The King and Tanner crab fisheries in the exclusive economic zone of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands are managed under the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (FMP). Crab Rationalization (CR) Program regulations, found at 50 CFR 680.40(b)(2) and (d)(2), require that individual fishing quota (IFQ) and matching individual processing quota (IPQ) with a regional designation must be landed and processed in the region from which the qualified landings giving rise to the quota share (QS) and processing quota share (PQS) occurred. Amendment 41 to the FMP is intended to provide IFQ holders, IPQ holders, and communities a process by which they may request and receive an exemption from regional delivery requirements for crab under the Crab Rationalization program. Deliveries outside of the region would need to be negotiated among IFQ holders, IPQ holders, and all of the representatives of each community in each region. RESUBMISSION WITH FINAL RULE.
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Pub.L. 94 - 265 313(j)
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
Net changes due to rulemaking and transfer of one IC to another collection: 19 fewer unduplicated respondents, 11 fewer responses, 138 additional hours and $5 more in recordkeeping/reporting costs. Adjustments due to revised estimation of responses and changes in submission venues. Net changes: 42 additional unduplicated respondents, 171 additional responses, 2,353 fewer hours and $7,510 less in recordkeeping/reporting costs.
$28,814
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Patsy Bearden 907 586-7008
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
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(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
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(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
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Annual application for crab IFQ permit