Application for approval of use of non-CDQ harvest regul

Revised: 04/26/2023

Control No. 0648-0269 Expiration Date: 11/30/2023
U.S. Dept. of Commerce/NOAA
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Sustainable Fisheries Division
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802-1668
Fax: 907-586-7465, Tel: 907-586-7228

Application For Approval
Of Use Of Non-CDQ Harvest
Regulations

This application is used to form a voluntary cooperative to fish in the Western Alaska Community Development Quota
(CDQ) fisheries under regulations developed for a non-CDQ fishing sector. This application is used when participants are
requesting the use of non-CDQ regulations when the CDQ regulations are more restrictive.
NOTE: Attach a copy of 1) the voluntary cooperative contract or affidavit and 2) a list of vessels associated with the
cooperative or affidavit as required by 50 CFR 679.32(e)(3).
TYPE OF APPLICATION
Indicate Type of Application
☐ New Application

☐ Amended Approval

BLOCK A – VOLUNTARY FISHERY COOPERATIVE INFORMATION
1. Name of Voluntary Cooperative:
2. Name of Cooperative’s Representative:
3. Permanent Business Mailing Address:

4. Business Telephone Number:

5. Business Fax Number:

6. Business e-mail Address:

BLOCK B – APPLICANT INFORMATION
☐ Check here if applicant is the same as the entity/person identified in Block A. If YES, proceed to Block C.
1. Name of Organization:

2. Name of Organization’s Representative:

3. Permanent Business Mailing Address:

4. Business Telephone Number:

5. Business Fax Number:

6. Business e-mail Address:

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BLOCK C – CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
1. Printed Name of Applicant’s
Representative:

2. Signature of Representative:

3. Date:

BLOCK D – COOPERATIVE VESSEL INFORMATION
(duplicate additional sheets as needed)
Federal Fisheries Permit
Vessel Name
No.

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License Limitation
Program License No.

Instructions

APPLICATION FOR
APPROVAL OF USE OF NON-CDQ HARVEST REGULATIONS
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program is an economic development
program associated with federally managed fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management
Area (BSAI). A CDQ representative or cooperative manager may submit to NMFS an application for the
use of non-CDQ regulations when the CDQ regulations are more restrictive than the regulations otherwise
required for participants in non-CDQ groundfish fisheries. This application may be submitted to NMFS at
any time.
Once approved, an application to use alternative CDQ harvest regulations is effective as of the date on
which NMFS approves the application. The approval is effective until the requesting entity withdraws its
application, or until there is a change in the membership of the voluntary cooperative, whichever occurs
first.
NMFS will approve an application to use non-CDQ harvest regulations if—
♦

All of the information submitted with the application complies with the requirements of
50 CFR part 679.32(e)(2) and (3),

♦ The vessels listed on the application form represent a majority of vessels participating in an
applicable sector, and
♦ The relevant CDQ harvest regulations are more restrictive than the non-CDQ regulations for the
applicable sector.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Retain a copy of the completed application for your records.
Submit the completed application via one of the following means:
By fax to

907-586-7465

By mail to

Sustainable Fisheries Division
NMFS Alaska Region
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802-1668

If you have any questions, or if you need any assistance completing the application, please call NMFS
Sustainable Fisheries at 907-586-7228.

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COMPLETING THE APPLICATION
Submit the following information on this form:
TYPE OF APPLICATION
Indicate whether this application is for a new application or an amended approval.
BLOCK A – VOLUNTARY FISHERY COOPERATIVE INFORMATION
1. Name of the voluntary cooperative.
2. Name of the cooperative’s representative.
3. Permanent business mailing address.
4–6. Business telephone number, Business fax number, and Business e-mail address.
BLOCK B – APPLICANT INFORMATION
If applicable, check box denoting that information in Block A is the same as that requested in Block B. If
the Cooperative and the Applicant are not the same, enter the following:
1. Name of the applicant’s organization.
2. Name of the organization’s representative.
3. Permanent business mailing address.
4–6. Business telephone number, Business fax number, and Business e-mail address.
BLOCK C – CERTIFICATION
Enter the Representative’s printed name, signature, and date signed.
BLOCK D – COOPERATIVE VESSEL IDENTIFICATION (Attach additional sheet if necessary.)
Name
Federal Fisheries Permit (FFP) number, and
License Limitation Program (LLP) groundfish license number of each vessel
ATTACHMENTS -- COOPERATIVE DOCUMENTATION
The applicant must include either a copy of the current voluntary fishing cooperative contract
demonstrating participation in the cooperative by the owners of each of the vessels named on the
application form or an affidavit that includes the information required in 50 CFR 679.32(e)(3)(i)(B).
NMFS must be able to determine the following information from the voluntary fishing cooperative
contract or the affidavit:
• the name of the authorized representative of the cooperative;
• the printed names and signatures of each vessel owner that is a party to the voluntary cooperative;
• the vessel name, FFP number, and LLP license number for each vessel managed under the
cooperative; and
• the target species, processing mode, gear types, and management area(s) associated with the
voluntary cooperative's federal fishing operations.

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Public Reporting Burden Statement
A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be
subject to a penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control
Number. The approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is 0648-0269. Without this
approval, we could not conduct this information collection. All responses to this information collection are
required to obtain or retain benefits and are required to manage the commercial fishing effort of the CDQ
program in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area under 50 CFR part 679 and under section
402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.) as amended in 2006. Public reporting burden
for this information collection is estimated to average 5 hours per response, including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the information collection. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
information collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to NOAA, National Marine Fisheries
Service, Alaska Region, Attn: Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, P.O. Box
21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
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: NMFS is collecting this information to manage the Western Alaska Community Development Quota
(CDQ) Program. NMFS will use this information to determine eligibility of an entity to use non-CDQ
regulations or to amend information previously submitted by a CDQ group.
Routine Uses: NMFS approval letter and list of vessels eligible to fish under non-CDQ regulations is a public
document and will be released to the public upon request. Disclosure of this information is permitted under the
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. Section 552a) to be shared among authorized staff for work-related purposes.
Disclosure of this information is also subject to the published routine uses 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 benefits. Failure to provide complete
and accurate information may delay or prevent an entity from receiving approval to use non-CDQ harvest
regulations.
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