Application to transfer annual catch entitlement between

2012 APPLICATION TO TRANSFER ANNUAL CATCH ENTITLEMENT (ACE) BETWEEN SECTORS

Provide all information requested

Provide all information requested.

SUBMIT TO

NE MULTISPECIES ACE TRANSFER PROGRAM

US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NOAA

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE

55 GREAT REPUBLIC DRIVE, GLOUCESTER, MA 01930

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ONE BLACKBURN DRIVE, GLOUCESTER, MA 01930

Sector Transferring ACE:

Sector Name:

Sector Receiving ACE:

Sector Name:

Amount (in pounds) of ACE to be transferred, by stock:

________: Eastern GB Cod

________: Western GB Cod

________: Eastern GB Haddock

________: Western GB Haddock

________: GB Winter Flounder

________: GB Yellowtail Flounder

________: GOM Cod

________: GOM Haddock

________: GOM Winter Flounder

________: CC/GOM Yellowtail Flounder

________: SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder

________: Witch Flounder

________: American Plaice

________: White Hake

________: Pollock

________: Redfish

Total Price Paid for ACE Transfer: ___________

Signed: Signed: ___________________

(Transferring Sector Manager) (Receiving Sector Manager)

Dated: Dated: ____________________

ACE Transfer applications must be received by close of business DATE.

ACE may be transferred only through the end of the current fishing year and two weeks after the fishing year ends and must be used in accordance with the regulations at 50 CFR 648.87(b)(1)(viii). Please see a summary of conditions and restrictions on the reverse side of this form.

NOTE: If the sector’s ACE is exceeded, the sector must cease operations in that stock area until it can acquire additional ACE through a transfer to balance the catch. A sector can resume fishing in the stock area if it acquires more ACE.

This form is required to obtain approval for the transferring of ACE under 50 CFR 648.87(b)(1)(viii) and to monitor ACE allocation and usage for each sector. Signature of this form certifies that sectors comply with limited access permit requirements specified in 50 CFR 648.4, and that the information provided on this form is true, complete and correct to the best of their knowledge, and made in good faith (18 U.S.C. 1001). Making a false statement on this form is punishable by law.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the 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.

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or suggestions for reducing this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information to NMFS, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester MA 01930.

OMB Approval No. 0648-0605

Expires XX/XX/XXXX