Application to transfer annual catch entitlement between

2010 APPLICATION TO TRANSFER ANNUAL
CATCH ENTITLEMENT (ACE) BETWEEN
SECTORS
Provide all information requested
SUBMIT TO
NE MULTISPECIES ACE TRANSFER PROGRAM
US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NOAA
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
55 GREAT REPUBLIC DRIVE, GLOUCESTER, MA 01930

Sector Transferring ACE:
Sector Name:

Sector Receiving ACE:
Sector Name:

Amount (in pounds) of ACE to be transferred, by stock:
________: GB Cod
________: GB Haddock
________: GB Winter Flounder
________: GB Yellowtail Flounder

________: GOM Cod
________: GOM Haddock
________: GOM Winter Flounder
________: CC/GOM Yellowtail Flounder

________: SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder
________: E. US/CAN Cod
________: E. US/CAN Haddock
________: Witch Flounder
________: American Plaice
________: White Hake
________: Pollock
________: Redfish

Total Price Paid for ACE Transfer: ___________

Signed:

Signed: ___________________
(Transferring Sector Manager)

Dated:

(Receiving Sector Manager)

Dated: ____________________

ACE Transfer applications must be received by close of business May 15, 2011.
ACE may be transferred only through the end of the current fishing year and two weeks after the fishing year
ends and must be used in accordance with the regulations at 50 CFR 648.87(b)(1)(viii). Please see a summary
of conditions and restrictions on the reverse side of this form.
NOTE: If the sector’s ACE is exceeded, the sector must cease operations in that stock area until it can acquire
additional ACE through a transfer to balance the catch. A sector can resume fishing in the stock area if it
acquires more ACE.

This form is required to obtain approval for the transferring of ACE under 50 CFR 648.87(b)(1)(viii) and to monitor ACE allocation and usage for each
sector. Signature of this form certifies that sectors 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.
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.
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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-xxxx
Expiration Date: mm/dd/yyyy