Subsistence halibut community harvest permit log

Revised: 04/02/2014 OMB No. 0648-0512, Expiration date: 07/31/2014

	Subsistence Halibut Community Harvest Permit (CHP) Log		U.S. Dept of Commerce/NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Restricted Access Management P.O. Box 21668 Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668 Telephone: 1-800-304-4846 FAX: 907-586-7354
BLOCK A – CHP COORDINATOR
1. Name of CHP Coordinator		2. Signature of CHP Coordinator

BLOCK B -- SUBSISTENCE FISHER IDENTIFICATION
1. Name of Fisher (First, Middle, Last)						2. Community of Residence
3. Date of Birth			4. Tribal Affiliation							5. SHARC No.
6. Did you subsistence fish for halibut during the period indicated on the permit? (Check one) [__] YES [__] NO If YES, complete the following harvest information.
Date of Harvest	Local Water Body, Bay or Sound	IPHC Reg. Area		Halibut			Type of Gear Used	No. of Hooks Set	No. of Lingcod		No. of Rockfish
				Number	Pounds

BLOCK B -- SUBSISTENCE FISHER IDENTIFICATION
1. Name (First, Middle, Last)						2. Community of Residence
3. Date of Birth			4. Tribal Affiliation							5. SHARC No.
6. Did you subsistence fish for halibut during the period indicated on the permit? (Check one) [__] YES [__] NO If YES, complete the following harvest information.
Date of Harvest	Local Water Body, Bay or Sound	IPHC Reg. Area		Halibut			Type of Gear Used	No. of Hooks Set	No. of Lingcod		No. of Rockfish
				Number	Pounds

BLOCK B -- SUBSISTENCE FISHER IDENTIFICATION
1. Name of Fisher (First, Middle, Last)						2. Community of Residence
3. Date of Birth			4. Tribal Affiliation							5. SHARC No.
6. Did you subsistence fish for halibut during the period indicated on the permit? (Check one) [__] YES [__] NO If YES, complete the following harvest information.
Date of Harvest	Local Water Body, Bay or Sound	IPHC Reg. Area		Halibut			Type of Gear Used	No. of Hooks Set	No. of Lingcod		No. of Rockfish
				Number	Pounds

BLOCK B -- SUBSISTENCE FISHER IDENTIFICATION
1. Name (First, Middle, Last)						2. Community of Residence
3. Date of Birth			4. Tribal Affiliation							5. SHARC No.
6. Did you subsistence fish for halibut during the period indicated on the permit? (Check one) [__] YES [__] NO If YES, complete the following harvest information.
Date of Harvest	Local Water Body, Bay or Sound	IPHC Reg. Area		Halibut			Type of Gear Used	No. of Hooks Set	No. of Lingcod		No. of Rockfish
				Number	Pounds

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 30 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing the 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 aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Before completing this form please note the following: 1) The NMFS may not conduct or sponsor this information request, and you are not required to respond to this information request, unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number; 2) This information is being used to implement the Alaska Subsistence Halibut Program; 3) Federal law and regulations require and authorize NMFS to manage subsistence halibut programs in Alaska; 4) Submission of this information is mandatory for any tribe or community participating in directed fishing for Pacific halibut under the Community Harvest Permit Program; 5) This information is used to monitor the subsistence halibut program under the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982; 6) Responses to this information request are not confidential.

Instructions

SUBSISTENCE HALIBUT

COMMUNITY HARVEST PERMIT (CHP) LOG

The Halibut Subsistence Fishery is authorized by Federal regulations at 50 CFR Part 300 and provides for eligible persons to conduct subsistence halibut fishing in Convention waters off Alaska. Subsistence halibut is halibut caught by an eligible rural resident or member of an Alaska Native tribe for direct personal or family consumption as food, sharing for personal or family consumption as food, or for customary trade. Subsistence fishing for halibut may be conducted only by persons who qualify for such fishing pursuant to paragraph

50 CFR 300.65(g) and who hold a valid subsistence halibut registration certificate (SHARC) in that person's name. Subsistence halibut fishing may be conducted in IPHC Regulatory Areas as shown in Figure 15 to

50 CFR part 679.

Each CHP will be valid only for the period of time specified on the permit. A CHP will expire one year from the date of issuance to a community or Alaska Native tribe eligible to harvest halibut. A community or Alaska Native tribe may renew its CHP. A CHP permit consists of five laminated CHP permit cards and one CHP log.

NOTE: As a prerequisite for receiving additional permits, all previously issued harvest logs must be returned to NMFS at the time of application for a new permit. A community or tribe that fails to return previously issued harvest logs will not receive any additional permit until all previously issued harvest logs are returned to NMFS.

Eligible communities or Alaska Native tribes may appoint one CHP Coordinator per community or tribe. The CHP coordinator must issue one of the five laminated CHP permit cards to an eligible fisherman. The fisherman must have the CHP permit card as well as his/her valid SHARC on his/her person when fishing under the CHP.

The CHP Coordinator must maintain the CHP Log.

Each CHP Coordinator must ensure:

♦ The designated harvesters who may fish under the CHP are identified on the CHP harvest log when the CHP is issued to the designated harvesters;

♦ The CHP remains in the possession of the CHP Coordinator or other tribal or government authority when not in use and is issued to the designated harvesters when necessary; and

♦ All required recordkeeping and data reporting of subsistence harvests under the CHP are performed.

Each CHP harvest log must be submitted to NMFS on or before the date of expiration by fax or mail, as provided below.

By mail to: NMFS, Alaska Region

Restricted Access Management Program

P.O. Box 21668

Juneau, AK 99802-1668

By fax to: 907–586–7354

If you have questions or need additional information

Call: 1-800-304-4846.

COMPLETING THE LOG

BLOCK A – CHP COORDINATOR

Enter the name and signature of the person designated as the CHP Coordinator. By signing this field, the coordinator acknowledges that the recorded information is correct and complete.

BLOCK B -- SUBSISTENCE FISHER IDENTIFICATION

Enter the following information for each subsistence halibut fisherman:

1. Name of fisher. Enter full name (First, Middle, Last). Please include any suffixes such as Jr., Sr., etc.

2. Community of residence (city and state). This Community must be one of the rural communities listed in CFR 300.65(f)(1).

3. Date of birth (month/day/year).

4. Tribal affiliation. Enter the name of the Alaska Native Tribe qualifies the fisherman as eligible to fish for subsistence halibut. This tribe must be one of the Alaska Native Tribes listed in 50 CFR 300.65(f)(2).

5. SHARC number. Enter the Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificate (SHARC) number of the fisherman.

6. Indicate YES or NO whether fisher did subsistence halibut fishing during the period indicated on the special permit.

If YES, complete the following harvest information

7. Date of harvest

8. Name of local water body, bay or sound. Record the location where the fisherman did most of the subsistence halibut fishing under this special permit.

9. IPHC Regulatory Area. Record the International Pacific Halibut Commission Regulatory Area (IPHC) that describes the location where the fisherman did the subsistence halibut fishing under this permit. These Regulatory Areas are listed in Figure 15 to 50 CFR part 679.

10. Number and pounds of halibut caught. Identify both the number and pounds of halibut harvested.

11. Type of gear used.

12. Number of hooks set.

13. Number of incidental lingcod and incidental rockfish caught. DO NOT include all the lingcod and rockfish you harvested, but just those you harvested while subsistence halibut fishing under this special permit. “Rockfish” means all fish of the genus Sebastes. These include red snapper and black bass. “Rockfish” does NOT include sculpin, greenling, or cod. Please do not include these other fish in your harvest estimates for rockfish.

Subsistence Halibut Community Harvest Log

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