Subsistence Halibut Ceremonial and Educational Permit Lo

Revised: 3/07/2011

OMB No. 0648-0512, Expiration date 06/30/2011

Subsistence Halibut Ceremonial or Educational Permit Harvest (CPEP) Log
National Marine Fisheries Service

Ceremonial Permit Coordinator or Educational Permit Instructor

Subsistence Fisher Identification
Name (First, Middle, Last)
Date of Birth

Community of Residence
Tribal Affiliation

SHARC No.

Did you subsistence fish for halibut during the period indicated on the permit? (Circle Yes or No)
If Yes, complete the following harvest information.
Local Water
Halibut
Type of
No. of No. of
Date of
IPHC
Body, Bay or
Gear
Hooks Lingcod
Harvest
Reg. Area Number
Pounds
Sound
Used
Set

Subsistence Fisher Identification
Name (First, Middle, Last)
Date of Birth

Community of Residence
Tribal Affiliation

SHARC No.

Did you subsistence fish for halibut during the period indicated on the permit? (Circle Yes or No)
If Yes, complete the following harvest information.
Local Water
Halibut
Type of
No. of No. of
Date of
IPHC
Body, Bay or
Gear
Hooks Lingcod
Harvest
Reg. Area Number
Pounds
Sound
Used
Set

Subsistence Fisher Identification
Name (First, Middle, Last)
Date of Birth

No. of
Rockfish

No. of
Rockfish

Community of Residence
Tribal Affiliation

SHARC No.

Did you subsistence fish for halibut during the period indicated on the permit? (Circle Yes or No)
If Yes, complete the following harvest information.
Local Water
Halibut
Type of
No. of No. of
Date of
IPHC
Body, Bay or
Gear
Hooks Lingcod
Harvest
Reg. Area Number
Pounds
Sound
Used
Set

No. of
Rockfish

Revised: 03-07-2011

OMB No. 0648–0512, Expiration Date: 06-30-2011

Instructions for Completing the
SUBSISTENCE HALIBUT
CEREMONIAL OR EDUCATIONAL HARVEST PERMIT (CPEP) LOG
The Halibut Subsistence Fishery is authorized by Federal regulations at 50 CFR Part 300 and
provides for eligible persons to conduct subsistence halibut fishing in Convention waters off
Alaska.
Subsistence halibut means halibut caught by a rural resident or a member of an Alaska Native
tribe for direct personal or family consumption as food, sharing for personal or family
consumption as food, or for customary trade.
Alaska Native Tribe means, for purposes of the subsistence fishery for Pacific halibut in waters
in and off Alaska, a federally recognized Alaska Native tribe that has customary and traditional
use of halibut.
Ceremonial and Educational Permits are available exclusively to Alaska Native tribes.
Ceremonial and Educational Permits consist of a laminated permit card and a harvest log
issued by NMFS. Either permit expires 30 days from its date of issuance and must be returned
within 15 days following its expiration regardless of whether halibut were harvested using the
permit. However, eligible tribes may apply for additional permits as necessary and may possess
multiple permits at any given time
1. Enter the name of the Educational Permit Instructor.
2. Enter the following information for each subsistence halibut fisherman:
Name of fisher. Enter full name (First, Middle, Last). Please include any suffixes such as Jr.,
Sr., etc.
Community of residence (city and state). This Community must be one of the rural communities
listed in CFR 300.65(f)(1).
Date of birth (month/day/year).
Tribal affiliation. Enter the name of the Alaska Native Tribe qualifies the fisherman as eligible
to fish for subsistence halibut. This tribe must be one of the Alaska Native Tribes listed in 50
CFR 300.65(f)(2).
SHARC number. Specialized permits require persons fishing under them to also possess a
SHARC (see OMB No. 0648-0460), except that enrolled students fishing under a valid
Educational Permit may fish without a Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificate (SHARC)
number.

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3. Indicate YES or NO whether fisher did subsistence halibut fishing during the period indicated
on the special permit. If YES, complete the following harvest information
Date of harvest
Name of local water body, bay or sound. Record the location where the fisherman did most of
the subsistence halibut fishing under this special permit.
IPHC Regulatory Area. Record the International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulatory Area
(IPHC) that describes the location where the fisherman did the subsistence halibut fishing under
this permit. These Regulatory Areas are listed in Figure 15 to 50 CFR part 679.
Number and pounds of halibut caught. Identify both the number and pounds of halibut
harvested.
Type of gear used.
Number of hooks set.
Number of incidental lingcod and incidental rockfish caught. DO NOT include all the lingcod
and rockfish you harvested, but just those you harvested while subsistence halibut fishing under
this special permit. “Rockfish” means all fish of the genus Sebastes. These include red snapper
and black bass. “Rockfish” does NOT include sculpin, greenling, or cod. Please do not include
these other fish in your harvest estimates for rockfish.

Please mail the completed log to:
Restricted
Access Management
NMFS,
Alaska Region
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau,
AK 99802-1668
If you have questions, call 1-800-304-4846 or Fax 907-586-7354.

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PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 30 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing the instructions,
searching existing data sour ces, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of info rmation. Send comments
regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to Assistant
Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Before completing this form please note the following: 1) The NMFS may not conduct or sponsor this information request, and you are not required to
respond to this in formation request, unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number; 2) This information is being used to im plement the
Alaska Subsistence Halibut Pr ogram; 3) Federal law and regulations require and author ize NMFS to manage subsistence halibut pr ograms in Alaska; 4)
Submission of this inf ormation is mandatory for any tribe o r community participating in directed f ishing for Pacific halibut un der the Cer emonial or
Educational Permit Program; 5) This information is u sed to monitor the subsiste nce halibut program under the Nor thern Pacific Halibut Act o f 1982; 6)
Responses to this information request are not confidential.