Privacy Policy
We are committed to the privacy of our visitors. We collect no personal information about you when you visit our Web site
unless you choose to provide that information to us.
Here Is How We Handle Information About Your Visit To Our Web Site
Information Collected and Stored Automatically: If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the Web site,
read pages or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information
does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and store information like the following concerning your visit.
- The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com");
- Your IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing
the Web) from which you access our Web site;
- The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
- The date and time you access our site;
- The pages you visit; and
- If you linked to our Web site from another Web site, the address of that Web site.
We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors, to learn about the number of visitors to our
site, and the types of technology our visitors use.
Information Protection
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system
employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information,
or otherwise cause damage. If such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may
be provided to appropriate law enforcement officials. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this server
are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information
Infrastructure Protection Act or other law.
Information That You Provide
Section 402 ("Information Collection") of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Public Law 94-265),
along with other Federal Regulations (50 CFR 622.21, 50 CFR 622.22, 50 CFR 635.15), authorize collection of the information requested by this site.
When a user clicks the "Submit" or "Continue" button on any of the Web forms found on our site they are indicating
consent to use of the information they submit for the stated purpose. We do not collect or use information for commercial
marketing.
How Information Is Used
Information that you provide to this site is used in order to perform the activities of the Catch Shares programs for red snapper, grouper and tilefish in the Gulf of Mexico and IBQ program for bluefin tuna in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic. Per 622.21 (a) (3) and 622.22 (a) (3) Electronic system requirements. (i) The administrative functions associated with this IFQ program, e.g., registration and account setup, landing transactions, and transfers, are designed to be accomplished online. Reference 635.15 for corresponding language for Individual Bluefin Quota.
Sharing Of Information
We may share the information you give us with another government agency if your inquiry relates to that agency. In
other limited circumstances, such as responses to requests from Congress and private individuals, we may be required by
law to disclose information you submit. The information that is typically shared to satisfy one of these requests consists
of aggregates of share and allocation transfers and landings of Catch Shares species, or data analysis of activity, as seen in the Red Snapper or Grouper Tilefish Annual Reports. Those reports can be found at http://ifq.sero.nmfs.noaa.gov, click on Additonal Information.
Section 402(b) ("Confidentiality of Information") of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
enables NMFS to withhold records requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
All federal agencies that receive your information must comply with all applicable federal laws dealing with information
disclosures.
Retention of Information
We destroy the information we collect when the purpose for which it was provided has been fulfilled unless we are
required to keep it longer by statute or official policy. Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed
according to the principles of the Federal Records Act and the regulations and records schedules approved by the National
Archives and Records Administration, and in some cases information submitted to us may become an agency record and therefore might
be subject to a Freedom of Information Act request.
Links to Other Sites
This site may have links to the Web sites of other federal agencies. There may be links to private organizations, with
their permission. Once you go to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site. It is always a good
idea to read the Privacy Policy of any Web site that you visit.
Cookies
"Cookies" are small bits of text that are either used for the duration of a session ("session cookies"), or saved on
a user's hard drive in order to identify that user, or information about that user, the next time the user logs on to a
Web site ("persistent cookies"). This Web site does not use persistent cookies or any other persistent tracking technology.
One or more of our component sites may use session cookies to provide streamlined navigation. These session cookies are
deleted from the component's server after your session ends and information from them is not collected or saved.
NMFS Privacy Policy
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/aboutus/privacy.html
Pay.gov's Privacy Policy
To securely process cost recovery fee transactions, this web site uses Pay.gov. To learn more about Pay.gov and their
privacy policy, you may click on the following off-site link:
https://pay.gov/paygov/privacyAndSecurityPolicy.html
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