National Marine Fisheries Service manages the crab fisheries in the waters off the coast of Alaska under the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab. The Crab Rationalization Program (Program) allocates Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands crab resources among harvesters, processors, and coastal communities. This collection-of-information authorizes an eligible entity and its commonly owned affiliates to combine North processor quota shares (PQS) and North catcher vessel owner quota shares (CVO QS) and exchange these shares for newly created converted catcher/processor owner quota shares (CPO QS). Allowing entities to convert PQS and CVO QS to CPO QS would allow them to harvest and process crab onboard a catcher/processor. Electing to exercise this provision could reduce each eligible entity's operating costs associated with purchasing crab, processing crab on land or in a stationary floater processor, and complying with the Program's arbitration system.
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Pub.L. 94 - 265 313j
Name of Law: Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
This is a new program, with an estimated 3 respondents annually completing an application estimated to take 30 minutes, with a reporting/recordkeeping cost of $2.47 per response.
$25
No
No
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Uncollected
Patsy Bearden 907 586-7008
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.