Regulatory Impact Review and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis of a Provision Exempting C Shares from Processor Share and Regional Landing Requirements for a Proposed Regulatory Amendment to Implement Amendment 26 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs

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• Corporate Authors:
  United States. National Marine Fisheries Service ; North Pacific Fishery Management Council
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; AKR (Alaska Region)
• Description:
  In August of 2005, fishing in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island crab fisheries began under a new share-based management program (the “rationalization program”). The program is unique in several ways, including the allocation of a portion of the harvest share pool as “C shares” to qualified captains and crew, the allocation of processing shares in an amount corresponding to a portion of the harvest share pool, and the designation of certain harvest shares for landing in a specific region. Under the program, 90 percent of the annual catcher vessel owner harvest share allocation is issued as “Class A” individual fishing quota (IFQ), which must be delivered in a designated region and may only be delivered to a processor holding unused individual processing quota (IPQ). Under the rationalization program, the Council exempted catcher vessel C shares from the regional and processing share landing requirements for the first three years of the program. This exemption is scheduled to expire at the beginning of the 2008-2009 fishing season. When the Council adopted the rationalization program, it also tasked staff to provide a review of landing patterns of C shares to assess whether the exemption should be extended indefinitely. At its March/April 2007 meeting, staff delivered that review to the Council and the Council elected to task staff to prepare an analysis of an action to indefinitely extend the exemption of C shares from regional and processor share landing requirements.
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Place as Subject:
  Bering Sea ; Aleutian Islands (Alaska) ; Alaska
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/23932/noaa_23932_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 566.29 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Main Document Checksum:
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