Fisheries Management - Information Bulletins
Information Bulletin 06-44
Sustainable Fisheries Division
907-586-7228
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May 5, 2006
2:00 p.m.
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NMFS Announces an Economic Data Reporting Requirement
An Economic Data Report (EDR) is required from any owner or leaseholder of a vessel or
processing plant that harvested or processed crab in specified Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
(BSAI) crab fisheries during calendar year 2005. The EDRs for 2005 will be required before
any permits related to the BSAI Crab Rationalization Program may be issued for the 2006/07
crab fishing year, which begins on July 1, 2006.
For the 2005 annual EDR, current regulations at 50 CFR part 680 require that the 2005 annual
EDR be submitted by May 1; however, National Marine Fisheries Service published a proposed
rule (see 71 FR 25808, May 2, 2006) that would establish a new deadline of June 28. This new
deadline would be effective upon final rule publication.
The 2005 annual EDR packages were mailed in April to vessel owners and Registered Crab
Receivers of record. If you did not receive an EDR package, one can be mailed to you (at no
cost), or you may download an electronic copy in fillable PDF format. To request a printed EDR
be mailed to you, please call 1-877-741-8913, or email your request to alaska_crab@psmfc.org.
Please specify in your request which form(s) you wish to receive (Catcher Vessel, Catcher
Processor, Stationary Floating Crab Processor, or Shoreside Processor). To download an EDR
form, go to http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/rr/report.htm.
Once completed, please mail the EDR to:
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
205 SE Spokane, Suite 100
Portland, OR 97202
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