Notification of Pacific Cod Freezer Longline Monitoring

OMB Control No: 0648-0330; Expiration Date: 11/30/2020

Revised: 10-7-2020

NOTIFICATION OF PACIFIC
COD FREEZER LONGLINE
MONITORING OPTION

National Marine Fisheries Service,
Alaska Region
Post Office Box 21668
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668
Fax: 907-586-7465
Telephone: 907-586-7228

Note: Selection must occur by November 1st for the upcoming year. Once selected, the vessel owner or
operator must comply with the selected monitoring option for the entire year.

1. Name of Vessel

BLOCK A – VESSEL INFORMATION

2. Federal Fishery Permit No.

3. Name of Vessel Owner or Operator (circle one):

4. Permanent Business Address:

5. Business Telephone Number:

6. Business Fax Number:

7. Business E-mail Address:

BLOCK B- PACIFIC COD MONITORING OPTION
Check one to indicate monitoring option

Opt-out of directed fishing for Pacific cod in the BSAI and groundfish CDQ fishing
Motion Compensated Scales
If this option is chosen complete and submit all the sections of the Inspection Request Form:
https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/webapps/forms/inspection.jsp
Increased Observer Coverage
If this option is chosen complete and submit only the Observer Sampling Station portion of the
Inspection Request Form: https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/webapps/forms/inspection.jsp

Pacific Cod Monitoring Option
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Revised: 10-7-2020

OMB Control No: 0648-0330; Expiration Date: 11/30/2020

PUBLIC BURDEN STATEMENT

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 0648-0330. Without this approval, we could not conduct this
information collection. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be
approximately 10 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 required to
obtain or retain benefits under 50 CFR part 679 and under section 402(a) of the MagnusonStevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.). Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any
other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden to
Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, NOAA National Marine
Fisheries Service, P.O. Box 21688. Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
Authority: The collection of this information is authorized under the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C 1801 et seq.
Purpose: In order to manage U.S. fisheries, the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
collects permit holder information forms for the At-Sea Scales Program, which was developed
in response to the need for catch accounting methods that were more precise and verifiable at
the level of the individual haul and less dependent on estimates generated by at-sea observers.
This was necessary due to the implementation of large-scale catch share programs that
required NMFS to provide verifiable and defensible estimates of quota harvest. NMFS also
established a set of performance based standards to allow shoreside processors to describe
how they will ensure that all delivered catch can be effectively monitored by NMFS-authorized
personnel, and that all catch is accurately sorted and weighed by species.
Routine Uses: The Department will use this information to identify fishery participants and
evaluate the qualifications of the applicants. Disclosure of this information is permitted under the
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. Section 552a), to be shared within NMFS offices, in order to
coordinate monitoring and management of sustainability of fisheries and protected resources,
as well as with the applicable State or Regional Marine Fisheries Commissions and
International Organizations. Disclosure of this information is also subject to all of the published
routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notice COMMERCE/NOAA-19,
Permits and Registrations for the United States Federally Regulated Fisheries.
Disclosure: Furnishing this information is required to obtain or retain the benefit of participation
in either an at-sea scales program or shore-based catch monitoring program; failure to provide
complete and accurate information will prevent the determination of eligibility for registration in
either of these programs.

Pacific Cod Monitoring Option
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