Application to Lease NE Multispecies DAS for 2010 fishin

APPLICATION TO LEASE
NE MULTISPECIES DAYS-AT-SEA (DAS)
FOR THE 2010 FISHING YEAR
Provide all information requested.
SUBMIT TO
NE MULTISPECIES DAS LEASING PROGRAM
US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NOAA
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
55 GREAT REPUBLIC DRIVE, GLOUCESTER, MA 01930

Lessor (person transferring DAS) Information:
Owner Name:

Permit #: _____________

Vessel Name:

Official #: _____________
(or state registration #)

This permit is:

Currently on the above vessel; or
In Confirmation of Permit History (CPH)

Lessee (person receiving DAS) Information:
Owner Name:

Permit #: _____________

Vessel Name:

Official #: _____________
(or state registration #)

Number of NE Multispecies DAS to be Leased: __________
Total Price Paid for Leased DAS: ___________
Signed: ___________________
(Lessor)

Dated: ____________________

Signed: ___________________
(Lessee)

Dated: ____________________

DAS Lease applications must be received by close of business March 1, 2011.
DAS may be leased only through the end of the current fishing year and must be used in accordance with the
regulations found at 50 CFR 648.82(k). Please see a summary of conditions and restrictions on the reverse
side of this form.
NOTE:

Lessee’s ability to receive leased DAS may be affected by the availability of DAS held by lessor.
Leasing DAS subsequent to a negative DAS balance will not compensate for the negative balance.
DAS leasing baselines may differ from the NE multispecies permit baseline used for vessel replacements.
DAS leasing baseline information is available at www.nero.noaa.gov/amend13/das_baseline.htm
The maximum number of DAS that can be leased has been eliminated

This form is required to obtain approval for the leasing of DAS under 50 CFR 648.82(k) and to monitor DAS allocation and usage for limited access NE
multispecies permit holders. Signature of this form certifies that permit holders comply with limited access permit requirements specified in 50 CFR
648.4, and that the information provided on this form is true, complete and correct to the best of their knowledge, and made in good faith (18 U.S.C.
1001). Making a false statement on this form is punishable by law.
Information obtained from the lease application is held confidential as required by NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, Confidentiality of Fisheries
Statistics, and would be used only in summarized form (without identifying the source of data, i.e., vessel name, owner, etc.) for management of the
fishery in the future.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply
with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that collection of information displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number.
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information. Send comments regarding
this burden estimate or suggestions for reducing this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information to NMFS, 55 Great Republic
Drive, Gloucester MA 01930.
OMB Control No. 0648-0475
Expiration Date: 10/31/2012

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Before completing this form, please note the following: 1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to, nor
shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection-of-information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act, unless that collection-of information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number; 2) This information is mandatory and is
required to manage commercial fishing efforts under 50 CFR part 679 and under section 402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et
seq.) as amended in 2006; 3) Responses to this information request are confidential under section 402(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act as revised
in 2006. They are also confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect confidentiality of fishery
statistics.