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50 CFR Part 679



Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Revisions to 
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 010313063-1297-02; I.D. 121200A]
RIN 0648-AO20


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Revisions to 
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

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

ACTION: Final rule; recordkeeping and reporting.

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SUMMARY: NMFS issues a final rule to amend portions of the regulations 
implementing recordkeeping and reporting (R&R) requirements for 
groundfish fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Alaska. 
This action is necessary to refine or correct regulations for improved 
management, to remove obsolete text, and to clarify and simplify 
existing text. This action is intended to facilitate management of the 
fisheries, promote compliance with the regulations, and facilitate 
enforcement efforts. This action is intended to further the goals and 
objectives of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act. This action is intended 
to further the goals and objectives of the fishery management programs 
for groundfish fisheries off Alaska and to further the objectives of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act).

DATES: Effective January 25, 2002; except an amendment to 
Sec. 679.26(c), which will not be effective until approval by OMB under 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). A document will be published in the 
Federal Register announcing OMB approval and the effective date.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Regulatory Impact Review/Final Regulatory 
Flexibility Analysis (RIR/FRFA) prepared for this action may be 
obtained from the Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 
99802-1668, Attn: Lori Gravel. Send comments on information collection 
requests to NMFS and to OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC, 20503 (Attn: 
NOAA Desk Officer).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    NMFS manages the U.S. groundfish fisheries of the EEZ off Alaska 
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 North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council (Council) prepared the FMPs under the authority of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Regulations implementing the FMPs appear at 
50 CFR part 679. General regulations that pertain to U.S. fisheries 
appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600.
    This final rule revises several sections of the regulations 
implementing the FMPs that pertain to permits and R&R. These changes 
are necessary to promote the ability of fishermen to conduct groundfish 
fishing operations more efficiently, to enhance NMFS' ability to manage 
the fisheries through improved quality of data received for management 
of the fisheries, and to improve the clarity and consistency of R&R 
regulations.
    NMFS published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on August 8, 
2001 (66 FR 41664), for a 30-day public comment and review period that 
ended on September 7, 2001. 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 September 7, 2001. No comments were received 
during this time period.
    This final rule primarily consists of technical edits and 
clarifications to existing R&R requirements. These revisions include:
    (1) Standardizing several terms and sets of instructions and 
correcting several terms within the regulatory text for uniformity and 
improved clarity;
    (2) Adding cross references to regulatory text;
    (3) Combining similar types of information into relational tables;
    (4) Revising Figure 3, adding new Figures 19 and 20;
    (5) Revising Tables 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 19;
    (6) Revising logbooks and forms;
    (7) Amending 679.2 Definitions--by revision, additions, and 
deletions;
    (8) Amending 679.4 Permits--by reorganizing, revising, and adding 
information to the regulatory text and summary tables;
    (9) Amending 679.5 Recordkeeping and Reporting--by reorganizing to 
present common descriptions in one section; eliminating duplication; 
promoting uniformity; shortening descriptions of mundane tasks; and 
presenting options in tabular form so that specific requirements may be 
quickly located. In-text tables are added to display complex 
relationships and to sort out multiple options, steps, conditions, and 
choices.

Changes From the Proposed Rule to the Final Rule

    This final rule makes certain changes to the regulatory text from 
the proposed rule. Some changes result from internal review, and are 
anticipated to improve the efficiency of the data collection system. 
Some changes correct inadvertent printing errors in the proposed rule 
published in the Federal Register.
    The changes are intended to simplify the R&R tasks required by 
NMFS. Forms for data collection are redesigned to be easier to complete 
and submit, resulting in improved more accurate data. Regulatory text 
is amended to be consistent with the format of the forms and logbooks. 
These changes are as follows:

Tables

    In Table 2, the Latin name of two species is added: rougheye 
rockfish (S. aleutianus) and shortraker rockfish (S. borealis).
    Table 7 is revised by removing the proposed revisions that add 
eight communities that NMFS determined were eligible for the CDQ 
Program in 1999. Revisions to Table 7 will be considered by NMFS in a 
future rulemaking that will address a wider range of CDQ issues.
    In Tables 10 and 11, the footnotes are revised. To improve 
convenience for the user and because the table numbers referenced in 
the footnotes from the annual Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and Bering Sea and 
Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish specifications are constantly 
changing, the footnotes are expanded to contain complete information on 
species groups without reference to another document.
    Tables 16 through 18 are removed because these tables were included 
in the final rule implementing the Commercial Operators Annual Report 
(66 FR 43524, August 20, 2001).

New Features

    Certain improvements are included in this final rule to make the 
groundfish and Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) regulations at 50 CFR 
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efficient and understandable. Electronic options to submit reports are 
made available without changing the information required.

Buying Station Report (BSR) Scale Weights

    This rule adds an option at Sec. 679.5(d)(1)(v) that provides for 
the operator or manager of a buying station to add groundfish species 
codes and scale weights (in lb or mt) on the buying station report 
(BSR) in addition to the required total estimated delivery weight or 
actual scale weight of a catcher vessel delivery. This is especially 
helpful when the buying station is delivering groundfish incidental 
catch harvested in an IFQ fishery, as the information is recorded on 
Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) fish tickets.

IFQ Landing Report Internet Submittal

    This rule amends Sec. 679.5(l)(2) by adding a new electronic 
reporting option available to IFQ registered buyers. Instead of 
submitting an IFQ landing report by automated transaction terminal 
(ATM), in 2002 it is possible for participants to use Internet 
submittal methods to submit the report. This option requires that 
participants obtain at their own cost, hardware (including a printer), 
software, and Internet connectivity to support Internet submittals.

IFQ Fees and Buyer Report Electronic Submittal

    This rule amends Secs. 679.5(l)(7)and 679.45(a)(4)(iii) through 
(iv) by adding an option for participants to submit annual IFQ fees, 
fee forms, and IFQ Buyer Reports electronically.

Shoreside Processor Electronic Logbook Report (SPELR)

    This rule adds Sec. 679.5(e)(4)(iv) to clarify regulations for 
shoreside processors and stationary floating processors that are using 
the NMFS-provided SPELR but are not required by regulation to use it. 
If a shoreside processor or stationary floating processor using the 
SPELR or equivalent software is not taking deliveries over a weekend 
from one of the AFA-permitted catcher vessels listed on the NMFS Alaska 
Region web page at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/ram, the SPELR daily report 
may be transmitted to NMFS on Monday.

American Fisheries Act (AFA) Pollock

    This rule adds Sec. 679.5(e)(4)(iv) to state that, if a shoreside 
processor or stationary floating processor using the SPELR or 
equivalent software is not taking deliveries over a weekend from one of 
the AFA-permitted catcher vessels, the SPELR daily report may be 
transmitted on Monday.
    This rule adds Sec. 679.5(a)(7)(xv)(E) to clarify the recording of 
AFA pollock. The AFA check-box and the cooperative account number are 
to be used ONLY for landings from the directed pollock fishery that are 
counting against an AFA cooperative quota. Other species delivered at 
the same time as the AFA pollock can go on the same report.

Editorial Additions and Corrections

    This final rule also makes minor editorial revisions to correct 
errors or clarify the regulatory text as described below:

Global

    Changes all reference to catcher vessel blue copy of DFL logsheets 
to say ``blue DFL'' at: Secs. 679.5(a)(6)(iii)(A)(4)(ii) (twice); 
(a)(7)(iv)(C)(7); (a)(10)(v); (a)(11)(i); (a)(11)(iii)(C) (twice); 
(a)(11)(iv)(A); (a)(14)(iii(C)(2); (d)(1)(iii); and (e)(7)(iii).
    Changes the abbreviation for NOAA Fisheries Office for Law 
Enforcement from NOFE to OLE at: (e)(3)(ii); (g)(2)(ii); (k)(1); 
(l)(1)(i); (l)(2)(ii)(A); (l)(2)(ii)(C) twice; (l)(2)(ii)(D); 
(l)(2)(iii)(A) (twice); (l)(3)(iii)(B); (l)(3)(i)(B); (l)(3)(iii) 
twice; and (l)(3)(xi)(A).

Definitions

    Revises paragraph (1) for definition of Agent at Sec. 679.2 to add 
support vessel, IFQ permit holders, and community development quota 
(CDQ) halibut permit holders that were inadvertently omitted.
    Adds a definition for ``Authorized officer'' to mean, for purposes 
of recordkeeping and reporting, a NOAA special agent, a NOAA fishery 
enforcement officer, or U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) fisheries enforcement 
personnel.
    Revises the definition of ``Associated processor'' to remove ``a 
contract or agreement'' and to replace it with ``contractual 
relationship.''

Permits

    Revises Sec. 679.4(a)(1)(iv)(A) and (B) by changing the date from 
``3 years'' to ``until next renewal cycle'' because even though the 
permits are renewed on a 3-year schedule, each participant may revise 
the permit during that 3-year cycle thus shortening the time span to 
less than 3 years;
    Revises heading of Sec. 679.4(a)(3) from ``how do you obtain a 
permit'' to read ``permit application.''
    Revises Sec. 679.4(d)(2)(iii) by adding ``or submits a departure 
report'' after the word ``clearance.''

Groundfish R&R

    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(1)(iv)(B) by removing ``IFQ, CDQ halibut 
and'' because the paragraph is referring to use of the combined logbook 
by participants fishing only for groundfish.
    Revises paragraph 679.5(a)(2)(i)to read as originally written in 
the regulations.
    Revises Sec. 679.5(a)(2)(ii) to require that SPELR printouts be 
signed by the owner or manager.
    Revises Sec. 679.5(a)(2)(iii) as this text is redundant to 
information given in Sec. 679.5(d).
    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(6)(iii)(A) intext table by adding ``DCPL'' 
in column 4 in the row entitled ``(3) Production''.
    Clarifies Sec. 679.5(a)(7)(iii)(C)(4) by adding ``End date'' after 
last word of the sentence to ensure the location of recording the last 
day of an inactive period.
    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(7)(iv)(I)(3) in text table by removing 
``Enter the cumulative estimated total discards or disposition since 
last delivery'' because it is duplicate text.
    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(7)(x) introductory text by removing 
``according to the table in paragraph (a)(7)(xii) of this section'' and 
replacing it with ``to record information as described in paragraphs 
(a)(7)(x)(A) through (a)(7)(x)(E) of this section.''
    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(7)(x)(C) by adding ``(see paragraph 
(a)(7)(xii))'' after the words ``reporting area'' in the first 
sentence.
    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(7)(xv)(B) intext table by removing 
``679.26'' from the third column and replacing it with ``679.6.''
    Corrects cross reference in Secs. 679.5(a)(10)(iv) and (a)(11)(iv) 
by removing ``(a)(10)(vi)'' and replacing it with ``(a)(10)(v)''.
    Revises Sec. 679.5(a)(10)(vi) by adding the words ``but not in PSC 
status'' after ``directed fishing'' in the first sentence.
    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(11)(i) at the beginning of the second 
sentence by removing ``Discards must also be recorded'' and replace it 
with ``Discards and dispositions must also be recorded.'' It is 
important that the dispositions be recorded on the blue DFL for quota 
management.
    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(11)(ii)(A) by removing ``and also when no 
groundfish are delivered but the blue discard logsheet containing 
records of discards is submitted by a catcher vessel (e.g., an IFQ fish 
delivery with no groundfish incidental catch)''; and replacing it with 
``Discards and dispositions also must be recorded when no groundfish 
are delivered but the blue DFL is submitted by a catcher vessel 
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groundfish discards or disposition (e.g., an IFQ halibut delivery with 
groundfish incidental catch).
    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(11)(ii)(B) by removing ``would be 
incorporated'' and replacing it with ``must be incorporated''
    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(11)(iii)(E) by adding ``(A.l.t.) After the 
word ``time'' in the heading.
    Revises Sec. 679.5(a)(12)(i) by adding ``all corrections must be 
made in ink.''
    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(13) by removing ``operator of a buying 
station'' and replacing it with ``operator or manager of a buying 
station.''
    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(14)(i)(D) by removing ``shoreside processor 
electronic logbook delivery report'' and replacing it with ``SPELR'' 
because it was defined earlier in the document.
    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(14)(iv)(B)(1) by adding the data element 
that appears in the logbooks but was inadvertently omitted from this 
table: haul number for each haul.
    Corrects Sec. 679.5(a)(14)(iv)(B)(2) to add the following data 
elements that appear in the logbooks but were inadvertently omitted 
from this table: CDQ group number, halibut CDQ permit number, and IFQ 
permit number (if applicable)
    Revises Sec. 679.5(a)(15) by removing the heading ``Transfer 
document comparison'' and by replacing it with the heading ``IFQ/
groundfish transfer document comparison.''
    Revises Sec. 679.5(a)(15) by removing the text and replacing it 
with: ``When the operator or manager is participating in both the 
groundfish fisheries and the IFQ fisheries, certain exceptions to 
submittal of product shipment and transfer forms are provided to avoid 
duplication. In the following table, an ``X'' indicates submittal 
requirements under those circumstances.''
    Revises Sec. 679.5(a)(15)(ii) column 3, intext table by removing 
``X'' because a PTR is not required under these circumstances.
    Revises Sec. 679.5(a)(15)(iv) column 3, intext table by removing 
``X'' because a PTR is not required under these circumstances.
    Revises the BSR and paragraph 679.5(d)(1)(i) to record the date and 
time delivery from a catcher vessel was completed.

IFQ R&R

    Revises Sec. 679.5(l)2)(i)(C) by removing the words ``offshore 
landings'' and ``(frozen)'' to avoid potential confusion with paragraph 
679.5(l)(2)(vi)(J)(2).
    Revises Sec. 679.5(l)(2)(iii)(A) by removing the local Juneau 
telephone number and leaving the toll-free telephone number, because 
NMFS is relocating the data clerks to Anchorage, and a new local 
Anchorage number will be issued soon.
    Revises Sec. 679.5(l)(2)(iii)(F) by removing ``paragraph (l)(7)'' 
and replacing it with ``paragraph (l)(6)'';
    Revises Sec. 679.5(l)(2)(iv) to clarify the exemptions to the IFQ 
landing time limits by removing ``unless:''
    Revises the last word in the sentence of Sec. 679.5(l)(2)(iv)(A) 
and change the punctuation from a colon to a period.
    Adds new paragraph Sec. 679.5(l)(2)(iv)(C) with the heading 
``Exemptions.''
    Redesignates Sec. 679.5(l)(2)(iv)(A)(1) and (2) and changes to read 
(l)(2)(iv)(C)(1) and (2);
    Removes the text of Sec. 679.5(l)(3)(i).
    Revises Sec. 679.5(l)(3)(i)(A) by removing the text after 
``sablefish'' and adding ``for which the Registered Buyer submitted a 
landing report before the fish leave the landing site;''
    Revises heading of Sec. 679.5(l)(3)(iv) by removing ``or outside 
landing.''
    Revises Secs. 679.5(l)(5)(i), (ii), (iv) (vessel clearance) and 
679.5(l)(5)(xii)(A)(departure report) to clarify that primary ports are 
in Alaska and in Bellingham, WA, whether landing IFQ species in Alaska, 
Canada, or any other foreign country;
    Revises Sec. 679.5(l)(5)(i) to remove reference to a written 
clearance. Enforcement does not typically rely on a written record from 
the IFQ vessel operator to perform the required vessel clearance. The 
required information instead is obtained through an interview between 
the vessel operator and the clearing officer.
    Removes Sec. 679.5(l)(5)(iii) as this duplicates revised paragraph 
Sec. 679.5(l)(5)(i);
    Redesignates Sec. 679.5(l)(5)(iv) through (xii) as (l)(5)(iii) 
through (xi).
    Revises Sec. 679.5(l)(5)(xi) to reformat the first sentence, to 
remove ``at a port in a state other than Alaska'' and to replace it 
with ``outside the State of Alaska''.
    Revises Sec. 679.5(b) by adding ``or stationary floating 
processor'' after ``management of a shoreside processor.''
    Removes Sec. 679.5(p) and amend instruction 4 to remove mention of 
addition of paragraph (p). Paragraph (p) was added by a separate 
rulemaking for the Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) (66 FR 
43524, August 20, 2001). Instruction paragraphs are renumbered from 
hereon.
    Removes proposed revisions to Sec. 679.22 at paragraphs 
(a)(11)(iv)(A), (a)(11)(iv)(B), (b)(3)(iii)(A), (b)(3)(iii)(B) because 
this section is subject to changes in the Steller sea lion emergency 
revisions being prepared for implementation on January 1, 2002. The 
instruction paragraphs are renumbered.
    Revises Sec. 679.24(b)(3) by rewriting the paragraph to remove 
mention of net-sounder devices.
    The proposed revision to Sec. 679.31(d) related to crab CDQ 
reserves is removed because separate rulemaking was proposed on July 
25, 2001 (66 FR 38626) that would revise this paragraph. The 
instruction paragraphs are renumbered starting with 9.

Classification

    This final regulatory amendment is published under the authority of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and the Northern 
Pacific Halibut Act, 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq. The Regional Administrator 
has determined that the final regulatory amendment published under the 
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Act is consistent with the FMPs and 
that Act, and that the final regulatory amendment is published under 
the authority of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act and is consistent 
with that Act.
    A copy of the FRFA is available from NMFS (see ADDRESSES).
    Alternatives that addressed modifying reporting requirements for 
small entities or the use of performance standards rather than design 
standards for small entities were not included in the analysis, because 
such alternatives are not relevant to this final action and would not 
mitigate impacts on small entities. Allowing exemptions for small 
entities would not be appropriate because the objectives of the 
proposed actions are to: (a) clarify and simplify the regulations 
pertaining to the management of the groundfish fisheries and the IFQ 
halibut and sablefish fisheries in the waters of the BSAI and the GOA; 
(b) ease certain regulatory burdens to reduce the cost of operation for 
fishermen and increase compliance with regulations; (c) reduce the 
costs of enforcing fisheries regulations; (d) enhance the value of the 
pollock fisheries managed under the AFA; (e) reduce the costs of 
compliance with pollock reasonable and prudent alternatives (RPAs) for 
Steller sea lion protection; (f) reduce the costs and increase the 
effectiveness of regulations to protect migratory birds identified as 
endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
    The NMFS Alaska Region prepared a FRFA that analyzes a final rule 
that implements regulations for the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of 
the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and the FMP for Groundfish of the 
Gulf of Alaska by revising R&R requirements and describes the impact of 
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on small entities. The number of small entities to which the proposed 
rule will apply are identified as: 1,254 catcher vessels; 47 catcher 
processors; 32 onshore processors, 6 CDQ groups; 268 buying stations; 
1,613 halibut fishing operations; and 92 Registered Buyers.
    This FRFA analyzes proposed amendments to regulations at 50 CFR 
part 679 that would revise R&R regulations for the Alaska groundfish 
fisheries and for the IFQ halibut and sablefish fisheries off of 
Alaska. The objectives of the proposed actions are: to clarify and 
simplify the regulations pertaining to the management of the groundfish 
fisheries and the IFQ halibut and sablefish fisheries in the waters of 
the BSAI and the GOA; to ease certain regulatory burdens to reduce the 
cost of operation for fishermen and increase compliance with 
regulations; to reduce the costs of enforcing fisheries regulations; to 
enhance the value of the pollock fisheries managed under the AFA; to 
reduce the costs of compliance with pollock reasonable and prudent 
alternatives (RPAs) for Steller sea lion protection; and to reduce the 
costs and increase the effectiveness of regulations protecting 
migratory birds identified as endangered or threatened under the ESA. 
It provides the analyses required under Executive Order 12866 and the 
RFA.
    Seven categories of regulatory changes are analyzed. Any one of 
them may be adopted in combination with any possible grouping of the 
others. Because of this, the FRFA evaluates each of the seven 
categories independently. Each of the proposals is evaluated against a 
``no action'' alternative and the costs and benefits relative to the 
``no action'' alternative are identified.
    (1) Regulatory Housekeeping. Remove obsolete text, clarify and 
simplify existing text, and reorganize text to remove duplication. Add, 
revise, and remove definitions. Because the changes do not impose new 
responsibilities on small entities, there are no added costs.
    (2) Buying Station Daily Cumulative Logbook (DCL) and Buying 
Station Report (BSR). Remove the requirement to obtain, complete, and 
submit the DCL. Add a requirement to complete, maintain, and distribute 
a Buying Station Report (BSR). As with the DCL, the processors who 
receive fish from buying stations must compile data from the BSRs; 
unlike the DCL, processors will not be required to file quarterly 
reports with NMFS. NMFS estimates that the annual costs for this 
activity for at-sea tenders would be about $312 per buying station per 
processor. The cost for 268 at-sea tenders would be about $83,616. This 
estimate assumes all tender permits are active and all at-sea tenders 
are in complete compliance. Costs for on-shore buying stations cannot 
be determined since the number of on-shore buying stations cannot be 
estimated with current data. NMFS' estimated costs would be about $670 
per year for preparation and delivery of the BSR.
    Substitution of the BSR for the DCL should benefit operators of 
buying stations by reducing their paperwork costs. It will benefit 
processors to the extent that the buying stations are their 
subsidiaries and they share in the reduced paperwork costs. NMFS 
estimates a reduction in public and private costs (a benefit) of about 
$8,700 per year. This estimate assumes all tender permits are active 
and in complete compliance with the program and does not take in to 
account the unknown number of land-based buying stations. No apparent 
additional costs are anticipated to implement this proposal other than 
those costs already incurred for the DCL.
    (3) Shoreside Processor Electronic Logbook Report (SPELR). Extend 
the requirement to use the SPELR for processors buying from AFA catcher 
vessels past January 16, 2001, and require shoreside processors or 
stationary floating processors that receive pollock harvested in a 
directed pollock fishery to use the SPELR.
    Regulations at Sec. 679.5(f)(3) currently require managers of 
shoreside processors or stationary floating processors, who receive 
groundfish deliveries from AFA catcher vessels, to record and submit a 
SPELR for each catcher vessel delivery and to retain printed reports 
for the duration of the fishing year. Currently, 19 processors use the 
SPELR system under the Federal AFA regulations. Two processors that are 
not currently using the SPELR are making progress in bringing the SPELR 
system on line. NMFS estimates that adoption of the SPELR requires the 
use of a personal computer with a value of about $1,000 and 40-80 hours 
of staff time. The upper limit of this cost is estimated to be about 
$4,000 per entity.
    The SPELR brings three classes of benefits: (a) Reduced annual R&R 
costs for NMFS and for entities adopting the SPELR, (b) enhanced value 
from the AFA statute, and (c) reduced costs of compliance with pollock 
RPAs for Steller sea lion protection. The annual R&R costs for firms 
and NMFS can be estimated. Each firm that adopts the SPELR will have 
annual SPELR expenses, but will no longer have to file or maintain the 
WPR or DCPL. The SPELR is expected to cost $941 per year for each 
entity while the savings on the WPR and DCPL is expected to be $2,508. 
NMFS will incur an additional $133 to receive SPELR reports from a new 
entity, but will save $627 per year on WPR and DCPL paperwork. The net 
overall paperwork savings should be about $2,194 per year for each firm 
that adopts the SPELR. Since two firms are expected to adopt, the total 
cost is $4,388 per year.
    The cost of adopting the SPELR system is the cost to each firm of 
acquiring a computer and converting to the data processing system and 
software used by the SPELR. These costs are estimated to be $4,000 per 
firm. Four firms not using the SPELR would have to begin using it under 
this regulation, and three of these firms are known to have already 
made significant progress toward adopting the SPELR. As noted, 19 firms 
are currently required to use the SPELR because they buy groundfish 
from AFA catcher vessels. Another two firms would be required to begin 
using the SPELR under the provisions of the proposed rule requiring 
that firms accepting deliveries of pollock from fisheries targeting 
pollock use the SPELR. On the basis of anecdotal information, 13 of 
these firms are believed to be large firms, employing or affiliated 
with firms that employ more than 500 persons. The sizes of another 
eight of these firms are not known. For the purpose of this analysis, 
these have been treated as small entities, although this may 
overestimate the numbers of small entities. Six CDQ groups will also be 
impacted. CDQ groups are considered to be small non-profit entities.
    (4) Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program. Reporting requirements 
for data elements are added to the Prior Notice of IFQ Landing Report, 
the IFQ Landing Report, the IFQ Shipment Report, the IFQ Transshipment 
Authorization, the IFQ Vessel Clearance Report and the IFQ Departure 
Report.
    Weight prior to offload. Some of the vessels landing IFQ halibut 
and IFQ sablefish are catcher/processors that freeze and package IFQ 
halibut and sablefish on board before delivery. In many cases, the 
vessel operator acts as an IFQ Registered Buyer taking possession of 
the IFQ fish and making the landing report. These operations often 
calculate the weight of product that they produce at the time of 
production. However, current regulations at Sec. 679.5(l)(2)(vi) 
require that Registered Buyers, taking possession of IFQ fish at 
landing, record the product code and initial accurate scale weight made 
at the time offloading commences for IFQ species sold and retained. 
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second weighing of the fish. This regulatory change would redesignate 
Sec. 679.5(1)(2)(vi)(J) as Sec. 679.5(1)(2)(vi)(J)(1) and add a new 
paragraph (l)(2)(vi)(J)(2) to allow a vessel operator, if he or she is 
a Registered Buyer reporting the IFQ landing, to substitute the 
``accurate weight of IFQ sablefish processed product obtained before 
the offload'' for the ``initial accurate weight at time of offload.'' 
OLE would still be able to monitor the offload and weigh the product if 
necessary for the purpose of auditing under other regulations.
    Debit all catch to IFQ account; Vessel operator responsible for 
landing. Regulatory changes would make it clear that fishermen who set 
aside part of their IFQ catch for home consumption would be required to 
debit that harvest against their IFQ account; a vessel operator has an 
obligation to offload all IFQ fish to a Registered Buyer. A new 
Sec. 679.5(l)(2)(i)(C) would be added to clarify that the weight of any 
halibut or sablefish offshore landings made by a catcher/processor into 
product (frozen) prior to offload at the landing site must be properly 
debited from the IFQ permit holder's account under which the catch was 
harvested. These regulatory changes would not add new requirements to 
the IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish program but would only clarify 
existing regulations. If this clarification reduced efforts to by-pass 
the reporting requirements, or made it easier to prosecute those 
requirements, it would reduce program costs. Because the requirement 
does not impose new responsibilities on fishermen, it does not add to 
their costs.
    Regulatory area on prior notice of IFQ landing report. This change 
would amend Sec. 679.5(l)(1)(iii) to add a question to the Prior Notice 
of IFQ Landing Report; fishermen would be required to report on the IFQ 
regulatory area within which IFQ halibut or IFQ sablefish were 
harvested. The benefit of the regulation would be the improved 
compliance with IFQ regulations. The cost would be the burden of 
answering the additional question when the prior notice of landing was 
made. This cost would be very small since the information is already 
known when the Prior Notice of IFQ Landing is made. In 2000, 10,279 
prior notices of landing were submitted. If the answer to the question 
added 30 seconds to each notice, the total additional time would have 
been 86 hours. At $20 per hour (the pay for a Federal GS-7 in Alaska, 
including COLA), the total cost would have valued at about $1,700.
    IFQ landing report. Additional information would be collected in 
the landings reports filled out by Registered Buyers that would reduce 
the costs of monitoring landings made under the exemption. This 
information would include the gear type used to harvest the fish and 
regardless of whether the IFQ fish were landed concurrently with salmon 
or dinglebar lingcod.
    The benefits from these proposed changes would be increased 
flexibility and consequent reduced operating costs for dinglebar 
lingcod fishermen who hold halibut QS, and in addition, an improved 
ability by NMFS to target its enforcement assets. The cost to 
registered buyers of collecting and reporting the additional 
information would be small.
    Registered buyers complete landings reports using automated 
terminals. These terminals lead the buyers through a series of question 
prompts. The change would require the addition to prompts for the gear 
type used in the landing and for information on whether or not salmon 
or lingcod taken with dinglebar gear was landed concurrently with the 
IFQ fish. This information should be known to or readily available to 
the registered buyer. In 2000, about 10,057 landings reports were 
submitted. At 1 minute for the two additional questions, the total 
additional time required would have been about 168 hours. At $20 per 
hour (the pay for a Federal GS-7 in Alaska, including COLA), the total 
cost would have valued at about $3,400.
    IFQ shipment report. Regulations at Sec. 679.5(l)(3) would be 
amended to add a requirement to the IFQ Shipment Report to allow short-
distance movement of IFQ fish accompanied by an ATM landing receipt by 
a Registered Buyer to his or her processing plant. Currently Registered 
Buyers are required to complete and file an IFQ shipment report before 
they move fish away from the place where they are landed. Many firms, 
whose plants are located away from landing places, are inconvenienced 
by the need to complete the form before moving the fish from the place 
where they were landed to the place where they will be processed. This 
regulatory change would reduce the costs for this class of Registered 
Buyer. OLE would still receive a landing report from the landing place; 
the IFQ shipment report would still be required from the Registered 
Buyer before the buyer disposed of the fish to other parties. The most 
important use for Shipment Reports is to provide the ability to audit 
Registered Buyers' landings by monitoring movements of fish being moved 
in the chain of possession from the Registered Buyer. There are no 
costs associated with this regulatory change and there will be cost 
savings to Registered Buyers whose plants are located at a distance 
from landings places.
    IFQ transshipment authorization. Regulations at Sec. 679.5(l)(4) 
would be amended to revise the regulatory text describing the IFQ 
Transshipment Authorization by adding a list of required information to 
obtain a transshipment authorization. Vessel operators transshipping 
(from one vessel to another) IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish are required 
to obtain a Transshipment Authorization at least 24 hours before the 
transshipment. This gives OLE time to decide whether or not to monitor 
the transshipments, plan resources, and arrange the logistics for 
monitoring the transshipment. This change is principally needed to 
monitor the offloading of freezer longliners to tramp freighters. OLE 
routinely collects certain information from persons requesting the 
authorization to find out when and where the transshipment will occur 
and how long it might take. This change will provide a basis in 
regulation for the specific information collected when an authorization 
is requested. This should not increase the costs for fishing operations 
or for the operations taking possession of the fish at sea since it 
would not affect the requirement for authorizations. It may reduce 
enforcement costs by clarifying the types of information that are 
required when an authorization is requested.
    IFQ vessel clearance report and the IFQ departure report. This 
proposed change will make the vessel clearance and departure report 
regulations clearer and may reduce the amount of time it takes to find, 
read and interpret them. The substantive part of the change involves 
the revision of the departure report requirement to prevent IFQ fishing 
after the report is filed. This change clarifies the intent of the 
regulation that departure reports be filed after IFQ fishing has 
finished. While almost all departure reports are believed to have been 
filed after fishing has been concluded, at least one in the last 2 
years was not. The intent is to close this loophole. The benefit will 
be an enhanced ability to enforce the IFQ program. There is no cost to 
fishermen from this change because a departure report can be filed as 
easily after fishing is concluded as before it is concluded.
    (5) Product Transfer Report (PTR). Regulations at Sec. 679.5(g) 
currently require the operators of motherships, catcher/processors, or 
managers of shoreside processors or stationary floating processors to 
record each transfer of groundfish product (including unprocessed fish) 
or donated

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prohibited species, on a PTR. An important enforcement document, the 
PTR provides the principal information for the movement of volumes of 
groundfish into and out of the facilities of a processor and provides a 
check on buyer purchase reports. Because of its importance, the PTR is 
used with audits and by physical inspection of product.
    This change would provide processors more flexibility in adapting 
their responses to their working procedures and may result in some 
private sector time savings. If the regulation change reduces the time 
taken to fill out the PTRs by 10 percent, it would produce a private 
sector cost savings of about $1,568 per year. There are no 
implementation or other costs.
    NMFS estimates that 171 processors (110 catcher/processors, 3 
motherships, and 58 shoreside processors or stationary floating 
processors) must currently file a PTR for each transfer of product an 
average of 25 times a year generating 4,275 PTRs per year. The 
estimated time requirement for a PTR is 11 minutes. Total time devoted 
to PTRs is estimated to be 784 hours a year. NMFS estimates that the 
total cost of PTR preparation is $15,675 (this does not include costs 
of submittal to NMFS by FAX).
    Forty-seven catcher/processors and 32 shoreside processors are 
assumed to be small entities. The remaining operations are assumed to 
be large entities. Six CDQ groups would also be impacted. CDQ groups 
are considered to be small non-profit entities. The new PTR format 
would reduce the costs to NOAA and USCG enforcement efforts and would 
allow for more effective enforcement of product transfer rules.
    (6) Marking of gear. The rule would increase the financial costs to 
a few small entities by extending requirements to mark identification 
information on marker buoys that currently apply only to longline gear 
to include also hook-and-line, longline pot, and pot-and-line gear. 
Most fishermen have their marker buoys properly identified and would 
not be adversely affected by this regulation. Fishermen affected by 
this regulation would incur the costs of marking their own marker buoys 
and legally would not be able to use another fisherman's marker buoys. 
State regulations (5 AAC 28.050) currently require crab and groundfish 
pots to carry the ADF&G registration number of the vessel operating the 
gear. Since many Pacific cod fishermen already participate in State 
groundfish and crab fisheries, they would already be subject to this 
requirement.
    The regulation extends the marker buoy requirement to vessels using 
pot gear to fish for groundfish. In 1999, 254 catcher-vessels caught 
groundfish with pot gear off of Alaska; 13 catcher-processors also used 
pot gear. In 1999, no pot vessels had Alaska groundfish landings with 
ex-vessel or product value over $3,000,000. Six CDQ groups will also be 
impacted. CDQ groups are considered to be small non-profit entities. 
Marking of marker buoys reduces the costs to NOAA and USCG enforcement 
efforts and allows for more effective enforcement of gear rules.
    (7) Seabird avoidance gear. The rule would add a requirement for 
operators of catcher vessels over 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA and catcher/
processors using hook-and-line gear to record in the logbook the type 
of bird avoidance gear used on the vessel. A regulation currently 
exists at Sec. 679.24(e) that requires bird avoidance gear be used. 
This rule merely makes it a requirement to record the code in the 
logbook that describes the type of gear used. NMFS estimates that it 
would take approximately 1 minute per haul for a vessel operator to 
collect information on what type of avoidance gear is being used and to 
enter the information into the log. Based on 19,245 hauls, the cost in 
time to the entire hook-and-line fleet would be approximately 321 hours 
per year. Evaluating this time at a cost of $20/hour (the average wages 
and benefits for a Federal GS-7 employee in Alaska, including COLA), 
the cost imposed would be $6,415 per year.
    A copy of this analysis is available from NMFS (see ADDRESSES).
    This rule contains several collection-of-information requirements 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that have been approved by 
OMB. Public reporting burden for these collections of information is 
given below by collection-of-information number and is estimated to 
average the time given per individual response for each requirement, 
including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data 
sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and 
reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this 
burden estimate, or any other aspect of this data collection, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to NMFS and OMB (see ADDRESSES).''
    0648-0206: 5 hours for an exempted fishery progress report; 5 hours 
for an exempted fishery permit application; and 30 minutes for a High 
Seas Power Troller Salmon Permit; 20 minutes for the Federal Fisheries 
Permit/Federal Processor Permit Application.
    0648-0213: 35 minutes for Weekly Cumulative Mothership ADF&G Fish 
Tickets; 14 minutes for U.S. Vessel Activity Report; 17 minutes for 
Catcher Vessel trawl gear DFL; 28 minutes for Catcher Vessel longline 
and pot gear DFL; 31 minutes for Catcher/processor trawl gear DCPL; 41 
minutes for Catcher/processor longline and pot gear DCPL; 31 minutes 
for Shoreside processor DCPL; 31 minutes for Mothership DCPL; 8 minutes 
for Shoreside Processor Check-in/Check-out Report; 7 minutes for 
Mothership or Catcher/processor Check-in/Check-out Report; 11 minutes 
for Product transfer report; 17 minutes for Weekly Production Report; 
11 minutes for Daily Production Report; estimated time to 
electronically submit the weekly production report (5 min./report); 5 
minutes to electronically submit the check-in/check-out report; 23 
minutes for buying station report.
    0648-0269: 1 hour for CDQ Delivery Report; and 15 minutes for CDQ 
catch report.
    0648-0353: 15 minutes to paint each buoy with the vessel name and 
Federal permit number, or ADF&G registration number.
    0648-0401: 30 minutes for daily completion of the Shoreside 
Processor Electronic Logbook (SPELR) and the estimated time to 
electronically submit the SPELR (30 min./day); and 5 minutes for 
estimated time to print the SPELR reports.
    0648-0272: 12 minutes for IFQ Prior notice of landing; 12 minutes 
for IFQ Landing report; 18 minutes for IFQ Shipment report; 12 minutes 
for IFQ Transshipment authorization; 12 minutes for IFQ Vessel 
clearance; 6 minutes for IFQ Departure report; 6 minutes for IFQ 
Dockside sale; 6 minutes for Administrative waiver.
    This rule also contains the following requirements that will be 
submitted to OMB for approval.
    Forty hours for a distributor application; 6 minutes for product 
tracking of a shipment by a vessel or processor; and 15 minutes to 
provide documentation on a vessel or processor.
    Public comment is sought regarding: whether these three collection 
of information requirements are necessary for the proper functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the burden estimate; ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, 
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology. Send comments on these requirements to 
NMFS (see ADDRESSES) and to OMB (see

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ADDRESSES). NMFS will publish a notice announcing the effectiveness of 
these requirements if and when they have been approved by OMB.
    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 PRA, unless that collection of information displays 
a currently valid OMB Control Number.
    The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, (AA) NOAA, under 5 
U.S.C. 553(d)(3), finds that the need to provide for consistent 
recordkeeping and reporting for the 2002 groundfish fishing year would 
be contrary to the public interest to delay the effective date of this 
action for 30 days.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 679

    Alaska, Fisheries, Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

    Dated: December 18, 2001.
William T. Hogarth,
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. In Sec. 679.2 the definitions for ``Bycatch species,'' ``CDQ 
delivery number,'' ``Gear deployment,'' and ``Gear retrieval'' are 
removed; the definitions for ``Active/inactive periods,'' ``Ancillary 
product,'' the introductory text of ``Area/species endorsement,'' 
paragraph (1)(v) of ``Fishing trip,'' ``Forage fish,'' ``Groundfish,'' 
``Logbook,'' ``Person,'' ``Primary product,'' ``Reprocessed or 
rehandled product,'' ``Sablefish (black cod),'' and ``Set'' are 
revised; the definitions for ``Agent,'' ``Associated processor,'' 
``Authorized officer,'' ``Bycatch or bycatch species,'' 
``Endorsement,'' ``Experimental fishery,'' ``Gear,'' ``Gear deployment 
(or to set gear),'' ``Gear retrieval (or to haul gear),'' ``Harvest 
zone codes,'' ``Incidental catch or incidental species,'' ``Product 
transfer report (PTR),'' ``Prohibited species,'' ``Representative,'' 
``Seabird avoidance gear,'' ``Shoreside processor electronic logbook 
report (SPELR),'' ``Tagged halibut or sablefish,'' and ``Weekly 
production report (WPR)'' are added to read as follows:


Sec. 679.2  Definitions.

* * * * *
    Active/inactive periods (see Sec. 679.5(a)(7)(i)).
* * * * *
    Agent (1) For purposes of permits issued under Sec. 679.4, means a 
person appointed and residing within the United States who may apply 
for permits and may otherwise act on behalf of the owner, operator, or 
manager of a catcher vessel, catcher/processor, mothership, shoreside 
processor, stationary floating processor, buying station, support 
vessel, or on behalf of the IFQ permit holders, IFQ registered buyers, 
or CDQ halibut permit holders.
    (2) For purposes of groundfish product distribution under 
Sec. 679.5(g), means a buyer, distributor, or shipper but not a buying 
station, who may receive and distribute groundfish on behalf of the 
owner, operator, and manager of a catcher/processor, mothership, 
shoreside processor, or stationary floating processor.
    (3) For purposes of IFQ recordkeeping and reporting under 
Sec. 679.5(l), means a person who on behalf of the Registered Buyer may 
submit IFQ reports.
* * * * *
    Ancillary product (see Table 1 to this part).
* * * * *
    Area/species endorsement means (for purposes of LLP) a designation 
on a license that authorizes a license holder to deploy a vessel to 
conduct directed fishing for the designated crab species in Federal 
waters in the designated area (see Figures 16 and 17 to this part). 
Area/species endorsements for crab species licenses are as follows:
* * * * *
    Associated processor means, a federally permitted mothership, 
shoreside processor, or stationary floating processor that has a 
contractual relationship with a buying station to conduct groundfish 
buying station activities for that processor.
* * * * *
    Authorized officer means, for purposes of recordkeeping and 
reporting, a NOAA special agent, a NOAA fishery enforcement officer, or 
USCG fisheries enforcement personnel.
* * * * *
    Bycatch or bycatch species means fish caught and released while 
targeting another species or caught and released while targeting the 
same species.
* * * * *
    Endorsement. (1) (See area endorsement for purposes of the 
groundfish LLP permits);
    (2) (See area/species endorsement for purposes of the crab LLP 
permits);
    (3) (See Sec. 679.4(g)(3)(ii) area endorsements for purposes of the 
scallop permit).
    Experimental fishery (see Exempted fishery, Sec. 679.6).
* * * * *
    Fishing trip means:
    (1) * * *
    (v) The end of a weekly reporting period (except a catcher vessel); 
whichever comes first.
* * * * *
    Forage fish (see Table 2 to this part).
* * * * *
    Gear (see the definition for Authorized fishing gear of this 
section).
    Gear deployment (or to set gear) means:
    (1) Position of gear deployment (lat. and long.):
    (i) For trawl gear. The position where the trawl gear reaches the 
fishing level and begins to fish.
    (ii) For hook-and-line gear. The beginning position of a set of 
hook-and-line gear.
    (iii) For jig or troll gear. The position where the jig or troll 
gear enters the water.
    (iv) For pot gear. The position of the first pot in a string of 
pots.
    (2) Time of gear deployment (A.l.t.):
    (i) For trawl gear. The time when the trawl gear reaches the 
fishing level and begins to fish.
    (ii) For hook-and-line gear. The time when the first hook-and-line 
gear of a set is deployed.
    (iii) For jig or troll gear. The time when jig or troll gear enters 
the water.
    (iv) For pot gear. The time when the first pot in a string of pots 
is deployed.
    Gear retrieval (or to haul gear) means:
    (1) Position of gear retrieval (lat. and long. to the nearest 
minute):
    (i) For trawl gear. The position where retrieval of trawl gear 
cable commences.
    (ii) For hook-and-line gear. The position where the last hook-and-
line gear of a set leaves the water, regardless of where the majority 
of the set took place.
    (iii) For jig or troll gear. The position where the jig or troll 
gear leaves the water.
    (iv) For pot gear. The position where the last pot of a set is 
retrieved, regardless of where the majority of the set took place.
    (2) Time of gear retrieval (A.l.t.):
    (i) For trawl gear. The time when retrieval of trawl gear cable 
commences.
    (ii) For hook-and-line gear. The time when the last hook-and-line 
gear of a set leaves the water.
    (iii) For jig or troll gear. The time when the jig or troll gear 
leaves the water.

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    (iv) For pot gear. The time when the last pot of a set is 
retrieved.
    Groundfish means (1) FMP species as listed in Table 2 to this part.
    (2) Target species and the ``other species'' category, specified 
annually pursuant to Sec. 679.20(a)(2) (See also the definitions for: 
License limitation groundfish; CDQ species; and IR/IU species of this 
section).
* * * * *
    Harvest zone codes (see Table 8 to this part).
* * * * *
    Incidental catch or incidental species means fish caught and 
retained while targeting on some other species, but does not include 
discard of fish that were returned to the sea.
* * * * *
    Logbook means Daily Cumulative Production Logbook (DCPL) or Daily 
Fishing Logbook (DFL) required by Sec. 679.5.
* * * * *
    Person means any individual (whether or not a citizen or national 
of the United States), any corporation, partnership, association, or 
other entity (whether or not organized, or existing under the laws of 
any state), and any Federal, state, local, or foreign government or any 
entity of any such aforementioned governments.
    Primary product (see Table 1 to this part).
* * * * *
    Product transfer report (PTR) (see Sec. 679.5(g)).
    Prohibited species means any of the species of Pacific salmon 
(Oncorhynchus spp.), steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Pacific 
halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis), Pacific herring (Clupea harengus 
pallasi), king crab, and Tanner crab, caught by a vessel regulated 
under this part while fishing for groundfish in the BSAI or GOA, unless 
retention is authorized by other applicable laws, including the annual 
management measures published in the Federal Register pursuant to 
Sec. 300.62 of this title.
* * * * *
    Representative (see Sec. 679.5(b)).
    Reprocessed or rehandled product (see Table 1 to this part).
* * * * *
    Sablefish (black cod) means Anoplopoma fimbria. (See also IFQ 
sablefish; fixed gear sablefish at Sec. 679.31(b); and sablefish as a 
prohibited species at Sec. 679.24(c)(2)(ii)).
* * * * *
    Seabird avoidance gear (see Secs. 679.24(e), 679.42(b)(2), and 
Table 19 to this part).
    Set means a string of longline gear, a string of pots, or a group 
of pots with individual pots deployed and retrieved in the water in a 
similar location with similar soak time. In the case of pot gear, when 
the pots in a string are hauled more than once in the same position, a 
new set is created each time the string is retrieved and re-deployed. A 
set includes a test set, unsuccessful harvest, or when gear is not 
working and is pulled in, even if no fish are harvested.
* * * * *
    Shoreside processor electronic logbook report (SPELR) (see 
Sec. 679.5(d)).
* * * * *
    Tagged halibut or sablefish(see Sec. 679.40(g)).
* * * * *
    Weekly production report (WPR) (see Sec. 679.5(i)).
* * * * *

    3. In Sec. 679.4 paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(6) are redesignated 
as paragraphs (a)(3) through (a)(8), respectively; paragraph (a) 
introductory text, paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3)(v) are added; 
and paragraph (a) heading, newly redesignated (a)(3) heading and 
paragraphs (b)(3), (b)(4)(ii), (b)(5), paragraph (d) heading, (d)(2), 
the heading of paragraph (d)(3), and paragraphs (d)(3)(i)(A), (f)(2), 
and (f)(4)(ii) are revised to read as follows:


Sec. 679.4  Permits.

    (a) Requirements. Only persons who are U.S. citizens are authorized 
to receive or hold permits under this section, with the exception that 
an IFQ card issued to an individual person designated by a QS or IFQ 
permit holder as a master employed to fish his/her IFQ need not be held 
by a U.S. citizen.
    (1) What permits are available? Various types of permits are issued 
for programs codified at 50 CFR part 679. These permits are listed in 
the following table. The date of effectiveness for each permit is given 
along with certain reference paragraphs for further information.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  If program permit or card type                                                                   For more
               is:                  Permit is in effect from issue date through the end of:  information, see ..
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(i) IFQ
(A) Registered Buyer                                                 Specified fishing year  Paragraph
                                                                                              679.4(d)(2) of
                                                                                              this section
(B) Halibut & sablefish permits                                      Specified fishing year  Paragraph
                                                                                              679.4(d)(3)(i)(B)
                                                                                              of this section
(C) Halibut & sablefish cards                                        Specified fishing year  Paragraph
                                                                                              679.4(d)(3)(i)(C)
                                                                                              of this section
(ii) CDQ Halibut
(A) Halibut permit                                                   Specified fishing year   679.32(f)
(B) Halibut card                                                     Specified fishing year   679.32(f)
(iii) AFA
(A) Catcher/processor                                                              12/31/04  Paragraph (f) of
                                                                                              this section
(B) Catcher vessel                                                                 12/31/04  Paragraph (f) of
                                                                                              this section
(C) Mothership                                                                     12/31/04  Paragraph (f) of
                                                                                              this section
(D) Inshore processor                                                              12/31/04  Paragraph (f) of
                                                                                              this section
(E) Inshore cooperative                                                       Calendar year  Paragraph (f) of
                                                                                              this section
(F) Replacement vessel                              Takes dates of replaced vessel's permit  Paragraph (f) of
                                                                                              this section
(iv) Groundfish
(A) Federal fisheries                                              Until next renewal cycle  Paragraph (b) of
                                                                                              this section
(B) Federal processor                                              Until next renewal cycle  Paragraph (f) of
                                                                                              this section
(v) High seas salmon permit                                                      Indefinite  Paragraph (h) of
                                                                                              this section
(vi) High Seas Fishing Compliance                                                   5 years  Sec.  300.10 of
 Act (HSFCA)                                                                                  this title
(vii) License Limitation Program
 (LLP)
(A) Groundfish license              Specified fishing year or interim (active until further  Paragraph (k) of
                                                                                    notice)   this section
(B) Crab license                    Specified fishing year or interim (active until further  Paragraph (k) of
                                                                                    notice)   this section
(viii) Exempted fisheries                                                    1 year or less  Sec.  679.6
(ix) Research                                                                1 year or less  Sec.  600.745(a) of
                                                                                              this chapter

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(x) Prohibited species donation
 program
(A) Salmon                                                                          3 years  Sec.  679.26
(B) Halibut                                                                         3 years  Sec.  679.26
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    (2) Permit and logbook required by participant and fishery. For the 
various types of permits issued, refer to Sec. 679.5 for recordkeeping 
and reporting requirements.
    (3) Permit application. * * *
    (v) All permits are issued free of charge.
* * * * *
    (b)* * *
    (3) Vessel operations categories.
    (i) A Federal fisheries permit authorizes a vessel to conduct 
operations in the GOA or BSAI as a catcher vessel, catcher/processor, 
mothership, tender vessel, or support vessel.
    (ii) A Federal fisheries permit is issued to a vessel to function 
as a support vessel or as any combination of the other four categories 
(catcher vessel, catcher/processor, mothership, tender vessel).
    (iii) A vessel permitted as a catcher/processor, catcher vessel, 
mothership, or tender vessel also may conduct all operations authorized 
for a support vessel.
    (iv) A vessel permitted as a support vessel may not conduct 
activities as a catcher vessel, catcher/processor, mothership, and/or 
tender vessel.
    (4) * * *
    (ii) A Federal fisheries permit is surrendered when the original 
permit is submitted to and received by the Program Administrator, RAM 
Program, Juneau, AK.
* * * * *
    (5) How do I obtain a Federal fisheries permit? To obtain a Federal 
fisheries permit, the owner must complete a Federal fisheries permit 
application and provide the following information for each vessel to be 
permitted:
    (i) New or amended application? Indicate whether application is for 
a new or amended Federal fisheries permit and if revision, enter the 
current Federal fisheries permit number.
    (ii) Owner information. Indicate the name(s), permanent business 
mailing address, business telephone number, business FAX number, and 
business e-mail address of the owner; and the name of any person or 
company (other than the owner) that manages the operations of the 
vessel.
    (iii) Vessel information. Indicate the vessel name and homeport 
(city and state); U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) documentation number; ADF&G 
vessel registration number; ADF&G processor code; vessel's LOA (ft), 
registered length (ft), gross tonnage, net tonnage, and shaft 
horsepower; whether this is a vessel of the United States; and whether 
this vessel will be used as a stationary floating processor.
    (iv) Area and gear information. Indicate requested/elected area(s) 
of operation. If a catcher/ processor and/or a catcher vessel, the gear 
types used for groundfish fishing. If a mothership or catcher/processor 
operating in the GOA, choose inshore or offshore component.
* * * * *
    (d) IFQ permits. * * *
    (2) Registered buyer permit. A Registered buyer permit is required 
of:
    (i) Any person who receives IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut or IFQ 
sablefish from the person(s) who harvested the fish;
    (ii) Any person who harvests IFQ halibut or IFQ sablefish and 
transfers such fish:
    (A) In a dockside sale;
    (B) Outside of an IFQ regulatory area; or
    (C) Outside the State of Alaska.
    (iii) A vessel operator who obtains a vessel clearance or submits a 
departure report (see Sec. 679.5(l)(5)(iv)).
    (3) How do I obtain an IFQ permit, IFQ card, or Registered Buyer 
Permit? (i)IFQ permits and cards--(A) Issuance. The Regional 
Administrator will renew IFQ permits and cards annually or at other 
times as needed to accommodate transfers, revocations, appeals 
resolution, and other changes in QS or IFQ holdings, and designation of 
masters under Sec. 679.42.
* * * * *
    (f) * * *
    (2) How do I obtain a Federal processor permit? To obtain a Federal 
processor permit, the owner must complete a Federal processor permit 
application and provide the following information for each shoreside 
processor facility or plant and stationary floating processor to be 
permitted:
    (i) Permit application information. Indicate whether application is 
for a new or amended Federal processor permit and if a revision, the 
current Federal processor permit number.
    (ii) Owner information. Indicate the name(s), permanent business 
mailing address, business telephone number, business FAX number, and 
business e-mail address of the owner; and the name of any person or 
company (other than the owner) who manages the operations of the 
shoreside processor or stationary floating processor.
    (iii) Stationary floating processor information. Indicate the 
vessel name and homeport (city and state); USCG documentation number; 
ADF&G vessel registration number; ADF&G processor code; the vessel's 
LOA (ft), registered length (ft), gross tonnage, net tonnage and shaft 
horsepower; whether this is a vessel of the United States; and whether 
this vessel will be used as a stationary floating processor.
    (iv) Shoreside processor information. Indicate the shoreside 
processor's name; name and physical location of facility or plant at 
which the shoreside processor is operating (street, city, state, zip 
code); whether the shoreside processor is replacing a previous 
processor at this facility; and if yes, name of previous processor; 
whether there are multiple processors at this facility; whether the 
owner named in paragraph (f)(2)(ii) of this section owns this facility; 
shoreside processor ADF&G processor code, business telephone number, 
business FAX number, and business e-mail address.
    (v) Signature. The owner or agent of the owner of the shoreside 
processor or stationary floating processor must sign and date the 
application. If the owner is a company, the agent of the owner must 
sign and date the application.
* * * * *
    (4) * * *
    (ii) A Federal processor permit is surrendered when the original 
permit is submitted to and received by the Program Administrator, RAM 
Program, Juneau, AK.
* * * * *

    4. Section 679.5 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) through (k), 
(l)(1) through (6), (l)(7)(i)(C)(3)(ii), (l)(7)(i)(D), 
(l)(7)(i)(C)(4)(i), and (m) through (o) to read as follows:


Sec. 679.5   Recordkeeping and reporting.

    (a) General requirements--(1) Applicability--(i) Who must comply 
with recordkeeping and reporting requirements? Except as provided in 
paragraphs (a)(1)(iii) and (iv) of this

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section, the owner, operator, or manager of the following participants 
must comply with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements of this 
section:
    (A) Any catcher vessel, mothership, catcher/processor, or tender 
vessel, 5 net tons or larger, that is required to have a Federal 
fisheries permit under Sec. 679.4.
    (B) Any shoreside processor, stationary floating processor, 
mothership, or buying station that receives groundfish from vessels 
issued a Federal fisheries permit under Sec. 679.4.
    (C) Any buying station that receives or delivers groundfish in 
association with a mothership issued a Federal fisheries permit under 
Sec. 679.4(b) or with a shoreside processor or stationary floating 
processor issued a Federal processor permit under Sec. 679.4(f).
    (D) Any shoreside processor or stationary floating processor that 
is required to have a Federal processor permit under Sec. 679.4.
    (E) For purposes of this section, ``operator or manager'' means 
``the operator of a catcher/processor or mothership, the manager of a 
shoreside processor or stationary floating processor, or the operator 
or manager of a buying station.''
    (ii) What fish need to be recorded and reported? A shoreside 
processor, stationary floating processor, mothership, or buying station 
subject to recordkeeping and reporting requirements must report all 
groundfish and prohibited species received, including:
    (A) Fish received from vessels not required to have a federal 
fisheries permit.
    (B) Fish received under contract for handling or processing for 
another processor.
    (iii) Who is exempt from recordkeeping and reporting requirements? 
(A) Catcher vessels less than 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA. A catcher vessel less 
than 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA is not required to comply with recordkeeping 
and reporting requirements contained in paragraphs (a) through (k) of 
this section.
    (B) Catcher vessels that take groundfish in crab pot gear for use 
as crab bait on that vessel. (1) Owners or operators of catcher vessels 
who, during open crab season, take groundfish in crab pot gear for use 
as crab bait on board their vessels, and the bait is neither 
transferred nor sold, are exempt from Federal recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements contained in paragraphs (a) through (j) of this 
section. This exemption does not apply to fishermen who:
    (i) Catch groundfish for bait during an open crab season and sell 
that groundfish or transfer it to another vessel, or
    (ii) Participate in a directed fishery for groundfish using any 
gear type during periods that are outside an open crab season for use 
as crab bait on board their vessel.
    (2) No groundfish species listed by NMFS as ``prohibited'' in a 
management or regulatory area may be taken in that area for use as 
bait.
    (iv) Who needs to use the combined groundfish/IFQ logbook? (A) Any 
catcher vessel 60 ft (18.3 m) or greater LOA or catcher/processor, that 
participates in an IFQ sablefish fishery, IFQ halibut fishery, or CDQ 
halibut fishery and that retains any groundfish from the GOA or BSAI, 
must use a combined groundfish/IFQ logbook (catcher vessel or catcher/
processor longline and pot gear logbook) to record all IFQ halibut and 
sablefish, CDQ halibut, and groundfish.
    (B) Any catcher vessel 60 ft (18.3 m) or greater LOA or catcher/
processor that is using longline or pot gear in the groundfish 
fisheries of the GOA or BSAI must use a combined groundfish/IFQ logbook 
(catcher vessel or catcher/processor longline and pot gear logbook) to 
record all groundfish.
    (2) Responsibility--(i) The operator of a catcher vessel, catcher/
processor, mothership, or buying station receiving from a catcher 
vessel and delivering to a mothership (hereafter referred to as the 
operator) and the manager of a shoreside processor or buying station 
receiving from a catcher vessel and delivering to a shoreside processor 
(hereafter referred to as the manager) are each responsible for 
complying with the applicable recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
of this section.
    (ii) The owner of a vessel, shoreside processor, stationary 
floating processor, or buying station is responsible for compliance and 
must ensure that the operator, manager, or representative (see 
paragraph (b) of this section) complies with the requirements given in 
paragraph (a)(3)(i).
    (iii) The owner or manager must sign the SPELR printed pages or the 
owner, operator, or manager must sign the DFL or DCPL as verification 
of acceptance of the responsibility required in paragraph (a)(2)(i) of 
this section.
    (3) Groundfish logbooks and forms. (i) The Regional Administrator 
will prescribe and provide groundfish logbooks and forms required under 
this section for a catcher vessel 60 ft (18.3 m) or greater LOA, a 
catcher/processor, a mothership, a shoreside processor, a stationary 
floating processor, and a buying station (see Table 9 to this part).
    (ii) The operator or manager must use the current edition of the 
logbooks and forms or obtain approval from the Regional Administrator 
to use current electronic versions of the logbooks and forms. Upon 
notification by the Regional Administrator, logbooks or forms may be 
used from the previous year.
    (4) Shoreside processor electronic logbook report (SPELR). The 
manager of a shoreside processor or stationary floating processor 
receiving groundfish from AFA catcher vessels or receiving pollock 
harvested in a directed pollock fishery is required to use SPELR or 
NMFS-approved software described at paragraph (e) of this section to 
report every delivery from all catcher vessels and is required to 
maintain the SPELR and printed reports as described at paragraph (f) of 
this section. The owner or manager of a shoreside processor or 
stationary floating processor that is not required to use SPELR under 
paragraph (e) of this section may use, upon approval by the Regional 
Administrator, SPELR or NMFS-approved software in lieu of the shoreside 
processor DCPL and shoreside processor WPR.
    (5) Participant identification information. The operator or manager 
must record on all required records, reports, and logbooks, as 
appropriate:
    (i) Name and signature. Name and signature of operator or manager.
    (ii) Catcher vessel. If a catcher vessel, the name as displayed in 
official documentation, Federal fisheries permit number and ADF&G 
vessel registration number.
    (iii) Shoreside processor or stationary floating processor. If a 
shoreside processor or stationary floating processor, the processor 
name as displayed in official documentation, ADF&G processor code, and 
Federal processor permit number. If a shoreside processor, the 
geographic location of plant.
    (iv) Mothership or catcher/processor. If a mothership or catcher/
processor, the name as displayed in official documentation, ADF&G 
processor code and Federal fisheries permit number.
    (v) Buying station. If a buying station, the name as displayed in 
official documentation; ADF&G vessel registration number (if a vessel) 
or vehicle registration number (if a vehicle); name, ADF&G processor 
code, and Federal fisheries permit number of the associated mothership, 
or name, geographic location of plant, ADF&G processor code, and 
Federal processor permit number of the associated shoreside processor 
or stationary

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floating processor to which groundfish deliveries were made.
    (6) Maintenance of records. The operator or manager must:
    (i) Maintain in English all records, reports, and logbooks in a 
legible, timely, and accurate manner; if handwritten, in indelible ink; 
if computer-generated, in a printed paper copy; and based on A.l.t.
    (ii) Account for each day of the fishing year, January 1 through 
December 31, in the DFL or DCPL. Unless the appropriate box is checked 
to indicate an inactive period, records are assumed to be for an active 
period. Record the first day of the fishing year, January 1, on the 
first page of the DFL or DCPL. Record time periods consecutively in the 
logbook.
    (A) If a vessel owner or operator is granted reinstatement of a 
Federal fisheries permit after having surrendered it within the same 
fishing year, recordkeeping and reporting requirements as defined in 
this section must be continuous throughout that year, without 
interruption of records.
    (B) If a shoreside processor owner or manager is granted 
reinstatement of a Federal processor permit after having surrendered it 
within the same fishing year, recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
as defined in this section must be continuous throughout that year, 
without interruption of records.
    (C) If inactive due to surrender of a Federal fisheries or 
processor permit, the operator or manager must mark the inactive box, 
write ``surrender of permit,'' and follow complete instructions for 
recording an inactive period.
    (iii) Record in the appropriate report, form, and logbook, when 
applicable, the date of activity and type of participant as presented 
in the following table:
    (A) Date of activity, as month-day-year.

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                    Date of                                      If a\1\                              Means the date when                    In the
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(1) Delivery                                                                      (i) CV  Delivery of harvest was completed                          DFL
                                                                        (ii) SS, SFP, MS  Delivery of harvest was completed                         DCPL
                                                                                (iii) BS  Delivery of harvest was completed                          BSR
(2) Landing                                                                      SS, SFP  Sorting and weighing of a delivery by                     DCPL
                                                                                           species was completed
(3) Production                                                                   SS, SFP  Production was completed                                  DCPL
(4) Discard or disposition                             (i) CV using longline or pot gear  Discard or disposition occurred                            DFL
                                                                        (ii) SS, SFP, MS  Discard or disposition occurred at the                    DCPL
                                                                                           facility; or Received blue DFL from a
                                                                                           catcher vessel (not the actual date of
                                                                                           discard or disposition indicated on the
                                                                                           blue DFL); or Received BSR from a buying
                                                                                           station (not the actual date of discard or
                                                                                           disposition indicated on the BSR).
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\1\ CV = Catcher vessel; SS = Shoreside processor; SFP = stationary floating processor; MS = mothership; Catcher/processor = C/P; BS = Buying station

    (B) Week-ending date. The last day of the weekly reporting period: 
2400 hours, A.l.t., Saturday night (except during the last week of each 
year, when it ends on December 31).
    (C) Time, in military format, A.l.t.
    (D) Page numbering. (1) Number the pages in each logbook and BSR 
consecutively, beginning with page 1 and continuing for the remainder 
of the fishing year.
    (2) If a shoreside processor or stationary floating processor, 
number the DCPL pages within Part I and Part II separately, beginning 
with page 1. If in an inactive period, the manager needs only to record 
in Part I.
    (E) Logbook numbering--(1) Two logbooks of same gear type. If more 
than one logbook of the same gear type is used in a fishing year, the 
page numbers must follow the consecutive order of the previous logbook.
    (2) Two logbooks of different gear types. If two logbooks of 
different gear types are used in a fishing year, the page numbers in 
each logbook must start with page 1.
    (3) Two logbooks for pair trawl. If two catcher vessels are 
dragging a trawl between them (pair trawl), two logbooks must be 
maintained, a separate DFL by each vessel to record the amount of the 
catch retained and fish discarded by that vessel, each separately 
paginated.
    (F) Original/revised report. Except for a DFL or DCPL, if a report 
is the first one submitted to the Regional Administrator for a given 
date, gear type, and reporting area, indicate ORIGINAL REPORT. If a 
report is a correction to a previously submitted report for a given 
date, gear type, and reporting area, indicate REVISED REPORT.
    (G) Position coordinates, position in lat. and long.

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    (7) How do you record active/inactive periods and fishing activity? 
(i) The operator or manager daily must record in the appropriate 
logbook or SPELR the status of fishing activity as active or inactive 
according to the following table:

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                                                                                          An inactive period is
       If participant is a ...         Fishing activity is ...  An active period is ...            ...
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(A) CV\1\                              Harvest or discard of    When gear remains on     When no gear remains on
                                        groundfish.              the grounds in a         the grounds in a
                                                                 reporting area (except   reporting area
                                                                 300, 400, 550, or
                                                                 690), regardless of
                                                                 the vessel location.
(B) SS, SFP, MS                        Receipt, discard, or     When checked in or       When not checked in or
                                        processing of            processing.              not processing
                                        groundfish.
(C) C/P                                Harvest, discard, or     When checked in or       When not checked in or
                                        processing of            processing.              not processing
                                        groundfish.
(D) BS                                 Receipt, discard, or     When conducting fishing  When not conducting
                                        delivery of groundfish.  activity for an          fishing activity for
                                                                 associated processor.    an associated
                                                                                          processor
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\1\ CV = Catcher vessel; SS = Shoreside processor; SFP = stationary floating processor; MS = mothership; Catcher/
  processor = C/P; BS = Buying station

    (ii) The operator or manager daily must record in the appropriate 
logbook or SPELR if no activity occurred according to the following 
table:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
  The operator or manager must
             enter:                   In the ...            If ...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) No receipt                    (1)DCPL...........  No deliveries
                                                       received for a
                                                       day
                                  (2)DCPL, WPR......  No deliveries
                                                       received during a
                                                       weekly reporting
                                                       period
(B) No landings                   (1)DCPL, DPR......  No landings
                                                       occurred for a
                                                       day
                                  (2) DCPL, WPR.....  No landings
                                                       occurred during a
                                                       weekly reporting
                                                       period
(C) No production                 (1) DCPL, DPR.....  No production
                                                       occurred for a
                                                       day
                                  (2) DCPL, WPR.....  No production
                                                       occurred for a
                                                       weekly reporting
                                                       period
(D) No discard or Disposition     (1)DCPL, DFL, BSR   No discards or
                                   or DPR.             dispositions
                                                       occurred for a
                                                       day
                                  (2) DCPL, WPR.....  No discards or
                                                       dispositions
                                                       occurred for a
                                                       weekly reporting
                                                       period
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) The operator or manager daily must record whether active or 
inactive in the appropriate logbook or SPELR according to the following 
table:
    (A) Active. If active, complete a separate logsheet for each day 
(except a shoreside processor, stationary floating processor, catcher 
vessel longline or pot gear, or catcher/processor longline or pot 
gear).
    (B) Inactive. If inactive, complete on one logsheet:
    (1) Check ``inactive.''
    (2) Record the date of the first day when inactive under ``Start 
date''
    (3) Indicate brief explanation that you are inactive.
    (4) Record the date of the last day when inactive under ``End 
date.''
    (C) Inactive two or more quarters. If the inactive time period 
extends across two or more successive quarters, the operator or manager 
must complete two logsheets: the first logsheet to indicate the first 
and last day of the first inactive quarter and the second logsheet to 
indicate the first and last day of the second inactive quarter.
    (D) Participant information if inactive. On each logsheet used to 
record an inactive period, the operator or manager must record the 
participant information as described at paragraph (a)(8) of this 
section.
    (iv) Weight of fish. When recording weight in a logbook or form, 
the operator or manager must follow the guidelines in the tables in 
paragraphs (a)(7)(iv)(C) and (D) and (a)(7)(iv)(F)through (I) of this 
section and must:
    (A) Indicate whether records of weight are in pounds or metric 
tons.
    (1) If using a DFL, DCPL, BSR, or shoreside processor check-in 
report or check-out report, record weight in pounds or in metric tons 
to the nearest 0.001 mt, but be consistent throughout the year.
    (2) If using a WPR or DPR, record weight in metric tons to the 
nearest 0.001.
    (B) Record the weight of groundfish landings, groundfish product, 
and groundfish or prohibited species Pacific herring discard or 
disposition weight by species codes as defined in Table 2 to this part 
and product codes and product designations as defined in Table 1 to 
this part. Except for product information provided by shoreside 
processors or stationary floating processors [which is the sum of 
product weight separately by BSAI or GOA management area], the operator 
or manager must summarize groundfish weights separately by reporting 
area, management program information, gear type, and if trawl gear 
used, whether harvest was caught in the CVOA or the COBLZ.
    (C) Daily catch weight. The operator or manager must enter daily 
catch weight per the following table:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Enter ...                   In a ...            If a ...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Estimated total round catch    DCPL..............  SS, SFP
 weight of groundfish, listed by
 CV or BS
(2) Estimated total round catch    Trawl DFL.........  CV
 weight of groundfish by haul
(3) Estimated total round catch    Trawl DCPL........  C/P
 weight of groundfish by haul,
 excluding pollock and Pacific
 cod
(4) Estimated total round catch    DCPL..............  MS
 weight of groundfish listed by
 CV or BS, excluding pollock and
 Pacific cod
(5) Estimated total round catch    Longline or pot     CV
 weight of groundfish by set,       DFL.
 excluding CDQ/IFQ Pacific
 halibut and IFQ sablefish

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(6) Estimated total round catch    Longline or pot     C/P
 weight of groundfish by set,       DCPL.
 excluding CDQ/IFQ Pacific
 halibut, IFQ sablefish, pollock
 and Pacific cod
(7) If a CV reported discards on   (i) DCPL..........  MS, SS, SFP
 a blue DFL but did not deliver
 groundfish, enter ``0
 in this column.
                                   (ii) BSR..........  BS
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (D) Daily landings weight. The operator or manager must enter daily 
landings weight per the following table:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Enter...                                    In a ...                  If a ...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Obtain actual weights for each groundfish species         DCPL, DPR...............  SS, SFP
 received and retained by: Sorting according to species
 codes and direct weighing of that species, or weighing the
 entire delivery and then sorting and weighing some or all
 of the groundfish species individually to determine their
 weight.
(2) Record daily combined scale weights of landings by        DCPL, DPR...............  SS, SFP
 species and product codes.
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    (E) Daily product weight. The operator or manager of a SS, SFP, MS, 
or C/P must enter total daily fish product weight or actual scale 
weight of fish product by species and product codes in the DCPL and 
DPR.
    (F) Daily discard or disposition weight and number. The operator or 
manager must enter daily discard or disposition weight and number per 
the following table:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Enter ...                                   In a ...                  If a ...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) The daily estimated total weight of discards or           DCPL, DFL, BSR, ADF&G     CV, BS, SS, SFP, MS, C/P
 disposition for Pacific herring and each groundfish species   fish ticket.
 or species group
(2) The daily estimated numbers of whole fish discards or     DCPL, DFL, BSR, ADF&G     CV, BS, SS, SFP, MS, C/P
 disposition of prohibited species Pacific salmon, steelhead   fish ticket.
 trout, Pacific halibut, king crabs, and Tanner crabs.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (G) Balance brought forward. The operator or manager must enter the 
balance brought forward per the following table:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Enter ...                                   In a ...                  If a ...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) The total product balance brought forward from the        DCPL....................  MS, C/P
 previous day
(2) The total estimated discards or disposition balance       DFL, DCPL...............  CV, MS, C/P
 brought forward from the previous day
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (H) Zero balance. The operator or manager must enter zero balance 
per the following table:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 Record weights as zero ...                           In a ...                  If a ...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) After the offload or transfer of all fish or fish         DFL.....................  CV
 product onboard and prior to the beginning of each fishing
 trip.
(2) After the offload or transfer of all fish or fish         DCPL....................  MS, C/P
 product onboard, if such offload occurs prior to the end of
 a weekly reporting period. Nothing shall be carried
 forward.
(3) At the beginning of each weekly reporting period.         DCPL....................  MS, C/P
 Nothing shall be carried forward from the previous weekly
 reporting period.
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    (I) Cumulative totals. The operator or manager must enter 
cumulative totals per the following table:

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                          Enter ...                                   In a ...                  If a ...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Weekly cumulative totals, calculated by adding the daily  DCPL, WPR...............  MS, C/P
 totals and balance carried forward
(2) Weekly cumulative totals, calculated by adding the daily  DCPL, WPR...............  SS, SFP
 totals
(3) Cumulative total discards or disposition since last       DFL.....................  CV
 delivery, calculated by adding the daily totals and balance
 carried forward from the day before.
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    (v) Numbers of fish. The operator or manager must record the 
estimated numbers of whole fish discards or disposition of prohibited 
species Pacific salmon, steelhead trout, Pacific halibut, king crabs, 
and Tanner crabs.
    (vi) Species codes. To record species information for federally 
managed groundfish, the operator or manager must use Table 2 to this 
part to determine species codes.
    (vii) Product codes and product designations. To record product 
information for federally managed groundfish, the operator or manager 
must use Table 1 to this part to determine product codes and product 
designations.
    (viii) Target codes. To record target species information for 
federally managed groundfish, the operator or manager must use Table 2 
to this part to determine species codes. Target species may be recorded 
as primary and secondary.
    (ix) Gear type information. If a catcher vessel or catcher/
processor using longline or pot gear, the operator must enter:
    (A) The gear type used used to harvest the fish and appropriate 
``gear ID''.
    (B) If gear information is the same on subsequent pages, check the 
appropriate box instead of re-entering the information.
    (C) A description of the gear per the following table:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               If gear type is ...                                                            Then enter ...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Pot                                           Number of pots set
(2) Hook-and-line                                 (i) Check the appropriate box to indicate whether gear is fixed hook (conventional or tub), autoline,
                                                   or snap (optional, but may be required by IPHC regulations).
                                                  (ii) Length of skate to the nearest foot (optional, but may be required by IPHC regulations).
                                                  (iii) Size of hooks, hook spacing in feet, and number of hooks per skate (optional, but may be
                                                   required by IPHC regulations).
                                                  (iv) Number of skates set
                                                  (v) Number of skates lost (if applicable) (optional, but may be required by IPHC regulations).
(3) Longline                                      Bird avoidance gear code (see Table 19 to this part)
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    (x) Separate logsheet, WPR, check-in/check-out report. The operator 
or manager must use a separate page (logsheet, WPR, check-in/check-out 
report) to record information as described in paragraphs (x)(A) through 
(E) of this section:
    (A) For each day of an active period, except shoreside processor or 
stationary floating processors may use one logsheet for each day of an 
active period or use one logsheet for up to 7 days.
    (B) If harvest from more than one reporting area.
    (C) If harvest from COBLZ or RKCSA within a reporting area (see 
paragraph (a)(7)(xii)). Use two separate logsheets, the first to record 
the information from the reporting area that includes COBLZ or RKCSA, 
and the second to record the information from the reporting area that 
does not include COBLZ or RKCSA.
    (D) If harvest with more than one gear type.
    (E) If harvest under a separate management program. If harvest for 
more than one CDQ group, use a separate logsheet for each CDQ group 
number.
    (xi) Reporting area. The operator or manager must record the 
reporting area code (see Figures 1 and 3 to this part) where gear 
retrieval (see Sec. 679.2) was completed, regardless of where the 
majority of the set took place. Record in the DFL, BSR, DCPL, SPELR, 
WPR, DPR, and mothership or catcher/processor check-in/check-out 
report.
    (xii) Areas within a reporting area. If harvest was caught using 
trawl gear, the operator or manager must indicate whether fishing 
occurred in the COBLZ or RKCSA:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           Area             Reference
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) COBLZ                          BSAI C. opilio        Figure 13 to
                                    Bairdi Bycatch        this part
                                    Limitation Zone.
(B) RKCSA                          Red King Crab         Figure 11 to
                                    Savings Area.         this part
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (xiii) Observer information. Record the number of observers aboard 
or on site, the name of the observer(s), and the observer cruise 
number(s) in the DFL and DCPL. If a shoreside processor or stationary 
floating processor, record also the dates present for each observer.
    (xiv) Number of crew or crew size. Record the number of crew, 
excluding certified observer(s), on a mothership or catcher/processor 
WPR and in the BSR; on the last day of the weekly reporting period in a 
mothership or catcher/processor DCPL; and in the DFL on the last day of 
a trip for a catcher vessel.
    (xv) Management program. Indicate whether harvest occurred under 
one of the listed management programs in a DFL, BSR, DCPL, SPELR, WPR, 
DPR, or check-in/check-out report. If harvest is not under one of these 
management programs, leave blank.

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------------------------------------------------------------------------
    If harvest made under ...      Indicate yes and
             program                 record the...         Reference
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) CDQ                           CDQ group number..  Subpart C to part
                                                       679
(B) Exempted Fishery              Exempted fishery    Sec.  679.6
                                   permit number.
(C) Research                      Research program    Sec.  600.745(a)
                                   permit number.      of this chapter
(D) IFQ                           IFQ permit          Subpart D to part
                                   number(s).          679
(E) AFA                           AFA Cooperative     Sec.  679.5(e)
                                   account number
                                   ONLY for landings
                                   from the directed
                                   pollock fishery
                                   that are counting
                                   against the coop
                                   quota. (Other
                                   species delivered
                                   at the same time
                                   can go on the
                                   same report.).
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (8) Landings information--(i) Requirement. The manager of a 
shoreside processor or stationary floating processor must record 
landings information for all retained species from groundfish 
deliveries.
    (A) If recording in DCPL, or DPR, enter date of landing and daily 
weight and weekly cumulative weight by species code and product code.
    (B) If recording in WPR, enter weekly cumulative weight by species 
code and product code.
    (ii) Landings as product. If a shoreside processor or stationary 
floating processor receives groundfish, records them as landings in 
Part IB of the DCPL, and transfers these fish to another processor 
without further processing, the manager must also record the species 
code, product code, and weight of these fish in Part II of the DCPL 
prior to transfer.
    (9) Product information--(i) Requirement. The operator of a 
catcher/processor or mothership or the manager of a shoreside processor 
or stationary floating processor must record groundfish product 
information for all retained species from groundfish deliveries.
    (A) If recording in DCPL or DPR, enter date of production 
(shoreside processor or stationary floating processor only); daily 
weight, balance forward (except shoreside processor or stationary 
floating processor), and weekly cumulative weight by species code, 
product code, and product designation.
    (B) If recording in WPR, enter weekly cumulative weight by species 
code, product code, and product designation.
    (ii) Custom processing. The operator of a catcher/processor or 
mothership or the manager of a shoreside processor or stationary 
floating processor must record products that result from custom 
processing by you for another processor. If you receive unprocessed or 
processed groundfish to be handled or processed for another processor 
or business entity, enter these groundfish in a DCPL and a WPR 
consistently throughout a fishing year using one of the following two 
methods:
    (A) Combined records. Record landings (if applicable), discards or 
dispositions, and products of contract-processed groundfish routinely 
in the DCPL, SPELR, WPR, and DPR without separate identification; or
    (B) Separate records. Record landings (if applicable), discards or 
dispositions, and products of custom-processed groundfish in a separate 
DCPL, WPR, and DPR identified by the name, Federal processor permit 
number or Federal fisheries permit number, and ADF&G processor code of 
the associated business entity.
    (10) Discard or disposition information--(i) Shoreside processor, 
stationary floating processor, mothership--(A) DCPL or DPR. (1) Except 
as described in paragraph (a)(10)(v) of this section, the manager of a 
shoreside processor or stationary floating processor, and the operator 
of a mothership must record in a DCPL and DPR, discard or disposition 
information that occurred on and was reported by a catcher vessel, that 
occurred on and was reported by a buying station, and that occurred 
prior to, during, and after production of groundfish.
    (2) Discard or disposition information must include: Date of 
discard or disposition (only shoreside processor or stationary floating 
processor); daily weight of groundfish; daily weight of Pacific herring 
PSC; daily number of PSC animals; balance forward (except shoreside 
processor or stationary floating processor); and weekly cumulative 
weight of groundfish and herring PSC; weekly cumulative number of PSC 
animals; species codes and product codes.
    (B) WPR. The manager of a shoreside processor or stationary 
floating processor, and the operator of a mothership must record in a 
WPR, discard or disposition information to include: week-ending date; 
weekly cumulative weight of groundfish and herring PSC; and weekly 
cumulative number of PSC animals by species code and product code.
    (ii) Catcher/processor--(A) DCPL or DPR. (1) The operator of a 
catcher/processor must record in a DCPL and DPR, discard or disposition 
information that occurred prior to, during, and after production of 
groundfish.
    (2) Discard or disposition information must include: Daily weight 
of groundfish; daily weight of herring PSC; daily number of PSC 
animals, balance forward, and weekly cumulative weight of groundfish 
and herring PSC; and weekly cumulative number of PSC animals by species 
code and product code.
    (B) WPR. The operator of a catcher/processor must record in a WPR, 
discard or disposition information to include: Week-ending date; weekly 
cumulative weight of groundfish and herring PSC; and weekly cumulative 
number of PSC animals by species code and product code.
    (iii) Buying station. The operator or manager of a buying station 
must record in a BSR discard or disposition information that occurred 
on and was reported by a catcher vessel and that occurred on and prior 
to delivery to an associated processor. Discard or disposition 
information must include: daily weight of groundfish, daily weight of 
herring PSC, and daily number of PSC animals by species code and 
product code.
    (iv) Catcher vessel. Except as described in paragraph (a)(10)(v) of 
this section, the operator of a catcher vessel must record in a DFL 
discard or disposition information that occurred on and prior to 
delivery to a buying station, mothership, shoreside processor, or 
stationary floating processor. Discard or disposition information must 
include daily weight of groundfish, daily weight of herring PSC, and 
daily number of PSC animals by species code and product code.
    (v) Exemption: Catcher vessel unsorted codends. If a catcher vessel 
is using trawl gear and deliveries to a mothership, shoreside 
processor, stationary floating processor, or buying station are of 
unsorted codends, the catcher vessel is exempt from recording discards 
in the DFL and from submittal of the blue DFL for that delivery.
    (vi) Discard quantities over maximum retainable amount. When 
fishing in an IFQ fishery and the fishery for Pacific

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cod or rockfish is closed to directed fishing but not in PSC status in 
that reporting area as described in Sec. 679.20, the operator must 
retain and record up to and including the maximum retainable amount for 
Pacific cod or rockfish as defined in Table 10 or 11 to this part; 
quantities over this amount must be discarded and recorded as discard 
in the logbook.
    (vii) Discard or disposition logbook recording time limits. The 
operator or manager must record discards and disposition information in 
the logbook within the time limits given in the following table:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         If participant type is a\1\ ...                                                  Record information ...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) MS,SS,SFP                                     By noon each day to record the previous day's discard/disposition that:
                                                  (1) Occurs on site after receipt of groundfish from a CV or BS;
                                                  (2) Occurs during processing of groundfish received from a CV or BS.
                                                  (3) Was reported on a blue DFL received froma CV delivering groundfish;
                                                  (4) Was reported on a BSR received from a BS delivering groundfish, if different from blue DFL
(B) CV, C/P                                       By noon each day to record the previous day's discard/disposition.
(C) BS                                            By noon each day to record the previous day's discard/disposition that:
                                                  (1) Was reported on a blue DFL received from a CV delivering groundfish.
                                                  (2) Occurs on BS after receipt of harvest from a CV.
                                                  (3) Occurs prior to delivery of harvest to a MS, SS, or SFP.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ CV = Catcher vessel; SS = Shoreside processor; SFP = Stationary floating processor; MS = mothership; Catcher/processor = C/P; BS = Buying station

    (11) Delivery information--(i) Mothership, shoreside processor or 
stationary floating processor. The operator of a mothership or manager 
of a shoreside processor or stationary floating processor must record 
delivery information in a DCPL or SPELR when unprocessed groundfish 
deliveries are received from a buying station or a catcher vessel. 
Discards and dispositions also must be recorded when no groundfish are 
delivered but the blue DFL is submitted by a catcher vessel containing 
records of groundfish discards or disposition (e.g., an IFQ fish 
delivery with groundfish incidental catch).
    (ii) Buying station. (A) The operator or manager of a buying 
station must record delivery information in a BSR when unprocessed 
groundfish deliveries are received from a catcher vessel. Discards and 
dispositions also must be recorded when no groundfish are delivered but 
the blue DFL is submitted by a catcher vessel containing records of 
groundfish discards or disposition (e.g., an IFQ fish delivery with 
groundfish incidental catch).
    (B) In addition, a catcher vessel operator by prior arrangement 
with a processor may function as a buying station for his own catch by: 
Shipping his groundfish catch with a copy of the BSR directly to that 
processor via truck or airline in the event that the processor is not 
located where the harvest is offloaded; or by driving a truck that 
contains his catch and a copy of the BSR to the processor. When the 
shipment arrives at the processor, the information from the BSR must be 
incorporated by the manager of the shoreside processor or stationary 
floating processor into the DCPL.
    (iii) Required delivery information, Mothership, shoreside 
processor, stationary floating processor, or buying station--(A) Date 
of delivery. Enter date of delivery.
    (B) CV or BS. If a mothership, shoreside processor, or stationary 
floating processor, the manager or operator must:
    (1) Enter CV or BS to indicate delivery from catcher vessel or 
buying station, respectively.
    (2) If delivery is from a buying station, keep the BSR for each 
delivery on file throughout the fishing year and for 3 years after the 
end of the fishing year.
    (C) Receive discard report. Indicate whether the blue DFL was 
received from the catcher vessel at the time of catch delivery. If 
delivery from a buying station, leave this column blank. If the blue 
DFL is not received from the catcher vessel, enter NO and the response 
code (example: NO-L) to describe the reason for non-submittal as 
follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
  If blue DFL not submitted by catcher
 vessel, record number followed by ...    To indicate the catcher vessel
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) P                                    Does not have a Federal
                                          fisheries permit
(2) P                                    Is under 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA and
                                          does not have a Federal
                                          fisheries permit
(3) L                                    Is under 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA and
                                          has a Federal fisheries permit
(4) U                                    Delivered an unsorted codend
(5) O                                    Other. Describe.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (D) Name and ADF&G vessel registration number (if applicable) of 
the catcher vessel or buying station delivering the groundfish;
    (E) Time (A.l.t.) when receipt of groundfish delivery was 
completed;
    (F) Mothership begin position. If a mothership, the mothership's 
begin position coordinates when receiving the groundfish delivery;
    (G) ADF&G fish ticket numbers. (1) If a mothership, shoreside 
processor, or stationary floating processor and receiving unprocessed 
groundfish from a catcher vessel, record in the DCPL and WPR the ADF&G 
fish ticket number issued to each catcher vessel; if receiving 
unprocessed groundfish from an associated buying station, record in the 
DCPL and WPR the ADF&Gfish ticket numbers issued by the buying station 
to the catcher vessel.
    (2) If a buying station and receiving unprocessed groundfish from a 
catcher vessel, record in the BSR the ADF&G

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fish ticket numbers issued to each catcher vessel.
    (H) Fish ticket numbers, state other than Alaska. If a shoreside 
processor located in a state other than Alaska and receiving 
unprocessed groundfish from a catcher vessel, record in the DCPL and 
WPR the fish ticket numbers issued for that non-Alaska state along with 
the two-character abbreviation for that state.
    (I) Catch receipt numbers, state other than Alaska. If a shoreside 
processor located in a state other than Alaska where no fish ticket 
system is available and receiving unprocessed groundfish from a catcher 
vessel, record in the DCPL the catch receipt number issued to the 
catcher vessel.
    (iv) Catcher vessel using trawl gear. If a catcher vessel using 
trawl gear, indicate whether sorting of codend onboard or bleeding from 
a codend occurred prior to delivery to a mothership, shoreside 
processor, stationary floating processor, or buying station. If 
delivery is an unsorted codend, see paragraph (a)(10)(v) of this 
section. Delivery information required: The delivery date; the ADF&G 
fish ticket number(s) received for delivery; and recipient's name and 
ADF&G processor code.
    (v) Catcher vessel using longline or pot gear. If IFQ delivery, 
information required: the delivery date; the ADF&G fish ticket 
number(s) received at delivery; name of IFQ Registered Buyer receiving 
harvest; name of unloading port (see paragraph (l)(5)(vii) of this 
section and Table 14 to this part) or landing location. If non-IFQ 
delivery, information required: the delivery date; the ADF&G fish 
ticket number(s) received at delivery; name of recipient receiving 
harvest; name of unloading port (see Table 14 to this part) or landing 
location.
    (12) Alteration of records. (i) The operator, manager, or any other 
person may not alter or change any entry or record in a logbook, except 
that an inaccurate or incorrect entry or record may be corrected by 
lining out the original and inserting the correction, provided that the 
original entry or record remains legible. All corrections must be made 
in ink.
    (ii) No person except an authorized officer may remove any original 
page of any logbook.
    (13) Inspection and retention of records--(i) Inspection. The 
operator of a catcher vessel, catcher/processor or mothership, the 
manager of a shoreside processor or stationary floating processor, or 
the operator or manager of a buying station must make all logbooks, 
reports, forms, and mothership-issued fish tickets required under this 
section available for inspection upon the request of an authorized 
officer for the time periods indicated in paragraph (a)(13)(ii) of this 
section.
    (ii) Retention of records. The operator or manager must retain 
logbooks and forms as follows:
    (A) On site. On site at the shoreside facility or onboard the 
vessel until the end of the fishing year during which the records were 
made and for as long thereafter as fish or fish products recorded in 
the logbooks and forms are retained.
    (B) For 3 years. Make them available upon request of an authorized 
officer for 3 years after the end of the fishing year during which the 
records were made.
    (14) Submittal and distribution of logbooks and forms--(i) 
Submittal of forms. The operator or manager must submit to NMFS the 
check-in report, check-out report, VAR, WPR, DPR, and PTR (see Table 9 
to this part), as applicable, by:
    (A) Faxing the NMFS printed form to the FAX number on the form; or
    (B) Telexing a data file to the telex number on the form.
    (C) Transmitting a data file with required information and forms to 
NMFS by e-mail, modem, or satellite (specifically INMARSAT standards A, 
B, or C).
    (D) With the approval of the Regional Administrator, using the 
voluntary electronic reporting format for the check-in report, check-
out report, WPR, and SPELR.
    (ii) Logbook copy sets. (A) The copy sets of each logbook are 
described in the following table:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Type of logbook                         Copy sets
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Catcher vessel longline and pot gear  White, blue, green, yellow,
 DFL                                       goldenrod
(2) Catcher vessel trawl gear DFL         White, blue, yellow, goldenrod
(3) Catcher/processor longline and pot    White, green, yellow,
 gear DCPL                                 goldenrod
(4) Catcher/processor trawl gear DCPL     White, yellow, goldenrod
(5) Mothership DCPL                       White, yellow, goldenrod
(6) Shoreside processor DCPL              White, yellow, goldenrod
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (B) [Reserved]
    (iii) Logsheet distribution. The logsheet distribution is described 
in the following table:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        Then, the operator or manager
        If logsheet is ...                         must...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) White                           Retain, permanently bound in the
                                     logbook.
(B) Yellow                          Submit quarterly to:
                                    NOAA Office of Enforcement,
                                    Alaska Region
                                    Logbook Program,
                                    P.O.Box 21767
                                    Juneau, AK 99802-1767
                                    on the following schedule:
                                    1st quarter by May 1 of that fishing
                                     year
                                    2nd quarter by August 1 of that
                                     fishing year
                                    3rd quarter by November 1 of that
                                     fishing year
                                    4th quarter by February 1 of the
                                     following fishing year
(C) Blue                            (1) Catcher vessel. Except when
                                     delivering an unsorted codend (see
                                     paragraph (a)(10)(vi) of this
                                     section), submit to the buying
                                     station, mothership, shoreside
                                     processor or stationary floating
                                     processor that receives the
                                     harvest.
                                    (2) Buying station. Submit upon
                                     delivery of catch to an associated
                                     mothership, shoreside processor, or
                                     stationary floating processor any
                                     blue DFL received from catcher
                                     vessels delivering groundfish to
                                     the buying station.

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(D) Green                           Longline and pot gear DFL and DCPL.
                                     To support a separate IFQ data
                                     collection by the IPHC under the
                                     joint NMFS/IPHC logbook program;
                                     check with the IPHC for submittal
                                     and retention requirements.
(E) Goldenrod                       Submit to the observer onboard or
                                     onsite after the logsheet is signed
                                     by the operator or manager.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iv) Logbook time limits. The following table displays the 
responsibilities of the operator or manager to submit the identified 
logsheet within a specified time limit:
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    (15) IFQ/groundfish transfer document comparison. When the operator 
or manager is participating in both the groundfish fisheries and the 
IFQ fisheries, certain exceptions to submittal of product shipment and

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transfer forms are provided to avoid duplication. In the following 
table, an ``X'' indicates submittal requirements under those 
circumstances.
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BILLING CODE 3510-22-C
    (b) Representative. (1) The operator of a catcher vessel, 
mothership, catcher/processor, or buying station delivering to a 
mothership or manager of a shoreside processor or stationary floating 
processor or buying station delivering to a shoreside processor or 
stationary floating processor may identify one contact person to 
complete the logbook and forms and to respond to inquiries from NMFS. 
Designation of a representative under this paragraph does not relieve 
the owner, operator, or manager of responsibility for compliance under 
paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
    (2) Except for a DFL, BSR, PTR, or DCPL, the operator or manager 
must provide the following representative identification information: 
The representative's name; daytime business telephone number (including 
area code); and FAX or telex number. In addition, if completing a DPR, 
a VAR, or a mothership or catcher/processor check-in/check-out report, 
the representative's COMSAT number.
    (c) Catcher vessel DFL and catcher/processor DCPL--(1) Longline and 
pot DFL and DCPL. In addition to information required at paragraphs (a) 
and (b) of this section, the operator of a catcher vessel or a catcher/
processor using longline or pot gear to harvest groundfish or the 
operator of a catcher vessel or a catcher/processor using longline or 
pot gear to harvest IFQ sablefish or IFQ halibut must record in the DFL 
or DCPL:
    (i) Gear type;
    (ii) IFQ permit number of the operator, if any, and of each IFQ 
holder aboard the vessel;
    (iii) Groundfish CDQ group number;
    (iv) Halibut CDQ permit number;
    (v) The set number, sequentially by year;
    (vi) Date, time, and begin position coordinates of gear deployment;
    (vii) Begin and end buoy or bag numbers (optional, but may be 
required by IPHC regulations);
    (viii) Date, time, and end position coordinates of gear retrieval;
    (ix) Begin and end gear depths, recorded to the nearest fathom 
(optional, but may be required by IPHC regulations);
    (x) Number of skates or pots set;
    (xi) Number of skates or pots lost (optional, but may be required 
by IPHC regulations);
    (xii) Target species code;
    (xiii) Estimated catch weight of IFQ halibut and CDQ halibut to the 
nearest pound, indicate ``CDQ'' above the amount of CDQ halibut;
    (xiv) Estimated weight of IFQ sablefish to the nearest pound;
    (xv) Indicate whether IFQ sablefish product is Western cut, Eastern 
cut, or round weight;
    (xvi) Number of sablefish;
    (xvii) The bird avoidance gear code;
    (xviii) If a catcher/processor, enter separately the round catch 
weight of pollock and Pacific cod to the nearest pound or metric ton 
and the estimated total round catch weight of all retained species 
combined, except sablefish, halibut, pollock and Pacific cod to at 
least the nearest 0.001 mt; and
    (xix) If a catcher vessel, the estimated total round catch weight 
of all species combined, except sablefish and halibut.
    (2) Trawl gear DFL and DCPL. In addition to information required at 
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, the operator of a catcher 
vessel or a catcher/processor using trawl gear to harvest groundfish 
must record in the DFL or DCPL:
    (i) Whether nonpelagic trawl or pelagic trawl;
    (ii) Haul number, sequentially by year;
    (iii) Time and begin position coordinates of gear deployment;
    (iv) Date, time, and end position coordinates of gear retrieval;
    (v) Average sea depth and average gear depth, recorded to the 
nearest meter or fathom and whether depth recorded in meters or 
fathoms;
    (vi) Target species code;
    (vii) If a catcher/processor, enter separately the round catch 
weight of pollock, Pacific cod, and the estimated total round catch 
weight of all retained species, except Pacific cod and pollock, and 
indicate whether weight is recorded to the nearest pound or metric ton;
    (viii) If a catcher vessel, enter the estimated total round catch 
weight of all retained species.
    (d) Buying station report (BSR)--(1) In addition to information 
required at paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, the operator or 
manager of a buying station must:
    (i) Enter on each BSR the name, ADF&G processor code, and Federal 
fisheries or processor permit number of its associated processor, date 
delivery completed, and time delivery completed;
    (ii) Record each delivery of unprocessed groundfish or donated 
prohibited species to an associated processor on a separate BSR.
    (iii) Ensure that a BSR, along with any blue DFLs received from a 
catcher vessel, accompanies each groundfish delivery from the landing 
site to the associated processor.
    (iv) Retain a copy of each BSR.
    (v) In addition to recording the total estimated delivery weight or 
actual scale weight of a catcher vessel delivery, the operator or 
manager of a buying station may enter specific species codes and 
weights (in lb or mt) to the BSR.
    (2) The operator or manager must record all information required 
and sign the BSR within 2 hours of completion of delivery from catcher 
vessel.
    (e) Shoreside processor electronic logbook report (SPELR). (1) The 
owner or manager must use SPELR or NMFS-approved software for the 
duration of the fishing year to report every delivery, including but 
not limited to groundfish from AFA catcher vessels and pollock from a 
directed pollock fishery participant, from all catcher vessels and 
maintain the SPELR and printed reports as described at paragraph (f) of 
this section, if a shoreside processor or stationary floating 
processor:
    (i) Receives groundfish from AFA catcher vessels; or
    (ii) Receives pollock harvested in a directed pollock fishery.
    (2) The owner or manager of a shoreside processor or stationary 
floating processor that is not required to use SPELR under paragraph 
(e)(1) of this section may use, upon approval by the Regional 
Administrator, SPELR or NMFS-approved software in lieu of the shoreside 
processor DCPL and shoreside processor WPR. Processors using the SPELR 
must maintain the SPELR and printed reports as described in this 
paragraph (e) and at paragraph (f) of this section.
    (3) Exemptions. The owner or manager who uses the SPELR per 
paragraphs (e)(1) and (2) of this section is exempt from the following 
requirements:
    (i) Maintain shoreside processor DCPL.
    (ii) Submit quarterly DCPL logsheets to NOAA Fisheries, Office for 
Law Enforcement (OLE), Juneau, as described at paragraph (a)(14)(iii) 
of this section.
    (iii) Maintain and submit WPRs to the Regional Administrator as 
described at paragraph (i) of this section.
    (iv) If receiving deliveries of fish under a CDQ program, submit 
CDQ delivery reports to the Regional Administrator as described at 
paragraph (n)(1) of this section.
    (4) Time limit and submittal. (i) The SPELR must be submitted daily 
to NMFS as an electronic file. A dated return-receipt will be generated 
and sent by NMFS to the processor confirming receipt and acceptance of 
the report. The owner or manager must retain the return receipt as 
proof of report submittal. If an owner or manager does not receive a 
return receipt from NMFS, the owner or manager must contact

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NMFS within 24 hours for further instruction on submittal of SPELRs.
    (ii) Daily information described at paragraph (e)(6) of this 
section must be entered into the SPELR each day on the day they occur.
    (iii) Except as indicated in paragraph (e)(4)(iv) of this section, 
information for each delivery described at paragraph (e)(7) of this 
section must be submitted to the Regional Administrator by noon of the 
following day for each delivery of groundfish.
    (iv) If a shoreside processor or stationary floating processor 
using the SPELR or equivalent software is not taking deliveries over a 
weekend from one of the AFA-permitted catcher vessels listed on NMFS 
Alaska Region web page at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/ram the SPELR daily 
report may be transmitted on Monday.
    (5) Information entered once (at software installation) or whenever 
it changes. The owner or manager must enter the following information 
into the SPELR when software is installed or whenever any of the 
information changes:
    (i) Shoreside processor or stationary floating processor name, 
ADF&G processor code, Federal processor permit number, and processor e-
mail address;
    (ii) State port code as described in Table 14 to this part;
    (iii) Name, telephone and FAX numbers of representative.
    (6) Information entered daily. The owner or manager must daily 
enter the following information into the SPELR:
    (i) Whether no deliveries or no production;
    (ii) Number of observers on site;
    (iii) Whether harvested in BSAI or GOA;
    (iv) Product by species code, product code, and product 
designation;
    (v) Product weight (in lb or mt).
    (7) Information entered for each delivery. The owner or manager 
must enter for each delivery the following information into the SPELR:
    (i) Date fishing began; delivery date; vessel name and ADF&G vessel 
registration number; ADF&G fish ticket number of delivery; management 
program name and identifying number (if any); gear type of harvester; 
landed species of each delivery by species code, product code, and 
weight (in pounds or mt); ADF&G statistical area(s) where fishing 
occurred and estimated percentage of total delivered weight 
corresponding to each area; and whether delivery is from a buying 
station.
    (ii) If delivery received from a buying station, indicate name and 
type of buying station (vessel, vehicle, or other); date harvest 
received by buying station; if a vessel, ADF&G vessel registration 
number; if a vehicle, license plate number; if other than a vessel or 
vehicle, description.
    (iii) Whether a blue DFL was received from catcher vessel; if not 
received, reason given; discard or disposition species; if groundfish 
or PSC herring, enter species code, product code, and weight (in pounds 
or mt); if PSC halibut, salmon, or crab, enter species code, product 
code, and count (in numbers of animals).
    (iv) If a CDQ delivery, enter species code, product code, weight 
(in pounds or mt) and count of PSQ halibut.
    (f) SPELR printed reports--(1) Requirement--(i) Daily printouts. 
The manager daily must print onsite at the shoreside processor or 
stationary floating processor two reports: a shoreside logbook daily 
production report and a delivery worksheet using pre-determined formats 
generated by the SPELR or NMFS-approved software.
    (ii) Signature. The owner or manager of the shoreside processor or 
stationary floating processor must sign and enter date of signature 
onto each SPELR printed report. The signature of the owner or manager 
on SPELR printed reports is verification of acceptance of the 
responsibility required in paragraphs (e) and (f) of this section.
    (iii) Delivery worksheet. The Delivery Worksheet results from a 
SPELR or NMFS-approved pre-determined format of the data; it summarizes 
daily landings and discards.
    (iv) Shoreside logbook daily production report. The Shoreside 
Logbook Daily Production Report results from a SPELR or NMFS-approved 
pre-determined format of the data; it summarizes daily production.
    (2) Retention. The manager must retain the paper copies of the 
reports described in paragraph (f)(1) of this section as follows:
    (i) Onsite. Onsite at the shoreside processor or stationary 
floating processor until the end of the fishing year during which the 
reports were made and for as long thereafter as fish or fish products 
recorded in the reports are retained.
    (ii) For 3 years. For 3 years after the end of the fishing year 
during which the reports were made.
    (3) Inspection. The owner or manager must make available the 
reports described in paragraph (f)(1) of this section upon request of 
observers, NMFS personnel, and authorized officers.
    (g) Groundfish Product Transfer Report (PTR). (1) Except as 
provided in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (iv) of this section, the 
operator of a mothership or catcher/processor or the manager of a 
shoreside processor or stationary floating processor must record on a 
separate PTR each transfer of groundfish product (including unprocessed 
fish) or donated prohibited species.
    (i) Exemption: Bait sales. The operator or manager may aggregate 
individual sales or transfers of groundfish to vessels for bait 
purposes during a day onto one PTR when recording the amount of such 
bait product leaving a facility that day. If transfer is a daily 
aggregation of bait sales, enter ``BAIT SALES'' in the ``RECEIVER'' box 
and enter the time of the first sale of the day and the time of the 
last sale of the day.
    (ii) Exemption: Over-the-counter groundfish sales. (A) The operator 
or manager daily may aggregate and record on one PTR, individual over-
the-counter sales of groundfish for human consumption, where each sale 
weighs less than 10 lb (0.0045 mt), when recording the amount of such 
over-the-counter product leaving a facility that day.
    (B) If a PTR records a daily aggregation of over-the-counter 
product sales, enter ``OVER-THE-COUNTER SALES'' in the ``RECEIVER'' 
box. Enter the time of the first sale of the day and the time of the 
last sale of the day.
    (iii) Exemption: Wholesale sales. (A) The operator or manager may 
aggregate and record on one PTR, wholesale sales of groundfish by 
species when recording the amount of such wholesale product leaving a 
facility that day, if invoices detailing destinations for all of the 
product are available for inspection by an authorized officer.
    (B) If a PTR records a daily aggregation of wholesale product 
sales, enter ``WHOLESALE SALES'' in the ``RECEIVER'' box. Enter the 
time of the first sale of the day and enter the time of the last sale 
of the day.
    (iv) Exemption: IFQ Registered Buyer permit and IFQ or CDQ 
sablefish product. If the operator or the manager possesses a 
Registered Buyer permit issued per Sec. 679.4(d)(2), the operator or 
manager is not required to submit a PTR to document shipment of IFQ or 
CDQ sablefish product. However, a shipment report as described at 
paragraph (l)(3) of this section is required for each shipment of IFQ 
or CDQ sablefish product.
    (2) Time limits and submittal. The operator of a mothership or 
catcher/processor or manager of a shoreside processor or stationary 
floating processor must:
    (i) Record all product transfer information on a PTR within 2 hours 
of the completion of the transfer.

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    (ii) Submit by FAX or electronic file a copy of each PTR to OLE, 
Juneau, by 1200 hours, A.l.t., on the Tuesday following the end of the 
applicable weekly reporting period in which the transfer occurred.
    (iii) A PTR is not required to accompany a shipment or offload.
    (3) General information. In addition to requirements described in 
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section the operator or manager must 
record on a PTR:
    (i) Whether original or revised PTR;
    (ii) Whether receipt or shipment. ``RECEIPT'' if product is 
received; ``SHIPMENT'' if transferring product off your site or 
transferring product off your vessel;
    (iii) Your processor type;
    (iv) Whether you are the shipper or the receiver.
    (4) Transfer Information--(i) Shipper. (A) Enter information about 
your company: If you are shipping groundfish or groundfish product, 
enter your company name, address, FAX number, and ADF&G processor code.
    (B) Enter information about the other company: If you are receiving 
groundfish or groundfish product from another company, enter name of 
the other company and ADF&G processor code (if applicable).
    (ii) Receiver. (A) Enter information about your company: If you are 
receiving groundfish or groundfish product, enter your company name and 
ADF&G processor code.
    (B) Enter information about the other company: If you are shipping 
groundfish or groundfish product to another company on land, enter name 
of the receiver and ADF&G processor code (if applicable).
    (C) If you are the shipper, enter appropriate information about the 
other company as provided in the following table:
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    (5) Products shipped or received. Enter information for each 
transfer:
    (i) The species code and product code for each product transferred 
(Tables 1 and 2 to this part).
    (ii) The number of cartons or production units transferred.
    (iii) The average weight of one carton or production unit for each 
species and product code in kilograms or pounds (indicate which).
    (iv) The total net weight (to the nearest 0.001 mt) of the products 
transferred.
    (v) In addition to paragraphs (g)(5)(i) through (iv) of this 
section, if recording two or more species with one or more product 
types of fish in the same carton, enter the actual scale weight of each 
product of each species to the nearest 0.001 mt. If not applicable, 
enter ``n/a'' in the species weight column. If you use more than one 
line to record species in one carton, use a bracket {time}  to tie the 
carton information together.
    (6) Total or partial offload. (i) If a mothership or catcher/
processor, indicate whether the transfer is a total or partial offload.
    (ii) If a partial offload, for the products remaining on board, 
enter: species code, product code, and total product weight to the 
nearest 0.001 mt for each product.
    (h) Check-in/check-out report--(1) Time limits and submittal. The 
operator of a catcher/processor or mothership or the manager of a 
shoreside processor or stationary floating processor must submit a 
check-in report prior to becoming active (see paragraph 679.5(a)(7)(i) 
of this section) and a check-out report for every check-in report 
submitted. Check-in and check-out reports must be submitted within the 
appropriate time limits to the Regional Administrator by FAX or Telex; 
or transmit a data file by e-mail, modem, or satellite (specifically 
INMARSAT standards A, B, or C); or transmit by voluntary electronic 
check-in and check-out reports.
    (i) Check-in report (BEGIN message). Except as indicated in 
paragraph (h)(1)(iii) of this section the operator or manager must 
submit a check-in report according to the following table:

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    (ii) Check-out report (CEASE message). Except as indicated in 
paragraph (h)(1)(iii) of this section, the operator or manager must 
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 Submit a separate CEASE message for ...        If you are a ...                 Within this time limit
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(A) COBLZ or RKCSA                        (1) C/P using trawl gear...  Upon completion of gear retrieval for
                                          (2) MS, SS, SFP............   groundfish, submit a separate check-out
                                                                        for the COBLZ or RKCSA and another check-
                                                                        out for the area outside the COBLZ or
                                                                        RKCSA.
                                                                       If receiving groundfish harvested with
                                                                        trawl gear, upon completion of receipt
                                                                        of groundfish, submit a separate check-
                                                                        out for the COBLZ or RKCSA and another
                                                                        check-out for the area outside the COBLZ
                                                                        or RKCSA.
(B) Processor type                        C/P, MS....................  Upon completion of simultaneous activity
                                                                        as both catcher/ processor and
                                                                        mothership, a separate check-out, one
                                                                        for catcher/processor and one for
                                                                        mothership.
(C) Gear Type                             (1) C/P....................  Upon completion of gear retrieval for
                                          (2) MS, SS, SFP............   groundfish, submit a separate check-out
                                                                        for each gear type for which a check-in
                                                                        was submitted.
                                                                       Upon completion of receipt of groundfish,
                                                                        submit a separate check-out for each
                                                                        gear type for which a check-in was
                                                                        submitted.
(D) CDQ                                   (1) C/P....................  Within 24 hours after groundfish CDQ
                                          (2) MS, SS, SFP............   fishing for each CDQ group has ceased.
                                                                       Within 24 hours after receipt of
                                                                        groundfish CDQ has ceased for each CDQ
                                                                        group.
(E) Exempted or Research Fishery          (1) C/P....................  If groundfish are caught during an
                                          (2) MS, SS, SFP............   exempted or research fishery, submit a
                                                                        separate check-out for each type for
                                                                        which a check-in was submitted.
                                                                       Upon completion of receipt of groundfish
                                                                        under an exempted or research fishery,
                                                                        submit a separate check-out for each
                                                                        type for which a check-in was submitted.
(F) Reporting Area                        (1) C/P using longline or    Upon completion of gear retrieval and
                                           pot gear.                    within 24 hours after departing each
                                                                        reporting area
                                          (2) C/P using trawl gear...  Within 24 hours after departing a
                                                                        reporting area but prior to checking-in
                                                                        another reporting area
                                          (3) SS, SFP................  Within 48 hours after the end of the
                                                                        applicable weekly reporting period that
                                                                        a shoreside processor or stationary
                                                                        floating processor ceases to receive or
                                                                        process groundfish from that reporting
                                                                        area for the fishing year.
                                          (4) MS, SS, SFP............  If receipt of groundfish from a reporting
                                                                        area is expected to stop for a period of
                                                                        time (month(s)) during the fishing year
                                                                        and then start up again, may submit a
                                                                        check-out report for that reporting area
                                          (5) MS.....................  Within 24 hours after receipt of fish is
                                                                        complete from that reporting area.
(G) Change of fishing year                C/P, MS, SS, SFP...........  If a check-out report was not previously
                                                                        submitted during a fishing year for a
                                                                        reporting area, submit on December 31, a
                                                                        check-out report for each reporting
                                                                        area.
(H) Interruption of production            SS, SFP....................  If receipt of groundfish from a reporting
                                                                        area is expected to stop for a period of
                                                                        time (month(s)) during the fishing year
                                                                        and then start up again, the manager may
                                                                        choose to submit a check-out report for
                                                                        that reporting area.
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    (iii) Exception, two adjacent reporting areas. If on the same day a 
catcher/processor intends to fish in two adjacent reporting areas (an 
action which would require submittal of check-out reports and check-in 
reports multiple times a day when crossing back and forth across a 
reporting area boundary), and the two reporting areas have on that day 
and time an identical fishing status for every species, the operator 
must:
    (A) Submit to NMFS a check-in report to the first area prior to 
entering the first reporting area, and
    (B) Submit to NMFS a check-in report to the second area prior to 
entering the second reporting area.
    (C) Remain within 10 nautical miles (18.5 km) of the boundary 
described in paragraph (h)(1)(iii) of this section.
    (D) If the catcher/processor proceeds in the second reporting area 
beyond 10 nautical miles (18.5 km) of the boundary between the two 
areas, the operator must submit a check-out report from the first 
reporting area. The operator must submit a check-out report from the 
second area upon exiting that reporting area (see paragraph 
(h)(1)(ii)of this section).
    (2) Transit through reporting areas. The operator of a catcher/
processor or mothership is not required to submit a check-in or check-
out report if the vessel is transiting through a reporting area and is 
not fishing or receiving fish.
    (3) Required information. The operator of a mothership or catcher/
processor or the manager of a shoreside processor or stationary 
floating processor must record the following information.
    (i) For each check-in and check-out report. (A) Whether an original 
or revised report;
    (B) Participant identification information (see paragraph (a)(5) of 
this section);
    (C) Representative information (see paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section);
    (D) Management program name and identifying number (if any);
    (E) If a mothership or catcher/processor, processor type and gear 
type.
    (ii) For each check-in report, mothership. (A) Date and time when 
receipt of groundfish will begin;
    (B) Position coordinates where groundfish receipt begins;
    (C) Reporting area code where gear deployment begins;
    (D) Primary and secondary target species expected to be received 
the following week. A change in intended target species within the same 
reporting area does not require a new BEGIN message.
    (iii) For each check-in report, catcher/processor. (A) Date and 
time when gear deployment will begin;
    (B) Position coordinates where gear is deployed;
    (C) Reporting area code of groundfish harvest;
    (D) Primary and secondary target species expected to be harvested 
the following week. A change in intended target species within the same 
reporting area does not require a new BEGIN message.
    (iv) For each check-in report, shoreside processor or stationary 
floating processor: (A) Indicate check-in report;
    (B) Date facility will begin to receive groundfish;
    (C) Whether checking in for the first time this fishing year or 
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groundfish after filing a check-out report;
    (D) The product weight of all fish or fish products (including non-
groundfish) remaining at the facility (other than public cold storage) 
by species code and product code;
    (E) Whether pounds or 0.001 mt.
    (v) For each check-out report, mothership: Date, time, reporting 
area code, and position coordinates where the last receipt of 
groundfish was completed.
    (vi) For each check-out report, catcher/processor: date, time, 
reporting area code, and position coordinates where the vessel departed 
the reporting area.
    (vii) For each check-out report, shoreside processor or stationary 
floating processor: (A) Indicate check-out report;
    (B) Date facility ceased to receive or process groundfish;
    (C) The product weight of all fish or fish products (including non-
groundfish) remaining at the facility (other than public cold storage) 
by species code and product code;
    (D) Whether pounds or 0.001 mt.
    (i) Weekly Production Report (WPR)--(1) Who needs to submit a 
weekly production report? (i) Except as indicated in paragraph 
(i)(1)(iii) of this section, the operator or manager must submit a WPR 
for any week the mothership, catcher/processor, shoreside processor, or 
stationary floating processor is checked-in pursuant to paragraph 
(h)(2) of this section.
    (ii) If a vessel is operating simultaneously during a weekly 
reporting period as both a catcher/processor and a mothership, the 
operator must submit two separate WPRs for that week, one for catcher/
processor fishing activity and one for mothership fishing activity.
    (iii)  Exemption. If using SPELR or software approved by the 
Regional Administrator as described in Sec. 679.5(e), a shoreside 
processor or stationary floating processor is exempt from the 
requirements to submit a WPR.
    (2) Time limit and submittal. The operator or manager must submit a 
separate WPR by FAX or electronic file to the Regional Administrator by 
1200 hours, A.l.t. on Tuesday following the end of the applicable 
weekly reporting period.
    (3) Submit separate WPR. The operator or manager must submit a 
separate WPR if:
    (i) Processor type. For each processor type if a catcher/processor 
is functioning simultaneously as a Mothership in the same reporting 
area.
    (ii) Gear type. For each gear type of harvester if groundfish are 
caught in the same reporting area using more than one gear type.
    (iii) COBLZ or RKCSA. If groundfish are caught with trawl gear, 
submit one report for fish harvested in the COBLZ or RKCSA and another 
report for fish harvested outside the COBLZ or RKCSA.
    (iv) Management Program. If groundfish are caught under a specific 
management program, submit a separate report for each program.
    (v) Reporting area. For each reporting area, except 300, 400, 550, 
or 690.
    (vi) Change of fishing year. If continually active through the end 
of one fishing year and at the beginning of a second fishing year, the 
operator or manager must submit a WPR for each reporting area:
    (A) To complete the year at midnight, December 31, if still 
conducting fishing activity regardless of where this date falls within 
the weekly reporting period.
    (B) To start the year on January 1, if still conducting fishing 
activity regardless of where this date falls within the weekly 
reporting period.
    (4) Required information. The operator or manager must record:
    (i) Whether original or revised WPR;
    (ii) Week-ending date;
    (iii) Participant identification information (see paragraph (a)(5) 
of this section);
    (iv) Representative information (see paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section);
    (v) Date (month-day-year) WPR completed;
    (vi) Management program name and identifying number (if any);
    (vii) Gear type of harvester;
    (viii) If a mothership or catcher/processor, processor type and 
crew size;
    (ix) Reporting area of harvest;
    (x) If a shoreside processor or stationary floating processor, 
landings scale weights of groundfish by species and product codes and 
product designations; scale weights or fish product weights of 
groundfish by species and product codes and product designations;
    (xi) Discard or disposition weights or numbers by species and 
product codes;
    (xii) ADF&G fish ticket numbers issued to catcher vessels at 
delivery (except catcher/processors).
    (j) Daily Production Report (DPR)--(1) Notification. If the 
Regional Administrator determines that DPRs are necessary to avoid 
exceeding a groundfish TAC or prohibited species bycatch allowance, 
NMFS may require submittal of DPRs from motherships, catcher/
processors, shoreside processors and stationary floating processors for 
reporting one or more specified species, in addition to a WPR. NMFS 
will publish notification in the Federal Register specifying the 
fisheries that require DPRs and the dates that submittal of DPRs are 
required.
    (2) Applicability. (i) If a catcher/processor or mothership is 
checked in to the specified reporting area and is harvesting, 
receiving, processing, or discarding the specified species or is 
receiving reports from a catcher vessel of discard at sea of the 
specified species, the operator must submit a DPR, when required.
    (ii) If a shoreside processor or stationary floating processor is 
receiving, processing, or discarding the specified species or is 
receiving reports from a catcher vessel of discard at sea of the 
specified species, the manager must submit a DPR when required.
    (iii) The operator of a catcher/processor or mothership or the 
manager of a shoreside processor or stationary floating processor must 
use a separate DPR for each gear type, processor type, and CDQ number.
    (3) Time limit and submittal. The operator or manager must submit a 
DPR by FAX to the Regional Administrator by 1200 hours, A.l.t., the day 
following each day of landings, discard, or production.
    (4) Information required. In addition to requirements described in 
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, the operator of a catcher/
processor or mothership, or the manager of a shoreside processor or 
stationary floating processor must record the processor type.
    (k) U.S. Vessel Activity Report (VAR)--(1) Who needs to submit a 
VAR? Except as noted in paragraphs (k)(1)(iii) and (iv) of this 
section, the operator of a catcher vessel greater than 60 ft (18.3 m) 
LOA, a catcher/processor, or a mothership holding a Federal fisheries 
permit issued under this part and carrying fish or fish product onboard 
must complete and submit a VAR by FAX or electronic file to OLE, 
Juneau, AK before the vessel crosses the seaward boundary of the EEZ 
off Alaska or crosses the U.S.--Canadian international boundary between 
Alaska and British Columbia.
    (i) Both groundfish and IFQ fish. If a vessel is carrying both 
groundfish and IFQ halibut or IFQ sablefish, the operator must submit a 
VAR in addition to a Vessel Departure Report (VDR) or a Vessel 
Clearance (VC).
    (ii) Revised VAR. If groundfish are landed at a port other than the 
one specified, submit a revised VAR showing the actual port of landing.
    (iii) Exemption: Vessel clearance. If a vessel is carrying only IFQ 
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IFQ sablefish onboard and the operator has received a Vessel Clearance 
per paragraph (l)(5)(iii) of this section, a VAR is not required.
    (iv) Exemption: IFQ departure report. If a vessel is carrying only 
IFQ halibut or IFQ sablefish onboard and the operator has submitted a 
Departure Report per paragraph (l)(5)(iii)(B) of this section, a VAR is 
not required.
    (2) Information required. Whether original or revised VAR; name and 
Federal fisheries permit number of vessel; type of vessel (whether 
catcher vessel, catcher/processor, or mothership); and representative 
information (see paragraph (b)(2) of this section).
    (i) Return report. ``Return,'' for purposes of this paragraph, 
means coming back to Alaska. If the vessel is crossing into the seaward 
boundary of the EEZ off Alaska or crossing the U.S.-Canadian 
international boundary between Alaska and British Columbia into U.S. 
waters, indicate a ``return'' report and enter:
    (A) Intended Alaska port of landing (see Table 14 to this part);
    (B) Estimated date and time (hour and minute, Greenwich mean time) 
the vessel will cross;
    (C) The estimated position coordinates the vessel will cross.
    (ii) Depart report. ``Depart'' means leaving Alaska. If the vessel 
is crossing out of the seaward boundary of the EEZ off Alaska or 
crossing the U.S.-Canadian international boundary between Alaska and 
British Columbia into Canadian waters, indicate a ``depart'' report and 
enter:
    (A) The intended U.S. port of landing or country other than the 
United States;
    (B) Estimated date and time (hour and minute, Greenwich mean time) 
the vessel will cross;
    (C) The estimated position coordinates in latitude and longitude 
the vessel will cross.
    (iii) The Russian Zone. Indicate whether your vessel is returning 
from fishing in the Russian Zone or is departing to fish in the Russian 
Zone.
    (iv) Fish or fish products. For all fish or fish products 
(including non-groundfish) on board the vessel, enter: Harvest zone 
code; species codes; product codes; and total fish product weight in 
lbs or to the nearest 0.001 mt.
    (l) IFQ and CDQ halibut recordkeeping and reporting. In addition to 
the recordkeeping and reporting requirements in this section and as 
prescribed in the annual management measures published in the Federal 
Register pursuant to Sec. 300.62 of this title, the following IFQ 
reports are required, when applicable: prior notices of landing, 
landing report, shipment report, transshipment authorization, vessel 
clearance, and IFQ departure report.
    (1) Prior notice of IFQ landing--(i) Applicability. Except as 
provided in paragraph (l)(1)(iv) of this section, the operator of any 
vessel making an IFQ landing must notify OLE, Juneau, AK no fewer than 
6 hours before landing IFQ halibut or IFQ sablefish, unless permission 
to commence an IFQ landing within 6 hours of notification is granted by 
a clearing officer.
    (ii) Time limits. A prior notice of landing must be made to the 
toll-free telephone number 800-304-4846 OR TO 907-586-7202 between the 
hours of 0600 hours, A.l.t., and 2400 hours, A.l.t.
    (iii) Information required. A prior notice of landing must include 
the following:
    (A) Vessel name and ADF&G vessel registration number;
    (B) Name and permit number of the Registered Buyer who will be 
responsible for completion and submittal of the IFQ Landing Report(s);
    (C) The location of the landing (port name or code);
    (D) The date and time (A.l.t.) that the landing will take place;
    (E) Landing directions;
    (F) Species and estimated weight (in pounds) of the IFQ halibut or 
IFQ sablefish that will be landed;
    (G) IFQ regulatory area(s) in which the IFQ halibut or IFQ 
sablefish were harvested;
    (H) IFQ permit number(s) that will be used to land the IFQ halibut 
or IFQ sablefish.
    (iv) Exemption. An IFQ landing of halibut of 500 lb (0.23 mt) or 
less of IFQ weight determined pursuant to Sec. 679.42(c)(2) and 
concurrent with a legal landing of salmon or a legal landing of lingcod 
harvested using dinglebar gear is exempt from the prior notice of 
landing required by this section.
    (v) Revision to prior notice of landing. The operator of any vessel 
wishing to land IFQ halibut or IFQ sablefish before the date and time 
(A.l.t.) reported in the prior notice of landing or later than 2 hours 
after the date and time (A.l.t.) reported in the prior notice of 
landing must submit a new prior notice of IFQ landing as described in 
paragraphs (l)(1)(i) through (iii) of this section.
    (2) Landing report--(i) Applicability. (A) A Registered Buyer must 
report an IFQ landing within 6 hours after all such fish are landed and 
prior to shipment of said fish or departure of the delivery vessel from 
the landing site.
    (B) All IFQ catch retained onboard a vessel at commencement of a 
landing must be weighed and debited from the IFQ permit holder's 
account under which the catch was harvested.
    (ii) Electronic landing report. (A) Except as indicated in 
paragraphs (l)(2)(ii)(D) and (E) of this section, electronic landing 
reports must be submitted to OLE, Juneau, AK using magnetic strip cards 
issued by NMFS, Alaska Region, and transaction terminals with printers 
driven by custom-designed software as provided and/or specified by 
NMFS, Alaska Region. It is the responsibility of the Registered Buyer 
to locate or procure a transaction terminal and report as required.
    (B) The IFQ cardholder must initiate a landing report by using his 
or her own magnetic card and personal identification number (PIN).
    (C) Once landing operations have commenced, the IFQ cardholder and 
the harvesting vessel may not leave the landing site until the IFQ 
account is properly debited. The offloaded IFQ species may not be moved 
from the landing site until the IFQ landing report is received by OLE, 
Juneau, AK and the IFQ cardholder's account is properly debited. A 
properly concluded transaction terminal receipt, printed Internet 
submission receipt, or manual landing report receipt received by FAX 
from OLE, Juneau, AK constitutes confirmation that OLE received the 
landing report and that the cardholder's account was properly debited. 
After the Registered Buyer enters the landing data in the transaction 
terminal or the Internet submission form(s) and a receipt is printed, 
the IFQ cardholder must sign the receipt to acknowledge the accuracy of 
the landing report. Legible copies of the receipt must be retained by 
both the Registered Buyer and the IFQ cardholder pursuant to paragraph 
(l)(6) of this section.
    (D) Electronic landing reports may be submitted to OLE, Juneau, AK 
using Internet submission methods as provided and/or specified by NMFS, 
Alaska Region. It is the responsibility of the Registered Buyer to 
obtain at his or her own expense, hardware, software and Internet 
connectivity to support Internet submissions and report as required.
    (E) Waivers from the electronic reporting requirement can only be 
granted in writing on a case-by-case basis by a local clearing officer.
    (iii) Manual landing report. (A) If a waiver has been granted 
pursuant to paragraph (l)(2)(ii) of this section, manual landing 
instructions must be obtained from OLE, Juneau, AK at (800)304-4846. 
Completed manual landing reports must be submitted by

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FAX to OLE, Juneau, AK at (907)586-7313.
    (B) The manual landing report must be signed by the Registered 
Buyer or his/her representative, and the IFQ cardholder to acknowledge 
the accuracy of the landing report, and by the OLE representative to 
show that the IFQ cardholder's account was debited consistent with the 
landing report.
    (iv) Time limits and submittals. (A) An IFQ landing may commence 
only between 0600 hours, A.l.t., and 1800 hours, A.l.t., unless 
permission to land at a different time (waiver) is granted in advance 
by a clearing officer.
    (B) An IFQ landing report must be completed and the IFQ account(s) 
properly debited, as defined in paragraph (l)(2)(ii)(C) of this 
section, within 6 hours after the completion of the IFQ landing.
    (v) Landing verification and inspection. Each IFQ landing and all 
fish retained on board the vessel making an IFQ landing are subject to 
verification, inspection, and sampling by authorized officers, clearing 
officers, or observers. Each IFQ halibut landing is subject to sampling 
for biological information by persons authorized by the IPHC.
    (vi) Information required. The Registered Buyer must enter accurate 
information contained in a complete IFQ landing report as follows:
    (A) Date and time (A.l.t.) of the IFQ landing;
    (B) Location of the IFQ landing (port code or if at sea, lat. and 
long.);
    (C) Name and permit number of the IFQ card holder;
    (D) Name and permit number of Registered Buyer receiving the IFQ 
species;
    (E) The harvesting vessel's name and ADF&G vessel registration 
number;
    (F) Gear type used to harvest IFQ species;
    (G) Alaska State fish ticket number(s) for the landing;
    (H) ADF&G statistical area of harvest reported by the IFQ 
cardholder;
    (I) If ADF&G statistical area is bisected by a line dividing two 
IFQ regulatory areas, the IFQ regulatory area of harvest reported by 
the IFQ cardholder;
    (J)(1) Except as indicated in paragraph (l)(2)(vi)(J)(2) of this 
section, for each ADF&G statistical area of harvest, the species codes, 
product codes, and initial accurate scale weight (in pounds) made at 
the time of offloading for IFQ species sold and retained;
    (2) If the vessel operator is a Registered Buyer reporting the IFQ 
landing, the accurate weight of IFQ sablefish processed product 
obtained before the offload may be substituted for the initial accurate 
scale weight at time of offload.
    (K) Whether ice and slime is present on the fish as offloaded from 
the vessel (YES or NO). Fish which have been washed prior to weighing 
or which have been offloaded from refrigerated salt water are not 
eligible for a 2 percent deduction for ice and slime and must indicate 
NO SLIME &ICE.
    (L) If IFQ halibut is incidental catch concurrent with legal 
landing of salmon or concurrent with legal landing of lingcod harvested 
using dinglebar gear;
    (M) Signature of Registered Buyer representative;
    (N) Signature of IFQ/CDQ card holder.
    (vii) Manual landing report. When a waiver is issued pursuant to 
paragraph (l)(2)(ii)(A) of this section, additional information is 
required. In addition to the information required in paragraph 
(l)(2)(vi) of this section, the following information is required to 
complete a landing report using a manual landing report:
    (A) Whether the manual landing report is an original or revised;
    (B) Name, telephone number, and FAX number of individual submitting 
the manual landing report.
    (3) Shipment report--(i) Requirement. (A) Except as provided in 
paragraph (l)(3)(i)(D) of this section, complete a written shipment 
report for each shipment or transfer of IFQhalibut and IFQ sablefish 
for which the Registered Buyer submitted a landing report before the 
fish leave the landing site.
    (B) Assure that a shipment report is submitted to, and received by, 
OLE, Juneau, AK by FAX to (907) 586-7313 or mail to P.O. Box 21767, 
Juneau, AK 99802-1767, within 7 days of the date shipment commenced.
    (C) Ensure that a copy of the shipment report or a bill of lading 
containing the same information accompanies the shipment of IFQ species 
from the landing site to the first destination beyond the location of 
the IFQ landing.
    (D) A shipment report is not required for transportation of IFQ 
species directly from the landing site to a processing facility owned 
by the Registered Buyer submitting the IFQ landing report. When 
transporting the fish in this manner, the landing report receipt from 
the IFQ terminal documenting the IFQ landing must accompany the 
offloaded IFQ species. For IFQ species transported in this manner, the 
Registered Buyer must complete a shipment report for each shipment or 
transfer of IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish from the Registered Buyer's 
processing facility.
    (ii) Information required. A shipment report must specify the 
following:
    (A) Whether revised or original report;
    (B) Shipment date;
    (C) Registered Buyer name, address, FAX number, and permit number;
    (D) Signature of Registered Buyer or Registered Buyer's 
representative;
    (E) Receiver name (this is the first receiver; the purchaser, 
wholesaler, or retailer who will receive the shipment from the 
Registered Buyer) and address;
    (F) Mode of transportation and intended route;
    (G) Name of the shipping company or entity that is transporting the 
shipment.
    (1) If by air, enter the name of the airline, flight number, 
departure and arrival airport locations.
    (2) If by containerized van, enter the name of the shipping 
company, vessel transporting the van, and departure and arrival ports.
    (3) If by vessel, enter the name of the shipping company if 
applicable, name of the vessel transporting, and the departure and 
arrival ports.
    (4) If by ground transportation, enter the name of the shipping or 
trucking company, and departure and arrival locations.
    (H) Species codes and product codes of IFQ species;
    (I) Total number of production units (blocks, trays, pans, 
individual fish, boxes, or cartons; if iced, enter number of totes or 
containers).
    (J) Unit weight (weight of single production unit as listed in 
``No. of Units''); indicate whether metric tons or pounds;
    (K) Total fish product weight of shipment less packing materials; 
indicate whether metric tons or pounds.
    (iii) Revision to shipment report. Each Registered Buyer must 
ensure that, if any information on the original Shipment Report changes 
prior to the first destination of the shipment, a revised shipment 
report is submitted to OLE, Juneau, clearly labeled ``Revised Report'' 
and that the revised shipment report be received by OLE, Juneau, AK 
within 7 days of the change.
    (iv) Dockside sale. A Registered Buyer conducting dockside sales 
must issue a receipt in lieu of a shipment report, that includes the 
date of sale or transfer, the Registered Buyer permit number, and the 
fish product weight of the IFQ sablefish or halibut transferred to each 
individual receiving IFQ halibut or IFQ sablefish.
    (4) Transshipment authorization. (i) No person may transship 
processed IFQ halibut or IFQ sablefish between vessels without 
authorization by a clearing officer. Authorization from a clearing 
officer must be obtained for each instance of transshipment at least 24 
hours before the transshipment is intended to commence.

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    (ii) Information required. To obtain a transshipment authorization, 
the vessel operator must provide the following information to the 
clearing officer:
    (A) Date and time (A.l.t.) of transshipment;
    (B) Location of transshipment;
    (C) Name and ADF&G vessel registration number of vessel offloading 
transshipment;
    (D) Name of vessel receiving the transshipment;
    (E) Product destination;
    (F) Species and product type codes;
    (G) Total product weight;
    (H) Time (A.l.t.) and date of the request;
    (I) Name, telephone number, FAX number (if any) for the person 
making the request.
    (5) Vessel clearance--(i) Requirement. A vessel operator who 
intends to make an IFQ landing at any location other than in an IFQ 
regulatory area or in the State of Alaska must first obtain a vessel 
clearance at a primary port from a clearing officer.
    (ii) Canadian ports. A vessel operator who intends to land IFQ 
species in Canada must first obtain a vessel clearance from a clearing 
officer at a primary port and must make the landing only at the British 
Columbia ports of Port Hardy, Prince Rupert, or Vancouver.
    (iii) Registered Buyer permit. A vessel operator obtaining an IFQ 
vessel clearance or submitting a departure report must have a 
Registered Buyer permit.
    (iv) IFQ permits on board. A vessel operator obtaining an IFQ 
vessel clearance must ensure that one or more IFQ cardholders is on 
board with enough remaining IFQ balance to harvest amounts of IFQ fish 
equal to or greater than all IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish on board.
    (v) Inspection. A vessel for which a vessel operator is seeking an 
IFQ vessel clearance is subject to inspection of all fish, logbooks, 
permits, and other documents on board the vessel at the discretion of 
the clearing officer.
    (vi) Primary ports. Unless specifically authorized on a case-by-
case basis by a clearing officer, IFQ vessel clearances will be issued 
only at the primary ports listed in Table 14 to this part.
    (vii) Completion of fishing. An IFQ vessel operator who obtains an 
IFQ vessel clearance may only obtain that IFQ vessel clearance after 
completion of all fishing. If any fishing takes place after issuance of 
an IFQ vessel clearance, the vessel operator must obtain a new IFQ 
vessel clearance.
    (viii) Required information. To obtain an IFQ vessel clearance, the 
vessel operator must provide the following information to the clearing 
officer:
    (A) Date, time (A.l.t.), and location of requested IFQ vessel 
clearance;
    (B) Vessel name and ADF&G vessel registration number;
    (C) Name and permit numbers of IFQ permits used to harvest IFQ 
species on board;
    (D) Vessel operator's IFQ Registered Buyer permit number;
    (E) Estimated total weight of IFQ halibut on board (lb/kg/mt);
    (F) Estimated total weight of IFQ sablefish on board;
    (G) IFQ areas of harvest;
    (H) Intended date, time (A.l.t.) and location of landing;
    (I) Signature of vessel operator.
    (ix) First landing of any species. A vessel operator must land and 
report all IFQ species on board at the same time and place as the first 
landing of any species harvested during an IFQ fishing trip.
    (x) IFQ landing after vessel clearance. A vessel operator having 
been granted an IFQ vessel clearance must be the Registered Buyer 
responsible for the IFQ landing and must submit the IFQ landing report, 
required under this section, for all IFQ halibut, IFQ sablefish and 
products thereof that are on board the vessel at the first landing of 
any fish from the vessel.
    (xi) IFQ departure report. (A) A vessel operator who intends to 
obtain a vessel clearance outside the State of Alaska must submit an 
IFQ departure report, by telephone, to OLE, Juneau, AK at 907-586-7225 
or 800-304-4846. The IFQ departure report may only be submitted after 
completion of all IFQ fishing and prior to departing the waters of the 
EEZ adjacent to the jurisdictional waters of the State of Alaska, the 
territorial sea of the State of Alaska, or the internal waters of the 
State of Alaska. The vessel operator must provide the following 
information:
    (B) Vessel name and ADF&G registration number;
    (C) Name of vessel operator submitting the IFQ departure report;
    (D) Total weight on board of IFQ halibut and total weight of IFQ 
sablefish;
    (E) Intended date, time (A.l.t.), and location for obtaining an IFQ 
vessel clearance.
    (6) Record retention. A copy of all reports and receipts required 
by this section must be retained by Registered Buyers and be made 
available for inspection by an authorized officer or a clearing officer 
for a period of 3 years.
    (7) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (C) * * *
    (3) * * *
    (ii) Certification, including the signature or electronic PIN of 
the individual authorized by the IFQ registered buyer to submit the IFQ 
Buyer Report, and date of signature or date of electronic submittal.
    (D) Submission address. The registered buyer must complete an IFQ 
Buyer Report and submit by mail or FAX to:
    Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS,
    Attn: RAM Program,
    P.O. Box 21668,
    Juneau, AK 99802 1668,
    FAX: (907) 586-7354
    or electronically to NMFS via forms available from
    RAM or on the RAM area of the Alaska Region Home Page at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/ram.
* * * * *
    (ii) * * *
    (C) * * *
    (4) Fee payment and certification section-- (i) Information 
required. An IFQ permit holder with an IFQ landing must provide his or 
her NMFS person identification number, signature, and date of signature 
on the Fee Payment section of the form or provide the electronic 
equivalent and record the following: his or her printed name; the total 
annual fee amount as calculated and recorded on the Fee Calculation 
page; the total of any pre-payments submitted to NMFS that apply to the 
total annual fee amount; the remaining balance fee; and the enclosed 
payment amount.
* * * * *
    (m) Consolidated weekly ADF&G fish tickets from motherships--(1) 
Requirement. (i) The operator of a mothership must ensure that any 
groundfish catch received by a mothership from a catcher vessel that is 
issued a Federal fisheries permit under Sec. 679.4 is recorded for each 
weekly reporting period on a minimum of one ADF&G groundfish fish 
ticket. The operator of a mothership may create a fish ticket for each 
delivery of catch. (An ADF&G fish ticket is further described at Alaska 
Administrative Code, 5 AAC Chapter 39.130.) A copy of the Alaska 
Administrative Code can be obtained from the Alaska Regional Office, 
see Sec. 600.502 of this chapter, Table 1.
    (ii) The operator of a mothership must ensure that the information 
listed in paragraph (m)(2)(iii) of this section is written legibly or 
imprinted from the catcher vessel operator's State of Alaska, 
Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission (CFEC) permit card on the 
consolidated weekly ADF&G fish ticket.

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    (2) Information required from the catcher vessel. (i) The operator 
of a catcher vessel delivering groundfish to a mothership must complete 
the parts of the fish ticket listed in paragraph (m)(2)(iii) of this 
section, sign the fish ticket, and provide it to the operator of the 
mothership receiving groundfish harvest for submittal to ADF&G.
    (ii) If there is a change in the operator of the same catcher 
vessel during the same weekly reporting period, complete a fish ticket 
for each operator.
    (iii) Information required: (A) Name and ADF&G vessel registration 
number of the catcher vessel;
    (B) Name, signature and CFEC permit number of CFEC permit holder 
aboard the catcher vessel;
    (C) The six-digit ADF&G groundfish statistical area denoting the 
actual area of catch;
    (D) Write in gear type used by the catcher vessel, whether hook and 
line, pot, nonpelagic trawl, pelagic trawl, jig, troll, or other.
    (3) Information required from the mothership. The operator of a 
mothership must ensure that the following information is written 
legibly or imprinted from the mothership's CFEC processor plate card on 
the consolidated weekly ADF&G fish ticket:
    (i) Mothership name and ADF&G processor code;
    (ii) Enter ``FLD'' for port of landing or vessel transshipped to;
    (iii) Signature of the mothership operator;
    (iv) The week-ending date of the weekly reporting period during 
which the mothership received the groundfish from the catcher vessel;
    (v) Species code for each species from Table 2 to this part, except 
species codes 120, 144, 168, 169, or 171;
    (vi) The product code from Table 1 to this part (in most cases, 
this will be product code 01, whole fish);
    (vii) ADF&G 6-digit statistical area in which groundfish were 
harvested. If there are more than eight statistical areas for a fish 
ticket in a weekly reporting period, complete a second fish ticket. 
These statistical areas are defined in a set of charts obtained at no 
charge from Alaska Commercial Fisheries Management &Development 
Division, Department of Fish and Game and are also available on the 
ADF&G website at http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/geninfo/statmaps;
    (viii) The landed weight of each species to the nearest pound. If 
working in metric tons, convert to pounds using 2204.6 lb = 1 mt before 
recording on fish ticket.
    (4) Time limit and submittal. (i) The operator of a mothership must 
complete a minimum of one ADF&G groundfish fish ticket for each catcher 
vessel by 1200 hours, A.l.t., on Tuesday following the end of the 
applicable weekly reporting period.
    (ii) The operator of a mothership must ensure copy distribution 
within the indicated time limit or retention of the multiple copies of 
each consolidated weekly ADF&G groundfish fish ticket (G series) as 
follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
   If fish ticket color is ...     Distribute to ...      Time limit
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) White                         Retained by         N/A
                                   Mothership, see
                                   paragraph
                                   (a)(13)(ii)(D)(6)
                                   of this section.
(B) Yellow                        Alaska Commercial   Within 45 days
                                   Fisheries           after landings
                                   Management &        are received
                                   Development
                                   Division,
                                   Department of
                                   Fish & Game, 211
                                   Mission Road,
                                   Kodiak, AK, 99615-
                                   6399.
(C) Pink                          Catcher vessel      1200 hours,
                                   delivering          A.l.t., on
                                   groundfish to the   Tuesday following
                                   mothership.         the end of the
                                                       applicable weekly
                                                       reporting period.
(D) Golden-rod                    Extra copy........  N/A
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (n) Groundfish CDQ fisheries--(1) CDQ delivery report--(i) Who must 
submit a CDQ delivery report? The manager of each shoreside processor 
and stationary floating processor taking deliveries of groundfish CDQ 
or PSQ species from catcher vessels must submit for each delivery a CDQ 
delivery report, unless using the SPELR described at paragraph (e) of 
this section to submit the required CDQ information.
    (ii) Time limit and submittal. The manager as defined at paragraph 
(n)(1)(i) of this section must submit to the Regional Administrator a 
CDQ delivery report within 24 hours of completion of each delivery of 
groundfish CDQ or PSQ species to the processor.
    (iii) Information required. The manager as defined at paragraph 
(n)(1)(i) of this section must record whether the report is original or 
a revision and the following information on each CDQ delivery report:
    (A) CDQ group information. CDQ group number as defined at 
Sec. 679.2 and CDQ group name or acronym.
    (B) Processor information. (1) Name and federal processor permit 
number of the processor as defined at paragraph (n)(1)(i) of this 
section taking delivery of the CDQ catch.
    (2) Date delivery report submitted.
    (C) Vessel and catch information. (1) Enter the name, Federal 
Fisheries Permit number if applicable, and ADF&G vessel registration 
number of the vessel delivering CDQ catch. Write ``unnamed'' if the 
vessel has no name;
    (2) Enter the delivery date, date fishing began, harvest gear type, 
and Federal reporting area of CDQ harvest. If caught with trawl gear, 
check appropriate box(es) to indicate if catch was made in the CVOA or 
the COBLZ.
    (D) Groundfish CDQ Species in this delivery. Enter weight by 
species codes and product codes as defined in Tables 1 and 2 to this 
part, respectively, of groundfish CDQ species that were delivered. 
Report the weight of each CDQ species in metric tons to at least the 
nearest 0.001 mt.
    (E) Halibut CDQ, halibut IFQ and sablefish IFQ in this delivery. 
For nontrawl vessels only, enter the product code and product weight 
for any halibut CDQ, halibut IFQ, and sablefish IFQ in this catch. 
Submit this same information to the Regional Administrator on an IFQ 
landing report (see paragraph (l)(2) of this section).
    (F) PSQ information. For halibut, enter the species code and the 
weight to the nearest 0.001 mt. For salmon or crab, enter the species 
code and the number of animals.
    (1) Enter PSQ species delivered and discarded from processor by 
species code and weight or numbers.
    (2) Enter at-sea discards of PSQ for vessels without observers by 
species code and weight or numbers.
    (2) CDQ catch report--(i) Who must submit a CDQ catch report? The 
CDQ representative must submit a CDQ catch report for all groundfish 
catch made by vessels groundfish CDQ fishing as defined at Sec. 679.2 
or for any groundfish harvested by vessels greater than or equal to 60 
ft (18.3 m) LOA while halibut CDQ fishing and delivered to a

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shoreside processor, to a stationary floating processor, or to a 
mothership.
    (ii) Time limit and submittal. Submit to the Regional Administrator 
a CDQ catch report:
    (A) Within 7 days of the date CDQ catch was delivered by a catcher 
vessel to a shoreside processor, stationary floating processor, or 
mothership.
    (B) Within 7 days of the date gear used to catch CDQ was retrieved 
by a catcher/processor.
    (iii) Information required, all CDQ catch reports. Record whether 
an original or revised report and the following information on each CDQ 
catch report:
    (A) Vessel type. Indicate one appropriate vessel/gear/delivery 
type.
    (B) Vessel catch information-- (1) Enter the name, Federal 
fisheries permit number if applicable, and ADF&G vessel registration 
number of the vessel delivering CDQ catch. Write ``unnamed'' if the 
vessel has no name.
    (2) Reporting area. Enter reporting area in which CDQ catch 
occurred. If a set occurs in more than one area, record the area code 
where gear retrieval was completed.
    (3) Gear type. Circle gear type used to harvest CDQ catch. If 
caught with trawl gear, check appropriate box(es) to indicate if catch 
was made in the CVOA or the COBLZ.
    (C) CDQ group information. Enter CDQ number as defined at 
Sec. 679.2, CDQ group name or acronym, and date report submitted to 
NMFS.
    (iv) Catch and delivery Information: catcher vessels retaining all 
groundfish CDQ and delivering to shoreside processors or stationary 
floating processors (Option 1 in the CDP). Record the following 
information on each applicable CDQ catch report:
    (A) Delivery information. Name and Federal processor permit number 
of the shoreside processor or the stationary floating processor taking 
delivery of the CDQ catch; date catch delivered to processor; and date 
fishing began on this trip.
    (B) Catch information, groundfish CDQ species. Report the weight in 
metric tons to at least the nearest 0.001 mt for each groundfish CDQ 
species retrieved by a catcher/processor or delivered to a processor as 
defined in paragraph (n)(1)(i) of this section by product code and 
species code as defined in Tables 1 and 2 to this part, respectively.
    (C) Catch information, halibut CDQ, halibut IFQ and sablefish IFQ. 
For non-trawl vessels only, enter the product code as defined in Table 
1 to this part and product weight in metric tons to at least the 
nearest 0.001 mt for any halibut CDQ, halibut IFQ, and sablefish IFQ in 
the CDQ delivery. Submit this same information to the Regional 
Administrator on an IFQ landing report (see Sec. 679.5(l)(2)).
    (D) Mortality information, salmon and crab PSQ. For salmon or crab, 
enter the species code, as defined in Table 2 to this part, and the 
number of animals.
    (E) Mortality information, halibut PSQ. For halibut PSQ catch, 
enter the round weight to the nearest 0.001 mt, mortality rate, and 
overall halibut mortality in metric tons to the nearest 0.001 mt. Use 
the target fishery designations and halibut bycatch mortality rates in 
the annual final specifications published in the Federal Register under 
Sec. 679.20(c).
    (v) Catch and delivery information: catcher/processors, catcher 
vessels delivering unsorted codends to motherships, or catcher vessels 
(with observers) using nontrawl gear and discarding groundfish CDQ at 
sea (Option 2 in the CDP). Record the following information on each 
applicable CDQ catch report.
    (A) Delivery information. (1) If a catcher vessel (with observers) 
using nontrawl gear, discarding groundfish CDQ at sea, and delivering 
to a shoreside processor or stationary floating processor, enter name 
and Federal processor permit number of the shoreside processor or the 
stationary floating processor, date catch delivered, and date fishing 
began on this trip.
    (2) If a catcher vessel delivering unsorted codends to a 
mothership, enter the mothership name and Federal fisheries permit 
number, observer's haul number for this catch, and date codend is 
completely onboard the mothership as determined by the Level 2 
observer.
    (3) If a catcher/processor, the observer's haul number for this 
catch, and the date on which the gear was retrieved as determined by 
the Level 2 observer.
    (B) Catch information, groundfish CDQ species. (See paragraph 
(n)(2)(iv)(B) of this section).
    (C) Catch information, halibut IFQ/CDQ and sablefish IFQ (See 
paragraph (n)(2)(iv)(C) of this section).
    (D) Mortality information, salmon and crab prohibited species. (See 
paragraph (n)(2)(iv)(D) of this section).
    (E) Mortality information, halibut PSQ. (See 
Sec. 679.5(n)(2)(iv)(E) of this section).
    (o) Catcher vessel cooperative pollock catch report--(1) 
Applicability. The designated representative of each AFA inshore 
processor catcher vessel cooperative must submit to the Regional 
Administrator a catcher vessel cooperative pollock catch report 
detailing each delivery of pollock harvested under the allocation made 
to that cooperative. The owners of the member catcher vessels in the 
cooperative are jointly responsible for compliance and must ensure that 
the designated representative complies with the applicable 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements of this section.
    (2) Time limits and submittal. (i) The cooperative pollock catch 
report must be submitted by one of the following methods:
    (A) An electronic data file in a format approved by NMFS; or
    (B) By FAX.
    (ii) The cooperative pollock catch report must be received by the 
Regional Administrator by 1200 hours, A.l.t. 1 week after the date of 
completion of delivery.
    (3) Information required. The cooperative pollock catch report must 
contain the following information:
    (i) Cooperative account number;
    (ii) Catcher vessel ADF&G number;
    (iii) Inshore processor Federal processor permit number;
    (iv) Delivery date;
    (v) Amount of pollock (in lb) delivered plus weight of at-sea 
pollock discards;
    (vi) ADF&G fish ticket number.
* * * * *

    5. In Sec. 679.7, paragraphs (a)(10) and (a)(11) are revised to 
read as follows:


Sec. 679.7  Prohibitions.

* * * * *
    (a) * * *
    (10) Recordkeeping and reporting. (i) Fail to comply with or fail 
to ensure compliance with requirements in Secs. 679.4 or 679.5.
    (ii) Alter, erase, or mutilate any permit, card or document issued 
under Secs. 679.4 or 679.5.
    (iii) Fail to submit or submit inaccurate information on, any 
report, application, or statement required under this part.
    (iv) Intentionally submit false information on any report, 
application, or statement required under this part.
    (11) Buying station--(i) Tender vessel. Use a catcher vessel or 
catcher/processor as a tender vessel before offloading all groundfish 
or groundfish product harvested or processed by that vessel.
    (ii) Associated processor. Function as a vessel or land-based 
buying station without an associated processor.
* * * * *

    6. In Sec. 679.21, paragraphs (b)(1), (e)(1)(ii), and (e)(1)(iii) 
are revised to read as follows:

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Sec. 679.21  Prohibited species bycatch management.

* * * * *
    (b) General. (1) See Sec. 679.2 for definition of prohibited 
species.
* * * * *
    (e) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (ii) Red king crab in Zone 1. The PSC limit of red king crab caught 
by trawl vessels while engaged in directed fishing for groundfish in 
Zone 1 during any fishing year will be specified annually by NMFS, 
after consultation with the Council, based on abundance and spawning 
biomass of red king crab using the criteria set out under paragraphs 
(e)(1)(iii)(A) through (C) of this section. The following table refers 
to the PSC limits for red king crab that you must follow in Zone 1:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 When the number of mature female red king    The zone 1 PSC limit will
                crab is ...                             be ...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) At or below the threshold of 8.4         32,000 red king crab.
 million mature crab or the effective
 spawning biomass is less than or equal to
 14.5 million lb (6,577 mt)
(B) Above the threshold of 8.4 million       97,000 red king crab.
 mature crab and the effective spawning
 biomass is greater than 14.5 but less than
 55 million lb (24,948 mt)
(C) Above the threshold of 8.4 million       197,000 red king crab.
 mature crab and the effective spawning
 biomass is equal to or greater than 55
 million lb
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) Tanner crab (C. bairdi). The PSC limit of C. bairdi crabs 
caught by trawl vessels while engaged in directed fishing for 
groundfish in Zones 1 and 2 during any fishing year will be specified 
annually by NMFS under paragraph (e)(6) of this section, based on total 
abundance of C. bairdi crabs as indicated by the NMFS annual bottom 
trawl survey, using the criteria set out under paragraphs 
(e)(1)(iii)(A) and (B) of this section.
    (A) The following table refers to the PSC limits for C. bairdi that 
you must follow in Zone 1:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
   When the total abundance of C. bairdi
               crabs is ...                   The PSC limit will be ...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) 150 million animals or less             0.5 percent of the total
                                             abundance minus 20,000
                                             animals
(2) Over 150 million to 270 million         730,000 animals
 animals
(3) Over 270 million to 400 million         830,000 animals
 animals
(4) Over 400 million animals                980,000 animals
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (B) This table refers to the PSC limits for C. bairdi that you must 
follow in Zone 2.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
   When the total abundance of C. bairdi
               crabs is ...                   The PSC limit will be ...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) 175 million animals or less             1.2 percent of the total
                                             abundance minus 30,000
                                             animals
(2) Over 175 million to 290 million         2,070,000 animals
 animals
(3) Over 290 million to 400 million         2,520,000 animals
 animals
(4) Over 400 million animals                2,970,000 animals
------------------------------------------------------------------------

* * * * *

    7. In Sec. 679.24, paragraph (b)(2) is removed and reserved; 
paragraph (a) heading and paragraphs (a)(1), (b)(3) are revised to read 
as follows:


Sec. 679.24   Gear limitations.

* * * * *
    (a) Marking of hook-and-line, longline pot, and pot-and-line gear. 
(1) All hook-and-line, longline pot, and pot-and-line marker buoys 
carried on board or used by any vessel regulated under this part shall 
be marked with the following:
    (i) The vessel's name; and
    (ii) The vessel's Federal fisheries permit number; or
    (iii) The vessel's ADF&G vessel registration number.
* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (3) Trawl footrope. No person trawling in any GOA area limited to 
pelagic trawling under Sec. 679.22 may allow the footrope of that trawl 
to be in contact with the seabed for more than 10 percent of the period 
of any tow.
* * * * *


Sec. 679.32  [Amended]

    8. In Sec. 679.32, paragraph (a)(2) is removed; paragraph (a)(1) is 
redesignated as paragraph (a).

    9. In Sec. 679.40, paragraphs (a)(2)(i)(C) and (D) are added to 
read as follows:


Sec. 679.40  Sablefish and halibut QS.

* * * * *
    (a) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (C) Who is a citizen of the United States at the time of 
application for QS.
    (D) Who is a corporation, partnership, association, or other entity 
that would have qualified to document a fishing vessel as a vessel of 
the United States during the QS qualifying years of 1988, 1989, and 
1990.
* * * * *


Sec. 679.41  [Amended]

    10. In Sec. 679.41, paragraph (i)(2) is removed; and paragraph 
(i)(3) is redesignated as paragraph (i)(2).

    11. In Sec. 679.42, paragraph (c)(2) is revised and paragraph 
(c)(3) is added to read as follows:


Sec. 679.42  Limitations on use of QS and IFQ.

* * * * *
    (c) Requirements and deductions. * * *
    (2) NMFS shall use the following sources of information to debit a 
CDQ or IFQ account. A CDQ or IFQ account will be debited as indicated 
in Table 3 to this part.
    (i) Except as provided in Sec. 679.5(l)(2)(vi)(J)(2), if offload of 
unprocessed CDQ or IFQ halibut or IFQ sablefish from a vessel, the 
scale weight of the halibut or sablefish product actually measured at 
the time of offload, as required by Sec. 679.5(l)(2)(vi) to be included 
in the IFQ/CDQ landing report.
    (ii) If offload of processed IFQ & CDQ halibut or IFQ sablefish 
from a vessel, the scale weight of the halibut or sablefish processed 
product actually measured at or before the time of offload. If the 
product scale weights are taken before the time of offload, then the 
species and actual product weight of each box or container must be 
visibly marked on the outside of each container to facilitate 
enforcement inspection.
    (3) All IFQ catch onboard a vessel must be debited from the IFQ 
permit holder's account under which the catch was harvested.
* * * * *

    12. In Sec. 679.45, paragraphs (a)(4)(iii) and (iv) are revised to 
read as follows:


Sec. 679.45  IFQ cost recovery program.

    (a) * * *
    (4) * * *
    (iii) Payment address. Mail payment and related documents to:
    Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS,

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    Attn: RAM Program,
    P.O. Box 21668,
    Juneau, AK 99802 1668,
    FAX: (907) 586-7354.
    or submit electronically to NMFS via forms available from RAM or on 
the RAM area of the Alaska Region Home Page at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/ram.
    (iv) Payment method. Payment must be made in U.S. dollars by 
personal check drawn on a U.S. bank account, money order, bank 
certified check, or credit card.
* * * * *

    13. In part 679, Figure 3b, ``Coordinates,'' is revised, and 
Figures 19 and 20 are added to read as follows:

  Figure 3 to Part 679--Gulf of Alaska Statistical and Reporting Areas
                             b. Coordinates
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  Code                             Description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
610                                      Western GOA Regulatory Area,
                                          Shumagin District. Along the
                                          south side of the Aleutian
                                          Islands, including those
                                          waters south of Nichols Point
                                          (54 deg.51'30" N lat) near
                                          False Pass, and straight lines
                                          between the islands and the
                                          Alaska Peninsula connecting
                                          the following coordinates in
                                          the order listed:
                                         52 deg.49.18' N, 169 deg.40.47'
                                          W;
                                         52 deg.49.24' N, 169 deg.07.10'
                                          W;
                                         53 deg.23.13' N, 167 deg.50.50'
                                          W;
                                         53 deg.18.95' N, 167 deg.51.06'
                                          W;
                                         53 deg.58.97' N, 166 deg.16.50'
                                          W;
                                         54 deg.02.69' N, 166 deg.02.93'
                                          W;
                                         54 deg.07.69' N, 165 deg.39.74'
                                          W;
                                         54 deg.08.40' N, 165 deg.38.29'
                                          W;
                                         54 deg.11.71' N, 165 deg.23.09'
                                          W;
                                         54 deg.23.74' N, 164 deg.44.73'
                                          W; and
                                         southward to the limits of the
                                          US EEZ as described in the
                                          current editions of NOAA chart
                                          INT 813 (Bering Sea, Southern
                                          Part) and NOAA chart 500 (West
                                          Coast of North America, Dixon
                                          Entrance to Unimak Pass),
                                          between 170 deg.00' W long and
                                          159 deg.00' W long.
620                                      Central GOA Regulatory Area,
                                          Chirikof District. Along the
                                          south side of the Alaska
                                          Peninsula, between 159 deg.00'
                                          W long and 154 deg.00' W long,
                                          and southward to the limits of
                                          the US EEZ as described in the
                                          current edition of NOAA chart
                                          500 (West Coast of North
                                          America, Dixon Entrance to
                                          Unimak Pass).
630                                      Central GOA Regulatory Area,
                                          Kodiak District. Along the
                                          south side of continental
                                          Alaska, between 154 deg.00' W
                                          long and 147 deg.00' W long,
                                          and southward to the limits of
                                          the US EEZ as described in the
                                          current edition of NOAA chart
                                          500 (West Coast of North
                                          America, Dixon Entrance to
                                          Unimak Pass). Excluding area
                                          649.
640                                      Eastern GOA Regulatory Area,
                                          West Yakutat District. Along
                                          the south side of continental
                                          Alaska, between 147 deg.00' W
                                          long and 140 deg.00' W long,
                                          and southward to the limits of
                                          the US EEZ, as described in
                                          the current edition of NOAA
                                          chart 500 (West Coast of North
                                          America, Dixon Entrance to
                                          Unimak Pass). Excluding area
                                          649.
649                                      Prince William Sound. Includes
                                          those waters of the State of
                                          Alaska inside the base line as
                                          specified in Alaska State
                                          regulations at 5 AAC 28.200.
650                                      Eastern GOA Regulatory Area,
                                          Southeast Outside District.
                                          East of 140 deg.00' W long and
                                          southward to the limits of the
                                          US EEZ as described in the
                                          current edition of NOAA chart
                                          500 (West Coast of North
                                          America, Dixon Entrance to
                                          Unimak Pass). Excluding area
                                          659.
659                                      Eastern GOA Regulatory Area,
                                          Southeast Inside District. As
                                          specified in Alaska State
                                          regulations at 5AAC 28.105
                                          (a)(1) and (2).
690                                      GOA outside the U.S. EEZas
                                          described in the current
                                          editions of NOAA chart INT 813
                                          (Bering Sea, Southern Part)
                                          and NOAA chart 500 (West Coast
                                          of North America, Dixon
                                          Entrance to Unimak Pass).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: A statistical area is the part of a reporting area contained in
  the EEZ.


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    14. In part 679, Tables 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 14a are revised, 
and Table 19 is added to read as follows:

             Table 1 to Part 679--Product and Delivery Codes
   (These codes describe the condition of the fish at the point it is
                          weighed and recorded)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Product Description                          Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERAL USE CODES*
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Belly flaps. Flesh in region of pelvic and pectoral fins and          19
 behind head. (ancillary only)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bled only. Throat, or isthmus, slit to allow blood to drain.          03
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bled fish destined for fish meal (includes offsite production)        42
 DO NOT RECORD ON PTR.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bones (if meal, report as 32) (ancillary only).                       39
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Butterfly, no backbone. Head removed, belly slit, viscera and         37
 most of backbone removed; fillets attached.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cheeks. Muscles on sides of head (ancillary only)                     17
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chins. Lower jaw (mandible), muscles, and flesh (ancillary            18
 only)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fillets, deep-skin. Meat with skin, adjacent meat with silver         24
 lining, and ribs removed from sides of body behind head and in
 front of tail, resulting in thin fillets.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fillets, skinless/boneless. Meat with both skin and ribs              23
 removed, from sides of body behind head and in front of tail.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fillets with ribs, no skin. Meat with ribs with skin removed,         22
 from sides of body behind head and in front of tail.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fillets with skin and ribs. Meat and skin with ribs attached,         20
 from sides of body behind head and in front of tail.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fillets with skin, no ribs. Meat and skin with ribs removed,          21
 from sides of body behind head and in front of tail.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fish meal. Meal from whole fish or fish parts; includes bone          32
 meal.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fish oil. Rendered oil from whole fish or fish parts. Record          33
 only oil destined for sale and not oil stored or burned for
 fuel onboard.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gutted, head on. Belly slit and viscera removed.                      04
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Head and gutted, with roe.                                            06
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headed and gutted, Western cut. Head removed just in front of         07
 the collar bone, and viscera removed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headed and gutted, Eastern cut. Head removed just behind the          08
 collar bone, and viscera removed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headed and gutted, tail removed. Head removed usually in front        10
 of collar bone, and viscera and tail removed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Heads. Heads only, regardless where severed from body                 16
 (ancillary only).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kirimi (Steak) Head removed either in front or behind the             11
 collar bone, viscera removed, and tail removed by cuts
 perpendicular to the spine, resulting in a steak.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mantles, octopus or squid. Flesh after removal of viscera and         36
 arms.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Milt. (in sacs, or testes) (ancillary only).                          34
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minced. Ground flesh.                                                 31
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other retained product. If product is not listed on this table,       97
 enter code 97 and write a description with product recovery
 rate next to it in parentheses.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pectoral girdle. Collar bone and associated bones, cartilage          15
 and flesh.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Roe. Eggs, either loose or in sacs, or skeins (ancillary only).       14
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Salted and split. Head removed, belly slit, viscera removed,          12
 fillets cut from head to tail but remaining attached near
 tail. Product salted.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stomachs. Includes all internal organs (ancillary only)               35
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Surimi. Paste from fish flesh and additives                           30
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/meal. Whole fish destined for meal (includes offsite    41\1\
 production.) DO NOT RECORD ON PTR.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/food fish.                                              01\1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/bait. Processed for bait. Sold                             02
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wings. On skates, side fins are cut off next to body.                 13
------------------------------------------------------------------------
DISCARD/DISPOSITION CODES
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/donated prohibited species. Number of Pacific salmon       86
 or Pacific halibut, otherwise required to be discarded, that
 is donated to charity under a NMFS-authorized program.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/onboard bait. Whole fish used as bait on board          92\1\
 vessel. Not sold.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/damaged. Whole fish damaged by observer's sampling      93\1\
 procedures.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/personal use, consumption. Fish or fish products        95\1\
 eaten on board or taken off the vessel for personal use. Not
 sold or utilized as bait
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish, discard, at sea. Whole groundfish and prohibited          98
 species discarded by catcher vessels, catcher/processors,
 motherships, or vessel buying stations. DO NOT RECORD ON PTR.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish, discard, infested. Flea-infested fish, parasite-          88
 infested fish.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish, discard, decomposed. Decomposed or previously             89
 discarded fish
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish, discard, onshore. Discard after delivery and before       99
 processing by shoreside processors, stationary floating
 processors and buying stations and in-plant discard of whole
 ground-fish and prohibited species during processing. DO NOT
 RECORD ON PTR.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRODUCT DESIGNATION CODES
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ancillary product. A product, such as meal, heads, internal            A
 organs, pectoral girdles, or any other product that may be
 made from the same fish as the primary product.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Primary product. A product, such as fillets, made from each            P
 fish, with the highest recovery rate.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Reprocessed or rehandled product. A product, such as meal, that        R
 results from processing a previously reported product or from
 rehandling a previously reported product.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PACIFIC HALIBUT IFQ & CDQ CODES The following codes are
 authorized for IFQ and CDQ reporting of Pacific halibut.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gutted, head off. Belly slit and viscera removed. Pacific             05
 halibut only.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gutted, head on. Belly slit and viscera removed. Pacific              04
 halibut.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following codes are effective through December 31, 2001.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/food fish with ice & slime. Sablefish only.                51
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gutted, head on. Belly slit and viscera removed. Pacific              54
 halibut and sablefish.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gutted, head off, with ice & slime. Belly slit and viscera            55
 removed. Pacific halibut only.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headed and gutted, Western cut, with ice & slime. Sablefish           57
 only.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headed and gutted, Eastern cut, with ice & slime. Sablefish           58
 only.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ When using whole fish codes, record round weights not product
  weights, even if the whole fish is not used.


 Table 2 to Part 679--Species Codes for FMP Species and non-FMP Species
     (Codes without asterisks are FMP species--Federal groundfish or
Prohibited Species in groundfish fisheries--that must be recorded in R&R
                                systems)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      Species description                          Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Atka mackerel (greenling)......................................      193
FLOUNDER
  Arrowtooth and/or Kamchatka..................................      121
  Starry.......................................................      129
  Alaska Plaice................................................      133
Octopus........................................................      870
Pacific Cod....................................................      110
Pollock........................................................      270
ROCKFISH
  Aurora.......................................................      185
  Black (BSAI).................................................      142
  Blackgill....................................................      177
  Bocaccio.....................................................      137
  Canary.......................................................      146
  Chilipepper..................................................      178
  China........................................................      149
  Copper.......................................................      138
  Darkblotched.................................................      159
  Dusky........................................................      154
  Greenstriped.................................................      135
  Harlequin....................................................      176
  Northern.....................................................      136
  Pacific Ocean Perch (S. alutus only).........................      141
  Pygmy........................................................      179
  Quillback....................................................      147
  Redbanded....................................................      153
  Redstripe....................................................      158
  Rosethorn....................................................      150
  Rougheye S. Aleutianus.......................................      151
  Sharpchin....................................................      166
  Shortbelly...................................................      181
  Shortraker (S. Borealis).....................................      152
  Silvergray...................................................      157
  Splitnose....................................................      182
  Stripetail...................................................      183
  Thornyhead (all Sebastolobus species)........................      143
  Tiger........................................................      148
  Vermilion....................................................      184
  Widow........................................................      156
  Yelloweye....................................................      145
  Yellowmouth..................................................      175
  Yellowtail...................................................      155
Sablefish (blackcod)...........................................      710
Sculpins.......................................................      160
SHARKS
  general......................................................      689
  Pacific sleeper..............................................      692
  salmon.......................................................      690
  spiny dogfish................................................      691
Skate, longnose................................................      701
Skates, general................................................      700
SOLE
  Butter.......................................................      126
  Dover........................................................      124
  English......................................................      128
  Flathead.....................................................      122
  Petrale......................................................      131
  Rex..........................................................      125
  Rock.........................................................      123
  Sand.........................................................      132
  Yellowfin....................................................      127
Squid..........................................................      875
Turbot, Greenland..............................................      134
FORAGE FISH (all species of the following families)
  Bristlemouths, lightfishes, and anglemouths (family                209
   Gonostomatidae).............................................
  Capelin smelt (family Osmeridae).............................      516
  Deep-sea smelts (family Bathylagidae)........................      773
  Eulachon smelt (family Osmeridae)............................      511
  Gunnels (family Pholidae)....................................      207
  Krill (order Euphausiacea)...................................      800
  Laternfishes (family Myctophidae)............................      772
  Pacific herring (family Clupeidae)...........................      235
  Pacific Sand fish (family Trichodontidae)....................      206
  Pacific Sand lance (family Ammodytidae)......................      774
  Pricklebacks, war-bonnets, eelblennys, cockscombs and Shannys      208
   (family Stichaeidae)........................................
  Surf smelt (family Osmeridae)................................      515
GROUP CODES (DO NOT USE FOR SORTING SPECIES. Do not record on
 ADF&G fish tickets).
  Demersal shelf rockfish (china, copper, quillback, rosethorn,      168
   tiger, yellow-eye, canary)..................................
  Miscellaneous flatfish (all flatfish without separate codes).      120
  Pelagic shelf rockfish (dusky, yellowtail, widow)............      169
  Shortraker/rougheye rockfish.................................      171
  Slope rockfish (aurora, blackgill, Bocaccio, redstripe,            144
   silvergray, chili-pepper, dark-blotched, green-striped,
   harlequin, pygmy, redbanded, shortbelly, split-nose,
   stripetail, vermillion, yellowmouth, sharpchin).............
PROHIBITED SPECIES CODES
CRAB...........................................................
  Red king.....................................................      921
  Blue king....................................................      922
  Gold/brown king..............................................      923
  Scarlet king.................................................      924
  Bairdi tanner................................................      931
  Opilio Tanner................................................      932
  Tanner, grooved..............................................      933
  Tanner, triangle.............................................      934
  Pacific halibut..............................................      200
  Pacific herring (family Clupeidae)...........................      230
SALMON
  Chinook......................................................      410
  Sockeye......................................................      420
  Coho.........................................................      430
  Pink.........................................................      440
  Chum.........................................................      450
  Steelhead trout..............................................      540
Additional *non-FMP CODES (*These species codes may be recorded
 in NMFS logbooks and reports but are not required by
 regulations of this part.)
  Abalone......................................................      860
  Albacore.....................................................      720
   Arctic char, anadromous.....................................     521*
CLAMS
  Butter.......................................................     810*
  Cockle.......................................................     820*
  Eastern softshell............................................     842*
  Geoduck......................................................     815*
  Little-neck..................................................     840*
  Razor........................................................     830*
  Surf.........................................................     812*
Coral..........................................................     899*
CRAB
  Box..........................................................     900*
  Dungeness....................................................      910
  Korean horsehair.............................................     940*
  Multispine...................................................     951*
  Verrilli.....................................................     953*

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  Dolly varden, anadromous.....................................     531*
  Eels or eel-like fish........................................     210*
  Giant grenadier..............................................     214*
  Greenling, kelp..............................................     194*
  Greenling, rock..............................................     191*
  Greenling, whitespot.........................................     192*
  Grenadier (rattail)..........................................     213*
  Jellyfish....................................................     625*
  Lamprey, pacific.............................................     600*
  Lingcod......................................................     130*
  Lumpsucker...................................................     216*
  Mussel, blue.................................................     855*
  Pacific flatnose.............................................     260*
  Pacific hagfish..............................................     212*
  Pacific saury................................................     220*
  Pacific tomcod...............................................     250*
  Prowfish.....................................................     215*
  Rockfish, black..............................................     142*
  Rockfish, blue...............................................     167*
  Sardine, Pacific (pilchard)..................................     170*
  Scallop, weathervane.........................................     850*
  Scallop, pink (or calico)....................................     851*
  Sea cucumber.................................................     895*
  Sea urchin, green............................................     893*
  Sea urchin, red..............................................     892*
  Shad.........................................................     180*
SHRIMP
  Pink.........................................................     961*
  Sidestripe...................................................     962*
  Humpy........................................................     963*
  Coonstripe...................................................     964*
  Spot.........................................................     965*
  Skilfish.....................................................     715*
  Smelt, surf..................................................     515*
  Snails.......................................................     890*
  Sturgeon, general............................................     680*
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  Table 8 to Part 679--Harvest Zone Codes for Use with Vessel Activity
                                 Reports
------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Harvest Zone                          Description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A1                                          BSAI EEZ off Alaska
A2                                          GOA EEZ off Alaska
B                                           State waters of Alaska
C                                           State waters other than
                                             Alaska
D                                           Donut Hole
F                                           Foreign Waters Other than
                                             Russia
I                                           International Waters other
                                             than Donut Hole and
                                             Seamounts
R                                           Russian waters
S                                           Seamounts in International
                                             waters
U                                           U.S. EEZ other than Alaska
------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Table 9 to Part 679--Required Logbooks, Reports, Forms and Electronic Logbook and Reports from Participants in
                                        the Federal Groundfish Fisheries
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      Catcher       Catcher/                          Shoreside         Buying
         Requirement Name             vessel        Processor       Mothership       Processor\3\      Station
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Daily Fishing Logbook (DFL)\1\     YES           NO              NO               NO                 NO
Daily Cumulative Production        NO            YES             YES              YES                NO
 Logbook (DCPL)\1\
Buying Station Report (BSR)        NO            NO              NO               NO                 YES
Check-in/Check-out Report          NO            YES             YES              YES                NO
Optional: Electronic Check-in/out  NO            YES             YES              YES                NO
 report
Weekly Production Report (WPR)     NO            YES             YES              YES                NO
Optional: Electronic WPR           NO            YES             YES              YES                NO
Shoreside Processor Electronic     NO            NO              NO               YES                NO
 Logbook Report (SPELR) instead
 of DCPL and WPR when receiving
 AFA pollock or pollock harvested
 in a directed pollock fishery
Optional: SPELR instead of DCPL    NO            NO              NO               YES                NO
 and WPR
U.S. Vessel Activity Report (VAR)  YES           YES             YES              NO                 NO
Daily Production Report (DPR)\2\   NO            YES             YES              YES                NO
Product Transfer Report (PTR)      NO            YES             YES              YES                NO
Required use AFA and CDQ at-sea    NO            YES             YES              NO                 NO
 scales, including daily scale
 test, printed scale output,
 request for inspection of scales
 and observer station, scale
 approval sticker
VMS when fishing for Atka          YES           YES             NO               NO                 NO
 mackerel or AFA pollock
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Two formats of the DFL and catcher/processor DCPL exist: one for trawl gear and one for longline and pot
  gear.
\2\ DPR is submitted only when specifically requested by Regional Administrator.
\3\ Also stationary floating processor.

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                                                                        Table 11 to Part 679--BSAI Retainable Percentages
                                                                                   INCIDENTAL CATCH SPECIES\1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                                              Aggregate
              BASIS SPECIES                Pollock  Pacific    Atka    Arrow-  Yellowfin     Other     Rock  Flathead  Greenland  Sablefish  Shortraker/   Aggregated  Squid    Forage    Other
                                                      cod    mackerel   tooth     sole    flatfish\1\  sole    sole      turbot                rougheye   Rockfish\2\          Fish \3\  Species
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pollock (270)                              na\4\       20        20       35       20          20        20      20         1          1           2            5        20        2        20
Pacific cod (110)                             20       na        20       35       20          20        20      20         1          1           2            5        20        2        20
                                                    \(4)\
Atka mackerel (193)                           20       20    na \4\       35       20          20        20      20         1          1           2            5        20        2        20
Arrowtooth (121)                               0        0         0    na\(4)       0           0         0       0         0          0           0            0         0        2         0
                                                                           \
Yellowfin sole (127)                          20       20        20       35    na\4\          35        35      35         1          1           2            5        20        2        20
Other flatfish \1\                            20       20        20       35       35      na \4\        35      35         1          1           2            5        20        2        20
Rock sole                                     20       20        20       35       35          35      na\4      35         1          1           2            5        20        2        20
                                                                                                          \
Flathead sole                                 20       20        20       35       35          35        35  na \4\        35         15           7           15        20        2        20
Greenland turbot                              20       20        20       35       20          20        20      20    na \4\         15           7           15        20        2        20
Sablefish \5\                                 20       20        20       35       20          20        20      20        35     na \4\           7           15        20        2        20
Other rockfish\6\                             20       20        20       35       20          20        20      20        35         15           7           15        20        2        20
Other red rockfish-BS\7\                      20       20        20       35       20          20        20      20        35         15     na\(4)\           15        20        2        20
Pacific Ocean perch (141)                     20       20        20       35       20          20        20      20        35         15           7           15        20        2        20
Sharpchin (166)/Northern AI (136)             20       20        20       35       20          20        20      20        35         15           7           15        20        2        20
Shortaker/Rougheye AI (171)                   20       20        20       35       20          20        20      20        35         15      na \4\            5        20        2        20
Squid (875)                                   20       20        20       35       20          20        20      20         1          1           2            5      na\4\       2        20
Other species \8\                             20       20        20       35       20          20        20       1         1          2           5           20         2   na \4\
Aggregated amount of non-groundfish           20       20        20       35       20          20        20      20         1          1           2            5        20        2        20
 species
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\1\For definition of grouped species, see footnotes to Table1 of the GOA groundfish specifications (http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/2000harvestspecs.htm). \ 2\Aggregated rock
  fish of the genera Sebastes and Sebastolobus except in the Aleutian Islands Subarea where shortraker and rougheye rockfish is a separate category. \3\Forage fish are defined at Table 1 to
  this part. \4\ na = not applicable \5\For fixed gear restrictions, see 50 CFR 679.7 (f)(3)(ii) and 679.7 (f)(11).\6\``Other rockfish'' includes all Sebastes and Sebastolobus species except
  for Pacific ocean perch; and sharpchin, northern, shortraker, and rougheye rockfish. \7\ Other red rockfish (Bering Sea) includes shortraker, rougheye, sharpchin, and northern rockfish. \8\
  ``Other species'' includes sculpins, sharks, skates and octopus. Forage fish, as defined at Sec.  679.2 are not included in the ``other species'' category.


          Table 14a to Part 679--Port of Landing Codes, including CDQ and IFQ Primary Ports (a) Alaska
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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                            ...........
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                            ...........

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Egegik                                                                122   EGE                      ...........
Ekuk                                                                        EKU                      ...........
Elfin Cove                                                            123   ELF                      ...........
Emmonak                                                                     EMM                      ...........
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                      ...........
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\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
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

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Togiak                                                                176   TOG
Toksook Bay                                                           177
Tununak                                                               178
Ugadaga Bay                                                           179
Ugashik                                                                     UGA
Unalakleet                                                                  UNA
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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\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 we may
  update our list. For example, to report a landing for Levelock, Alaska if there is currently no code assigned,
  use ``499'' ``Other, AK''.


           Table 19 to Part 679--Seabird Avoidance Gear Codes
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             Code                        Seabird Avoidance Gear
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1                              Bird streamer line. Tow a streamer line
                                or lines during deployment of gear to
                                prevent birds from taking hooks.
                                Streamer line consists of three
                                components: a length of line, streamers
                                attached along a portion of the lenght
                                and one or more float devices at the
                                terminal end. This device can be single
                                or paired.
2                              Buoy bag, bird bag, or other float
                                device. Tow a buoy, board, stick or
                                other device during deployment of gear,
                                at a distance appropriate to prevent
                                birds from taking baited hooks. Each of
                                these devices consist of two components:
                                a length of line (without streamers
                                attached), and one or more float devices
                                at the terminal end. Multiple devices
                                may be used.
3                              Lining tube and /or line shooter. Deploy
                                hooks underwater through a lining tube
                                at a depth sufficient to prevent birds
                                from settling on hooks during deployment
                                of gear.
4                              Combination of devices. Any combination
                                of the above devices (codes 1, 2, and /
                                or 3).
9                              No bird deterrent device deployed.
0                              Night fishing Deploy gear only during the
                                hours specified in Sec.  679.24 (e)(3)
                                using only the minium vessel's lights
                                necessary for safety.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Secs. 679.1, 679.2, 679.4, 679.5, 679.6, 679.7, 679.20, 679.21, 679.22, 
679.23, 679.24, 679.26, 679.30, 679.32, 679.41, 679.43, 679.50, and 
Figure 3 to Part 679  [Amended]

    15. At each of the locations shown in the ``Location'' column, 
remove the phrase indicated in the ``Remove'' column and replace it 
with the phrase indicated in the ``Add'' column.
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