Crab Catch Monitoring Plan template

Revised 07/28/17

OMB Control No. 0648-0330, Expiration Date: 10/31/2017

Crab Catch Monitoring Plan (CMP) Template
All crab, including crab parts and crab that are dead or otherwise unmarketable, delivered to a Registered Crab
Receiver (RCR) must be sorted and weighed to species. A CMP should detail how and where crab are sorted
and weighed. This template may be used as a CMP. Another format may be used, but it must include all the
required information found in 50 CFR 680.23(g). Additional pages may be submitted if needed.
RCR Name:

Date of Application:

Plant Liaison(s):

Contact Number:

Fax Number:

Email Address:

Signature of Applicant:

Crab Sorting and Weighing Procedures Detail procedures for all locations where sorting and weighing can occur.
A. List all locations where crab can be offloaded:

B. Describe how crab are removed from the vessel:

C. Describe how and where crab are sorted:

D. Describe how crab are transported from the vessel to the scale:

E. Describe how crab are weighed on the scale. Include procedure for taring container for holding crab:

F. How are dead loss, crab parts or unmarketable crab sorted and weighed (if different than procedure described above):

G. Describe any other steps involved in sorting and weighing of crab:

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Scales Identify each scale used for weighing crab and the reason for its use.
Manufacturer

Model

Serial Number

Type

Scale Test Procedures Describe how each scale used for weighing crab is tested.
Refer to §680.23(f)(4) for more information on Inseason Scale Testing.
Scale Serial Number

Purpose

Include the maximum capacity of the scale.

Testing Procedure

List all test weights:

Where are test weights stored?

List personnel responsible for conducting scale tests:

Observation Area Describe the location where an individual can monitor the entire offloading, sorting and weighing of crab.

observation area must; 1) be freely accessible at any time during an offload, 2) provide an unobstructed view of the entire offload
st
between the 1 location where crab are offloaded and a location where all sorting and weighing of each species has taken place,
3) be sheltered from the weather and not exposed to unreasonable safety hazards.

The

Printed Record Include an example of a printed record of a delivery.

The printout should include; 1) RCR Name, 2) total weight of
crab in each landing, 3) date and time information is printed, 4) name and ADF&G # of each delivering vessel (may be handwritten).
Include a scale drawing that contains; 1) each location where crab are removed from a
vessel, 2) observation area, 3) location of each scale used to weigh crab, 4) location where crab are sorted, 5) location of printer

Scale Drawing of Delivery Location

For more information contact:

Jennifer Watson
(907)586-7537
Jennifer.Watson@noaa.gov

Mail completed CMP, Printed Record and Drawing to:

National Marine Fisheries Service
PO Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802-1668

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PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 16 hours per response, including
the time for reviewing instructions, searching the existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed,
and completing and reviewing the collection of information. 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, 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 680, under section 402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C.
1801, et seq.) and under 16 U.S.C. 1862(j); 3) Responses to this information request are confidential under section
104(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.) They are also confidential under NOAA
Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect confidentiality of fishery statistics.
PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
Authority: The collection of this information is authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act, 16 U.S.C 1801 et seq.
Purpose: In order to manage U.S. fisheries, the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service collects permit holder
information forms for the At-Sea Scales Program, which was developed in response to the need for catch
accounting methods that were more precise and verifiable at the level of the individual haul and less dependent on
estimates generated by at-sea observers. This was necessary due to the implementation of large-scale catch
share programs that required NMFS to provide verifiable and defensible estimates of quota harvest. NMFS also
established a set of performance based standards to allow shoreside processors to describe how they will ensure
that all delivered catch can be effectively monitored by NMFS-authorized personnel, and that all catch is
accurately sorted and weighed by species.
Routine Uses: The Department will use this information to identify fishery participants and evaluate the
qualifications of the applicants. Disclosure of this information is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C.
Section 552a), to be shared within NMFS offices, in order to coordinate monitoring and management of
sustainability of fisheries and protected resources, as well as with the applicable State or Regional Marine
Fisheries Commissions and International Organizations. Disclosure of this information is also subject to all of the
published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notice COMMERCE/NOAA-19, Permits
and Registrations for the United States Federally Regulated Fisheries.
Disclosure: Furnishing this information is required to obtain or retain the benefit of participation in either an atsea scales program or shore-based catch-monitoring program; failure to provide complete and accurate
information will prevent the determination of eligibility for registration in either of these programs.

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