The American Fisheries Act (AFA)
established an allocation program for the pollock fishery of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). Under the
AFA, only vessels and processors that meet specific qualifying
criteria are eligible to fish for and process pollock in the BSAI.
The BSAI pollock quota is suballocated to groups of vessel owners
who form fishing vessel cooperatives under the AFA. All AFA vessel
and processor permits have no expiration data and will remain valid
indefinitely unless revoked by NMFS. Inshore catcher vessel
cooperatives wishing to receive an allocation of the BSAI
inshore
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).
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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.