Aggregate Nonwhiting Abandonment Request

OMB Control No. 0648-0620, Expires on: xx/xx/xxxx

Aggregate nonwhiting abandonment Request Pacific Coast Groundfish Individual Fishing Quota

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region Fisheries Permits Office 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg. 1 Seattle, WA 98115-0070 Phone (206) 526-4353 Fax (206) 526-4461 www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov

This form must be completed and submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) at the address given above by November 15, 2015 to voluntarily abandon nonwhiting QS to NMFS. This form may only be submitted by QS permit owners who exceed the aggregate nonwhiting control limit. To complete the request, please provide all of the information in the boxes below. If you own multiple QS permits for which you wish to abandon QS, please complete a separate form for each QS permit. For species you do not wish to abandon, write 0% in the QS Percentage to Abandon column. Note: only 28 of the 30 IFQ species are shown, since Pacific whiting and Pacific halibut are not part of the aggregate nonwhiting control limit calculation.

	Quota Share Permit Number		Quota Share Permit Owner (as listed on QS permit)
IFQ Species		QS Percentage to Abandon
Arrowtooth flounder
Bocaccio rockfish South of 40°10' N.
Canary rockfish
Chilipepper rockfish South of 40°10' N.
Cowcod South of 40°10' N.
Darkblotched rockfish
Dover sole
English sole
Lingcod North of 40°10' N.
Lingcod South of 40°10' N.
Longspine thornyheads North of 34°27' N.
Minor shelf rockfish North of 40°10' N.
Minor shelf rockfish South of 40°10' N.
Minor slope rockfish North of 40°10' N.
Minor slope rockfish South of 40°10' N.
Other flatfish
Pacific cod
Pacific ocean perch North of 40°10' N.
Petrale sole
Sablefish North of 36° N.
Sablefish South of 36° N.
Shortspine thornyheads North of 34°27' N.
Shortspine thornyheads South of 34°27' N.
Splitnose rockfish South of 40°10' N.
Starry flounder
Widow rockfish
Yelloweye rockfish
Yellowtail rockfish North of 40°10' N.

Please sign below to certify that the above information is true, correct and complete to the best of your knowledge and return to NMFS postmarked no later than November 15, 2015.

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Signature of QS Permit Owner or Authorized Representative Title (If corporate officer) Date

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Printed Name of QS Permit Owner or Authorized Representative

WARNING STATEMENT: A false statement on this form is punishable by permit sanctions (revocation, suspension, or modification) under 15 CFR Part 904, a civil penalty up to $100,000 under 16 USC 1858, and/or criminal penalties including, but not limited to, fines or imprisonment or both under 18 USC 1001.

PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT: Some of the information collection described above is confidential under section 402(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, Protection of Confidential Fisheries Statistics. Information on QS percentages abandoned is not released to the public. The information collected is part of a Privacy Act System of Records, COMMERCE/NOAA #19, Permits and Registrations for United States Federally Regulated Fisheries. An amended notice was published in the Federal Register on August 7, 2015 (80 FR 47457) and became effective on September 15, 2015 (80 FR 55327).

PRA STATEMENT: Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.16 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 suggestions for reducing this burden to NOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region, Attn: Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subjected 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.