OMB control number

Alaska Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program

OMB 0648-0665 · DOC/NOAA.

OMB 0648-0665

The National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office, requests revision of this currently approved information collection that contains applications, permits, and reports necessary for NMFS to manage the Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program. NMFS requires this information to evaluate the ability of a CQE to represent an eligible community and for fisheries management. This collection is revised due to an associated rule (RIN 0648-BL54) to implement Amendment 124 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and Amendment 112 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. This rule would amend regulations for the Individual Fishing Quota and Community Development Quota programs to increase operational efficiency and reduce administrative burden for program participants. This information collection is revised to provide additional submission methods and to temporarily remove the Adak CQE residency requirement for the Application for a CQE to Transfer IFQ to an Eligible Community Resident or Non-resident. No changes were made to the respondents, responses, or burdens in this collection.

The latest form for Alaska Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program expires 2026-04-30 and can be found here.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
Application for a CQE to Transfer IFQ to an Eligible Community Resident or Non-resident Form and Instruction
Application for Transfer (Lease) Between IFQ and Guided Angler Fish by a Community Quota Entity (CQE) Form and Instruction
Application for Community Charter Halibut Permit (CCHP) Form and Instruction
Application for a CQE to Receive a Non-trawl Groundfish LLP License Form and Instruction
Application for Transfer of QS/IFQ to or from a CQE Form and Instruction
Application for a Non-profit Corporation to be Designated as a Community Quota Form and Instruction
0648-0665 30-Day 90 FR 60066 2025-1223.pdf Supplementary Document
0648-0665 Supporting Statement A.docx Supporting Statement A
0648-0665 60-Day 90 FR 31624 2025-0715.pdf Supplementary Document
0648-0665 References.docx Supplementary Document
Privacy Impact Assessment NOAA4700.pdf Supplementary Document
System of Records Notices - COMMERCE-NOAA-19 _ U.S. DOC.pdf Supplementary Document
NOAA Administrative Order 216-100.pdf Supplementary Document
50 CFR Part 679.pdf Supplementary Document
Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. 773c.pdf Supplementary Document
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act - 2007 Blue Book.pdf Supplementary Document
Application for a CQE to Transfer IFQ to an Eligible Community Resident or Non-resident Form and Instruction
Application for Transfer (Lease) Between IFQ and Guided Angler Fish by a Community Quota Entity (CQE) Form and Instruction
Application for Community Charter Halibut Permit (CCHP) Form and Instruction
CQE LLP Authorization letter
Community Quota Entity (CQE) Annual Report Instruction
Application for a CQE to Receive a Non-trawl Groundfish LLP License Form and Instruction
Application for Transfer of QS/IFQ to or from a CQE Form and Instruction
Application for a Non-profit Corporation to be Designated as a Community Quota Form and Instruction

All Historical Document Collections

202512-0648-005	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2025-12-23
202302-0648-004 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2023-02-27
202301-0648-017 Preapproved	Revision of a currently approved collection	2023-01-26
202210-0648-002 Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Revision of a currently approved collection	2022-11-23
202111-0648-005 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2021-11-16
202109-0648-011 Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Revision of a currently approved collection	2021-10-06
201903-0648-005 Approved with change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2019-03-28
201601-0648-015 Approved with change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2016-01-27
201403-0648-016 Approved without change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2014-03-31
201403-0648-002 Approved without change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2014-03-13
201402-0648-009 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2014-02-20
201401-0648-009 Preapproved	Revision of a currently approved collection	2014-01-17
201310-0648-009 Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Revision of a currently approved collection	2013-11-14
201306-0648-001 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2013-06-04
201305-0648-004 Preapproved	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2013-05-07
201207-0648-005 Comment filed on proposed rule	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2013-03-06

OMB Details

Application for a Non-profit Corporation to be Designated as a Community Quota

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

Form NA

Application for Nonprofit Corporation to be Designated as a CQE

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Form and instruction

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