50 CFR Part 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 - 679.33)
Subpart D - Individual Fishing Quota Management Measures (§§ 679.40 - 679.45)
Subpart E - North Pacific Observer Program (§§ 679.50 - 679.55)
Subpart F - American Fisheries Act and Aleutian Island Directed Pollock Fishery Management Measures (§§ 679.60 - 679.67)
Subpart G - Rockfish Program (§§ 679.80 - 679.85)
Subpart H - Amendment 80 Program (§§ 679.90 - 679.95)
Subpart I - Equipment and Operational Requirements for the Longline Catcher/Processor Subsector (§ 679.100)
Subpart J - Gulf of Alaska Trawl Economic Data (§ 679.110)
SUBPART
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
Figure 5 to Part 679 - Kodiak Island Type 1, 2, and 3 Nonpelagic Trawl Closure Status and Marmot Bay Tanner Crab Protection Area
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 Habitat Conservation Zone (PIHCZ) 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 Codes 1
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), Grenadier Species, and Squids.
Table 2d to Part 679 - Species Codes: Non-FMP Species
Table 3 to Part 679 - Product Recovery Rates for Groundfish Species and Conversion Rates for Pacific Halibut
Table 4 to Part 679 - Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pollock Fisheries Restrictions
Table 5 to Part 679 - Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pacific Cod Fisheries Restrictions
Table 6 to Part 679 - Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Atka Mackerel Fisheries Restrictions
Table 7 to Part 679 - Community Development Quota Groups and Communities Eligible To Participate in the CDQ Program
Table 8 to Part 679 - Harvest Zone Codes for Use With Vessel Activity Reports
Table 9 to Part 679 - Groundfish LLP Licenses Eligible for Use in the BSAI Longline Catcher/Processor Subsector, Column A. X Indicates Whether Column B or Column C Applies.
Table 10 to Part 679 - Gulf of Alaska Retainable Percentages
Table 11 to Part 679 - BSAI Retainable Percentages
Table 12 to Part 679 - Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas, 3nm No Groundfish Fishing Sites
Table 13 to Part 679 - Transfer Form Summary
Table 14a to Part 679 - Port of Landing Codes 1, Alaska
Table 14b to Part 679 - Port of Landing Codes: Non-Alaska
Table 14c to Part 679 - At-sea Operation Type Codes To Be Used as Port Codes for Vessels Matching This Type of Operation
Table 15 to Part 679 - Gear Codes, Descriptions, and Use
Table 16 to Part 679 - Area Codes and Descriptions for Use With State of Alaska ADF&G Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
Table 17 to Part 679 - Process Codes for Use With State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
Table 18 to Part 679 - Required Buying and Production Forms for use With State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
Table 19 to Part 679 - Seabird Avoidance Gear Codes
Table 20 to Part 679 - Seabird Avoidance Gear Requirements for Vessels, based on Area, Gear, and Vessel Type. (See § 679.24(e) for complete seabird avoidance program requirements; see 679.24(e)(1) for applicable fisheries)
Table 21 to Part 679 - Eligible Communities, Halibut IFQ Regulatory Area Location, Community Governing Body That Recommends the CQE, and the Fishing Programs and Associated Areas Where a CQE Representing an Eligible Community May Be Permitted To Participate
Table 22 to Part 679 - Alaska Seamount Habitat Protection Areas
Table 23 to Part 679 - Aleutian Islands Coral Habitat Protection Areas
Table 24 to Part 679 - Except as Noted, Locations in the Aleutian Islands Habitat Conservation Area Open to Nonpelagic Trawl Fishing
Table 25 to Part 679 - Bowers Ridge Habitat Conservation Zone
Table 26 to Part 679 - Gulf of Alaska Coral Habitat Protection Areas
Table 27 to Part 679 - Gulf of Alaska Slope Habitat Conservation Areas
Table 28a to Part 679 - Qualifying Season Dates for Central GOA Rockfish Primary Species
Table 28b to Part 679 - Qualifying Season Dates for Central GOA Rockfish Primary Species
Table 28c to Part 679 - Allocation of Rockfish Secondary Species
Table 28d to Part 679 - Allocation of Halibut PSC under the Central GOA Rockfish Program
Table 28e to Part 679 - Rockfish Entry Level Longline Fishery Allocations
Table 29 to Part 679 - Initial Rockfish QS Pools
Table 30 to Part 679 - Rockfish Program Retainable Percentages
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
Tables 47-48 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 [Reserved]
Table 51 to Part 679 - Modified Gear Trawl Zone
Table 52 to Part 679 - Groundfish LLP Licenses Eligible for a BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sector Yellowfin Sole Directed Fishery Endorsement
Table 53 to Part 679 - Groundfish LLP Licenses That Require Qualified Landings Assignment To Be Eligible for a BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sector Yellowfin Sole Directed Fishery Endorsement
Table 54 to Part 679 - BSAI Species and Species Groups for Which Directed Fishing for Sideboard Limits by Listed AFA Catcher/Processors and Catcher/Processors Designated on Listed AFA Catcher/Processor Permits is Prohibited
Table 55 to Part 679 - BSAI Species and Species Groups for Which Directed Fishing for Sideboard Limits by Non-Exempt AFA Catcher Vessels is Prohibited
Table 56 to Part 679 - GOA Species and Species Groups for Which Directed Fishing for Sideboard Limits by Non-Exempt AFA Catcher Vessels is Prohibited

Authority:

16 U.S.C. 773et seq.; 1801 et seq.; 3631 et seq.;Pub. L. 108-447; Pub. L. 111-281.

Editorial Note:

Nomenclature changes to part 679 appear at 61 FR 56438, Nov. 1, 1996; 62 FR 2047, Jan. 15, 1997; 66 FR 27909, May 21, 2001; 67 FR 79739, Dec. 30, 2002, and 77 FR 6502, Feb. 8, 2012.