Dan Hull, Chairman
David Witherell, Executive Director
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Cooperative Reports (AFA, AM 80, GOA Rockfish, BSAI Crab)
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STAFF CONTACT: Jon McCracken and Sarah Marrinan (NPFMC)
ACTION REQUIRED: recommended action
* Annual review of Cooperative Reports (AFA, Amendment 80, CGOA Rockfish, and BSAI Crab)
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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 presented by cooperative managers during the April meeting. An overview of mandatory and voluntary elements of the different cooperative reports is attached under this agenda item. This matrix was updated from discussion paper presented at the December 2013 Council meeting. Also attached under this agenda item is a list of active cooperatives and the status of their 2017 fishing year.
As a reminder, 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 deliberative manner, providing clear explanation of the obj...
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