Application For Transfer Of Individual Fishing Quota (IF

Revised: 04/27/2023

OMB Control No. 0648-0514 Expiration Date: 3/31/2024

Application For Transfer Of
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ)
Between Crab Harvesting
Cooperatives

U.S. Department 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

Notes:
♦ Applications to transfer Individual Fishing Quota from one Crab Harvesting Cooperative to another will
not be processed in a crab season until after Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) amounts for that season have
been calculated and issued.
♦ This form is used to apply for a transfer of IFQ from one Crab Harvesting Cooperative to another;
all other applications for transfers must be submitted on an appropriate transfer application form.
♦ Attachment: a copy of the terms and conditions of the transfer agreement must be attached. Such
documentation may consist of a bill of sale, promissory note, or other document that reveals the contract
terms between the parties.
BLOCK A – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEROR (LESSOR)
1. Name of Transferor:

2. NMFS Person ID:
3. Date of Incorporation:

4. Name of Authorized Representative (print):

5. Business Mailing Address of Cooperative:

7. Business Telephone Number:

6. Temporary Business Mailing Address (see
instructions)

8 Business FAX Number:

9. Business e-mail Address:

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Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives
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BLOCK B – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEREE (LESSEE)
1. Name of Transferee:

2. NMFS Person ID:
3. Date of Incorporation:

4. Name of Authorized Representative (print):

5. Business Mailing Address of Cooperative:

7. Business Telephone No.:

6. Temporary Business Mailing Address (see
instructions)

8 Business FAX No.:

9. Business e-mail Address:

BLOCK C1 – SIGNATURE 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 Authorized Representative of the
Transferor:

2. Date Signed:

3. Printed Name of Authorized Representative of the Transferor:

BLOCK C2 – SIGNATURE 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 Authorized Representative of the
Transferee:

2. Date Signed:

3. Printed Name of Authorized Representative of the Transferee:

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Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives
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BLOCK D1 – IDENTIFICATION OF IFQ TO BE TRANSFERRED (LEASE)
TO COOPERATIVE MEMBERS (To be completed by Transferor)
If Transfer Application is for more IFQ than the space provided on this form allows, duplicate this page as necessary to
include all intended transfers with one application. Distribute the IFQ identified in Block D1 to cooperative members in
Block D2.

Permit Number

Fishery

Sector

Region

Class
(A, B, R or U)

IFQ Pounds

BLOCK D2 – IDENTIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE MEMBERS (To be completed by Transferee)
The Transferee’s Qualifying Member(s) is the member(s) of the receiving Crab Harvesting Cooperative to whom the IFQ
pounds being transferred will be attributed. If attributing the IFQ amount to the Qualifying Member(s) would cause the
member to exceed an IFQ cap, a different Qualifying Member must be identified. Duplicate this page as necessary

1. Name of Qualifying Member (print):

NMFS Person ID:

Amount of IFQ:

2. Name of Qualifying Member (print):

NMFS Person ID:

Amount of IFQ:

3. Name of Qualifying Member (print):

NMFS Person ID:

Amount of IFQ:

4. Name of Qualifying Member (print):

NMFS Person ID:

Amount of IFQ:

5. Name of Qualifying Member (print):

NMFS Person ID:

Amount of IFQ:

6. Name of Qualifying Member (print):

NMFS Person ID:

Amount of IFQ:

BLOCK D1 – IDENTIFICATION OF IFQ TO BE TRANSFERRED (LEASE)
TO COOPERATIVE MEMBERS (To be completed by Transferor)
If Transfer Application is for more IFQ than the space provided on this form allows, duplicate this page as necessary to
include all intended transfers with one application. Distribute the IFQ identified in Block D1 to cooperative members in
Block D2.

Permit Number

Fishery

Sector

Region

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Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives
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Class
(A, B, R or U)

IFQ Pounds

BLOCK D2 – IDENTIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE MEMBERS (To be completed by Transferee)
The Transferee’s Qualifying Member(s) is the member(s) of the receiving Crab Harvesting Cooperative to whom the IFQ
pounds being transferred will be attributed. If attributing the IFQ amount to the Qualifying Member(s) would cause the
member to exceed an IFQ cap, a different Qualifying Member must be identified. Duplicate this page as necessary

1. Name of Qualifying Member (print):

NMFS Person ID:

Amount of IFQ:

2. Name of Qualifying Member (print):

NMFS Person ID:

Amount of IFQ:

3. Name of Qualifying Member (print):

NMFS Person ID:

Amount of IFQ:

4. Name of Qualifying Member (print):

NMFS Person ID:

Amount of IFQ:

5. Name of Qualifying Member (print):

NMFS Person ID:

Amount of IFQ:

6. Name of Qualifying Member (print):

NMFS Person ID:

Amount of IFQ:

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Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives
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Instructions
APPLICATION FOR
TRANSFER OF IFQ BETWEEN CRAB HARVESTING COOPERATIVES
In order for an inter-cooperative transfer to be approved, both parties must be already established and recognized by
NMFS as a cooperative. NMFS will notify the transferor and transferee once the application has been received and
approved. A transfer of CQ is not effective until approved by NMFS.
This application may only be used to apply for a transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives. All other
applications for transfer must be submitted on an appropriate transfer application.
This Application to Transfer IFQ between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives will not be processed in any year until after
IFQ amounts have been calculated and issued.
The application will not be processed or approved unless it is complete; in addition to providing the information
required by this Application, a copy of the terms and conditions of the transfer agreement must be attached. Such
documentation may consist of a bill of sale, promissory note, or other document that reveals the contract terms
between the parties.
This application cannot be processed or approved unless all parties to the proposed transfer (including the proposed
transferor, the proposed transferee, and the receiving Qualifying Member) have met all the requirements and
conditions of the BSAI Crab Rationalization 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
Telephone: 1-877-741-8913 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.
GENERAL INFORMATION

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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Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives
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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 APPLICATION
BLOCK A – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEROR (LESSOR)
1. Enter the full, legal, business name of the Crab Harvesting Cooperative that intends to transfer the IFQ to
another Crab Harvesting Cooperative.
2. Enter the NMFS “Person ID” number.
3. Enter the Date of Incorporation.
4. Enter (print) the name of the Authorized Representative.
5. Enter the Permanent Business Mailing Address.
6. Enter the Temporary Business Mailing Address (this is the address, if different from #4, to which the
applicant wishes materials to be sent).
7. Enter business telephone number
8. Enter business fax number
9. Enter business e-mail address
BLOCK B – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEREE (LESSEE)
1. Enter the full, legal, business name of the Crab Harvesting Cooperative that intends to receive the IFQ from
another Crab Harvesting Cooperative.
2. Enter the NMFS “Person ID” number.
3. Enter the Date of Incorporation.
4. Enter (print) the name of the Authorized Representative.
5. Enter the Permanent Business Mailing Address.
6. Enter the Temporary Business Mailing Address (this is the address, if different from #4, to which the
applicant wishes materials to be sent).
7. Enter business telephone number
8. Enter business fax number
9. Enter business e-mail address

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Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives
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BLOCKS C1 AND C2 – SIGNATURES OF THE TRANSFEROR AND PROPOSED TRANSFEREE
Enter printed name, signature, and date signed. If authorized representative, attach authorization.
BLOCK D1 – IDENTIFICATION OF IFQ TO BE TRANSFERRED (LEASE) TO COOPERATIVE
MEMBER(S) (To Be Completed by Transferor)
If this application is for more IFQ than the space provided on this form allows, duplicate this page as necessary to
include all intended transfers with one application.
Distribute the IFQ identified in Block D1 to cooperative members in Block D2.
Enter IFQ permit number, BSAI Crab Rationalization fishery (code), sector, region, IFQ Class (A, B, R, or U),
and the number of IFQ pounds that are intended to transfer.
BLOCK D2 – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEREE MEMBER(S) (To Be Completed By Transferee)
Repeat this information for all IFQ pounds that are intended to be transferred. If more space is needed, duplicate
Block D as necessary.
The Transferee’s Qualifying Member(s) is the member(s) of the receiving Crab Harvesting Cooperative to whom
the IFQ pounds being transferred will be attributed. If attributing the IFQ amount to the Qualifying Member(s)
would cause the member to exceed an IFQ cap, a different Qualifying Member must be identified.
List all qualifying members individually.
Enter name of Qualifying Member, NMFS Person ID, and amount of IFQ received.

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 IFQ between crab harvesting cooperatives. 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 workrelated 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 of IFQ between crab harvesting cooperatives.

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Transfer of IFQ between Crab Harvesting Cooperatives
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