Catch monitoring and control plan for shoreside processors aned stationary floating processors

Revised: 06/25/2014 OMB Control No: 0648-0330; Expiration Date: 11/30/2015

CATCH MONITORING AND CONTROL PLAN (CMCP) FOR SHORESIDE PROCESSORS AND STATIONARY FLOATING PROCESSORS (SFP)

Fax or Mail completed forms and diagrams to: U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA/NMFS, Alaska Region Post Office Box 21668 Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668 Fax: 907-586-7465 Telephone: 907-586-7228

A CMCP is a plan submitted by the owner or manager of a shoreside processor or SFP and approved by NMFS, detailing how the processing plant will meet the catch monitoring and control standards detailed in §679.28(g). The owner or manager of a shoreside processor or SFP receiving fish harvested in the following fisheries must prepare, submit, and have approved a CMCP prior to the receipt of fish harvested in these fisheries:

♦ AFA pollock,

♦ Aleutian Islands directed pollock,

♦ Rockfish Program, unless those fish are harvested under the entry level rockfish fishery under § 679.83.

NMFS will approve a CMCP for 1 year if it meets the performance standards and requirements.

The processor must be inspected by NMFS prior to approval of the CMCP to ensure that the processor conforms to the elements addressed in the CMCP. NMFS will complete its review of the CMCP within 14 working days of receiving a complete CMCP and conducting a CMCP inspection. If NMFS disapproves a CMCP, the plant owner or manager may resubmit a revised CMCP or file an administrative appeal as set forth under the administrative appeals procedures described at § 679.43.

The CMCP must be maintained on the premises and made available to authorized officers or NMFS-authorized personnel upon request.

The contents of a CMCP are provided below. Any format may be used, but it must include all the required information found in 50 CFR 679.28(g). Additional pages may be submitted if needed.

Catch Sorting and weighing	All groundfish delivered to the plant must be sorted and weighed by species. The CMCP must detail Amount and location of space for sorting catch Number of staff assigned to catch sorting Maximum rate that catch will flow through the sorting area
Scales used for weighing groundfish	Identify by serial number each scale used to weigh groundfish and describe the rational for its use
Scale testing procedure	Scales identified in the CMCP must be accurate within the specified limits. For each scale identified in the CMCP, testing plan must Describe the procedure the plant will use to test the scale List the test weights and equipment required to test the scale List where the test weights and equipment are stored List the plant personnel responsible for conducting the scale testing
Printed record	Request for exemption Identification of any scale that cannot produce a complete printed record Explain how the processor will use the scale Explain how the plant intends to produce a complete record of the total weight of each delivery
Delivery point	The delivery point is the first location where fish removed from a delivering catcher vessel can be sorted or diverted to more than one location. If the catch is pumped from the hold of a catcher vessel or a codend, the delivery point is where the pump first discharges the catch. If catch is removed from a vessel by brailing, the delivery point normally is the bin or belt where the brailer discharges the catch.
Observation area	Observation area is location designated on CMCP where individual may monitor the flow of fish during delivery Must be freely accessible to NMFS staff or NMFS-authorized personnel at any time a valid CMCP is required Must have an unobstructed view or otherwise be able to monitor the entire flow of fish between the delivery point and a location where all sorting has taken place and each species has been weighed
Observer work station	Must identify an observer work station for the exclusive use of NMFS-certified observers. The observer area must be located near the observer work station. The plant liaison must be able to walk between the work station and the observation area in less than 20 seconds without encountering safety hazards. The work station must meet the following criteria Be located in an area protected from the weather where the observer has access to unsorted catch Provide a platform scale of at least 50 kg capacity Include a workspace, at least 4.5 square meters a table a secure and lockable cabinet or locker of at least 0.5 cu m.
Communication with observer	Describe communication equipment (such as radios, pagers or cellular telephones) used to facilitate communications within the plant and provide the NMFS-certified observer with the same communications equipment
Plant liaison	Designate a plant liaison responsible for Orienting new observers to the plant Assisting in the resolution of observer concerns Informing NMFS if changes must be made to the CMCP
Attachments	Scale drawing of shoreside processor or SFP showing Delivery point Observation area Observer work station Location of each scale used to weigh catch Each location where catch is sorted For shoreside processors or SFPs taking deliveries from vessels directed fishing for Bering Sea pollock, including vessels directed fishing for pollock CDQ in the Bering Sea, the location of the salmon storage container. For shoreside processors receiving deliveries of groundfish harvested under the authority of a rockfish CQ permit, describe how the CMCP specialist will be notified of deliveries of groundfish harvested under the authority of a rockfish CQ permit.

An owner and manager may change an approved CMCP by submitting a CMCP addendum to NMFS. NMFS will approve the modified CMCP if it continues to meet the performance standards. Depending on the nature and magnitude of the change requested, NMFS may require a CMCP inspection.

CMCP addendum

Name and signature of the person submitting the addendum; Address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the person submitting addendum; Complete description of the proposed CMCP change.

CMCP for Shoreside Processors & SFPs

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