[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 1996)]
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Part II





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50 CFR Parts 672 and 675



Consolidation of Regulations Including Recordkeeping and Reporting 
Requirements; Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 672 and 675

[Docket No. 950727194-6005-02; I.D. 062795C]
RIN 0648-AG54


Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Groundfish Fishery of the 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Consolidation of Regulations 
Including Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

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

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is consolidating and revising several sections of 
regulations, including the recordkeeping and reporting requirements, 
for use in the groundfish fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and the 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). The changes 
made by this rule are expected to facilitate management of the 
groundfish fisheries, promote compliance with groundfish regulations, 
and facilitate enforcement efforts. This action is intended to further 
the goals and objectives of the fishery management plans (FMPs) for the 
groundfish fisheries off Alaska.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 13, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Individual copies of the environmental assessment/regulatory 
impact review prepared for this action may be obtained from Fisheries 
Management Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 
99802, Attention: Lori J. Gravel.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fishing for groundfish by U.S. vessels in 
the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the BSAI and the GOA is managed by 
NMFS in accordance with the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for 
Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and the Fishery Management Plan for 
the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area. The 
FMPs were prepared by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council 
(Council) under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
(Magnuson Act). The FMPs are implemented by regulations that appear at 
50 CFR parts 672, 675, and 676. General regulations that also govern 
the groundfish fisheries appear at 50 CFR part 620.
    This rule consolidates several sections of regulations in parts 672 
and 675, corrects errors, clarifies vague text, removes outdated 
requirements, as well as simplifies and streamlines the remaining 
regulations, including the recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
    A proposed rule addressing these concerns was published in the 
Federal Register on September 8, 1995 (60 FR 46936). Public comment was 
invited through October 10, 1995. NMFS received 21 letters containing 
50 comments. Similar comments were grouped together, resulting in 32 
comments. The comments are summarized and responded to below in the 
Response to Comments section.

Changes in the Final Rule From the Proposed Rule

    The final rule includes the following changes from the proposed 
rule:
    1. In addition to catcher vessels less than 5 net tons (4.5 mt), 
catcher vessels under 60 feet (18.3 m) length overall (LOA) will not be 
required to maintain a Daily Fishing Logbook (DFL), and therefore will 
not submit the blue discard copy to shoreside processors, motherships, 
or buying stations.
    2. Beginning with 1996, catcher vessels delivering unsorted codends 
to a Mothership or Shoreside Processor will be exempt from the 
requirement to submit a blue DFL discard logsheet with the harvest.
    3. With catcher vessels logging only total round fish weight, 
documenting individual fishing quota (IFQ) catch by area currently is 
not required. To promote compliance with recent changes allowing 
fishing in multiple areas on the same trip, the DFL format and 
procedure are changed to require catcher vessels to enter daily in the 
DFL estimated IFQ sablefish harvest amounts by reporting area in the 
``Comments'' column.
    4. The processor permit application is revised to allow motherships 
and catcher/processors under 125 feet (38.1 m) LOA that process pollock 
in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
(BSAI) and/or Pacific cod in the GOA to choose to process in either the 
inshore or offshore component for the entire fishing year.
    5. The definition of ``round-weight equivalent'' at Sec. 672.2 is 
revised by changing the words, ``as listed in Sec. 672.20(j)'' to read 
``as listed in Table 3 of this part.''
    6. The definition for fishing trip is revised at 
Secs. 672.20(h)(2), 672.20(i)(4), 675.20(i)(2), and 675.20(j)(4). The 
term, fishing trip, formerly had two separate but similar definitions. 
With this change, only one definition exists.
    7. The following figures are revised:
    Figures 1a, 4a, 5a, 6, and 7, pages 46961, 46966, 46968, 46970, and 
46971 (page numbers refer to the document published on September 8, 
1995, at 60 FR 46936, et seq., are revised to remove a duplicate title; 
Figure 2, page 46963, is revised to reflect new boundaries of the 
Catcher Vessel Operational Area (CVOA) as changed by a recent final 
rule and also to remove a duplicate title; and Figure 3a, page 46964, 
is revised to add lines that reflect the boundaries of GOA reporting 
areas 649 and 659 and also to remove a duplicate title.
    8. Cross references were added to Sec. 672.2 for the following 
terms: Fixed gear; fishing trip.
    9. The definitions of inshore component and offshore component are 
revised at Sec. 672.2 to be consistent with a recent final rule making 
that change.
    10. Paragraph 672.4(l) is removed and paragraphs 672.7 (i) and (j) 
and 675.7 (l) and (m) are revised to make allowance for the eventual 
reopening of the Donut Hole if an international agreement is in place 
under the Convention of the Conservation and Management of Pollock 
Resources in the Central Bering Sea to manage pollock fisheries in the 
Donut Hole. Paragraph 672.4(m) is renumbered as 672.4(l).
    11. Table 2, pages 46953 and 46954, is revised to add a species 
code 888 for mixed species tote (for use with Product Transfer Reports 
only).
    12. Four product recovery rate values in Table 3, page 46954, for 
FMP species = sablefish, are corrected as follows:

H&G with roe (6) should be blank;
H&G western cut (7) should be 0.68;
H&G eastern cut (8) should be 0.63; and
H&G without tail (10) should be 0.50.

    13. Three retainable percentage values in Table 10, page 46959, are 
corrected as follows:
    For basis species versus bycatch species:
    Flathead sole versus sablefish should be 15;
    Flathead sole versus aggregated rockfish should be 15; and
    Flathead sole versus demersal shelf rockfish (DSR) in the Southeast 
Outside District of the Eastern Regulatory Area of the GOA (SEEO) 
should be 1.
    14. One retainable percentage value in Table 11, page 46960, is 
corrected as follows:
    For basis species versus bycatch species:
    Pacific Ocean perch versus Greenland turbot should be 35.
    15. A typographical error on page 46942, third column, seventh line 
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corrected as follows: ``weekly production'' should be ``weekly 
production'' report.

Response to Comments

Catcher Vessel Daily Fishing Logbook (DFL)

    Comment 1. Redesign the catcher vessel DFL format and submittal 
procedure to: (1) Revise blue DFL logsheet delivery schedule and 
procedure for deliveries of unsorted codends to motherships; (2) Allow 
multiple entries on one DFL logsheet for each fishing trip; (3) 
Determine procedure for multiple offloads of a single catcher vessel in 
one day.
    Response. NMFS concurs. The catcher vessel logbook format is 
revised and the procedure for submittal of the DFL is revised. (1) For 
deliveries of unsorted codends, the catcher vessel would be exempt from 
recording of discards in the DFL and submittal of the blue logsheet 
(discards copy) for that delivery. The operator of the catcher vessel 
would check an ``unsorted codend'' box on the DFL, and the blue 
logsheet would remain with the DFL. For presorted deliveries, or in the 
event a catcher vessel has ``bled'' a codend prior to delivery to a 
processor, the operator would check a ``presorted delivery'' box, enter 
estimated amount of discards by species, and submit the blue logsheet 
to the processor with each harvest delivery.
    (2) and (3). Instead of requesting daily information on one DFL 
page, the DFL format is revised to request start and end dates of a 
fishing trip. The fishing trip date would be 1 day for those vessels 
making multiple trips in 1 day, or the fishing trip could be as long as 
7 days within a weekly reporting period. The operator would complete 
one logsheet for multiple trips (offloads) in 1 day or multiple days in 
one trip. In either case, the operator would submit only one blue 
logsheet to the processor for the trip (unless more than one logsheet 
is used to document the trip).
    The operator of the catcher vessel still would be required to 
account for each day of the fishing year in the DFL, and the time 
periods would need to be consecutive in the logbook. The mothership 
would sort catch received from unsorted codends and record the 
discarded species in the Daily Cumulative Production Logbook (DCPL) as 
discard at sea. The precedent for allowing one or more options in the 
use of a single logsheet has been successfully demonstrated through the 
use of the shoreside processor logsheet.
    Comment 2. Revise the DFL format and procedure for submittal of a 
blue discard logsheet as follows: (1) Require only the last blue 
logsheet per fishing trip be submitted; (2) have each catcher vessel 
submit a blue logsheet only if discard occurs at sea; and (3) have 
catcher vessel submit discard data via radio to mothership.
    Response. The difficulties addressed by these comments concerning 
submittal of the blue logsheet have been corrected by the revised DFL 
format and submittal procedure as indicated in Response to Comment 1.
    Comment 3. Change position reporting requirements in the DFL, 
catcher/processor DCPL, and mothership DCPL for haul set and retrieve 
data from degrees and minutes to degrees, minutes, and tenths of 
minutes or change to degrees, minutes, and seconds to improve data used 
for Global Positioning System (GPS) research by the Alaska Fisheries 
Science Center of spatial patterns of resource use and the occurrence 
of bycatch. At the current level of spatial resolution, heavily fished 
areas have many reported hauls at basically the same latitude and 
longitude when reported in degrees and minutes.
    GOA and BSAI fishermen use one of two radionavigation systems: 
Loran C and the GPS. Loran C, planned for phase-out by the U.S. Coast 
Guard (USCG) in the year 2000, converts to latitude and longitude in 
degrees, minutes, and fractions of minutes. GPS systems generally have 
the option to read latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes, seconds 
or fractions of minutes.
    Response. NMFS concurs. The proposed rule included a revision to 
record position in degrees, minutes, and seconds. However, based on 
discussions among NMFS management, NMFS Enforcement, and the USCG, 
position resolution finer than degrees and minutes will be included as 
an option rather than a requirement, because finer resolution is not 
needed for management of groundfish quotas or for enforcement of 
fisheries regulations.
    Comment 4. Revise the DFL to request set-specific tally on the 
target species. This would allow the operator to use the DFL to see how 
each set performed and at what depths from beginning to end.
    Response. NMFS will consider this comment with the next 
recordkeeping and reporting revision.
    Comment 5. On the DFL, add a box in the remarks section of the 
``active, but no fishing activity'' that says, ``Non-groundfish 
fishery. No groundfish retained for sale.''
    Response. NMFS disagrees. Currently, the operator is requested to 
write the reason for not fishing. The box should remain blank, because 
reasons for inactivity exist other than participation in a non-
groundfish fishery.
    Comment 6. Require catcher vessels involved in the IFQ sablefish 
fisheries to estimate and record in the DFL the weight of IFQ sablefish 
brought on board.
    Response. NMFS concurs. With catcher vessels logging only total 
round fish weight, documenting IFQ catch by area currently is not 
required. To promote compliance with recent changes allowing fishing in 
multiple areas on the same trip, the DFL format and procedure are 
changed to require catcher vessels to enter daily in the DFL estimated 
IFQ sablefish harvest amounts by reporting area in the ``Comments'' 
column.
    Comment 7. Require a vessel to have a quota share on board in order 
to conduct a directed hook-and-line fishery for halibut or sablefish.
    Response. ``Quota share'' refers back to the original percentage of 
sablefish or Pacific halibut for which a person is eligible (see 
Sec. 676.20(f)). This information does not need to be on board while 
fishing for one of those species. However, NMFS: Requires that a valid 
IFQ permit and IFQ card in the name of the shareholder be onboard (see 
Sec. 676.16(c)); prohibits the retention of IFQ halibut or IFQ 
sablefish on a vessel in excess of the total amount of unharvested IFQ 
that is held by all IFQ card holders aboard the vessel (see 
Sec. 676.16(d)); and provides that the IFQ assigned to a person 
represents the maximum amount of halibut or sablefish that may be 
harvested by that person (see Sec. 676.20(f)).
    Comment 8. Require vessels to enter appropriate IFQ number(s) in 
the logbooks for all hook-and-line sablefish landings.
    Response. NMFS will consider this comment with the next 
recordkeeping and reporting revision.
    Comment 9. Combine groundfish DFL with other related recording and 
reporting systems, specifically: (1) Require catcher vessels involved 
in the IFQ fisheries to record in the DFL, IFQ sablefish information 
and IFQ permit information; (2) combine groundfish DFL with 
International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) halibut logbooks; and 
(3) incorporate the marine mammal logbook into the DFL.
    Response. NMFS concurs and will consider this comment in the next 
recordkeeping and reporting revision.
    Comment 10. Add the effective date of the logbooks on the front 
cover.
    Response. NMFS concurs. The logbook covers are revised to include 
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    Comment 11. Add to vessel logbooks, space to record the USCG 
documentation number, state registration number, and the marine mammal 
exemption number.
    Response. NMFS will consider this comment with the next 
recordkeeping and reporting revision.
    Comment 12. Revise the logbook formats to include additional 
information: (1) Print the address where logsheet quarterly submittals 
must be mailed; and (2) print reporting codes, species and product 
codes.
    Response. NMFS concurs. Logbooks have been revised to include the 
mailing information on the back cover. The reporting codes, species 
codes, and product codes are included in an instruction packet enclosed 
in the cover of each logbook.
    Comment 13. Expand authorized gear definitions to include the 
definitions of fixed gear, for purposes of IFQ.
    Response. The GOA and BSAI groundfish regulations define specific 
groundfish gear types at 50 CFR Sec. 672.2 under the definition for 
authorized fishing gear. The term, fixed gear, is defined at 50 CFR 
Sec. 676.11 with respect to IFQ sablefish and IFQ halibut. A cross-
reference for fixed gear to Sec. 676.11 is added to the definitions at 
Sec. 672.2.
    Comment 14. Add questions addressing safety requirements for 
fishing vessels to the Federal Fisheries Permit application. These 
questions would be answered by operators of fishing vessels required to 
carry observers under 50 CFR part 677.
    Response. NMFS will consider this comment with the next 
recordkeeping and reporting revision.
    Comment 15. Add target species to the Weekly Production Report 
(WPR) to enhance calculation of halibut mortality for deep-water versus 
shallow-water targets in the GOA and trawl fisheries in the BSAI.
    Response. NMFS disagrees. The calculation of halibut mortality for 
these targets is performed at NMFS after receipt of WPR based on 
formulae written into the programs.
    Comment 16. Reinstate reporting exemption for incidental groundfish 
catches for small boats.
    Response. Adjustments in recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
are needed due to changes in regulations brought on by the IFQ Program 
and the North Pacific Fisheries Research Plan. Because time is 
insufficient to make these adjustments for 1996, regulations at 50 CFR 
Sec. 672.5 are revised to include an exemption from compliance with 
recordkeeping requirements for vessels less than 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA 
participating in GOA or BSAI groundfish fisheries.
    Comment 17. Relocate paragraph 672.22(d) to section 672.7 
Prohibitions.
    Response. NMFS concurs. This prohibition already appears at 
Sec. 672.7(c), so Sec. 672.22(d) is removed.
    Comment 18. Add a species composition table to the regulations for 
use with the annual specifications notice.
    Response. While this comment has merit, NMFS is not implementing it 
in this rulemaking. Currently, the species composition tables appear in 
the Federal Register each year as footnotes to Table 1 for both GOA and 
BSAI specifications. The public can refer to these tables for updated 
species composition upon which the interim, proposed, and final 
specifications are based.
    Comment 19. Change the wording in the condition section of Federal 
Fisheries Permit to make allowance for the eventual reopening of the 
Donut Hole to permitted vessels.
    Response. NMFS agrees. The text in the condition section of the 
permit is revised to allow fishing in the Donut Hole if an 
international agreement is in place under the Convention of the 
Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in the Central Bering 
Sea to manage pollock fisheries in the Donut Hole (Public Law 104-43, 
section 104(d)).
    Comment 20. Revisions and addition of maps: (1) In Figure 3, draw 
lines to reflect the bounds of GOA reporting areas 649 and 659; (2) add 
a map with place names for the area around the Bering Sea and Gulf of 
Alaska reporting area 610; and (3) add a map for Pribilof Islands 
closure area and change regulations text to refer to the figure.
    Response. (1) NMFS agrees. The figure is revised; however, the 
figure depicting the GOA is not to scale and merely indicates that 
boundaries exist rather than depicting accurately the boundaries 
themselves; (2) NMFS will review this comment in the next revision of 
the recordkeeping and reporting regulations; and (3) NMFS concurs; 
however, this comment will be addressed in the next revision of the 
recordkeeping and reporting regulations.
    Comment 21. NMFS could use DFL information for research purposes, 
for example: (1) Build an adequate shelf model distribution for depth 
and area through use of a bar scanner to project handwritten set 
positions and catch performance on a chart; and (2) develop regional/
seasonal correlatives through observers recording spawning times in an 
area, then analyze the results for possible closures during these times 
by using block chart areas.
    Response. NMFS agrees that utilization of groundfish data collected 
for monitoring of the fisheries could be used for further research; 
however, this comment is not relevant to the recordkeeping and 
reporting proposed rule.
    Comment 22. Change the definition of a fishing trip for a catcher 
vessel.
    Response. NMFS concurs, although the definition of a fishing trip 
is standardized rather than revised. The text of the regulations at 
Secs. 672.20(h)(2) and (i)(4) and 675.20(i)(2) and (j)(4) is revised, 
so that a standard definition of a fishing trip exists in both the GOA 
and BSAI. A cross reference to the term, fishing trip, is added at 
Sec. 672.2.
    Comment 23. The logbook instructions tell how to submit quarterly 
logsheets for an inactive period that includes the end of one fishing 
quarter and the start of another fishing quarter. This information 
should be included in the regulations.
    Response. NMFS concurs. This language is added to the regulations 
at Sec. 672.5(a)(14)(c).
    Comment 24. Allow the use of the number ``0'' or the word ``ZERO'' 
as well as ``NO DISCARDS'' to account for discard species when no 
discards occurred.
    Response. NMFS concurs. This language is added to the regulations 
at Sec. 672.5(a)(10)(iv).
    Comment 25. For purposes of the Vessel Activity Report (VAR), why 
is there a distinction made between ``the seaward boundary of the EEZ 
off Alaska'' and ``the United States/Canada international boundary''?
    Response. Entering directly into Alaska State waters from Canadian 
waters is possible, thus avoiding the ``seaward boundary of the EEZ off 
Alaska.''
    Comment 26. Add a prohibition against adjusting scale weights for 
water content of fish.
    Response. NMFS concurs; however this comment will be considered in 
the next revision of the recordkeeping and reporting regulations.
    Comment 27. Standardize format of regulations as follows: (1) 
Capitalization of the words: Shoreside processor, mothership, catcher/
processor, buying station, catcher vessel, support vessel, tender 
vessel, processor vessel, Federal Fisheries Permit number, Federal 
Processor Permit number, Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) 
vessel number, and ADF&G processor code; (2) the word, codend, is one 
word, not two; (3) standardize the use of either of the terms, 
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shoreside processing operation; (4) standardize capitalization of 
report names.
    Response. (1) NMFS concurs; capitalization is made consistent 
within the final rule; (2) NMFS concurs; the correction is made; (3) 
NMFS concurs, and standardization of the terms is accomplished within 
the breadth of this final rule. However, many other instances of the 
inconsistent use of shoreside processor and shoreside processing 
operation occur in other areas of the regulations. Because more time is 
needed to complete this task, this comment will be considered more 
fully in the next revision of the recordkeeping and reporting 
regulations; (4) NMFS concurs; capitalization is made consistent within 
the final rule.
    Comment 28. The requirement to disclose the number of days fished 
on logbooks and on the WPR should remain rather than be removed as 
proposed, as this is an excellent cross-check with other reports to 
determine number of days fished for vessels. The number of days fished 
is important to calculate observer coverage requirements.
    Response. NMFS disagrees. Number of days fished may be calculated 
from other information in the logbooks.
    Comment 29. WPRs should not list ADF&G Fish Ticket numbers, because 
Fish Tickets are completely voluntary for processors operating in the 
EEZ. The Federal government cannot enforce a voluntary State of Alaska 
program.
    Response. Although issuance of ADF&G Fish Tickets is voluntary for 
processors operating in the EEZ, many of those processors comply with 
the State of Alaska requirement. If a fish ticket is issued, NMFS 
requests that the fish ticket number be listed on the WPR.
    Comment 30. Add to the regulations that groundfish caught 
incidental to the non-groundfish fishery may be retained on board the 
vessel for use as bait during the period of the non-groundfish fishery. 
They may not be retained after closure of the non-groundfish fishery, 
or sold, or transferred from the vessel.
    Response. NMFS concurs; however, this comment will be considered in 
the next revision of the recordkeeping and reporting regulations.
    Comment 31. Product Transfer Report submittal requirements should 
not be changed from 1 week to 24 hours after the completion of the 
offload. Management offices need 1 week to maintain oversight of the 
vessels reporting.
    Response. NMFS disagrees; more timely information is generally more 
accurate.
    Comment 32. Create provisions in the regulations to deal with 
weekend reporting where a management office chooses to oversee the 
vessels reporting. Without time to complete reporting requirements in 
the management office, reporting would have to come straight from the 
vessel. Not only is it more costly, it would prevent management offices 
from being up to date on where the vessels are checked in and whether 
or not they have complied with regulations.
    Response. NMFS disagrees; processor vessels are required to submit 
timely reports. Submission of reports to NMFS will not preclude the 
management office from monitoring their vessels' reporting.

Classification

    The Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, determined that the regulatory 
amendment is necessary for the conservation and management of the GOA 
and BSAI management area fisheries and it is consistent with the 
Magnuson Act and other applicable laws.
    The Assistant General Counsel for Legislation and Regulation of the 
Department of Commerce certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of 
the Small Business Administration that this rule would not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
The reasons were published in the notice of proposed rule (60 FR 46936, 
September 8, 1995). As a result, a regulatory flexibility analysis was 
not prepared.
    This rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of 
E.O. 12866.
    This rule contains collection-of-information requirements subject 
to the Paperwork Reduction Act. The collections of information have 
been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OMB Control 
Numbers 0648-0213 and 0648-0206. Additional burden would result from 
the requirements set forth for the new Buying Station DCL and Check-in/
Check-out report, and also from revisions to existing reports.
    An estimated additional response time for compliance with these new 
forms is expected to be between 25 minutes and 2.0 hours annually for 
the operator or manager of each processor or Buying Station and 27 
minutes for each Catcher Vessel operator. The additional annual burden 
to Shoreside Processors and Buying Stations to comply with requirements 
for Check-in/Check-out reports is estimated to average about 8 minutes 
and 6 minutes, respectively, for each Check-in or Check-out report. 
Revisions to the format of other logbooks and/or additions to 
information collected by logbooks are minimal and are not anticipated 
to significantly increase reporting burden to the industry. The 
requirements include: The U.S. Vessel Activities Report, 15 minutes; 
Weekly Production Report, 18 minutes; Daily Production Report, 10 
minutes; Processor Product Transfer Report, 11 minutes; the Catcher 
Vessel Logbook, 15 minutes; and Federal Fishing Permits, 20 minutes.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required 
to respond to nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to 
comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information 
displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Parts 672 and 675

    Fisheries, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: January 31, 1996.
Gary Matlock,
Program Management Officer, National Marine Fisheries Service.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR parts 672 and 675 
are amended as follows:

PART 672--GROUNDFISH OF THE GULF OF ALASKA

    1. The authority citation for part 672 continues to read as 
follows:

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

    2. In Sec. 672.1, paragraph (a) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 672.1  Purpose and scope.

    (a) Regulations in this part, along with parts 602, 620, 676, and 
677 of this chapter, implement the Fishery Management Plan for 
Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska.
* * * * *
    3. Section 672.2 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 672.2  Definitions.

    In addition to the definitions in the Magnuson Act and in 
Sec. 620.2 of this chapter, the terms used in this part have the 
following meanings:
    Active/inactive periods--(1) Active periods--(i) Catcher Vessel. An 
active period for a catcher vessel means a period of time when the 
catcher vessel is in a reporting area (except 300, 400, 550, or 690) or 
gear remains on the grounds in a reporting area (except 300, 400, 550, 
or 690) regardless of the vessel location.
    (ii) Shoreside Processor, Mothership, Catcher/Processor, and Buying 
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An active period for a shoreside processor, mothership, catcher/
processor, and buying station means a period of time when checked-in.
    (2) Inactive periods--(i) Catcher Vessel. An inactive period for a 
catcher vessel means any period which does not qualify as an active 
period.
    (ii) Shoreside Processor, Mothership, Catcher/Processor, or Buying 
Station. An inactive period for a shoreside processor, mothership, 
catcher/processor, or buying station means a period of time when not 
checked-in.
    ADF&G means the State of Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
    Alaska local time (A.l.t.) means the current Alaska time, either 
daylight savings time or standard time.
    Alaska State waters means waters shoreward of the exclusive 
economic zone (EEZ) off Alaska.
    Aleutian Islands Subarea (AI) of the BSAI means that portion of the 
EEZ contained in Statistical Areas 541, 542, and 543 (see Figure 1 of 
this part).
    Authorized fishing gear means hook-and-line, jig, longline, 
longline pot, nonpelagic trawl, nontrawl, pelagic trawl, pot-and-line, 
and trawl; defined as follows:
    (1) Hook-and-line means a stationary, buoyed, and anchored line 
with hooks attached, or the taking of fish by means of such a device;
    (2) Jig means a single non-buoyed, non-anchored line with hooks 
attached, or the taking of fish by means of such a device;
    (3) Longline means a stationary, buoyed, and anchored line with 
hooks or two or more groundfish pots attached, or the taking of fish by 
means of such a device (see Sec. 672.24(b) or Sec. 675.24(b) of this 
chapter);
    (4) Longline pot means a stationary, buoyed, and anchored line with 
two or more pots attached, or the taking of fish by means of such a 
device;
    (5) Nonpelagic trawl means a trawl other than a pelagic trawl;
    (6) Nontrawl means hook-and-line, jig, longline, and pot-and-line 
gear;
    (7) Pelagic trawl means a trawl that:
    (i) Has no discs, bobbins, or rollers;
    (ii) Has no chafe protection gear attached to the foot rope or 
fishing line;
    (iii) Except for the small mesh allowed under paragraph (7)(ix) of 
this definition:
    (A) Has no mesh tied to the fishing line, head rope, and breast 
lines with less than 20 inches (50.8 cm) between knots, and has no 
stretched mesh size of less than 60 inches (152.4 cm) aft from all 
points on the fishing line, head rope, and breast lines and extending 
past the fishing circle for a distance equal to or greater than one 
half the vessel's LOA; or
    (B) Has no parallel lines spaced closer than 64 inches (162.6 cm), 
from all points on the fishing line, head rope, and breast lines and 
extending aft to a section of mesh, with no stretched mesh size of less 
than 60 inches (152.4 cm), extending aft for a distance equal to or 
greater than one half the vessel's LOA;
    (iv) Has no stretched mesh size less than 15 inches (38.1 cm) aft 
of the mesh described in paragraph (7)(iii) of this definition for a 
distance equal to or greater than one half the vessel's LOA;
    (v) Contains no configuration intended to reduce the stretched mesh 
sizes described in paragraphs (7) (iii) and (iv) of this definition;
    (vi) Has no flotation other than floats capable of providing up to 
200 lb (90.7 kg) of buoyancy to accommodate the use of a net-sounder 
device;
    (vii) Has no more than one fishing line and one foot rope for a 
total of no more than two weighted lines on the bottom of the trawl 
between the wing tip and the fishing circle;
    (viii) Has no metallic component except for connectors (e.g., 
hammerlocks or swivels) or net-sounder device aft of the fishing circle 
and forward of any mesh greater than 5.5 inches (14.0 cm) stretched 
measure;
    (ix) May have small mesh within 32 ft (9.8 m) of the center of the 
head rope as needed for attaching instrumentation (e.g., net-sounder 
device); and
    (x) May have weights on the wing tips;
    (8) Pot-and-line means a stationary, buoyed line with a single pot 
attached, or the taking of fish by means of such a device; and
    (9) Trawl means a conical-shaped net that is towed through the 
water for catching fish or other organisms. The net accumulates its 
catch in the closed, small end (usually called the codend). This 
definition includes, but is not limited to, Danish and Scottish seines 
and otter trawls.
    Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) means the 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands subareas (see Figure 1 of this part).
    Bering Sea Subarea (BS) of the BSAI means that portion of the EEZ 
contained in Statistical Areas 508, 509, 512, 513, 514, 516, 517, 518, 
519, 521, 523, 524, and 530 (see Figure 1 of this part).
    Bogoslof District means that part of the Bering Sea Subarea 
contained in Statistical Area 518 (see Figure 1 of this part).
    Breast line means the rope or wire running along the forward edges 
of the side panels of a net, or along the forward edge of the side rope 
in a rope trawl.
    Buying Station means a person or vessel that receives unprocessed 
groundfish from a vessel for delivery at a different location to a 
shoreside processor or mothership and that does not process those fish.
    Bycatch Limitation Zone 1 (Zone 1) means that part of the Bering 
Sea Subarea that is contained within the boundaries of Statistical 
Areas 508, 509, 512, and 516 (see Figure 1 of this part).
    Bycatch Limitation Zone 2 (Zone 2) means that part of the Bering 
Sea Subarea that is contained within the boundaries of Statistical 
Areas 513, 517, and 521 (see Figure 1 of this part).
    Catcher/Processor means a vessel that is used for catching fish and 
processing that fish.
    Catcher Vessel means a vessel that is used for catching fish and 
that does not process on board.
    Catcher Vessel Operational Area (CVOA) (see Figure 2 of this part 
and Sec. 675.22(g) of this chapter).
    Central Aleutian District means that part of the Aleutian Islands 
Subarea contained in Statistical Area 542 (see Figure 1 of this part).
    Community Development Plan (CDP) (applicable through December 31, 
1998) means a plan for a specific Western Alaska community or group of 
communities approved by the Governor of the State of Alaska and 
recommended to NMFS under Secs. 675.27 and 676.24 of this chapter.
    Community Development Quota (CDQ) (applicable through December 31, 
1998) means a percentage of the CDQ reserve for a BSAI subarea or 
district as defined at Sec. 675.20(a)(3)(ii) of this chapter that is 
allocated to a CDP.
    Community Development Quota Program (CDQ Program) (applicable 
through December 31, 1998) means the Western Alaska Community 
Development Program implemented under Sec. 675.27 of this chapter.
    Community Development Quota Reserve (CDQ Reserve) (applicable 
through December 31, 1998) means one half of the pollock TAC that is 
placed into the reserve for each subarea and district of the BSAI as 
specified at Sec. 675.20(a)(3) of this chapter and that is set aside 
for the CDQ program.
    Daily reporting period or day is the period from midnight until the 
following midnight using Alaska local time (A.l.t.).
    Directed fishing means any fishing activity that results in the 
retention of an amount of a species or species group on board a vessel 
that is greater than the maximum retainable bycatch amount for that 
species or species group as calculated under Secs. 672.20 (g) and (h) 
and 675.20 (h) and (i) of this chapter. 

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    Donut Hole means international waters of the Bering Sea outside the 
limits of the EEZ and Russian economic zone as depicted on the current 
edition of NOAA chart INT 813 Bering Sea (Southern Part).
    Eastern Aleutian District means that part of the Aleutian Islands 
Subarea contained in Statistical Area 541 (see Figure 1 of this part).
    Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) (see Sec. 620.2 of this chapter).
    Federal waters means waters within the EEZ off Alaska.
    Fish product weight means the weight of the fish product in pounds 
or to at least the nearest hundredth of a metric ton (0.01 mt). Fish 
product weight is based upon the number of production units and the 
weight of those units. Production units include pans, cartons, blocks, 
trays, cans, bags, and individual fresh or frozen fish. The weight of a 
production unit is the average weight of representative samples of the 
product, and may include additives but not packaging. Any allowance for 
water added cannot exceed 5 percent of the gross product weight (fish, 
additives, and water).
    Fishing activity (see definition for fishing in Sec. 620.2 of this 
chapter).
    Fishing circle means the circumference of a trawl intersecting the 
center point on a fishing line, and that is perpendicular to the long 
axis of a trawl.
    Fishing day (see Sec. 677.2 of this chapter).
    Fishing line means a length of chain or wire rope in the bottom 
front end of a trawl to which the webbing or lead ropes are attached.
    Fishing month (see Secs. 672.26 or 675.26 of this chapter).
    Fishing trip (see Sec. 672.20(h)(2) of this chapter).
    Fishing year means the period of time beginning at 0001 hours, 
A.l.t., on January 1 and ending at 2359 hours, A.l.t., on December 31 
(see Secs. 672.23(a) and 675.23(a) of this chapter).
    Fixed gear (see Sec. 676.11 of this chapter).
    Foot rope means a chain or wire rope attached to the bottom front 
end of a trawl and attached to the fishing line.
    Gear Deployment--(1) For trawl gear means where the trawl gear 
reaches the fishing level and begins to fish.
    (2) For jig/troll, hook-and-line, or longline gear means where the 
gear enters the water.
    (3) For pot-and-line gear means where the first pot enters the 
water.
    Gear Retrieval--(1) For trawl gear, gear retrieval means where 
retrieval of trawl cable commences.
    (2) For jig/troll gear, gear retrieval means where the jig/troll 
gear leaves the water.
    (3) For hook-and-line or longline pot gear, gear retrieval means 
where the last hook-and-line or longline pot gear of a set leaves the 
water, regardless of where the majority of the haul or set took place.
    (4) For pot-and-line gear, gear retrieval means where the last pot 
of a set leaves the water.
    Governor means the Governor of the State of Alaska.
    Groundfish means target species and the ``other species'' category, 
specified annually pursuant to Sec. 672.20(a)(1) or Sec. 675.20(a)(1) 
of this chapter.
    Gulf of Alaska (GOA) means that portion of the EEZ contained in 
Statistical Areas 610, 620, 630, 640, and 650 (see Figure 3 of this 
part).
    Head rope means a rope bordering the top front end of a trawl.
    Herring Savings Area means any of three areas in the BSAI presented 
in Figure 4 of this part (see also Sec. 675.21(c)(2) of this chapter 
for additional closure information):
    Inshore component (applicable through December 31, 1998) means the 
following three categories of the U.S. groundfish fishery that process 
pollock harvested in a directed fishery for pollock in the GOA or BSAI, 
or Pacific cod harvested in a directed fishery for Pacific cod in the 
GOA, or both:
    (1) Shoreside processing operations;
    (2) Vessels less than 125 ft (38.1 m) in LOA, that process no more 
than 126 mt per week in round-weight equivalents of an aggregate amount 
of those fish; and
    (3) Vessels that process those fish at a single geographic location 
in Alaska State waters (waters adjacent to the State of Alaska and 
shoreward of the EEZ) during a fishing year. For the purposes of this 
definition, NMFS will determine the single geographic location in a 
fishing year for an individual processor from the geographic 
coordinates the vessel operator reports on the check-in report 
(Sec. 672.5(h)(1) of this chapter) when that vessel first engages in 
processing those fish.
    IPHC means International Pacific Halibut Commission (see part 301 
of this title).
    Joint venture processing (JVP) (see Sec. 611.2 of this chapter).
    Landing means off-loading fish.
    Length overall (LOA) of a vessel means the horizontal distance, 
rounded to the nearest foot, between the foremost part of the stem and 
the aftermost part of the stern, excluding bowsprits, rudders, outboard 
motor brackets, and similar fittings or attachments (see Figure 6 of 
this part).
    Logbook means Daily Cumulative Production Logbook (DCPL), Daily 
Cumulative Logbook (DCL), or a Daily Fishing Logbook (DFL) required by 
Sec. 672.5.
    Manager, with respect to any shoreside processor or buying station, 
means the individual responsible for the operation of the shoreside 
processor operation or buying station.
    Maximum sustainable yield (MSY) (see part 602 of this chapter).
    Mothership means a vessel that receives and processes groundfish 
from other vessels.
    Net-sounder device means a sensor used to determine the depth from 
the water surface at which a fishing net is operating.
    nm means nautical mile.
    Non-allocated or nonspecified species means those fish species, 
other than prohibited species, for which total allowable catch (TAC) 
has not been specified (e.g., grenadier, prowfish, lingcod).
    Observer means any person certified under the NMFS Observer Plan 
(see part 677 of this chapter).
    Offshore component (applicable through December 31, 1998) means all 
vessels not included in the definition of ``inshore component'' that 
process pollock caught in directed fisheries for pollock in the GOA or 
BSAI, or Pacific cod caught in directed fisheries for Pacific cod in 
the GOA, or both.
    Optimum yield (OY) (see Secs. 672.20 and 675.20 of this chapter).
    ``Other species'' is a category that consists of groundfish species 
in each management area that are not specified as target species (see 
Secs. 672.20 and 675.20 of this chapter).
    Processing, or to process, means the preparation of fish to render 
it suitable for human consumption, industrial uses, or long-term 
storage, including but not limited to cooking, canning, smoking, 
salting, drying, freezing, or rendering into meal or oil, but does not 
mean icing, bleeding, heading, or gutting.
    Processor Vessel means, unless otherwise restricted, any vessel 
that has been issued a Federal fisheries permit and that can be used 
for processing groundfish.
    Quarter or quarterly reporting period means one of 4 successive 3-
month periods during a calendar year, which begin at 0001 hours, 
A.l.t., on the first day of each quarter, and end at 2359 hours, 
A.l.t., on the last day of each quarter. The 4 quarters for each year 
are specified below:
    1st quarter: January 1 through March 31;
    2nd quarter: April 1 through June 30; 
    
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    3rd quarter: July 1 through September 30; and
    4th quarter: October 1 through December 31.
    Regional Director means Director, Alaska Region, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
    Regulatory area means any of three areas of the EEZ in the GOA (see 
Figure 3 of this part) described as follows:
    (1) Eastern Regulatory Area means Statistical Areas 640 and 650.
    (2) Central Regulatory Area means Statistical Areas 620 and 630.
    (3) Western Regulatory Area means Statistical Area 610.
    Reporting area means any of the areas described in Figures 1 and 3 
of this part.
    Resident fisherman (see Sec. 675.27(d)(7) of this chapter).
    Round-weight equivalent means the weight of fish calculated by 
dividing the weight of the primary product made from that fish by the 
standard product recovery rate for that primary product as listed in 
Table 3 of this part, or, if not listed, the weight of fish calculated 
by dividing the weight of a primary product by the standard product 
recovery rate as determined using the best available evidence on a 
case-by-case basis.
    Set means a string of pots or hook-and-line gear or a group of pots 
that are deployed in a similar location with similar soak time.
    Shoreside processor or shoreside processing operation, means any 
person or vessel that receives unprocessed groundfish, except catcher/
processors, motherships, buying stations, restaurants, or persons 
receiving groundfish for use as bait or personal consumption.
    Southeast Outside District of the GOA means that part of the 
Eastern Regulatory Area contained in Statistical Area 650 (see Figure 3 
of this part).
    Statistical area means the part of any reporting area defined in 
Figures 1 and 3 of this part, contained in the EEZ.
    Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas (for BSAI, see Tables 4 and 5 of 
this part, Secs. 672.24(e) and 675.24(f) of this chapter) and 
Sec. 227.12 of this title; (for GOA, see Table 6 of this part).
    Stem means the forward part of a vessel; that portion of the vessel 
where the sides are united at the fore end with the lower end attached 
to the keel and the bowsprit, if one is present, resting on the upper 
end.
    Stern means the aft part of the vessel.
    Stretched mesh size means the distance between opposite knots of a 
four-sided mesh when opposite knots are pulled tautly to remove slack.
    Support Vessel means any vessel that is used in support of other 
vessels regulated under this part and part 675 of this chapter, 
including, but not limited to, supplying a fishing vessel with water, 
fuel, provisions, fishing equipment, fish processing equipment or other 
supplies, or transporting processed fish. The term ``support vessel'' 
does not include processor vessels or tender vessels. Target species 
are those species or species groups, except the ``other species'' 
category, for which a TAC is specified pursuant to Sec. 672.20(a) and 
Sec. 675.20(a) of this chapter.
    Tender Vessel means a vessel that is used to transport unprocessed 
fish received from another vessel to a shoreside processor, mothership, 
or buying station.
    Total allowable catch (TAC) (see Secs. 672.20(a)(2) and 
675.20(a)(2) of this chapter).
    Transfer includes any loading, offloading, shipment or receipt of 
any groundfish product, including quantities transferred inside or 
outside the EEZ, within any state's territorial waters, within the 
internal waters of any state, at any shoreside processor, or any 
offsite meal reduction plant.
    Trawl test areas (see Figure 7 of this part and Secs. 672.24(f) and 
675.24(g) of this chapter).
    Vessel Activity Report (VAR) (see Sec. 672.5(c)(5)).
    Vessel operations category (see Sec. 672.4).
    Walrus Protection Areas (see Sec. 675.22(f) of this chapter).
    Weekly reporting period means a time period, which begins at 0001 
hours, A.l.t., Sunday morning (except during the first week of each 
year, when it starts on January 1) and ends at 2359 hours, A.l.t., the 
following Saturday night (except during the last week of each year when 
it ends on December 31).
    West Yakutat District of the GOA means that part of the Eastern 
Regulatory Area of the GOA contained in Statistical Area 640 (see 
Figure 3 of this part).
    Western Aleutian District means that part of the Aleutian Islands 
Subarea contained in Statistical Area 543 (see Figure 1 of this part).
    Wing tip means the point where adjacent breast lines intersect or 
where a breast line intersects with the fishing line.
    4. In Sec. 672.3, paragraphs (a) and (c) are revised to read as 
follows:


Sec. 672.3  Relation to other laws.

    (a) Foreign fishing. Regulations governing foreign fishing for 
groundfish in the GOA are set forth at Sec. 611.92 of this chapter. 
Regulations governing foreign fishing for groundfish in the BSAI are 
set forth at Sec. 611.93 of this chapter. Regulations governing U.S. 
nationals fishing in the Russian fisheries are set forth in part 299 of 
this title.
* * * * *
    (c) Domestic fishing for groundfish. Regulations governing the 
conservation and management of groundfish in the GOA for vessels of the 
United States are set forth at this part and parts 620, 676, and 677 of 
this chapter. Regulations governing the conservation and management of 
groundfish in the BSAI are set forth in this part and parts 620, 675, 
676, and 677 of this chapter.
* * * * *
    5. Section 672.4 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 672.4  Fisheries permit.

    (a) General. (1) No vessel of the United States may be used to fish 
for groundfish in the GOA or in the BSAI unless the owner first obtains 
a Federal fisheries permit for the vessel issued under this part, 
except as provided in paragraph (a)(2) of this section. A Federal 
fisheries permit is effective only until December 31 of the year in 
which it is issued. Fisheries permits are issued without charge.
    (2) Vessels of the United States that fish in the GOA or BSAI for 
any non-groundfish species, including but not limited to, halibut, 
crab, salmon, scallops, and herring, and that do not retain any bycatch 
of groundfish are not required to obtain a Federal fisheries permit 
issued under this part.
    (3) This section is effective from January 1, 1996, through 
December 31, 1998, unless otherwise specified. Unless specifically 
exempt under 50 CFR part 676, the owner of a vessel of the United 
States must obtain a moratorium permit issued under 50 CFR part 676 
before using the vessel to conduct directed fishing for moratorium 
groundfish species, as defined at Sec. 676.2 of this chapter, in the 
GOA or BSAI. The owner of a vessel of the United States that is not 
required to have a moratorium permit, because the vessel is 
specifically exempt under Sec. 676.3 of this chapter, must obtain a 
fisheries permit issued under this part before using the vessel to fish 
for groundfish in the GOA or BSAI. Such permits shall be issued without 
charge.
    (b) Federal Fisheries Permit Application--(1) Request for 
application and permit. A person may obtain an application for a 
Federal fisheries permit required under paragraph (a) of this section 
from: National Marine Fisheries Service, Restricted Access Management 
Division, 

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P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668, telephone number: 800-304-4846 
or 907-586-7202.
    (2) Completed application. (i) A person may obtain the Federal 
fisheries permit required under paragraph (a) of this section by 
submitting a written permit application to the address given in 
paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
    (ii) The owner or operator of a vessel must answer each question on 
the permit application in the manner set forth in paragraph (c) of this 
section.
    (iii) The owner or operator must mail completed forms to the 
address given in paragraph (b)(1) of this section or fax completed 
forms to: 907-586-7354.
    (iv) The owner or operator must complete a separate application for 
each vessel or processor and must retain a copy of each completed or 
revised application.
    (v) The owner or operator must type or print legibly the 
information requested on the application.
    (3) Application deficiency. Upon receipt of an incomplete or 
improperly completed fisheries permit application, the Regional 
Director will notify the applicant of the deficiency in the permit 
application. If the applicant fails to correct the deficiency, the 
permit will not be issued. No permit will be issued to an applicant 
until a complete application is received.
    (c) Permit application contents. The owner or operator must record:
    (1) If application is for an amended permit, the current Federal 
Fisheries Permit number and information that has changed.
    (2) If for a vessel, the complete name and homeport (city and 
state) of the vessel; the ADF&G Vessel number; the U.S. Coast Guard 
documentation number or Alaska registration number; the vessel's LOA 
and registered net tonnage; and the telephone, fax, and COMSAT 
(satellite communication) numbers used on board the vessel.
    (3) Shoreside Processor Information. Refer to Sec. 677.4(b) of this 
chapter.
    (4) Owner Information. The owner of the vessel or shoreside 
processor must record the owner's name, permanent business mailing 
address, telephone and fax numbers; and the name of any company (other 
than the owner) that manages the operations of the vessel or shoreside 
processor.
    (5) Federal Fisheries Permit Information. The owner must record:
    (i) The fishery or fisheries and the vessel operations category for 
which the permit would apply as set forth under paragraph (e) of this 
section and Sec. 672.2;
    (ii) If a catcher vessel or catcher/processor, the gear type(s) 
used for groundfish operations;
    (iii) If a catcher vessel, whether groundfish is retained only as 
bycatch from halibut, crab, or salmon fisheries; and whether sablefish 
(black cod) is the only groundfish targeted in the GOA;
    (iv) If a mothership or catcher/processor, check either inshore or 
offshore to indicate component in which Pacific cod in the GOA or 
pollock will be processed for the entire fishing year.
    (6) Signature. The owner must sign and date the application.
    (d) Fisheries permit issuance. (1) Except as provided in subpart D 
of 15 CFR part 904, upon receipt of a properly completed permit 
application, the Regional Director will issue a fisheries permit 
required by paragraph (a) of this section.
    (2) The Regional Director will send the fisheries permit to the 
applicant along with the appropriate logbooks as provided under 
Sec. 672.5.
    (e) Vessel operations category. (1) A fisheries permit issued under 
paragraph (d)(1) of this section authorizes a vessel to conduct 
operations as a catcher vessel, catcher/processor, mothership, Tender 
Vessel, or support vessel.
    (2) A vessel may be issued a fisheries permit as a support vessel 
or as any combination of the other four categories (catcher vessel, 
catcher/processor, mothership, Tender Vessel). A vessel permitted as a 
catcher vessel, catcher/processor, mothership, or Tender Vessel may 
also conduct all operations authorized for a support vessel.
    (f) Amended permit. (1) An owner or operator who applied for and 
received a fisheries permit under this section must notify the Regional 
Director, in writing, of any change in the information provided under 
paragraph (c) of this section within 10 days of the date of that 
change.
    (2) An application for an amended permit must be made on the permit 
application as set forth in paragraph (c) of this section.
    (3) If the application is for an amended fisheries permit required 
under paragraph (a) of this section and designates a change or addition 
of a vessel operations category, the amended permit must be on board 
the vessel before the new type of operations begins.
    (g) Duration. (1) A fisheries permit remains in effect through 
December 31 of the year for which it is issued unless it is revoked, 
suspended, or modified under 15 CFR part 904 (Civil Procedures), or 
unless it is surrendered or invalidated.
    (2) A fisheries permit is surrendered when the original permit is 
submitted to and received by NMFS Enforcement Office in Juneau.
    (h) Alteration. No person may alter, erase, or mutilate any 
fisheries permit issued under paragraph (a) of this section. Any 
fisheries permit that is intentionally altered, erased, or mutilated is 
invalid.
    (i) Transfer. A fisheries permit issued under paragraph (a) of this 
section is not transferable or assignable and is valid only for the 
vessel for which it is issued.
    (j) Inspection. (1) An original fisheries permit issued under 
paragraph (a) of this section must be carried on board the vessel 
whenever the vessel is fishing. Photocopied or faxed copies are not 
considered originals.
    (2) A permit issued under paragraph (a) of this section must be 
presented for inspection upon the request of any authorized officer.
    (k) Sanctions. Procedures governing permit sanctions and denials 
are found at subpart D of 15 CFR part 904.
    (l) Moratorium permit. In addition to the Federal fisheries permit 
required by paragraph (a) of this section and any other permits that 
may be required by Federal or Alaska State regulations, a moratorium 
permit may be required by part 676 of this chapter for a vessel of the 
United States if the vessel is used to conduct directed fishing for 
moratorium groundfish species, as defined at Sec. 676.2 of this 
chapter, in the GOA or BSAI.
    6. Section 672.5 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 672.5  Recordkeeping and reporting.

    (a) Applicability and general requirements--(1) Applicability. (i) 
Except as otherwise provided, this section applies to:
    (A) Any catcher vessel, mothership, catcher/processor, or Tender 
Vessel, 5 net tons or larger, which is required to have a fisheries 
permit under Sec. 672.4; and
    (B) Any shoreside processor, mothership, or buying station that 
receives groundfish from vessels required to have a fisheries permit 
under Sec. 672.4.
    (ii) Catcher vessels that are less than 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA, are not 
required to comply with recordkeeping and reporting requirements under 
this section.
    (iii) A shoreside processor, mothership, or buying station subject 
to recordkeeping and reporting requirements must report all groundfish 
and prohibited species received, including:
    (A) Fish received from vessels not required to have a fisheries 
permit;
    (B) Fish received under contract for handling or processing for 
another processor. 

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    (2) Responsibility. The operator of a catcher vessel, catcher/
processor, mothership, or buying station delivering to a mothership 
(hereafter referred to as the operator) and the manager of a shoreside 
processor or buying station delivering to a shoreside processor 
(hereafter referred to as the manager) are each responsible for 
compliance with the applicable recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
of this section. In addition, the owner of a vessel, shoreside 
processor, or buying station must ensure that the operator, manager, or 
designated representative (see paragraph (b) of this section) complies 
with these requirements and is responsible for compliance.
    (3) Groundfish logbooks and forms. The Regional Director will 
prescribe and provide logbooks and forms required under this section as 
shown in Table 9 of this part. The operator or manager must use these 
logbooks and forms or obtain approval from the Regional Director to use 
electronic versions of the logbooks and forms.
    (4) Participant identification information. The operator or manager 
must record on all required records, reports, and logbooks:
    (i) The name of the catcher vessel, catcher/processor, mothership, 
shoreside processor, or buying station as displayed in official 
documentation;
    (ii) If a vessel, the Federal Fisheries Permit number and ADF&G 
Vessel number (if applicable);
    (iii) If a processor, the Federal Processor Permit number and ADF&G 
Processor number;
    (iv) If a buying station, the name and ADF&G Vessel number (if 
applicable) of the buying station; the name, ADF&G Processor number, 
and Federal Processor Permit number of associated processor;
    (v) If a shoreside processor or land-based buying station, the 
geographic location of operations.
    (5) Representative identification. The name, daytime business 
telephone number (including area code), fax or telex number, and the 
COMSAT number (if applicable) of the representative;
    (6) Maintenance of records--(i) General. The operator or manager 
must maintain all records, reports, and logbooks in a legible, timely, 
and accurate manner; in English; if handwritten, in indelible ink; if 
computer-generated, a printed, paper copy; and based on Alaska local 
time.
    (ii) The operator or manager must account for each day of the 
fishing year, starting with January 1 and ending with December 31, and 
the time periods must be consecutive in the logbook.
    (iii) When applicable, the operator or manager must record in each 
report, form, and logbook the following information:
    (A) Page number. Number the pages in each logbook consecutively, 
beginning with page one and continuing throughout the logbook for the 
remainder of the fishing year, except that the manager of a shoreside 
processor must number the DCPL pages within Part I and Part II 
separately beginning with page one;
    (B) Date, presented as month-day-year;
    (C) Time, in military format to the nearest hour, A.l.t.;
    (D) Position coordinates, latitude and longitude to the nearest 
minute (optional: Record to the nearest second or fraction of minute);
    (E) Reporting area codes, given in Figures 1 and 3 of this part;
    (F) Species codes, each target species, the ``other species'' 
category, and prohibited species (see Secs. 672.20(e) and 675.20(c) of 
this chapter), using the species codes given in Table 2 of this part;
    (G) Original/revised report. If a report is the first one submitted 
to the Regional Director for a given date, gear type, and reporting 
area, ``ORIGINAL REPORT.'' If report is a correction to a previously 
submitted report for a given date, gear type, and reporting area, 
``REVISED REPORT;''
    (H) Metric tons. The required weight units used to record amounts 
of landings, product, and discards of groundfish and herring must be 
recorded in pounds (lb) or to the nearest 0.01 mt on all forms and 
logbooks;
    (7) Active and inactive periods. The operator or manager must, in 
the DFL, DCL, or DCPL:
    (i) Account for each day of the fishing year by indicating active 
and inactive periods, as defined in Sec. 672.2;
    (ii) Use a separate logbook page for each day of an active period;
    (iii) Indicate on one page the first and last day of an inactive 
period;
    (iv) Fishing activity. The operator or manager must indicate all 
fishing activity, which is defined for each type of vessel as follows:
    (A) If a catcher vessel, harvest or discard of groundfish;
    (B) If a catcher/processor, harvest, discard, or processing of 
groundfish;
    (C) If a mothership or shoreside processor, receipt, discard, or 
processing of groundfish;
    (D) If a buying station, receipt, discard, or delivery of 
groundfish;
    (v) If in an active period and conducting fishing activity, the 
operator or manager must record:
    (A) The gear type used to harvest the groundfish. If a catcher 
vessel or catcher/processor and using hook-and-line longline gear, the 
average number of hooks per skate;
    (B) The reporting area code where gear retrieval was completed; 
whether gear retrieval was in Federal or Alaska State waters;
    (C) If a catcher vessel, whether a NMFS-certified observer is on 
board the vessel. If a catcher/processor, mothership, or shoreside 
processor, the number of NMFS-certified observers on board or on site;
    (D) The number of crew, except certified observer;
    (E) Whether harvest is under a CDQ program; if yes, the CDQ number;
    (F) If a catcher vessel or buying station, the name and ADF&G 
Processor number of the mothership or shoreside processor to which 
groundfish deliveries were made;
    (vi) If in an active period and not conducting fishing activity, 
the operator or manager must indicate ``NO FISHING ACTIVITY'' and 
briefly describe the reason.
    (8) Landings information. The manager of a shoreside processor 
must:
    (i) Record and report groundfish landings by species codes and 
product codes as defined in Tables 1 and 2 of this part for each 
reporting area, whether from Alaska State waters or Federal waters, 
gear type, and CDQ number;
    (ii) Record in the DCPL each day on the day such landings occur, 
the following additional information:
    (A) The daily combined scale weight of landings retained for 
processing from a catcher vessel or any associated buying station, in 
pounds or to at least the nearest 0.01 mt;
    (B) If more than one page is used during a weekly reporting period, 
the total amount of landings carried forward from the previous page;
    (C) At the end of each weekly reporting period, the cumulative 
total weight, calculated by adding the daily totals and total carried 
forward for that week;
    (iii) If no landings occurred, write ``NO LANDINGS'' for that day.
    (9) Product information. The operator or manager of a catcher/
processor, mothership, or shoreside processor must, where required:
    (i) Record and report groundfish products by species codes, product 
codes, and product designations as defined in Tables 1 and 2 of this 
part for each reporting area, whether in Alaska State waters or Federal 
waters, gear type, and CDQ number;
    (ii) Record in the DCPL each day on the day such production occurs, 
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daily total, balance brought forward (except for shoreside processor), 
and cumulative total fish product weight (see Sec. 672.2) for each 
product of groundfish in pounds or to at least the nearest 0.01 mt;
    (iii) If no production occurred, write ``NO PRODUCTION'' for that 
day.
    (10) Discarded/donated species information. The manager or operator 
must, where required:
    (i) Record and report discards and donations by species codes and 
discard product codes as defined in Tables 1 and 2 of this part for 
each reporting area, whether in Alaska State waters or Federal waters, 
gear type, and CDQ number;
    (ii) Record the estimated daily total, balance brought forward, and 
cumulative total round fish weight in the DFL, DCL, or DCPL each day on 
the day such discards and donations occur for each discard and donation 
of groundfish species, groundfish species groups, and Pacific herring 
in pounds or to at least the nearest 0.01 mt;
    (iii) Record the estimated daily total, balance brought forward, 
and cumulative total numbers in the DFL, DCL, or DCPL each day on the 
day such discards and donations occur for each discard and donation of 
Pacific salmon, steelhead trout, Pacific halibut, king crab, and Tanner 
crab;
    (iv) If there were no discards or donations, write ``NO DISCARDS'', 
``0'', or ``ZERO'' for that day.
    (v) Catcher Vessel discards/donations. (A) For deliveries of 
unsorted codends, the catcher vessel is exempt from recording of 
discards in the DFL and from submittal of the blue logsheet (discards 
copy) for that delivery. The operator is required to check the box 
entitled, ``unsorted codend'', and the blue DFL logsheet (discards 
copy) remains in the DFL;
    (B) For presorted deliveries or in the event a catcher vessel has 
``bled'' a codend prior to delivery to a processor, the operator must 
check the ``presorted delivery'' box, enter the amount of discards and 
donations by species, and submit the blue DFL logsheet (discards copy) 
to the mothership, buying station, or shoreside processor with each 
harvest delivery.
    (vi) Buying Station discards/donations. (A) The operator or manager 
must record in the DCL on a daily basis on the day such discard occurs, 
all discards and donations that occur after receipt of harvest from a 
catcher vessel and prior to delivery to a mothership or shoreside 
processor;
    (B) If a blue DFL logsheet is received from a catcher vessel and 
contains reports of discards or donations, the operator or manager must 
record in the DCL the discards and donations on the day the DFL 
logsheet is received from the catcher vessel;
    (vii) Catcher/Processor discards/donations. The operator must 
record in the DCPL on the day such discard or donation occurs all 
discards and donations that occur prior to harvest, during harvest, and 
during processing;
    (viii) Mothership or shoreside processor discards/donations.
    (A) The operator or manager must record in the DCPL on a daily 
basis on the day such discard or donation occurs, all discards and 
donations that occur on site after receipt of groundfish, and all 
discards and donations that occur during processing of groundfish;
    (B) If an unsorted codend is received from a catcher vessel, the 
catcher vessel is not required to submit a blue discard logsheet to the 
mothership or shoreside processor. The operator or manager must sort 
the catch received from the unsorted codends and must record the 
discards by species in the DCPL as discard at sea on the day the 
harvest is received from the catcher vessel;
    (C) If discards are reported on a blue DFL logsheet from a catcher 
vessel delivering a pre-sorted codend or if a catcher vessel reports an 
amount bled at sea, the operator or manager must record in the DCPL the 
discards on the day the DFL logsheet is received from the catcher 
vessel.
    (D) If a yellow DCL logsheet is received from a buying station and 
discards and donations are reported, the operator or manager must 
record in the DCPL the discards and donations on the day the DCL 
logsheet is received from the buying station;
    (11) Contract processing. (i) The manager of a shoreside processor 
or operator of a mothership who receives groundfish to be handled or 
processed under contract for another processor or business entity must 
report these fish to the Regional Director consistently throughout a 
fishing year using one of two methods:
    (A) Record landings (if applicable), discards, and products of 
contract-processed groundfish routinely in the DCPL without separate 
identification; or
    (B) Record landings (if applicable), discards, and products of 
contract-processed groundfish in a separate DCPL identified by the 
name, Federal Processor Permit number, Federal Fisheries Permit number 
(if applicable), and ADF&G Processor code of the associated business 
entity;
    (ii) If contract-processed groundfish records are kept separate 
from the routine DCPL, the operator or manager of the mothership or 
shoreside processor must summarize and report that information on a WPR 
identified by the name, Federal Processor Permit number, Federal 
Fisheries Permit number (if applicable), and ADF&G Processor code of 
the associated business entity.
    (12) Alteration of records. (i) The operator, manager, or any other 
person may not alter or change any entry or record in a logbook except 
that an inaccurate or incorrect entry or record may be corrected by 
lining out the original and inserting the correction, provided that the 
original entry or record remains legible.
    (ii) No person except an authorized officer may remove any original 
page of any logbook.
    (13) Inspection of records. The operator or manager of a catcher 
vessel, catcher/processor, mothership, or shoreside processor, must 
make all logbooks, reports, and forms required under paragraph (a)(3) 
of this section available for inspection upon the request of an 
authorized officer.
    (14) Submittal of logbooks, reports and forms--(i) Quarterly 
submittal of logbook. (A) The operator of a catcher vessel, catcher/
processor, mothership, or the manager of a shoreside processor must 
submit the yellow logsheets on a quarterly basis to: NMFS Alaska 
Fisheries Science Center, Logbook Program, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, 
Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115.
    (B) The operator or manager must submit the yellow logsheets as 
follows: First quarter, by May 1 of that year; second quarter, by 
August 1 of that year; third quarter, by November 1 of that year; and 
fourth quarter, by February 1 of the following year.
    (C) During an inactive period that extends across two or more 
quarters, the operator or manager must complete two separate logsheets: 
one to indicate the last day of the quarter and the next page to 
indicate the first day of the next quarter.
    (ii) Submittal of reports and forms. Reports and forms may be 
submitted by the operator or manager by:
    (A) Using the NMFS printed form and faxing it to the fax number on 
the form; or
    (B) Transmitting a data file with required information and forms to 
NMFS by modem or satellite (specifically INMARSAT standards A, B, or 
C).
    (15) Record retention--(i) Original Copy. (A) The operator of a 
catcher vessel, catcher/processor, or mothership and the manager of a 
shoreside processor must retain the original (white) copy of all 
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those reports and forms that were originally submitted electronically;
    (1) On site until the end of the fishing year during which the 
records were made and for as long thereafter as fish or fish products 
recorded in the logbook, reports, and forms are retained;
    (2) For 3 years after the end of the fishing year during which the 
records were made;
    (B) The operator or manager of a buying station must retain the 
original (white) copy of all DCLs required under paragraph (a)(2) of 
this section on site until the buying station has concluded receiving 
groundfish for a shoreside processor or mothership and for as long as 
fish and fish products recorded in the DCL are retained by the buying 
station;
    (ii) Yellow DCL logsheet. When the operator of a mothership or the 
manager of a shoreside processor submits on a quarterly basis to NMFS, 
the yellow DCL logsheets received from associated buying stations per 
paragraph (a)(14) of this section, the operator or manager must retain 
a photocopy of the yellow DCL logsheets until the original DCL is 
received from the associated buying station operator or manager.
    (iii) Blue DFL logsheet. (A) The operator of a mothership and the 
manager of a shoreside processor must retain the blue DFL logsheets 
(discard reports) submitted to them by operators of catcher vessels 
through the last day of the fishing year during which the records were 
made.
    (B) The operator or manager of a buying station must submit to the 
mothership or shoreside processor any blue logsheets (discards copy) 
received from catcher vessels delivering groundfish to the buying 
station.
    (iv) Pink DCL logsheet. The operator or manager of a buying station 
must retain the pink DCL logsheets for 3 years after the end of the 
fishing year during which the records were made.
    (16) Integration of Buying Station records. (i) The operator or 
manager of a buying station must maintain a separate DCL for each 
shoreside processor or mothership to which the buying station delivers 
groundfish during a fishing year.
    (ii) The operator or manager of a buying station must submit upon 
delivery of catch, the yellow DCL logsheets, to the shoreside processor 
or mothership to which it delivers groundfish, along with the blue DFL 
logsheets and ADF&G fish tickets or catch receipts for that delivery.
    (iii) Upon conclusion of receiving groundfish for a shoreside 
processor or mothership, the buying station operator or manager must 
submit the original DCL to the shoreside processor manager or 
mothership operator to which deliveries were made.
    (iv) If the mothership operator or the shoreside processor manager 
receives fish from a buying station, the operator or manager must 
incorporate all of the DCL information into the DCPL.
    (b) Designated Representative. The operator or manager of a catcher 
vessel, mothership, catcher/processor, shoreside processor or buying 
station may identify one person to fill out and sign the logbook, 
complete the recordkeeping and reporting forms, or both, and to 
identify who will be the contact person for inquiries from NMFS. 
Designation of a representative under this paragraph does not relieve 
the owner, operator, or manager of responsibility for compliance with 
this part.
    (c) Catcher Vessel DFL and Catcher/Processor DCPL--(1) Requirement. 
(i) The operator of each catcher vessel or catcher/processor subject to 
this part must:
    (A) Answer each question on the DFL or DCPL in the manner set forth 
under paragraphs (c)(3) through (7) of this section; and
    (B) Submit the DFL or DCPL in the manner set forth under paragraphs 
(a)(14) and (c)(2) of this section.
    (ii) Pair trawl. If two catcher vessels are dragging a trawl 
between them (pair trawl), a separate DFL must be maintained by each of 
the vessels. Each vessel operator must log the amount of the catch 
retained by that vessel and any fish discarded by the vessel.
    (2) Time limit and submittal. (i) The operator must record in the 
DFL or DCPL, the time, position, and estimated groundfish catch weight 
within 2 hours after gear retrieval;
    (ii) The operator must record all other information required in the 
DFL or DCPL by noon of the day following gear retrieval if a catcher 
vessel or by noon of the day following completion of production if a 
catcher/processor;
    (iii) The operator of a catcher vessel must submit the blue DFL 
logsheets with delivery of the harvest to the operator or manager of 
the buying station, mothership, or shoreside processor;
    (iv) Notwithstanding other time limits, the operator of a catcher 
vessel must record all information required in the DFL within 2 hours 
after the vessel's catch is offloaded;
    (3) The operator must record on each page:
    (i) Page number as defined at paragraph (a)(6)(i) of this section;
    (ii) The start date and end date of the fishing trip;
    (iii) If a catcher vessel, the vessel name and ADF&G vessel 
registration number. If a catcher/processor, the name, ADF&G Processor 
number, and Federal Processor number of the catcher/processor;
    (iv) The operator's signature;
    (v) Active/inactive period. Whether catcher vessel or catcher/
processor is in an active or inactive period as defined at paragraph 
(a)(7) of this section.
    (4) The operator must record the following for each haul or set:
    (i) Date (month-day-year);
    (ii) Gear deployment. The number of haul or set, by sequence; begin 
time and position coordinates of gear deployment; average sea depth and 
average gear depth, recorded to the nearest meter or fathom.
    (iii) Gear retrieval. The date, time, and position coordinates of 
gear retrieval. If the vessel is using longline hook-and-line gear, the 
number of skates set. If the vessel is using longline pot or single pot 
gear, the total number of pots set.
    (iv) The estimated total round fish weight of the groundfish catch; 
and
    (v) The species code of the intended target species from Table 2 of 
this part.
    (vi) The estimated IFQ sablefish amounts in the ``comments'' 
column.
    (5) The operator must record discard/donation information as 
defined at paragraph (a)(10) of this section.
    (6) If a catcher vessel, the operator must record:
    (i) The date of delivery.
    (ii) The name, ADF&G processor code, and ADF&G fish ticket 
number(s) provided by the manager or operator of the mothership, 
shoreside processor, or buying station.
    (7) If a catcher/processor, the operator must record product 
information as set forth at paragraph (a)(9) of this section.
    (d) Buying station DCL--(1) Requirement. The operator or manager of 
each buying station subject to this part must:
    (i) Answer each question on the DCL in the manner set forth under 
paragraphs (d) (3) through (5) of this section; and
    (ii) Submit the DCL in the manner set forth under paragraphs (d)(2) 
and (a)(14), respectively, of this section.
    (2) Time limits. (i) The operator or manager must record entries in 
the DCL as to catcher vessel delivery information within 2 hours after 
completion of receipt of the groundfish.
    (ii) All other information required in the DCL must be recorded by 
noon of the day following the day the receipt of groundfish was 
completed or discard occurred.
    (3) The operator or manager must record for each page: 
    
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    (i) Page number as defined at paragraph (a)(6)(i) of this section;
    (ii) The date;
    (iii) The buying station name and, if a vessel, the ADF&G Vessel 
number;
    (iv) The operator's or manager's signature.
    (v) Active/inactive period. Whether buying station is in an active 
or inactive period as defined at paragraph (a)(7) of this section.
    (vi) The name and ADF&G processor code of the mothership or 
shoreside processor to which groundfish deliveries were made;
    (vii) The number of crew;
    (4) The operator or manager must record the following information 
for each delivery of groundfish:
    (i) The ADF&G fish ticket number issued to each catcher vessel 
delivering groundfish. If a fish ticket was not issued, the catch 
receipt number of the transaction;
    (ii) Whether blue DFL logsheets were received from catcher vessel;
    (iii) The time when receipt of groundfish catch was completed;
    (iv) The name and ADF&G vessel registration number of the catcher 
vessel delivering the groundfish;
    (v) The total groundfish delivery weight.
    (5) The operator or manager must record discard/donation 
information as defined at paragraph (a)(10) of this section.
    (e) Mothership DCPL--(1) Requirement. The operator of each 
mothership subject to this part must:
    (i) Answer each question on the DCPL in the manner set forth under 
paragraphs (e) (3) through (6) of this section; and
    (ii) Submit the DCPL in the manner set forth under paragraphs 
(e)(2) and (a)(14), respectively, of this section.
    (2) Time limits. (i) The operator must record entries in the DCPL 
as to catcher vessel or buying station delivery information within 2 
hours after completion of the groundfish receipt.
    (ii) All other information required in the DCPL must be recorded by 
noon of the day following the day the catch receipt, discard, or 
production occurred.
    (3) The operator must record on each page:
    (i) Page number as defined at paragraph (a)(6) of this section;
    (ii) The date;
    (iii) The name, ADF&G Processor number, and Federal Processor 
number;
    (iv) The operator's signature.
    (v) Whether mothership is in an active or inactive period as 
defined at paragraph (a)(7) of this section.
    (4) The operator must record for each delivery:
    (i) Whether delivery is from a catcher vessel or a buying station;
    (ii) The name and ADF&G vessel registration number (if applicable) 
of the catcher vessel or buying station delivering the groundfish;
    (iii) The time and position coordinates of the mothership when 
groundfish catch is received;
    (iv) The estimated total round fish weight of the groundfish catch;
    (v) The ADF&G fish ticket number issued to each catcher vessel 
delivering groundfish. If a fish ticket is not issued, record the catch 
receipt number of the transaction.
    (5) The operator must record discard/donation information as 
defined at paragraph (a)(10) of this section.
    (6) The operator must record product information as defined at 
paragraph (a)(9) of this section.
    (f) Shoreside Processor DCPL--(1) Requirement. The manager of each 
shoreside processor subject to this part must:
    (i) Answer each question on the DCPL in the manner set forth under 
paragraphs (f)(3) through (f)(7) of this section;
    (ii) Submit the DCPL in the manner set forth under paragraphs 
(f)(2) and (a)(14) of this section.
    (2) Time limits. (i) The manager must record in the DCPL all 
catcher vessel or buying station delivery information within 2 hours 
after completion of the groundfish receipt.
    (ii) All other information required in the DCPL must be recorded by 
noon of the day following the day the catch receipt, discard, or 
production occurred.
    (3) Part IA. The operator must record on each page:
    (i) Page number. If page is for an individual day, the date. If 
page is for 1 week, week-ending date. See also paragraph (a)(6)(iii) of 
this section;
    (ii) Participant identification information as defined at paragraph 
(a)(4) of this section;
    (iii) The signature of the manager;
    (iv) Whether the shoreside processor is in an active or inactive 
period as defined at paragraph (a)(7) of this section.
    (4) Delivery information (Part IB). The manager must record the 
following information for each delivery:
    (i) Date and time when receipt of groundfish catch was completed;
    (ii) Whether delivery is from catcher vessel or buying station;
    (iii) Whether blue DFL logsheets were submitted by catcher vessel;
    (iv) The name and ADF&G vessel registration number (if applicable) 
of the catcher vessel or buying station delivering the groundfish;
    (v) The total scale weight of groundfish delivery in pounds or to 
the nearest 0.01 mt;
    (vi) The ADF&G fish ticket number issued to the catcher vessel 
delivering groundfish. If a fish ticket is not issued, record the catch 
receipt number of the transaction.
    (5) Landings information (Part IC). The manager must record:
    (i) The date next to the appropriate day of the week (SUN through 
SAT);
    (ii) Landings information as defined at paragraph (a)(8) of this 
section.
    (6) Discarded/donated species information (Part ID). The manager 
must record:
    (i) The date next to the appropriate day of the week (SUN through 
SAT);
    (ii) Discard information as defined at paragraph (a)(10) of this 
section.
    (7) Part II. The manager must record:
    (i) Page numbers must be consecutive within Part II, beginning with 
page one for the first day product was produced after the start of the 
fishing year and continuing throughout the section for the remainder of 
the fishing year;
    (ii) The name, ADF&G processor code number, and Federal Processor 
number of shoreside processor;
    (iii) The signature of the manager.
    (iv) Product information. (A) The week-ending date;
    (B) The management area (BSAI or GOA);
    (C) The date next to the appropriate day of the week (SUN through 
SAT);
    (D) Product information as defined at paragraph (a)(9) of this 
section.
    (g) Groundfish Product Transfer Report (PTR)--(1) Requirement. (i) 
The operator of a mothership or catcher/processor or the manager of a 
shoreside processor must record each transfer of groundfish product on 
a separate PTR.
    (ii) The operator or manager must answer each question on the PTR 
in the manner set forth under paragraphs (g)(3) through (g)(6) of this 
section for each transfer of groundfish or groundfish product and must 
submit the PTR in the manner set forth under paragraph (g)(2) of this 
section.
    (iii) Shoreside Processor transfer to offsite meal reduction plant. 
The manager of a shoreside processor must report on a PTR those fish 
products which are subsequently transferred to an offsite meal 
reduction plant;
    (iv) Transfer of groundfish for bait. The operator or manager must 
report on a PTR, daily sales or transfer of groundfish to vessels for 
bait. Individual sales of groundfish for bait purposes during a day may 
be aggregated when recording the amount of product leaving a facility 
that day.
    (2) Time limits and submittal. The operator or manager must:
    
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    (i) Record all product transfer information on a PTR within 2 hours 
of the completion of the transfer;
    (ii) Submit a copy of each PTR to the Regional Director to fax 
number 907-586-7313 within 24 hours of completion of transfer.
    (3) The operator or manager must record on each page:
    (i) Whether an original or revised report, as defined at paragraph 
(a)(6) of this section;
    (ii) Page numbers must be numbered sequentially, with the first 
transfer of the fishing year as page 1 and continuing throughout the 
remainder of the fishing year;
    (iii) If product (including raw fish) is received, ``RECEIPT''. If 
product (including raw fish) is offloaded from a mothership or catcher/
processor, ``OFFLOAD''. If product (including raw fish) is shipped from 
a shoreside processor, ``SHIPMENT'';
    (iv) Representative identification information, as defined at 
paragraph (a)(5) of this section;
    (v) If a catcher/processor or mothership, the participant 
identification information as defined at paragraph (a)(4) of this 
section and USCG documentation number. If a shoreside processor, the 
participant identification information as defined at paragraph (a)(4).
    (4) Transfer information. The operator or manager must record the 
following information for each transfer:
    (i) If another vessel is involved with the transfer, the name and 
call sign of the vessel receiving or delivering groundfish or 
groundfish products;
    (ii) If a mothership or catcher/processor and the transfer takes 
place in port, the port of landing and country, if a foreign location;
    (iii) If transfer is made to an agent, the agent's name. For 
purposes of this part, agent is defined as the transport company, the 
buyer, or the distributor;
    (iv) Intended first destination of product. (A) If an offload or 
shipment, the intended destination of vessel or agent receiving 
groundfish or groundfish product. If receipt, not applicable;
    (B) If an offload or shipment has several destinations, the primary 
or first intended destination;
    (C) If offload or shipment is going to a single agent and initial 
destination but requires loading on multiple vans, trucks, or airline 
flights, the transfer may be recorded on a single PTR page;
    (v) Date and time of product transfer--(A) Start date. The date and 
time the transfer starts;
    (B) Finish date. The date and time the transfer is completed;
    (1) If shipment is an individual van load or flight, the date and 
time when each shipment leaves the plant;
    (2) If shipment involves multiple vans or trucks, the date and time 
when loading of vans or trucks is completed for each day;
    (3) If shipment involves air freight, record date and time when the 
last air freight shipment of the day leaves the plant;
    (vi) Position transferred. If a catcher/processor or mothership and 
transfer of product is made at sea, the transfer position coordinates.
    (5) Products and quantities offloaded, shipped, or received. 
    (i) If a catcher/processor or mothership, the Harvest Zone code of 
the area in which groundfish were harvested as defined in Table 8 of 
this part;
    (ii) The species code and product code for each product transferred 
as defined in Tables 1 and 2 of this part;
    (iii) The number of cartons or production units transferred;
    (iv) The average net weight of one carton for each species and 
product code in kilograms or pounds;
    (v) The total net weight (fish product weight, to the nearest 0.01 
mt) of the products transferred;
    (6) If a catcher/processor or mothership, whether transfer is a 
total or partial offload. If partial offload, the total fish product 
weight, to the nearest 0.01 mt, of the products (by harvest zone, 
species and product codes) remaining on board after this transfer;
    (h) Check-in/Check-out Report--(1) Requirement--(i) Check-in report 
(BEGIN Message). Before a catcher/processor commences harvest of 
groundfish in Alaska State or Federal waters of any reporting area 
except 300, 400, 550, or 690 or before a mothership, shoreside 
processor or buying station commences receipt of groundfish from Alaska 
State or Federal waters of any reporting area except 300, 400, 550, or 
690, the operator or manager must answer each question on the Check-in/
Check-out Report in the manner set forth under paragraphs (h)(3), 
(h)(4), and (h)(6) of this section; and must submit the Check-in/Check-
out Report in the manner set forth under paragraph (h)(2) of this 
section.
    (ii) Check-out report (CEASE Message). (A) If a catcher/ processor 
departs a reporting area or moves between Alaska State and Federal 
waters in a reporting area, and gear retrieval is complete from that 
area, the operator or manager must answer each question on a Check-out 
report in the manner set forth in paragraphs (h)(3), (h)(5), and (h)(6) 
of this section and must submit the Check-in/Check-out Report in the 
manner set forth under paragraph (h)(2) of this section;
    (B) If a mothership or shoreside processor, and groundfish receipt 
and processing are completed, the operator or manager must answer each 
question on a Check-out report in the manner set forth in paragraphs 
(h)(3), (h)(5), and (h)(6) of this section and must submit the Check-
in/Check-out Report in the manner set forth under paragraph (h)(2) of 
this section;
    (iii) Transit between reporting areas. If a vessel is transiting 
through a reporting area and is not fishing or receiving fish, a Check-
in or Check-out report is not required from that area;
    (iv) Multiple vessel operations categories. If a catcher/ processor 
is functioning simultaneously as a mothership in the same reporting 
area, the operator must submit a separate Check-in report for each 
vessel operations category. Upon completion of each activity, the 
operator must submit a Check-out report for each vessel operations 
category.
    (2) Time limits and submittal--(i) Check-in report. (A) The 
operator of a catcher/processor must submit by fax a Check-in report 
(BEGIN message) to the Regional Director at fax number 907-586-7131 
before commencing any harvest of groundfish.
    (B) The operator or manager of a mothership, shoreside processor, 
or buying station must submit by fax a Check-in report (BEGIN message) 
to the Regional Director at fax number 907-586-7131 before commencing 
any receipt of groundfish.
    (ii) Check-out report. (A) For a catcher/processor, mothership, or 
buying station, the operator must submit by fax a Check-out report 
(CEASE message) to the Regional Director at fax number 907-586-7131 
within 24 hours after leaving either the Alaska State or Federal part 
of a reporting area.
    (B) For a shoreside processor, the manager must submit by fax a 
Check-out report (CEASE message) to the Regional Director at fax number 
907-586-7131 within 48 hours after the end of the applicable weekly 
reporting period that a shoreside processor ceases to process 
groundfish for the fishing year or has not processed groundfish for 
more than one weekly reporting period;
    (3) The operator or manager must record on each page:
    (i) Whether it is an original or revised report as defined at 
paragraph (a)(6) of this section;
    (ii) Participant identification information as defined at paragraph 
(a)(4) of this section; 

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    (iii) Representative identification information as defined at 
paragraph (a)(5) of this section;
    (iv) For a mothership or catcher/processor, the processor type and 
gear type used to harvest the groundfish. If groundfish are received by 
a mothership in the same reporting area from more than one gear type, 
or if groundfish are caught by a catcher/ processor in the same 
reporting area using more than one gear type, the operator must submit 
a separate form for each gear type;
    (v) Whether harvest is under a CDQ Program; if yes, the CDQ number;
    (vi) If a buying station, the number of crew on the last day of the 
reporting week.
    (4) BEGIN Message. The operator or manager must record:
    (i) For a catcher/processor, date and time that gear is deployed. 
For a mothership, date and time that receipt of groundfish begins;
    (ii) For a catcher/processor, position coordinates where gear is 
set. For a mothership, position coordinates where groundfish receipt is 
begun;
    (iii) For a catcher/processor, the reporting area code of gear 
deployment and whether gear deployment was in Federal or Alaska State 
waters. For a mothership or buying station, the reporting area code 
where groundfish receipt begins and whether receipt of groundfish 
occurred in Federal or Alaska State waters;
    (iv) For a shoreside processor, the date receipt of groundfish will 
begin; whether checking in for first time in fishing year or checking 
in to restart receipt and processing of groundfish after filing a 
Check-out report;
    (v) For a mothership or catcher/processor, the primary and 
secondary species expected to be harvested. For a buying station, the 
intended primary target expected to be harvested. A change in intended 
target species within the same reporting area does not require a new 
BEGIN message.
    (5) CEASE Message. The operator or manager must report:
    (i) If a mothership or catcher/processor, the date, time and 
position coordinates where the vessel departed the reporting area or 
moved to Federal waters from Alaska State waters within a reporting 
area, or vice versa;
    (ii) If a shoreside processor or buying station, the date that 
receipt of groundfish ceased.
    (6) Fish or fish product held at plant. For a shoreside processor, 
the weight of the fish or fish products in pounds or to the nearest 
0.01 mt by species and product codes.
    (i) Weekly Production Report (WPR)--(1) Requirement. (i) The 
operator or manager of a mothership, catcher/processor, or shoreside 
processor must answer each question on the WPR in the manner set forth 
in paragraphs (i)(3) through (i)(7) of this section for any week the 
mothership, catcher/processor, or shoreside processor is checked in 
pursuant to paragraph (h)(1)(i) of this section and must submit a WPR 
in the manner set forth in paragraph (i)(2) of this section.
    (ii) Multiple vessel operations categories. The operator of a 
vessel that is authorized to conduct operations as both a catcher/
processor and as a mothership must submit separate WPRs to report 
production and discard as a catcher/processor and production and 
discard as a mothership.
    (2) Time limits and submittal. The operator or manager must submit 
a WPR by fax to the Regional Director at fax number 907-586-7131 by 
1200 hours, A.l.t., on the Tuesday following the end of the applicable 
weekly reporting period.
    (3) The operator or manager must record on each page:
    (i) Whether an original or revised report, as defined at paragraph 
(a)(6) of this section;
    (ii) Participant identification information as defined at paragraph 
(a)(4) of this section;
    (iii) Representative identification information as defined at 
paragraph (a)(5) of this section and date WPR was completed;
    (iv) If a mothership or catcher/processor, the processor type and 
gear type used to harvest the groundfish;
    (v) Whether harvest is under a CDQ Program; if yes, the CDQ number;
    (vi) The week-ending date;
    (vii) The primary and secondary target codes for the next week;
    (viii) If a mothership or catcher/processor, the number of crew on 
the last day of the reporting week;
    (4) Landings information. If a shoreside processor, see landings 
information requirements at paragraph (a)(8) of this section.
    (5) Discarded/donated species information (Part ID). For discard/
donate information requirements, see paragraph (a)(10) of this section.
    (6) Product information. For product information requirements, see 
at paragraph (a)(9) of this section.
    (7) Catcher Vessel delivery information. If ADF&G fish tickets are 
issued by the mothership or shoreside processor, list the fish ticket 
numbers issued to catcher vessels for the weekly reporting period.
    (j) Daily Production Report (DPR)--(1) Notice. If the Regional 
Director determines that DPRs are necessary to avoid exceeding a 
groundfish TAC or prohibited species bycatch allowance, NMFS may 
require submission of DPRs for reporting one or more specific species, 
in addition to a WPR. NMFS will publish a document in the Federal 
Register specifying the fisheries that require DPRs and the effective 
dates that submittal of DPRs is required.
    (2) Requirement. (i) If a catcher/processor, mothership, or 
shoreside processor is checked in to the specified reporting area and 
is harvesting, receiving, processing, or discarding the specified 
species or is receiving reports from a catcher vessel of discard at sea 
of the specified species, the operator or manager must submit a DPR.
    (ii) The operator of a mothership or catcher/processor or manager 
of a shoreside processor must:
    (A) Answer each question on the DPR in the manner set forth in 
paragraphs (j)(4) through (j)(7) of this section;
    (B) Submit the DPR in the manner set forth in paragraph (j)(3) of 
this section;
    (C) Use a separate DPR for each gear type, processor type, and CDQ 
number.
    (3) Time limit and submittal. The operator or manager must submit a 
DPR by fax to the Regional Director at fax number 907-586-7131 by 1200 
hours, A.l.t., the day following each day of landings, discard, or 
production.
    (4) The operator or manager must record on each page:
    (i) Whether it is an original or revised report as defined at 
paragraph (a)(6) of this section;
    (ii) Participant identification information as defined at paragraph 
(a)(4) of this section and processor type;
    (iii) Representative identification information as defined at 
paragraph (a)(5) of this section;
    (iv) The gear type used to harvest the groundfish, date landings 
were received, and Federal reporting area where landings were 
harvested;
    (v) Whether harvest is under a CDQ Program; if yes, the CDQ number.
    (5) Landing information. If a shoreside processor, see landings 
information requirements at paragraph (a)(8) of this section.
    (6) Product information. For a mothership or catcher/ processor, 
see product information requirements at paragraph (a)(9) of this 
section.
    (7) Discard/donate information. For discard/donate information 
requirements, see paragraph (a)(10) of this section.
    (k) U.S. Vessel Activity Report (VAR)--(1) Requirement. The 
operator of a catcher vessel, a catcher/processor, or a mothership 
regulated under this part that crosses the seaward boundary of the EEZ 
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United States/Canada international boundary between Alaska and British 
Columbia must answer each question on the VAR in the manner set forth 
in paragraphs (k)(3) and (k)(4) of this section and must submit a VAR 
in the manner set forth in paragraph (k)(2) of this section.
    (2) Time limits and submittal. The operator must submit a VAR by 
fax to NMFS Alaska Enforcement Division at fax number 907-586-7313 
before the vessel crosses the seaward boundary of the EEZ off Alaska or 
the U.S./Canada international boundary between Alaska and British 
Columbia.
    (3) The operator must record on each page:
    (i) Whether an original or revised report as defined at paragraph 
(a)(6) of this section;
    (ii) Participant identification information as defined at paragraph 
(a)(4) of this section;
    (iii) Representative identification information as defined at 
paragraph (a)(5) of this section and date VAR was completed;
    (iv) If vessel is crossing into the seaward boundary of the EEZ off 
Alaska or crossing the U.S./Canada international boundary between 
Alaska and British Columbia, the operator must indicate ``return'' 
report. If vessel is crossing out of the seaward boundary of the EEZ 
off Alaska or crossing the U.S./Canada international boundary between 
Alaska and British Columbia into Canadian waters, the operator must 
indicate ``depart'' report.
    (v) Port of landing;
    (vi) Whether vessel is returning from fishing or departing to fish 
in the Russian Zone;
    (vii) Date and time vessel will cross the EEZ off Alaska or the 
U.S./Canada international boundary between Alaska and British Columbia;
    (viii) Latitude and longitude at the point of crossing the EEZ off 
Alaska or U.S./Canada international boundary between Alaska and British 
Columbia.
    (4) Fish or fish product on board the vessel when crossing the EEZ 
off Alaska or U.S./Canada international boundary. (i) The Harvest Zone 
code of the area in which groundfish were harvested as defined in Table 
8 of this part;
    (ii) The species code and product code for each species on board as 
defined in Tables 1 and 2 of this part;
    (iii) The fish product weight of products on board in pounds or to 
the nearest 0.01 mt.
    7. In Sec. 672.7, paragraphs (p) and (q) are added, and paragraphs 
(i) and (j) are revised to read as follows:


Sec. 672.7  Prohibitions.

* * * * *
    (i) Except as authorized by permit issued pursuant to the section 
of the Donut Hole Convention implementing legislation authorizing the 
Secretary to issue Donut Hole fishing permits (Public Law 104-43, 
section 104(d)), it is unlawful for any person to fish in the Donut 
Hole from a vessel for which a Federal fisheries permit has been issued 
pursuant to section 672.4 of this part during the year for which the 
permit was issued;
    (j) Except as authorized by permit issued pursuant to the section 
of the Donut Hole Convention implementing legislation authorizing the 
Secretary to issue Donut Hole fishing permits (Public Law 104-43, 
section 104(d)), it is unlawful for any person to possess within the 
EEZ fish harvested from the Donut Hole on board a vessel for which a 
Federal fisheries permit has been issued pursuant to section 672.4 of 
this part during the year for which the permit was issued.
* * * * *
    (p) Fail to comply with or fail to ensure compliance with 
requirements at Sec. 672.5.
    (q) Use a catcher vessel or catcher/processor as a Tender Vessel 
before offloading all groundfish or groundfish product harvested or 
processed by that vessel.
    8. In Sec. 672.20, paragraphs (a)(1), (e)(1), (h)(2) and the 
headings for paragraphs (c)(1), (c)(2)(i), (c)(2)(ii), and paragraphs 
(i)(4), and (j) are revised; headings for paragraphs (c)(1)(i)(A), 
(i)(1), (i)(2), (i)(3), and (i)(6) are added to read as set forth 
below. In paragraphs (g)(1) and (g)(3) the phrase, ``Table 2 to this 
section'' is removed and the phrase ``Table 10 of this part'' is added 
in its place; and tables 1 and 2 to the section are removed.


Sec. 672.20  General limitations.

    (a) * * * (1) Optimum yield (OY). The OY for the fishery regulated 
by this section and by Sec. 611.92 of this chapter is a range of 
116,000 to 800,000 mt for target species and the ``other species'' 
category in the GOA, to the extent this amount can be harvested 
consistently with this part and part 611 of this chapter, plus the 
amounts of ``non-specified species'' taken incidentally to the harvest 
of target species and the ``other species'' category. The species 
categories are defined in Table 1 of the specifications as provided in 
paragraph (c)(1) of this section.
* * * * *
    (c) * * * (1) Proposed specifications, interim harvest limits, and 
final specifications. (i) * * * (A) Proposed specifications. * * *
    (2) * * *
    (i) Directed fishing allowance--Applicable after December 31, 1998. 
* * *
    (ii) Directed fishing allowance--Applicable through December 31, 
1998. * * *
    (e) * * *
    (1) Prohibited species, for the purpose of this part, means any of 
the species of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), steelhead trout 
(Oncorhynchus mykiss), Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis), 
Pacific herring (Clupea harengus pallasi), king crab (Paralithodes spp. 
and Lithodes spp.), and Tanner crab (Chionoecetes spp.) caught by a 
vessel regulated under this part while fishing for groundfish in the 
GOA, unless retention is authorized by other applicable laws, including 
the Pacific Halibut Fishery Regulations (part 301 of this title).
* * * * *
    (h) * * *
    (2) Fishing trip. For purposes of this section, an operator of a 
vessel is engaged in a fishing trip from the time the harvesting, 
receiving, or processing of groundfish is begun or resumed until:
    (i) The transfer or offloading of all groundfish product;
    (ii) The vessel leaves the area where fishing activity commenced; 
or
    (iii) The end of a weekly reporting period, whichever comes first.
    (i) * * *
    (1) Pollock roe. * * *
    (2) Primary product. * * *
    (3) Pollock product recovery rates. * * *
    (4) Fishing trip. For purposes of this paragraph, a fishing trip is 
defined as set forth under paragraph (h)(2) of this section.
* * * * *
    (6) Primary pollock product. * * *
* * * * *
    (j) Standard product types and standard product recovery rates 
(PRRS)--(1) Calculating round-weight equivalents from standard PRRs. 
Round-weight equivalents for groundfish products are calculated using 
the product codes and standard PRRs specified in Table 3 of this part.
    (2) Adjustments to Table 3 of this part. The Regional Director may 
adjust standard PRRs and product types specified in Table 3 of this 
part if he determines that existing standard PRRs are inaccurate or if 
new product types are developed.
    (3) Procedure. Adjustments to any standard PRR listed in Table 3 of 
this part that are within and including 15 percent of that standard PRR 
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opportunity for prior public comment. Adjustments of any standard PRR 
during a calendar year, when aggregated with all other adjustments made 
during that year, will not exceed 15 percent of the standard PRR listed 
in Table 3 of this part at the beginning of that calendar year, and no 
new product type will be announced until NMFS publishes the proposed 
adjustment and/or new product type in the Federal Register and provides 
the public with at least 30 days opportunity for public comment. Any 
adjustment of a PRR that acts to further restrict the fishery will not 
be effective until 30 days after the date of publication in the Federal 
Register. If NMFS makes any adjustment or announcement without 
providing a prior notice and opportunity for prior public comment, the 
Regional Director will receive public comments on the adjustment or 
announcement for a period of 15 days after its publication in the 
Federal Register.


Sec. 672.22  [Amended]

    9. In Sec. 672.22, paragraph (d) is removed.
    10. Section 672.23 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 672.23  Seasons.

    (a) Fishing year. Fishing for groundfish is authorized from 0001 
hours, A.l.t., January 1, through 2359 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 
subject to the other provisions of this part, except as provided in 
paragraphs (c) through (e) of this section.
    (b) Time of openings and closures. The time of all openings and 
closures of fishing seasons other than the beginning and end of the 
calendar fishing year is 1200 hours, A.l.t.
    (c) Directed fishing for trawl rockfish. Directed fishing for 
rockfish of the genera Sebastes and Sebastolobus with trawl gear is 
authorized from 1200 hours, A.l.t., on the first day of the third 
quarterly reporting period of a fishing year, through 2359 hours, 
A.l.t., December 31, subject to other provisions of this part.
    (d) Opening date for trawl groundfish. Notwithstanding other 
provisions of this part, fishing for groundfish with trawl gear in the 
Gulf of Alaska is prohibited from 0001 hours, A.l.t. on January 1 
through 1200 hours, A.l.t., January 20.
    (e) Directed fishing for pollock. Subject to other provisions of 
this part, directed fishing for pollock in the Western and Central 
Regulatory Areas is authorized: From 0001 hours, A.l.t., January 1, 
through 1200 hours, A.l.t., April 1; from 1200 hours, A.l.t., June 1, 
through 1200 hours, A.l.t., July 1; from 1200 hours, A.l.t., July 1, 
through 1200 hours A.l.t., October 1; and from 1200 hours A.l.t., 
October 1, through 2359 hours, A.l.t., December 31.
    11. In Sec. 672.24, paragraphs (d)(3) and (d)(4) are redesignated 
as paragraphs (d)(4) and (d)(5), respectively; headings for paragraphs 
(c)(4), redesignated paragraphs (d)(4) and (d)(5), (f)(2) and (f)(3) 
are added; paragraph (d)(3) is added; headings of paragraphs (a), (b), 
and (d) are revised; and paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(2), (e), (f)(4), and 
(f)(5) are revised to read as follows:


Sec. 672.24  Gear limitations.

    (a) Marking of gear--longline marker buoys. * * *
    (b) Gear restrictions--pots. * * *
    (c) * * *
    (4) Longline pot gear. * * *
    (d) Trawls other than pelagic trawls--Kodiak Island--(1) Type I 
Closures. No person may trawl in waters of the EEZ within the vicinity 
of Kodiak Island, as shown in Figure 5 of this part as Type I areas, 
from a vessel having any trawl other than a pelagic trawl either 
attached or on board.
    (2) Type II Closures. From February 15 to June 15, no person may 
trawl in waters of the EEZ within the vicinity of Kodiak Island, as 
shown in Figure 5 of this part as Type II areas, from a vessel having 
any trawl other than a pelagic trawl either attached or on board.
    (3) Type III Closures. Type III areas are open to any trawl other 
than a pelagic trawl gear year round.
    (4) Net-sounder device. * * *
    (5) Footrope of the trawl. * * *
    (e) Steller sea lion protection areas--(1) Year-round closures. 
Trawling is prohibited in the GOA within 10 nm of the 14 Steller sea 
lion rookeries designated in Table 6a of this part.
    (2) Seasonal closures. During January 1 through April 15, or a date 
earlier than April 15, if adjusted under Sec. 675.20(a)(8) of this 
chapter, trawling is prohibited in the GOA within 20 nm of each of the 
three Steller sea lion rookeries presented in Table 6b of this part.
    (f) * * *
    (2) Trawl gear testing. * * *
    (3) Test area criteria. * * *
    (4) Kodiak Test Area. Trawl gear testing is allowed in an area 
(Figure 7 of this part) bounded by straight lines connecting the 
following coordinates in the order listed at all times:

                                                                        
               W. longitude                         N. latitude         
                                                                        
152 deg.02'..............................  57 deg.37'                   
151 deg.25'..............................  57 deg.37'                   
151 deg.25'..............................  57 deg.23'                   
152 deg.02'..............................  57 deg.23'                   
152 deg.02'..............................  57 deg.37'                   
                                                                        

    (5) Sand Point Test Area. Trawl gear testing is allowed in an area 
(Figure 7 of this part) bounded by straight lines connecting the 
following coordinates in the order listed at all times:

                                                                        
               W. longitude                         N. latitude         
                                                                        
161 deg.00'..............................  54 deg.50'                   
160 deg.30'..............................  54 deg.50'                   
160 deg.30'..............................  54 deg.35'                   
161 deg.00'..............................  54 deg.35'                   
161 deg.00'..............................  54 deg.50'                   
                                                                        

    12. In Part 672, figures 1 and 2 are revised, figures 3 through 7 
and tables 1 through 11 are added to read as follows:

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             Figure 1.--BSAI Statistical and Reporting Areas            
                   [b. Coordinates of Reporting Areas]                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Code                              Description                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
300...................  Russian waters. Those waters inside the Russian 
                         200 mile limit as described in the current     
                         editions of NOAA chart INT 813 Bering Sea      
                         (Southern Part) and NOAA chart INT 814 Bering  
                         Sea (Northern Part).                           
400...................  Chukchi Sea. North of a diagonal line between 66
                         deg.00'N, 169 deg.42.5'W (Cape Dezhneva,       
                         Russia); and 65 deg.37.5'N, 168 deg.7.5'W (Cape
                         Prince of Wales, Alaska) and to the limits of  
                         the U.S. EEZ as described in the current       
                         edition of NOAA chart INT 814 Bering Sea       
                         (Northern Part).                               
508...................  South of 58 deg. 00' N between the intersection 
                         of 58 deg. 00' North lat with the Alaska       
                         Peninsula and 160 deg. 00' W long.             
509...................  South of 58 deg. 00' N lat between 163 deg. 00' 
                         W long and 165 deg. 00' W long.                
512...................  South of 58 deg. 00' N lat, north of the Alaska 
                         Peninsula between 160 deg. 00' W long and 162  
                         deg. 00' W long.                               
513...................  Between 58 deg. 00' N lat and 56 deg. 30' N lat,
                         and between 165 deg. 00' W long and 170 deg.   
                         00' W long.                                    
514...................  North of 58 deg. 00' N to the southern boundary 
                         of the Chukchi Sea, area 400, and east of 170  
                         deg. 00' W long.                               
516...................  South of 58 deg. 00' N lat, north of the Alaska 
                         Peninsula, and between 162 deg. 00' and 163    
                         deg. 00' W long.                               
517...................  South of 56 deg. 30' N lat, between 165 deg. 00'
                         W long and 170 deg. 00' W long; and north of   
                         straight lines between: 54 deg. 30' N lat, 165 
                         deg. 00' W long, 54 deg. 30' N lat, 167 deg.00'
                         W long, and 55 deg. 46' N lat, 170 deg. 00' W  
                         long.                                          
518...................  Bogoslof District: South of a straight line     
                         between 55 deg. 46' N lat, 170 deg. 00' W long 
                         and 54 deg. 30' N lat, 167 deg. 00' W long, and
                         between 167 deg. 00' W long and 170 deg. 00' W 
                         long, and north of the Aleutian Islands and    
                         straight lines between the islands connecting  
                         the following coordinates in the order listed: 
                         52 deg. 49.2' N, 169 deg. 40.4' W, 52 deg.     
                         49.8' N, 169 deg. 06.3' W, 53 deg. 23.8' N, 167
                         deg. 50.1' W, 53 deg. 18.7' N, 167 deg. 51.4'  
                         W.                                             
519...................  South of a straight line between 54 deg. 30' N  
                         lat, 167 deg. 00' W long and 54 deg. 30' N lat,
                         164 deg. 54' W long; east of 167 deg. 00' W    
                         long; west of Unimak Island; and north of the  
                         Aleutian Islands and straight lines between the
                         islands connecting the following coordinates in
                         the order listed: 53 deg. 59.0' N, 166 deg.    
                         17.2' W, 54 deg. 02.9' N, 166 deg. 03.0' W, 54 
                         deg. 07.7' N, 165 deg. 40.6' W, 54 deg. 08.9'  
                         N, 165 deg. 38.8' W, 54 deg. 11.9' N, 165 deg. 
                         23.3' W, 54 deg. 23.9' N, 164 deg. 44.0' W.    
521...................  The area bounded by straight lines connecting   
                         the following coordinates in the order listed: 
                         55 deg. 46' N, 170 deg. 00' W, 59 deg. 25' N,  
                         179 deg. 20' W, 60 deg. 00' N, 179 deg. 20' W, 
                         60 deg. 00' N, 171 deg. 00' W, 58 deg. 00' N,  
                         171 deg. 00' W, 58 deg. 00' N, 170 deg. 00' W, 
                         55 deg. 46' N, 170 deg. 00' W.                 
523...................  The area bounded by straight lines connecting   
                         the following coordinates in the order listed: 
                         59 deg. 25' N, 179 deg. 20' W; 55 deg. 46' N,  
                         170 deg. 00' W; 55 deg. 00' N, 170 deg. 00' W; 
                         55 deg. 00' N, 180 deg. 00' W; and north to the
                         limits of the US EEZ as described in the       
                         current edition of NOAA chart INT 813 Bering   
                         Sea (Southern Part).                           
524...................  The area west of 170 deg. 00' W bounded south by
                         straight lines connecting the following        
                         coordinates in the order listed: 58 deg. 00' N,
                         170 deg. 00' W, 58 deg. 00' N, 171 deg. 00' W; 
                         60 deg. 00' N, 171 deg. 00' W; 60 deg. 00' N,  
                         179 deg. 20' W; 59 deg. 25' N, 179 deg. 20' W  
                         and to the limits of the US EEZ as described in
                         the current edition of NOAA chart INT 813      
                         Bering Sea (Southern Part).                    
530...................  The area north of 55 deg. 00 N lat and west of  
                         180 deg. 00 W long to the limits of the US EEZ 
                         as described in the current edition of NOAA    
                         chart INT 813 Bering Sea (Southern Part).      
541...................  Eastern Aleutian District. The area south of 55 
                         deg. 00' N lat, west of 170 deg. 00' W long,   
                         and east of 177 deg. 00' W long and bounded on 
                         the south by the limits of the US EEZ as       
                         described in the current editions of NOAA chart
                         INT 813 Bering Sea (Southern Part) and NOAA    
                         chart 530 (San Diego to Aleutian Islands and   
                         Hawaiian Islands).                             
542...................  Central Aleutian District. The area south of 55 
                         deg. 00' N lat, west of 177 deg. 00' W long,   
                         and east of 177 deg. 00' E long and bounded on 
                         the south by the limits of the US EEZ as       
                         described in the current editions of NOAA chart
                         INT 813 Bering Sea (Southern Part) and NOAA    
                         chart 530 (San Diego to Aleutian Islands and   
                         Hawaiian Islands).                             
543...................  Western Aleutian District. The area south of 55 
                         deg. 00' N lat and west of 177 deg. 00' E long,
                         and bounded on the south and west by the limits
                         of the US EEZ as described in the current      
                         editions of NOAA chart INT 813 Bering Sea      
                         (Southern Part) and NOAA chart 530 (San Diego  
                         to Aleutian Islands and Hawaiian Islands).     
550...................  Donut Hole. International waters of the Bering  
                         Sea outside the limits of the EEZ and Russian  
                         economic zone as depicted on the current       
                         edition of NOAA chart INT 813 Bering Sea       
                         (Southern Part).                               
  Statistical Area. A statistical area is the part of a reporting area  
                          contained in the EEZ.                         
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        Figure 3.--Gulf of Alaska Statistical and Reporting Areas       
                   [b. Coordinates of Reporting Areas]                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Code                              Description                  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
610...................  Western Regulatory Area, Shumagin District.     
                         Along the south side of the Aleutian Islands   
                         and straight lines between the islands and the 
                         Alaska Peninsula connecting the following      
                         coordinates in the order listed:               
                        52 deg. 49.2' N, 169 deg. 40.4' W;              
                        52 deg. 49.8' N, 169 deg. 06.3' W;              
                        53 deg. 23.8' N, 167 deg. 50.1' W;              
                        53 deg. 18.7' N, 167 deg. 51.4' W;              
                        53 deg. 59.0' N, 166 deg. 17.2' W;              
                        54 deg. 02.9' N, 166 deg. 03.0' W;              
                        54 deg. 07.7' N, 165 deg. 40.6' W;              
                        54 deg. 08.9' N, 165 deg. 38.8' W;              
                        54 deg. 11.9' N, 165 deg. 23.3' W;              
                        54 deg. 23.9' N, 164 deg. 44.0' W; and southward
                         to the limits of the US EEZ as described in the
                         current editions of NOAA chart INT 813 (Bering 
                         Sea, Southern Part) and NOAA chart 500 (West   
                         Coast of North America, Dixon Entrance to      
                         Unimak Pass), between 170 deg. 00' W long and  
                         159 deg. 00' W long.                           
620...................  Central Regulatory Area, Chirikof District.     
                         Along the south side of the Alaska Peninsula,  
                         between 159 deg. 00' W long and 154 deg. 00' W 
                         long, and southward to the limits of the US EEZ
                         as described in the current edition of NOAA    
                         chart 500 (West Coast of North America, Dixon  
                         Entrance to Unimak Pass).                      
630...................  Central Regulatory Area, Kodiak District. Along 
                         the south side of continental Alaska, between  
                         154 deg. 00' W long and 147 deg. 00' W long,   
                         and southward to the limits of the US EEZ as   
                         described in the current edition of NOAA chart 
                         500 (West Coast of North America, Dixon        
                         Entrance to Unimak Pass). Excluding area 649.  
640...................  Eastern Regulatory Area, West Yakutat District. 
                         Along the south side of continental Alaska,    
                         between 147 deg. 00' W long and 140 deg. 00' W 
                         long, and southward to the limits of the US    
                         EEZ, as described in the current edition of    
                         NOAA chart 500 (West Coast of North America,   
                         Dixon Entrance to Unimak Pass). Excluding area 
                         649.                                           
649...................  Prince William Sound. Includes those waters of  
                         the State of Alaska inside the base line as    
                         specified in Alaska State regulations at 5 AAC 
                         28.200.                                        
650...................  Eastern Regulatory Area, Southeast Outside      
                         District. East of 140 deg. 00' W long and      
                         southward to the limits of the US EEZ as       
                         described in the current edition of NOAA chart 
                         500 (West Coast of North America, Dixon        
                         Entrance to Unimak Pass). Excluding area 659.  
659...................  Southeast Inside District. As specified in      
                         Alaska State regulations at 5 AAC 28.105 (a)   
                         (1) and (2).                                   
690...................  Gulf of Alaska Outside the U.S. EEZ as described
                         in the current editions of NOAA chart INT 813  
                         (Bering Sea, Southern Part) and NOAA chart 500 
                         (West Coast of North America, Dixon Entrance to
                         Unimak Pass).                                  
                                                                        
  Statistical Area. A statistical area is the part of a reporting area  
contained in the EEZ.                                                   
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              Figure 4.--Herring Savings Areas in the BSAI              
                            [b. Coordinates]                            
------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Name                    Description and effective date     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Summer Herring Savings Area 1.  That part of the Bering Sea subarea that
                                 is south of 57 deg. N. latitude and    
                                 between 162 deg. and 164 deg. W.       
                                 longitude from 1200 hours, A.l.t., June
                                 15 through 1200 hours, A.l.t. July 1 of
                                 a fishing year.                        
Summer Herring Savings Area 2.  That part of the Bering Sea subarea that
                                 is south of 56 deg.30' N. latitude and 
                                 between 164 deg. and 167 deg. W.       
                                 longitude from 1200 hours, A.l.t., July
                                 1 through 1200 hours, A.l.t. August 15 
                                 of a fishing year.                     
Winter Herring Savings Area...  That part of the Bering Sea subarea that
                                 is between 58 deg. and 60 deg. N.      
                                 latitude and between 172 deg. and 175  
                                 deg. W. longitude from 1200 hours,     
                                 A.l.t. September 1 of the current      
                                 fishing year through 1200 hours, A.l.t.
                                 March 1 of the succeeding fishing year.
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     Figure 5.--Kodiak Island Areas Closed to Non-pelagic Trawl Gear    
                            [b. Coordinates]                            
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Name and description                                                   
   of reference area              North latitude/West longitude         
    reference point                                                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Alitak Flats and Towers Areas--All waters of Alitak Flats and the     
Towers Areas enclosed by a line connecting the following 7 points in the
order listed:                                                           
                                                                        
b.....................  57 deg. 00' 0'' 155 deg. 00' 0''.               
c.....................  56 deg. 17' 0'' 155 deg. 00' 0''.               
d.....................  56 deg. 17' 0'' 153 deg. 52' 0''.               
e.....................  56 deg. 33' 5'' 153 deg. 52' 0'' Cape Sitkinak. 
f.....................  56 deg. 54' 5'' 153 deg. 32' 5'' East point of  
                         Twoheaded Island.                              
g.....................  56 deg. 56' 0'' 153 deg. 35' 5'' Kodiak Island, 
                         thence, along the coastline of Kodiak Island   
                         until intersection of Low Cape.                
a.....................  56 deg. 59' 4'' 154 deg. 31' 1'' Low Cape.      
                                                                        
  Marmot Flats Area--All waters enclosed by a line connecting the       
following five points in the clockwise order listed:                    
                                                                        
a.....................  58 deg. 00' 0'' 152 deg. 30' 0''.               
b.....................  58 deg. 00' 0'' 151 deg. 47' 0''.               
c.....................  57 deg. 37' 0'' 151 deg. 47' 0''.               
d.....................  57 deg. 37' 0'' 152 deg. 10' 1'' Cape Chiniak,  
                         thence, along the coastline of Kodiak Island to
e.....................  57 deg. 54' 5'' 152 deg. 30' 0'' North Cape.    
a.....................  58 deg. 00' 0'' 152 deg. 30' 0''.               
                                                                        
  Chirikof Island Area--All waters surrounding Chirikof Island enclosed 
by a line connecting the following four points in the counter-clockwise 
order listed:                                                           
                                                                        
a.....................  56 deg. 07' 0'' 155 deg. 13' 0''.               
b.....................  56 deg. 07' 0'' 156 deg. 00' 0''.               
c.....................  55 deg. 41' 0'' 156 deg. 00' 0''.               
d.....................  55 deg. 41' 0'' 155 deg. 13' 0''.               
a.....................  56 deg. 07' 0'' 155 deg. 13' 0''.               
  Barnabas Area--All waters enclosed by a line connecting the following 
six points in the counter clockwise order listed:                       
                                                                        
a.....................  57 deg. 00' 0'' 153 deg. 18' 0'' Black Point.   
b.....................  56 deg. 56' 0'' 153 deg. 09' 0''.               
c.....................  57 deg. 22' 0'' 152 deg. 18' 5'' South Tip of   
                         Ugak Island.                                   
d.....................  57 deg. 23' 5'' 152 deg. 17' 5'' North Tip of   
                         Ugak Island.                                   
e.....................  57 deg. 25' 3'' 152 deg. 20' 0'' Narrow Cape,   
                         thence, along the coastline of Kodiak Island.  
f.....................  57 deg. 04' 2'' 153 deg. 30' 0'' Cape Kasick to 
a.....................  57 deg. 00' 0'' 153 deg. 18' 0'' Black Point,   
                         including inshore waters.                      
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                            Tables--Part 672                            
                         Table 1.--Product Codes                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Fish product code/description                     
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Whole fish/food fish.                                                
2. Whole fish/bait. Processed for bait.                                 
3. Bled only. Throat, or isthmus, slit to allow blood to drain.         
4. Gutted only. Belly slit and viscera removed.                         
6. Head and gutted, with roe.                                           
7. Headed and gutted, Western cut. Head removed just in front of the    
 collar bone, and viscera removed.                                      
8. Headed and gutted, Eastern cut. Head removed just behind the collar  
 bone, and viscera removed.                                             
10. Headed and gutted, tail removed. Head removed usually in front of   
 collar bone, and viscera and tail removed.                             
11. Kirimi. Head removed either in front or behind the collar bone,     
 viscera removed, and tail removed by cuts perpendicular to the spine,  
 resulting in a steak.                                                  
12. Salted and split. Head removed, belly slit, viscera removed, fillets
 cut from head to tail but remaining attached near tail. Product salted.
13. Wings. On skates, side fins are cut off next to body.               
14. Roe. Eggs, either loose or in sacs, or skeins.                      
15. Pectoral girdle. Collar bone and associated bones, cartilage and    
 flesh.                                                                 
16. Heads. Heads only, regardless where severed from body.              
17. Cheeks. Muscles on sides of head.                                   
18. Chins. Lower jaw (mandible), muscles, and flesh.                    
19. Belly. Flesh in region of pelvic and pectoral fins and behind head. 
20. Fillets with skin and ribs. Meat and skin with ribs attached, from  
 sides of body behind head and in front of tail.                        
21. Fillets with skin, no ribs. Meat and skin with ribs removed, from   
 sides of body behind head and in front of tail.                        
22. Fillets with ribs and no skin. Meat with ribs with skin removed,    
 from sides of body behind head and in front of tail.                   
23. Fillets, skinless/boneless. Meat with both skin and ribs removed,   
 from sides of body behind head and in front of tail.                   
24. Deep-skin fillet. Meat with skin, adjacent meat with silver lining, 
 and ribs removed from sides of body behind head and in front of tail,  
 resulting in thin fillets.                                             
30. Surimi. Paste from fish flesh and additives.                        
31. Minced. Ground flesh.                                               
32. Fish meal. Meal from fish and fish parts, including bone meal.      
33. Fish oil. Rendered oil.                                             
34. Milt. (in sacs, or testes).                                         
35. Stomachs. Includes all internal organs.                             
36. Octopus/squid mantles. Flesh after removal of viscera and arms.     
37. Butterfly, no backbone. Head removed, belly slit, viscera and most  
 of backbone removed; fillets attached.                                 
39. Bones (if meal, report as 32).                                      
86. Donated Salmon. Includes salmon retained and donated under Salmon   
 Donation Program.                                                      
97. Other retained product                                              
                                                                        
                          Discard Product Codes                         
                                                                        
92. Discard, bait. Whole fish used as bait on board vessel.             
94. Discard, consumption. Fish or fish products eaten on board or taken 
 off the vessel for personal use.                                       
96. Previously discarded fish (decomposed) taken with trawl gear in     
 current fishing efforts. Discarded.                                    
98. Discard, at sea. Whole groundfish and prohibited species discarded  
 by catcher vessels, Catcher/Processors, Motherships, or Buying Stations
 delivering to Motherships.                                             
99. Discard, dockside. Discard after delivery and before processing;    
 Discard, at plant. In-plant discard of whole groundfish and prohibited 
 species by Shoreside Processors and Buying Stations delivering to      
 Shoreside Processors before and during processing.                     
M99  Discard, off site meal reduction plant. Discarded fish that are    
 transferred to any off site facility for reduction to fish meal, fish  
 oil and/or discard at sea.                                             
                                                                        
                           Product Designation                          
                                                                        
A  Ancillary. Product made in addition to a primary product from the    
 same fish.                                                             
P  Primary. Product made from each fish with the highest recovery rate. 
R  Reprocessed. Product that results from processing a previously       
 reported product.                                                      
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                         Table 2.--Species Codes                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Code                                Species                    
------------------------------------------------------------------------
110...................  Pacific cod.                                    
120...................  Miscellaneous flatfish (all flatfish without    
                         separate codes).                               
121...................  Arrowtooth flounder and/or Kamchatka flounder.  
122...................  Flathead sole.                                  
123...................  Rock sole.                                      
124...................  Dover sole.                                     
125...................  Rex sole.                                       
126...................  Butter sole.                                    
127...................  Yellowfin sole.                                 
128...................  English sole.                                   
129...................  Starry flounder.                                
131...................  Petrale sole.                                   
132...................  Sand sole.                                      
133...................  Alaska Plaice flounder.                         

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134...................  Greenland turbot.                               
135...................  Greenstripe rockfish.                           
136...................  Northern rockfish.                              
137...................  Bocaccio rockfish.                              
138...................  Copper rockfish.                                
141...................  Pacific ocean perch (S. alutus only).           
142...................  Black rockfish.                                 
143...................  Thornyhead rockfish (all Sebastolobus species). 
145...................  Yelloweye rockfish.                             
146...................  Canary rockfish.                                
147...................  Quillback rockfish.                             
148...................  Tiger rockfish.                                 
149...................  China rockfish.                                 
150...................  Rosethorn rockfish.                             
151...................  Rougheye rockfish.                              
152...................  Shortraker rockfish.                            
153...................  Redbanded rockfish.                             
154...................  Dusky rockfish.                                 
155...................  Yellowtail rockfish.                            
156...................  Widow rockfish.                                 
157...................  Silvergray rockfish.                            
158...................  Redstripe rockfish.                             
159...................  Darkblotched rockfish.                          
160...................  Sculpins.                                       
166...................  Sharpchin rockfish.                             
167...................  Blue rockfish.                                  
175...................  Yellowmouth rockfish.                           
176...................  Harlequin rockfish.                             
177...................  Blackgill rockfish.                             
178...................  Chilipepper rockfish.                           
179...................  Pygmy rockfish.                                 
181...................  Shortbelly rockfish.                            
182...................  Splitnose rockfish.                             
183...................  Stripetail rockfish.                            
184...................  Vermilion rockfish.                             
185...................  Aurora rockfish.                                
193...................  Atka mackerel.                                  
270...................  Pollock.                                        
510...................  Smelt.                                          
511...................  Eulachon.                                       
516...................  Capelin.                                        
689...................  Sharks.                                         
700...................  Skates.                                         
710...................  Sablefish.                                      
870...................  Octopus.                                        
875...................  Squid.                                          
                                                                        
                               GROUP CODES                              
                                                                        
 These group codes may be used if individual species cannot be          
 identified. .                                                          
                                                                        
144...................  Slope rockfish (aurora, blackgill, Bocaccio,    
                         redstripe, silvergray, chilipepper,            
                         darkblotched, greenstriped, harlequin, pygmy,  
                         shortbelly, splitnose, stripetail, vermillion, 
                         yellowmouth, sharpchin)                        
168...................  Demersal shelf rockfish (china, copper,         
                         quillback, rosethorn, tiger, yelloweye, canary)
169...................  Pelagic shelf rockfish (blue, dusky, yellowtail,
                         widow).                                        
171...................  Shortraker/rougheye rockfish                    
                                                                        
                        PROHIBITED SPECIES CODES                        
                                                                        
000...................  Unspecified salmon.                             
200...................  Pacific halibut.                                
235...................  Pacific herring.                                
410...................  Salmon, Chinook.                                
420...................  Salmon, Sockeye.                                
430...................  Salmon, Coho.                                   
440...................  Salmon, Pink.                                   
450...................  Salmon, Chum.                                   
540...................  Steelhead trout.                                
920...................  Unspecified king crab.                          
921...................  Red king crab.                                  
922...................  Blue king crab.                                 
923...................  Gold/brown king crab.                           
930...................  Unspecified tanner crab.                        
931...................  Bairdi tanner crab.                             
932...................  Opilio tanner crab.                             
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                  Table 3.--Product Recovery Rates for Groundfish Species Referenced in 50 CFR 672.20(a)(1) and/or 50 CFR 675.20(a)(1)                  
                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                             Product code                                               
                                             -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            FMP species              Species   Whole    Whole                       H&G      H&G      H&G                                               
                                       code     food     bait     Bled    Gutted    with   western  eastern  H&G w/o   Kirimi   Salted   Wings     Roe  
                                                fish     fish                       roe      cut      cut      tail            & split                  
                                                    1        2        3        4        6        7        8       10       11       12       13       14
                                                                                                                                                        
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PACIFIC COD........................      110     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.85     0.63     0.57     0.47     0.44  .......     0.45  .......     0.05
ARROWTOOTH FLOUNDER................      121     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.90     0.80     0.72     0.65     0.62     0.48  .......  .......     0.08
ROCKFISH \1\.......................  .......     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.88  .......     0.60     0.50  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......
SCULPINS...........................      160     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.87  .......     0.50     0.40  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......
ATKA MACKEREL......................      193     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.87     0.67     0.64     0.61  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......
POLLOCK............................      270     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.80     0.70     0.65     0.56     0.50  .......  .......  .......     0.04
SMELTS.............................      510     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.82  .......     0.71  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......
EULACHON...........................      511     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.82  .......     0.71  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......
CAPELIN............................      516     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.89  .......     0.78  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......
SHARKS.............................      689     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.83  .......     0.72  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......
SKATES.............................      700     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.90  .......  .......     0.32  .......  .......  .......     0.32  .......
SABLEFISH..........................      710     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.89     0.68     0.63     0.50  .......  .......  .......  .......         
OCTOPUS............................      870     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.69  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......
Target species categories only at                                                                                                                       
 50 CFR 672.20(a)                                                                                                                                       
    DEEP WATER FLATFISH............      118     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.90     0.80     0.72     0.65     0.62     0.48  .......  .......     0.08
    FLATHEAD SOLE..................      122     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.90     0.80     0.72     0.65     0.62     0.48  .......  .......     0.08
    REX SOLE.......................      125     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.90     0.80     0.72     0.65     0.62     0.48  .......  .......     0.08
    SHALLOW WATER FLATFISH.........      119     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.90     0.80     0.72     0.65     0.62     0.48  .......  .......     0.08
    THORNYHEAD ROCKFISH............      143     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.88     0.55     0.60     0.50  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......
Target species categories only at                                                                                                                       
 50 CFR 675.20(a)                                                                                                                                       
    OTHER FLATFISH.................      120     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.90     0.80     0.72     0.65     0.62     0.48  .......  .......     0.08
    ROCK SOLE......................      123     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.90     0.80     0.72     0.65     0.62     0.48  .......  .......     0.08
    YELLOWFIN SOLE.................      127     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.90     0.80     0.72     0.65     0.62     0.48  .......  .......     0.08
    GREENLAND TURBOT...............      134     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.90     0.80     0.72     0.65     0.62     0.48  .......  .......     0.08
    SQUID..........................      875     1.00     1.00     0.98     0.69  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......


                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                               Product code                                                     
                                                                         -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          FMP species                            Species                                                Fillets  Fillets  Fillets   Fillets   Fillets                           
                                                                   code   Pectoral   Heads    Cheeks   Chins    Belly    w/skin  skin on   w/ribs  skinless/    deep    Surimi   Mince     Meal 
                                                                           girdle                                        & ribs  no ribs  no skin   boneless    skin                            
                                                                                15       16       17       18       19       20       21       22        23        24       30       31       32
                                                                                                                                                                                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PACIFIC COD....................................................      110      0.05  .......     0.05  .......     0.01     0.45     0.35     0.25      0.25   .......     0.15      0.5     0.17
ARROWTOOTH FLOUNDER............................................      121  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......     0.32     0.27     0.27      0.22   .......  .......  .......     0.17
ROCKFISH.......................................................  .......  ........     0.15     0.05     0.05     0.10     0.40     0.30     0.33      0.25   .......  .......  .......     0.17
SCULPINS.......................................................      160  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .........  .......  .......  .......     0.17
ATKA MACKEREL..................................................      193  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .........  .......     0.15  .......     0.17
POLLOCK........................................................      270  ........     0.15  .......  .......  .......     0.35     0.30     0.30      0.21      0.16  0.16 \2                  
                                                                                                                                                                             \                  
                                                                                                                                                                       0.17 \3                  
                                                                                                                                                                             \     0.22     0.17
SMELTS.........................................................      510  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......     0.38  .......  .........  .......  .......  .......     0.22
EULACHON.......................................................      511  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......     0.38  .......  .........  .......  .......  .......     0.22
CAPELIN........................................................      516  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .........  .......  .......  .......     0.22
SHARKS.........................................................      689  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......     0.30     0.30      0.25   .......  .......  .......     0.17
SKATES.........................................................      700  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .........  .......  .......  .......     0.17
SABLEFISH......................................................      710  ........  .......     0.05  .......  .......     0.35     0.30     0.30      0.25   .......  .......  .......     0.22
OCTOPUS........................................................      870  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .........  .......  .......  .......     0.17
Target species categories only at 50 CFR 672.20(a)                                                                                                                                              
    DEEP WATER FLATFISH........................................      118  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......     0.32     0.27     0.27      0.22   .......  .......  .......     0.17
    FLATHEAD SOLE..............................................      122  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......     0.32     0.27     0.27      0.22   .......  .......  .......     0.17
    REX SOLE...................................................      125  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......     0.32     0.27     0.27      0.22   .......  .......  .......     0.17
    SHALLOW WATER FLATFISH.....................................      119  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......     0.32     0.27     0.27      0.22   .......  .......  .......     0.17
    THORNYHEAD ROCKFISH........................................      143  ........     0.20     0.05     0.05     0.05     0.40     0.30     0.35      0.25   .......  .......  .......     0.17
Target species categories only at 50 CFR 675.20(a)                                                                                                                                              
    OTHER FLATFISH.............................................      120  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......     0.32     0.27     0.27      0.22   .......  .......  .......     0.17
    ROCK SOLE..................................................      123  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......     0.32     0.27     0.27      0.22   .......  .......  .......     0.17
    YELLOWFIN SOLE.............................................      127  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......     0.32     0.27     0.27      0.22   .......     0.18  .......     0.17
    GREENLAND TURBOT...........................................      134  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......     0.32     0.27     0.27      0.22   .......  .......  .......     0.17
    SQUID......................................................      875  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .........  .......  .......  .......     0.17


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                                Table 3.--Product Recovery Rates for Groundfish Species Referenced in 50 CFR 672.20(a)(1) and/or 50 CFR 675.20(a)(1) (continued)                                
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                                                                                                                             Product code                                                       
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        FMP species                          Species                                       Butterfly                                                                            
                                                               code     Oil      Milt   Stomachs  Mantles   backbone  Decomposed  Discards                                                      
                                                                                                            removed      fish                                                                   
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                                                                           33       34        35       36        37          96                                                                 
(6) 92, 94, 98, 99, M99                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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PACIFIC COD................................................      110  .......  .......  ........  .......      0.43        0.00       1.00                                                      
ARROWTOOTH FLOUNDER........................................      121  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
ROCKFISH...................................................  .......  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
SCULPINS...................................................      160  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
ATKA MACKEREL..............................................      193  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
POLLOCK....................................................      270  .......  .......  ........  .......      0.43        0.00       1.00                                                      
SMELTS.....................................................      510  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
EULACHON...................................................      511  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
CAPELIN....................................................      516  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
SHARKS.....................................................      689  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
SKATES.....................................................      700  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
SABLEFISH..................................................      710  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
OCTOPUS....................................................      870  .......  .......  ........     0.85      1.00        0.00       1.00                                                      
Target species categories only at 50 CFR 672.20(a)                                                                                                                                              
    DEEP WATER FLATFISH....................................      118  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
    FLATHEAD SOLE..........................................      122  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
    REX SOLE...............................................      125  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
    SHALLOW WATER FLATFISH.................................      119  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
    THORNYHEAD ROCKFISH....................................      143  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
Target species categories only at 50 CFR 675.20(a)                                                                                                                                              
    OTHER FLATFISH.........................................      120  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
    ROCK SOLE..............................................      123  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
    YELLOWFIN SOLE.........................................      127  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
    GREENLAND TURBOT.......................................      134  .......  .......  ........  .......  .........       0.00       1.00                                                      
    SQUID..................................................      875  .......  .......  ........     0.75      1.00        0.00       1.00                                                      
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\1\ Rockfish means all species of Sebastes and Sebastolobus.                                                                                                                                    
\2\ Standard pollock surimi rate during January through June.                                                                                                                                   
\3\ Standard pollock surimi rate during July through December.                                                                                                                                  


                                             Table 4.--Bering Sea Subarea Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas                                             
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                                                                From                                                       To                           
               Island                -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Latitude                    Longitude                     Latitude                    Longitude         
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  3-nm NO TRANSIT ZONES described at 50 CFR 227.12(a)(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
   a. Year-round Trawl Closures (Trawling Prohibited Within 10 nm).                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                        
Sea Lion Rocks......................  55 deg.28.0' N               163 deg.12.0' W                                                                      
Ugamak Island.......................  54 deg.14.0' N               164 deg.48.0' W              54 deg.13.0' N               164 deg.48.0' W            
Akun Island.........................  54 deg.18.0' N               165 deg.32.5' W              54 deg.18.0' N               165 deg.31.5' W            
Akutan Island.......................  54 deg.03.5' N               166 deg.00.0' W              54 deg.05.5' N               166 deg.05.0' W            
Bogoslof Island.....................  53 deg.56.0' N               168 deg.02.0' W                                                                      
Ogchul Island.......................  53 deg.00.0' N               168 deg.24.0' W                                                                      
Adugak Island.......................  52 deg.55.0' N               169 deg.10.5' W                                                                      
Walrus Island.......................  57 deg.11.0' N               169 deg.56.0' W                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
  b. Seasonal Trawl Closures (During January 1 through April 15, or a date earlier than April 15, if adjusted under 50 CFR 672.30(a)(8), Trawling       
Prohibited Within 20 nm).                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Sea Lion Rocks......................  55 deg.28.0' N               163 deg.12.0' W                                                                      
Akun Island.........................  54 deg.18.0' N               165 deg.32.5' W              54 deg.18.0' N               165 deg.31.5' W            
Akutan Island.......................  54 deg.03.5' N               166 deg.00.0' W              54 deg.05.5' N               166 deg.05.0' W            
Ugamak Island.......................  54 deg.14.0' N               164 deg.48.0' W              54 deg.13.0' N               164 deg.48.0' W            
Seguam Island.......................  52 deg.21.0' N               172 deg.35.0' W              52 deg.21.0' N               172 deg.33.0' W            
Agligadak Island....................  52 deg.06.5' N               172 deg.54.0' W                                                                      
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Note: The bounds of each rookery extend in a clockwise direction from the first set of geographic coordinates, along the shoreline at mean lower low    
  water, to the second set of coordinates; if only one set of geographic coordinates is listed, the rookery extends around the entire shoreline of the  
  island at mean lower low water.                                                                                                                       


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                                          Table 5.--Aleutian Islands Subarea Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas                                          
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                                                                From                                                       To                           
               Island                -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Latitude                    Longitude                     Latitude                    Longitude         
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  3-nm NO TRANSIT ZONES described at 50 CFR 227.12(a)(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
  a. Year-round Trawl Closures (Trawling Prohibited Within 10 nm).                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Yunaska Island......................  52 deg.42.0' N               170 deg.38.5' W               52 deg.41.0' N               170 deg.34.5' W           
Seguam Island.......................  52 deg.21.0' N                172 deg.35.0' W              52 deg.21.0' N               172 deg.33.0' W           
Agligadak Island....................  52 deg.06.5' N                172 deg.54.0' W                                                                     
Kasatochi Island....................  52 deg.10.0' N                175 deg.31.0' W              52 deg.10.5' N               175 deg.29.0' W           
Adak Island.........................  51 deg.36.5' N                176 deg.59.0' W              51 deg.38.0' N               176 deg.59.5' W           
Gramp Rock..........................  51 deg.29.0' N                178 deg.20.5' W                                                                     
Tag Island..........................  51 deg.33.5' N                178 deg.34.5' W                                                                     
Ulak Island.........................  51 deg.20.0' N                178 deg.57.0' W              51 deg.18.5' N               178 deg.59.5' W           
Semisopochnoi.......................  51 deg.58.5' N                179 deg.45.5' E              51 deg.57.0' N               179 deg.46.0' E           
Semisopochnoi.......................  52 deg.01.5' N                179 deg.37.5' E              52 deg.01.5' N               179 deg.39.0# E           
Amchitka Island.....................  51 deg.22.5' N                179 deg.28.0' E              51 deg.21.5' N               179 deg.25.0' E           
Amchitka Is/Column Rocks............  51 deg.32.5' N                178 deg.49.5' E                                                                     
Ayugadak Point......................  51 deg.45.5' N                178 deg.24.5' E                                                                     
Kiska Island........................  51 deg.57.5' N                177 deg.21.0' E              51 deg.56.5' N               177 deg.20.0' E           
Kiska Island........................  51 deg.52.5' N                177 deg.13.0' E              51 deg.53.5' N               177 deg.12.0' E           
Buldir Island.......................  52 deg.20.5' N                175 deg.57.0' E              52 deg.23.5' N               175 deg.51.0' E           
Agattu Is./Gillion Pt...............  52 deg.24.0' N                173 deg.21.5' E                                                                     
Agattu Island.......................  52 deg.23.5' N                173 deg.43.5' E              52 deg.22.0' N               173 deg.41.0' E           
Attu Island.........................  52 deg.54.5' N                172 deg.28.5' E              52 deg.57.5' N               172 deg.31.5' E           
                                                                                                                                                        
  b. Seasonal Trawl Closures (During January 1 through April 15, or a date earlier than April 15, if adjusted under 50 CFR 675.20(a)(8). Trawling       
Prohibited Within 20 nm).                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Seguam Island.......................  52 deg.21.0' N                172 deg.35.0' W              52 deg.21.0' N               172 deg.33.0' W           
Agligadak Island....................  52 deg.06.5' N                172 deg.54.0' W                                                                     
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Note: Each rookery extends in a clockwise direction from the first set of geographic coordinates, along the shoreline at mean lower low water, to the   
  second set of coordinates; if only one set of geographic coordinates is listed, the rookery extends around the entire shoreline of the island at mean 
  lower low water.                                                                                                                                      


                                               Table 6.--Gulf of Alaska Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas                                               
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                                                              From                                                         To                           
              Island              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Latitude                      Longitude                     Latitude                     Longitude         
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  3-nm NO TRANSIT ZONES described at 50 CFR 227.12(a)(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
  a. Year-round Trawl Closures (Trawling Prohibited Within 10 nm).                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Outer Island.....................  59 deg.20.5' N                150 deg.23.0' W               59 deg.21.0' N                150 deg.24.5' W            
Sugarloaf Island.................  58 deg.53.0' N                152 deg.02.0' W               ............................  ...........................
Marmot Island....................  58 deg.14.5' N                151 deg.47.5' W               58 deg.10.0' N                151 deg.51.0' W            
Chirikof Island..................  55 deg.46.5' N                155 deg.39.5' W               55 deg.46.5' W                155 deg.43.0' W            
Chowiet Island...................  56 deg.00.5' N                156 deg.41.5' W               56 deg.00.5' N                156 deg.42.0' W            
Atkins Island....................  55 deg.03.5' N                159 deg.18.5' W               ............................  ...........................
Chernabura Island................  54 deg.47.5' N                159 deg.31.0' W               54 deg.45.5' N                159 deg.33.5' W            
Pinnacle Rock....................  54 deg.46.0' N                161 deg.46.0' W               ............................  ...........................
Clubbing Rocks-N.................  54 deg.43.0' N                162 deg.26.5' W               ............................  ...........................
Clubbing Rocks-S.................  54 deg.42.0' N                162 deg.26.5' W               ............................  ...........................
Ugamak Island....................  54 deg.14.0' N                164 deg.48.0' W               54 deg.13.0' N                164 deg.48.0' W            
Akun Island......................  54 deg.18.0' N                165 deg.32.5' W               54 deg.18.0' N                165 deg.31.5' W            
Akutan Island....................  54 deg.03.5' N                166 deg.00.0' W               54 deg.05.5' N                166 deg.05.0' W            
Ogchul Island....................  53 deg.00.0' N                168 deg.24.0' W               ............................  ...........................
                                                                                                                                                        
  b. Seasonal Trawl Closures (During January 1 through April 15, or a date earlier than April 15, if adjusted under 50 CFR 672.30(a)(8). Trawling       
Prohibited Within 20 nm).                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Akun I...........................  54 deg.18.0' N                165 deg.32.5' W               54 deg.18.0' N                165 deg.31.5' W            
Akutan I.........................  54 deg.03.5' N                166 deg.00.0' W               54 deg.05.5' N                166 deg.05.0' W            
Ugamak I.........................  54 deg.14.0' N                164 deg.48.0' W               54 deg.13.0' N                164 deg.48.0' W            
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 Note: The bounds of each rookery extend in a clockwise direction from the first set of geographic coordinates, along the shoreline at mean lower low   
  water, to the second set of coordinates; if only one set of geographic coordinates is listed, the rookery extends around the entire shoreline of the  
  island at mean lower low water.                                                                                                                       


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 Table 7.--Communities Determined To Be Eligible To Apply for Community 
                           Development Quotas                           
   [Other communities may also be eligible, but do not appear on this   
                                 table]                                 
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Aleutian Region:                                                        
  1. Atka                                                               
  2. False Pass                                                         
  3. Nelson Lagoon                                                      
  4. Nikolski                                                           
  5. St. George                                                         
  6. St. Paul                                                           
Bering Strait:                                                          
  1. Brevig Mission                                                     
  2. Diomede/Inalik                                                     
  3. Elim                                                               
  4. Gambell                                                            
  5. Golovin                                                            
  6. Koyuk                                                              
  7. Nome                                                               
  8. Savoonga                                                           
  9. Shaktoolik                                                         
  10. St. Michael                                                       
  11. Stebbins                                                          
  12. Teller                                                            
  13. Unalakleet                                                        
  14. Wales                                                             
  15. White Mountain                                                    
Bristol Bay:                                                            
  1. Alegnagik                                                          
  2. Clark's Point                                                      
  3. Dillingham                                                         
  4. Egegik                                                             
  5. Ekuk                                                               
  6. Manokotak                                                          
  7. Naknek                                                             
  8. Pilot Point/Ugashi                                                 
  9. Port Heiden/Meschick                                               
  10. South Naknek                                                      
  11. Sovonoski/King Salmon                                             
  12. Togiak                                                            
  13. Twin Hills                                                        
Southwest Coastal Lowlands:                                             
  1. Alakanuk                                                           
  2. Chefornak                                                          
  3. Chevak                                                             
  4. Eek                                                                
  5. Emmonak                                                            
  6. Goodnews Bay                                                       
  7. Hooper Bay                                                         
  8. Kipnuk                                                             
  9. Kongiganak                                                         
  10. Kotlik                                                            
  11. Kwigillingok                                                      
  12. Mekoryuk                                                          
  13. Newtok                                                            
  14. Nightmute                                                         
  15. Platinum                                                          
  16. Quinhagak                                                         
  17. Scammon Bay                                                       
  18. Sheldon's Point                                                   
  19. Toksook Bay                                                       
  20. Tununak                                                           
  21. Tuntutuliak                                                       
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 Table 8.--Harvest Zone Codes for Use With Product Transfer Reports and 
                         Vessel Activity Reports                        
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           Harvest zone                         Description             
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A................................  EEZ off Alaska.                      
D................................  Donut Hole.                          
F................................  Foreign Waters Other than Russia.    
I................................  International Waters other than Donut
                                    Hole and Seamounts.                 
R................................  Russian waters.                      
S................................  Seamounts in International waters.   
U................................  U.S. EEZ other than Alaska.          
------------------------------------------------------------------------


      Table 9.--Required Logbooks, Reports and Forms From Participants in the Federal Groundfish Fisheries      
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Catcher-      Catcher-                    Shoreside      Buying   
           Name of logbook/form                vessel       processor    Mothership     processor      station  
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Daily Fishing Logbook (DFL)...............          Yes            No            No            No           No. 
Daily Cumulative Production Logbook (DCPL)           No           Yes           Yes           Yes           No. 
Daily Cumulative Logbook (DCL)............           No            No            No            No          Yes. 
Check-in/check-out Report.................           No           Yes           Yes           Yes          Yes. 
U.S. Vessel Activity Report (VAR).........          Yes           Yes           Yes            No           No. 
Weekly Production Report (WPR)............           No           Yes           Yes           Yes           No. 
Daily Production Report (DPR)*............           No           Yes           Yes           Yes           No. 
Product Transfer Report (PTR).............           No           Yes           Yes           Yes           No. 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* When required by Regional Director.                                                                           


                                      Table 10.--Gulf of Alaska Retainable Percentages Referenced in 50 CFR 672.20                                      
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                                                                                    Bycatch species\1\                                                  
                                 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Basis species 1                   Pacific    Deep      Rex    Flathead   Shallow                         Aggregated    DSR      Atka     Other 
                                  Pollock    cod    flatfish    sole     sole    flatfish  Arrowtooth  Sablefish  rockfish 2   SEEO 3  mackerel  species
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Pollock.........................   \4\ na       20        20       20        20        20         35          1           5        10        20       20
Pacific cod.....................       20   \4\ na        20       20        20        20         35          1           5        10        20       20
Deep-water flatfish.............       20       20    \4\ na       20        20        20         35         15          15         1        20       20
Rex sole........................       20       20        20   \4\ na        20        20         35         15          15         1        20       20
Flathead sole...................       20       20        20       20    \4\ na        20         35         15          15         1        20       20
Shallow-water flatfish..........       20       20        20       20        20    \4\ na         35          1           5        10        20       20
Arrowtooth......................        0        0         0        0         0         0     \4\ na          0           0         0         0        0
Sablefish.......................       20       20        20       20        20        20         35     \4\ na          15         1        20       20
Pacific Ocean Perch.............       20       20        20       20        20        20         35         15          15         1        20       20
Shortraker/rougheye.............       20       20        20       20        20        20         35         15          15         1        20       20
Other rockfish..................       20       20        20       20        20        20         35         15          15         1        20       20
Northern rockfish...............       20       20        20       20        20        20         35         15          15         1        20       20
Pelagic rockfish................       20       20        20       20        20        20         35         15          15         1        20       20
DSR-Southeast Outside...........       20       20        20       20        20        20         35         15          15    \4\ na        20       20
Thornyhead......................       20       20        20       20        20        20         35         15          15         1        20       20
Atka mackerel...................       20       20        20       20        20        20         35          1           5        10    \4\ na       20
Other species...................       20       20        20       20        20        20         35          1           5        10        20   \4\ na

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Aggregated amount non-groundfish                                                                                                                        
 species........................       20       20        20       20        20        20         35          1           5        10        20      20 
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\1\ For definition of species, see Table 1 of the Gulf of Alaska groundfish specifications.                                                             
\2\ Aggregated rockfish means rockfish of the general Sebastes and Sebastolobus except in the southeast Outside District where demersal shelf rockfish  
  (DSR) is a separate category.                                                                                                                         
\3\ SEEO--Southeast Outside District.                                                                                                                   
\4\ na=not applicable.                                                                                                                                  



                                          Table 11.--Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area Retainable Percentages Referenced in 50 CFR 675.20                                         
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                                                                                                                      Bycatch species \1\                                                       
                                                              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Basis species \5\                                 Pacific    Atka                Yellowfin    Other    Rock   Flathead  Greenland              Aggregated           Other 
                                                               Pollock    cod    mackerel  Arrowtooth     sole    flatfish   sole     sole      turbot   Sablefish    rockfish    Squid  species
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\6\---------------------
Pollock......................................................   \7\ na       20       20         35          20        20       20       20          1          1           5        20       20
Pacific cod..................................................       20   \3\ na       20         35          20        20       20       20          1          1           5        20       20
Atka mackerel................................................       20       20   \3\ na         35          20        20       20       20          1          1           5        20       20
Arrowtooth...................................................        0        0        0     \3\ na           0         0        0        0          0          0           0         0        0
Yellowfin sole...............................................       20       20       20         35      \3\ na        35       35       35          1          1           5        20       20
Other flatfish...............................................       20       20       20         35          35    \3\ na       35       35          1          1           5        20       20
Rocksole.....................................................       20       20       20         35          35        35   \3\ na       35          1          1           5        20       20
Flathead sole................................................       20       20       20         35          35        35       35   \3\ na         35         15          15        20       20
Greenland turbot.............................................       20       20       20         35          20        20       20       20     \3\ na         15          15        20       20
Sablefish....................................................       20       20       20         35          20        20       20       20         35     \3\ na          15        20       20
Other rockfish...............................................       20       20       20         35          20        20       20       20         35         15          15        20       20
Other red rockfish-BS........................................       20       20       20         35          20        20       20       20         35         15          15        20       20
Pacific Ocean perch..........................................       20       20       20         35          20        20       20       20          5         15          15        20       20
Sharpchin/Northern-AI........................................       20       20       20         35          20        20       20       20         35         15          15        20       20
Shortraker/Rougheye-AI.......................................       20       20       20         35          20        20       20       20         35         15          15        20       20
Squid........................................................       20       20       20         35          20        20       20       20          1          1           5    \3\ na       20
Other species................................................       20       20       20         35          20        20       20       20          1          1           5        20   na \3\
Aggregated amount non-groundfish species.....................       20       20       20         35          20        20       20       20          1          1           5        20      20 
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\1\ For definition of species, see Table 1 of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish specifications.                                                                                    
\2\ Aggregated rockfish of the genera Sebastes and Sebastolobus.                                                                                                                                
\3\ na=not applicable.                                                                                                                                                                          


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

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

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

    14. In Sec. 675.1, paragraph (a) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 675.1  Purpose and scope.

    (a) Regulations in this part, along with parts 620, 672, 676, and 
677 of this chapter implement the Fishery Management Plan for 
Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area.
* * * * *
    15. Section 675.2 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 675.2  Definitions.

    Definitions for this part are identical to the definitions for part 
672. See Sec. 672.2 of this chapter.
    16. Section 675.3 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 675.3  Relation to other laws.

    Regulations for this section are located in Sec. 672.3 of this 
chapter.
    17. Section 675.4 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 675.4  Permits.

    Fisheries permit requirements for vessels fishing for groundfish in 
the BSAI are located at Sec. 672.4 of this chapter.
    18. Section 675.5 is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 675.5  Recordkeeping and reporting.

    Recordkeeping and reporting requirements regulated under this part 
and Sec. 672.4 of this chapter are located at Sec. 672.5 of this 
chapter.
    19. In Sec. 675.7, paragraphs (a), (l), and (m) are revised, and 
paragraphs (q) and (r) are added to read as follows:


Sec. 675.7  Prohibitions.

* * * * *
    (a) Fish for groundfish in the BSAI with a vessel of the United 
States that does not have on board a valid permit issued under 
Sec. 672.4 of this chapter.
* * * * *
    (l) Except as authorized by permit issued pursuant to the section 
of the Donut Hole Convention implementing legislation authorizing the 
Secretary to 

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issue Donut Hole fishing permits (Public Law 104-43, section 104(d)), 
it is unlawful for any person to fish in the Donut Hole from a vessel 
for which a Federal fisheries permit has been issued pursuant to 
section 672.4 of this chapter during the year for which the permit was 
issued;
    (m) Except as authorized by permit issued pursuant to the section 
of the Donut Hole Convention implementing legislation authorizing the 
Secretary to issue Donut Hole fishing permits (Public Law 104-43, 
section 104(d)), it is unlawful for any person to possess within the 
EEZ fish harvested from the Donut Hole on board a vessel for which a 
Federal fisheries permit has been issued pursuant to section 672.4 of 
this chapter during the year for which the permit was issued.
* * * * *
    (q) Fail to comply with or fail to ensure compliance with 
requirements at Sec. 672.5 of this chapter.
    (r) Use a catcher vessel or catcher/processor as a Tender Vessel 
before offloading all groundfish or groundfish product harvested or 
processed by that vessel.
    20. In Sec. 675.20, paragraphs (a)(1), (c)(1), (i)(2), and (j)(4) 
are revised; headings for paragraphs (a)(8) through (a)(12), (d), 
(j)(1), (j)(2) and (j)(3) are added; paragraphs (h)(1) and (h)(3) are 
amended by revising the words, ``Table 1 to this section'' to read 
``Table 11 of part 672,'' and Table 1 to Sec. 675.20 is removed.


Sec. 675.20  General limitations.

    (a) * * *
    (1) Optimum yield (OY). The OY for the fishery regulated by this 
section and by Sec. 611.93 of this chapter is a range of 1.4 million to 
2.0 million mt for target species and the ``other species'' category in 
the BSAI, to the extent this amount can be harvested consistently with 
this part and part 611 of this chapter, plus the amounts of ``non-
specified species'' taken incidentally to the harvest of target species 
and the ``other species'' category. The species categories are defined 
in Table 1 of the specifications as provided in paragraph (a)(7) of 
this section.
* * * * *
    (8) Directed fishing allowance. * * *
    (9) Prohibited species closure. * * *
    (10) Overfishing closure. * * *
    (11) JVP or TALFF prohibitions. * * *
    (12) Factors to be considered. * * *
* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (1) Prohibited species, for the purpose of this part, means any of 
the species of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.), steelhead trout 
(Oncorhynchus mykiss), Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis), 
Pacific herring (Clupea harengus pallasi), king crab (Paralithodes spp. 
and Lithodes spp.), and Tanner crab (Chionoecetes spp.) caught by a 
vessel regulated under this part while fishing for groundfish in the 
BSAI, unless retention is authorized by other applicable law, including 
Part 301--Pacific Halibut Fisheries Regulations.
* * * * *
    (d) Winter Halibut Savings Area. * * *
* * * * *
    (i) * * *
    (2) Fishing trip. For purposes of this paragraph, a fishing trip is 
defined as set forth under paragraph 672.20(h)(2) of this chapter.
    (j) * * *
    (1) Pollock roe. * * *
    (2) Primary product. * * *
    (3) Standard product recovery rates. * * *
* * * * *
    (4) For purposes of this paragraph, a fishing trip is defined as 
set forth under part 672.20(h)(2) of this chapter.
* * * * *
    21. In Sec. 675.21, headings are added to paragraphs (a)(1) through 
(a)(6), and (b)(4), to read as follows:


Sec. 675.21  Prohibited Species Catch (PSC) Limitations.

    (a) * * *
    (1) Red king crab, Zone 1. * * *
    (2) Tanner crab, Zone 1. * * *
    (3) Tanner crab, Zone 2. * * *
    (4) Pacific halibut, trawl. * * *
    (5) Pacific herring. * * *
    (6) Pacific halibut, non-trawl. * * *
    (b) * * *
    (4) Bycatch allowances and seasonal apportionments. * * *
* * * * *
    22. In Sec. 675.22, paragraph (a) is revised and headings are added 
to paragraphs (b) through (f) to read as follows:


Sec. 675.22  Time and area closures.

    (a) Year-round closures, Area 512. No fishing with trawl gear is 
allowed at any time in that part of Zone 1 in the Bering Sea subarea 
that is south of 58 deg.00' N. lat. and between 160 deg.00' W. long. 
and 162 deg.00' W. long. (see Figure 1 to part 672), except as 
described in paragraph (c) of this section.
    (b) Seasonal closures, Area 516. * * *
    (c) Partial closures, Area 512. * * *
    (d) Partial closures, Area 516. * * *
    (e) Red king crab closures. * * *
    (f) Walrus Protection Areas. * * *
* * * * *
    23. In Sec. 675.23, paragraphs (a) and (d) are revised and headings 
are added to paragraphs (b) and (c) to read as follows:


Sec. 675.23  Seasons.

    (a) Fishing year. Fishing for groundfish in the subareas and 
statistical areas of the BSAI is authorized from 0001 hours, A.l.t., 
January 1, through 2359 hours, A.l.t., December 31, subject to the 
other provisions of this part, except as provided in paragraphs (c) 
through (e) of this section.
    (b) Time of openings and closures. * * *
    (c) Directed fishing for arrowtooth flounder and Greenland turbot. 
* * *
    (d) Trawl gear prohibition, BSAI. Notwithstanding other provisions 
of this part, fishing for groundfish with trawl gear in the BSAI is 
prohibited from 0001 hours, A.l.t. on January 1, through 1200 hours, 
A.l.t., January 20.
* * * * *
    24. In Sec. 675.24, paragraph (e) is removed; paragraphs (f), (g), 
and (h) are redesignated as paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) respectively; 
headings are added to paragraphs (c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(3), (d)(1), 
(d)(2), and newly redesignated paragraphs (f)(2) and (f)(3); the 
headings for paragraph (b) and newly redesignated paragraph (f) are 
revised; newly redesignated paragraphs (e) and (f)(4) are revised; and 
paragraph (a)(4) is added to read as follows:


Sec. 675.24  Gear limitations.

* * * * *
    (a) * * *
    (4) Marking shall be in characters at least 4 inches (10.2 cm) in 
height and one-half inch (1.3 cm) in width, in a contrasting color 
visible above the water line, and shall be maintained in good 
condition.
    (b) Gear restrictions--pots. * * *
* * * * *
    (c) * * * (1) Sablefish. * * *
    (2) Pollock. * * *
    (3) Longline pot gear. * * *
    (d) * * *
    (1) Directed fishing closures. * * *
    (2) PSC closures. * * *
* * * * *
    (e) Steller sea lion protection areas--(1) Bering Sea Subarea and 
Bogoslof District--(i) Year-round closures. Trawling is prohibited 
within 10 nm (18.5 km) of each of the eight Steller sea lion rookeries 
shown in Table 4a to part 672 of this chapter.
    (ii) Seasonal closures. During January 1 through April 15, or a 
date earlier than April 15 if adjusted under Sec. 675.20(a)(8), 
trawling is prohibited within 20 nm (37 km) of each of the six Steller 
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rookeries shown in Table 4b to part 672 of this chapter.
    (2) Aleutian Islands Subarea--(i) Year-round closures. Trawling is 
prohibited within 10 nm (18.4 km) of each of the 19 Steller sea lion 
rookeries shown in Table 5a of part 672 of this chapter.
    (ii) Seasonal closures. During January 1 through April 15, or a 
date earlier than April 15 if adjusted under Sec. 675.20(a)(8), 
trawling is prohibited within 20 nm (37 km) of each of the two Steller 
sea lion rookeries shown in Table 5b of part 672 of this chapter.
    (f) Trawl gear testing areas. * * *
    (2) Test area conditions. * * *
    (3) Test area criteria. * * *
    (4) Bering Sea Testing Area. Trawl gear testing is allowed in an 
area (Figure 7 to part 672 of this chapter) bounded by straight lines 
connecting the following coordinates in the order listed, at all times:


W. longitude                         N. latitude                        
                                                                        
167 deg. 00'                         55 deg. 00'                        
166 deg. 00'                         55 deg. 00'                        
166 deg. 00'                         54 deg. 40'                        
167 deg. 00'                         54 deg. 40'                        
167 deg. 00'                         55 deg. 00'                        
                                                                        

* * * * *
    25. In Sec. 675.27, the table to Sec. 675.27 is removed; paragraph 
(d)(2) introductory text and paragraph (g) are revised; the heading of 
paragraph (c) is revised, and headings are added to paragraphs (a)(1), 
(a)(2), (c)(1), (c)(2), (e)(2), and (f)(1) through (f)(3), to read as 
follows:


Sec. 675.27  Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program 
(applicable through December 31, 1998).

    (a) State of Alaska CDQ regulations.--(1) Compliance. * * *
    (2) Public hearing. * * *
* * * * *
    (c) Secretarial review and approval of CDPs.--(1) Consistent with 
criteria. * * *
    (2) Not consistent with criteria. * * *
    (d) Evaluation criteria. * * *
    (2) Prior to approval of a CDP recommended by the Governor, NMFS 
will review the Governor's findings to determine that each community 
that is part of a CDP is listed on Table 7 to part 672 of this chapter 
or meets the following criteria for an eligible community:
* * * * *
    (e) * * *
    (2) Increase in CDQ allocation. * * *
    (f) * * *
    (1) Recommendation of Governor. * * *
    (2) Non-compliance. * * *
    (3) Review of allocation. * * *
    (g) CDQ fishing requirements. Recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements are set out at Sec. 672.5 of this chapter.
* * * * *
    26. Part 675 is amended by removing figures 1 through 3 to this 
part.

[FR Doc. 96-2574 Filed 2-12-96; 8:45 am]
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