Coast Fishing Permit Forms

2026-12751, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; West Coast Region Permit Family of Forms, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published 2026-06-24; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12751
- As of: 2026-07-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-12751
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; West Coast Region Permit Family of Forms
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 37955
- Published: 2026-06-24
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-07-01

## In one line

NOAA Updates West Coast Fishing Permit Forms

## Summary

NOAA is updating its West Coast fishing permit forms to remove duplicates and add new reports for special fishing and research activities. About 1,164 fishers and researchers will spend a total of 421 hours yearly filling out these forms, which now better match real-world rules. You’ve got 30 days to share your thoughts before these changes get the green light!

## Effects PRIA read

- Duplicate Permit Forms Removed: benefit, low. NOAA is removing two information collections that were duplicate entries for renewals. That change reduces paperwork for permit renewals under the West Coast Region permit family.
- New Reports Added for Research and Exempted Activities: cost, medium. NOAA added reports for exempted fishing permits (EFPs), scientific research, and exempted educational activity authorizations (EEAAs). Examples in the collection: scientific research plans take 13 hours and research reports take 7 hours; EFP applications take 1 hour and EFP reports take 4.5 hours;…
- Total Annual Paperwork Burden Quantified: cost, low. NOAA estimates 1,164 respondents will spend a total of 421 hours per year filling out the West Coast Region permit family of forms. The collection lists per-form time estimates (for example, new paper Highly Migratory Species permit: 20 minutes; renewal online: 5 minutes; appeals: 4 hours).
- Permits Required for Commercial Fishing Participation: cost, medium. Permits administered under the Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) and Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plans are required authorizations for commercial participation in those fisheries.

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## Sources
- [2026-12751 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12751/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for)
- [2026-12751 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12751.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-12751 (as of 2026-07-01).