Notification of Pacific Cod Freezer Longline Monitoring

Revised: 12/26/2012

OMB Control No: 0648-0330; Expiration Date: 11/30/2015

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: 907-586-7465
Telephone: 907-586-7228

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 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:
[__] Opt-out of directed fishing for Pacific cod in the BSAI and groundfish CDQ fishing
[__] Motion Compensated Scales If this option is chosen complete and submit:
Scale Inspection Request Form
http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/scales/default.htm
Observer Sample Station Inspection Request Form
http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/scales/default.htm
Electronic Monitoring Inspection Request Form
http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/em/default.htm
[__] Increased Observer Coverage If this option is chosen complete and submit:
Observer Sample Station Inspection Request Form
http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/scales/default.htm
PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 10 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 MagnusonStevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.); 3) Responses to this information request are confidential under section 402(b) of the MagnusonStevens Act. They are also confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect
confidentiality of fishery statistics.