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At any given time, and depending on how they are counted, the Alaska Region has an estimated 25NMFS manages approximately 125,000 active commercial fishing permits and registrations, issued to in excess of 9,500 persons (both individuals and non-individual business entities).
Most permits in the Alaska Region are issued for two years so approximately half of these permits must renewed each year.
Permit transfer volume nation-wide is estimated at __ transfers per yearand another 17,000 subsistence permits.
Business Drivers
Fisheries are managed regionally, but, many participants in the fishing industry are national or multinational in scope. It would be a convenience to these participants to offer a one-stop-shop for permits. Also, a one-stop-shop would facilitate maintenance of a single identifier for an industry participant who fishes or processes fish in multiple regions, and it would leverage efforts to improve data quality across regions. More.... The more could include what business benefit they derive from the permit and what business risk they incur if they break NMFS rules. Is this the spot for cycle times?
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