Through the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, NSEDC has been allocated a percentage of all CDQ species, including groundfish, crab and halibut. The percentages are fixed until 2012 at which point NSEDC will be reviewed against its own performance criteria and minor allocation adjustments may be made.
Annual catch specifications are established each December through the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's TAC (total allowable catch) setting process. These annual catch specifications are then combined with NSEDC's CDQ allocation percentage to determine our annual catch allowance. NSEDC's 2011 CDQ allocations can be found here.
Annual CDQ and target fisheries for red king
crab in Norton Sound and halibut in IPHC
area 4D/E are predominantly reserved for
local fishermen residing in NSEDC member communities. Annual CDQ of
most other groundfish species and the
greater Bering Sea CDQ crab fisheries are
harvested and processed in cooperation with our with
industry partners.
Over the years, NSEDC has developed a number
of business relationships and harvesting
agreements with fishing companies (industry
partners) and vessels for harvesting and
processing annual CDQ. Most of these
industry partners have participated in the CDQ
program and have worked with NSEDC since inception of the the
various commercial fisheries of the CDQ program. NSEDC has partial ownership in some of its industry partners. As a rule, NSEDC and harvesting
partners work cooperatively together and
share in revenues generated from the sale of
CDQ-related product through royalty
payments, profit sharing and/or ownership
interests, and employment
opportunities.
CDQ fisheries and related industry partners
are described in the following section.
For more
information contact:
Joel Cladouhos
Quota Manager
Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation
420 L Street, Suite 310, Anchorage, AK 99501, Phone 1-907-274-2248, Fax 1-907-274-2249
