The
Community Development Quota Program began in December of 1992
with the goal of promoting fisheries related economic development
in western Alaska. The program is a federal fisheries program
that involves eligible communities who have formed six
regional organizations, referred to as CDQ groups. There are
65 communities within a fifty-mile radius of the Bering Sea
coastline who participate in the program.
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES DEALING WITH WESTERN ALASKA
CDQ PROGRAM
NOTICE OF 2006 CRAB ADDENDUM AND 2007-2008
ALLOCATION CYCLE
The CDQ program allocates
a portion of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island harvest amounts to
CDQ groups, including pollock, halibut, Pacific
cod, crab and bycatch species. There are no significant amounts of
salmon allocated. Based
upon its evaluation of the Community Development Plans submitted by
the six
CDQ groups, the State of Alaska and the National Marine Fisheries
Service periodically allocates percentages of each species to CDQ groups.
The
CDQ program was granted perpetuity status during the 1996 reauthorization
of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
The program
was modeled after the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).
However, the CDQ program was created with three primary differences:
- Government
oversight of all business activities
- Community
based shareholders instead of individual shareholders
- Requirement
that all investments be fisheries related
The six CDQ
groups are:
- Aleutian
Pribilof Island Community Development Association (6 communities)
- Bristol Bay
Economic Development Corporation (17 communities)
- Central Bering
Sea Fishermen's Association (1 community)
- Coastal Villages
Region Fund (20 communities)
- Norton Sound
Economic Development Corporation (15 communities)
- Yukon Delta
Fisheries Development Association (6 communities)
Since 1992,
over $110 million in wages, education, and training benefits have
been generated for over 25,000 residents. As of 2003, the asset value
of the six CDQ groups exceeded $260 million. Since 1992, over $500
million in revenues have been generated. The CDQ program has been
successfully contributing to fisheries infrastructure in western
Alaska by funding docks, harbors, and the construction of seafood
processing facilities. The CDQ program has allowed CDQ groups to
acquire equity ownership interests in the pollock, Pacific cod, and
crab sectors which provide additional revenues to fund local in-region
economic development projects, and education and training programs.
CDQ Program
Information
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CDQ
Group Quarterly Reports
2006 -
1st Quarter
For
details on each of the six CDQ groups visit the
Western Alaska CDQ Web site
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For more information
about the CDQ Program, please contact:
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CDQ
Program
Department of Commerce, Community,
and Economic Development
550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 1940,
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: 907-269-8140
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