50 Cfr 680.6

50 CFR 680.6 (up to date as of 12/04/2025)
Crab economic data report (EDR).

50 CFR 680.6 (Dec. 4, 2025)

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Title 50 —Wildlife and Fisheries
Chapter VI —Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Department of Commerce
Part 680 —Shellfish Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska
Subpart A —General
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1862; Pub. L. 109-241; Pub. L. 109-479.
Source: 70 FR 10241, Mar. 2, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

§ 680.6 Crab economic data report (EDR).
(a) Requirements.
(1) Any owner or leaseholder of a vessel or processing plant, or a holder of a registered crab receiver
permit that harvested, processed, custom processed, or obtained custom processing for CR crab,
during a calendar year, must submit a complete Economic Data Report (EDR) by following the
instructions on the applicable EDR form.
(2) A completed EDR or EDR certification pages must be submitted to NMFS, in the manner specified on
the NMFS-issued EDR form, for each calendar year on or before 1700 hours, A.l.t., July 31 of the
following year.
(3) Annual EDR forms for catcher vessels, catcher/processors, shoreside crab processors, and
stationary floating crab processors are available on the NMFS Alaska Region website at
https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov or by contacting NMFS at 1-800-304-4846.
(b) EDR certification pages. Any person required to submit an annual EDR under paragraph (a) of this section
must submit the EDR certification pages as either:
(1) Part of the entire EDR. Persons submitting the completed EDR certification pages as part of the
entire EDR must attest to the accuracy and completion of the EDR by signing and dating the
certification pages; or
(2) A separate document. Persons submitting the completed EDR certification pages only must attest
that they meet the conditions exempting them from submitting the entire EDR, by signing and dating
the certification pages.
(c) Annual catcher vessel crab EDR. Any owner or leaseholder of a catcher vessel that landed CR crab in the
previous calendar year must submit to NMFS, in the manner specified on the NMFS-issued EDR form, a
completed catcher vessel EDR for annual data for the previous calendar year.
(d) Annual catcher/processor crab EDR. Any owner or leaseholder of a catcher/processor that harvested or
processed CR crab in the previous calendar year must submit to NMFS, in the manner specified on the
NMFS-issued EDR form, a completed catcher/processor EDR for annual data for the previous calendar
year.
(e) Annual stationary floating crab processor (SFCP) and shoreside crab processor EDR —

50 CFR 680.6(e) (enhanced display)

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50 CFR 680.6 (up to date as of 12/04/2025)
Crab economic data report (EDR).

50 CFR 680.6(e)(1)

(1) Any owner or leaseholder of an SFCP or a shoreside crab processor that processed CR crab,
including custom processing of CR crab performed for other crab buyers, in the previous calendar
year must submit to NMFS, in the manner specified on the NMFS-issued EDR form, a completed
processor EDR for annual data for the previous calendar year.
(2) Any holder of a registered crab receiver (RCR) permit that obtained custom processing for CR
Program crab in the previous calendar year must submit to NMFS, in the manner specified on the
NMFS-issued EDR form, a completed processor EDR for annual data for the previous calendar year.
(f) Verification of data.
(1) The DCA shall conduct verification of information with the owner or leaseholder.
(2) The owner or leaseholder must respond to inquiries by the DCA within 20 days of the date of
issuance of the inquiry.
(g) DCA authorization. The DCA is authorized to request voluntary submission of economic data specified in
this section from persons who are not required to submit an EDR under this section.
[78 FR 36127, June 17, 2013, as amended at 88 FR 7591, Feb. 6, 2023]

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