Exempted Fisheries Permit

OMB Control No. 0648-0206, Expiration Date: 3/31/2021

Revised: 08/15/2014

Application for
EXEMPTED FISHERIES
PERMIT (EFP)

U.S. Department of Commerce
NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service,
Alaska Region
Post Office Box 21668
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668
Fax: 907-586-7465
Telephone: 907-586-7228

For limited experimental purposes, the Regional Administrator may authorize, after consulting with the
North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (Council), fishing for groundfish or fishing for Arctic fish in
the Arctic Management Area in a manner that would otherwise be prohibited. No exempted fishing may
be conducted unless authorized by an exempted fishing permit (EFP) issued by the Regional
Administrator to the participating vessel owner in accordance with the criteria and procedures specified in
§ 679.6. EFPs will be issued without charge and will expire at the end of a calendar year unless otherwise
provided.
An applicant for an EFP shall submit to the Regional Administrator, at least 60 days before the desired
effective date of the EFP, a written application including, but not limited to, the following information:
Date of the application
Applicant's name, mailing address, and telephone number
A statement of the purpose and goal of the experiment for which an EFP is needed, including a general
description of the arrangements for disposition of all species harvested under the EFP
Technical details about the experiment, including:
Amounts of each species to be harvested that are necessary to conduct the experiment, and arrangement
for disposition of all species taken
Area and timing of the experiment
Vessel and gear to be used
Experimental design (e.g., sampling procedures, the data and samples to be collected, and analysis of the
data and samples)
Provision for public release of all obtained information, and submission of interim and final reports
The willingness of the applicant to carry observers, if required by the Regional Administrator and a
description of accommodations and work space for the observer(s)
Details for all coordinating parties engaged in the experiment and signatures of all representatives of all
principal parties
Information about each vessel to be covered by the exempted fishing permit, including:
Vessel name
Name, address, and telephone number of owner and master
USCG documentation, state license, or registration number
Home port
Length of vessel
Net tonnage
Gross tonnage
Signature of the applicant

For more information on EFPs, call: 1-800-304-4846 and select option #3, or call: (907) 586-7228

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PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 100 hours per response, including the time
for reviewing the instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region,
Attn: Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, 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 being used to manage commercial fishing efforts under 50 CFR part 679 and under section
402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.) as amended in 2006; 4) Submission of this information is
necessary for NMFS to approve video monitoring systems; 5) Responses to this information request are not confidential.
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