Alaska Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Fisheries: Temporary IFQ Transfer

ICR 201810-0648-007

OMB: 0648-0764

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Form and Instruction
Unchanged
Supporting Statement A
2018-10-04
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
228758
Modified
228757 Unchanged
ICR Details
0648-0764 201810-0648-007
Historical Active 201807-0648-006
DOC/NOAA
Alaska Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Fisheries: Temporary IFQ Transfer
New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)   No
Regular
Approved without change 10/18/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 10/18/2018
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
10/31/2021 36 Months From Approved
373 0 0
822 0 0
2,178 0 0

he North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), under the authority of the Halibut Act (with respect to Pacific halibut) and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., as amended in 2006 (Magnuson-Stevens Act) (with respect to sablefish), manages the fixed gear Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Program (IFQ Program). The IFQ Program provides a limited access system for Pacific halibut in Convention waters in and off Alaska and sablefish fisheries in waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska. Regulations implementing the IFQ Program are set forth at 50 CFR part 679. NMFS will issue a proposed rule (0648-BG94) that would modify regulations governing the IFQ Program. This proposed rule would allow Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) groups to receive by transfer halibut individual fishing quota (IFQ) in IFQ regulatory areas 4B, 4C, and 4D in years of low halibut catch limits. This action is necessary to give CDQ community residents more fishing opportunities in years when the halibut CDQ available may not be large enough to present a viable fishery for IFQ participants. This proposed rule is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the Halibut Act, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, and other applicable laws.

US Code: 16 USC 1801 et seq. Name of Law: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
  
None

0648-BG94 Final or interim final rulemaking 83 FR 52765 10/18/2018

No

2
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Annual report
Temporary IFQ transfer NA Temporary IFQ transfer

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 373 0 0 373 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 822 0 0 822 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 2,178 0 0 2,178 0 0
Yes
Changing Regulations
No
Program changes (temporary new collection to be merged with 0648-0272). The associated rule would allow Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) groups to lease halibut individual fishing quota (IFQ) in IFQ regulatory areas 4B, 4C, and 4D in years of low halibut catch limits. This action would give CDQ community residents more fishing opportunities in years when the halibut catch limits available may not be large enough to present a viable fishery for participants.

$7,178
No
    Yes
    Yes
No
No
No
Uncollected
Stephanie Warpinski 907 586-7234

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
07/27/2018


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