IPA Annual Report

Revised: 12/24/2015 OMB Control No. 0648-0401 Expiration Date: 01/31/2018

INCENTIVE PLAN AGREEMENT (IPA) ANNUAL REPORT

U .S. Dept. of Commerce NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Sustainable Fisheries Division P.O. Box 21668 Juneau, AK 99802-1668 Fax: 907-586-7131 Telephone: 907-596-7228

An IPA Annual Report must be received by the Council no later than March 1

NOTE: An IPA Final Report may take any format. The content of the IPA Final Report must include the following information.

IPA FINAL REPORT INFORMATION

Name of IPA

IPA identification number

Name of IPA Representative

Name, telephone number, and e-mail address of the IPA representative

The IPA Annual Report must contain a description of the following:

♦ A comprehensive description of the incentive measures, including the rolling hot spot program and salmon excluder use, in effect in the previous year;

♦ A description of how these incentive measures affected individual vessels;.

♦ An evaluation of whether incentive measures were effective in achieving salmon savings beyond levels that would have been achieved in absence of the measures, including the effectiveness of

◊ Measures to ensure that chum salmon were avoided in areas and at times where chum salmon are likely to return to western Alaska;

◊ Restrictions or penalties that target vessels that consistently have significantly higher Chinook salmon PSC rates relative to other vessels; and

◊ Restrictions or performance criteria used to ensure that Chinook PSC rates in October are not significantly higher than in previous months.

♦ A description of any amendments to the terms of the IPA that were approved by NMFS since the last annual report and the reasons that the amendments to the IPA were made.

♦ The sub-allocation to each participating vessel of the number of Chinook salmon PSC and amount of pollock (mt) at the start of each fishing season, and number of Chinook salmon PSC and amount of pollock (mt) caught at the end of each season.

♦ The following information on in-season transfer of Chinook salmon PSC and pollock among AFA cooperatives, entities eligible to receive Chinook salmon PSC allocations, or CDQ groups:

◊ Date of transfer

◊ Name of transferor

◊ Name of transferee

◊ Number of Chinook salmon PSC transferred

◊ Amount of pollock (mt) transferred

♦ The following information on in-season transfers among vessels participating in the IPA:

◊ Date of transfer

◊ Name of transferor

◊ Name of transferee

◊ Number of Chinook salmon PSC transferred

◊ Amount pollock (mt) transferred

SUBMITTAL INFORMATION

Submit the IPA Annual Report:

♦ to North Pacific Fishery Management Council,

605 West 4th Avenue, Suite 306,

Anchorage, AK 99501.

♦ For assistance, please call NMFS Sustainable Fisheries at 907-586-7228.

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PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT

Public reporting burden for this collection-of-information is estimated to average 8 hours per response, including the time for reviewing the instructions, searching the existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.

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.); 3) Responses to this information request are confidential under section 402(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act as amended in 2006. They are also confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect confidentiality of fishery statistics.

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