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IFQ Halibut/Sablefish and CDQ Halibut Permit Program

Under the IFQ Halibut/Sablefish Permit Program and CDQ Halibut Permit Program permits are issued for harvesting and receiving/processing halibut, and non-trawl sablefish. 

For IFQ Halibut/Sablefish Permits, owners of vessels with specific historical participation in non-trawl halibut and sablfish fisheries were issued Quota Share (QS).  Quota share was initially issued to persons who owned or leased vessels that made legal commercial fixed-gear landings of Pacific halibut or sablefish during 1988-1990 off Alaska. QS is transferable to other initial issuees or to those who have become transferable eligible on NMFS' approval of an Application for Transfer Eligibility Certificate. Once issued to a person (at no charge), QS is held by that person until it is transferred, suspended, or revoked. QS permits are authorized at 50 CFR Part 679.4(d).

Quota Share holders are entitled to a proportional share of the annual Total Allowable Catch allocated to the IFQ Program.  An IFQ permit authorizes participation in fixed-gear harvests of Pacific halibut off Alaska, and most sablefish fisheries off Alaska. The permits are not specific to vessels. Permits are issued annually, at no charge, to persons holding fishable Pacific halibut and sablefish Quota Share (QS); or to those who are recipients of IFQ-only transfers from QS holders. Authorized pounds for annual IFQ permits are determined by the number of QS units held, the total number of QS units in the "pool" for a species and area, and the total amount of halibut or sablefish allocated for IFQ fisheries in a particular year. IFQ permits are authorized at 50 CFR Part 679.4(d).

The Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program allocates a percentage of all Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands quotas for groundfish, prohibited species, halibut, and crab to eligible communities. A CDQ permit is required to harvest CDQ halibut. Permits are issued annually and without charge to CDQ groups with approved CDQ plans and directed fishing allocations of halibut.

Tags: akro restricted access management (ram) program metadata portfolio, alaska, alaska regional office, bering sea aleutian islands, bsai, community developm, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, goa, gulf of alaska, ifq, individual fishing quota, national marine fisheries service, noaa, permits (nmfs information category 5.5), u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AKRO/SF: Catch Accounting System (CAS)

The Catch Accounting System (CAS) creates total catch estimates for the groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska. Each year, quotas are established in the CAS that match the annual harvest specification tables for federally managed groundfish fisheries off Alaska. The output of the CAS is the total amount of groundfish that is retained and the amount that is discarded at sea. In addition, the system creates estimates of the total amount of non-groundfish species -- both prohibited species and non-target species -- that are caught in the groundfish fisheries. Prohibited species catch (PSC) consists of salmon, halibut, and several species of crab. All the PSC species have economic value in non-groundfish fisheries and therefore cannot be retained in the groundfish fisheries. Non-target catch are species like coral, sponges, etc., and catch of these species needs to be calculated in order to evaluate the impact of the groundfish fisheries on the ecosystem.

The CAS uses a combination of industry reports and onboard observer information to provide an estimate of total catch and bycatch. Industry reported data consists of catch (landing reports) and processed product amounts (production reports), and these reports are electronically recorded and submitted to NMFS via eLandings. The observer data are collected by the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) using a stratified sampling design. Other sources of information come from the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC), which issues permits and vessel licenses, and Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS), which collect the position, time at a position, and course and speed of fishing vessels.

Tags: akro: sf fishery management information systems, alaska, alaska regional office, aleutian islands, at-sea discard, bering sea, catch accounting, catch estimation, commercial fisheries catch, discarded catch, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, fishery-dependent data, groundfish, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, non-target catch, north pacific, prohibited species catch, retained catch, total catch, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Federal Fisheries Permit (FFP)/ Federal Processor Permit (FPP) Permit Program

The Federal Fisheries Permit (FFP) is required for vessels of the United States which are used to fish for groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska or Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. This permit is also required for vessels used to fish for any non-groundfish species and that are required to retain any bycatch of groundfish under 50 CFR Part 679. Non-groundfish species includes but is not limited to halibut, crab, salmon, scallops, and herring. "Fishing" is a broad term and includes, for example: harvesting, processing, tendering, support, etc. These are non-transferable, three year permits, issued on request and without charge to vessel owners.

The Federal Processor Permit (FPP) is required for stationary floating processors (processing vessels that operate solely within Alaska State waters). The permit also is required for shoreside processors that receive and/or process groundfish harvested from Federal waters (or from any Federally-permitted vessels). FPPs are non-transferable, three year permits, issued to owners on request and without charge.

Tags: akro restricted access management (ram) program metadata portfolio, alaska, alaska regional office, bering sea aleutian islands, bsai, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, federal fisheries permit, federal processor, ffp, goa, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, permits (nmfs information category 5.5), u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AKRO/SF: Shoreside Production Reports

Shoreside production reports are mandatory reports submitted by shoreside and stationary floating processors that receive groundfish from federally permitted catcher vessels.  These reports document groundfish production in post-processed product weight by species, product type, and FMP region (i.e., GOA or BSAI).  The weight of each species of fish is reported by product code (e.g., fillets, minced fish, surimi, etc.).  The product weights can be converted to a pre-processed (round) weight of fish by expanding the product weight using product recovery rates (PRR). Standardized PRRs are published in Federal regulations for product types and species combinations (50 CFR 679 Table 3).

Tags: akro: sf industry reports, alaska, alaska regional office, aleutian islands, bering sea, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, fishery-dependent data, groundfish, gulf of alaska, industry reports, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north pacific, processors, production, shoreside, stationary floating processors, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Amendment 80 Permit Program

The Amendment 80 Program was adopted by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) in June 2006. The final rule implementing Amendment 80 published in the Federal Register on September 14, 2007. This action allocates several Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) non-pollock trawl groundfish species among trawl fishery sectors, and facilitate the formation of harvesting cooperatives in the non-American Fisheries Act (non-AFA) trawl catcher/processor sector. The Council adopted Amendment 80 to meet the broad goals of: (1) improving retention and utilization of fishery resources by the non-AFA trawl catcher/processor fleet by extending the groundfish retention standard (GRS) to non-AFA trawl catcher/processor vessels of all lengths; (2) allocating fishery resources among BSAI trawl harvesters in consideration of historic and present harvest patterns and future harvest needs; (3) authorizing the allocation of groundfish species to harvesting cooperatives and establishing a limited access privilege program (LAPP) for the non-AFA trawl catcher/processors to reduce potential GRS compliance costs, encourage fishing practices with lower discard rates, and improve the opportunity for increasing the value of harvested species; and (4) limiting the ability of non-AFA trawl catcher/processors to expand their harvesting capacity into other fisheries not managed under a LAPP. The groundfish species in the BSAI directly affected by Amendment 80 include: - Atka mackerel - Aleutian Islands Pacific ocean perch - Flathead sole - Pacific cod - Rock sole - Yellowfin sole In addition, Amendment 80 would modify the management of halibut and crab prohibited species catch (PSC) limits.

Tags: a80, akro restricted access management (ram) program metadata portfolio, alaska, alaska regional office, amendment 80, bering sea aleutian islands, bsai, commercial fishing permit, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, fishery-dependent data, goa, groundfish, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, permits (nmfs information category 5.5), trawl, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AKRO/SF: Vessel (at-sea) Production Reports

Vessel (at-sea) production reports are mandatory reports submitted by catcher/processors and motherships that are issued a Federal Fishing Permit.  These reports document groundfish production in post-processed product weight by species, gear type, area fished, and product type.  Initially reported weekly, at-sea production reports transitioned to daily reports in 2009.  The weight of each species of fish is reported by product code (e.g., fillets, minced fish, surimi, etc.).  The product weight is converted to a pre-processed (round) weight of fish by expanding the product weight using product recovery rates (PRR). Standardized PRRs are published in Federal regulations for product types and species combinations (50 CFR 679 Table 3).

Tags: akro: sf industry reports, alaska, alaska regional office, aleutian islands, at-sea, bering sea, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, fishery-dependent data, groundfish, gulf of alaska, industry reports, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north pacific, processors, production, u.s. department of commerce, vessel
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Catch-In-Areas Main

The Catch-In-Areas database integrates catch data from the Catch Accounting System (which has the spatial resolution of a NMFS Reporting Area) into a database that resolves the GIS data into polygons of approximately 7.5 km. In unrestricted outside waters, sixty four grid IDs fit inside one state statistical area. A state statistical area is = degree in latitude and one degree in longitude block. The 7.5 km grid size was picked for two reasons 1) we were likely to pick up at least one 30 minute VMS ping for a vessel running at fishing speed; and 2) the size (.125 degree latitude) is perfectly divisible in geographic coordinates so they fit perfectly inside a state statistical area. The grid polygons are often further divided into smaller polygons by the boundary of state statistical areas, the boundary of state and federal waters, or by the boundary of Steller sea lion critical habitat (broken out at 3, 6, 10, and 20 nautical miles from each of the 154 Steller sea lion rookeries and haulouts). Where confidentiality and mapping is an issue, seven-kilometer polygon are pre-coded for grouping into (3x3) 23km polygons. Each grid-id can queried individually or by sets of pre-coded attributes, such as reporting area and distance from Steller sea lion sites.

Tags: akro sustainable fisheries (sf) division metadata portfolio, alaska fisheries, alaska regional office, catch accounting, catch data, catch-in-areas, cia, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, gis, national marine fisheries service, noaa, polygon, spatial, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Rockfish Pilot Permit Program (RPP)

The Rockfish Pilot Program was a five-year project that allowed harvesters to form voluntary cooperatives and receive an exclusive harvest privilege for groundfish species in the Central Gulf of Alaska (GOA).  This program sunset in in 2010 and was replaced by the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program.

Tags: akro restricted access management (ram) program metadata portfolio, alaska, alaska regional office, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, goa, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, permits (nmfs information category 5.5), rockfish, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AKRO/SF: Landing Reports

The industry report submitted by processing facilities, including shoreside processors, stationary floating processors, catcher/processors and motherships, documenting catcher vessel groundfish, crab, and Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) halibut and sablefish fishing activity.  In particular, these reports provide information at the trip level, including the dates and duration of the trip, the gear used, the area fished, and the weight and condition of each species delivered.  The weights and species of at-sea discards are also reported.

Tags: akro: sf industry reports, alaska, alaska regional office, aleutian islands, bering sea, commercial fishery data, commercial fishing, crab, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, elandings, fishery-dependent data, groundfish, gulf of alaska, halibut, industry reports, landing reports, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north pacific, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Subsistence Registration Permit Program

Management of the Alaska halibut fishery is based on an international agreement between Canada and the United States and is given effect by the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982. Before fishing under the subsistence halibut regulations, fishermen must obtain a Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificate (SHARC). Special permits for community harvest, ceremonial, and educational purposes also are available to qualified Alaska communities and Alaska Native Tribes. Permit holders must comply with SHARC registration and reporting processes.

Tags: akro restricted access management (ram) program metadata portfolio, alaska, alaska regional office, bering sea aleutian islands, bsai, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, goa, gulf of alaska, halibut, national marine fisheries service, noaa, permits (nmfs information category 5.5), registration, subsistance, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AKRO: Standard Prices

Standard prices are generated for cost recovery programs in the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) halibut and sablefish, BSAI Rationalized crab, and Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program fisheries and for the North Pacific Groundfish and Halibut Fisheries Observer Program.  Standard prices will be generated for American Fisheries Act (AFA) pollock, Aleutian Islands pollock, Amendment 80, and Community Development Quota (CDQ) fisheries beginning in 2016.  Standard prices are determined from industry reported volume and value reports or the State of Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) Gross Earnings data which are based on the Alaska Department of Fish and Game fish tickets and Commercial Operator's Annual Reports (COAR).

Tags: akro sustainable fisheries (sf) division metadata portfolio, alaska, alaska regional office, aleutian islands, bering sea, catch share program, cost recovery, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, exvessel, fees, first wholesale, fishery-dependent data, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north pacific, observer fees, standard prices, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AKRO: Guided Angler Fish Landings

Beginning in 2014, the the halibut Catch Sharing Plan (CSP) authorizes annual transfers of commercial halibut IFQ as guided angler fish (GAF) to charter halibut permit holders for harvest in the charter halibut fishery. GAF offers charter halibut permit holders in Area 2C or Area 3A an opportunity to lease a limited amount of IFQ from commercial quota share (QS) holders to allow charter clients to harvest halibut in addition to, or instead of, the halibut harvested under the daily bag limit for charter anglers. Charter anglers using GAF are subject to the harvest limits in place for unguided sport anglers in that area. 

Information about GAF landings are submitted electronically through eFish, NMFS' integrated online system, and include details on when and where the GAF were caught, the number and length of fish, as well as permit, vessel, license, and logbook details.

Tags: 2a, 3c, akro: sf industry reports, alaska, alaska regional office, catch, catch share plan, charter, commercial, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, fishery-dependent data, guided angler, gulf of alaska, halibut, national marine fisheries service, noaa, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
American Fisheries Act (AFA) Permit Program

Beginning January 1, 2000, all vessels and processors wishing to participate in the non-CDQ Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock fishery are required to have valid American Fisheries Act (AFA) permits on board the vessel or at the processing plant. AFA permits are required even for vessels and processors specifically named in the AFA, and are required in addition to any other Federal or State permits. AFA permits also may limit the take of non-pollock groundfish, crab, and prohibited species as governed by AFA "sideboard" provisions.

Tags: afa, akro restricted access management (ram) program metadata portfolio, alaska, alaska regional office, american fisheries act, bering sea, bering sea pollock, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north pacific, permits (nmfs information category 5.5), u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Charter Halibut Limited Access Program

This limited access system limits the number of charter vessels that may participate in the guided sport fishery for halibut in area 2C and 3A. NMFS issues a charter halibut permit to a licensed charter fishing business owner
based on his or her past participation in the charter halibut fishery and to a Community Quota Entity representing specific rural communities. All charter
halibut permit holders are subject to limits on the number of permits they may hold and on the number of charter
vessel anglers who may catch and retain halibut on permitted charter vessels.  Permits will be issues as transferable or non-transferable and will have an area endorsement.

Tags: akro restricted access management (ram) program metadata portfolio, alaska regional office, ar, areas 2c, charter halibut, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, guided sport halibut, gulf of alaska, halibut limted entry, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific halibut, southcentral alaska, southeast alaska, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Scallop License Limitation Program (SLLP) Permit Program

A federal Scallop License Limitation Program (SLLP) license is required onboard any vessel deployed in scallop fisheries in Federal waters off Alaska (except for some diving operations). The SLLP is intended to limit the number of participants and reduce fishing capacity in the scallop fishery off Alaska.

Regulations implementing the program were published in the Federal Register at 65 FR 78110 (December 14, 2000) as Amendment 4 to the Fishery Management Plan for the scallop fishery off Alaska and can be found at 50 CFR Part 679.4.

Federal SLLP licenses are issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service, Restricted Access Management (RAM) Program. The application period for SLLP licenses closed February 12, 2001.

Tags: akro restricted access management (ram) program metadata portfolio, alaska, alaska regional office, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, goa, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, permits (nmfs information category 5.5), scallop, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Groundfish/Crab License Limitation Program (LLP) Permit Program

As of January 1, 2000 a Federal License Limitation Program (LLP) license is required for vessels participating in directed fishing for LLP groundfish species in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) or Bering Sea Aleutian Islands (BSAI), or fishing in any BSAI LLP crab fisheries. A vessel must be named on an original LLP license that is onboard the vessel. Exceptions are explained below. The LLP is authorized in Federal regulations at 50 CFR 679.4(k), definitions relevant to the program are at 679.2, and prohibitions are at 679.7.

The LLP license requirement is in addition to all other permits or licenses required by federal regulations. The LLP is a Federal program and LLP licenses are not required for participation in fisheries that occur in the waters of the State of Alaska. 

There are four exceptions to the LLP license requirement:
1.  vessels that do not exceed 26 feet in Length Overall (LOA) in the GOA; 
2.  vessels that do not exceed 32 feet LOA in the BSAI; 
3.  vessels that do not exceed 60 feet LOA and that are using jig gear (but no more than 5 jig machines, one line per machine, and 15 hooks per line) are exempt from the LLP requirements in the BSAI; and, 
4.  certain vessels constructed for, and used exclusively in, Community Development Quota fisheries.

Tags: akro restricted access management (ram) program metadata portfolio, alaska regional office, bering sea and aleutian islands (bsai), crab, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, groundfish, gulf of alaska (goa), national marine fisheries service, noaa, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
AKRO/SF: Electronic Logbooks

Logbooks are the industry reports submitted by vessels documenting fishing activity.  In particular, these reports provide haul specific information, gear, fishing depth specifics, and vessel estimates of catch.  Logbooks may be completed either on paper or in an electronic format.  Paper logbooks are required to be completed and submitted for federally permitted vessels over 60 feet in length that are fishing for groundfish and for vessels that are 25 feet and over in length fishing for IFQ halibut. The submission of electronic logbooks is required for trawl catcher/processors participating in the American Fisheries Act (AFA) and Community Development Quota (CDQ) pollock fisheries in the BSAI, trawl catcher/processors participating in the Central GOA rockfish program, and longline catcher/processors fishing for Pacific cod if required to weigh the Pacific cod on a NMFS-approved scale.  Some other catcher processors and catcher vessels voluntarily submit an electronic logbook instead of a paper one.

Tags: akro: sf industry reports, alaska, alaska regional office, aleutian islands, bering sea, commercial fishery data, doc/noaa/nmfs/akro, electronic reporting, fishery-dependent data, fishing, gulf of alaska, logbook, national marine fisheries service, noaa, north pacific, u.s. department of commerce
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce