Lobster permit limited access applications

Permit Holder Name

Permit Number

Street Address

City, State Zip

Dear Permit Holder:

We have received your application to fish for lobster with traps in Lobster Conservation Management Area(s) (insert OCC or 2). Your application is incomplete for the following reasons:

Qualifying year does not fall within the fishing years of May 1, 1999 to April 31, 2001 qualification period (for Area OCC);

Qualifying year does not fall within the fishing years of May 1, 2001 to April 31, 2003 qualification period (for Area 2);

Documentation for more than one qualifying year used to satisfy eligibility criteria for specified LCMA(s);

Insufficient documentation provided to substantiate the use of lobster traps in LCMAs OCC or 2 during the specified qualifying years (If an LCMA 2 fisher was incapable of fishing during the 2001-2003 fishing years, that individual could apply for a hardship that would allow them to use landings from 1999 and 2000 as the basis for qualification);

You did not complete the Lobster Trap Fishery Area Eligibility Application and Trap Allocation Affidavit Form certifying the number of traps historically fished by your vessel for the areas specified in your application;

Other as described here

Please provide the missing materials or information to the address below within 14 days of the date of this letter. Otherwise, your application will be invalid.

Return to: National Marine Fisheries Service

Lobster Area Eligibility Program

55 Great Republic Drive

Gloucester, MA 01930

Sincerely,

Ted Hawes

Section Chief

Permits and Limited Access Programs

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching 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 suggestions for reducing this burden to John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2298.

All data will be kept confidential as required by NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, Confidentiality of Fisheries Statistics; however, final eligibility determinations and trap allocations may be made available to the public, consistent with current practices relative to NMFS permit data.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subjected 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. 

Form Revised January 27, 2021

OMB Control No. 0648-xxx

Expiration Date: xx/xx/20xx

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