Application for Approval of Use of Non CDQ Harvest Regulations
The Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program is an economic development program associated with Federally managed fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). The purpose of the program is to provide western Alaska communities the opportunity to participate and invest in BSAI fisheries, to support economic development in western Alaska, to alleviate poverty and provide economic and social benefits for residents of western Alaska, and to achieve sustainable and diversified local economies in western Alaska.