# 2026-15957: NOAA Requests Comments on Fishery Vessel Monitoring Forms

2026-15957, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; West Coast Region Vessel Monitoring Requirement in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published 2026-08-06, effective To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before October 5, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-13).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15957
- As of: 2026-08-13
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-15957
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; West Coast Region Vessel Monitoring Requirement in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 50810
- Published: 2026-08-06
- Effective: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before October 5, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-10-05
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-13

## In one line

NOAA Requests Comments on Fishery Vessel Monitoring Forms

## Summary

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 VMS for Pacific Coast Groundfish Vessels: cost, low. If you operate a commercial fishing vessel in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery, you are required to install and use a vessel monitoring system (VMS) that automatically sends position reports every 15 minutes. Exemptions exist for inactive vessels or vessels operating outside the monitored area,…
- Estimated Annual Reporting Burden and Cost: cost, low. The information collection covers an estimated 650 respondents with an Estimated Total Annual Burden of 929 hours and an Estimated Total Annual Cost to the public of $22,877. The notice lists time-per-response estimates: VMS installation 4 hours, VMS maintenance 4 hours, installation/exemption/acti…

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## Sources
- [2026-15957 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/06/2026-15957/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for)
- [2026-15957 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-06/pdf/2026-15957.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15957 (as of 2026-08-13).