Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program
About the Community Development Quota Program
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. The purpose of the CDQ Program is to (i) to provide eligible western Alaska villages with the opportunity to participate and invest in fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; (ii) to support economic development in western Alaska; (iii) to alleviate poverty and provide economic and social benefits for residents of western Alaska; and (iv) to achieve sustainable and diversified local economies in western Alaska.
Program Information
- Allocations and Catch Reports
- Magnuson-Stevens Act and CDQ
- Regulations/Requirements
- Reports and Forms
- Cost Recovery
- CDQ Halibut Program
- CDQ Management Analyses (EA, EIS, RIR, IRFA, FRFA, FONSI, BiOp, CEs, etc.)
Contact Information
Oversight and administrative issues
Seanbob Kelly, NMFS
PH: (907) 271-5195
Email: seanbob.kelly@noaa.gov
Groundfish CDQ fisheries
Steve Whitney, NMFS
PH: (907) 586-7269
Email: steven.whitney@noaa.gov
Halibut CDQ fisheries
NMFS Restricted Access Management
PH:(907) 586-7474 or 586-7202 (option #2)
PH: (800) 304-4846 (option #2)
Email: Contact Form
Crab CDQ fisheries
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Vacant
PH: (907) 581-1239
Email: