Amendment 80 to the Fishery Management
Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area primarily would allocate several Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area non-pollock trawl groundfish
fisheries among fishing sectors, would establish a limited access
privilege program, and would facilitate the formation of harvesting
cooperatives in the non-American Fisheries Act (non-AFA) trawl
catcher/processor sector (hereinafter the Program). The Program
would provide participants with a management system that allows for
improved efficiency by providing an environment in which revenues
can be increased and operating costs can be reduced. Depending on
the magnitude of these potential efficiency gains and the costs of
bycatch reduction, increases in efficiency could be used to cover
the costs of bycatch reduction measures or provide additional
benefits to participants. In addition, the Program would apply
retention standards on an aggregate basis to all activities of a
cooperative, allowing participants within the cooperative to
coordinate fishing and retention practices across the cooperative
to meet the retention requirements.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act as amended in 2006
NMFS makes adjustments in this
collection to number of participants and therefore to burden hours
and personnel costs. The burden time per response for the Amendment
80 cooperative report is increased, based on a comment by the
current cooperative. In addition, a correction is made by removing
a catch report which was incorrectly included in this collection.
Application for Amendment 80 Quota Share A decrease of $20
miscellaneous cost, $114 instead of $134 Application for Amend 80
Cooperative Quota Permit a decrease of 43, respondents and
responses, 1 instead of 44 a decrease of 86 burden hours, 2 hr
instead of 88 hr a decrease of $2,150 personnel cost, $50 instead
of $2,200 a decrease of $121 miscellaneous cost, $2 instead of $123
Application for an Amendment 80 Limited Access Fishery a decrease
of 36 respondents and responses, 8 instead of 44 a decrease of 72
burden hours, 16 instead of 88 a decrease of 1,800 personnel cost,
400 instead of 220 a decrease of $100 miscellaneous cost, $23
instead of $123 Application to transfer Amendment 80 QS an increase
of 10 respondents and responses, 25 instead of 15 an increase of 20
hours, 30 instead of 50 an increase of $500 personnel cost, $1,250
instead of $750 a decrease of $8 miscellaneous cost, $35 instead of
$43 Application for inter-cooperative CQ transfer burden and cost
currently for only one cooperative; one potential cooperative is
added. a decrease of 4 respondents and responses, 1 instead of 5 a
decrease of 3 burden hours, 2 instead of 5 a decrease of 75
personnel cost, $50 instead of $125 a decrease of $2 miscellaneous
cost, $0 instead of $2 Amend 80 Cooperative Catch Report [REMOVED]
a decrease of 44 respondents, 0 instead of 44 a decrease of 880
responses, 0 instead of 880 a decrease of 440 burden hours, 0 hr
instead of 440 hr a decrease of $11,000 personnel cost, $0 instead
of $11,000 a decrease of $2,266 miscellaneous cost, $0 instead of
$2,266 Amend 80 Cooperative Report a decrease of 43, respondents
and responses, 1 instead of 44 a decrease of 151 burden hours, 25
hr instead of 176 hr a decrease of $3,775 personnel cost, $625
instead of $4,400 a decrease of $38 miscellaneous cost, $1 instead
of $39 Appeals a decrease of 1 respondent and response, 1 instead
of 2 a decrease of 4 hours, 4 instead of 8 Total net adjustments: A
decrease of 6 respondents. A decrease of 997 responses. A decrease
of 736 hours A decrease of 18,300 personnel costs A decrease of
$2,556 miscellaneous costs. (The decreases due to removal of the
cooperative catch report are adjustments, but appear in ROCIS as
due to agency discretion, as there is no adjustmentoption to
check when removing an information collection).
$1,075
No
No
No
No
No
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.
Application for Quota Share
0565 Amend 80 permits 07 2510 ss rev.pdf
Application for Quota Share