Instruction - Amendment 80 Cooperative Report

Revised: 12/12/2016 OMB Control No. 0648-0678 Expiration Date: XX/XX/20XX

A80

AMENDMENT 80 COOPERATIVE 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

An A80 cooperative issued a Cooperative Quota (CQ) permit must submit annually to the Regional Administrator an A80 Cooperative Report detailing the use of the cooperative’s CQ, including the actual retained and discarded catch of CQ species and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) sideboard species. There are currently two cooperatives -- Alaska Seafood Cooperative and Alaska Groundfish Cooperative.

Deadline: The annual A80 cooperative report for fishing activities under a CQ permit issued 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

A80 cooperative report

Actual retained and discarded catch of CQ and GOA sideboard limited fisheries (if applicable)

by statistical area and

on a vessel-by-vessel basis;

Describe method used to monitor fisheries in which coop vessels participated

Describe any actions taken by the coop against a member that exceeded the amount of CQ assigned to catch for the A80 coop.

Estimated time to complete: 40 hours per report.

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PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 18 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 part 679 and under section 402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.) as amended by Public Law 109-479; 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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