[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 161 (Monday, August 20, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43524-43533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20648]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 001114320-1191-02; I.D. 080400B]
RIN 0648-AN01


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Alaska Commercial Operator's 
Annual Report

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

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: NMFS issues a final rule to amend portions of the regulations 
implementing the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for 
groundfish fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone to require 
groundfish motherships and catcher/processors to submit annually to the 
State of Alaska, Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G), a Commercial 
Operator's Annual Report (COAR). This action is necessary to gather 
information on exvessel and first wholesale values for state-wide 
finfish and shellfish products from catcher/processors and motherships 
at sea. These data together with the information already gathered from 
shoreside processors and stationary floating processors will provide a 
means to compare value information (in dollars) of different types of 
species and products from all processors of fish harvested from Alaska 
State and Federal waters within a year and comparisons of several years 
through consistent yearly collection of information. This action is 
intended to further the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) with 
respect to the collection and analysis of economical data.

DATES: Effective September 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Regulatory Impact Review (RIR) prepared for 
this action may be obtained from the Sustainable Fisheries Division, 
Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668, Attn: Lori 
Gravel, or by calling the Alaska Region, NMFS, at 907-685-7228.
    Comments involving the reporting burden estimates or any other 
aspects of the collection of information requirements contained in this 
final rule should be sent to both Lori Gravel, at the preceding 
address, and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Washington, DC 20503 (Attn: NOAA 
Desk Officer). Comments sent by e-mail or the Internet will not be 
accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7228 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    NMFS manages fishing for groundfish by U.S. vessels in the 
exclusive economic zone of the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea and 
Aleutian Islands Management Area under the Fishery Management Plan for 
Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and the Fishery Management Plan for 
the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area 
(FMPs). The Council prepared the FMPs under authority of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act. Regulations implementing the FMPs at 50 CFR part 679 and 
subpart H of 50 CFR part 600 govern fishing by U.S. vessels. 
Recordkeeping and reporting requirements appear at 50 CFR 679.5.
    This final rule implements the following changes to the 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements: (1) In Sec. 679.2, add a 
definition of COAR; (2) in Sec. 679.5, add a paragraph (p) that 
establishes requirements on completing and submitting the COAR; (3) 
revise Table 14--Ports of landing, Table 15--Gear Codes, descriptions, 
and use; (4) add Table 16--Area Codes and descriptions for use with 
ADF&G COAR, Table 17--COAR Process Codes, and Table 18--COAR Buying and 
Production Forms.
    This action results in a substantive regulatory revision, namely, 
the addition of a requirement that catcher/processors and motherships 
submit an annual COAR detailing exvessel and first wholesale value data 
for fish and shellfish products. This action is necessary to gather 
information on exvessel and first wholesale values for state-wide 
finfish and shellfish products from catcher/processors and motherships 
at sea. These data together with the information already gathered

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from shoreside processors and stationary floating processors will 
provide a means to compare value information (in dollars) of different 
types of species and products from all processors of fish harvested 
from Alaska State and Federal waters within a year and comparisons of 
several years through consistent yearly collection of information. The 
additional requirement will:
    (1) Allow NMFS staff to obtain for all processing sectors 
equivalent annual product value information and a consistent time 
series of information; in other words, the added data will provide a 
means to compare value information (in dollars) of different types of 
species and products from all processors of fish harvested from Alaska 
State and Federal waters within a year and comparisons of several years 
through a consistent yearly collection of information.
    (2) Provide an enhanced socioeconomic database that NMFS will use 
to measure economic and socioeconomic impacts more accurately and to 
prepare economic analyses of proposed or existing management measures 
in compliance with the mandates of Executive Order (E.O.) 12866, the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act, including national standards 2, 4, 7 and 8, the 
American Fisheries Act (to monitor and report to Congress on the 
effects and efficacy of the new groundfish management programs), and 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    (3) Provide detailed (and consistent) data on production, prices, 
and product forms that NMFS will use to respond to requests for 
economic information from Federal and state management agencies, the 
fishing industry, and the general public.
    (4) Provide a database that NMFS will use in the annual NMFS Stock 
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) documents for the groundfish 
fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of 
Alaska (GOA), in annual Federal publications on the value of U.S. 
commercial fisheries (e.g., Fisheries of the United States), and in 
periodic reports to economists that describe the fisheries and that 
serve as reference documents to management agencies, the industry, and 
others.
    Some negative impacts could be encountered by some processors who 
would need to restructure their computer accounting systems to allow 
for the State of Alaska area codes that are distinct to the COAR. 
Otherwise, the codes are the same as those used on ADF&G fish tickets 
and in NMFS' recordkeeping and reporting.
    NMFS published a proposed rule to implement these revisions in the 
Federal Register on December 14, 2000 (65 FR 78131). The preamble to 
the proposed rule contains a full description of the revisions and 
their justification, which is not repeated here. NMFS invited public 
comment on the changes contained in this action through January 16, 
2001.

Comments and Responses

    NMFS received one comment on the proposed rule.
    Comment. The comment supported the proposed COAR requirement, but 
cautioned that the methodology for calculating the data points (e.g., 
standardizing point of first wholesale pricing, shipping factors) 
needed to be the same across processing sectors of the fisheries. The 
commentor was concerned that the data computation point(s) are vague 
and that care should be taken that the data collected under this final 
rule are comparable to those already collected by the State of Alaska. 
The commentor added that the terms ``mothership'' and ``catcher/
processor'' need to be clearly defined.
    Response. The State's existing data collection system will be used 
by NMFS for both the current shoreside collection and the new at-sea 
collection. The COAR form will be completed and submitted to ADF&G who 
will enter the data in the database. For the Federal system, NMFS has 
precisely defined ``mothership'' and ``catcher/processor'' for purposes 
of recordkeeping and reporting, and under these definitions the 
processors are required to submit the COAR. Accordingly, NMFS' COAR is 
analogous with the State of Alaska COAR.
    Although some editorial changes were made to the regulatory text in 
this final rule, no substantive changes were made from the proposed 
regulatory text. An explanation of the editorial changes follows:
    Table 14 (a). The title of Table 14 (a) is changed to read, ``Port 
of Landing Codes, including CDQ and IFQ Primary Ports--(a) United 
States, Alaska.'' The port code for Unalaska (180) is removed, and code 
119 is renamed to read Dutch Harbor/Unalaska. Several port codes are 
added: XIP (124) for Excursion Inlet; FSP for False Pass, KOD (146) for 
Kodiak; (162) Portage Bay (Petersburg); and (182) West Anchor Cove. The 
port, ``Other/Unknown'' is revised to read ``Other'' and UNK (499).
    Table 14 (b). The title of Table 14 (b) is changed to read, ``Port 
of Landing Codes, including CDQ and IFQ Primary Ports--(b) United 
States, non-Alaska.'' A footnote (1) is added to explain how to record 
a location not assigned a code.
    Table 14 (c). The title of Table 14 (c) is changed to read, ``Port 
of Landing Codes, including CDQ and IFQ Primary Ports--(c) Canada.'' A 
footnote (1) is added to explain how to record a location not assigned 
a code.

Classification

    The Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator), 
determined that this final rule is necessary for the conservation and 
management of the groundfish fisheries off Alaska.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is 
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty 
for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the 
requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), unless that 
collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control 
number.
    This final rule contains collection-of-information requirements 
subject to the PRA that have been approved by OMB under control no. 
0648-0428. The estimated response time to complete a COAR is estimated 
to range from 0.5 hr to 16 hr, an average of 8 hr per year.
    This final rule was developed through a joint effort between the 
State of Alaska ADF&G and the NMFS Alaska Region. This cooperative 
endeavor will result in a combined database consisting of exvessel and 
first wholesale value information (in dollars) as well as production 
information from all processors of fish species and products harvested 
from State of Alaska waters and Federal waters off Alaska. This 
database will be updated annually and will allow historical economic 
comparisons through a consistent collection of information.
    In the late 1980's, NMFS and the State of Alaska ADF&G began to 
jointly collect COAR data for the shoreside sector. Prior to that, 
ADF&G collected the COAR data and NMFS collected data for its own 
survey. The groundfish COAR was collected for 4 years cooperatively by 
NMFS and ADF&G. The two agencies jointly developed the procedure and 
proposed Federal regulations for gathering information from motherships 
and catcher/processors to add the information already collected from 
shoreside processors and stationary floating processors by the State of 
Alaska. The procedure is based on using the State of Alaska's 25-year 
old COAR data collection to the greatest extent to accomplish NMFS' 
statutory goal of information collection while enhancing the State of 
Alaska's database and goals.

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    The two agencies have agreed to use one COAR form for the State of 
Alaska's and NMFS' requirements. In addition, the agencies agreed that 
the COAR forms will be sent directly by the processors to ADF&G for 
data entry, verification, and storage. Since 2000, two staff persons at 
ADF&G have been funded by a NOAA grant to assist with COAR data entry 
and to improve the quality and efficiency of the COAR database. This 
funding is expected to increase to cover the additional costs 
associated with at-sea processor COAR submittal. State ADF&G staff will 
contact the processors for verification of information and for any 
questionable responses on the COAR and to ensure that each processor 
required to submit a COAR by either State of Alaska or Federal 
requirements does in fact submit the COAR to ADF&G. NMFS staff will 
receive copies (paper or electronic) of the database on request to 
ADF&G.
    The combined database will provide a means to compare exvessel and 
first wholesale value information (in dollars) from all processors of 
different species and products of fish harvested from State of Alaska 
waters and Federal waters off Alaska by year and will allow historical 
comparisons through consistent collections of information through the 
years.
    This final rule has been determined to be not significant for 
purposes of E.O. 12866.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 679

    Alaska, Fisheries, Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

    Dated: August 8, 2001
William T. Hogarth,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 50 CFR part 679 is 
amended as follows:

PART 679--FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA

    1. The authority citation for 50 CFR part 679 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq., 1801 et seq., and 3631 et seq.

    2. Section 679.2 is amended by adding the definition in 
alphabetical order for ``Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR).''


Sec. 679.2  Definitions.

* * * * *
    Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) means the annual report 
of information on exvessel and first wholesale values for fish and 
shellfish required under Title 5 of the Alaska Administrative Code, 
chapter 39.130 (see Sec. 679.5 (p)).
* * * * *

    3. Section 679.5 is amended by adding paragraph (p) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 679.5  Recordkeeping and reporting.

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    (p) Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)--(1) Requirement. 
The owner of a mothership or catcher/processor must annually complete 
and submit to ADF&G the appropriate Forms A through M and COAR 
certification page for each year in which the mothership or catcher/
processor was issued a Federal Fisheries permit. The owner of a 
mothership must include all fish received and processed during the 
year, including fish received from an associated buying station. The 
ADF&G COAR is further described under Alaska Administrative Code (5 AAC 
39.130) (see Sec. 679.3 (b)(2)).
    (2) Time limit and submittal of COAR. The owner of a mothership or 
catcher/processor must submit to ADF&G the appropriate Forms A through 
M and COAR certification page by April 1 of the year following the year 
for which the report is required to the following address:
    Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries, 
Attn: COAR, P.O. Box 25526, Juneau, AK 99802-5526
    (3) Information required, certification page. The owner of a 
mothership or catcher/processor must:
    (i) Enter the company name and address, including street, city, 
state, and zip code; also seasonal mailing address, if applicable.
    (ii) Enter the vessel name and ADF&G processor code.
    (iii) Check YES or NO to indicate whether fishing activity was 
conducted during the appropriate year.
    (iv) If response to paragraph (p)(3)(iii) of this section is YES, 
complete the applicable forms of the COAR (see table 18 to this part) 
and complete and sign the certification page.
    (v) If response to paragraph (p)(3)(iii) of this section is NO, 
complete and sign only the certification page.
    (vi) Sign and enter printed or typed name, e-mail address, title, 
telephone number, and FAX number of owner.
    (vii) Enter printed or typed name, e-mail address, and telephone 
number of alternate contact.
    (4) Buying information (exvessel), Forms A (1-3), C (1-2), E, G, I 
(1-2), and K.--(i) Requirement. The owner of a mothership (if the first 
purchaser of raw fish) must complete and submit the appropriate COAR 
buying forms (A (1-3), C (1-2), E, G, I (1-2), and K) for each species 
purchased from fishermen during the applicable year.
    (ii) Buying information required. The owner of the mothership must 
record the following information on the appropriate COAR buying forms:
    (A) Species name and code (see table 2 to this part).
    (B) Area purchased (see table 16 to this part).
    (C) Gear code (see table 15 to this part).
    (D) Delivery code (form G only) (see table 1 to this part).
    (E) Total weight (to the nearest lb) purchased from fishermen.
    (F) Total amount paid to fishermen, including all post- season 
adjustments and/or bonuses and any credit received by fishermen for gas 
expenses, ice, delivery premiums, and other miscellaneous expenses.
    (G) Price per pound. If additional adjustments may be made after 
this report has been filed, the owner must check the ``$ not final'' 
box, and submit Form M when these adjustments are paid. Do not include 
fish purchased from another processor.
    (5) Production forms, Forms B (1-6), D, F, H, J (1-2), and K). For 
purposes of this paragraph, the total wholesale value is the amount 
that the processor receives for the finished product (free on board 
pricing mothership or catcher/processor). For products finished but not 
yet sold (still held in inventory), calculate the estimated value using 
the average price received to date for that product.
    (i) Requirement--(A) Mothership. The owner of a mothership must 
record and submit the appropriate COAR production forms (B(1-6), D, F, 
H, J(1-2), and K) for all production that occurred for each species 
during the applicable year:
    (1) That were purchased from fishermen on the grounds and/or 
dockside, including both processed and unprocessed seafood.
    (2) That were then either processed on the mothership or exported 
out of the State of Alaska.
    (B) Catcher/processor. The owner of a catcher/processor must record 
and submit the appropriate COAR production forms (B(1-6), D, F, H, J 
(1-2), and K) for each species harvested during the applicable year 
that were then either processed on the vessel or exported out of the 
State of Alaska.
    (ii) Information required, non-canned production--(A) Enter area of 
processing (see table 16 to this part).

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 List production of Canadian-harvested fish separately.
    (B) Processed product. Processed product must be described by 
entering three codes:
    (1) Process prefix code (see table 17 to this part)
    (2) Process suffix code (see table 17 to this part)
    (3) Product code (see table 1 to this part)
    (C) Total net weight. Enter total weight (in pounds) of the 
finished product.
    (D) Total value($). Enter the total wholesale value of the finished 
product.
    (E) Enter price per pound of the finished product.
    (iii) Information required, canned production. Complete an entry 
for each can size produced:
    (A) Enter area of processing (see table 16 to this part).
    (B) Process 51 or 52. Enter conventional canned code (51) or 
smoked, conventional canned code (52).
    (C) Total value($). Enter the total wholesale value of the finished 
product.
    (D) Enter can size in ounces, to the hundredth of an ounce.
    (E) Enter number of cans per case.
    (F) Enter number of cases.
    (6) Custom production forms, Form L (1-2)--(i) Requirement. The 
owner of a mothership or catcher/processor must record and submit COAR 
production form L (1-2) for each species in which custom production was 
done by the mothership or catcher/processor for another processor and 
for each species in which custom production was done for the mothership 
or catcher/processor by another processor.
    (ii) Custom-production by mothership or catcher/processor for 
another processor. If the mothership or catcher/processor custom-
processed fish or shellfish for another processor during the applicable 
year, the owner of the mothership or catcher/processor must list the 
processor name and ADF&G processor code (if known) to describe that 
processor, but must not include any of that production in production 
form L (1-2).
    (iii) Custom-production by another processor for mothership or 
catcher/processor. If a processor custom-processed fish or shellfish 
for the mothership or catcher/processor during the applicable year, the 
owner of the mothership or catcher/processor must use a separate page 
to list each processor and must include the following information.
    (A) Custom fresh/frozen miscellaneous production. The owner of a 
mothership or catcher/processor must list the following information to 
describe production intended for wholesale/retail market and that are 
not frozen for canning later:
    (1) Species name and code (see table 2 to this part).
    (2) Area of processing (see table 16 to this part).
    (3) Processed product. Processed product must be entered using 
three codes:
    (i) Process prefix code (see table 17 to this part).
    (ii) Process suffix code (see table 17 to this part).
    (iii) Product code (see table 1 to this part).
    (4) Total net weight. Enter total weight in pounds of the finished 
product.
    (5) Total wholesale value($). Enter the total wholesale value of 
the finished product.
    (B) Custom canned production. The owner of a mothership or catcher/
processor must list the following information to describe each can size 
produced in custom canned production:
    (1) Species name and code (see table 2 to this part).
    (2) Area of processing (see table 16 to this part).
    (3) Process 51 or 52. Enter conventional canned code (51) or 
smoked, conventional canned code (52).
    (4) Total wholesale value ($). Enter the total wholesale value of 
the finished product.
    (5) Can size in ounces, to the hundredth of an ounce.
    (6) Number of cans per case.
    (7) Number of cases.
    (7) Fish buying retro payments/post-season adjustments, Form M--(i) 
Requirement. The owner of a mothership must record and submit COAR 
production Form M to describe additional adjustments and/or bonuses 
awarded to a fisherman, including credit received by fishermen for gas 
expenses, ice, delivery premiums, and other miscellaneous expenses.
    (ii) Information required--(A) Enter species name and code (see 
table 2 to this part).
    (B) Enter area purchased (see table 16 to this part)
    (C) Enter gear code (see table 16 to this part).
    (D) Enter total pounds purchased from fisherman.
    (E) Enter total amount paid to fishermen (base + adjustment).

    4. In part 679, table 14 is removed and tables 14a, 14b, and 14c 
are added in its place; table 15 is revised; and tables 16, 17, and 18 
to part 679 are added to read as follows:

            Table 14a to Part 679. Port of Landing Codes, Alaska, Including CDQ and IFQ Primary Ports
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                                                                                     CDQ/IFQ Primary Ports for
                                                                                   Vessel Clearance (X indicates
                                                                           ADF&G    an authorized IFQ port; see
                             Port Name                               NMFS   Code      Sec.  679.5 (l)(5)(vi))
                                                                     Code  ADF&G -------------------------------
                                                                            Code  CDQ/     North         West
                                                                                   IFQ    Latitude    Longitude
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Adak                                                                  186   ADA
Akutan                                                                101   AKU     X   54 deg.08'0  165 deg.46'
                                                                                                 5"          20"
Akutan Bay                                                            102
Alitak                                                                103   ALI
Anchor Point                                                          104
Anchorage                                                             105   ANC
Angoon                                                                106   ANG
Aniak                                                                       ANI
Anvik                                                                       ANV
Atka                                                                  107   ATK
Auke Bay                                                              108                            ...........
Baranof Warm Springs                                                  109                            ...........
Beaver Inlet                                                          110                            ...........
Bethel                                                                      BET
Captains Bay                                                          112                            ...........

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Chignik                                                               113   CHG
Chinitna Bay                                                          114                            ...........
Cordova                                                               115   COR     X   60 deg.33'0  145 deg.45'
                                                                                                 0"          00"
Craig                                                                 116   CRG     X   55 deg.28'3  133 deg.09'
                                                                                                 0"          00"
Dillingham                                                            117   DIL
Douglas                                                               118                            ...........
Dutch Harbor                                                          119   DUT
Dutch Harbor/Unalaska                                                               X   53 deg.53'2  166 deg.32'
                                                                                                 7"          05"
Edna Bay                                                              121                            ...........
Egegik                                                                122   EGE                      ...........
Ekuk                                                                        EKU                      ...........
Elfin Cove                                                            123   ELF                      ...........
Emmonak                                                                     EMM                      ...........
Fairbanks                                                                   FBK   ....               ...........
False Pass                                                            125                            ...........
Galena                                                                      GAL         ...........  ...........
Glacier Bay                                                                 GLB         ...........  ...........
Glennallen                                                                  GLN   ....               ...........
Gustavus                                                              127   GUS                      ...........
Haines                                                                128   HNS                      ...........
Halibut Cove                                                          130  .....                     ...........
Hollis                                                                131  .....                     ...........
Homer                                                                 132   HOM     X   59 deg.38'4  151 deg.33'
                                                                                                 0"          00"
Hoonah                                                                133   HNH                      ...........
Hydaburg                                                                    HYD         ...........  ...........
Hyder                                                                 134   HDR                      ...........
Ikatan Bay                                                            135  .....                     ...........
Juneau                                                                136   JNU                      ...........
Kake                                                                  137   KAK                      ...........
Kaltag                                                                      KAL                      ...........
Kasilof                                                               138   KAS                      ...........
Kenai                                                                 139   KEN                      ...........
Kenai River                                                           140                            ...........
Ketchikan                                                             141   KTN     X   55 deg.20'3  131 deg.38'
                                                                                                 0"          45"
King Cove                                                             142   KCO     X   55 deg.03'2  162 deg.19'
                                                                                                 0"          00"
King Salmon                                                           143   KNG                      ...........
Kipnuk                                                                144
Klawock                                                               145   KLA
Kotzebue                                                                   KOT
La Conner                                                                   LAC
Mekoryuk                                                              147
Metlakatla                                                            148   MET
Moser Bay                                                                   MOS
Naknek                                                                149   NAK
Nenana                                                                      NEN
Nikiski (or Nikishka)                                                 150   NIK
Ninilchik                                                             151   NIN
Nome                                                                  152   NOM
Nunivak Island                                                              NUN
Old Harbor                                                            153   OLD
Other/Unknown                                                         499   UNK
Pelican                                                               155   PEL     X   57 deg.57'3  136 deg.13'
                                                                                                 0"          30"
Petersburg                                                            156   PBG     X   56 deg.48'1  132 deg.58'
                                                                                                 0"          00"
Point Baker                                                           157
Port Alexander                                                        158   PAL
Port Armstrong                                                              PTA
Port Bailey                                                           159   PTB
Port Graham                                                           160   GRM
Port Lions                                                                  LIO
Port Moller                                                                 MOL
Port Protection                                                       161
Resurrection Bay                                                      163
Sand Point                                                            164   SPT     X   55 deg.20'1  160 deg.30'
                                                                                                 5"          00"
Savoonga                                                              165
Seldovia                                                              166   SEL
Seward                                                                167   SEW     X   60 deg.06'3  149 deg.26'
                                                                                                 0"          30"
Sitka                                                                 168   SIT     X    57 deg.03'  135 deg.20'

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Skagway                                                               169   SKG
Soldotna                                                                    SOL
St. George                                                            170   STG
St. Lawrence                                                          171
St. Mary                                                                    STM
St. Paul                                                              172   STP     X   57 deg.07'2  170 deg.16'
                                                                                                 0"          30"
Tee Harbor                                                            173
Tenakee Springs                                                       174   TEN
Thorne Bay                                                            175
Togiak                                                                176   TOG
Toksook Bay                                                           177
Tununak                                                               178
Ugadaga Bay                                                           179
Ugashik                                                                     UGA
Unalakleet                                                                  UNA
Unalaska                                                              180
Valdez                                                                181   VAL
Wasilla                                                                     WAS
Whittier                                                              183   WHT
Wrangell                                                              184   WRN
Yakutat                                                               185   YAK     X    59 deg.33'  139 deg.44'
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  Table 14b to Part 679. Port of Landing Codes: California, Oregon, Canada, Including CDQ and IFQ Primary Ports
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                                                                                     CDQ/IFQ Primary Ports for
                                                                                   Vessel Clearance (X indicates
                                                                                    an authorized IFQ port; see
                             Port Name                               NMFS  ADF&G      Sec.  679.5 (l)(5)(vi))
                                                                     Code   Code -------------------------------
                                                                                  CDQ/     North         West
                                                                                   IFQ    Latitude    Longitude
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California
Eureka                                                                500   EUR                      ...........
Fort Bragg                                                            501
Other                                                                 599
Oregon
Astoria                                                               600   AST                      ...........
Lincoln City                                                          602
Newport                                                               603   NPT                      ...........
Olympia                                                                     OLY                      ...........
Portland                                                                    POR                      ...........
Warrenton                                                             604
Other                                                                 699
Canada
Port Edward                                                           800  .....                     ...........
Port Hardy                                                            801
Prince Rupert                                                         802   PRU                      ...........
Other                                                                  89  .....                     ...........
                                                                        9
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          Table 14c to Part 679. Washington Port of Landing Codes: Including CDQ and IFQ Primary Ports
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                                                                                     CDQ/IFQ Primary Ports for
                                                                                   Vessel Clearance (X indicates
                                                                                    an authorized IFQ port; see
                             Port Name                               NMFS  ADF&G      Sec.  679.5 (l)(5)(vi))
                                                                     Code   Code -------------------------------
                                                                                  CDQ/     North         West
                                                                                   IFQ    Latitude    Longitude
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Anacortes                                                             700   ANA                      ...........
Bellevue                                                              701                            ...........
Bellingham                                                            702           X   48 deg.45'0  122 deg.30'
                                                                                                 4"          02"
Blaine                                                                      BLA
Edmonds                                                               703

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Everett                                                               704
Fox Island                                                            706
Ilwaco                                                                707
La Conner                                                             708   LAC
Mercer Island                                                         709
Nagai Island                                                          710
Port Angeles                                                          711
Port Orchard                                                          712
Port Townsend                                                         713
Rainier                                                               714
Seattle                                                               715   SEA
Tacoma                                                                     TAC
Other                                                                 799
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                              Table 15 to Part 679--Gear codes, descriptions, and use (X indicates where this code is used)
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                                                                                                       Use Numeric Code to Complete the Following:
                                                  NMFS                                          --------------------------------------------------------
                Name of Gear                    Logbooks    Electronic WPR &      Gear Code,         Shoreside
                                               and Forms   Check-in/out Code       Numeric           Electronic      IFQ Terminal and     COAR Report
                                                                                                      Logbook             Forms
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Diving                                                                   OTH                 11                  X                                     X
Dredge                                                                   OTH                 22                  X                                     X
Dredge, hydro/mechanical                                                 OTH                 23                  X                                     X
Fish wheel                                                               OTH                 08                  X                                     X
Gillnet, drift                                                           OTH                 03                  X                                     X
Gillnet, herring                              ...........                OTH                 34                  X                                     X
Gillnet, set                                                             OTH                 04                  X                                     X
Gillnet, sunken                                                          OTH                 41                  X                                     X
Hand line/jig/troll                                                    \(1)\                 05                  X     IFQ name: hand                  X
                                                                                                                                troll
Handpicked                                                               OTH                 12                  X                                     X
Hatchery                                                                 n/a                 77                  X                                     X
Hook-and-line                                           X                HAL                 61                  X                  X                  X
Jig,mechanical                                                         \(1)\                 26                  X                                     X
Jig/Troll                                               X                JIG              \(1)\              \(1)\
Net,dip                                                                  OTH                 13                  X                                     X
Net,ring                                                                 OTH                 10                  X                                     X
Other/specify                                           X                OTH                 99                  X                                     X
Pot                                                     X                POT                 91                  X                  X                  X
Pound                                         ...........                OTH                 21                  X                                     X
Seine,beach                                   ...........                OTH                 02                  X                                     X
Seine,purse                                                              OTH                 01                  X                                     X
Shovel                                                                   OTH                 18                  X                                     X
Trap                                                                     OTH                 90                  X                                     X
Trawl, beam                                                            \(2)\                 17                  X                                     X
Trawl, double otter                                                    \(2)\                 27                  X                                     X
Trawl, nonpelagic/bottom                                X                NPT                 07                  X                                     X
Trawl, pelagic/midwater                                 X                PTR                 47                  X                                     X
Troll,dinglebar                                                          OTH                 25                  X          IFQ name:                  X
                                                                                                                      dinglebar troll
Troll, power gurdy                                                     \(1)\                 15                  X                                     X
Weir                                                                     OTH                 14                  X                                     X
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NOTES:
\(1)\Federal Authorized Gear JIG/TROLL. No numeric code is available because both jig and troll have a separate code number
\(2)\For logbooks, forms, electronic WPR, electroniccheck-in/out reports: all trawl gear must be reported as either nonpelagic or pelagic trawl


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   Table 16 to Part 679--Area Codes and Descriptions for Use with State of Alaska ADF&G Commercial Operator's
                                              Annual Report (COAR)
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                                                                                      ADF&G
                                                                                    Fisheries   Area Description
                COAR: Name (Code)                              Species             Management       in ADF&G
                                                                                      Areas       Regulations
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Alaska Peninsula                                   King Crab:....................         M         5 AAC 34.500
South Peninsula (MS)                               AK Peninsula/Aleutian Islands          M         5 AAC 12.100
North Peninsula (MN)                                Salmon.                               M          (Aleutians)
                                                                                                5 AAC 09.100 (AK
                                                                                                      Peninsula)
                                                   Herring.......................         M         5 AAC 27.600
Atka-Amlia Islands (FB) (FG)                       Salmon........................       n/a        5 AAC 11.1010
Bering Sea:                                        Bering Sea King Crab..........         Q         5 AAC 34.900
Pribilof Island (Q1)                               Bering Sea/Kotzebue...........         Q         5 AAC 27.900
St. Matthew Island Q2)
St. Lawrence Island (Q4)
Bristol Bay (T)                                    King Crab.....................         T         5 AAC 34.800
                                                   Salmon........................         T         5 AAC 06.100
                                                   Herring.......................         T         5 AAC 27.800
Chignik (L)                                        Groundfish....................         L         5 AAC 28.500
                                                   Herring.......................         L         5 AAC 27.550
                                                   Salmon........................         L         5 AAC 15.100
Cook Inlet:                                        Groundfish....................         H         5 AAC 28.300
Lower Cook Inlet (HL)                              Herring.......................         H          5 AA 27.400
Upper Cook Inlet (HU)                              Cook Inlet Shrimp.............         H         5 AAC 31.300
                                                   Outer Cook Inlet Shrimp.......         H          5 AA 31.400
                                                   Dungeness Crab................         H          5 AA 32.300
                                                   King Crab.....................         H          5 AA 34.300
                                                   Tanner Crab...................         H          5 AA 35.400
                                                   Miscellaneous Shellfish.......         H          5 AA 38.300
                                                   Salmon........................         H          5 AA 21.100
Dutch Harbor (O)                                   Aleutian Islands King Crab....         O          5 AA 34.600
EEZ (Federal waters of BSAI and GOA) (FB) (FG)     Groundfish....................       n/a                  n/a
Kodiak (western GOA) (K)                           Groundfish....................         K         5 AAC 28.400
                                                   Herring.......................         K         5 AAC 27.500
                                                   King Crab.....................         K         5 AAC 34.400
                                                   Salmon........................         K         5 AAC 18.100
                                                   Shrimp........................         J         5 AAC 31.500
                                                   Dungeness Crab................         J         5 AAC 32.400
                                                   Tanner Crab...................         J         5 AAC 35.500
                                                   Miscellaneous Shellfish.......         J         5 AAC 38.400
Kotzebue (X)                                       Salmon........................         W         5 AAC 03.100
Kuskokwim:                                         Salmon........................         W         5 AAC 07.100
Kuskokwim River/Bay (W1)                           Herring.......................         W          5AAC 27.870
Security Cove (W2)
Goodnews Bay (W3)
Nelson Island (W4)
Ninivak Island (W5)
Cape Avinof (W6)
Norton Sound (Z)                                   Norton Sound-Port Clarence             Z         5 AAC 04.100
                                                    Salmon.
                                                   Norton Sound-Port Clarence
                                                    King Crab.
Prince William Sound (E)                           Groundfish....................         E         5 AAC 28.200
                                                   Herring.......................         E         5 AAC 27.300
                                                   Shrimp........................         E         5 AAC 31.200
                                                   Dungeness Crab................         E         5 AAC 32.200
                                                   King Crab.....................         E         5 AAC 34.200
                                                   Tanner Crab...................         E         5 AAC 35.300
                                                   Miscellaneous Shellfish.......         E         5 AAC 38.200
                                                   Salmon........................                   5 AAC 24.100

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Southeast:                                         Groundfish....................         A         5 AAC 28.100
Juneau/Haines (A1)                                 Southeast (w/o Yakutat)                A         5 AAC 27.100
Yakutat (A2)                                        Herring.                              D         5 AAC 27.200
 Ketchikan/Craig (B)                               Yakutat Herring...............         A         5 AAC 31.100
Petersburg/Wrangell (C)                            Southeast (w/o Yakutat)                D         5 AAC 31.150
Sitka/Pelican (D)                                   Dungeness Shrimp.                     A         5 AAC 32.100
                                                   Yakutat Shrimp................         D         5 AAC 32.155
                                                   Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Crab..         A         5 AAC 34.100
                                                   Yakutat Dungeness Crab........         D         5 AAC 34.160
                                                   Southeast (w/o Yakutat) King           A         5 AAC 35.100
                                                    Crab.                                 D         5 AAC 35.160
                                                   Yakutat King Crab.............         A         5 AAC 38.100
                                                   Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Tanner         D         5 AAC 38.160
                                                    Crab.                                 A         5 AAC 33.100
                                                   Southeast (w/o Yakutat)                D         5 AAC 29.010
                                                    Miscellaneous Shellfish.                        5 AAC 30.100
                                                   Yakutat Miscellaneous
                                                    Shellfish.
                                                   Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Salmon
                                                   Yakutat Salmon................
Yukon River:                                       Yukon-Northern Salmon.........         Y         5 AAC 05.100
Lower Yukon (YL)
Upper Yukon (YU)
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    Table 17 to Part 679. Process Codes for Use With State of Alaska
               Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
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             Codes                    Process Codes and Description
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Prefix Codes                                                     1-Fresh
                                                                2-Frozen
                                                         3-Salted/brined
                                                                4-Smoked
                                                                5-Canned
                                                                6-Cooked
                                                                  7-Live
                                                                   8-Dry
                                                               9-Pickled
                                                               11-Minced
Suffix Codes                                                   0-General
                                                          1-Canned Conv.
                                                         2-Canned smoked
                                                         8-Vacuum packed
                                                                 B-Block
                                    I-Individual quick frozen (IQF) pack
                                                          S-Shatter pack
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 Table 18 to Part 679. Required Buying and Production Forms for use with
       State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
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                                              Required Form Number and
                  Fishery                               Name
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Salmon                                      Salmon Buying:
                                            (A)(1) Seine gear
                                            (A)(1) Gillnet gear
                                            (A)(2) Troll gear
                                            (A)(3) Miscellaneous gear
                                            King Salmon Production:
                                            (B)(1) Production
                                            (B)(1) Canned Production
                                            Sockeye Salmon Production:
                                            (B)(2) (i) Production
                                            (ii) Canned Production
                                            Coho Salmon Production:
                                            (B)(3) (i) Production
                                             (ii) Canned Production
                                            Pink Salmon Production:
                                            (B)(4) (i) Production
                                             (ii) Canned Production
                                            Chum Salmon Production:
                                            (B)(5) (i) Production
                                             (ii) Canned Production
                                            Salmon Roe & Byproduct
                                             Production:
                                            (B)(6) (i) Roe
                                            (B)(6) (ii) Byproduct
                                             Production
Herring                                     Herring Buying:
                                            (C)(1) (i) Seine gear
                                            (ii) Gillnet gear
                                            (C)(2) (i) Gillnet gear
                                             (contd)
                                            (ii) Pound gear
                                            (iii)Hand-pick gear
                                            Herring Production:
                                            (D) (i) Production
                                            (ii) Byproduct Production
Crab                                        (E)Crab Buying:
                                            (F) Crab Production
Shrimp/Miscellaneous Shellfish              (G)Shrimp/Misc.Shellfish
                                             Buying:
                                            (i) Trawl gear
                                            (ii) Pot gear
                                            (iii) Diving/picked gear
                                            (iv) Other gear (specify)
                                            (H) Shrimp/Misc. Shellfish
                                             Production
Groundfish                                  (I)(1) Groundfish Buying
                                            (I)(2) Groundfish Buying
                                            (J)(1) Groundfish Production
                                            (J)(2) Groundfish Production
Halibut                                     (K) Halibut Buying &
                                             Production
Custom Production                           Custom Production:
                                            (L)(1) Associated Processors
                                            (i) Custom Fresh/Frozen
                                            (ii) Misc. production
                                            (iii) Custom Canned
                                             Production
                                            (L)(2) (additional sheet)
PRICES NOT FINAL                            (M)(1) Fish Buying Retro
                                             Payments
                                            (M)(2) Post-season
                                             Adjustment
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[FR Doc. 01-20648 Filed 8-17-01: 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-S