Transfer of Crab IPQ

Revised: 08/05/2014

OMB Control No. 0648-0514

Expiration Date: 07/31/2017

U.S. Dept. 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

APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER
(LEASE) OF CRAB IPQ

Notes:
1. Applications to transfer (lease) annual Individual Processor Quota (IPQ) will not be processed between August 1 of
any year and the date of issuance of the IPQ in a Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area Crab
Rationalization Program (CR Program) fishery.
2. This application may only be used to apply for a lease of annual IPQ for the current crab fishing year. All other
applications for transfers, including inter-cooperative transfers, must be submitted on appropriate transfer applications.

BLOCK A – TYPE OF TRANSFER
1. Will this transfer of IPQ be used within the Eligible Crab Community (ECC) with which the IPQ is
currently associated?
YES [

]

NO [

]

NOT APPLICABLE [ ]

If YES, indicate the name of the current ECC that has the Right of First Refusal (ROFR)
_________________________________________
2. Will this transfer of IPQ be used outside the ECC with which the IPQ is currently associated?
YES [

]

NO [ ]

NOT APPLICABLE [ ]

BLOCK B -- IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEROR (LESSOR)
1. Name of Transferor

2. NMFS Person ID:
3. Date of Incorporation:

4. Permanent Business Mailing Address:

6. Business Telephone No.:

5. Temporary Business Mailing Address:

7. Business Fax No.:

8. E-mail Address:

9. Has transferor submitted an EDR, if required to do so under § 680.6?
YES [__]

NO [__]

NOT APPLICABLE [ ]

10. Has transferor paid all fees, as required by § 680.44?
YES [__]

NO [__]

NOT APPLICABLE [ ]

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1. Name of Transferee

BLOCK C B IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEREE (LESSEE)
2. NMFS Person ID:

3. Date of Incorporation:

4. Permanent Business Mailing Address:

6. Business Telephone No.:

5. Temporary Business Mailing Address

7. Business Fax No.:

8. E-mail address:

9. Has transferee submitted an EDR, if required to do so under § 680.6?
YES [__]

NO [__]

NOT APPLICABLE [ ]

10. Has transferee paid all fees, as required by § 680.44?
YES [__]

NO [__]

NOT APPLICABLE [ ]

BLOCK D – IDENTIFICATION of IPQ to be TRANSFERRED (LEASED)
Permit Number
Fishery
Sector of QS
Region

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IPQ Pounds

BLOCK E – CERTIFICATION OF TRANSFEROR
Under penalty of perjury, I certify by my signature below that I have examined the information and the claims provided
on this application and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information presented here is true, correct, and
complete.
1. Signature of Transferor:

2. Date:

3. Printed Name of Transferor: (If authorized representative, attach authorization)

BLOCK F – CERTIFICATION OF TRANSFEREE
Under penalty of perjury, I certify by my signature below that I have examined the information and the claims provided
on this application and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the information presented here is true, correct, and
complete.
1. Signature of Transferee:
2. Date:

3. Printed Name of Transferee: (If authorized representative, attach authorization)

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting 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 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, NMFS
Alaska Region, 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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Instructions
APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER (LEASE) OF CRAB IPQ
GENERAL INFORMATION
NMFS will notify the transferor and transferee once the application has been received and approved. A
transfer of IPQ is not effective until approved by NMFS.
This application may only be used to apply for a transfer of IPQ for the current crab fishing year. All
other applications for transfers must be submitted on an appropriate transfer application.
This application cannot be processed or approved unless both parties to the proposed transfer have met all the
requirements and conditions of the CR Program, including (as appropriate):
♦

Submit an CR Economic Data Report (EDR).
A CR EDR is required from any owner or leaseholder of a vessel or processing plant that
harvested or processed crab in specified CR Program crab fisheries during the prior calendar
year. The annual EDR submission deadline is June 28.
To request that a printed EDR be mailed to you (at no cost), contact
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
205 SE Spokane, Suite 100
Portland, OR 97202
Telephone: 1-877-741-8913
e-mail [email protected].

♦

Payment of all outstanding fees to NMFS on or before July 31.
All CR allocation holders and Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) permit holders are subject to a
fee liability for any CR crab debited from a CR allocation during a crab fishing year, except for
crab designated as personal use or deadloss, or crab confiscated by NMFS or the State of
Alaska. The annual cost recovery fee submission deadline is July 31.

ADDITIONALLY
♦

Print information in the application legibly in ink or type information.

♦

Retain a copy of completed application for your records.

♦

Do not wait until right before an opening to apply for your permit, as you may not receive it on time.
Please allow up to ten working days for a transfer application to be reviewed, processed, and
approved; the parties will be notified upon approval or disapproval of the transfer.

Forms are available through the Internet on the NMFS Alaska Region website at
http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov.
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♦

Submit the completed application:
By mail to:

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

By fax to:

RAM at 907-586-7354

Applications may be faxed to RAM at (907) 586-7354; however, permits will not be returned by fax.
The original, signed permit must be on board the vessel.
By courier to:

NOAA Fisheries
Alaska Region (NMFS/RAM)
Federal Building
709 W. 9th Street, Suite 713
Juneau, Alaska 99801

Online to:

http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov

The transferor and transferee designated representatives must log into the system as indicated on the
computer screen.
Items will be sent to you by first class mail, unless you provide alternate instructions and include a prepaid
mailer with appropriate postage or a corporate account number for express delivery. Additional information is
available from RAM, as follows:
Website: http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ram/default.htm
Telephone (toll free): 800-304-4846 (press “2”)
Telephone (in Juneau): 907-586-7202 (press “2”)
e-Mail: [email protected]

COMPLETING THE FORM
BLOCK A – TYPE OF TRANSFER
1. Indicate whether this IPQ transfer will be used within the Eligible Crab Community (ECC) with
which the IPQ is currently associated. An ECC is a community in which at least 3 percent of the initial
allocation of processor quota share (PQS) of any crab fishery is allocated. The specific communities are:
CDQ* Communities
Akutan
False Pass
St. George
St. Paul

Non-CDQ Communities
Unalaska/Dutch Harbor
Kodiak
King Cove
Port Moller
Adak
*CDQ = Western Alaska Community Development Quota
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If YES, indicate the name of the current ECC that has the Right of First Refusal (ROFR) and attach an
affidavit stating:
♦

That the ECC wishes to permanently waive ROFR for the IPQ or

♦

That the proposed recipient of the IPQ has completed a ROFR contract with the ECC Entity
for the IPQ.

Right of First Refusal (ROFR) means the civil contract provisions set forth under section 313(j) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act between the holders of PQS and IPQ and ECC entities, other than Adak, Alaska,
for the opportunity of ECCs to exercise the right to purchase or lease PQS or IPQ proposed to be
transferred by a holder of PQS or IPQ in an ECC.
2. Indicate whether this transfer of IPQ will be used outside the ECC with which the IPQ is currently
associated.
If YES, requesting transfer of IPQ for use outside an ECC that has designated an entity to represent it in
exercise of ROFR under § 680.41(l), attach an affidavit signed by the applicant stating that notice
of the proposed transfer has been provided to the ECC entity under civil contract terms referenced
under §680.40(f)(3) for the transfer of any IPQ subject to ROFR.
Please note: the Regional Administrator will not act upon the application for a period of 10 days.
At the end of that time period, the application will be approved if the criteria set forth in
§680.41(i) are met.

BLOCK B – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEROR (LESSOR)
1.

Enter the full name of the person who intends to transfer the annual IPQ.

2.

Enter transferor’s NMFS Person ID.

3.

Enter the transferor’s date of incorporation.

4.

Enter the transferor’s permanent business mailing address.

5.

Enter the transferor’s temporary business mailing address (this is the address, if different from #4, to
which the applicant wishes materials to be sent).

6-8.
9.
10.

Enter the transferor’s business telephone number, business fax number, and e-mail address.
Indicate whether transferor has submitted an EDR, if required to do so under § 680.6.
Indicate whether transferor has paid all fees, as required by § 680.44.

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BLOCK C – IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSFEREE (LESSEE)
1.

Enter the full name of the person who intends to receive the annual IPQ.

2.

Enter the transferee’s NMFS Person ID.

3.

Enter the transferee’s date of incorporation.

4.

Enter the transferee’s permanent business mailing address.

5.

Enter the transferee’s temporary business mailing address (this is the address, if different from #4, to
which the applicant wishes materials to be sent).

6-8.
9.
10.

Enter the transferee’s business telephone number, business fax number, and e-mail address.
Indicate whether transferee has submitted an EDR, if required to do so under § 680.6.
Indicate whether transferee has paid all fees, as required by § 680.44.

BLOCK D – IDENTIFICATION OF IPQ TO BE TRANSFERRED
Enter the IPQ permit number, Fishery, Sector, Region, and the number of IPQ pounds that are intended to
transfer.
For your assistance in completing this block, the following table identifies the appropriate codes for each
fishery, sector and region.
Crab Fishery

Code

Sector of QS

Code

Region

Code

Bristol Bay red king
Bering Sea snow
Bering Sea Tanner
Eastern Aleutian Golden

BBR
BSS
BST
EAG

CVO
CPO
CVC
CPC

North
South
West
Undesignated

N
S
W
U

Pribilof red and blue king
St. Matthew blue king
Western Aleutian golden
Western Aleutian red king

PIK
SMB
WAG
WAI

Catcher Vessel Owner
Catcher/Processor Owner
Catcher Vessel Captain/Crew
Catcher/Processor
Captain/Crew
Processor Quota

PQS

Repeat this information for all IPQ pounds that are intended to be transferred. If more space is needed, duplicate
Block D as necessary.

BLOCKS E AND F – CERTIFICATION OF TRANSFEROR AND TRANSFEREE
Print name, sign, and enter date of signature of both the transferor and transferee. Note, that if an authorized
representative is completing the form, full authorization must be attached.

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