Application for Crab Harvesting Cooperative IFQ Permit

Revised: 03/17/2016

OMB Control No. 0648-0514

Application For Annual
CRAB HARVESTING
COOPERATIVE
INDIVIDUAL FISHING
QUOTA PERMIT

Expiration Date: 07/31/2017

U.S. Department of Commerce
NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service
Restricted Access Management (RAM)
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802-1668
(800) 304-4846 toll free / 586-7202 in Juneau
(907) 586-7354 fax

Annual Application Deadline – June 15
NOTE: To be considered complete, this application must be accompanied by the following documents:
1. A copy of the Cooperative’s business license;
2. A copy of the Cooperative’s Articles of Incorporation or Partnership Agreement; and,
3. A copy of the Cooperative Agreement (if different from #2 above).
BLOCK A – IDENTIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE
1. Name of Cooperative:

2. Date of Incorporation:

3. State in which cooperative is legally registered
as a business entity:
4. Business Mailing Address of Cooperative:

5. Business Mailing Address of Designated
Representative (if different from Cooperative Business
Mailing):

6. Type of business entity:
[__] Cooperative

[__] Partnership

[__] Other

(If other, specify)
7. Business Telephone No.:

8 Business FAX No.:

9. Business e-mail Address:

10. Name of Designated
Representative:

11. Signature of Designated
Representative:

12. Date Signed

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BLOCK B – MEMBERS OF THE COOPERATIVE
NOTE: All holders of Quota Share (QS) in the BSAI Crab Rationalization fisheries are eligible for membership
in a Cooperative; however, each cooperative must have a minimum of four unique QS holding entities.
Block B may be duplicated, as necessary, to provide all member information.
Name of QS Holder:

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Instructions
APPLICATION FOR A CRAB HARVESTING COOPERATIVE IFQ PERMIT
A Crab Harvesting Cooperative individual fishing quota (IFQ) Permit is an annual permit that authorizes the
cooperative to harvest a defined annual amount of crab during a crab fishing year (July 1 through June 30). The
amount of crab authorized by the permit is derived from the aggregate IFQ amounts that would otherwise have
been issued to the members of the cooperative. Each cooperative will be issued a separate IFQ permit for each type
of quota share (QS) held by its members.
A completed application for an annual crab harvesting cooperative IFQ permit must be submitted annually by each
crab harvesting cooperative and received by NMFS no later than June 15. Each member of the crab harvesting
cooperative must be listed in Block B. Each member of the crab harvesting cooperative is responsible for
submitting an Annual Crab Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Permit application to NMFS no later than June 15.
If a complete application is not received by NMFS by this date, or postmarked by this date, the crab harvesting
cooperative will not receive IFQ for the upcoming crab fishing year. In the event that NMFS has not received a
complete and timely application by June 15, NMFS will presume that the application was timely filed if the
applicant can provide NMFS with proof of timely filing.
ATTACHMENTS: To be considered complete, this application must be accompanied by the following
documents:
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A copy of the Cooperative’s business license;
A copy of the Cooperative’s Articles of Incorporation or Partnership Agreement; and,
A copy of the Cooperative Agreement (if different from Articles above).

Submit the completed application:
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By mail to:

NMFS Alaska Region
Restricted Access Management (RAM)
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802-1668

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By delivery to:

Room 713, Federal Building
709 West 9th Street
Juneau, AK 99801

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By fax to:

907-586-7354

If you need assistance in completing this application or need additional information, call Restricted Access
Management at (800) 304-4846 (Option 2) or (907) 586-7202 (Option 2).
RAM’s program information, applications, and reports can also be located on the Alaska Region Internet site at
https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/fisheries-applications

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COMPLETING THE APPLICATION
BLOCK A –IDENTITY OF COOPERATIVE:
1.

Enter name of the cooperative.

2.

Enter date of incorporation.

3.

Provide the state in which the cooperative is legally registered as a business entity.

4.

Enter business mailing address of cooperative.

5.

Enter business mailing address of designated representative, if different from No. 4.

6.

Provide the type of business entity under which the cooperative is organized.
A cooperative may be formed as a partnership, a corporation, or as another legal business entity that is
registered under the laws of one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia.

7-9.

Provide the business telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address for the cooperative or its
designated representative.

10.

Provide the name of the cooperative’s designated representative Affix signature of the cooperative’s
designated representative.

11-12.

Designated representative’s signature and date signed.

BLOCK B – MEMBERS OF THE COOPERATIVE
A crab harvesting cooperative must have a minimum of four unique QS holding entities. A unique QS holding
entity is a QS holder or group of affiliated QS holders that are not affiliated with any other QS holders or QS
holding entities in the crab harvesting cooperative
Provide the full name and NMFS Person ID for each member of the cooperative. Duplicate Block B as necessary to
provide all names and ID numbers.
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PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2.5 hours 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 the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 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 680, under
section 402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.) and under 16 U.S.C. 1862(j); 3) Responses to this
information request are confidential under section 402(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act as amended in 2006. They are also
confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect confidentiality of fishery
statistics
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