Crab Harvesting Cooperatives Part 2

Hello Fishies!

Here is part 2 about crab cooperatives:

Upon receipt of a completed application for an annual crab harvesting cooperative IFQ permit that is subsequently approved, NMFS will issue one-year crab harvesting cooperative IFQ permits to the crab harvesting cooperative. The crab harvesting cooperative IFQ permits will list the crab IFQ amounts that are generated by the aggregate QS holdings of all members of the crab harvesting cooperative for each fishery, region, sector, and Class A/B IFQ categories. Issuance by NMFS of a crab harvesting cooperative IFQ permit is not a determination that the crab harvesting cooperative is formed or is operating in compliance with antitrust law.

The following restrictions govern fishing for IFQ crab under a crab harvesting cooperative IFQ permit:

A copy of a crab harvesting cooperative IFQ permit must be maintained on board any vessel that is being used to harvest crab under the permit.

The only person eligible to harvest crab under a crab harvesting cooperative IFQ permit is the crab IFQ hired master who is operating a vessel in which at least a 10 percent ownership share is held by a member of the crab harvesting cooperative to whom the IFQ permit is issued.

Each member of a crab harvesting cooperative is responsible for ensuring that members of the crab harvesting cooperative and crab IFQ hired masters of the crab harvesting cooperative comply with all regulations applicable to fishing for CR crab.

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As you can see from the above, the formation of the cooperatives is both time consuming and labor intensive.

Here are the 2006/07 Crab Harvesting Cooperatives:

AC Crab Harvesting Cooperative, Seattle, WA

Advanced Harvesters Cooperative, Kodiak, AK

Alaska Crab Producers Cooperative, Seattle, WA

Alaska Fishermen’s Crab Cooperative, Mill Creek, WA

Alaska King Crab Harvester’s Cooperative, Anchorage, AK

Aleutian Gold Crab Cooperative, Chinook, WA

Aleutian Islands Cooperative, Seattle, WA

Coastal Villages Cooperative, Everett, WA

Crab Producers and Harvesters LLC, Seattle, WA

Fishing Associates Cooperative, Seattle, WA

KBO Crab Cooperative, Edmonds, WA

Krabbe Cooperative, Seattle, WA

Mariner Crab Harvesting Cooperative, Seattle, WA

Professional Crab Harvesters Cooperative, Seattle, WA

Rainier Cooperative, Edmonds, WA

Sea Boat Cooperative, Seattle, WA

The Bering Sea Crab Cooperative, Cascade Locks, OR

The Crab Cooperative, Kirkland, WA

Trident Affiliated Crab Harvesting Corp., Seattle, WA

Here is a link to one of the co-ops:

Bering Sea Crab Co-op | About

Stay tuned!

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