NOAA Fisheries

Last updated: August 8, 2008

Program Information

Frequently Requested Information

• Right of First Refusal Contract Terms
• Enforcement Guidance on North Opilio Processing Cap

General Program Information

• Overview and FAQs
• Program Changes
• Regulations
• Economic Data Reports
• Additional Information

Fishery Information

Applications and Forms

• Applications and Forms
• Fee Payment - due by July 31, 2009
• Annual Deadlines
  • Catcher Vessel Checklist
  • Catcher Processor Checklist

Balances and Permit Lists

• IFQ/IPQ Balances and Landing Ledger Reports
• Cooperative Information
• Permits Issued
• Gulf of Alaska Sideboards

eLandings Reporting

• eLandings: Website for online reporting
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about eLandings

Reports
Crab IFQ Landings and Allocations by Fishery	2008/09	2007/08	2006/07	2005/06
Annual Vessel IFQ Use Caps	2008/09	2007/08	2006/07	2005/06
Crab Arbitration Organizations (with representatives and contact information)	2008/09	2007/08	2006/07	2005/06
Harvesting Cooperatives (with representatives and contact information)	2008/09	2007/08	2006/07	2005/06
Quota Share and Processor Quota Share Pools and Ratios	2008/09	2007/08	2006/07	2005/06
QS/IFQ and PQS/IPQ Use Caps	2008/09	2007/08	2006/07	2005/06
BSAI Crab Rationalization Program Report for Fishing Year			2006/07	2005/06

Total Allowable Catch and Crab Seasons
Bering Sea Snow Crab		2007/08	2006/07	2005/06
Bering Sea Tanner Crab		2007/08	2006/07	2005/06
Bristol Bay Red King Crab		2007/08	2006/07	2005/06
Golden King Crab	2008/09	2007/08	2006/07	2005/06
St. Matthew Is. and Pribilof King Crab		2007/08	2006/07	2005/06
Western Aleutian Islands Red King Crab		2007/08 (Closure Notice)

Program Changes

Regulatory Amendments and Corrections

• 73 FR 30319, May 27, 2008. Correction to a final rule that was published on March 2, 2005 (70 FR 10174). This correction amends the regulations governing the BSAI crab fisheries. Effective June 26, 2008.
• 71 FR 44231, August 4, 2006. Final rule to amend the IFQ Cost Recovery Program for the Halibut and Sablefish IFQ and the BSAI Crab Rationalization Programs. Effective September 5, 2006.
• 71 FR 38298, July 6, 2006. Final rule to implement changes to the regulations for the Crab Rationalization Program to correct two discrepancies in the scope of the sideboard protections for GOA groundfish fisheries provided in a previous rulemaking. Effective on August 7, 2006.
• 71 FR 38112, July 5, 2006. Final rule to implement revision of the annual economic data reports (EDRs) submission deadline from May 1 to June 28. Effective on July 5, 2006.
• 70 FR 75419, December 20, 2005. Final rule correcting amendment to the regulations governing the BSAI KTC fishery. Effective December 20, 2005.
• 70 FR 33390, June 8, 2005. Final rule correcting 70 FR 10174, Amendments 18 and 19 to the regulations governing the BSAI crab fisheries. Effective April 1, 2005.
• 70 FR 13097, March 18, 2005. Final rule correcting OMB control numbers in the regulations governing the BSAI crab fisheries. Effective April 1, 2005.

Fishery Management Plan (FMP) Amendments

• 73 FR 35084, June 20, 2008. Final rule to implement Amendment 26 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Effective July 21, 2008.
• 73 FR 29979, May 23, 2008. Final rule to implement Amendment 25 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs, and a provision of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 to amend the Crab Rationalization Program. Effective June 23, 2008.
• 73 FR 16830, March 31, 2008. Proposed rule to implement Amendment 26 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Comment period through May 15, 2008.
• 73 FR 15118, March 21, 2008. Notice of Availability of Amendment 26 to the FMP for BSAI Crab Rationalization Program. Comment period through May 20, 2008.
• 73 FR 8838, February 15, 2008. Proposed rule to implement Amendment 25 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Comment period through March 17, 2008.
• 72 FR 5255, February 5, 2007. Notice of Availability of Amendment 25 to the FMP for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs. Comment period through April 6, 2007.
• 71 FR 40030, July 14, 2006. Final rule to implement Amendment 21 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Effective August 14, 2006.
• 71 FR 32862, June 7, 2006. Final rule implementing Amendment 20 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs.
• 71 FR 20378, April 20, 2006. Proposed rule to implement Amendment 21 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Comment period through June 5, 2006.
• 71 FR 16278, March 30, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendment 21 to the FMP for the BSAI Crab Rationalization Program. Comment period through May 30, 2006.
• 71 FR 14153, March 21, 2006. Proposed rule to implement Amendment 20 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Comment period through May 5, 2006.
• 71 FR 9770, February 27, 2006. Notice of Availability of Amendment 20 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crab. Comment period through April 28, 2006.
• 70 FR 10174, March 2, 2005. Final rule to implement Amendments 18 and 19 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Amendment 18 and Amendment 19 amend the FMP to include the Voluntary Three-Pie Cooperative Program.

Regulations

NOTE: also see Program Changes

• 50 CFR Part 680: Shellfish Fisheries of the EEZ Off Alaska
  • Contract Terms for Right of First Refusal based on Public Law 108-199
• 70 FR 10174, March 2, 2005. Final rule to implement Amendments 18 and 19 to the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs. Amendment 18 and Amendment 19 amend the FMP to include the Voluntary Three-Pie Cooperative Program.

Additional Information

• Workshop Presentations
• News Release, March 2, 2005
• Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis for the Crab Rationalization Program, February 1, 2005
• Final EIS for BSAI King and Tanner Crab Fisheries, August 2004
• North Pacific Fishery Management Council Information and Action

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