At-Sea Whiting Sectors
Under the trawl catch share program, the at-sea whiting sectors target Pacific whiting and consist of cooperatives for the mothership and catcher/processor trawl fleets.
Mothership Cooperative Program
The mothership cooperative program consists of one or more cooperatives and the non-cooperative fishery. The cooperative portion of the fishery includes:
- owners of mothership catcher vessel (MS/CV) endorsed limited entry trawl permits that are members of a cooperative, and harvesting vessels registered to those permits;
- owners of mothership permits and processing vessels registered to those permits; and
- vessels authorized to fish for the cooperative but are not members and are registered to a limited entry trawl permit (but not necessarily one with an MS/CV endorsement).
The non-cooperative fishery includes:
- owners of MS/CV endorsed limited entry trawl permits that are not members of a cooperative, and harvesting vessels registered to those permits; and
- owners of mothership permits and vessels registered to those permits.
Applications & Supporting Materials
Mothership Cooperative Permit Application (
75kb) (application period Feb. 1-Mar. 31)
- If you need additional space to complete Section B ( 18kb) in the form above, please complete and append to this page.
List of current permit and vessel owners
List of mothership catcher vessel endorsed permits and catch history assignments 49kb
Catcher/Processor Cooperative Program
The catcher/processor cooperative program is composed of catcher/processors, which are vessels that both harvest and process Pacific whiting. Under this cooperative program, the catcher/processor sector will continue to operate under a single voluntary cooperative. It consists of members of the cooperative (all catcher/processor endorsed limited entry trawl permit owners) and the vessels registered to member permits.
Applications & Supporting Materials
Catcher/Processor Cooperative Permit Application ( 47kb) (application period Feb. 1-Mar. 31)
List of current permit and vessel owners
