U.S. Rule Makes Collection-of-Information Requirements Effective for Shrimp Fishery in Gulf of Mexico

Summary

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the collection-of-information requirements for the testing and certification of bycatch reduction devices (BRDs) for use in shrimp trawls in the exclusive economic zone in the Gulf of Mexico, as mandated by a rule published in the Federal Register on July 13, 1999.