[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 212 (Thursday, November 1, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 55123-55128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27402]


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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; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final rule for the 
Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) that was published in 
the Federal Register on August 20, 2001.

DATES: Effective November 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7008.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A final rule was published in the Federal 
Register on 66 FR 43524 (August 20, 2001), to require groundfish 
motherships and catcher/processors to submit annually to the State of 
Alaska, Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G), a COAR.
    Several errors were made in Tables 14A, 15, 16, and 18 to 50 CFR 
part 679. These tables are corrected and reprinted as follows:

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 679

    Alaska, Fisheries, Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

    Accordingly, 50 CFR part 679 is amended by making the following 
corrections:

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

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

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

Table 14A to Part 679 [Corrected]

    1. Beginning on page 43527, Table 14A is corrected 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
                                                                                    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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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
Chefornak                                                             189
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/Unalaska                                                 119   DUT     X   53 deg.53'2  166 deg.32'
                                                                                                 7"          05"
Edna Bay                                                              121
Egegik                                                                122   EGE
Ekuk                                                                        EKU
Elfin Cove                                                            123   ELF
Emmonak                                                                     EMM                      ...........
Excursion Inlet                                                       124   XIP
False Pass                                                            125   FSP
Fairbanks                                                                   FBK
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
Hooper Bay                                                            188
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

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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
Kodiak                                                                146   KOD
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\1\                                                              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
Portage Bay (Petersburg)                                              162
Quinhagak                                                             187
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'
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
Valdez                                                                181   VAL
Wasilla                                                                     WAS
West Anchor Cove                                                      182
Whittier                                                              183   WHT
Wrangell                                                              184   WRN
Yakutat                                                               185   YAK     X    59 deg.33'  139 deg.44'
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\1\ To report a landing at a location not currently assigned a location code number: Use the code for ``Other''
  for the state or country at which the landing occurs and notify NMFS of the actual location so that the list
  may be updated. For example, to report a landing for Levelock, Alaska if there is currently no code assigned,
  use ``499,'' ``Other,'' AK.''


    2. On page 43530, Table 15 is corrected to read as follows:

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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      Electronic WPR &                    --------------------------------------------------------
                Name of Gear                    Logbooks      Check-in/out        Gear Code,         Shoreside
                                                  and           Code\1\            Numeric           Electronic       IFQ Terminal &       ADF&G COAR
                                                Forms\1\                                          Logbook (SPELR)         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 (IFQ name: hand troll)                             \(1)\                 05                  X                  X                  X
Handpicked                                                               OTH                 12                  X                                     X
Hatchery                                                                 n/a                 77                  X                                     X
Hook-and-line                                           X                HAL                 61                  X                  X                  X
Jig, mechanical (IFQ name: jigs)                        X                JIG                 26                  X                  X                  X
Net,dip                                                                  OTH                 13                  X                                     X
Net,ring                                                                 OTH                 10                  X                                     X
Other/specify                                           X                OTH                 99                  X                                     X
Pair Trawl                                                                                   37                                                        X
Pot                                                     X                POT                 91                  X                  X                  X
Pound                                                                    OTH                 21                  X                                     X
Seine,purse                                                              OTH                 01                  X                                     X
Seine,beach                                   ...........                OTH                 02                  X                                     X
Shovel                                                                   OTH                 18                  X                                     X
Trap                                                                     OTH                 90                  X                                     X
Trawl, beam                                                            \(1)\                 17                  X                                     X
Trawl, double otter                                                    \(1)\                 27                  X                                     X
Trawl, nonpelagic/bottom                                X                NPT                 07                  X                                     X
Trawl, pelagic/midwater                                 X                PTR                 47                  X                                     X
Troll, dinglebar                                        X              TROLL                 25                  X                  X                  X
Troll, power gurdy                                      X              TROLL                 15                  X                  X                  X
Weir                                                                     OTH                 14                  X                                     X
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\1\ For logbooks, forms, electronic WPR, electronic check-in/out reports: all trawl gear must be reported as either nonpelagic or pelagic trawl


    3. On page 43531, Table 16 is corrected to read as follows:

   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
Bering Sea:                                        Bering Sea King Crab..........         Q         5 AAC 34.900
Pribilof Island (Q1)                               Bering Sea/Kotzebue Herring...         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

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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 (FB)                   Groundfish....................       n/a                  n/a
GOA (FG)                                           Atka-Amlia Islands Salmon.....       n/a        5 AAC 11.1010
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........................         X         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........................         E         5 AAC 24.100
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) Shrimp         D         5 AAC 31.150
Sitka/Pelican (D)                                  Yakutat Shrimp................         A         5 AAC 32.100
                                                   Southeast (w/o Yakutat)                D         5 AAC 32.155
                                                    Dungeness Crab.                       A         5 AAC 34.100
                                                   Yakutat Dungeness Crab........         D         5 AAC 34.160
                                                   Southeast (w/o Yakutat)                A         5 AAC 35.100
                                                    Dungeness, King 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
                                                   Yakutat Tanner Crab...........         D         5 AAC 29.010
                                                   Southeast (w/o Yakutat)                          5 AAC 30.100
                                                    Miscellaneous Shellfish.
                                                   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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    4. On page 43533, Table 18 is corrected to read as follows:

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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                  Fishery                       Form Number and Name
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Salmon                                      Salmon Buying
                                            (A)(1) Seine gear
                                            (A)(1) Gillnet gear
                                            (A)(2) Troll gear
                                            (A)(2) Hatchery
                                            (A)(3) Miscellaneous gear
                                            King Salmon Production
                                            (B)(1) Production
                                            (B)(1) Canned Production
                                            Sockeye Salmon Production:
                                            (B)(2)(i) Production
                                            (B)(2)(ii) Canned Production
                                            Coho Salmon Production
                                            (B)(3)(i) Production
                                            (B)(3)(ii) Canned Production
                                            Pink Salmon Production
                                            (B)(4)(i) Production
                                            (B)(4)(ii) Canned Production
                                            Chum Salmon Production
                                            (B)(5)(i) Production
                                            (B)(5)(ii) Canned Production
                                            Salmon Roe & Byproduct
                                             Production
                                            (B)(6)(i) Roe
                                            (B)(6)(ii) Byproduct
                                             Production
Herring                                     Herring Buying
                                            (C)(1)(i) Seine gear
                                            (C)(1)(ii) Gillnet gear
                                            (C)(2)(i) Gillnet gear
                                            (C)(2)(ii) Pound gear
                                            (C)(2)(iii) Hand-pick gear
                                            Herring Production
                                            (D)(1)(i) Production
                                            (D)(1)(ii) Byproduct
                                             Production
Crab                                        (E)Crab Buying
                                            (F) Crab Production
Shrimp/Miscellaneous Shellfish              (G)Shrimp/Misc.Shellfish
                                             Buying
                                            (G)(1)(i) Trawl gear
                                            (G)(1)(ii) Pot gear
                                            (G)(1)(iii) Diving/picked
                                             gear
                                            (G)(1)(iv) Other gear
                                             (specify)
                                            (H) Shrimp/Misc. Shellfish/
                                             Finfish 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
                                            (L)(1)(i) Custom Fresh/
                                             Frozen
                                            (L)(1)(ii) Misc. production
                                            (L)(1)(iii) Custom Canned
                                             Production
                                            (L)(2) (additional sheet)
PRICES NOT FINAL                            (M)(1) Fish Buying Retro
                                             Payments
                                            (M)(2) Post-season
                                             Adjustments
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    October 24, 2001.
William T. Hogarth,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
[FR Doc. 01-27402 Filed 10-31-01: 8:45 am]
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