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Revised: 01/14/2015 OMB Control No. 0648-0272 Expiration Date 02/31/2014

Prior Notice of IFQ Landing (PNOL)

U.S. Dept. of Commerce/NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Restricted Access Management (RAM) P.O. Box 21668 Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (800) 304-484ll free / 586-7202 in Juneau (907) 586-7354 fax

The operator of any vessel making an individual fishing quota (IFQ) landing must submit a PNOL to NOAA Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement (OLE), Juneau, AK, no fewer than 3 hours before landing IFQ halibut, Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) halibut, or IFQ sablefish, unless permission to commence an IFQ landing within 3 hours of notification is granted by a clearing officer.

The PNOL alerts the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) monitoring personnel and OLE personnel to legal landings. In addition, the submittal of a PNOL

♦ allows monitoring personnel to query the IFQ data center to determine if the permit holder has

enough IFQ pounds available in the account to cover the amount being landed, and

♦ affords the opportunity to observe the offload.

Data on gear type are necessary to ensure compliance with the PNOL requirement, because some reporting exemptions are gear-based.

♦ Halibut. An IFQ landing of halibut of 500 lb or less of IFQ weight and concurrent with a legal landing of salmon harvested using hand troll gear or power troll gear is exempt from the PNOL

♦ Lingcod. An IFQ landing of halibut of 500 lb or less of IFQ weight and concurrent with a legal landing of lingcod harvested using dinglebar gear is exempt from the PNOL.

IPHC uses gear type data to assist with harvest monitoring. NMFS and the Council use gear information to project bycatch rates for non-IFQ fish in the IFQ fishery and support analyses for seasonal apportionments and other allocation proposals.

The operator of any vessel wishing to make an IFQ landing before the date and time (A.l.t.) reported in the PNOL or later than 2 hours after the date and time (A.l.t.) reported in the PNOL must submit a new PNOL. No form exists for this item.

Prior notice of landing (PNOL)

Toll-free telephone call to OLE

Vessel name and ADF&G vessel registration number

Landing information

Port of landing and port code (Tables 14a and 14b to CFR part 679)

Exact location of landing within the port

(dock name, harbor name, facility name, or geographical coordinates)

Date and time that the landing will take place

Species and estimated weight (lb) of IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut or IFQ sablefish to be landed

IFQ regulatory area(s) in which IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, or IFQ sablefish were harvested

IFQ permit number(s) used to land the IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, or IFQ sablefish

Gear type reported by the hired master

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REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT

Public reporting for this collection of information is estimated to average 12 minutes, 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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