The Community Development Quota (CDQ)
Program was designed to improve the social and economic conditions
in western Alaska communities by facilitating their economic
participation in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management
Area (BSAI) fisheries. In aggregate, CDQ groups share a 10 percent
allocation of the BSAI pollock total allowable catch and also
receive allocations of other groundfish. These allocations, in
turn, provide an opportunity for residents of these communities to
participate in and benefit from the BSAI fisheries through their
association with one of the CDQ groups. The 65 communities, with
approximately 27,000 total residents, benefit from participation in
the CDQ Program. There are six non-profit corporations (CDQ
groups), formed to manage and administer the CDQ allocations,
investments, and economic development projects. This revision
incorporates the Chinook Prohibited Species Quota (PQS) Program
into the collection, which revises the procedure for transfer of
Chinook and non-Chinook salmon prohibited species allocations in
the BSAI pollock fishery.
PL:
Pub.L. 94 - 265 303 Name of Law: Magnson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
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