Application for Transfer (Lease) of Crab IFQ

Revised: 04/27/2023

OMB Control No. 0648-0514

Expiration Date: 3/31/2024

U.S. Dept. of Commerce/NOAA
National Marine Fisheries Service
Restricted Access Management (RAM)
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802-1668
(800) 304-4846 toll free / (907) 586-7202 in Juneau
(907) 586-7354 fax / ram.alaska@noaa.gov

Application For
Transfer (Lease)
Of Crab IFQ

Annual Application Deadline – August 1
1. Applications to transfer (lease) annual Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) from one person to another will not be
processed between August 1 of any year and the date of issuance of the IFQ in a Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area Crab Rationalization Program (CR Program) fishery.
2. This application may only be used to apply for a lease of annual CVC/CPC IFQ from one individual to another for the
current crab fishing year. All other applications for transfers, including inter-cooperative transfers, must be submitted
on appropriate transfer applications.

BLOCK A – TYPE OF IFQ TRANSFER
1. Is this a transfer of CVC/CPC IFQ?

YES

NO

If NO, Stop Here. This form may only be used to transfer CVC/CPC IFQ.
If YES, Transferee must have been approved for a Transfer Eligibility Certificate by NMFS, Alaska Region
and must submit proof of at least one delivery of a crab species in any CR crab fishery in the 365 days prior
to submission to NMFS of the Application for Transfer of IFQ. Proof of this landing is:
♦

Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) Fish Ticket with signature of the applicant, or

♦

An affidavit from the vessel owner attesting to that individual’s participation as a member of a fish harvesting
crew onboard a vessel during a landing of a crab quota share (QS) species within the 365 days prior to
submission of an Application for transfer of crab IFQ.

BLOCK B – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEROR (LESSOR)
1. Name of Transferor:
2. NMFS Person ID:
3. Business Mailing Address: Indicate whether

4. Business Telephone Number:

Permanent or

Temporary

5. Business Fax Number:

7. Has transferor submitted an EDR, if required to do so under § 680.6?
YES
NO
NOT APPLICABLE
8. Has transferor paid all fees, as required by § 680.44?
YES
NO
NOT APPLICABLE

6. E-mail address:

BLOCK C – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEREE (LESSEE)
1. Name of Transferee:
2. NMFS Person ID:
3. Business Mailing Address: Indicate whether

4. Business Telephone Number:

Permanent or

Temporary

5. Business Fax Number:

6. E-mail address:

7. Has transferee submitted an EDR, if required to do so under § 680.6?
YES
NO
NOT APPLICABLE
8. Has transferee paid all fees, as required by § 680.44?
YES
NO
NOT APPLICABLE
BLOCK D – IDENTIFICATION of IFQ to be TRANSFERRED (LEASED)
Permit Number
Fishery
Sector
Region
IFQ (Class A, B, R, or U)

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Pounds

BLOCK E – CERTIFICATION OF TRANSFEROR
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
1. Signature of Transferor:

2. Date:

3. Printed Name of Transferor: (If authorized representative, attach authorization)

BLOCK F – CERTIFICATION OF TRANSFEREE
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
1. Signature of Transferee:

2. Date:

3. Printed Name of Transferee: (If authorized representative, attach authorization)

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 0648-0514. Without this approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public
reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately 2.5 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. All responses to this information collection are required to obtain benefits. Send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for
reducing this burden to the Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, NMFS Alaska Region, 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 Crab Rationalization Program.
Routine Uses: NMFS will use this information to transfer (lease) crab IFQ. 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 the transfer (lease) of crab IFQ.

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Instructions
APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER (LEASE) OF CRAB IFQ
GENERAL INFORMATION
Applications to transfer (lease) annual Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) from one person to another will not be
processed between August 1 of any year and the date of issuance of the IFQ in a Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands Management Area (BSAI) Crab Rationalization(CR) Program fishery.
NMFS will notify the transferor and transferee once the application has been received and approved. A transfer
of catcher vessel crew/catcher/processor crew (CVC/CPC) IFQ is not effective until approved by NMFS.
This application may only be used to apply for a transfer of CVC/CPC IFQ from one individual to another for
the current crab fishing year. All other applications for transfers must be submitted on an appropriate transfer
application.
This application cannot be processed or approved unless both parties to the proposed transfer have met all the
requirements and conditions of the CR Program, including (as appropriate):
♦

Submit an Economic Data Report (EDR).
An EDR is required from any owner or leaseholder of a vessel or processing plant that harvested or
processed crab in specified CR Program crab fisheries during the prior calendar year. The annual EDR
submission deadline is June 28.

To request that a printed EDR be mailed to you (at no cost), contact
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
205 SE Spokane, Suite 100
Portland, OR 97202
For more information or if you have questions, please call toll free 1-877-741-8913
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
205 SE Spokane, Suite 100
Portland, OR 97202
Telephone: 1-877-741-8913
FAX Number: 503-595-3450
e-mail: info@psmfc.org.
♦

Payment of all outstanding fees to NMFS on or before July 31.

All CR allocation holders and Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) permit holders are subject to a fee liability
for any CR crab debited from a CR allocation during a crab fishing year, except for crab designated as
personal use or deadloss, or crab confiscated by NMFS or the State of Alaska. The annual cost recovery
fee submission deadline is on or before July 31.
Please allow at least 10 working days for this application to be processed. It is important that all blocks are
completed and any required attachments are provided. Failure to answer any of the questions, provide any of the
required documents, or to have signatures could result in delays in the processing of your application.
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Forms are available on the NMFS Alaska Region website at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/alaska.
Print information in the application legibly in ink or type information.
Retain a copy of completed application for your records.
When completed, submit the application —
By mail to:

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

By delivery to: Room 713, Federal Building
709 West 9th Street
Juneau, AK 99801
Or, by fax to:

907-586-7354

If you need additional information please contact RAM as follows:
Contact RAM at: (800) 304-4846 (Option #2) or (907) 586-7202 (Option #2)
E-mail address: ram.alaska@noaa.gov
Website: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/alaska
COMPLETING THE FORM
BLOCK A – TYPE OF TRANSFER
1. If applying to receive Catcher Vessel Captain/Crew (CVC) or Catcher-Processor Crew (CPC) IFQ by
transfer, the Transferee (person listed in Block C) must have applied for and been approved for a
Transfer Eligibility Certificate from NMFS AND must submit proof of at least one delivery of a crab
species in any CR crab fishery in the 365 days prior to submission to NMFS of the Application for
Transfer of IFQ:
♦

ADF&G Fish Ticket with signature of the applicant, or

♦

An affidavit from the vessel owner attesting to that individual’s participation as a member of a fish
harvesting crew onboard a vessel during a landing of a crab quota share (QS) species within the 365
days prior to submission of an Application for transfer of crab IFQ.

BLOCK B – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEROR (LESSOR)
1. Enter the full name of the person who intends to transfer the annual IFQ.
2. Enter transferor’s NMFS Person ID.
3. Enter the transferor’s business mailing address.
If permanent, NMFS/AKR records will be updated to reflect this address.
If temporary, NMFS/AKR will not update its records but will use this address to mail any materials
related to this application.
4. Enter business telephone number
5. Enter business fax number
6. Enter business e-mail address
7. Indicate whether transferor has submitted an EDR, if required to do so under § 680.6.
8. Indicate whether transferor has paid all fees, as required by § 680.44.

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BLOCK C – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEREE (LESSEE)
1. Enter the full name of the person who intends to receive the annual IFQ.
2. Enter the transferee’s NMFS Person ID.
3. Enter the transferor’s business mailing address
If permanent, NMFS/AKR records will be updated to reflect this address.
If temporary, NMFS/AKR will not update its records but will use this address to mail any materials
related to this application.
4. Enter business telephone number
5. Enter business fax number
6. Enter business e-mail address
7. Indicate whether transferee has submitted an EDR, if required to do so under § 680.6.
8. Indicate whether transferee has paid all fees, as required by § 680.44.
BLOCK D – IDENTIFICATION OF IFQ TO BE TRANSFERRED
Enter the IFQ permit number, Fishery, Sector, Region, IFQ class (A, B, R, or U), and the number of IFQ pounds
that are intended to transfer.
For your assistance in completing this block, the following table identifies the appropriate codes for each
fishery, sector and region.
Crab Fishery
Bristol Bay red king
Bering Sea snow
Bering Sea Tanner
Eastern Aleutian
Golden
Pribilof red and blue
king
St. Matthew blue
king
Western Aleutian
golden
Western Aleutian
red king

Code
BBR
BSS
BST
EAG
PIK
SMB

Sector of QS
Catcher Vessel Owner
Catcher/Processor
Owner
Catcher Vessel
Captain/Crew
Catcher/Processor
Captain/Crew
Processor Quota

Code
CVO
CPO
CVC

Region
North
South
West
Undesignated

Code
N
S
W
U

CPC
PQS

WAG
WAI

Repeat this information for all IFQ pounds that are intended to be transferred. If more space is needed, duplicate
Block D as necessary.
BLOCKS E AND F – CERTIFICATION OF TRANSFEROR AND TRANSFEREE
Print name, sign, and enter date of signature of both the transferor and transferee. Note, that if an authorized
representative is completing the form, full authorization must be attached.

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