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(LOA) Request Form
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United States Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS/Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
55 Great Republic Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: (978) 282-8438, Fax: (978) 281-9161
Owner:
Permit Number:
F/V:
Hull Number:
To request an LOA, please enter the owner and vessel information requested above, and a valid start date and end date
below. Please see the reverse side of this form for each LOA’s enrollment season and minimum enrollment duration.
Please note: A vessel must hold a valid permit in the fishery for which an LOA is requested. Remember to sign and date
this form in the spaces provided below. For additional information on the LOAs listed, please see the back of this form,
call the Sustainable Fisheries Division at 978‐281‐9315, or visit www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/aps/permits
You can fax the completed form to: (978) 281‐9161 or
Mail the completed form:
NMFS – Permit Office
55 Great Republic Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930
The 2016 Fishing Year runs from May 1, 2016 through April 30, 2017
LOA
Herring Carrier
Herring GOM/GB Midwater Trawl
Herring GOM/GB Purse Seine
Herring Transfer and Receive at Sea
Monkfish (SFMA) **
GOM Cod Landing Limit *
Cultivator Shoals Whiting
Raised Foot Rope Trawl Whiting
P/C Nantucket Lightship Closed Area (CA)
P/C Western GOM Cashes Ledge CA
P/C GOM Cod Protection Closures
GOM / GB Transiting
SNE Little Tunny/Gillnet
Whiting & Red Hake Transfer‐at‐Sea
NAFO Regulatory Area***
Summer Flounder Small‐Mesh
Skate (Bait)
Spiny Dogfish (Nantucket Shoals)
SMB Transfer‐at‐Sea
Atlantic Surfclam/Ocean Quahog GB CA
Requested Start
Date
Requested End
Date
April 30
October 31
October 15
April 30
2016
Fishing Year
Enrollment Duration
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
No minimum days required
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
No withdrawal allowed
Minimum 90 days
Minimum 7 days
No withdrawal allowed
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
No withdrawal allowed
No minimum days required
No minimum days required
* This LOA is issued to vessels declaring such trips through the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System.
**Vessels may declare in and out of the Monkfish Exemption Program via their VMS instead of requesting a paper LOA.
*** A vessel must hold a valid High Seas Fishing Permit under 50 CFR part 300 in order to be issued this LOA.
Applicant’s Signature: I, the owner or authorized agent of the vessel named above, affirm subject to the
penalties provided in 18 U.S.C. 1001, that all information I have provided with this application are true and
correct.
Print Name: ____________________________________________
Signature: _________________________________________ Date: _______________
Additional LOA Information and Requirements
For additional information about each LOA program please go to this link:
http://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/aps/forms.html or
http://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/aps/permits
A vessel issued a valid LOA must carry that LOA on board at all times while enrolled in the LOA program. The
effective date of each LOA can be no earlier than one day after the date issued. A vessel’s LOA will be valid
and in effect for a period no less than its minimum enrollment duration. An LOA automatically expires at the
end of a vessel’s participation period, unless the owner/operator withdraws from an LOA program prior to that
LOA’s end date. To be eligible to withdraw from an LOA program, the vessel must meet the minimum
enrollment requirement for that LOA and the owner/operator must contact the Greater Atlantic Region Permit
Office to obtain a withdrawal certificate. The effective date of a withdrawal certificate can be no earlier than
one day after the date requested. If a withdrawal is requested for a future date, then the date requested will
be the end date. A vessel is not considered officially withdrawn from an LOA program until the
owner/operator receives a withdrawal certificate.
LOA enrollments and withdrawals may be requested by mail, phone, or fax. The participation period for each
LOA may not exceed the permit year for that fishery and owners/operators must apply each year to be issued
an LOA for a given year.
LOA
Herring Carrier
Herring GOM/GB Midwater Trawl
Herring GOM/GB Purse Seine
Herring Transfer and Receive at Sea
Monkfish (SFMA) **
GOM Cod Landing Limit *
Cultivator Shoals Whiting
Raised Foot Rope Trawl Whiting
P/C Nantucket Lightship Closed Area (CA)
P/C Western GOM Cashes Ledge CA
P/C GOM Cod Protection Closures
GOM / GB Transiting
SNE Little Tunny/Gillnet
Whiting & Red Hake Transfer‐at‐Sea
NAFO Regulatory Area***
Summer Flounder Small‐Mesh
Skate (Bait)
Spiny Dogfish (Nantucket Shoals)
SMB Transfer‐at‐Sea
Atlantic Surfclam/Ocean Quahog GB CA
Enrollment Season
May 1 ‐ April 30
May 1 ‐ April 30
May 1 ‐ April 30
May 1 ‐ April 30
May 1 ‐ April 30
May 1 ‐ April 30
June 15 ‐ October 31
September 1 ‐ December 31
May 1 ‐ April 30
May 1 ‐ April 30
May 1 ‐ April 30
May 1 ‐ April 30
September 1 ‐ October 31
May 1 ‐ April 30
Enrollment Duration
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
No minimum days required
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
No withdrawal allowed
Minimum 90 days
Minimum 7 days
No withdrawal allowed
Minimum 7 days
November 1 ‐ April 30
May 1 ‐ April 30
June 1 ‐ October 15
May 1 ‐ April 30
May 1 – April 30
Minimum 7 days
Minimum 7 days
No withdrawal allowed
No minimum days required
No minimum days required
* This LOA is issued to vessels declaring trips through the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System.
** VMS vessels may declare in and out of the Monkfish Exemption Program via their VMS unit instead of requesting a paper LOA.
*** A vessel must hold a valid High Seas Fishing Compliance Permit under 50 CFR part 300 in order to be issued this LOA.
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including time
for reviewing instructions and completing the information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate to: NMFS
Permit Office, 55 Great Republic Drive Gloucester, MA 01930. OMB NO. 0648‐0202, Expires July 31, 2016.
Owner name, vessel name, hull number, permit number, address, and LOA permit information collected on this form is
not confidential and can be made available to the general public or released via a public NOAA Fisheries website. All
other data submitted will be handled in accordance with NOAA Administrative Order 216‐100, Protection of Confidential
Fishery Statistics and Section 402(b) of the Magnuson‐Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
File Type | application/pdf |
File Title | Microsoft Word - 2016 - Vessel LOA request form - FINAL |
Author | Donald.paskowski |
File Modified | 2016-04-21 |
File Created | 2016-04-21 |