Dan Hull, Chairman
David Witherell, Executive Director
SUBJECT: title
Charter Halibut Annual Permit Registration - Initial Review
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STAFF CONTACT: Sarah Marrinan
ACTION REQUIRED: recommended action
Consider Initial Review Draft of analysis and take action as necessary.
BACKGROUND:
This Regulatory Impact Review (RIR) examines a proposal to implement an annual renewal process for the Charter Halibut Permit (CHP), a component of the Charter Halibut Limited Access Program. The information collected in an annual registration process would update and/or expand on the CHP data. This is an Initial Review draft which means the Council is still considering the possible alternatives to move forward, but will not take final action at this meeting (unless it chooses to no longer pursue any action).
Specifically, the Council is considering a requirement for CHP holders to submit certain information to National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Restricted Access Management (RAM) Program on an annual basis in order to receive an up-to-date version of their permit, valid for that calendar year. Under the alternative, CHP holders would be required to submit: CHP number, CHP holder name, and CHP holder address. The intention of this action would be to provide more accurate information on CHP ownership (both for transferable and non-transferable CHP), in which a change may have unintentionally gone unreported to NMFS, as well as clarifying and accelerating the retirement of non-transferable CHPs that have had a change in ownership. The analysis lists benefits and drawbacks of this renewal process. The analysis also includes a suite of implementation details with feedback from representatives from NMFS RAM, Sustainable Fisheries, and Office of Law Enforcement. These topics could benefit from Council consideration and recommendations.
Under the first option for this alternative, the renewal would also require submission of the ownership structural information, updating what NMF...
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