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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 675

[Docket No. 931059-4126; I.D. 092293E]

 

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is implementing a regulatory amendment to require 
increased observer coverage and improved equipment for estimating 
groundfish total catches by vessels and processors participating in the 
Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) pollock fisheries. 
This action is intended to improve estimates of total groundfish 
catches in the CDQ fisheries.

EFFECTIVE DATES: June 15, 1994, except for Sec. 675.27(h)(2), which is 
effective August 15, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the environmental assessment/regulatory impact 
review/final regulatory flexibility analysis (EA/RIR/FRFA) prepared for 
this action may be obtained from the Fisheries Management Division, 
Alaska Region, NMFS, Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Bibb, Fisheries Management 
Division, (907) 586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Fishing for groundfish by operators of U.S. vessels in the 
exclusive economic zone of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) 
management area is managed by the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) 
according to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of 
the BSAI Area (FMP). The FMP was prepared by the North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council (Council) under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act (Magnuson Act) and is implemented by regulations 
governing the U.S. groundfish fisheries at 50 CFR part 675. General 
regulations that also pertain to U.S. fisheries appear at 50 CFR part 
620.
    This regulatory amendment will require increased observer coverage 
and improved equipment for estimating total catch for vessels and 
processors participating in the Western Alaska CDQ pollock fisheries. 
Two NMFS-certified observers will be required on processor vessels, one 
or more observers in shoreside processing operations, and one observer 
on catcher vessels delivering to processors. In addition, processor 
vessels will be required to have either measured, marked, and certified 
fish-receiving bins to improve volumetric estimates of total catch, or 
scales to weigh total catch. A description of, and reasons for, these 
actions were discussed in the proposed rule published in the Federal 
Register on December 27, 1993 (58 FR 68386). Public comment on the 
proposed rule was invited through January 26, 1994. Four letters of 
comment were received within the comment period.
    Management of the CDQs requires an estimate of the total catch 
weight of pollock for each vessel participating in the CDQ fisheries. 
The purpose of this rule is to standardize the equipment available to 
observers to make volumetric estimates of the weight of all groundfish 
caught, including pollock, or to require that the fish be weighed.
    The volume of fish in the bin is determined by the area of the base 
of the bin and the height of fish throughout the bin. Fish poured into 
bins do not always form a flat, smooth surface, or settle at the same 
height throughout the bin. The surface of the fish often slopes from 
front to back or from one side to another in the bin. Fish may stack up 
higher in one corner than in others or pile up in the middle of the 
bin.
    The process of making volumetric estimates of the catch using 
certified bins generally occurs in five steps. First, a certified 
engineer, or other authorized person, measures the inside of all bins 
that will be used to make volumetric estimates of catch weight, 
witnesses the placement of marked increments every 10 cm on the 
internal sides of the bin, and prepares a height-to-volume conversion 
table that indicates the volume of the bin, in cubic meters, below the 
level of each 10-cm increment. Second, the observer estimates the 
average height of fish in a bin by visual inspection. In order to 
determine the average height of fish in a bin, an observer must be able 
to see the level of fish throughout the bin. Third, the observer uses a 
height-to-volume conversion table to determine the volume associated 
with the average height of fish in the bin. Fourth, the observer 
applies a density factor indicating weight per unit volume (metric tons 
(mt) per cubic meter (m) or mt/m\3\) to estimate the total weight of 
all fish in the bin. Fifth, the observer samples a portion of the fish 
in the bin to determine species composition (the proportion of each 
species or species group) and applies this distribution to the estimate 
of total groundfish weight to estimate the total weight of pollock. 
This last step provides the observer's estimate of pollock catch that 
is attributed to the vessel and applied against the CDQ. The volumetric 
methods are used to estimate the total catch weight of all groundfish, 
and species composition samples are used to estimate how much of that 
groundfish is pollock.

Changes From the Proposed Rule

    There are three changes from the proposed rule in the final rule. 
The first change is to delete the phrase ``NMFS or U.S. Coast Guard 
enforcement'' from sentences referring to authorized officers in 
Sec. 675.27 (h)(2)(i)(A) and (ii)(B)(1). Removing the phrase makes the 
references consistent with the definition of authorized officers in 50 
CFR 620.2. The second change is to clarify the intent of the first 
sentence of Sec. 675.27(h)(2)(ii) by replacing the phrase ``estimate 
its total weight'' with ``estimate the total weight of its groundfish 
catch''. The third change is to clarify the intent of 
Sec. 675.27(h)(2)(ii)(A)(2). The requirement that marked increments be 
readable from the outside of the bin at all times has been changed to 
read ``Marked increments, except those on the wall containing the 
viewing port or window, must be readable from the outside of the bin at 
all times.'' The phrase ``on each side of the bin'' is deleted from the 
last sentence of the paragraph. Although NMFS requires that all 
internal sides of the bin be marked, the markings on the side of the 
bin containing the viewing port or window need not be visible from the 
outside of all bins. This issue is also addressed in the response to 
Comment 9.
    Four letters of comment were received during the comment period. 
One letter was in support of the rule. Three letters included comments 
or suggestions on technical or operational aspects of the rule. 
Fourteen individual comments were contained in these four letters. No 
comments were in opposition to the rule.
    Comment 1: Increased observer coverage and improved equipment for 
estimating total catch in the CDQ fisheries will be beneficial to 
fishery managers and to CDQ fishing partners.
    Response: NMFS concurs.
    Comment 2: NMFS should identify standards for catch measurement and 
leave it to the industry to decide what equipment and methods would 
meet those standards.
    Response: This rule offers two options for processor vessels to 
provide improved estimates of catch in the CDQ fisheries. One is based 
on volumetric estimates and the other is based on a scale weight. While 
a performance standard for the accuracy of a scale system can be 
established by NMFS and tested by an observer, the same standard of 
accuracy cannot be established for volumetric estimates. The accuracy 
of a scale system depends on the performance of a piece of equipment, 
while the accuracy of volumetric estimates depends on the accurate 
measuring of the bin volume, on the ability of an observer to determine 
the volume visually, and on variation in the density of the fish. The 
only way to test the accuracy of volumetric estimates of total 
groundfish catch weight is to compare the volumetric estimates of fish 
weight with the scale weight of the same fish. A scale large enough to 
assess the accuracy of volumetric estimates of catch aboard a processor 
vessel would be more effectively used to weigh the catch directly. 
Rather than specifying an accuracy standard for volumetric estimates, 
NMFS has established guidelines for the equipment that must be provided 
for the observer to make volumetric estimates.
    Comment 3: NMFS should fairly apply regulations for improved total 
catch weight to all sectors.
    Response: This rule addresses only processors and vessels 
participating in the CDQ fisheries. All catcher vessels must meet the 
same requirements, regardless of their size. Shoreside processors are 
required to report scale weights, because scales are currently 
available in all the plants. All processor vessels are offered the same 
options to provide improved estimates of catch.
    Comment 4: The appropriate method for estimating total catch weight 
should distinguish between the pelagic pollock fisheries and other 
mixed-species fisheries.
    Response: The CDQ fisheries are predominantly pelagic pollock 
fisheries in that most trawl hauls contain 95 percent or more pollock 
by weight. The primary difference between pelagic pollock fisheries and 
mixed-species fisheries, with respect to volumetric estimates of total 
groundfish catch weight, is the appropriate density factor to use in 
the volume-to-weight conversion. NMFS distinguishes between the pelagic 
pollock fishery and other mixed-species fisheries by applying a 
standard density factor of 0.93 mt/m\3\ for all trawl hauls in the 
pelagic pollock fishery and by using the observer's estimate of the 
appropriate density factor for hauls with less than 95 percent pollock.
    Comment 5: The appropriate location of certified marks inside bins 
depends on the configuration of the individual bin and should be 
determined on a case-by-case basis.
    Response: NMFS agrees that many bins have different configurations 
and that specifying the location and number of certified markings that 
would provide the most accurate volumetric estimates from each bin on 
each vessel may be more desirable. However, NMFS does not have the 
resources to review and approve the bin configurations for individual 
vessels. For this reason, the final rule contains specifications that 
must be met for each bin used to make volumetric estimates of catch 
weight.
    Comment 6: Vessel owners should be required to submit a description 
of the system they plan on using, with endorsement by prospective 
certifiers, well in advance of the effective date, to assure that they 
have selected a workable system and that they have adequate time to get 
it in place and certified.
    Response: The processor or vessel owners are responsible for 
completing these modifications by the effective date (i.e., August 15, 
1994, see Sec. 675.27(h)(2)). Therefore, NMFS is providing 
approximately 3 months for modifications to the vessel that may be 
necessary under this rule.
    Comment 7: Visual access to the bins and to all walls in the bins 
is difficult to achieve, costly, and sometimes impossible.
    Response: Information about the average height of fish in a bin is 
a critical element in volumetric estimates of groundfish catch weight. 
NMFS believes that processor vessel operators must provide the 
appropriate viewing ports or windows, bin lighting, and readable 
markings in order to provide the observer with the opportunity to make 
an estimate of the average height of fish in the bin that is as 
accurate as possible.
    Comment 8: Marking all internal walls of a bin may result in less 
accurate estimates of the height of fish in the bin than could be 
obtained by marking fewer walls. For example, if all markings in a bin 
with more than four walls were used to calculate a simple average of 
the height of fish in the bin, the procedure would skew the height 
estimate toward the part of the bin with the most marked walls.
    Response: The accuracy of the estimates of height of fish in a bin 
is based on the procedure used by the observer to determine average 
height and not necessarily on the number of marked walls. Identifying 
the sides of the bin that would always provide the best information to 
observers is difficult, because the surface of the fish in the bin is 
often not level or smooth due to the trim of the vessel or other 
reasons. NMFS believes that the requirement to mark all internal sides 
of the bins provides the maximum amount of reference points for an 
observer. Observers will use as much information as is available to 
determine the average height of fish in a bin, but they will not be 
instructed to calculate a simple average of the height of fish at each 
marked wall for reasons suggested in the letter of comment.
    The rule requires that vessel operators submit certification 
documents prepared by an authorized, independent agent who measured the 
bins, witnessed the location of the marks, and calculated the volume of 
the bin associated with each set of marks. Instructions or 
recommendations from the certifying agent to estimate properly the 
average height of fish in the bin, or to use height-to-volume 
conversion tables, would improve the reliability of the volumetric 
estimates.
    Comment 9: It is not necessary to mark the inside of the bin wall 
that contains the viewing port or window, because the observer cannot 
see these marks from outside the bin.
    Response: NMFS agrees that, for some bins, an observer would not be 
able to see the marks on the bin wall that contains the viewing port. 
However, in other cases, the observer can look inside the bin from the 
viewing port and see the level of fish against the wall that contains 
the viewing port, thereby increasing the accuracy of the estimated 
average height of fish in the bin. NMFS prefers one standard for all 
bins used for volumetric estimates. NMFS will continue to require 
markings on all internal walls of the bin, but will not require that 
the markings on the side of the bin that contains the viewing port or 
window be readable from the outside of the bin.
    Comment 10: Ultrasonic bin level sensors (bin sensors) should be 
considered as an alternative to determine the average height of fish in 
bins that are not visually accessible.
    Response: Bin sensors employ transducers installed in the overhead 
of the bin to measure the distance from the top of the bin to the 
surface of the fish in the bin. The transducers determine distance by 
``sounding'' or measuring the amount of time it takes for an ultrasonic 
sound wave to travel from the transducer to the surface of the fish. 
The average height of fish could be estimated by locating transducers 
in several places throughout a bin.
    NMFS has two concerns about the use of bin sensors. First, the 
appropriate number of transducers, location of the transducers, and 
direction in which they are pointed are important determinants of the 
accuracy of the information provided from the bin sensors. The 
appropriate system design depends on the configuration of the 
individual bin, the way fish are loaded into the bin, and the 
distribution of fish once inside the bin. Developing regulations that 
would specify a general system design applicable to all bins would be 
difficult. Also, NMFS does not have the resources to review and 
evaluate system designs for individual bins or to work with the 
industry to develop the appropriate configuration for individual bins.
    The second, and more serious, concern relates to NMFS' ability to 
monitor both the initial calibration of the bin sensors and their use 
aboard the processor vessel to determine the level of fish in a bin. 
One mothership in the Alaska groundfish fisheries currently uses bin 
sensors to make volumetric estimates of the groundfish catch delivered 
by catcher vessels. However, these bin sensors are installed in fish 
receiving bins that have markings on the internal sides of the bins 
that can be seen from outside the bin. In this case, there is little 
difficulty in verifying the readings of the bin sensors.
    Once properly calibrated, the transducers should continue to 
perform accurately unless the equipment malfunctions or breaks down. 
However, the bin sensors can be recalibrated at any time to provide 
either more or less accurate readings. NMFS does not intend to monitor 
the use of bin sensors by requiring that only observers have access to 
the control panel.
    Representatives of a bin-sensor manufacturer suggested that each 
bin should contain five transducers, each of which would take an 
individual reading of the height of fish in the bin directly below the 
transducer. Transducers can be calibrated individually. Therefore, in 
order to verify that all transducers are reading accurately, hatches 
would have to be placed in the overhead of the bin next to each 
transducer so that the observer could drop a tape measure and check the 
distance against that recorded by the bin sensor. NMFS believes that 
this procedure would be burdensome to the processor vessel operator 
because of the necessity to place up to five hatches in each bin to 
verify transducer readings, and that it would be time-consuming and 
difficult for the observer.
    The manufacturer's representative also suggested that the 
information from the initial calibration of the system, such as the 
distance from each transducer to the bottom of the bin, could be used 
to determine whether the system had been recalibrated. NMFS is 
concerned that the bin sensors could be recalibrated, and then changed 
back to the original calibration without the knowledge of the observer. 
Although NMFS believes that bin sensors could accurately estimate the 
height of fish in a bin, NMFS is not satisfied that observers have the 
capability or the time to monitor the system to assure accurate 
information about the volume of fish in enclosed and inaccessible bins.
    Comment 11: An opening in the top or overhead of a bin through 
which a tape measure could be lowered into the bin should be considered 
as an alternative method for determining the average height of fish in 
bins that are not visually accessible.
    Response: NMFS believes that reliable estimates of the volume of 
fish in a fish bin must be determined from averaging the height of fish 
in a bin from several locations in the bin. A single reading at the 
center of the bin may not provide accurate information if the fish are 
unevenly distributed throughout the bin.
    Comment 12: A narrow vertical window extending the full height of 
one wall of the bin with marks on the outside of the bin should be 
considered as an alternative method for determining the average height 
of fish in bins that are not visually accessible.
    Response: This suggestion would provide the observer with a height 
reading at only one location in the bin which, for reasons discussed 
above, is not sufficient to determine the average height of fish in the 
bin.
    Comment 13: The use of scales to weigh groundfish harvests is a 
costly alternative.
    Response: NMFS recognizes that a marine scale capable of accurately 
weighing groundfish harvests will cost between $30,000 and $50,000 per 
scale. This does not include the cost of installation and maintenance. 
This rule allows processors to choose either modification of their bins 
to accommodate volumetric estimates or scales to weigh groundfish 
harvests in the CDQ fisheries.
    Comment 14: It is not feasible for processor vessel operators to 
weigh each species or species group of fish separately.
    Response: This rule does not require weight by species or species 
group for management of the CDQ pollock fisheries.

Classification

    The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA), has 
determined that this rule is necessary for the conservation and 
management of the groundfish fisheries off Alaska and that it is 
consistent with the Magnuson Act and other applicable laws.
    This final rule has been determined to be ``not significant'' for 
purposes of E.O. 12866.
    The AA has determined that this rule could have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. A copy of 
the FRFA is available (see ADDRESSES).
    This rule contains new collection-of-information requirements 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 
that have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under 
control number 0648-0269. The public's reporting burden for each 
requirement is indicated in the following description and includes the 
time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, 
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing 
the collection of information. The new reporting requirements are: (1) 
CDQ-managing organizations must arrange for processors to transmit 
copies of daily observer catch messages to them in a manner that allows 
the CDQ-managing organization to inform processors to cease fishing 
operations before the CDQ allocations have been exceeded (5 minutes per 
message); (2) scale printouts of each CDQ delivery must be maintained 
in the processing operation for the duration of the fishing year, or 
for as long after a fishing year that the products from fish harvested 
during that year are retained in the processing operation (8 minutes 
per delivery day); (3) the volumes of bins aboard processing vessels 
must be certified in writing by an independent registered engineer (8 
hours); and shoreside processors must notify the observers of the 
offloading schedule of each CDQ groundfish delivery at least 1 hour 
prior to offloading (2 minutes). Send comments regarding these burden 
estimates or any other aspect of these collections of information, 
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to NMFS (see ADDRESSES) 
and to the Office of Management and Budget, Attn: Desk Officer, NOAA 
(Paperwork Reduction Project 0648-0269), Washington, DC 20503.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 675

    Fisheries, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: May 10, 1994.
Charles Karnella,
Acting Program Management Officer, National Marine Fisheries Service.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 675 is amended 
as follows:

PART 675--GROUNDFISH OF THE BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AREA

    1. The authority citation for part 675 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    2. In Sec. 675.27, paragraph (e)(4) is revised and a new paragraph 
(h) is added to read as follows:


Sec. 675.27  Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program 
(applicable through December 31, 1995).

* * * * *
    (e) * * *
    (4) It is the responsibility of the CDQ-managing organization to 
cease fishing operations once its respective CDQ pollock allocation has 
been reached. Total pollock harvests for each CDP will be determined by 
observer estimates of total catch and catch composition as reported on 
the daily observer catch message. The CDQ-managing organization must 
arrange for processors to transmit a copy of the observer daily catch 
message to it in a manner that allows the CDQ-managing organization to 
inform processors to cease fishing operations before the CDQ allocation 
has been exceeded. CDQ-managing organization representatives must also 
inform NMFS within 24 hours after the CDQ has been reached and fishing 
has ceased. If NMFS determines that the observer, the processor, or the 
CDQ-managing organization failed to follow the procedures described in 
paragraph (h) of this section for estimating the total harvest of 
pollock, or violated any other regulation in this part, NMFS reserves 
the right to estimate the total pollock harvest based on the best 
available data.
* * * * *
    (h) Estimation of total harvest in the CDQ fisheries--
    (1) Observer coverage. Vessel operators and processors 
participating in CDQ fisheries must comply with the following 
requirements for observer coverage:
    (i) Each shoreside processing operation participating in the CDQ 
fisheries must have one NMFS-certified observer present at all times 
while groundfish harvested under a CDQ are being received or processed. 
The Regional Director is authorized to require more than one observer 
for a shoreside processing operation if:
    (A) The CDQ delivery schedule requires an observer to be on duty 
more than 12 hours in a 24-hour period;
    (B) Simultaneous deliveries of CDQ harvests by more than one vessel 
cannot be monitored by a single observer; or
    (C) One observer is not capable of adequately monitoring CDQ 
deliveries;
    (ii) Each processor vessel participating in the CDQ fisheries must 
have two NMFS-certified observers aboard the vessel at all times while 
groundfish harvested under a CDQ are being harvested, processed, or 
received from another vessel;
    (iii) Each catcher vessel delivering groundfish harvested under a 
CDQ, other than a catcher vessel delivering only unsorted codends to a 
processor or another vessel, must have a NMFS-certified observer on the 
vessel at all times while the vessel is participating in the CDQ 
fisheries, regardless of the vessel length. Observer coverage 
requirements for catcher vessels participating in the CDQ fisheries are 
in addition to any observer coverage requirements in Sec. 675.25.
    (2) Equipment and operational requirements. (i) Each shoreside 
processing operation participating in the CDQ fisheries must comply 
with the following requirements:
    (A) Groundfish harvested in the CDQ fisheries must be recorded and 
weighed on a scale certified by the State of Alaska. Such a scale must 
measure catch weights at all times to at least 95-percent accuracy, as 
determined by a NMFS-certified observer or authorized officer. The 
scale and scale display must be visible simultaneously by the observer;
    (B) Observers must be provided access to the scale used to weigh 
groundfish landings;
    (C) Printouts of scale measurements of each CDQ delivery must be 
made available to observers and be maintained in the shoreside 
processing operation for the duration of the fishing year, or for as 
long after a fishing year as product from fish harvested during that 
year are retained in the shoreside processing operation; and
    (D) The manager of each shoreside processing operation must notify 
the observer(s) of the offloading schedule of each CDQ groundfish 
delivery at least 1 hour prior to offloading to provide the observer an 
opportunity to monitor the weighing of the entire delivery.
    (ii) Each processor vessel participating in the CDQ fisheries must 
either estimate the total weight of its groundfish catch by the 
volumetric procedures specified in paragraph (h)(2)(ii)(A) of this 
section or must weigh its catch in accordance with the procedures under 
(h)(2)(ii)(B) of this section.
    (A) Volumetric measurements of total catch. (1) Each processor 
vessel estimating its catch by volumetric measurement must have one or 
more receiving bins in which all fish catches are placed to determine 
total catch weight prior to sorting operations.
    (2) The volume of each bin must be accurately measured, and the bin 
must be permanently marked and numbered in 10-cm increments on all 
internal sides of the bin. Marked increments, except those on the wall 
containing the viewing port or window, must be readable from the 
outside of the bin at all times. Bins must be lighted in a manner that 
allows marked increments to be read from the outside of the bin by a 
NMFS-certified observer or authorized officer.
    (3) The location of bin markings, as certified, must be described 
in writing. Tables certified under paragraph (h)(2)(ii)(A)(2) of this 
section indicating the volume of each certified bin in cubic meters for 
each 10-cm increment marked on the sides of the bins, must be submitted 
to the NMFS Observer Program prior to harvesting or receiving 
groundfish and must be maintained aboard the vessel and made available 
to NMFS-certified observers at all times. All bin certification 
documents must be dated and signed by the certifier. The bin volume and 
marked and numbered increments must be certified by a registered 
engineer with no financial interest in fishing, fish processing, or 
fish tender vessels, or by a qualified organization that has been 
designated by the U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, or an authorized 
representative thereof, for the purpose of classing or examining 
commercial fishing industry vessels under the provisions of 46 CFR 
28.76. Bin volumes and marked and numbered increments must be 
recertified each time a bin is structurally or physically changed.
    (4) Vessel operators must notify observers prior to any removal or 
addition of fish from each bin used for volumetric measurements of 
catch in such a manner that allows an observer to take bin volume 
measurements prior to fish being removed from or added to the bin. Once 
a volumetric measurement has been taken, additional fish may not be 
added to the bin until at least half the original volume has been 
removed. Fish may not be removed from or added to a bin used for 
volumetric measurements of catch until an observer indicates that bin 
volume measurements have been completed and any samples of catch 
required by the observer have been taken.
    (5) Fish from separate hauls or deliveries from separate harvesting 
vessels may not be mixed in any bin used for volumetric measurements of 
catch.
    (B) Scale weight measurements of total catch. (1) Any scale used on 
a processor vessel to weigh groundfish harvested in the CDQ fisheries 
must measure catch weights to at least 95-percent accuracy at all times 
as determined by a NMFS-certified observer or authorized officer. The 
scale must be equipped with a functional motion compensation device to 
account for vessel acceleration, roll, pitch and vibration movement. 
The scale and scale display must be visible by the observer 
simultaneously.
    (2) Printouts of scale measurements of each haul weight must be 
made available to the observer and be maintained on board the vessel 
for the duration of the fishing year or for as long after a fishing 
year as products from fish harvested during that year are retained 
aboard a vessel.
    (3) The catch from each haul must be kept separate, such that the 
scale weight can be obtained separately for each haul.

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