CMCP instructions

OMB Control No: 0648-0330; Expiration Date: XX/XX/20XX
Fax or Mail completed forms and
diagrams to:

CATCH MONITORING AND
CONTROL PLAN (CMCP)

U.S. Department of Commerce
NOAA/NMFS, Alaska Region
Post Office Box 21668
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668
Fax: 907-586-7465
Telephone: 907-586-7228

A CMCP is a plan submitted by the owner or manager of a shoreside processor or SFP and approved by NMFS,
detailing how the processing plant will meet the catch monitoring and control standards detailed in §679.28(g). The
owner or manager of a shoreside processor or SFP receiving fish harvested in the following fisheries must prepare,
submit, and have approved a CMCP prior to the receipt of fish harvested in these fisheries:
♦

AFA pollock,

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Aleutian Islands directed pollock,

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Rockfish Program, unless those fish are harvested under the entry level rockfish fishery under § 679.83.

NMFS will approve a CMCP for 1 year if it meets the performance standards and requirements.
The processor must be inspected by NMFS prior to approval of the CMCP to ensure that the processor conforms to
the elements addressed in the CMCP. NMFS will complete its review of the CMCP within 14 working days of
receiving a complete CMCP and conducting a CMCP inspection. If NMFS disapproves a CMCP, the plant owner
or manager may resubmit a revised CMCP or file an administrative appeal as set forth under the administrative
appeals procedures described at § 679.43.
The CMCP must be maintained on the premises and made available to authorized officers or NMFS-authorized
personnel upon request.
The contents of a CMCP are provided below. Any format may be used, but it must include all the required
information found in 50 CFR 679.28(g). Additional pages may be submitted if needed.
Catch Sorting and
weighing

Scales used for weighing
groundfish
Scale testing procedure

Printed record

Delivery point

All groundfish delivered to the plant must be sorted and weighed by species. The CMCP must
detail
Amount and location of space for sorting catch
Number of staff assigned to catch sorting
Maximum rate that catch will flow through the sorting area
Identify by serial number each scale used to weigh groundfish and describe the rational for its
use
Scales identified in the CMCP must be accurate within the specified limits.
For each scale identified in the CMCP, testing plan must
Describe the procedure the plant will use to test the scale
List the test weights and equipment required to test the scale
List where the test weights and equipment are stored
List the plant personnel responsible for conducting the scale testing
Request for exemption
Identification of any scale that cannot produce a complete printed record
Explain how the processor will use the scale
Explain how the plant intends to produce a complete record of the total weight of each delivery
The delivery point is the first location where fish removed from a delivering catcher vessel can
be sorted or diverted to more than one location.
If the catch is pumped from the hold of a catcher vessel or a codend,

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Observation area

Observer work station

Communication with
observer
Plant liaison

Attachments

the delivery point is where the pump first discharges the catch.
If catch is removed from a vessel by brailing,
the delivery point normally is the bin or belt where the brailer discharges
the catch.
Observation area is location designated on CMCP where individual may monitor
the
flow of fish during delivery
Must be freely accessible to NMFS staff or NMFS-authorized personnel at any time
a valid CMCP is required
Must have an unobstructed view or otherwise be able to monitor the entire flow of
fish between the delivery point and a location where all sorting has taken place
and each species has been weighed
Must identify an observer work station for the exclusive use of NMFS-certified
observers.
The observer area must be located near the observer work station.
The plant liaison must be able to walk between the work station and the observation
area in less than 20 seconds without encountering safety hazards.
The work station must meet the following criteria
Be located in an area protected from the weather where the observer has access
to unsorted catch
Provide a platform scale of at least 50 kg capacity
Include
a workspace, at least 4.5 square meters
a table
a secure and lockable cabinet or locker of at least 0.5 cu m.
Describe communication equipment (such as radios, pagers or cellular telephones) used to
facilitate communications within the plant and provide the NMFS-certified observer with the
same communications equipment
Designate a plant liaison responsible for
Orienting new observers to the plant
Assisting in the resolution of observer concerns
Informing NMFS if changes must be made to the CMCP
Scale drawing of shoreside processor or SFP showing
Delivery point
Observation area
Observer work station
Location of each scale used to weigh catch
Each location where catch is sorted
For shoreside processors or SFPs taking deliveries from vessels directed fishing for Bering
Sea pollock, including vessels directed fishing for pollock CDQ in the Bering Sea, the
location of the salmon storage container.
For shoreside processors receiving deliveries of groundfish harvested under the authority of
a rockfish CQ permit, describe how the CMCP specialist will be notified of deliveries
of groundfish harvested under the authority of a rockfish CQ permit.

An owner and manager may change an approved CMCP by submitting a CMCP addendum to NMFS. NMFS will
approve the modified CMCP if it continues to meet the performance standards. Depending on the nature and
magnitude of the change requested, NMFS may require a CMCP inspection.
CMCP addendum

Name and signature of the person submitting the addendum;
Address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the person submitting addendum;
Complete description of the proposed CMCP change.

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