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.

Manage and transfer permits; collect landings data for IFQ Halibut/Sablefish and CDQ Halibut Program; amd collect cost recovery fees for IFQ fisheries.

Lists of persons holding quota share in the Pacific halibut and sablefish IFQ Program since program inception. Lists of Registered Buyers and persons eligible to receive quota share by transfer. Current year records updated daily.

*Reports are updated daily, except Initial Issuee list, or as noted.

Mailing addresses of current Quota Share Holders (unique names with business addresses)

Current Quota Share with Holders and QS Units: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995 (by species, area, vessel category, blocks, and CDQ compensation flag)

Sweepable QS Blocks: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 (by species, area, and vessel category)

CDQ Compensation QS: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 (by species, area, vessel category; this QS is unblocked)

Category "A" (freezer) QS: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 (by species, area, blocks, and CDQ compensation flag)

Quota Share Units with QS Group and Serial Numbers, and Security Interest Assertions: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 (by species, area, vessel category, blocks, and CDQ compensation flag). Pieces of Blocked QS assigned the same QS Group number are part of the same block.

Initial Issuees of QS with QS Units (by species, area, vessel category, and block type). Note: Initial issuance of QS continues as appeals are adjudicated.

Persons Eligible to Receive QS by Transfer (except those eligible for Category A QS only)

Persons Eligible to Receive Only Category A QS by Transfer

Current Registered Buyers

QS and IFQ Issuance and Revocation Review

Name and Contact Information for Community Quota Entities

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NMFS- Fisheries Information Management Committee (FIMC) Standard

Contains Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and/or Business Identifiable Information (BII)

Access to sensitive data shall only be granted to an individual that meets certain criteria. Access may be granted to the data submitter. Access can only be granted to a non-submitter if a signed and effective Confidentiality Agreement, Data Access Sharing Agreement, Memorandum of Understanding, Standard Statement of Nondisclosure, or similar agreement is in place. These signed agreements shall indicate that individuals have reviewed and understand the provisions in the manual governing the legal use of sensitive data. The signed agreements are maintained by the Alaska Regional Records office. The name of each individual that has signed a statement of nondisclosure for using sensitive data will be added to the Alaska Region list of authorized confidential data users.

Data may be released if aggregated in accordance with AKRO and/or MSA confidentiality protocols. Data may be released if confidential BII or PII information are re-dacted. .

Access to sensitive data shall only be granted to an individual that meets certain criteria. Access may be granted to the data submitter. Access can only be granted to a non-submitter if a signed and effective Confidentiality Agreement, Data Access Sharing Agreement, Memorandum of Understanding, Standard Statement of Nondisclosure, or similar agreement is in place. These signed agreements shall indicate that individuals have reviewed and understand the provisions in the manual governing the legal use of sensitive data. The signed agreements are maintained by the Alaska Regional Records office. The name of each individual that has signed a statement of nondisclosure for using sensitive data will be added to the Alaska Region list of authorized confidential data users.

Data may be released if aggregated in accordance with AKRO and/or MSA confidentiality protocols. Data may be released if confidential BII or PII information are re-dacted. .

Data are sensitive under the Privacy Act, FOIA and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act (2007) and can only be shared with authorized persons or in summary format for public dissemination.

Submitted data is reviewed by NMFS staff prior to data entry. Source data are validated against business rules when loaded into NMFS' Oracle database. Data input is reviewed against output on a routine basis to ensure quality.

Data may need to be aggregated for confidentiality before dissemination. If data does not need to be aggregated dissemination may be made daily.

IT Security and Contingency Plan for the system establishes procedures and applies to the functions, operations, and resources necessary to recover and restore data as hosted in the Alaska Region in Juneau, Alaska, following a disruption.

Information is collected from participants on paper applications or, if allowed, through on-line data submissions in NMFS/AKR eFISH on-line services. Harvest data necessary for real-time account management may also be submitted through eLandings.

Information submitted on paper forms is entered/updated through NMFS/AKR Alaska Data Entry and Retrieval System (ALDERS) by permitting staff. Data entered into ALDERS is stored in appropriate database tables for use in generating permits, reports, views, etc.