Notification of Pacific Cod Freezer Longline Monitoring

Revised: 03/01/2012 OMB Control No: 0648-0330; Expiration Date: 01/31/2014

NOTIFICATION OF PACIFIC COD FREEZER LONGLINE MONITORING OPTION		U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region Post Office Box 21668 Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668 Fax: 907-586-7269 Telephone: 907-586-7131
Note: Selection must occur by November 1st for the upcoming year. Once selected, the vessel owner or operator must comply with the selected monitoring option for the entire year.
BLOCK A – VESSEL INFORMATON
1. Name of Vessel			2. Federal Fishery Permit No.
3. Name of Owner or Operator (circle one)
4. Permanent Business Address:
5. Business Telephone Number:	6. Business Fax Number:			7. Business E-mail Address:
BLOCK B – PACIFIC COD MONITORING OPTION
Check one to indicate monitoring option: [__] Opt-out of directed fishing for Pacific cod in the BSAI and groundfish CDQ fishing
[__] Motion Compensated Scales If this option is chosen complete : Scale Inspection Request Form http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/index/comment/scales.asp Observer Sample Station Inspection Request Form http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/scales/samplestationreq.pdf Electronic Monitoring Inspection Request Form http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/bycatch/salmon/chinook/forms/inspection_req.pdf
[__] Increased Observer Coverage If this option is chosen complete: Observer Sample Station Inspection Request Form http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/scales/samplestationreq.pdf
Instructions NOTIFICATION OF PACIFIC COD FREEZER LONGLINE MONITORING OPTION

Note: Selection must occur by November 1st for the upcoming year. Once selected, the vessel owner or operator must comply with the selected monitoring option for the entire year.

The notification form is available on the NMFS Alaska Region website (http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/).

COMPLETING THE NOTIFICATION

BLOCK A – VESSEL INFORMATION

1. Name of Vessel

2. Federal Fishery Permit No.

3. Name of Vessel Owner or Operator (circle one):

4. Permanent Business Address:

5. Business Telephone Number

6. Business Fax Number

7. Business E-mail Address

BLOCK B – PACIFIC COD MONITORING OPTION

Check one to indicate monitoring option:

1. Opt-out of directed fishing for Pacific cod in the BSAI and groundfish CDQ fishing

2. Motion Compensated Scales

If this option is chosen complete :

Scale Inspection Request Form

http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/index/comment/scales.asp

Observer Sample Station Inspection Request Form

http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/scales/samplestationreq.pdf

Electronic Monitoring Inspection Request Form

http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/bycatch/salmon/chinook/forms/inspection_req.pdf

3. Increased Observer Coverage

If this option is chosen complete:

Observer Sample Station Inspection Request Form

http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/scales/samplestationreq.pdf

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PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT

Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 20 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 and under section 402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.); 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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Notification of Pacific Cod Freezer Longline Monitoring Option

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