Alaska Crab Rationalization Program Cooperative Annual Report

Revised: 12/12/2016 OMB Control No. 0648-0678 Expiration Date: 12/31/2019

CRAB RATIONALIZATION (CR) COOPERATIVE ANNUAL REPORT

R egional Administrator NMFS Alaska Region P.O. Box 21668 Juneau, AK 99802-1668 Fax: (907) 586-7557 Online: https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/webapps/efish/login

The Council requests that each CR Program cooperative develop and implement procedures and provide information on CR Program activities in a CR Cooperative Annual Report. The voluntary non-regulatory report is to summarize the effectiveness of each measure and estimate the number of participants in each measure. The purpose of the requested information is to increase availability of QS for transfer to active participants and crew members, decrease high QS lease rates, and improve low crew compensation. The cooperative response may be framed as answers to the following questions derived from the Council’s motion concerning crab cooperative measures.

CR Cooperative Report

1. What measures is the cooperative taking to facilitate the transfer of QS to active

participants, including crew members and vessel owners?

2 What is the level of participation from cooperative members regarding these measures?

3. How effective have these measures been?

4. What measures is the cooperative taking to address the issue of high lease rates, as they

affect crew compensation?

5. What is the level of participation from cooperative members regarding these measures?

6. How effective have these measures been?

7. What future measures does the cooperative plan to take to address the Council concerns

over active participation and lease rates as they affect crew compensation?

Use consistent terminology with terms defined under the CR Program regulations

Provide a glossary of key terms used in the reports

Deadline: The annual CR Cooperative Report for the prior calendar year must be received by the Regional Administrator not later than 1700 hours, A.l.t. on March 1 of each year.

When complete, submit the annual A80 cooperative report:

♦ Online at: https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/webapps/efish/login

♦ By fax to: (907) 586-7557

♦ or by mail to: Regional Administrator

NMFS Alaska Region

P.O. Box 21668

Juneau, AK 99802-1668

Estimated time to complete: 30 hours per report.

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PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 30 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, 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 parts 679 and 680, and under section 402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.) as amended by Public Law 109-479 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. They are also confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect confidentiality of fishery statistics.

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