OMB control number

Alaska Pacific Halibut Fisheries: Subsistence

OMB 0648-0512 · DOC/NOAA.

OMB 0648-0512

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Regional Office (AKRO), requests extension of this currently approved information collection. This information collection is necessary for NMFS to manage the Alaska Subsistence Halibut Program. This program is intended to allow eligible persons to practice the long-term customary and traditional harvest of Pacific halibut for food in a non-commercial manner. This program provides NMFS the opportunity to enhance estimates of subsistence removals for stock assessment purposes. Before fishing under subsistence halibut regulations, a Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificate (SHARC) must be obtained. This information collection contains the applications for SHARCs; the application for a Community Harvest Permit, a Ceremonial Permit, or an Educational Permit; the harvest logs for community, ceremonial, and educational permits; an appeal process for denied permits; and gear marking requirements for subsistence halibut fishery setline gear. Each of these instruments is designed to minimize the reporting burden on subsistence halibut fishermen while collecting essential information. The SHARCs and permits are designed to work in conjunction with other halibut harvest assessment measures. The time and cost burden to mark buoys has been increased based on recent comment received for another NMFS AKR information collection. Minor editorial changes to the forms were made to increase clarity and consistency with other NMFS AKR forms.

The latest form for Alaska Pacific Halibut Fisheries: Subsistence expires 2027-05-31 and can be found here.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
Special Subsistence Permits Form
SHARC - Native Tribe Application Form and Instruction
SHARC - Native Tribal Member Registration Form and Instruction
SHARC - Rural Resident Registration Form and Instruction
Ceremonial or Educational Permit Log Form and Instruction
Community Harvest Permit Log Form and Instruction
0648-0512 30-day 89 FR 907 2024-0108.pdf Supplementary Document
0648-0512 Supporting Statement Part A.docx Supporting Statement A
0648-0512 60-day 88 FR 54574 2023-0811.pdf Supplementary Document
Special Subsistence Permits Form
SHARC - Native Tribe Application Form and Instruction
SHARC - Native Tribal Member Registration Form and Instruction
Subsistence halibut gear marking
SHARC - Rural Resident Registration Form and Instruction
Subsistence appeals
Ceremonial or Educational Permit Log Form and Instruction
Community Harvest Permit Log Form and Instruction

All Historical Document Collections

202401-0648-001	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2024-01-09
202007-0648-005	Revision of a currently approved collection	2020-07-30
201706-0648-003 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2017-06-20
201405-0648-008 Approved with change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2014-07-11
201401-0648-012 Approved without change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2014-01-27
201311-0648-011 Approved without change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2013-12-05
201105-0648-001 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2011-05-19
200802-0648-006 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2008-02-15
200502-0648-003 Approved without change	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2005-02-03

OMB Details

Special Subsistence Permits

Federal Enterprise Architecture: Natural Resources - Conservation, Marine and Land Management

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Subsistence Halibut Special Permits Application

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