National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) established the Crab Rationalization (CR) Program as a catch share program for nine crab fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI), and assigned quota share (QS) to persons and processor quota share (PQS) to processors based on their historic participation in one or more of these nine crab fisheries during a specific period. The CR Program components include QS allocation, PQS allocation, individual fishing quota (IFQ) issuance, and individual processing quota (IPQ) issuance, quota transfers, use caps, crab harvesting cooperatives, protections for Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries, arbitration system, monitoring, economic data collection, and cost recovery fee collection.
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Pub.L. 94 - 265 313(j)
Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
Program Change
ECCO Annual Report (moved from OMB Control No. 0648-0570)
an increase of 1 respondents and responses, 1 instead of 0
an increase of 4 hours, 4 instead of 0
an increase of $148 personnel costs, $148 instead of $0
an increase of $1 miscellaneous costs, $1 instead of $0
Adjustments
Application for IFQ permit
an increase of 46 respondents and responses, 196 instead of 150
an increase of 115 hours burden, 490 instead of 375
an increase of $142 miscellaneous costs, $363 instead of $221
Application for IPQ permit
an increase of 5 respondents and responses, 105 instead of 100
an increase of 13 hours burden, 263 instead of 250
an increase of $3,481 personnel costs, $9,731 instead of $6,250
an increase of $37 miscellaneous costs, $86 instead of $49
Application for cooperative IFQ permit
a decrease of 6 respondents and responses, 10 instead of 16
a decrease of 15 hours burden, 25 instead of 40
a decrease of $36 misc costs, $17 instead of $53
Application for converted CPO QS & CPO IFQ
an increase of $24 personnel costs, $74 instead of $50
Application for crab IFQ hired master permit
a decrease of 1,473 respondents and responses, 141 instead of 1,614
a decrease of 516 hours burden, 49 instead of 565
a decrease of $3,552 miscellaneous costs, $111 instead of $3,663
Application for Federal crab vessel permit
a decrease of 13 respondents and responses, 114 instead of 127
a decrease of 4 hours burden, 40 instead of 44
a decrease of $46 miscellaneous costs, $229 instead of $275
Application for WAG exemption
a decrease of $15 miscellaneous costs, $37 instead of $52
Application for eligibility to receive crab QS/IFQ or PQS/IPQ by transfer
a decrease of 48 respondents and responses, 15 instead of 63
a decrease of 96 hours burden, 30 instead of 126
a decrease of $87 miscellaneous costs, $24 instead of $111
Application to transfer crab QS or PQS
a decrease of 127 respondents and responses, 126 instead of 253
a decrease of 254 hours burden, 252 instead of 506
a decrease of $751 miscellaneous costs, $882 instead of $131 ($131 was approved cost, but should have been $2,783; notary cost was not included in this IC's total.
Application to transfer crab IFQ
a decrease of $8 miscellaneous costs, $28 instead of $36
Application to transfer crab IPQ
an increase of 69 respondents and responses, 106 instead of 37
an increase of 101 hours, 155 instead of 54
an increase of $23 miscellaneous costs, $63 instead of 40
Application for inter-cooperative transfer
a decrease of 1 respondent, 10 instead of 11
a decrease of 55 responses, 550 instead of 605
an increase of 54 hours, 65 instead of 11 (also, correction, previous hours should have been 60, miscalculated)
a decrease of $4 miscellaneous costs, $101 instead of $105
Application to become an ECCO
an increase of $6 miscellaneous costs, $7 instead of $1
Application to transfer QS/IFQ to/from an ECCO
a decrease of $4 miscellaneous costs, $7 instead of $11
ROFR Contracts
Correction: $6,000 for contractor was included in, but not added into total of, last approved submission. Same cost for this submission.
$16,155
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).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Annual application for crab IFQ permit
0514 SS 053014.docx
Annual application for crab IFQ permit