Close Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Account Request

OMB Control No. 0648-0551
Expiration Date: 5/31/2021

CLOSE INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTA (IFQ) ACCOUNT REQUEST
Instructions: Please complete this form if you want to close your IFQ online account. This form must be
completed and signed by all holders named on the IFQ shareholder or dealer account. If an IFQ account
holder is deceased, the person requesting the closure must sign the form, indicating the relationship to the
deceased; provide a death certificate and any additional information NOAA Fisheries Service determines is
necessary to complete the request. Shareholder accounts cannot be closed until all shares and allocation
have been transferred to another IFQ account. Dealer accounts cannot be closed until all cost recovery
fees have been paid. Please complete and mail this form to:
NOAA Fisheries Service, Sustainable Fisheries Division
Attn: IFQ Program
263 13th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-5505
If you have any questions about closing your IFQ online account, please call the Catch Share Support at 1866-425-7627 (option 2) between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EST.
I, ____________________________________________, request NOAA Fisheries Service to close account
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_____________ on __________________. I am requesting this account be closed for the following reason(s):
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I no longer commercially fish and do not have IFQ shares or allocation
Account holder(s) is deceased
I no longer have a dealer permit
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Account Holder(s):
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A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to
comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the information collection has
a currently valid OMB Control Number. The approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is 0648-0551. Without this
approval, we could not conduct this information collection. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be approximately 3
minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed,
and completing and reviewing the information collection. All responses to this information collection are voluntary. Send comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to the PRA Officer,
Revised:
National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.

4/30/2015