Who will be allowed to take deliveries of Crab Rationalization crab?
Only an Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) is able to take deliveries of CR crab. RCR permits are issued by NMFS and applications to become an RCR will be available on this web page. If crab is retained and it comes off the boat, it will have to come off the boat at an RCR. The final rule makes no exceptions. If a vessel owner or crew wishes to conduct dockside sales, they must be an RCR. If a vessel owner or crew wishes to retain CR crab for homepack, the crab would first have to be reported through an RCR. If a vessel owner wishes to tender crab to a processor, there would have to be an RCR on board. A person that accepts crab for custom processing must be an RCR. The operator of a catcher/processor processing crab at sea must be an RCR.
