Initial Review Draft REGULATORY IMPACT REVIEW and INITIAL REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS MODIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE, IFQ, AND IPQ APPLICATION DEADLINES For a proposed Regulatory Amendment to Implement Amendment __ _ to the Fishery Management Plan for

• Main Authors: Bering Sea, Aleutian Isl, S King, Tanner Crabs
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Aleutian Island
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.364.4497; http://209.112.168.2/npfmc/PDFdocuments/catch_shares/Crab/IFQIPQ_211.pdf

In August of 2005, fishing in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island crab fisheries began under a new sharebased management program (the “program”). The program is unique in several ways, including the allocation of annual individual processing quota (IPQ) with a one-to-one correspondence to a specific portion of the annual individual fishing quota (IFQ) pool – “Class A IFQ”. Use of either these IPQ or “Class A IFQ ” requires matching with the other share type, on a pound for pound basis. To ensure applicants have adequate due process opportunity to contest any finding concerning qualification for an allocation, at the time of annual issuance of IFQ and IPQ, NOAA Fisheries sets aside quota (either IFQ or IPQ, as the case may be) in an amount needed to cover any possible claim of an applicant, should the final determination favor the applicant. As a result, any application disputes not finalized at the time of the allocation of IFQ and IPQ have the potential to strand quota of the other share type, in the event the applicant does not appeal or does not prevail on appeal (since the withheld quota cannot reasonably be issued to other qualified applicants). Moving the application deadline from August 1 st to June 15 th may allow additional time to finalize some appeal filings and proceedings, thereby reducing the potential for quota stranding. Purpose and Need Statement