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Effective Date: August 25, 2020

SYSTEM NAME:
Permits and Registrations for United States Federally Regulated Fisheries.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
None.

SYSTEM LOCATIONS:
a. NMFS Greater Atlantic Region, 55 Great Republic Dr., Gloucester, MA 01930 (includes Atlantic Highly
Migratory Species (HMS) tuna dealer permits).
b. NMFS Southeast Region, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg FL 33701 (includes shark and
swordfish vessel permits, shark and swordfish dealer permits).
c. NMFS West Coast Region, Sustainable Fisheries Division, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg. #1, Seattle,
WA 98115.
d. NMFS West Coast Region, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802.
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e. NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037 (Pacific
Highly Migratory Species database only).
f. NMFS Office of the Chief Information Officer, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
(National Permits System).
g. NMFS Pacific Islands Region, 1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818.
h. NMFS Alaska Region, 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau, AK 99801.
i. NMFS Office of Science and Technology, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (National
Saltwater Angler Registry).
j. NMFS Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20910 (High Seas Fishing Compliance Act and Antarctic Marine Living Resources harvesting and
dealer permit data).
k. NMFS Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 3209 Frederic St., Pascagoula, MS 39567 (Antarctic Marine
Living Resources preauthorization certification data).
l. NMFS Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910
(Atlantic HMS tuna vessel permits, HMS Angling Permit, HMS Charter/headboat permits database).
m. Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, 1050 North Highland Street, Arlington, VA 22201.

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS:
Richard Miner, Information Technology Security Officer, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. (MagnusonStevens Act); High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995, 16 U.S.C 5501 et seq.; International Fisheries
Regulations: Vessels of the United States Fishing in Colombian Treaty Waters, 50 CFR 300.120; the
American Fisheries Act, Title II, Public Law No. 105-277; the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act of 1993, 16 U.S.C. 5101-5108, as amended 1996; the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950,
16 U.S.C. 951-961; the Atlantic Tunas Convention Authorization Act, 16 U.S.C., Chapter 16A; the
Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq. (Halibut Act); the Antarctic Marine Living
Resources Convention Act of 1984, 16 U.S.C. 2431-2444; the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries
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Convention Implementation Act, 16 U.S.C. 6901 et seq. (WCPFCIA); the Dolphin Protection Consumer
Information Act, 16 U.S.C. 1385; the Marine Mammal Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.; the
Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Act, 2018, Division B, Section 539 (Pub. L. 115-141);
and Taxpayer Identifying Number, 31 U.S.C. 7701.

PURPOSES OF THE SYSTEM:
This information will allow NMFS to identify owners and holders of permits and non-permit
registrations; identify vessel owners and operators; evaluate requests by applicants and current
participants, and/or engage in agency actions related to the issuance, renewal, transfer, revocation,
suspension or modification of a permit or registration.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Owners or holders of a permit or registration as recognized by NMFS, owner agents, vessel owners,
and/or operators. Individuals who apply for any permit, permit exception, permit exemption or
regulation exemption, registration, dedicated access privilege or fishing quota share either initially,
annually, or by transfer. Applicants seeking permission to fish in a manner that would otherwise be
prohibited in order to conduct experimental fishing. Owners of processing facilities and/or fish
dealers. Importers of seafood products subject to NMFS trade tracking and monitoring programs.
Permit qualifiers (persons whose incomes are used for permit qualification). Allocation assignees
under a Southeast Region individual fishing quota. Observers, grantees and volunteers when
applicable.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
This information is collected and/or maintained by all regions and divisions: For applicants and
related entities referred to in regions/divisions: name, address, business telephone number and date
of birth; Tax Identification Number (TIN), Employer Identification Number (EIN) or Social Security
Number (SSN), required for all permits. For purposes of administering the various NMFS fisheries
permit and registration programs, a person shall be considered to be doing business with a Federal
agency including, but not limited to, if the person is an applicant for, or recipient of, a Federal license,
permit, right-of-way, grant, or benefit payment administered by the agency, or insurance
administered by the agency pursuant to subsection (c)(2)(B) of 31 U.S.C 7701.
Additional information is collected and/or maintained by individual regions and divisions:
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Greater Atlantic Region
For transferable permits: Current permit number, permit status information, type of application,
name and type of applicant, cellular telephone number and/or fax number, hair and eye color, height
and weight, ID-sized photograph, medical records for resolution of permit dispute, enforcement
actions, court and legal documents, and permit sanction notice filed by NOAA General Counsel,
checking account numbers, cancelled checks, tax returns, internal permit number specific to each
limited entry permit, baseline specifications on limited entry permit, country, captain's license, State
and Federal Dealer Numbers (if applicable), name of corporation, state and date of incorporation of
business and articles of incorporation, coast on which dealer does business, processing sector,
facilities where fish received, vessel landing receipts and records, dealer purchase receipts, bills of
sale, type of vessel registration, NMFS unique vessel ID, year vessel built, hailing port, hailing port
state, principal port, principal state, vessel operations type (catching and/or processing: for at-sea
processing permit), fish hold capacity, passenger capacity, VMS status, crew size, fishery type, fishery
management plan and category, maximum days at sea, quota allocation and shares, regional fishery
management organization, species or species code, type of gear, gear code and rank, buoy and
trap/pot color, number of tags assigned to vessel, number of traps, and dredge size and number.
Southeast Region
Fee payment information, applicant cellular telephone number and/or fax number, email address,
Web site, gender, hair and eye color, height and weight, ID-sized photograph, corporation name,
Dunn and Bradstreet Corporation Number, state and date of incorporation; for all entities with a
business relationship (officer, owner or shareholder) to a wreckfish certificate holder, or with a
business relationship (officer, owner or shareholder) to a vessel owner or vessel lessee, position held
in the business, percent ownership of the business, and citizenship status; NMFS internal
identification number, county, country, marriage certificate, divorce decree, death certificate, trust
documents, probated will, enforcement actions, court and legal documents, and permit sanction
notices filed by General Counsel, name of vessel permit applicant if not owner, and relationship to
owner, type of vessel ownership, captain's license, original permit, permit payment information,
name of permit transferor and number of permit before transfer, permit and vessel sale price (for
permit transfers), date of permit transfer signature, notarized, sale and lease agreement with lease
start and end dates if applicable, income or license qualifier for certain fisheries, Income Qualification
Affidavit for income qualified fisheries, U.S. importer number, State and Federal dealer numbers (if
applicable), plant name and operator, hull identification number, hailing port and hailing port state,
year vessel built, location where vessel built, vessel function, vessel characteristics (length, breadth,
external markings, hull /or superstructure color), gross and net tonnage, type of construction, fuel
capacity and type, horsepower (engine, pump), type of product storage, fish hold capacity, live well
capacity, radio call sign, vessel communication types and numbers, crew size, passenger capacity,
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fishery type, quota shares, vessel landing receipts and records, bills of sale, processing facility where
fish are received, gear type, species/gear endorsements, buoy/trap color code, number of traps, trap
tag number series, trap dimensions, trap mesh size, designated fishing zone, aquaculture reports: site
description, material deposited and harvested, value of material, Highly Migratory Species workshop
certificate, informational telephone calls recorded with member of public's knowledge, (or customer
service evaluation and constituent statement records); U.S. Citizenship or permanent resident alien
status, facility name, address, telephone information (for dealer permits), and permit or license
numbers for other Federal or state permit/licenses issued.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
An IFTP: Current permit number, permit status information, type of application, name and type of
applicant, business email address, cellular telephone and/or fax number, Web site, corporation name
and state and date of incorporation, Dunn and Bradstreet Corporation Number, percent/rank of
ownership interest, lease start/end date, income or license qualifier for certain fisheries, United States
Coast Guard (USCG) Certificate of Documentation number or state vessel registration number, U.S.
Importer Number (dealers), State and Federal Dealer Numbers (if applicable), processing facility
where fish are received, name of vessel, type of vessel registration, hull identification number, vessel
characteristics (length, breadth, external markings, hull /or superstructure color), gross and net
tonnage, type of construction, fuel capacity and type, horsepower (engine, pump), type of product
storage, passenger capacity; crew size, hailing port, hailing port state, principal port, principal port
state, fish hold capacity, year vessel built, fishery type, species or species code, type of fishing gear,
gear code; vessel monitoring system (VMS) activation certification, vessel name, and vessel function.
West Coast Region
Northwest Permits: NMFS internal identification number, permit/license number, applicant or new
permit/license owner name, (current and new) permit/license or vessel owner name, email address,
name of authorized representative and title, permit action requested, midseason sablefish tier
landed amount, application fee payment information (check/money order date, check/money order
number, bank account number or credit card last 4 digits, check amount), copies of checks, divorce
decree, marriage certificate, death certificate, probated will, trust documents, medical records of
permit owners seeking exemption from certain permit requirements, proof of citizenship,
enforcement actions and settlement agreements, power of attorney documents, affidavits, court and
legal documents, articles of incorporation, state and date of incorporation, permit sanction notices,
period of permit lease, permit sale/lease price, sales/lease agreement. vessel name and registration
number, vessel length overall, location of where vessel built, documentation of loss or destruction of
vessel, vessel registration documentation (USCG or state), names of entities/individuals having a
share(s) in a corporate/business entity, percent of ownership interest in corporate/business entity,
Small Business Act designation/certification, landing/delivery receipts/data and records,
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catch/delivery/processing history, bill of lading, sales and contract agreements, amount of quota
share for Individual Fishng Quota (IFQ) species associated with Quota Share (QS) permit,
mothership/catcher vessel endorsement and catch history identification number and amount of
whiting catch history assignment, name of first receiver and landing facility contact, first receiver
catch monitor plan, state scale inspection documentation, landing facility owner name, physical
address of first receiving facility, mothership catcher vessels designation of whether it operates in
coop or non-coop fishery and obligation to mothership permit (number), catcher processor
designation of whether it will operate as mothership, mothership designation of whether it will
operate solely as mothership, cooperative name, cooperative manager name, mutual exception
agreements, mothership processing withdrawal certification, cooperative/membership agreement
(list of members, permits, vessels, cooperative requirements, amendments), list of vessels
participating in cooperative, list of permits and their obligation to a mothership permit.
Southwest Permits: Permit status information, type of application, name of applicant and
relationship to owner or owner manager if not owner or operator, and names of other individuals on
application (vessel owner(s), owner's agent, dealer, corporation members), and position in company
if applicable, corporation name, Dunn and Bradstreet Corporation Number, state and date of
incorporation and articles of incorporation (if applicable), cellular telephone number and/ or fax
number, business e-mail address, USCG Certificate of Documentation number or state vessel
registration number, country, other federal, state and commercial licenses held by operator, name of
permit transferor and number of permit before transfer, type of vessel (commercial fishing, charter),
vessel photograph, hull identification number, hailing port, hailing port state, principal port, principal
port state, year vessel built, where vessel built, maximum vessel speed, fish hold capacity, processing
equipment, passenger capacity, crew size, international radio call sign, VMS status, dolphin safety
gear on board, previous vessel flag, previous vessel name and effective dates, species/gear
endorsements, fishery type, type of fishing gear, gear code, fishing status (active or inactive), intent to
make intentional purse seine sets on marine mammals, date, location, and provider of most recent
tuna purse seine marine mammal skipper workshop, IFTP holder information for those importing
species under the Tuna Tracking and
Verification Program.
Pacific Islands Region
Current permit number, permit status information, type of application, name of applicant and of
other individuals on application (vessel owner(s), owner's agent, dealer, corporation members), and
position in company if applicable, corporation name, state and date of incorporation, cellular
telephone number and/or fax number, email address, photograph identification, verification of
citizenship or nationality, owner of checking account from which application processing fees made,
date and number of check, enforcement actions, court and legal documents, and permit sanction
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notices filed by General Counsel, name of permit transferor and transferee and number of permit
before transfer, letters of authorization or power of attorney, compliance with protected species
workshop, USCG Certificate of Documentation number or state vessel registration number, vessel
name, permits registered to vessel, international radio call sign, year vessel built, location where
vessel built, endorsements, vessel markings and photograph, vessel refrigeration and capacity, fish
hold capacity, communication types and addresses, fishery type, percent of ownership interest,
ownership and catch history as basis for permit qualification or renewal vessel landing receipts and
records, dealer purchase receipts, and bills of sale.
Alaska Region
Current permit number, permit status information, type of application, name of applicant and of
other individuals on application (vessel owner(s), owner's agent, dealer, corporation members), and
position in company if applicable, corporation name, state and date of incorporation and articles of
incorporation (if applicable), cellular and/or fax telephone number, business e-mail address, country,
citizenship, NMFS internal identification number, USCG Certificate of Documentation number or state
vessel registration number, vessel name, reference names, owner beneficiary, death certificate,
marriage certificate, divorce decree, trust documents, probated will, medical information for
emergency transfer of certain permits only, enforcement actions, court and legal documents, and
permit sanction notices filed by General Counsel, bank account number, canceled checks, tax returns,
name of Alaska Native tribe, community of residence, fishery community organization, community
governing body contact person, nonprofit name, community represented by nonprofit, cooperative
representative, percent of ownership interest, permit restrictions, quota type, names of other quota
holders if affiliated with any cooperative member receiving quota against cap, names and
relationship of permit transferor and transferee, transfer eligibility certificate, sector and region
before transfer, reason for transfer, broker's name and fee, lien information (if applicable), quota
transfer costs, permit financing source, permit fee, sale/lease agreement, period of lease, agreement
to return shares (if applicable), and documentation of military service for certain quota leases; for
crab rationalization: affidavit that right of first refusal contracts were signed, number of units and
pounds of fish transferred, applicable dealer license numbers, processing plant name and
identification, operation type and operator, type of vessel registration, State of Alaska registration
number, NMFS vessel identification number, hull identification number, hailing port and hailing port
state, vessel breadth, gross tonnage, fuel capacity and horsepower, numbers of existing permits if
applicable to current application, documentation of loss or destruction of a vessel, list of vessels in a
vessel cooperative, vessel operations type in terms of catching and/or processing, species/gear
endorsements for fisheries requiring vessel monitoring systems, fishery type, species or species code,
fishery management plan, days at sea allocations, quota shares, type of fishing gear, gear code, vessel
landing receipts and records, bills of sale, delivery receipts, dealer purchase receipts, and processing
sector and facility where fish are received.
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International Affairs and Seafood Inspection: High Seas Fishing Compliance Act
Name of applicant and of other individuals on application (vessel owner(s), vessel operator(s),
owner's agent, dealer, corporation members), citizenship, cellular telephone and/or fax number, email, positions of individuals in company if applicable, corporation name, State and date of
incorporation (if applicable), current permit number, permit status information, type of application,
internal identification number, percent/rank of ownership interest, hull identification number, vessel
photograph, type of vessel registration, USCG Certificate of Documentation number or state vessel
registration number, vessel name, year vessel built, where vessel built, fish hold capacity, hailing
port, hailing port state, crew size, international radio call sign, previous vessel flag, previous vessel
name, fishery type, fishery management plan, regional fishery management organization, type of
vessel, vessel code, and vessel refrigeration type.
International Affairs and Seafood Inspection: Antarctic Marine Living Resources
IFTP holder information, current permit number, permit status information, type of application,
name of applicant and of other individuals on application (vessel owner(s), owner's agent, dealer,
corporation members), and position in company if applicable, corporation name, state and date of
incorporation and articles of incorporation (if applicable), nationality, cellular telephone and/or fax
number, type of vessel (commercial fishing, charter), where vessel built, year vessel built, fish hold
capacity, USCG Certificate of Documentation number or state vessel registration number, vessel
name, International Maritime Organization number (if issued), vessel communication types and serial
numbers, details of tamper-proof VMS elements, ice classification, processing equipment,
international radio call sign, foreign vessel flag, previous vessel flag, previous vessel name, permit
number of supporting foreign vessel, crew size, species code, type of fishing gear, information on the
known and anticipated impacts of bottom trawling gear on vulnerable marine ecosystems, species
and amount to be imported, and the products to be derived from an anticipated catch of krill.
International Affairs and Seafood Inspection: International Fisheries Trade Permit
Business name, date of incorporation, articles of incorporation on file, DUNS Number, business
organization type, business address, telephone number and email address of record, temporary
business, address, email address of record, U.S. Importer Number, contact person, cellular telephone
number of record, foreign address of record, fax number of record, temporary business mailing
address, temporary/alternate address, temporary/alternate fax number, temporary/alternate
telephone number, temporary/alternate cellular telephone number, business owner name, contact
person title, contact person citizenship, contact person role, eligible owner, additional facilities:
country where business is based, purchased/received location name, telephone and fax numbers;
owner of permit.

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International Affairs and Seafood Inspection: Seafood Import Monitoring Program and
Commerce Trusted Trader Program
IFTP holder information, employer, IFTP number and expiration date, attestation of all licensing,
permitting, and reporting requirements applicable to the importation of fish and fish products,
including the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, copy of trusted trader/internal control plan.
National Saltwater Angler Registry Program
E-mail address, business telephone number, designation as owner-operator or for-hire vessel, vessel
name and registration/documentation number, and a statement of the region(s) in which the
registrant fishes.
International Affairs and Seafood Inspection: Traceability Information Program for Seafood
Business name, business address, Tax Identification Number (TIN), Employer Identification Number
(EIN) or Social Security Number (SSN), business owner name, business owner business owner phone
number, business owner email address, business owner website login password, designation as
owner-operator of aquaculture facility, production facility name, production facility address,
production date, product species, product form, product weight, sale date, sale weight, buyer name,
buyer address, buyer phone number, and buyer email address.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
Subject individuals and those authorized by subject individuals to furnish information.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:
In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, and
those disclosures authorized under the Debt Collection Act (31 U.S.C. 3718) for the purpose of
collecting delinquent debts, all or a portion of the records or information contained in this system
may be disclosed to authorized individuals and/or entities, as is determined to be relevant and
necessary, as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows:
1. In the event that a system of records maintained by the Department to carry out its functions
indicates a violation or potential violation of law or contract, whether civil, criminal or regulatory in
nature and whether arising by general statute or particular program statute or contract, rule,
regulation, or order issued pursuant thereto, or the necessity to protect an interest of the
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Department, the relevant records in the system of records may be referred to the appropriate agency,
whether Federal, State, local, or foreign, charged with the responsibility of investigating or
prosecuting such violation or charged with enforcing or implementing the statute or contract, rule,
regulation, or order issued pursuant thereto, or protecting the interest of the Department.
2. A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, in the course of presenting
evidence to a court, magistrate or administrative tribunal, including disclosures to opposing counsel
representing the requester and/or subject of the records in the course of settlement negotiations.
3. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to a Member of Congress submitting a request
involving an individual when the individual has requested assistance from the Member with respect
to the subject matter of the record.
4. A record in this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the Department of Justice
in connection with determining whether disclosure thereof is required by the Freedom of Information
Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
5. A record in this system may be disclosed to the Department of Homeland Security for the purposes
of determining the admissibility of certain seafood imports into the United States.
6. A record in this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to a contractor of the
Department having need for the information in the performance of the contract, but not operating a
system of records within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
7. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to approved persons at the state or interstate
level within the applicable Marine Fisheries Commission for the purpose of co-managing a fishery or
for making determinations about eligibility for permits when state data are all or part of the basis for
the permits.
8. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to the applicable Fishery Management Council
(Council) staff and contractors tasked with the development of analyses to support Council decisions
about Fishery Management Programs.
9. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to the applicable NMFS Observer Program for
purposes of identifying current permit owners and vessels and making a random assignment of
observers to vessels in a given fishing season.
10. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to the applicable regional or international
fisheries management body for the purposes of identifying current permit owners and vessels
pursuant to applicable statutes or regulations and/or conservation and management measures
adopted by a regional or international fisheries management body, such as: the Food and Agriculture
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Organization of the United Nations, Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living
Resources, Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, International Pacific Halibut Commission, and
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.
11. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to appropriate agencies, entities, and persons
when (1) the Department suspects confirmed that there has been a breach of the system of records;
(2) the Department has determined that as a result of the suspected or confirmed breach there is a
risk of harm to individuals, the Department (including its information systems, programs, and
operations), the Federal Government, or national security; and (3) the disclosure made to such
agencies, entities, and persons is reasonably necessary to assist in connection with the Department's
efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed breach or to prevent, minimize, or remedy such
harm.
12. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to another Federal agency or Federal entity,
when the Department determines that information from this system of records is reasonably
necessary to assist the recipient agency or entity in (1) responding to a suspected or confirmed
breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or remedying the risk of harm to individuals, the recipient
agency or entity (including its information systems, programs, and operations), the Federal
Government, or national security, resulting from a suspected or confirmed breach.
13. A record in this system of records may be disclosed to student volunteers, individuals working
under a personal services contract, and other workers who technically do not have the status of
Federal employees, when they are performing work for the Department and/or its agencies, as
authorized by law, as needed to perform their assigned Agency functions.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF RECORDS: Computerized database; CDs; back-up files
stored on tape, paper records stored in file folders in locked metal cabinets and/or locked rooms.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF RECORDS: Records are organized and retrieved by
NMFS internal identification number, name of entity, permit number, vessel name or identification
number, or processing plant name. Records can be accessed by any file element or any combination
thereof.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: All records are retained
and disposed of in accordance with National Archive and Records Administration regulations (36 CFR
Chapter XII, Subchapter B - Records Management); Departmental directives and comprehensive
records schedules; NOAA Administrative Order 205-01; and the NMFS Records Disposition Schedule,
Chapter 1500.
ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SAFEGUARDS: The system of records is stored in
buildings with doors that are locked during and after business hours. Visitors to the facilities must
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register with security guards and must be accompanied by Federal personnel at all times. Records are
stored in a locked room and/or a locked file cabinet. Electronic records containing Privacy Act
information are protected by a user identification/password. The user identification/password is
issued to individuals as authorized by authorized personnel. All electronic information disseminated
by NOAA adheres to the standards set out in Appendix III, Security of Automated Information
Resources, OMB Circular A-130; the Computer Security Act (15 U.S.C. 278g-3 and 278g-4); and the
Government Information Security Reform Act, Public Law 106-398; and follows NIST SP 800-18, Guide
for Developing Security Plans for Federal Information Systems; NIST SP 800-26, Security SelfAssessment Guide for Information Technology Systems; and NIST SP 800-53, Recommended Security
Controls for Federal Information Systems.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: Requests from individuals should be addressed to: Assistant
Administrator for Management and Budget, NOAA, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: The Department's rules for access, for contesting contents,
and appealing initial determinations by the individual concerned appear in 15 CFR part 4b. Use
address cited in Record Access Procedures above.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: Requester should provide name pursuant to the inquiry provisions of
the Department's rules which appear in 15 CFR part 4b. Use address cited in Record Access
Procedures above.
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