OMB control number

Alaska Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program

OMB 0648-0665 · DOC/NOAA.

OMB 0648-0665

The National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office, requests revision of this currently approved information collection that contains applications, permits, and reports necessary for NMFS to manage the Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program. NMFS requires this information to evaluate the ability of a CQE to represent an eligible community and for fisheries management. This collection is revised due to an associated rule (RIN 0648-BL54) to implement Amendment 124 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and Amendment 112 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. This rule would amend regulations for the Individual Fishing Quota and Community Development Quota programs to increase operational efficiency and reduce administrative burden for program participants. This information collection is revised to provide additional submission methods and to temporarily remove the Adak CQE residency requirement for the Application for a CQE to Transfer IFQ to an Eligible Community Resident or Non-resident. No changes were made to the respondents, responses, or burdens in this collection.

The latest form for Alaska Community Quota Entity (CQE) Program expires 2026-07-31 and is listed under ICR 202302-0648-004.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Latest forms, documents, and information collections
Document	Type
Application for CQE To Transfer IFQ to an Eligible Community Resident Or Non-Resident	Form and Instruction
Application for Transfer (Lease) Between IFQ and Guided Angler Fish by a Community Quota Entity (CQE)	Form and Instruction
Application for Community Charter Halibut Permit (CCHP)	Form and Instruction
Application for a CQE to Receive a Non-trawl Groundfish LLP License	Form and Instruction
Application for Transfer of Quota Share to or from a Community Quota Entity	Form and Instruction
Application for a Non-profit Corporation to be Designated as a CQE	Form and Instruction
0648-0665 30-Day 90 FR 60066 2025-1223.pdf	Supplementary Document
0648-0665 Supporting Statement A.docx	Supporting Statement A
0648-0665 60-Day 90 FR 31624 2025-0715.pdf	Supplementary Document
0648-0665 References.docx	Supplementary Document
Privacy Impact Assessment NOAA4700.pdf	Supplementary Document
System of Records Notices - COMMERCE-NOAA-19 _ U.S. DOC.pdf	Supplementary Document
NOAA Administrative Order 216-100.pdf	Supplementary Document
50 CFR Part 679.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
Application for a CQE to Transfer IFQ to an Eligible Community Resident or Non-resident	Form and Instruction
Application for Transfer (Lease) Between IFQ and Guided Angler Fish by a Community Quota Entity (CQE)	Form and Instruction
Application for Community Charter Halibut Permit (CCHP)	Form and Instruction
CQE LLP Authorization letter	Information collection
Community Quota Entity (CQE) Annual Report	Instruction
Application for a CQE to Receive a Non-trawl Groundfish LLP License	Form and Instruction
Application for Transfer of QS/IFQ to or from a CQE	Form and Instruction
Application for a Non-profit Corporation to be Designated as a Community Quota	Form and Instruction

All Historical Document Collections

Historical document collections
Reference	Filing	Received	Action
202512-0648-005	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2025-12-23
202302-0648-004	Revision of a currently approved collection	2023-02-27	Approved without change
202301-0648-017	Revision of a currently approved collection	2023-01-26	Preapproved
202210-0648-002	Revision of a currently approved collection	2022-11-23	Comment filed on proposed rule and continue
202111-0648-005	Revision of a currently approved collection	2021-11-16	Approved without change
202109-0648-011	Revision of a currently approved collection	2021-10-06	Comment filed on proposed rule and continue
201903-0648-005	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2019-03-28	Approved with change
201601-0648-015	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2016-01-27	Approved with change
201403-0648-016	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2014-03-31	Approved without change
201403-0648-002	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2014-03-13	Approved without change
201402-0648-009	Revision of a currently approved collection	2014-02-20	Approved without change
201401-0648-009	Revision of a currently approved collection	2014-01-17	Preapproved
201310-0648-009	Revision of a currently approved collection	2013-11-14	Comment filed on proposed rule and continue
201306-0648-001	Revision of a currently approved collection	2013-06-04	Approved without change
201305-0648-004	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2013-05-07	Preapproved
201207-0648-005	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	2013-03-06	Comment filed on proposed rule

OMB Details

Application for a Non-profit Corporation to be Designated as a Community Quota

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

Information collection instruments
Form	Name	Electronic access	Type
Form NA	Application for Nonprofit Corporation to be Designated as a CQE	Fillable Printable	Form and instruction

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