BEFORE YOU GET STARTED
Have you gathered all your required documents?
Before starting your application, gather the following REQUIRED information and documents:
Commercial Fishermen
- Copy of a current government-issued vessel registration or vessel lease agreement
- Copy valid 2023 commercial fishing permit from NOAA Fisheries
- Evidence of fishing activities in the Vineyard Wind 1 lease area, OCS-A 0501, for at least three years between 2016 and 2022, including but not limited to:
- Vessel Trip Reports
- Vessel Monitoring System information
- Automatic identification system information
- Fishery Observer or At-Sea Monitoring information
- NOAA Fisheries Cooperative Research Study Fleet information
- Time-stamped chart plotter data/images
- Logbooks (supported by additional data)
- Other trip-level reporting information
- Documentation of gross or net annual revenue from fishing activities for at least three years between 2016 and 2022, including, but not limited to (copies of):
- IRS Form 1099 with reporting AGI for all revenue from fishing activities
- IRS tax filing documentation (i.e., Schedule C)
- Sales receipts
- Dealer slips
- Dealer compilation reports
- Other information that establishes net or gross annual revenues from commercial fishing
Note: Net annual revenue information should account for variable costs exclusive of captain and crew pay. If gross annual revenue information is provided, it will be reduced by 25% to account for variable costs exclusive of captain or crew pay.
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