Ceremonial or Educational Permit Harvest Log

Revised: 06/25/2020

OMB Control Number 0648-0512
Expiration date: 03/31/2024
U.S. Dept of Commerce/NOAA
National Marine Fisheries Service
Subsistence Halibut
Restricted Access Management
P.O. Box 21668
Ceremonial or Educational Permit
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668
Harvest (CPEP) Log
Telephone: 1-800-304-4846
FAX: 907-586-7354

This form is used to record harvest information when fishing with a Ceremonial or Educational Permit.
Type of Subsistence Halibut Permit
Harvest Log
Ceremonial

Name of Ceremonial Permit
Coordinator

Name of Educational Permit
Instructor

Educational

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

Community of Residence
Tribal Affiliation

SHARC No.

Mailing Address (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code)

Daytime Telephone Number

Did you subsistence fish for halibut during the period indicated on the permit?
YES
NO
If YES, complete the following harvest information.
Date of
Harvest

Local Water Body,
Bay, or Sound

IPHC
Reg. Area

Halibut
Number

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

Pounds

Type of
Gear Used

No. of
Hooks
Set

No. of
Lingcod

Community of Residence
Tribal Affiliation

Mailing Address (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code)

SHARC No.
Daytime Telephone Number

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No. of
Rockfish

Did you subsistence fish for halibut during the period indicated on the permit?
YES
NO
If YES, complete the following harvest information.
Halibut
Date of
Local Water Body,
IPHC
Type of
Harvest
Bay, or Sound
Reg. Area Number Pounds
Gear Used

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

No. of
Lingcod

No. of
Rockfish

Community of Residence
Tribal Affiliation

Mailing Address (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code)

SHARC No.
Daytime Telephone Number

Did you subsistence fish for halibut during the period indicated on the permit?
YES
NO
If YES, complete the following harvest information.
Halibut
Date of
Local Water Body,
IPHC
Type of
Harvest
Bay, or Sound
Reg. Area Number Pounds
Gear Used

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

No. of
Hooks
Set

No. of
Hooks
Set

No. of
Lingcod

No. of
Rockfish

Community of Residence
Tribal Affiliation

Mailing Address (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code)

SHARC No.
Daytime Telephone Number

Did you subsistence fish for halibut during the period indicated on the permit?
YES
NO
If YES, complete the following harvest information.
Halibut
Date of
Local Water Body,
IPHC
Type of
Harvest
Bay, or Sound
Reg. Area Number Pounds
Gear Used

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No. of
Hooks
Set

No. of
Lingcod

No. of
Rockfish

PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT 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 0648-0512. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public
reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately 30 minutes per fisherman, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information collection are required to obtain a permit. Send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for
reducing this burden to Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box
21688. Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
Authority: The collection of this information is authorized under the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. 773c.
Purpose: NMFS is collecting this information to manage the Subsistence Halibut Program.
Routine Uses: NMFS uses this information to monitor subsistence halibut harvest and determine compliance with program
requirements. Responses to this information request are confidential under section 402(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
They are also confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect confidentiality
of fishery statistics. 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 eligible entity from receiving additional ceremonial or educational permits.

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Instructions
SUBSISTENCE HALIBUT
CEREMONIAL OR EDUCATIONAL PERMIT HARVEST (CPEP) LOG
The Subsistence Halibut 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 are 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. Subsistence fishing for halibut may be conducted only by persons
who qualify for such fishing pursuant to paragraph 50 CFR 300.65(g) and who hold a valid subsistence halibut
registration certificate (SHARC) in that person's name. Subsistence halibut fishing may be conducted in IPHC regulatory
areas as shown in Figure 15 to 50 CFR part 679.
Ceremonial and Educational Permits are available exclusively to Alaska Native tribes. The Ceremonial and Educational
Permits each consist of a harvest log and a single laminated permit card issued by National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS).
Each Ceremonial or Educational Permit will expire 30 days from the date of issuance. A tribe eligible to harvest
subsistence halibut may apply for additional Ceremonial or Educational Permits at any time.
NOTE: As a prerequisite for receiving additional permits, all previously issued harvest logs must be returned to
NMFS at the time of application for a new permit. A tribe that fails to return previously issued harvest logs will not
receive any additional permit until all previously issued harvest logs are returned to NMFS.
Alaska Native tribes may appoint one coordinator per Ceremonial Permit and may appoint one authorized instructor per
Educational Permit.
Each Ceremonial Permit Coordinator or Instructor must ensure—
•

The designated harvesters or students who may fish under the Ceremonial or Educational Permit are identified on
the Ceremonial/Educational Permit Harvest Log when the permit is used;

•

The Ceremonial Permit remains in the possession of the Ceremonial Permit Coordinator or other tribal authority
when not in use and is issued to designated harvesters when necessary; and

•

All required recordkeeping and data reporting of subsistence harvests under the Ceremonial or Educational Permit
are performed.

Each Ceremonial or Educational Permit log must be submitted to NMFS upon the expiration of each permit and must be
received by NMFS within 15 days of the expiration by fax or mail, as provided below.
Mail to:

NMFS, Alaska Region
Restricted Access Management (RAM)
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802-1668

Or by fax to:

907–586–7354

If you have questions or need additional information, please—
• call RAM at (800) 304-4846 (select option 2) or (907) 586-7202 (select option 2);
• fax RAM at (907) 586-7354;
• e-mail your questions to RAM.Alaska@noaa.gov; or
• check our web site at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/sustainable-fisheries/subsistence-halibut-fishingalaska.
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COMPLETING THE LOG
1. Indicate type of Subsistence Halibut Permit Harvest Log. If this is a Subsistence Halibut Ceremonial Harvest
Log, enter the name of the Ceremonial Permit Coordinator. If this is a Subsistence Halibut Educational Permit
Harvest Log, enter the name of the Educational Permit Instructor.
2. Enter the following information for each subsistence halibut fisherman:
Name of fisherman. 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 that 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. The Ceremonial or Educational permits require persons fishing under them to also possess a
Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificate (SHARC), except that enrolled students fishing under a valid
Educational Permit may fish without a SHARC.
Mailing address (number, street, city, state, zip code)
Daytime telephone number. Include area code.
3. Indicate whether fisherman 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. 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 the
fisherman harvested, but just those the fisherman 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 the harvest estimates for
rockfish.
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