Crab Catch Monitoring Plan (CMP) Template

Revised 10/7/2020

OMB Control No. 0648-0330, Expiration Date 03/31/2024

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:

Contact #:

Plant Liaison(s):

Fax #:

Email:

Signature of Applicant:

Crab Sorting and Weighing Procedures
List all locations where crab can be offloaded:

Describe how crab are removed from the vessel:

Describe how and where crab are sorted:

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

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

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

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

Purpose

Scale Test Procedures
Describe how each scale used for weighing crab is tested. Include the maximum capacity of the scale.
Scale Serial Number
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. The
observation area must 1) be freely accessible at any time during an offload, 2) provide an unobstructed view of the
entire offload between the 1st 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.

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.

Scale Drawing of Delivery Location

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.

Send completed CMP, Printed Record, and Drawing to:
Josh Keaton
PO Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802-1668
(907) 586-7519
Josh.Keaton@noaa.gov
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PUBLIC 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 0648-0330. Without this approval, we
could not conduct this information collection. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be
approximately 16 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.
All responses to this information collection are required to obtain or retain benefits pursuant to 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). 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, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. Box 21688. 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: 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
at- sea 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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