Dan Hull, Chairman
Chris Oliver, Executive Director
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Co-op Reports (AFA, Am80, GOA Rockfish, BSAI Crab)
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STAFF CONTACT: Jon McCracken / Sarah Marrinan
ACTION REQUIRED: recommended action
Review Cooperative Reports
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BACKGROUND:
In the last decade or more, the Council has developed several cooperative programs as components in larger catch share programs. As part of these programs, cooperatives have been required or requested to provide an annual report. These reports are intended to be a resource for the Council to track the effectiveness of the cooperative and their ability to meet the Council's goal for the programs. Additionally, they are a tool for the cooperatives to provide feedback on the programs to the Council. In general, these reports are often presented by cooperative managers during the April meeting. Attachment A provides an overview of mandatory and voluntary elements of the different cooperative reports. This matrix was updated from discussion paper presented at the December 2013 Council meeting. Attachment B is a list of active cooperatives and the status of their 2017 cooperative report.
Just a reminder that for any requests, deletions, and/or clarifications of information provided in the cooperative reports (voluntary or otherwise), the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requires Federal agencies (1) to seek public comment on proposed collections and (2) to submit proposed collections for review and approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB reviews agency information collection requests for approval and disapproval. The PRA should not discourage the Council from making requests for voluntary cooperative information to be included in future cooperative reports. Rather, this guidance advises the Council to pursue voluntary information requests in a more deliberative manner, providing clear explanation of the objective of the new information. Council and NMFS staff will be required to track these Council...
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