Northwest Region Federal Fisheries Permits

OMB 0648-0203

As part of its fishery management responsibilities, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) collects certain information to determine whether a respondent complies with regulations that pertain to the issuance, transfer, ownership interest, or renewal of a Pacific Coast Groundfish limited entry permit or exempted fishing permit. Letters of Acknowledgement (LOAs) and Exempted Educational Activity Authorizations (EEAAs) were historically collected under OMB control number 0648-0309. To reduce burden estimates, NMFS Headquarters proposed to move LOAs and EEAAs to their respective region's permit family-of-forms collections. OMB control number 0648-0309 will need to remain in place until all of the regions have moved the necessary elements into the respective regional PRA collections. In addition, upon approval of this collection, OMB Control No. 0648-0737, which covers the sablefish permit stacking exemption, will be merged with this collection. Then 0648-0737 can be discontinued.

The latest form for Northwest Region Federal Fisheries Permits expires 2022-11-30 and can be found here.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
Limited Entry Permit Renewal Form and Instruction
Directed Open Access Groundfish Permits Form and Instruction
Pacific Halibut Permits Form and Instruction
Sablefish Permit Hold Count Exemption Identification of Ownership Interest Form and Instruction
Identification of Ownership Interest for Sablefish Endorsed LEP - accompanying either LEP renewal or transfer Form and Instruction
Limited Entry Permit Transfer Form and Instruction
0648-0203 Supporting Statement A.docx Supporting Statement A
Section 515 of Public Law 106-554.pdf Supplementary Document
50 CFR 660.25 Subpart C.pdf Supplementary Document
50 CFR 660.150 (up to date as of 10-08-2024).pdf Supplementary Document
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Mgmt Plan.pdf Supplementary Document
50 CFR Part 660 Subpart G.pdf Supplementary Document
Endangered Species Act (ESA).pdf Supplementary Document
Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.; MMPA).pdf Supplementary Document
50 CFR 600.745 (b)(2).pdf Supplementary Document
50 CFR Part 300 Subpart E.pdf Supplementary Document
IPHC 1979 Pacific Halibut Convention.pdf Supplementary Document
Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. 773c.pdf Supplementary Document
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act - 2007 Blue Book.pdf Supplementary Document
Limited Entry Permit Renewal Form and Instruction
Directed Open Access Groundfish Permits Form and Instruction
Pacific Halibut Permits Form and Instruction
EFP Trip Notifications
Exempted Educational Activity Authorization (EEAA) – including application and reports
Letters of Acknowledgement (LOA)
Sablefish Permit Hold Count Exemption Identification of Ownership Interest Form and Instruction
EFP Summaries
EFP Data Reports
EFP Harvest Plan
EFP - Application
Identification of Ownership Interest for Sablefish Endorsed LEP - accompanying either LEP renewal or transfer Form and Instruction
Limited Entry Permit Transfer Form and Instruction

All Historical Document Collections

202410-0648-007	Revision of a currently approved collection	2024-10-10
202408-0648-002 Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Revision of a currently approved collection	2024-08-29
202212-0648-001 Approved with change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2022-12-05
202211-0648-001 Withdrawn and continue	Revision of a currently approved collection	2022-11-01
202206-0648-004 Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Revision of a currently approved collection	2022-07-26
201908-0648-002 Approved with change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2019-08-21
201607-0648-003 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2016-07-11
201305-0648-006 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2013-06-24
200909-0648-004 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2009-09-17
200705-0648-002 Disapproved and continue	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2007-05-09
200606-0648-004 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2006-06-16
200510-0648-004 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2005-10-17
200305-0648-005 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2003-05-21
200003-0648-008 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	2000-03-17
199703-0648-001 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	1997-03-04
199403-0648-005 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	1994-03-02
199207-0648-003 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	1992-07-22
199101-0648-003 Approved without change	Revision of a currently approved collection	1991-01-28
198806-0648-003 Approved without change	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	1988-06-06

OMB Details

Limited Entry Permit Renewal

Federal Enterprise Architecture: Natural Resources - Conservation, Marine and Land Management

Form N/A	Catcher Processor Endorsed Permit Renewal Form Pacific Coast Groundfish LEP	Fillable Printable	Form and instruction
Form N/A	Mothership/Catcher Vessel Endorsed Permit Renewal Form Pacific Coast Groundfish LEP	Fillable Printable	Form and instruction
Form N/A	Permit Renewal Form Pacific Coast Groundfish LEP	Fillable Printable	Form and instruction

Review document collections for all forms, instructions, and supporting documents - including paper/printable forms.