50 CFR 679 - FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA
- SUBPART A — General (§§ 679.1 - 679.9)
- SUBPART B — Management Measures (§§ 679.20 - 679.28)
- SUBPART C — Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program (§§ 679.30 - 679.32)
- SUBPART D — Individual Fishing Quota Management Measures (§§ 679.40 - 679.45)
- SUBPART E — Groundfish Observer Program (§§ 679.50 - 679.50)
- SUBPART F — American Fisheries Act and Aleutian Island Directed Pollock Fishery Management Measures (§§ 679.60 - 679.65)
- SUBPART G — Rockfish Program (§§ 679.80 - 679.84)
- SUBPART H — Amendment 80 Program (§§ 679.90 - 679.94)
- Appendix A to Part 679 - Performance and Technical Requirements for Scales Used To Weigh Catch at Sea in the Groundfish Fisheries Off Alaska
- Figure 1 to Part 679 - Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Statistical and Reporting Areas
- Figure 2 to Part 679 - BSAI Catcher Vessel Operational Area
- Figure 3 to Part 679 - Gulf of Alaska Reporting Areas
- Figure 4 to Part 679 - BSAI Herring Savings Areas in the BSAI
- Figure 5 to Part 679 - Kodiak Island Closure Status for Vessels Using Non-pelagic Trawl Gear
- Figure 6 to Part 679 - Length Overall of Vessel
- Figure 7 to Part 679 - Location of Trawl Gear Test Areas in the GOA and the BSAI
- Figure 8 to Part 679 - Aleutian Islands Chinook Salmon Savings Area
- Figure 9 to Part 679 - Chum Savings Area (CSSA) of the CVOA
- Figure 10 to Part 679 - Pribilof Islands Area Habitat Conservation Zone in the Bering Sea
- Figure 11 to Part 679 - Red King Crab Savings Area (RKCSA)
- Figure 12 to Part 679 - Bristol Bay Trawl Closure Area
- Figure 13 to Part 679 - BSAI C. Opilio Tanner Crab Bycatch Limitations Zone
- Figure 14 to Part 679 - Sablefish Regulatory Areas
- Figure 15 to Part 679 - Regulatory Areas for the Pacific Halibut Fishery
- Figure 16 to part 679 - Bering Sea Habitat Conservation Area
- Figure 17 to part 679 - Northern Bering Sea Research Area and Saint Lawrence Island Habitat Conservation Area (HCA)
- Figure 18 to Part 679 - Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve
- Figure 19 to Part 679 - Shelikof Strait Conservation Area
- Figure 20 to Part 679 - Steller sea lion conservation area (SCA) of the Bering Sea
- Figure 21 to Part 679 - Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and Kuskokwim Bay Habitat Conservation Area
- Figure 22 to Part 679 [Reserved]
- Figure 23 to Part 679 - Salmon Management Area (see § 679.2)
- Figure 24 to Part 679 - Arctic Management Area
- Figure 25 to Part 679 - Elevating Device Clearance Measurement Locations for Modified Nonpelagic Trawl Gear
- Figure 26 to Part 679 - Modified Nonpelagic Trawl Gear
- Figure 27 to Part 679 - Locations for Measuring Maximum Cross Sections of Line Material (shown as A) and Supporting Material (shown as B) for Modified Nonpelagic Trawl Gear
- Table 1a to Part 679 - Delivery Condition* and Product Codes
- Table 1b to Part 679 - Discard and Disposition Codes1
- Table 1c to Part 679 - Product Type Codes
- Table 2a to Part 679 - Species Codes: FMP Groundfish
- Table 2b to Part 679 - Species Codes: FMP Prohibited Species and CR Crab
- Table 2c to Part 679 - Species Codes: FMP Forage Fish Species (all species of the following families)
- Table 2d to Part 679 - Species Codes-Non-FMP Species
- Table 14a to Part 679 - Port of Landing Codes 1, Alaska
- Table 14b to Part 679 - Port of Landing Codes: Non-Alaska
- Table 28 to Part 679 - Qualifying Season Dates in the Central GOA Primary Rockfish Species
- Table 29 to Part 679 - Initial Rockfish QS Pools
- Table 30 to Part 679 - Rockfish Program Retainable Percentages (in round wt. equivalent)
- Table 31 to Part 679 - List of Amendment 80 Vessels and LLP Licenses Originally Assigned to an Amendment 80 Vessel
- Table 32 to Part 679 - Amendment 80 Initial QS Pool
- Table 33 to Part 679 - Annual Apportion of Amendment 80 Species ITAC Between the Amendment 80 and BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors (Except Yellowfin Sole)
- Table 34 to Part 679 - Annual Apportionment of BSAI Yellowfin Sole Between the Amendment 80 and BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors
- Table 35 to Part 679 - Apportionment of Crab PSC and Halibut PSC Between the Amendment 80 and BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors
- Table 36 to Part 679 - Percentage of Crab and Halibut PSC Limit Assigned to Each Amendment 80 Species
- Table 37 to Part 679 - GOA Amendment 80 Sideboard Limit for Groundfish for the Amendment 80 Sector
- Table 38 to Part 679 - GOA Amendment 80 Sideboard Limit for Halibut PSC for the Amendment 80 Sector
- Table 39 to Part 679 - Amendment 80 Vessels That May Be Used to Directed Fish for Flatfish in the GOA
- Table 40 to Part 679 - BSAI Halibut PSC Sideboard Limits for AFA Catcher/Processors and AFA Catcher Vessels
- Table 41 to Part 679 - BSAI Crab PSC Sideboard Limits for AFA Catcher/Processors and AFA Catcher Vessels
- Table 42 to Part 679 - Bering Sea Habitat Conservation Area
- Table 43 to Part 679 - Northern Bering Sea Research Area
- Table 44 to Part 679 - Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and Kuskokwim Bay Habitat Conservation Area
- Table 45 to Part 679 - St. Lawrence Island Habitat Conservation Area
- Table 46 to Part 679 - St. Matthew Island Habitat Conservation Area
- Table 47a to Part 679 - Percent of the AFA Catcher/Processor Sector's Pollock Allocation, Numbers of Chinook Salmon Used To Calculate the Opt-out Allocation and Annual Threshold Amount, and Percent Used To Calculate IPA Minimum Participation Assigned to Each Catcher/Processor Under § 679.21(f)
- Table 47b to Part 679 - Percent of the AFA Mothership Sector's Pollock Allocation, Numbers of Chinook Salmon Used To Calculate the Opt-Out Allocation and Annual Threshold Amount, and Percent Used To Calculate IPA Minimum Participation Assigned to Each Mothership Under § 679.21(f)
- Table 47c to Part 679 - Percent of the AFA Inshore Sector's Pollock Allocation, Numbers of Chinook Salmon Used To Calculate the Opt-Out Allocation and Annual Threshold Amount, and Percent Used To Calculate IPA Minimum Participation Assigned to Each Catcher Vessel Under § 679.21(f)
- Table 47d to Part 679 - Percent of the CDQ Program's Pollock Allocation, Numbers of Chinook Salmon Used To Calculate the Opt-Out Allocation and Annual Threshold Amount, and Percent Used To Calculate IPA Minimum Participation Assigned to Each CDQ Group Under § 679.21(f)
- Table 48 to Part 679 [Reserved]
- Table 49 to Part 679 - Groundfish Licenses Qualifying for Hook-and-Line Catcher/Processor Endorsement Exemption
- Table 50 to Part 679 - Maximum Number of Groundfish Licenses and the Regulatory Area Specification of Groundfish Licenses That May Be Granted to CQEs Representing Specific GOA Communities
- Table 51 to Part 679 - Modified Gear Trawl Zone
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GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27536 RIN 0648-XC34 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective November 7, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear to vessels using pot gear and vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska management area. This action is necessary to allow the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27544 RIN 0648-XC34 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), November 9, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., November 26, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) apportioned to vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27045 RIN 0648-XC33 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective November 1, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear and hook-and-line catcher/processors (C/Ps) to vessels using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska management area (GOA). This action is necessary to allow the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA to be harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27075 RIN 0648-XA50 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Notice of agency decision. The amendments were approved on October 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS announces approval of Amendment 98 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI Groundfish FMP); Amendment 90 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA Groundfish FMP); Amendment 40 to the FMP for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (BSAI Crab FMP); Amendment 15 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska (Scallop FMP); and Amendment 1 to the FMP for Fish Resources of the Arctic Management Area (Arctic FMP). These amendments update the existing essential fish habitat (EFH) provisions in the FMPs based on a 5-year EFH review. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMPs, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26659 RIN 0648-XC32 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective October 25, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear to American Fisheries Act trawl catcher/processors and Amendment 80 catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to allow the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26786 RIN 0648-XC32 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 26, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., November 13, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific ocean perch specified for the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26688 RIN 0648-XC32 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 29, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., November 13, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) apportioned to vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26400 RIN 0648-XC31 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 24, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., November 1, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., November 13, 2012 . 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock in Statistical Area 620 of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26203 RIN 0624-XC30 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 19, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., October 23, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., November 5, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for 96 hours. This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26205 RIN 0648-XC31 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 19, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting retention of “other rockfish” in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary because the 2012 total allowable catch of “other rockfish” in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the BSAI has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26092 RIN 0648-XC27 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 20, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 630 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25677 RIN 0648-XC29 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 15, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 610 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25567 RIN 0648-BB67 Docket No. 120416007-2464-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule; correction. Effective October 17, 2012, and is applicable beginning October 26, 2012. 15 CFR Part 902 NMFS is correcting a final rule that published on September 26, 2012, modifying equipment and operational requirements for freezer longliners (catcher/processors) named on License Limitation Program (LLP) licenses endorsed to catch and process Pacific cod at sea with hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This final rule removes Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) collection-of-information requirements under OMB control number 0648-0269 for the alternative fishing plan and its public reporting burden per response of 4 hours, because the alternative fishing plan regulations are no longer necessary.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25260 RIN 0648-XC28 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 12, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24794 RIN 0648-XC27 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective October 3, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of the 2012 Atka mackerel incidental catch allowance (ICA) for the Bering Sea subarea and Eastern Aleutian district (BS/EAI) of to the Amendment 80 cooperatives in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the 2012 total allowable catch of Atka mackerel to be fully harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24517 RIN 0648-XC27 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 1, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 1, 2013. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock by vessels using trawl gear in the Winter Herring Savings Area of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 herring bycatch allowance specified for the midwater trawl pollock fishery in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24400 RIN 0648-XC27 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 1, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., October 15, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 620 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24100 RIN 0648-BB18 Docket No. 110620343-2450-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule. Effective October 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS publishes regulations to implement Amendment 97 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). Amendment 97 allows the owner of a trawl catcher/processor vessel authorized to participate in the Amendment 80 catch share program to replace that vessel with a vessel that meets certain requirements. This action establishes the regulatory process for replacement of vessels in the Amendment 80 fleet and the requirements for Amendment 80 replacement vessels, such as a limit on the overall length of a replacement vessel, a prohibition on the use of an AFA vessel as a replacement vessel, measures to prevent a replaced vessel from participating in Federal groundfish fisheries off Alaska that are not Amendment 80 fisheries, and measures that extend specific catch limits (known as Amendment 80 sideboards) to a replacement vessel. This action is necessary to promote safety-at-sea by allowing Amendment 80 vessel owners to replace their vessels for any reason at any time and by requiring replacement vessels to meet certain U.S. Coast Guard vessel safety standards, and to improve the retention and utilization of groundfish catch by these vessels by facilitating an increase in the processing capabilities of the fleet. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMP, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-23721 RIN 0648-BB67 Docket No. 120416007-2464-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule. Effective October 26, 2012. 15 CFR Part 902 NMFS issues regulations that modify equipment and operational requirements for freezer longliners (catcher/processors) named on License Limitation Program (LLP) licenses endorsed to catch and process Pacific cod at sea with hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). These regulations require vessel owners to select between two monitoring options: carry two observers so that all catch can be sampled, or carry one observer and use a motion-compensated scale to weigh Pacific cod before it is processed. The selected monitoring option is required to be used when the vessel is operating in either the BSAI or Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries when directed fishing for Pacific cod is open in the BSAI, or while the vessel is fishing for groundfish under the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. A vessel owner who notifies NMFS that the vessel will not be used to conduct directed fishing for Pacific cod in the BSAI or to conduct groundfish CDQ fishing at any time during a particular year will not be required to select one of the monitoring options and will continue to follow observer coverage and catch reporting requirements that apply to catcher/processors not subject to this action. These regulatory amendments address the need for enhanced catch accounting, monitoring, and enforcement created by the formation of a voluntary cooperative by the BSAI longline catcher/processor subsector in 2010, and are necessary to improve the precision of the accounting for allocated quota species. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-23350 RIN 0648-XC20 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 18, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., October 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the C season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 620 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-22592 RIN 0648-XC20 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 10, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., October 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the C season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 610 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-22329 RIN 0648-XC22 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 6, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., September 21, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod allocated to catcher vessels less than 60 feet LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21976 RIN 0648-XC21 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 1, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processors (C/Ps) using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to C/Ps using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21977 RIN 0648-XC20 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 2, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., October 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the fourth seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the shallow-water species fishery in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21978 RIN 0648-XC20 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective September 1, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear to vessels using jig gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska management area. This action is necessary to allow the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21582 RIN 0648-XC20 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective August 28, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear, catcher vessels greater than 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line gear, and catcher vessels using trawl gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to allow the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-20511 RIN 0648-XC16 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 16, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting retention of “other rockfish” in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the 2012 total allowable catch of “other rockfish” in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-20056 RIN 0648-XC12 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; apportionment of reserves; request for comments. Effective August 10, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time, December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., Alaska local time, August 25, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS apportions amounts of the non-specified reserve to the initial total allowable catch of arrowtooth flounder in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the fisheries to continue operating. It is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the fishery management plan for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-19146 RIN 0648-XC08 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; apportionment of reserves; request for comments. Effective August 1, 2012 through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time, December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., Alaska local time, August 16, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS apportions amounts of the non-specified reserve to the initial total allowable catch (ITAC) of “other flatfish” in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) and Greenland turbot in the Aleutian Island subarea of the BSAI. This action is necessary to allow the fisheries to continue operating. It is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the fishery management plan for the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-19027 RIN 0648-XC14 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 1, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the deep-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the third seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the deep-water species fishery in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-18512 RIN 0648-XC12 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; apportionment of reserves; request for comments. Effective July 25, 2012 through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time, December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., Alaska local time, August 9, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS apportions amounts of the non-specified reserve to the initial total allowable catch of arrowtooth flounder in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the fisheries to continue operating. It is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the fishery management plan for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-18386 RIN 0648-XC11 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; apportionment of reserves; request for comments. Effective July 24, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time, December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., Alaska local time, August 8, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS apportions an amount of the non-specified reserve to the initial total allowable catch of squid in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the fisheries to continue operating. It is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the fishery management plan for the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-17747 RIN 0648-BB24 Docket No. 110627357-2209-03 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule and notice of approval of an FMP amendment. Effective August 25, 2012, except for: 50 CFR 679.21(h)(2) will be effective January 1, 2013, and 50 CFR 679.21(h)(3) will be effective August 25, 2012, until November 1, 2012. 15 CFR Part 902 NMFS publishes regulations to implement Amendment 93 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP). The regulations apply exclusively to the directed pollock trawl fisheries in the Central and Western Reporting Areas of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) (Central and Western GOA). Amendment 93 establishes separate prohibited species catch (PSC) limits in the Central and Western GOA for Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ), which would cause NMFS to close the directed pollock fishery in the Central or Western regulatory areas of the GOA, if the applicable limit is reached. This action also requires retention of salmon by all vessels in the Central and Western GOA pollock fisheries until the catch is delivered to a processing facility where an observer is provided the opportunity to count the number of salmon and to collect scientific data or biological samples from the salmon. This action makes several revisions to the Prohibited Species Donation (PSD) program. Amendment 93 is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMP, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-17601 RIN 0648-XC11 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 16, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean perch in the West Yakutat District of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-17483 RIN 0648-0648 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 14, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the third seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the shallow-water species fishery in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-17162 RIN 0648-XC10 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 10, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting retention of Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-17163 RIN 0648-XC11 Docket No. 101207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 10, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for arrowtooth flounder, flathead sole, rex sole, deep-water flatfish, and shallow-water flatfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to limit incidental catch of Pacific ocean perch by vessels fishing for arrowtooth flounder, flathead sole, rex sole, deep-water flatfish, and shallow-water flatfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16915 RIN 0648-XC09 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 6, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for northern rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of northern rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16716 RIN 0648-XC09 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 5, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pelagic shelf rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of pelagic shelf rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16477 RIN 0648-XC08 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 2, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting retention of “other rockfish” in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of “other rockfish” in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16478 RIN 0648-XC08 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 2, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16287 RIN 0648-XC08 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), June 28, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 allocation of Pacific ocean perch in this area allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16288 RIN 0648-XC08 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), June 28, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian district (CAI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of Atka mackerel in this area allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16151 RIN 0648-XC07 Docket No. 111207737-2141-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), June 29, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch specified for vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-15584 RIN 0648-BC23 Docket No. 120613165-2167-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule; correcting amendment. Effective June 26, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 This action corrects the final rule published on December 27, 2011, that implemented Amendment 88 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. This correction clarifies that participants in the entry level trawl fishery may qualify for quota share (QS) under the Central Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Rockfish Program only in proportion to the number of years that a person made rockfish legal landings to an entry level processor in 2007, 2008, or 2009. This clarification is administrative in nature and does not change the distribution of rockfish QS to entry level trawl participants.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-14258 RIN 0648-XC06 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), June 10, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch specified for AFA trawl catcher/processors in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-14111 RIN 0648-XC06 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), June 6, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Western Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 allocation of Pacific ocean perch in this area allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-13559 RIN 0648-XC05 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), May 31, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., July 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the second seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the shallow-water species fishery in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-13221 RIN 0648-XC05 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), May 25, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., June 11, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for northern rockfish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of northern rockfish in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-12153 RIN 0648-AX91 Docket No. 0906041011-2432-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule. Effective June 18, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS issues a final rule to modify the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for the Fixed-Gear Commercial Fisheries for Pacific Halibut and Sablefish in Waters in and off Alaska (IFQ Program) by revoking quota share (QS) that have been inactive since they were originally issued in 1995. Inactive QS are those held by persons that have never harvested their IFQ and have never transferred QS or IFQ into or out of their IFQ accounts. This action is necessary to achieve the catch limit from the halibut fisheries and optimum yield from the sablefish fisheries in Alaska in accordance with National Standard 1 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and this action will achieve more efficient use of these species. The intended effect is to promote the management provisions in the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, and the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-10682 RIN 0648-XC01 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 30, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., June 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian district (CAI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Atka mackerel total allowable catch (TAC) in the CAI allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-9714 RIN 0648-XC00 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 19, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., July 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the deep-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the second seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the deep-water species fishery in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-9334 RIN 0648-XB17 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 15, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., June 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch allocated to trawl catcher vessels in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-9090 RIN 0648-XA71 Docket No. 111207737-2232-03 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule; closures; correction. Effective April 17, 2012 through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2013, and is applicable beginning March 14, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is correcting a final rule that published on March 14, 2012, implementing the final 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This rule corrects errors contained in a table in the document that provides the 2012 GOA non-American Fisheries Act crab vessel groundfish harvest sideboard limits.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-8710 RIN 0648-XB17 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 8, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processors (C/Ps) using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to C/Ps using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-8222 RIN 0648-XB11 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 2, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels (CVs) using hook-and-line gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to CVs using hook-and-line gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-8104 RIN 0648-XB14 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 1, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., August 25, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 610 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7841 RIN 0648-XB14 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 1, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels (CVs) using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to CVs using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7711 RIN 0648-XB13 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 1, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., June 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch specified for AFA trawl catcher/processors in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7577 RIN 0648-XB11 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 26, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., August 25, 2012, and applicable beginning March 21, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., April 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock in the West Yakutat District of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7581 RIN 0648-XB12 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 26, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., April 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the first seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the shallow-water species fishery in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7583 RIN 0648-XB11 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 29, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., April 1, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., April 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the A season apportionment of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) allocated to trawl catcher vessels in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7043 RIN 0648-XB11 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 20, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels (CVs) greater than or equal to 50 feet (15.2 meters (m)) in length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to CVs greater than or equal to 50 feet (15.2 m) LOA using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7046 RIN 0648-XB11 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 21, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 24, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., April 4, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for 72 hours. This action is necessary to fully use the B season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-6814 RIN 0648-XB10 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 17, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., August 25, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 620 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-6816 RIN 0648-XB10 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 17, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock in the West Yakutat District of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-6198 RIN 0648-XB03 Docket No. 111213751-2012-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; correction. Effective March 14, 2012 through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012, and is applicable beginning February 29, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is correcting a temporary rule that published on February 29, 2012, reallocating the projected unused amounts of pollock directed fishing allowances from the Aleut Corporation and the Community Development Quota from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea directed fisheries. There are errors in the table for the pollock allocation in the Aleutian Island subarea and the Bogoslof District.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-6057 RIN 0648-XA71 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule; closures. Effective at 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 14, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2013. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS announces final 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications, apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to establish harvest limits for groundfish during the 2012 and 2013 fishing years and to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the GOA. The intended effect of this action is to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the GOA in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-6046 RIN 0648-XB07 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 10, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., August 25, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 630 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-5813 RIN 0648-XB03 Docket No. s. 101126522-0640-02 and 1112113751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; opening. Effective 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 17, 2012, until 1200 hrs, A.l.t., November 7, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for sablefish with fixed gear managed under the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program and the Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. The season will open 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 17, 2012, and will close 1200 hrs, A.l.t., November 7, 2012. This period is the same as the 2012 commercial halibut fishery opening dates adopted by the International Pacific Halibut Commission. The IFQ and CDQ halibut season is specified by a separate publication in the Federal Register of annual management measures.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-5817 RIN 0648-BA80 Docket No. 110207103-2041-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule; correction. Effective March 9, 2012 and is applicable beginning March 5, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 This action corrects an error in paragraph numbering in the final rule pertaining to Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Chinook Salmon Bycatch Management in the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery; Economic Data Collection published on February 3, 2012. This correction is intended to clarify regulatory text.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-5802 RIN 0648-XB07 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 6, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., June 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-5552 RIN 0648-XB06 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 4, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels (CVs) less than 50 feet (15.2 meters (m)) in length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to CVs less than 50 feet (15.2 m) LOA using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-5296 RIN 0648-XB05 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 29, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., April 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season apportionment of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) allocated to trawl catcher vessels in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4975 RIN 0648-XB04 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 27, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 620 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4834 RIN 0648-XB04 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 24, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., April 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by Amendment 80 vessels in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the first seasonal apportionment of the sideboard limit for 2012 Pacific halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) specified for the shallow-water species fishery by Amendment 80 vessels in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4836 RIN 0648-XB03 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 29, 2012, until 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the Aleut Corporation's pollock directed fishing allowance and the Community Development Quota from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea directed fisheries. These actions are necessary to provide opportunity for harvest of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock, consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4702 RIN 0648-XB00 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 23, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processors (C/Ps) using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to C/Ps using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4708 RIN 0648-XB03 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 25, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 630 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4501 RIN 0648-XB03 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 22, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels (CVs) using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to CVs using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4245 RIN 0648-XB02 Docket No. 101126521-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 17, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., April 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) specified for AFA trawl catcher-processors in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4106 RIN 0648-XA75 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule; closures. Effective from 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 23, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2013. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS announces final 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to establish harvest limits for groundfish during the 2012 and 2013 fishing years, and to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the BSAI (FMP). The intended effect of this action is to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the BSAI in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4115 RIN 6048-XB02 Docket No. 101126521-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 17, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) specified for catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-3794 RIN 0648-XB01 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 16, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 10, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., February 29, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the A season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-3797 RIN 0648-XB01 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 14, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processors (C/Ps) using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to C/Ps using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-3397 RIN 0648-XA98 Docket No. 101126521-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective February 8, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to allow the A season apportionment of the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-3399 RIN 0648-XA99 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 10, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-3023 RIN 0648-XA98 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 6, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to vessels using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-2751 RIN 0648-AV33 Docket No. 070718367-2061-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule. Effective: March 9, 2012. 50 CFR Parts 679 and 680 NMFS issues regulations that govern fisheries managed under the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. These revisions are needed to comply with certain changes made to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) in 2006. Changes include revising regulations associated with recordkeeping, vessel licensing, catch retention requirements, and fisheries observer requirements to ensure that they are no more restrictive than the regulations in effect for comparable non-CDQ fisheries managed under individual fishing quotas or cooperative allocations. In addition, NMFS removes CDQ Program regulations that now are inconsistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Act, including regulations associated with the CDQ allocation process, the transfer of groundfish CDQ and halibut prohibited species quota, and the oversight of CDQ groups' expenditures.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-2361 RIN 0648-BA80 Docket No. 110207103-2041-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule. This final rule is effective March 5, 2012. 15 CFR Part 902 NMFS issues a final rule to implement the Chinook Salmon Economic Data Report Program, which will evaluate the effectiveness of Chinook salmon bycatch management measures for the Bering Sea pollock fishery that were implemented under Amendment 91 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). Members of the American Fisheries Act catcher vessels, catcher/processor, and mothership sectors as well as representatives for the six western Alaska Community Development Quota Program organizations that presently receive allocations of Bering Sea pollock will submit the data collected for this program. This rule is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the FMP, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and other applicable law.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-1618 RIN 0648-XA95 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 23, 2012 through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., January 30, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., February 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by non-American Fisheries Act (AFA) crab vessels operating as catcher/processors using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for seven days. This action is necessary to fully use the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod sideboard limit established for non-AFA crab vessels operating as catcher/processors using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-1562 RIN 0648-XA95 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 23, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 630 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-1563 RIN 0648-XA95 Docket No. 101126521-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 23, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by pot catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season apportionment of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) specified for pot catcher/processors in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-1241 RIN 0648-XA94 Docket No. 101126521-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 20, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by pot catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season apportionment of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) specified for pot catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 m) LOA in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-993 RIN 0648-XA94 Docket No. 101126521-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 19, 2012, until the effective date of the final 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish, unless otherwise modified or superseded through publication of a notification in the Federal Register . 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the Aleut Corporation's pollock directed fishing allowance and the Community Development Quota from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea directed fisheries. These actions are necessary to provide opportunity for harvest of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock, consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. C1-2011-32873 RIN 0648-BA97 Docket No. 110314196-1725-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 679
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2011-33849 RIN 0648-XA91 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; inseason adjustment; request for comments. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 5, 2012, until the effective date of the final 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications for GOA groundfish, unless otherwise modified or superseded through publication of a notification in the Federal Register . Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., January 20, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is adjusting the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) pollock and Pacific cod fisheries. This action is necessary because NMFS has determined these TACs are incorrectly specified, and will ensure the GOA pollock and Pacific cod TACs are the appropriate amounts based on the best available scientific information for pollock and Pacific cod in the GOA. This action is consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska.
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§ 773 - Definitions
§ 773a - International Pacific Halibut Commission
§ 773b - Acceptance or rejection of Commission recommendations
§ 773c - General responsibility
§ 773d - Cooperation of Federal agencies
§ 773e - Prohibited acts
§ 773f - Civil penalties
§ 773g - Crimes and criminal penalties
§ 773h - Forfeitures
§ 773i - Administration and enforcement
§ 773j - Authorization of appropriations
§ 773k - Location of office space and other facilities on or near University of Washington campus in State of Washington
§ 1540 - Penalties and enforcement
§ 3631 - Definitions
§ 3632 - United States Section
§ 3633 - Authority and responsibility
§ 3634 - Interagency cooperation
§ 3635 - Preemption
§ 3636 - Rulemaking
§ 3637 - Prohibited acts and penalties
§ 3638 - General standard
§ 3639 - Advisory committee
§ 3640 - Administrative matters
§ 3641 - Authorization of appropriations
§ 3642 - Disposition of property of International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission
§ 3643 - Savings provision
§ 3644 - Restriction on spending authority
§ 3645 - Northern and Southern Funds; treaty implementation; additional authorization of appropriations
Title 50 published on 2011-10-01
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 50 CFR 679 after this date.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-28255 RIN 0648-BB42 Docket No. 110831549-2587-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule and notice of approval of an FMP amendment. Effective January 1, 2013. 15 CFR Part 902 NMFS publishes regulations to implement Amendment 86 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area and Amendment 76 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (Amendments 86/76). Amendments 86/76 add a funding and deployment system for observer coverage to the existing North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program (Observer Program) and amend existing observer coverage requirements for vessels and processing plants. The new funding and deployment system allows NMFS to determine when and where to deploy observers according to management and conservation needs, with funds provided through a system of fees based on the ex-vessel value of groundfish and halibut in fisheries covered by the new system. This action is necessary to resolve data quality and cost equity concerns with the Observer Program's existing funding and deployment structure. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, the fishery management plans, and other applicable law.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27536 RIN 0648-XC34 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective November 7, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear to vessels using pot gear and vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska management area. This action is necessary to allow the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27544 RIN 0648-XC34 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), November 9, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., November 26, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) apportioned to vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27045 RIN 0648-XC33 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective November 1, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear and hook-and-line catcher/processors (C/Ps) to vessels using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska management area (GOA). This action is necessary to allow the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA to be harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-27075 RIN 0648-XA50 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Notice of agency decision. The amendments were approved on October 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS announces approval of Amendment 98 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI Groundfish FMP); Amendment 90 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA Groundfish FMP); Amendment 40 to the FMP for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (BSAI Crab FMP); Amendment 15 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska (Scallop FMP); and Amendment 1 to the FMP for Fish Resources of the Arctic Management Area (Arctic FMP). These amendments update the existing essential fish habitat (EFH) provisions in the FMPs based on a 5-year EFH review. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMPs, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26659 RIN 0648-XC32 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective October 25, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear to American Fisheries Act trawl catcher/processors and Amendment 80 catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to allow the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26786 RIN 0648-XC32 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 26, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., November 13, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific ocean perch specified for the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26790 RIN 0648-BB78 Docket No. 120416009-2548-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Proposed rule; request for comments. Comments on the proposed rule and supporting documents must be received by November 30, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS proposes a regulatory amendment to the vessel ownership requirement of the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for fixed-gear Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries in and off of Alaska. The IFQ Program requires that initial recipients of certain classes of quota shares own a minimum of 20-percent interest in any vessel on which they hire a master to fish their IFQ permits. This action proposes to require such quota share holders to have held a minimum of 20-percent ownership interest in the vessel for at least 12 consecutive months prior to the submission of any application to hire a master. This proposed action also would temporarily exempt from the 12-month ownership requirement an initial recipient whose vessel has been totally lost, as by sinking or fire, or so damaged that the vessel would require at least 60 days to be repaired. This action is necessary to maintain a predominantly owner-operated fishery. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26688 RIN 0648-XC32 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 29, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., November 13, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) apportioned to vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26400 RIN 0648-XC31 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 24, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., November 1, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., November 13, 2012 . 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock in Statistical Area 620 of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26203 RIN 0624-XC30 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 19, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., October 23, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., November 5, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for 96 hours. This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26205 RIN 0648-XC31 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 19, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting retention of “other rockfish” in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary because the 2012 total allowable catch of “other rockfish” in the Aleutian Islands subarea of the BSAI has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-26092 RIN 0648-XC27 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 20, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 630 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25677 RIN 0648-XC29 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 15, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 610 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25567 RIN 0648-BB67 Docket No. 120416007-2464-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule; correction. Effective October 17, 2012, and is applicable beginning October 26, 2012. 15 CFR Part 902 NMFS is correcting a final rule that published on September 26, 2012, modifying equipment and operational requirements for freezer longliners (catcher/processors) named on License Limitation Program (LLP) licenses endorsed to catch and process Pacific cod at sea with hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This final rule removes Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) collection-of-information requirements under OMB control number 0648-0269 for the alternative fishing plan and its public reporting burden per response of 4 hours, because the alternative fishing plan regulations are no longer necessary.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25260 RIN 0648-XC28 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 12, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-25012 RIN 0648-BA93 Docket No. 110321210-2495-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Proposed rule; request for comments. Comments must be received no later than November 14, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS proposes a regulatory amendment that would modify the groundfish retention standard (GRS) program in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) management area by removing certain regulatory requirements mandating minimum levels of groundfish retention and adding requirements for annual reports on groundfish retention performance. The GRS program was implemented to increase the retention and utilization of groundfish caught by trawl catcher/processor (C/P) vessels not listed in the American Fisheries Act (AFA), referred to as Amendment 80 vessels, and Amendment 80 cooperatives participating in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish fisheries. NMFS has discovered that the regulatory methodology used to calculate compliance with the GRS requires individual Amendment 80 vessels and Amendment 80 cooperatives to retain groundfish at minimum rates well above the minimum rates recommended by the Council or implemented by NMFS. As a result, the GRS is expected to impose significantly higher than predicted compliance costs on vessel owners and operators due to the increased level of retention needed to meet the minimum retention rates. Additionally, NMFS has discovered that enforcement of the GRS has proven far more complex, challenging, and potentially costly than anticipated by NMFS. This proposed rule would relieve non-AFA trawl C/Ps and Amendment 80 cooperatives from undue compliance costs stemming from the mandatory GRS rates, but continue the GRS program goals of increased retention and utilization by establishing additional reporting requirements on groundfish retention performance together with current monitoring requirements for the Amendment 80 fleet. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the fishery management plan, and other applicable law.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24794 RIN 0648-XC27 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective October 3, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of the 2012 Atka mackerel incidental catch allowance (ICA) for the Bering Sea subarea and Eastern Aleutian district (BS/EAI) of to the Amendment 80 cooperatives in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the 2012 total allowable catch of Atka mackerel to be fully harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24517 RIN 0648-XC27 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 1, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 1, 2013. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock by vessels using trawl gear in the Winter Herring Savings Area of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 herring bycatch allowance specified for the midwater trawl pollock fishery in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24400 RIN 0648-XC27 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 1, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., October 15, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 620 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-24100 RIN 0648-BB18 Docket No. 110620343-2450-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule. Effective October 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS publishes regulations to implement Amendment 97 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). Amendment 97 allows the owner of a trawl catcher/processor vessel authorized to participate in the Amendment 80 catch share program to replace that vessel with a vessel that meets certain requirements. This action establishes the regulatory process for replacement of vessels in the Amendment 80 fleet and the requirements for Amendment 80 replacement vessels, such as a limit on the overall length of a replacement vessel, a prohibition on the use of an AFA vessel as a replacement vessel, measures to prevent a replaced vessel from participating in Federal groundfish fisheries off Alaska that are not Amendment 80 fisheries, and measures that extend specific catch limits (known as Amendment 80 sideboards) to a replacement vessel. This action is necessary to promote safety-at-sea by allowing Amendment 80 vessel owners to replace their vessels for any reason at any time and by requiring replacement vessels to meet certain U.S. Coast Guard vessel safety standards, and to improve the retention and utilization of groundfish catch by these vessels by facilitating an increase in the processing capabilities of the fleet. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMP, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-23721 RIN 0648-BB67 Docket No. 120416007-2464-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule. Effective October 26, 2012. 15 CFR Part 902 NMFS issues regulations that modify equipment and operational requirements for freezer longliners (catcher/processors) named on License Limitation Program (LLP) licenses endorsed to catch and process Pacific cod at sea with hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). These regulations require vessel owners to select between two monitoring options: carry two observers so that all catch can be sampled, or carry one observer and use a motion-compensated scale to weigh Pacific cod before it is processed. The selected monitoring option is required to be used when the vessel is operating in either the BSAI or Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries when directed fishing for Pacific cod is open in the BSAI, or while the vessel is fishing for groundfish under the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. A vessel owner who notifies NMFS that the vessel will not be used to conduct directed fishing for Pacific cod in the BSAI or to conduct groundfish CDQ fishing at any time during a particular year will not be required to select one of the monitoring options and will continue to follow observer coverage and catch reporting requirements that apply to catcher/processors not subject to this action. These regulatory amendments address the need for enhanced catch accounting, monitoring, and enforcement created by the formation of a voluntary cooperative by the BSAI longline catcher/processor subsector in 2010, and are necessary to improve the precision of the accounting for allocated quota species. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-23350 RIN 0648-XC20 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 18, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., October 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the C season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 620 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-22721 RIN 0648-BA43 Docket No. 101108560-2413-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Proposed rule; request for comments. Comments must be received by October 15, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS proposes a regulatory amendment to increase the maximum retainable amounts (MRAs) of groundfish using arrowtooth flounder ( Atheresthes stomias ) and Kamchatka flounder ( Atheresthes evermanni ) as basis species in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action would allow the use of BSAI arrowtooth flounder and Kamchatka flounder as basis species for the retention of species closed to directed fishing and is necessary to improve retention of otherwise marketable groundfish in these BSAI fisheries. This action also includes four regulatory amendments related to harvest management of Kamchatka flounder. Three amendments are necessary to manage Kamchatka flounder in the same manner as arrowtooth flounder in the BSAI and to aid in the recordkeeping, reporting, and catch accounting of flatfish in the BSAI. The fourth amendment is necessary to provide NMFS the flexibility to allocate arrowtooth flounder and Kamchatka flounder (and other species in the future) to the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program in the annual harvest specifications. Through this proposed action, NMFS intends to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, and other applicable law.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-22592 RIN 0648-XC20 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 10, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., October 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the C season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 610 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-22329 RIN 0648-XC22 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 6, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., September 21, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod allocated to catcher vessels less than 60 feet LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21976 RIN 0648-XC21 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 1, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processors (C/Ps) using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to C/Ps using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21977 RIN 0648-XC20 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 2, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., October 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the fourth seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the shallow-water species fishery in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21978 RIN 0648-XC20 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective September 1, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear to vessels using jig gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska management area. This action is necessary to allow the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21582 RIN 0648-XC20 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective August 28, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear, catcher vessels greater than 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line gear, and catcher vessels using trawl gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to allow the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-21477 RIN 0648-XA97 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Notice of a public scoping meeting for an environmental impact statement; request for written comments. Written comments must be received by October 15, 2012. A scoping meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Alaska local time. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS, in coordination with the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC), will hold a public scoping meeting and accept written comments from the public to determine the issues of concern; the appropriate range of management alternatives; and the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts to be addressed in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Steller Sea Lion Protection Measures for the Groundfish Fisheries in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). The EIS is being prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The proposed action would restrict groundfish fishing in the BSAI to ensure the groundfish fisheries are not likely to result in jeopardy of continued existence or adverse modification or destruction of designated critical habitat (JAM) for the western distinct population segment (DPS) of Steller sea lions. The western DPS of Steller sea lions is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and NMFS must ensure that the groundfish fisheries are not likely to result in JAM for this DPS. NMFS intends to work with stakeholders to develop fisheries restrictions that avoid the likelihood of JAM and minimize the potential economic impact on the fishing industry to the extent practicable while meeting the requirements of the ESA. The analysis in the EIS will determine the impacts to the human environment resulting from this proposed action and the alternatives.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-20511 RIN 0648-XC16 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 16, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting retention of “other rockfish” in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the 2012 total allowable catch of “other rockfish” in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-20056 RIN 0648-XC12 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; apportionment of reserves; request for comments. Effective August 10, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time, December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., Alaska local time, August 25, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS apportions amounts of the non-specified reserve to the initial total allowable catch of arrowtooth flounder in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the fisheries to continue operating. It is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the fishery management plan for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-19454 RIN 0648-XA50 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Notification of availability of fishery management plan amendments; request for comments. Comments on the amendments must be submitted on or before October 9, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 The North Pacific Fishery Management Council submitted the following essential fish habitat (EFH) amendments to NMFS for review: Amendment 98 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Amendment 90 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Amendment 40 to the FMP for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs; Amendment 15 to the FMP for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska; and Amendment 1 to the FMP for Fish Resources of the Arctic Management Area. If approved, these amendments would update the existing EFH provisions based on a 5-year EFH review. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMPs, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-19146 RIN 0648-XC08 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; apportionment of reserves; request for comments. Effective August 1, 2012 through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time, December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., Alaska local time, August 16, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS apportions amounts of the non-specified reserve to the initial total allowable catch (ITAC) of “other flatfish” in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) and Greenland turbot in the Aleutian Island subarea of the BSAI. This action is necessary to allow the fisheries to continue operating. It is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the fishery management plan for the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-19027 RIN 0648-XC14 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 1, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the deep-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the third seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the deep-water species fishery in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-18512 RIN 0648-XC12 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; apportionment of reserves; request for comments. Effective July 25, 2012 through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time, December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., Alaska local time, August 9, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS apportions amounts of the non-specified reserve to the initial total allowable catch of arrowtooth flounder in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the fisheries to continue operating. It is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the fishery management plan for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-18386 RIN 0648-XC11 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; apportionment of reserves; request for comments. Effective July 24, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time, December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., Alaska local time, August 8, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS apportions an amount of the non-specified reserve to the initial total allowable catch of squid in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the fisheries to continue operating. It is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the fishery management plan for the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-17747 RIN 0648-BB24 Docket No. 110627357-2209-03 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule and notice of approval of an FMP amendment. Effective August 25, 2012, except for: 50 CFR 679.21(h)(2) will be effective January 1, 2013, and 50 CFR 679.21(h)(3) will be effective August 25, 2012, until November 1, 2012. 15 CFR Part 902 NMFS publishes regulations to implement Amendment 93 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP). The regulations apply exclusively to the directed pollock trawl fisheries in the Central and Western Reporting Areas of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) (Central and Western GOA). Amendment 93 establishes separate prohibited species catch (PSC) limits in the Central and Western GOA for Chinook salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ), which would cause NMFS to close the directed pollock fishery in the Central or Western regulatory areas of the GOA, if the applicable limit is reached. This action also requires retention of salmon by all vessels in the Central and Western GOA pollock fisheries until the catch is delivered to a processing facility where an observer is provided the opportunity to count the number of salmon and to collect scientific data or biological samples from the salmon. This action makes several revisions to the Prohibited Species Donation (PSD) program. Amendment 93 is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMP, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-17601 RIN 0648-XC11 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 16, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean perch in the West Yakutat District of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-17483 RIN 0648-0648 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 14, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the third seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the shallow-water species fishery in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-17162 RIN 0648-XC10 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 10, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting retention of Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-17163 RIN 0648-XC11 Docket No. 101207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 10, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for arrowtooth flounder, flathead sole, rex sole, deep-water flatfish, and shallow-water flatfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to limit incidental catch of Pacific ocean perch by vessels fishing for arrowtooth flounder, flathead sole, rex sole, deep-water flatfish, and shallow-water flatfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16915 RIN 0648-XC09 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 6, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for northern rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of northern rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16716 RIN 0648-XC09 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 5, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pelagic shelf rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of pelagic shelf rockfish in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16477 RIN 0648-XC08 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 2, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting retention of “other rockfish” in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of “other rockfish” in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16478 RIN 0648-XC08 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 2, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean perch in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16287 RIN 0648-XC08 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), June 28, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 allocation of Pacific ocean perch in this area allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16288 RIN 0648-XC08 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), June 28, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian district (CAI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of Atka mackerel in this area allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-16151 RIN 0648-XC07 Docket No. 111207737-2141-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), June 29, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch specified for vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-15584 RIN 0648-BC23 Docket No. 120613165-2167-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule; correcting amendment. Effective June 26, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 This action corrects the final rule published on December 27, 2011, that implemented Amendment 88 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska. This correction clarifies that participants in the entry level trawl fishery may qualify for quota share (QS) under the Central Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Rockfish Program only in proportion to the number of years that a person made rockfish legal landings to an entry level processor in 2007, 2008, or 2009. This clarification is administrative in nature and does not change the distribution of rockfish QS to entry level trawl participants.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-14681 RIN 0648-BB67 Docket No. 120416007-2150-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Proposed rule; request for comments. Written comments must be received no later than 1700 hours, Alaska local time (A.L.T.) July 16, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS issues a proposed rule that would modify equipment and operational requirements for freezer longliners (catcher/processors) named on License Limitation Program (LLP) licenses endorsed to catch and process Pacific cod at sea with hook-and-line gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). If approved, the proposed regulations would require vessel owners to select between two monitoring options: carry two observers so that all catch can be sampled, or carry one observer and use a motion-compensated scale to weigh Pacific cod before it is processed. The selected monitoring option would be required to be used when the vessel is operating in either the BSAI or Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries when directed fishing for Pacific cod is open in the BSAI, or while the vessel is fishing for groundfish under the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. A vessel owner who notifies NMFS that the vessel will not be used to conduct directed fishing for Pacific cod in the BSAI or to conduct groundfish CDQ fishing at any time during a particular year would not be required to select one of the monitoring options and would continue to follow observer coverage and catch reporting requirements that apply to catcher/processors not subject to this proposed action. These regulatory amendments address the need for enhanced catch accounting, monitoring, and enforcement created by the formation of a voluntary cooperative by the BSAI longline catcher/processor subsector in 2010, and are necessary to improve the precision of the accounting for allocated quota species. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-14258 RIN 0648-XC06 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), June 10, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch specified for AFA trawl catcher/processors in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-14111 RIN 0648-XC06 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), June 6, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the Western Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 allocation of Pacific ocean perch in this area allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-13559 RIN 0648-XC05 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), May 31, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., July 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the second seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the shallow-water species fishery in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-13221 RIN 0648-XC05 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), May 25, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., June 11, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for northern rockfish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of northern rockfish in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-12273 RIN 0648-BB42 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Notice of public hearing. The public hearing will be held on June 1, 2012, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Pacific daylight time, at the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Building 4, Observer Training Room (1055), Seattle, WA 98115. Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., Alaska local time, June 18, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 On April 18, 2012, we, NMFS, published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to restructure the funding and deployment system for observers in North Pacific groundfish and halibut fisheries via Amendment 86 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP) and Amendment 76 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP). The public comment period for the subject proposed rule closes on June 18, 2012. We will hold a public hearing in Seattle, WA, to receive oral and written comments on the proposed regulations during the public comment period.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-12153 RIN 0648-AX91 Docket No. 0906041011-2432-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule. Effective June 18, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS issues a final rule to modify the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for the Fixed-Gear Commercial Fisheries for Pacific Halibut and Sablefish in Waters in and off Alaska (IFQ Program) by revoking quota share (QS) that have been inactive since they were originally issued in 1995. Inactive QS are those held by persons that have never harvested their IFQ and have never transferred QS or IFQ into or out of their IFQ accounts. This action is necessary to achieve the catch limit from the halibut fisheries and optimum yield from the sablefish fisheries in Alaska in accordance with National Standard 1 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and this action will achieve more efficient use of these species. The intended effect is to promote the management provisions in the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, and the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-10682 RIN 0648-XC01 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 30, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., June 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian district (CAI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island management area (BSAI) by vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery. This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Atka mackerel total allowable catch (TAC) in the CAI allocated to vessels participating in the BSAI trawl limited access fishery.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-9714 RIN 0648-XC00 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 19, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., July 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the deep-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the second seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the deep-water species fishery in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-9334 RIN 0648-XB17 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 15, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., June 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch allocated to trawl catcher vessels in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-8856 RIN 0648-BB42 Docket No. 110831549-2180-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Proposed rule; request for comments. Written comments must be received no later than 1700 hours, Alaska local time (A.L.T.) June 18, 2012. Per section 313 of the MSA, NMFS will conduct public hearings on the proposed rule in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska during the public comment period. Details on the time, place, and format of the public hearings will be provided in a subsequent Federal Register notice. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 86 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) and Amendment 76 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), (collectively referred to as the FMPs). If approved, Amendments 86 and 76 would add a funding and deployment system for observer coverage to the existing North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program (Observer Program) and amend existing observer coverage requirements for vessels and processing plants. The new funding and deployment system would allow NMFS to determine when and where to deploy observers according to management and conservation needs, with funds provided through a system of fees based on the ex-vessel value of groundfish and halibut in fisheries covered by the new system. This action is necessary to resolve data quality and cost equity concerns with the Observer Program's existing funding and deployment structure. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the FMPs, and other applicable law.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-9090 RIN 0648-XA71 Docket No. 111207737-2232-03 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule; closures; correction. Effective April 17, 2012 through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2013, and is applicable beginning March 14, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is correcting a final rule that published on March 14, 2012, implementing the final 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This rule corrects errors contained in a table in the document that provides the 2012 GOA non-American Fisheries Act crab vessel groundfish harvest sideboard limits.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-9244 RIN 0648-XA97 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Notice; intent to prepare an environmental impact statement, request for comments. Written comments must be received by 5 p.m. Alaska Standard Time (AST), October 15, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS, in consultation with the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), announces its intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on Steller sea lion protection measures for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) groundfish fisheries, in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The proposed action would restrict groundfish fishing in the BSAI to ensure the groundfish fisheries are not likely to result in jeopardy of continued existence or adverse modification or destruction of designated critical habitat (JAM) for the western distinct population segment (DPS) of Steller sea lions. The western DPS of Steller sea lions is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and NMFS must ensure that the groundfish fisheries are not likely to result in JAM for this DPS. NMFS intends to work with stakeholders to develop fisheries restrictions that avoid the likelihood of JAM and minimize the potential economic impact on the fishing industry to the extent practicable while meeting the requirements of the ESA. The analysis in the EIS will determine the impacts to the human environment resulting from this proposed action and the alternatives. In scoping for the EIS, NMFS will accept written comments from the public to determine the issues of concern; the appropriate range of management alternatives; and the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts. NMFS, in coordination with the Council, will conduct a public meeting at the October 2012 Council meeting to inform the public of this proposed action and alternatives, present issues and potential impacts, and gather public comment.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-9219 RIN 0648-BB42 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Notice of public hearings. The meetings will be held in April and May, 2012. For specific dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION . 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS will publish a proposed rule in the Federal Register to restructure the funding and deployment system for observers in North Pacific groundfish and halibut fisheries via Amendment 86 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP) and Amendment 76 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP). The public comment period for the subject proposed rule will close 60 days after date of publication of the proposed rule in the Federal Register . We will hold public hearings to receive oral and written comments on the proposed regulations during the public comment period.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-8710 RIN 0648-XB17 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 8, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processors (C/Ps) using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to C/Ps using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-8750 RIN 0648-BB77 Docket No. 120330244-2242-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Proposed rule; request for comments. Comments must be received no later than May 29, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS proposes regulations to implement Amendment 12 to the Fishery Management Plan for Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ off the Coast of Alaska (FMP). If approved, Amendment 12 would comprehensively revise and update the FMP to reflect the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council's) salmon management policy and to comply with Federal law. This proposed rule is necessary to revise specific regulations and remove obsolete regulations in accordance with the modifications proposed by Amendment 12. These proposed regulations are intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMP, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-8222 RIN 0648-XB11 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 2, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels (CVs) using hook-and-line gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to CVs using hook-and-line gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-8104 RIN 0648-XB14 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 1, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., August 25, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 610 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7867 RIN 0648-BB18 Docket No. 110620343-2149-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Proposed rule; request for comments. Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. Alaska local time (A.l.t.) May 4, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS issues a proposed rule that would implement Amendment 97 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). If approved, Amendment 97 would allow the owners of trawl catcher/processor vessels authorized to participate in the Amendment 80 catch share program to replace these vessels with vessels that meet certain requirements. This proposed action includes management measures that would establish the requirements for replacement vessels, such as a limit on the overall length of replacement vessels, measures to prevent replaced vessels from participating in Federal groundfish fisheries off Alaska that are not Amendment 80 fisheries, and specific catch limits known as Amendment 80 sideboards for replacement vessels. This action is necessary to promote safety-at-sea, by allowing Amendment 80 vessel owners to replace their vessels for any reason at any time and by requiring replacement vessels to meet certain U.S. Coast Guard vessel safety standards, and is intended to facilitate an increase in the processing capabilities of the fleet to improve the retention and utilization of groundfish catch by these vessels. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMP, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7841 RIN 0648-XB14 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 1, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels (CVs) using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to CVs using trawl gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7854 RIN 0648-BB77 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Notice of availability of fishery management plan amendments; request for comments. Written comments on the amendment must be received on or before 5 p.m., Alaska local time, on June 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) submitted Amendments 10, 11, and 12 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ off the Coast of Alaska (FMP) to NMFS for review. If approved, Amendment 10 would provide authority for NMFS to recover the administrative costs of processing applications for any future permits that may be required under this FMP, except for exempted fishing permits and prohibited species donation permits. If approved, Amendment 11 would revise the timeline associated with the Council's process to identify Habitat Areas of Particular Concern so that the process coincides with the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) 5-year review, revise habitat research priority objectives, and update EFH conservation recommendations for, and the analysis of the impacts of, non-fishing activities. If approved, Amendment 12 would comprehensively revise and update the FMP to reflect the Council's salmon management policy and Federal law. Amendments 10, 11, and 12 are intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMP, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7711 RIN 0648-XB13 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), April 1, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., June 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch specified for AFA trawl catcher/processors in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7577 RIN 0648-XB11 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 26, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., August 25, 2012, and applicable beginning March 21, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., April 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock in the West Yakutat District of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7581 RIN 0648-XB12 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 26, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., April 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the first seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch allowance specified for the shallow-water species fishery in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7583 RIN 0648-XB11 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 29, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., April 1, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., April 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to fully use the A season apportionment of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) allocated to trawl catcher vessels in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7043 RIN 0648-XB11 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 20, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels (CVs) greater than or equal to 50 feet (15.2 meters (m)) in length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to CVs greater than or equal to 50 feet (15.2 m) LOA using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-7046 RIN 0648-XB11 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 21, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 24, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., April 4, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for 72 hours. This action is necessary to fully use the B season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-6814 RIN 0648-XB10 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 17, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., August 25, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 620 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-6816 RIN 0648-XB10 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 17, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in the West Yakutat District of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock in the West Yakutat District of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-6198 RIN 0648-XB03 Docket No. 111213751-2012-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; correction. Effective March 14, 2012 through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012, and is applicable beginning February 29, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is correcting a temporary rule that published on February 29, 2012, reallocating the projected unused amounts of pollock directed fishing allowances from the Aleut Corporation and the Community Development Quota from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea directed fisheries. There are errors in the table for the pollock allocation in the Aleutian Island subarea and the Bogoslof District.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-6197 RIN 0648-BB42 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Notification of availability of fishery management plan amendment; request for comments. Comments on Amendments 86 and 76 must be received by May 14, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 The North Pacific Fishery Management Council submitted Amendment 86 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) and Amendment 76 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), (collectively referred to as the FMPs) to NMFS for review. If approved, Amendments 86 and 76 would add a funding and deployment system for observer coverage to the existing North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program (Observer Program) and amend existing observer coverage requirements for vessels and processing plants at 50 CFR 679.50. The new funding and deployment system would allow NMFS to determine when and where to deploy observers according to management and conservation needs, with funds provided through a system of fees based on the ex-vessel value of groundfish and halibut in fisheries covered by the new system. This action is necessary to resolve data quality and cost equity concerns with the Observer Program's existing funding and deployment structure. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the FMPs, and other applicable law.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-6057 RIN 0648-XA71 Docket No. 111207737-2141-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule; closures. Effective at 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 14, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2013. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS announces final 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications, apportionments, and Pacific halibut prohibited species catch limits for the groundfish fishery of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to establish harvest limits for groundfish during the 2012 and 2013 fishing years and to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the GOA. The intended effect of this action is to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the GOA in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-6046 RIN 0648-XB07 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 10, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., August 25, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 630 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-5813 RIN 0648-XB03 Docket No. s. 101126522-0640-02 and 1112113751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; opening. Effective 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 17, 2012, until 1200 hrs, A.l.t., November 7, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for sablefish with fixed gear managed under the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program and the Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. The season will open 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 17, 2012, and will close 1200 hrs, A.l.t., November 7, 2012. This period is the same as the 2012 commercial halibut fishery opening dates adopted by the International Pacific Halibut Commission. The IFQ and CDQ halibut season is specified by a separate publication in the Federal Register of annual management measures.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-5817 RIN 0648-BA80 Docket No. 110207103-2041-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule; correction. Effective March 9, 2012 and is applicable beginning March 5, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 This action corrects an error in paragraph numbering in the final rule pertaining to Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Chinook Salmon Bycatch Management in the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery; Economic Data Collection published on February 3, 2012. This correction is intended to clarify regulatory text.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-5802 RIN 0648-XB07 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 6, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., June 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-5552 RIN 0648-XB06 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 4, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels (CVs) less than 50 feet (15.2 meters (m)) in length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to CVs less than 50 feet (15.2 m) LOA using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-5430 RIN 0648-BB18 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Notification of availability of fishery management plan amendment; request for comments. Comments on the amendment must be received on or before May 7, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 The North Pacific Fishery Management Council submitted Amendment 97 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP) to NMFS for review. If approved, Amendment 97 would allow owners of vessels participating in the Amendment 80 Program, known as Amendment 80 vessels, to replace their vessels for any reason at any time. Amendment 97 includes provisions that would limit the length of a replacement vessel, extend Gulf of Alaska groundfish harvest limits known as “sideboards” to replacement vessels, require replacement vessels to meet certain safety standards established by the Coast Guard, and prevent replaced vessels from being used in Federal groundfish fisheries off Alaska other than certain Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish fisheries. This action is necessary to promote safety-at-sea by allowing Amendment 80 vessels owners to replace aging vessels with newer, larger, and safer vessels and by requiring replacement vessels to meet certain Coast Guard vessel safety standards, and is intended to provide Amendment 80 vessel owners with the opportunity to increase their retention and utilization of groundfish catch through the ability to expand their vessel's range of processing capabilities. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMP, and other applicable laws.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-5296 RIN 0648-XB05 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 29, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., April 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season apportionment of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) allocated to trawl catcher vessels in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4975 RIN 0648-XB04 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 27, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 620 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4834 RIN 0648-XB04 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 24, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., April 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by Amendment 80 vessels in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary because the first seasonal apportionment of the sideboard limit for 2012 Pacific halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) specified for the shallow-water species fishery by Amendment 80 vessels in the GOA has been reached.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4836 RIN 0648-XB03 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 29, 2012, until 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the Aleut Corporation's pollock directed fishing allowance and the Community Development Quota from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea directed fisheries. These actions are necessary to provide opportunity for harvest of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock, consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4702 RIN 0648-XB00 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 23, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processors (C/Ps) using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to C/Ps using hook-and-line gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4708 RIN 0648-XB03 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 25, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 630 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4501 RIN 0648-XB03 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 22, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels (CVs) using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to CVs using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4245 RIN 0648-XB02 Docket No. 101126521-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 17, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., April 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) specified for AFA trawl catcher-processors in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4106 RIN 0648-XA75 Docket No. 111213751-2102-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule; closures. Effective from 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 23, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2013. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS announces final 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to establish harvest limits for groundfish during the 2012 and 2013 fishing years, and to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the BSAI (FMP). The intended effect of this action is to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in the BSAI in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-4115 RIN 6048-XB02 Docket No. 101126521-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 17, 2012, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) specified for catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-3794 RIN 0648-XB01 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 16, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 10, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., February 29, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to fully use the A season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-3797 RIN 0648-XB01 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 14, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processors (C/Ps) using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to C/Ps using trawl gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-3397 RIN 0648-XA98 Docket No. 101126521-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; reallocation. Effective February 8, 2012, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of Pacific cod from vessels using jig gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters) length overall using hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This action is necessary to allow the A season apportionment of the 2012 total allowable catch of Pacific cod to be harvested.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-3399 RIN 0648-XA99 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 10, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to vessels using pot gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-3023 RIN 0648-XA98 Docket No. 101126522-0640-2 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 6, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch apportioned to vessels using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-2751 RIN 0648-AV33 Docket No. 070718367-2061-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule. Effective: March 9, 2012. 50 CFR Parts 679 and 680 NMFS issues regulations that govern fisheries managed under the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. These revisions are needed to comply with certain changes made to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) in 2006. Changes include revising regulations associated with recordkeeping, vessel licensing, catch retention requirements, and fisheries observer requirements to ensure that they are no more restrictive than the regulations in effect for comparable non-CDQ fisheries managed under individual fishing quotas or cooperative allocations. In addition, NMFS removes CDQ Program regulations that now are inconsistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Act, including regulations associated with the CDQ allocation process, the transfer of groundfish CDQ and halibut prohibited species quota, and the oversight of CDQ groups' expenditures.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-2361 RIN 0648-BA80 Docket No. 110207103-2041-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Final rule. This final rule is effective March 5, 2012. 15 CFR Part 902 NMFS issues a final rule to implement the Chinook Salmon Economic Data Report Program, which will evaluate the effectiveness of Chinook salmon bycatch management measures for the Bering Sea pollock fishery that were implemented under Amendment 91 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). Members of the American Fisheries Act catcher vessels, catcher/processor, and mothership sectors as well as representatives for the six western Alaska Community Development Quota Program organizations that presently receive allocations of Bering Sea pollock will submit the data collected for this program. This rule is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the FMP, the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and other applicable law.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-1618 RIN 0648-XA95 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; modification of a closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 23, 2012 through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., January 30, 2012. Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., February 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific cod by non-American Fisheries Act (AFA) crab vessels operating as catcher/processors using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for seven days. This action is necessary to fully use the A season allowance of the 2012 Pacific cod sideboard limit established for non-AFA crab vessels operating as catcher/processors using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-1562 RIN 0648-XA95 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 23, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., March 10, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 630 in the GOA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-1563 RIN 0648-XA95 Docket No. 101126521-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 23, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by pot catcher/processors in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season apportionment of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) specified for pot catcher/processors in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-1241 RIN 0648-XA94 Docket No. 101126521-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; closure. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 20, 2012, through 1200 hrs, A.l.t., September 1, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by pot catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season apportionment of the 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) specified for pot catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet (18.3 m) LOA in the BSAI.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2012-993 RIN 0648-XA94 Docket No. 101126521-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 19, 2012, until the effective date of the final 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications for Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish, unless otherwise modified or superseded through publication of a notification in the Federal Register . 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the Aleut Corporation's pollock directed fishing allowance and the Community Development Quota from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea directed fisheries. These actions are necessary to provide opportunity for harvest of the 2012 total allowable catch of pollock, consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. C1-2011-32873 RIN 0648-BA97 Docket No. 110314196-1725-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 679
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2011-33849 RIN 0648-XA91 Docket No. 101126522-0640-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Temporary rule; inseason adjustment; request for comments. Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 5, 2012, until the effective date of the final 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications for GOA groundfish, unless otherwise modified or superseded through publication of a notification in the Federal Register . Comments must be received at the following address no later than 4:30 p.m., A.l.t., January 20, 2012. 50 CFR Part 679 NMFS is adjusting the 2012 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts for the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) pollock and Pacific cod fisheries. This action is necessary because NMFS has determined these TACs are incorrectly specified, and will ensure the GOA pollock and Pacific cod TACs are the appropriate amounts based on the best available scientific information for pollock and Pacific cod in the GOA. This action is consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska.