National Marine Fisheries Service
manages the crab fisheries in the waters off the coast of Alaska
under the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands Crab. The Crab Rationalization Program (Program) allocates
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab resources among harvesters,
processors, and coastal communities. This collection-of-information
authorizes an eligible entity and its commonly owned affiliates to
combine North processor quota shares (PQS) and North catcher vessel
owner quota shares (CVO QS) and exchange these shares for newly
created converted catcher/processor owner quota shares (CPO QS).
Allowing entities to convert PQS and CVO QS to CPO QS would allow
them to harvest and process crab onboard a catcher/processor.
Electing to exercise this provision could reduce each eligible
entity's operating costs associated with purchasing crab,
processing crab on land or in a stationary floater processor, and
complying with the Program's arbitration system.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 313j Name of Law: Magnuson Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
This is a new program, with an
estimated 3 respondents annually completing an application
estimated to take 30 minutes, with a reporting/recordkeeping cost
of $2.47 per response.
$25
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
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.