Application to transfer chinook salmon PSC

Revised: 06/22/10

OMB Control No. 0648-0393 Expiration Date: 10/31/2012

APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF
BERING SEA CHINOOK SALMON PSC
ALLOCATIONS

U.S. Dept. of Commerce/NOAA
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Sustainable Fisheries Division
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802-1668
Fax: 907-586-7131
Telephone: 907-586-7228

This application for transfer of Bering Sea Chinook salmon PSC must be received by NMFS by June 25 for the
A season and by December 1 for the B season.
BLOCK A – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEROR
1. Name of Transferor:

2. NMFS Person ID:

3. Permanent Business Mailing Address:

5. Business Telephone No.:

4. Temporary Business Mailing Address (if
applicable):

6. Business Fax No.:

7. Business E-mail address:

BLOCK B – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEREE
1. Name of Transferee:

2. NMFS Person ID:

3. Permanent Business Mailing Address:

5. Business Telephone No.:

4. Temporary Business Mailing Address (if
applicable):

6. Business Fax No.:

7. Business E-mail address:

BLOCK C – CHINOOK SALMON PSC AMOUNT TRANSFERRED
Date of Transfer

Number of Chinook
salmon

A Season 

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B Season 

Instructions
APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER
OF CHINOOK SALMON PSC ALLOCATIONS
NMFS will issue Bering Sea Chinook salmon prohibited species catch (PSC) allocations to the catcher/processor sector
entity, the mothership sector entity, inshore cooperatives, and CDQ groups. NMFS will issue separate PSC allocations
for the A season and the B season. PSC remaining from the A season could be used in the B season (“rollover”).
The entity receiving a transferable Chinook salmon PSC allocation from NMFS is authorized to transfer all or a
portion of the entity’s salmon PSC allocation to another entity or receive a transfer from another entity (authorized
to sign transfer request forms), and be responsible for any penalties assessed for exceeding the entity’s salmon PSC
allocation.
Transfers are a voluntary request to NMFS, initiated by the entity transferring surplus Chinook salmon allocations,
to move a specific amount of a Chinook salmon PSC allocation from one entity’s account to another entity’s
account. NMFS will review the transferring entity’s catch account to ensure sufficient salmon is available to
transfer. Transfers to eligible entities may occur at any time in a season but transfers cannot be made between the
B and A seasons. Entities may receive transfers of PSC to cover overages (“post-delivery transfers”).
Requests for transfers may be submitted to NMFS either electronically or non-electronically through a form
available on the NMFS Alaska Region website (http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov). NMFS will design computer
programs to review the transferor’s catch account during a transfer request to ensure sufficient Chinook salmon is
available to transfer and, if it were, to make that transfer effective immediately.
NMFS will notify the transferor and transferee once the application has been received and approved. A transfer of
PSC is not effective until approved by NMFS.
Type or print legibly in ink; retain a copy of completed application for your records.
When complete
Mail application to:

NMFS Alaska Region
Sustainable Fisheries Division
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802-1668

Or fax to:

907-586-7131

Or submit online to:

http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov

If you need additional information regarding transfers of PSC, contact Sustainable Fisheries Division at
907-586-7228. Also, regulations at 50 CFR part 679, Subpart C, are available at NMFS Alaska Region web site at
http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov.

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COMPLETING THE APPLICATION
Enter the following information for each transfer.
BLOCK A – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEROR
1. Name of Transferor
2. NMFS Person ID
3. Permanent Business Mailing Address
4. Temporary Business Mailing Address (if applicable)
5. Business Telephone No.
6. Business Fax No.
7. Business E-mail address
BLOCK B – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEREE
1. Name of Transferee
2. NMFS Person ID
3. Permanent Business Mailing Address
4. Temporary Business Mailing Address (if applicable):
5. Business Telephone No.
6. Business Fax No.
7. Business E-mail address:
BLOCK C – CHINOOK PSC AMOUNT TRANSFERRED
1. Date of transfer
2. Number of Chinook Salmon
3. Indicate whether A Season or B Season
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PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing
the instructions, searching the existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing the burden, to Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, NOAA National
Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Before completing this form please note the following: 1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required to
respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information, subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number;
2) This information is mandatory and is required to manage commercial fishing efforts under 50 CFR part 679, under section 402(a) of
the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.) as amended in 2006; 3) 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.
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