[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1380-1467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No.; 031216314-3314-01; I.D. 112803B]
RIN 0648-AR54


Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States 
and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Annual 
Specifications and Management Measures

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

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS proposes a rule to implement the 2004 fishery 
specifications and management measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. 
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and 
California. The proposed rule includes the levels of the acceptable 
biological catch (ABC) and optimum yields (OYs). The commercial OYs 
(the total catch OYs reduced by tribal allocations and by amounts 
expected to be taken in recreational and resource survey compensation 
fisheries) proposed in this rule would be allocated between the limited 
entry and open access fisheries and between different sectors of the 
limited entry fleet. Proposed management measures for 2004 are intended 
to: achieve but not exceed OYs; prevent overfishing; rebuild overfished 
species; reduce and minimize the bycatch and discard of overfished and 
depleted stocks; provide equitable harvest opportunity for both 
recreational and commercial sectors; and, within the commercial 
fisheries, achieve harvest guidelines and limited entry and open access 
allocations to the extent practicable. With the exception of Sec. Sec.  
660.306(cc) and 660.370(b) and (d), the text of the proposed amendments 
to 50 CFR part 660 is the same as the text of temporary regulations 
that NOAA is publishing elsewhere in this separate part of the Federal 
Register.

DATES: Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., local time 
(l.t.,) on February 9, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to D. Robert Lohn, Administrator, Northwest 
Region (Regional Administrator), NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., Bldg. 
1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070, or fax to 206-526-6736, care of Yvonne 
deReynier. Comments will not be accepted if submitted via e-mail or the 
internet. Information relevant to this proposed rule, which includes a 
draft environmental impact statement (DEIS), a regulatory impact 
review, and an initial regulatory flexibility analysis (IRFA) are 
available for public review during business hours at the office of the 
Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council), at 7700 NE. Ambassador 
Place, Portland, OR 97220, phone: 503-820-2280. Copies of additional 
reports referred to in this document may also be obtained from the 
Council.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvonne deReynier or Becky Renko 
(Northwest Region, NMFS), phone: 206-526-6140; fax: 206-526-6736 and; 
e-mail: [email protected], [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

    The proposed rule also is accessible via the Internet at the Office 
of the Federal Register's Web site at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. Background information and documents are available at the 
NMFS Northwest Region Web site at http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/1sustfsh/gdfsh01.htm and at the Council's Web site at http://www.pcouncil.org/groundfish/gfspex/gfspex04.html.

Background

    Since 1990, the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan 
(FMP) has required that fishery specifications for groundfish be 
annually evaluated and revised as necessary, that OYS be specified for 
species or species groups in need of particular protection, and that 
management measures designed to achieve the OYS be published in the 
Federal Register and made effective by January 1, the beginning of the 
fishing year. Each year, specifications and management measures have 
been made effective until the specifications and management measures 
for the following year are effective.
    During 2002 and 2003, the Council developed and considered 
revisions to its specifications and management measures process through 
Amendment 17 to the FMP. Amendment 17 was approved by NMFS on August 
19, 2003, and implemented via final rule on September 4, 2003 (68 FR 
52519). Through Amendment 17, the FMP now sets the specifications and 
management measures as a biennial process, with the first two-year 
management period to occur January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2006. 
The Council will develop and consider specifications and management 
measures for the 2005-2006 period at its November 2003, April 2004, and 
June 2004 meetings. With the final Council recommendation on the 2005-
2006 specifications and management measures in June 2004, NMFS will 
have adequate time to implement the 2005-2006 specifications and 
management measures through a public notice-and-comment rulemaking 
before the fishing year begins on January 1, 2005. This process will 
include a proposed rule published in the Federal Register, followed by 
a public comment period and a final rule, also published in the Federal 
Register.
    For 2004, the final year in which the agency will follow the FMP's 
old schedule of an annual management process, NMFS will follow an 
implementation process similar to those it used in 2002 and 2003. The 
Council finalized its specifications and management measures 
recommendations for the 2004 fishing year at its September 8-12, 2003, 
meeting in Seattle, WA. Council staff has analyzed these 
recommendations via an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), a draft of 
which was made available for public review on October 24, 2003 (68 FR 
60983). Given the timing of the stock assessments, the complexity of 
the annual specifications and management measures, and the EIS-related 
public review period, NMFS did not have enough time to publish a 
proposed rule, receive public comments, and implement a final rule by 
January 1, 2004. NMFS is publishing this proposed rule for the entire 
2004 specifications and management measures package to provide a public 
notice-and-comment period on that regulatory package. To ensure that 
adequately conservative management measures are in place by January 1, 
2004, NMFS has also published an emergency rule elsewhere in the Final 
Rules section of this issue of the Federal Register that implements 
groundfish management measures for January 1 through February 29, 2004.
    The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the FMP require that NMFS implement actions 
to prevent overfishing and to rebuild overfished stocks. Specifications 
and management measures proposed for 2004 are designed to rebuild 
overfished stocks consistent with statutory requirements through 
constraining direct and incidental mortality, and to achieve as much of 
the OYs as practicable for healthier groundfish stocks managed under 
the FMP.

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I. Proposed Specifications

    Proposed fishery specifications include ABCs, the designation of 
OYs (which may be represented by harvest guidelines (HGs) or quotas for 
species that need individual management), and the allocation of 
commercial OYs between the open access and limited entry segments of 
the fishery. These specifications include fish caught in state ocean 
waters (0-3 nautical miles (nm) offshore) as well as fish caught in the 
EEZ (3-200 nm offshore).
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ABC Policy and Overfishing

    Each fishing year, the Council assesses the biological condition of 
the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery, develops estimates of the ABC for 
major groundfish stocks and identifies the harvest levels or OYs for 
the species or species groups that it manages. The Magnuson-Stevens Act 
requires the FMP to prevent overfishing. Overfishing is defined in the 
National Standard Guidelines (50 CFR part 600, subpart D) as exceeding 
the fishing mortality rate (F) needed to produce maximum sustainable 
yield (MSY) on a continuing basis. When setting the 2004 ABCs, the 
Council maintained a policy of using a default harvest rate as a proxy 
for the fishing mortality rate that is expected to achieve the maximum 
sustainable yield (FMSY). The OYs were set at levels that 
are expected to prevent overfishing, equal to or less than the ABCs. 
For overfished species, the OYs were set to allow the stock to rebuild 
within a specified period of time.
    The ABC for a species or species group is generally derived by 
multiplying the harvest rate proxy by the current estimated biomass. In 
2004, the following default harvest rate proxies, based on the 
Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) recommendations, 
were used: F40 for flatfish, F50 
for rockfish (including thornyheads), and F45 for 
other groundfish such as sablefish and lingcod. A rate of 
F40 can be explained as that which reduces spawning 
potential per female to 40 percent of what it would have been under 
natural conditions (if there were no mortality due to fishing), and is 
therefore a more aggressive rate than F45 or 
F50. The FMP allows default harvest rate proxies to 
be modified as scientific knowledge improves for a particular species. 
[Note: Pacific whiting will be assessed in early 2004; an appropriate 
harvest rate is expected to be evaluated at that time. Because Whiting 
management is under negotiation between the U.S. and Canada, the 
whiting harvest rate may be affected both by the stock assessment and 
the binational management agreement.]
    A fishing mortality or harvest rate will mean different things for 
different stocks, depending on the productivity of a particular 
species. For fast growing species (those with individuals that mature 
quickly and produce many young that survive to an age where they are 
caught in the fishery) a higher fishing mortality rate may be used, 
such as F40. Fishing mortality rate policies must 
account for several complicating factors, including the capacity of 
mature individuals to produce young over time and the optimal stock 
size necessary for the highest level of productivity within that stock.
    For some groundfish species, there was little or no detailed 
biological data available on which to base ABCs; and therefore, only 
rudimentary stock assessments were prepared; for other species, the ABC 
levels were established on the basis of historical landings. As 
described further below, a precautionary approach has been taken in 
setting ABCs and OYs for species with no stock assessments or only 
rudimentary ones.
    In 2000, the Council adopted a more precautionary ABC policy for 
stocks with less rigorous or rudimentary stock assessments. The policy 
had been to assume that fishing mortality was equal to natural 
mortality (F=M); the current policy is that fishing mortality is 75 
percent of natural mortality (F=0.75M). Based on its SSC 
recommendations, the Council reaffirmed this policy, but added another 
precautionary adjustment, requiring that OYs for these stocks be set at 
75 percent of the ABCs. For further information see the preamble 
discussion of the Annual Specifications and Management Measures 
published on January 11, 2001 (66 FR 2338).
    The 2004 ABCs are based on the best scientific information 
available to the Council at its September 2003 meeting. The ABCs in 
Table 1 represent total fishing mortality (landed catch plus discards). 
Where the stock assessments included Canadian waters the ABCs apply 
only to U.S. waters. Stock assessment information considered in 
determining the ABCs may be obtained from the Council and was made 
available to the public before the Council's September 2003 meeting in 
the annual Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation document and other 
reports. Additional information may be found in the EIS prepared for 
this action and in documents that were available at the June and 
September 2003 Council meetings. (see ADDRESSES)

OY Policy

    In 1999, the Council adopted a 40-10 precautionary policy (40-10 
policy) for setting OYs. The 40-10 policy is intended to prevent 
species or stocks from becoming overfished. If the stock biomass is 
larger than the biomass needed to produce MSY (BMSY), the OY 
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The Council uses 40 percent as a default OY harvest proxy for 
BMSY, also referred to as B40. A stock 
with a current biomass between 25 percent of the unfished level and 
BMSY (the precautionary threshold) is said to be in the 
``precautionary zone.'' The Council's default OY harvest policy reduces 
the fishing mortality rate when a stock is at or below its 
precautionary threshold. The further the stock is below the 
precautionary threshold, the greater the reduction in OY relative to 
the ABC, until, at B10, the OY would be set at zero. 
This is, in effect, a default rebuilding policy that will foster 
quicker return to the BMSY level than would fishing at the 
ABC level. For further information on the 40-10 policy see the preamble 
of the Annual Specification and Management Measures published on 
January 8, 1999 (64 FR 1316), or the FMP at Section 5.3.
    The Council may recommend setting the OY higher than what the 
default OY harvest policy specifies, if justified, and as long as the 
OY does not exceed the ABC (which is set at FMSY), complies 
with the requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and is consistent 
with the National Standard Guidelines. On a case-by-case basis, 
additional precaution may be added as is warranted by uncertainty in 
the data or by higher risks of being overfished. If a stock falls below 
25 percent of its unfished biomass (BFMSY) and is declared 
overfished, the Magnuson-Stevens Act requires the Council to develop a 
rebuilding plan within one year from the declaration date. Rebuilding 
plans for overfished species generally have stock-specific allowable 
harvest rates based on a rebuilding analysis and rebuilding strategy.

2004 ABCs and OYs

    The species that had ABCs and OYs in 2003 continue to have ABCs and 
OYs in 2004. Changes that have been made since 2003 that affect the 
ABCs and OYs for 2004 include: (1) The completion of full stock 
assessments for bocaccio, widow rockfish, Pacific ocean perch (POP) and 
black rockfish; (2) the preparation of stock assessment updates for 
darkblotched and yellowtail rockfish; (3) rebuilding analysis updates 
for bocaccio, widow rockfish, POP, and darkblotched rockfish; (4) 
preparation of a cowcod rebuilding review; (5) recalculation of 
sablefish ABC and OY; (6) the signing of a U.S.-Canada catch sharing 
agreement and upcoming stock assessment for whiting; (7) changes in the 
catch distribution of canary rockfish between commercial and 
recreational fisheries; and (8) the subdivision of minor nearshore 
rockfish OYs between the states.
Bocaccio
    A new stock assessment was prepared in 2003 for bocaccio in the 
Conception and Monterey areas. Like the 2002 stock assessment, the new 
stock assessment used a length-based stock synthesis model extending 
back to 1951. Data used in the 2003 stock assessment includes 
commercial fisheries data from the trawl and fixed gear fleets, 
recreational data from the southern and northern California fisheries; 
fishery independent data from the NMFS triennial bottom trawl survey 
and a larval abundance survey.
    The model used for the 2003 stock assessment differs from the model 
used for the 2002 stock assessment in that it assumes an instantaneous 
natural mortality rate of 0.15 as compared to 0.20, which was used in 
the 1999 and 2002 stock assessments. The annual rate at which fish die 
from natural causes is referred to as natural mortality rate and is 
accounted for within in the stock assessment model by using an 
instantaneous natural mortality rate. An instantaneous mortality rate 
of 0.15 would reduce the biomass by 14 percent from the start of the 
year to account for natural mortality and 0.20 would reduce the biomass 
by 18 percent. The Stock Assessment Review (STAR) panel also reviewed a 
0.10 recommendation for the bocaccio mortality rate (9.5 percent 
reduction in the biomass from the start of the year), but did not find 
that there was enough information available to select this lower 
natural mortality rate. The STAR panel indicated that the value of 
0.15, which was used in the 1996 stock assessment, was a more 
reasonable choice and was consistent with the available information on 
the longevity of bocaccio. There was not sufficient time for a 
sensitivity analysis to be conducted on the natural mortality rate. A 
sensitivity analysis would be expected to increase the confidence in 
the model and its predictions, by providing an understanding of how the 
model response variables respond to changes in the inputs.
    Bocaccio spawning stock biomass in the Monterey and Conception 
areas was at approximately 7.4 percent of its unfished biomass in 2003. 
The 2002 stock assessment indicated that the 1999 year class (fish 
spawned in 1999) was smaller than had been previously assumed and was 
at or below the low end of the range considered in the 1999 stock 
assessment. In contrast, the 2003 stock assessment provided the first 
reliable data that could be used to estimate the size of the 1999 year 
class, and indicated that it was much stronger than had been estimated 
in 2002.
    The triennial bottom trawl survey appeared to catch bocaccio of 
sizes that were nearly uniformly distributed over all size groups, 
which is very unlikely for a bottom trawl survey. During periods of low 
stock abundance, it is suspected that data obtained from the triennial 
survey is less likely to represent the overall bocaccio population. 
This is because the triennial bottom survey does not sample the primary 
bocaccio habitat (rocky reefs), but rather samples the fringes of 
bocaccio habitat where trawl gear can be used. Indices based on fishery 
catch data (also referred to as catch per unit of effort indices or 
CPUE indices) can mask real declines in abundance if fishers are able 
to redirect effort to areas of high density.
    Two different stock assessment models were developed to address 
contradictions between the recreational fishing effort data, which 
showed a substantial increase in abundance of bocaccio, and the 
triennial bottom trawl survey data, which shows little change in 
abundance over the past three years. The first model (STATb1) omitted 
data from the triennial bottom trawl survey and held the estimated 
recruitment (amount of young fish that are growing large enough to be 
caught in the fishery) constant to 1959, whereas the second model 
(STARb2) omitted the recreational CPUE data and held the recruitment 
constant to 1969. Holding recruitment constant to 1959 allows the early 
1960s recruitment events (the history of larval abundance's indicate 
that a strong recruitment may have happened in the early 1960s) to be 
expressed in the model, whereas holding recruitment constant to 1969 
blends the early events together. Both STAR models had a zero emphasis 
on the stock-recruitment relationship. A third model (STATc) was 
recommended by the stock assessment author, but not developed until 
after the STAR panel review had been completed. The STATc model 
combined the attributes of both models with neither data source being 
omitted, the estimated recruitment was held constant to 1959, and small 
emphasis was placed on the stock-recruitment relationship. After in-
depth discussion in which the trade offs among the alternative model 
approaches and other factors were considered, the SSC concluded that an 
intermediate alternative warranted consideration and the STATc model 
was a reasonable approach. The following ABCs, based on the different 
models with the application of an FMSY proxy of 
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from the STARb2 model, 501 mt from the STATc model, and 660 mt from the 
STARb1 model.
    A new bocaccio rebuilding analysis was also prepared and was 
available at the Council's June meeting. In the 2002 rebuilding 
analysis, bocaccio failed to rebuild within the maximum time period 
permissible under Magnuson-Stevens Act National Standard Guidelines 
with a 50-percent probability (TMAX), even in the absence of 
fishing, and resulted in the preparation of a sustainability analysis 
for use in developing 2003 management measures. Further discussion of 
the sustainability analysis adopted for bocaccio in 2003 may be found 
in the preamble of the proposed rule for the 2003 Annual Specifications 
and Management Measures (68 FR 936, January 7, 2003).
    For 2004, the alternative OYs presented in the rebuilding analysis 
were based on the three different stock assessment models and different 
probabilities of rebuilding within TMAX. The following OYs 
were considered by the Council: 199 mt based on the STARb2 model with 
an 80-percent probability of rebuilding by 2032 (TMAX), 250 
mt which is intermediate to the low OY alternative of 199 mt and the 
medium OY alternative of 306 mt, 306 mt from the STATc model with a 70 
percent probability of rebuilding by TMAX, and 526 mt from 
the STARb1 model with a 60 percent probability of rebuilding by 
TMAX.
    The Council discussed the alternative OYs. Representatives for the 
California Fish and Game Commission recommended that the Council take a 
conservative approach by adopting the low OY alternative of 199 mt. If 
the lowest OY were adopted, the bocaccio stock would be expected to 
rebuild faster under this more conservative management. The low OY 
would hedge against uncertainty in inseason catch accounting in the 
recreational fishery. Should the low OY be exceeded, there would be a 
greater likelihood that bocaccio would remain on a rebuilding 
trajectory than if a higher OY were adopted and then exceeded.
    The Council recommended adopting an OY of 250 mt with a 
corresponding ABC of 400 mt. This value is approximately halfway 
between the low OY alternative of 199 mt and the medium OY alternative 
of 306 mt. A 96 percent probability of rebuilding to BMSY by 
TMAX is associated with the 250 mt OY under the STARb1 
model, 79 percent under the STATc model, and 70 percent under the 
STARb2 model. The Council recommends that NMFS and the State of 
California manage bocaccio total catch to a level that is equivalent to 
the low OY of 199 mt. The slightly higher OY of 250 mt will provide a 
modest buffer. If the actual harvests exceed the level anticipated, 
additional harvest could be allowed within the OY that could prevent 
late year fisheries from being shut down, while still ensuring that 
rebuilding occurs.
Widow Rockfish
    An age-based population model was used to prepare a new coastwide 
stock assessment in 2003. This model was similar to that used in the 
previous stock assessment in 2000. The 2003 assessment model used a 
different method to develop annual indices from fishery catch data than 
the 2000 model; the model was modified to allow for more flexibility in 
data inputs; fishing fleet changes since 1999 affected the availability 
of fishery data, therefore, the model was changed to be more compatible 
with the models used for rebuilding analysis; and the Markov Chain 
Monte Carlo simulation, which is used to study the dynamics of large 
random statistical samples, was used by stock assessment authors to 
examine their assumptions about the validity of different data 
parameters.
    The model results indicate substantial uncertainty in estimating 
the population status. There was also large variability in recruitment 
estimates. Because widow rockfish are not typically caught with bottom 
trawl gear, as is used for the triennial bottom trawl survey, fishery 
data has been used for the stock abundance indices. However, reduced 
trip limits and other fishery restrictions have resulted in little 
fishery data being available for the years after 1999. The absence of a 
fishery independent stock size index and the lack of reliable fishery 
dependent data indices of stock size are a limiting factor in assessing 
the status of widow rockfish.
    The new stock assessment estimates the widow rockfish biomass in 
2002 was at 22.4 percent of its unfished biomass coastwide, which is 
similar to the results of the 2000 stock assessment in which the stock 
was estimated to be at 23.6 percent of its unfished biomass. However 
stock productivity is estimated to be lower than it was in 2000, which 
will result in longer rebuilding times than had been suggested by the 
previous analysis. Overall, the widow rockfish biomass has shown a 
steady decline since 1974, soon after the fisheries for widow rockfish 
began. The spawning stock biomass peaked in 1977 and has shown a steady 
decline since then.
    Because widow rockfish was declared overfished in 2001, a 
rebuilding analysis was also prepared. For the rebuilding analysis, a 
range of model scenarios based on different groupings of the following 
three variables were used: (1) Whether recruitment should be pre-
specified for 2003-2005 based on a midwater juvenile trawl survey, (2) 
the methods by which future recruitment estimates should be generated, 
and (3) what range of power coefficient should be used to estimate 
juvenile mortality in the data from the midwater juvenile trawl survey. 
The SSC considered the different model scenarios and identified a 
preference for a model scenario in which recruitment was pre-specified 
and a stock recruitment relationship was also used. The SSC 
recommendation narrowed the model scenarios to three (identified as 
models 7, 8, and 9 in the rebuilding analysis). The SSC discussed the 
use of power coefficients to estimate juvenile indices (mortality in 
the data from the midwater juvenile trawl survey), but concluded that 
the different values were equally likely, leaving no statistical basis 
for choosing among them. After review of the stock assessment, the SSC 
recommended a power coefficient range between 2.0 and 4.0.
    The Council considered three ABCs for 2004, which are based on the 
different models scenarios recommended by the SSC with the application 
of an F50 FMSY proxy. The ABCs the 
Council considered were: 3,076 mt from model 7 with a power coefficient 
of 2.0, 3,460 mt from model 8 with a power coefficient of 3.0, and 
3,908 mt from model 9 with a power coefficient of 4.0.
    The Council considered three OYs based on each of the three model 
scenarios (7, 8, and 9) with the application of a constant fishing 
mortality rate for 2004 that corresponded with a 60-percent probability 
of rebuilding the stock to BMSY by 2042 (TMAX). 
For 2004, the Council recommended the mid-range OY of 284 mt with a 
corresponding ABC of 3,460, with a target rebuilding date 
(TTARGET)of 2037.
POP
    In 2000, a forward projection age-structured model was used to 
assess the POP stock from southern Oregon to the U.S.-Canada border 
(Vancouver and Columbia management areas.) For 2003, a new stock 
assessment was prepared for the same area and was based on the 2000 
model, which is considered to be a state-of-the-art analysis. For the 
2003 stock assessment, modifications and corrections were made to the 
model used in 2002 to allow for the inclusion of new data, and in model 
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catchability coefficients for the shelf and slope trawl surveys, 
fishery and survey selectivity, stock-recruitment relationship 
assumptions, and natural mortality in relation to recruitment 
anomalies. New information used in the stock assessment included 
updated estimates of historical foreign catch, biomass indices and 
additional age and size composition data for periods between 1992 and 
2002, triennial bottom trawl survey data from 2001, ``unbiased'' 
fishery age data from 1999-2002, two additional years of fishery catch 
data from 2001 and 2002, and estimates of current and historical 
discard rates.
    The stock assessment results show that the POP stock is relatively 
stable at low levels of abundance and has shown a slight increase in 
biomass in recent years. The 2003 spawning biomass is estimated to be 
at 25 percent of the unfished biomass, the threshold for declaring a 
stock to be overfished. There appears to be no evidence of a 
particularly strong year-class in recent years.
    The area covered by the stock assessment is the southern most 
portion of the range of POP. Linkages between POP in waters off British 
Columbia are assumed to be negligible in the stock assessment. Because 
a major component of the POP stock exists in Canadian waters, the SSC 
indicated that the accuracy of basing rebuilding potential only on the 
number of fish spawning in U.S. waters provides questionable 
projections and suggested that it was reasonable to use historical 
recruitment estimates as the basis for rebuilding potential.
    The ABC projection of 980 mt was derived from model runs, 
recommended by the SSC, in which the future recruitments are randomly 
selected from the distribution of historical recruitments, with the 
application of an FMSY proxy of F50. 
Because POP is an overfished species, a rebuilding analysis with 
varying levels of probability of rebuilding by TMAX was used 
to estimate the alternative OYs that the Council considered. The three 
OYs considered by the Council were, 318 mt based on an 80 percent 
probability or rebuilding the stock by 2042 (TMAX, 
F=0.0184), 444 mt based on an 70 percent probability of rebuilding the 
stock by TMAX (F=0.0257), and 555 based on a 60 percent 
probability or rebuilding the stock by TMAX (F=0.0322). The 
Council recommended an OY of 444 mt.
    The POP rebuilding plan proposed under regulations implementing 
Amendment 16-2 (December 5, 2003, 68 FR 67998) is based on the 2000 
stock assessment. The Amendment 16-2 regulations propose to implement a 
target rebuilding year of 2027 and a harvest control rule of F=0.0082. 
The 2004 OY of 444 mt is based on the 2003 stock assessment and results 
in the same target rebuilding year as proposed in the POP rebuilding 
plan. However, because other rebuilding parameters such as the unfished 
biomass and BMSY have been updated with the new stock 
assessment, the harvest control rule is being revised to 0.0257. 
Further discussion on rebuilding measures can be found in the 
``Overfished Species'' section of this document.
Black Rockfish
    A new stock assessment was conducted for the black rockfish stock 
off northern California and Oregon. This stock assessment used a 
length-based stock synthesis model extending back to 1945. Data used in 
the 2003 stock assessment includes recreational landings from 
California and Oregon, Oregon commercial landings, size compositions 
for commercial landings in Oregon and California, and recreational 
catch-per-unit of effort statistics.
    In 2000, a separate stock assessment was conducted for the area off 
the coast of Washington and extended south to Cape Falcon, Oregon. 
Because the two stock assessments overlap in the area between Cape 
Falcon, OR and the Columbia River, projections from the 2000 stock 
assessment were adjusted downward by 12 percent to account for this 
overlap in the two stock assessments.
    The exploitable biomass of black rockfish underwent a significant 
decline (62 percent) between 1945 and 1986. However, as a result of 
several large recruitment events in the mid-1990s, the black rockfish 
stock off northern California and Oregon has increased in abundance. By 
2001, the black rockfish biomass in the assessed area rose above 40 
percent of its unfished level and by 2003 it was estimated to be at 
52.7 percent of its unfished biomass. However, the biomass is expected 
to decline to 46 percent of its unfished biomass in the next 10 years. 
The primary sources of uncertainty in the 2003 model were: (1) The 
amount of historical landings data for the period prior to 1978, (2) 
the assumed natural mortality rate, and (3) the relationship between 
the number of spawning fish and recruitment. The SSC indicated that the 
retrospective analysis appeared to overestimate the black rockfish 
biomass, but supported the conclusions of the STAR panel and indicated 
that the new stock assessment represents the best available scientific 
data.
    For 2004, for the Columbia River and Eureka, CA areas, the Council 
considered a range of ABCs based on F50 with the 
model refitted to represent different levels of historical catch prior 
to 1978; the low ABC of 729 mt that would result if catches were lower 
than had been estimated, the mid-range ABC of 775 mt from the model, 
and the high ABC of 861 mt that would result if catches were higher 
than had been estimated. The Council recommended adopting the mid-range 
ABC of 775 mt from the model. Because the unfished black rockfish 
biomass is believed to be above 40 percent coastwide, the default OY is 
set equal to the ABC.
    Off the Washington coast, the Council considered a single ABC of 
540 mt, based on the 2000 stock assessment with the application of 
F50. Because the unfished biomass is believed to be 
above 40 percent, the default OY was also set equal to the ABC. The 
coastwide ABC/OY is 1,351 mt, the sum of 775 mt the ABC/OY from the 
2003 stock assessment (for the Columbia and Eureka areas) and 540 mt 
the ABC/OY from the 2000 assessment (for the area of Washington).
    Fisheries for black rockfish occur in both state and Federal waters 
off Oregon and California. In the past, Oregon and California have 
conformed their regulations for state waters to the Federal regulations 
in the EEZ. However, given the recent increase in both the recreational 
and commercial fishing pressure in nearshore areas, Oregon and 
California feel that nearshore fisheries can be better managed by the 
individual states through adopting counterparts to Federal regulations. 
Therefore, the black rockfish OY was subdivided between the states as 
follows: 540 mt will be attributed to the area north of 46[deg]16' N. 
lat. (Washington/Oregon border), 450 mt will be attributed to the area 
between 46[deg]16' N. lat. and 42[deg]00' N. lat. (Oregon/California 
border), and 326 mt will be attributed to the area south of 42[deg]00' 
N. lat. [Note: For further managing the nearshore rockfish species, the 
State of California will attribute 194 mt of black rockfish to the area 
north of 40[deg]10 min N. lat. and 131 mt to the area south of 
40[deg]10 min N. lat.] Fisheries in state waters will be managed so as 
to not exceed these OYs.
Darkblotched Rockfish
    In 2000, stock assessment authors used a length-based synthesis 
model to prepare a full coastwide stock assessment for darkblotched 
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2001 when new fishery information and data from the 2000 slope survey, 
conducted by the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), were added. 
The 2003 stock assessment update further adds shelf and slope survey 
data from the AFSC through 2002. The darkblotched rockfish stock is 
believed to be at 11 percent of its unfished biomass.
    The following three sources of uncertainty were identified, but 
were beyond the scope of the updated stock assessment: Age data 
produced for the stock assessment update were associated with different 
types of error and had a possible bias that was different from the 
earlier age data, darkblotched natural mortality may be higher than 
assumed by the model, and slope survey data collected by the Northwest 
Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) from 1999-2002 could not be 
incorporated into the update. Because of differences in the length data 
and trends between the AFSC data and the NWFSC slope survey data from 
1999-2002, the NWFSC data could not be incorporated without exploring 
new modeling approaches through a full assessment.
    Because darkblotched rockfish is an overfished species, a 
rebuilding analysis with varying levels of probability of rebuilding 
within TMAX was used to estimate the 2004 OY options 
considered by the Council. The rebuilding analysis was based on a model 
(model-6 in the stock assessment) in which all parameters of the model 
were refit to accommodate the new data.
    Stock assessment authors made a comparison of the rebuilding 
analysis using progressive inclusion of recruitment estimates from 
1999, 2000 and 2001. The high 2000 and 2001 recruitment estimates 
produced much larger OY options because the model expected those 
recruits would enter the fishery before 2028. The OY options considered 
by the Council were as follows: A low OY of 172 mt based on the last 
year of age composition and recruitment data being 1999, the mid OY of 
272 mt based on the last year of age composition and recruitment data 
being 2000, and the high OY of 364 mt based on the last year of age 
composition and recruitment data being 2001. All of these OY options 
had an 80 percent probability of rebuilding the darkblotched stock 
within the maximum allowable time (TMAX). The STAR panel 
recommended the intermediate results in an attempt to balance the 
conflicting effects of using the most recent information and the poor 
statistical precision associated with partial recruitment of the most 
recent year-classes.
    The ABCs considered by the Council were based on an FMSY 
proxy of F50. The ABC that corresponds with the low 
OY was 217 mt, the ABC that corresponds with the mid OY was 240 mt, and 
the ABC that corresponds with the high OY was 247 mt. The OY values for 
the medium and high OY options exceeded the ABC values. Including the 
2000 and 2001 recruits in the rebuilding analysis assumes that they 
will enter the fishery in the future and help to rebuild the stock. 
However, the 2000 and 2001 recruits have little effect on the current 
ABC because they are too small to enter the fishery by 2004. The 
inclusion of the 2000 and 2001 recruits into the rebuilding analysis 
resulted in OY estimates for the mid and high options being higher than 
the ABC.
    Following consideration of the alternative OYs and corresponding 
ABCs, the Council recommended the mid-range OY, which is consistent 
with the STAR panel recommendation. However, the Council recognized 
that the OY could not exceed the ABC and therefore recommended that the 
OY be set equal to the ABC of 240 mt.
    The darkblotched rockfish rebuilding plan proposed under 
regulations implementing Amendment 16-2 (December 5, 2003, 68 FR 67998) 
is based on the 2000 stock assessment. The Amendment 16-2 regulations 
propose to implement a target rebuilding year of 2030 and a harvest 
control rule of F=0.027. The 2004 OY of 240 mt is based on the 2003 
stock assessment and results in the same target rebuilding year as is 
proposed in the darkblotched rockfish rebuilding plan. However, because 
other rebuilding parameters such as the unfished biomass and 
BMSY have been updated with the new stock assessment, the 
harvest control rule is being revised to F=0.032. Further discussion on 
rebuilding measures may be found in the ``Overfished Species'' section 
of this document.
Yellowtail Rockfish
    A coastwide (north of Cape Mendocino, CA) yellowtail rockfish stock 
assessment was last done in 2000 using an age-structured model. This 
same model was used for a stock assessment update for 2003 that 
included the following new information: 2001 data from the NMFS 
triennial bottom trawl survey; revised estimates of historical 
landings; and new age data from 1999-2002. Future stock assessments for 
yellowtail rockfish may be affected by diminishing sampling efforts for 
collecting age structure data since 2001, particularly in the Eureka, 
CA and southern Columbia areas.
    The coastwide biomass estimate of yellowtail rockfish in 2002 was 
46 percent of its unfished biomass. The coastwide spawning stock 
biomass of yellowtail rockfish has remained nearly constant since the 
early 1980s, with the total biomass having generally declined since the 
1960s. The current stock assessment indicates that the current biomass 
and number of fish in the population is in a declining trend. 
Furthermore, both the number of males and females in the population 
have declined severely. The decline in numbers was likely due to poor 
recruitment.
    For 2004 the Council recommended implementing a yellowtail rockfish 
ABC of 4,320 mt based on the stock assessment update, with an 
FMSY proxy of F50. Because the spawning 
stock biomass is above B0, the OY was set equal to 
the ABC.
Sablefish
    In 2001, two stock assessments were prepared for sablefish north of 
Point Conception, CA (34[deg]27' N. lat.), one by NMFS and the other by 
staff at the University of Washington. For 2002, newly available 
fishery and survey data were used to update the NMFS stock assessment 
without changes being made to the model structure or assumptions. The 
stock assessment update estimated the spawning stock biomass to be 
between 31 and 39 percent of the unfished biomass. This is because of a 
notable change in the estimate of young fish that had grown large 
enough to be harvested in the 2000 and 2001 fisheries.
    Two alternative theories regarding states of nature, 
environmentally driven and density-dependent, were considered in the 
stock assessment update. The declines in recruitment since the early 
1990s may have resulted from changes in environmental conditions, or 
the low recruitment may have been generated from low spawning biomass. 
It is not possible to determine with any confidence if the recruitment 
trends are due principally to reduced spawners or if they are 
environmentally driven.
    While reviewing the 2004 recommendations for sablefish ABCs and 
OYs, the GMT found an error in the values that were used for the Point 
Conception, CA area in 2002 and 2003. The 2001 stock assessment and the 
2002 stock assessment updates were coastwide assessments that included 
the entire Point Conception, CA area. However, the ABC and OY values 
that were presented in the Annual Specifications and Management 
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68 FR 11182, March 7, 2003) for the Point Conception, CA areas 
incorrectly included an additional amount for the Point Conception, CA 
area south of 34[deg]27' N lat. based on historical landings.
    For 2004, the coastwide ABC of 8,487 mt was based on the 2002 stock 
assessment update with an F45 FMSY proxy. 
The ABC of 8,185 mt for the area north of Point Conception, CA (36[deg] 
N lat.) is 96.05 percent of the coastwide ABC. The ABC of 302 mt for 
the area south of 36[deg] N lat. is 3.55 percent of the coastwide ABC. 
Three different coastwide OYs were considered by the Council; an OY of 
4,812 mt based on the density-dependent scenario with an 
FMSY proxy of F60 with the application of 
the 40-10 policy, an OY of 7,786 mt based on the density-dependent 
scenario with an FMSY proxy of F45 with 
the application of the 40-10 policy, and an OY of 8,423 mt based on an 
environmentally-driven scenario with an FMSY proxy of 
F45 with the application of the 40-10 policy. The 
Council recommended adopting the coastwide OY of 7,786 as a reasonable 
management target given the uncertainty in the assessment.

Pacific Whiting

    Since 1977, the U.S. and Canada have periodically held negotiations 
to address whiting fishery management issues, particularly catch 
sharing between the two countries. Through 2003, the U.S fisheries have 
been managed to take 80 percent of the OY, while the Canadian fisheries 
have been managed to take 30 percent of the U.S.-Canada coastwide 
harvest. In the fall of 2002, after the whiting stock had been declared 
overfished, international negotiations were resumed.
    In February 2003, U.S.-Canada negotiations reached a tentative 
agreement detailing the conservation, research, and catch sharing of 
whiting. The catch sharing arrangement that was agreed upon provides 
73.88 percent of the total catch OY to the U.S. fisheries and 26.12 
percent to the Canadian fisheries. At this time, both countries are 
pursuing adoption of an international agreement or treaty. Although the 
international agreement and implementing legislation are not expected 
to be effective until 2005, the negotiators recommended that each 
country informally implement the agreed-upon provisions beginning in 
2004.
    The most recent whiting stock assessment was completed in February 
2002. The 2002 stock assessment found that the spawning stock biomass 
for whiting had declined substantially from previous years. The stock 
assessment estimated the biomass in 2001 to be below the overfished 
threshold of B25 resulting in whiting being declared 
overfished (April 15, 2002, 67 FR 18117). The 2002 stock assessment 
indicated that a large amount of juvenile fish spawned in 1999 were 
expected to enter the fishery in the near future. Growth of the 
spawning stock biomass would depend on the vigor of the juvenile fish 
that mature and enter the fishery as well as the applied exploitation 
rate.
    In June 2002, the Council received a draft rebuilding analysis that 
followed the guidelines established by the SSC. Because of the highly 
variable recruitment patterns and short life span of whiting, the 
rebuilding analysis estimated short rebuilding periods even with high 
harvest levels. The SSC advised continuing the use of the 40-10 policy 
for whiting because it appeared adequate to achieve recovery. The 
Council did not move to adopt the whiting rebuilding analysis.
    A new whiting stock assessment and rebuilding analysis are expected 
to be completed by February 2004. The upcoming whiting stock assessment 
will incorporate additional fishery dependent data collected since the 
last stock assessment, and new fishery independent data from the 2003 
hydroacoustical survey and pre-recruit survey work. These added data 
points are expected to provide much needed information on changes to 
the spawning stock biomass since the 1999 year class began entering the 
fishery. The new data are also expected to provide information 
regarding potential future recruitment.
    In anticipation of the new stock assessment and given the small 
amount of whiting that is typically landed under trip limits prior to 
the April 1 start of the primary season, the Council delayed adoption 
of a final ABC and OY until the results of the new stock assessment are 
available. Therefore, the Council is scheduled to review the results of 
the new stock assessment at its March 2004 meeting. A new rebuilding 
analysis is expected to be ready for review at this same meeting. These 
documents will be available to the public at the March 2004 meeting. 
The Council will recommend the ABC and OY in March and it will be 
implemented through a final rule that is separate from the final rule 
for the rest of the groundfish specifications.
    The Council considered a range of ABCs and OYs that are expected to 
encompass results of the upcoming assessment. This range is consistent 
with historical values and appears to cover the anticipated range for 
2004. The four ABC and OY options considered by the Council were: An 
ABC of 94,000 mt with an OY of 74,100 mt, which represents 50 percent 
of the 2003 ABC and OY; an ABC of 188,000 mt with an OY of 148,200 mt, 
which was the 2003 ABC and OY; an ABC of 282,000 mt with an OY of 
222,300 mt, which is 50 percent greater than the 2003 ABC and OY; and 
an ABC of 325,000 mt with an OY of 250,000 mt, which was a value 
recommended by the Council. The Council recommended a preferred OY of 
250,000 mt to accommodate possible high-end estimates that could result 
from the 2004 stock assessment, while recognizing the limitations that 
incidental catch of widow rockfish is likely to have on harvest levels 
of whiting.
Cowcod
    A rebuilding review was conducted for cowcod. This was a thorough 
examination of the recreational and commercial fishery related removals 
in relation to the ABC and OY levels that were established for 
rebuilding. Sample information from recognized data sources, which 
create the most accurate time series of cowcod removals available in 
2003, were used in the review. These data sources include: Commercial 
landings from the California commercial data base, sample data from the 
spot prawn fishery off southern California, recreational landings from 
the RecFin database, the Los Angeles Times Logbook Survey, and 
Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Logbooks, and recreational sample 
data from a recently implemented program sponsored by CDFG and the 
Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey (MRFSS).
    The review concluded that the total removals of cowcod have 
declined in accordance with the rebuilding-based harvest specifications 
and management measures that were first established in 2000. Because of 
fishery closures in this area, data were not available from the Cowcod 
Conservation Area (CCA) for the review; therefore, further protection 
from having established the CCA are expected. Total removals for the 
Monterey, CA and Point Conception, CA areas have been below the 
rebuilding based ABCs and OYs, with the exception of the area south of 
36[deg] N. lat. in 2000 in which the OY of 5 mt was exceeded by 0.6 mt. 
This exceedance was largely because of removals in the 2000 spot prawn 
trawl fishery off southern California. This small amount is considered 
to be within the range of error associated with these estimates. It 
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include population modeling. The SSC recommended that cowcod be 
considered for a formal stock assessment during the 2004-2005 stock 
assessment cycle.
Canary Rockfish
    In 2002, a coastwide stock assessment and rebuilding analysis was 
prepared for canary rockfish and was used to set the ABC and OY values 
for both 2003 and 2004. In addition, a canary rockfish rebuilding plan 
was adopted by the Council at its June 2003 meeting as part of 
Amendment 16-2 to the FMP.
    Canary rockfish are distributed coastwide and are caught in a 
variety of fishing gears. Given the low available harvest of canary 
rockfish and the wide variety of fisheries that incidentally catch 
canary rockfish, canary rockfish is a species that constrains the 
groundfish fisheries. The Council considered OYs based on the 2002 
rebuilding analysis with four different arrangements for dividing catch 
between the commercial and recreational fisheries. How the catch is 
divided between the commercial and recreational sectors results in 
different ABCs and OYs. This is because the recreational fisheries take 
smaller canary rockfish than the commercial fisheries, resulting in a 
greater per ton impact on the canary rockfish stock over the rebuilding 
period.
    The catch sharing arrangements considered by the Council included: 
42 mt, which represents a 50-percent recreational/50-percent commercial 
division, 46 mt, which represents a 39-percent recreational/61-percent 
commercial division, and 47.3 mt, which represents a 35.5-percent 
recreational/64.5-percent commercial division. The Council initially 
expressed a preference for a 46 mt OY based on the same catch share as 
was adopted in 2003, which was split with 39 percent recreational/61 
percent commercial, but asked that the groundfish management team look 
at fishery impacts while developing 2004 management and consider a 
range up to 20 percent recreational/80 percent commercial.
    During the development of the 2004 management measures, the total 
catch of overfished species, including canary rockfish, estimated to be 
taken by all sectors of the groundfish fishery were considered. The 
Council considered the alternative management measures and recommended 
adopting a suite of options in which the resulting division of canary 
rockfish will be 35.5-percent recreational/64.5-percent commercial 
division. This division resulted in an OY recommendation of 47.3 mt, 
with the 2004 coastwide ABC of 256 mt derived from the 2002 assessment.
    Proposed regulations to implement a canary rockfish rebuilding plan 
under Amendment 16-2 to the FMP would establish a target rebuilding 
year of 2074 and a harvest control rule of F=0.0220 (December 5, 2003, 
68 FR 67998). The 2004 OY of 47.3 mt results from the application of 
the harvest control rule proposed in the rebuilding plan with the same 
target rebuilding year. Further discussion on rebuilding measures can 
be found in the ``Overfished Species'' section of this document.
Minor Nearshore Rockfish
    To protect depleted stocks and minimize the chance of overfishing, 
changes were made in 2000 that eliminated the ``sebastes complex'' as a 
management category and created the ``minor rockfish'' categories 
(January 4, 2000, 65 FR 221). Minor rockfish, species which have had 
rudimentary or no stock assessments, are divided into nearshore, shelf, 
and slope categories that represent where they are predominantly 
caught. The same management categories will continue to be used for 
2004.
    Given the recent increase in both the recreational and commercial 
fishing pressure in nearshore areas, the States of Oregon and 
California have approved state nearshore fishery management plans that 
include minor nearshore rockfish species that are also regulated in 
Federal waters under Federal regulations. For 2004, minor nearshore 
rockfish OYs are being specified for waters off the States of Oregon 
and California.
    For management of the nearshore species, a more conservative 
harvest rate is being applied by California than is applied at the 
Federal level. California will manage the minor nearshore rockfish 
(including black rockfish) in state waters south of 40[deg]10 min N 
lat. OY as follows: Shallow nearshore rockfish 104.8 mt (38.8 mt 
commercial and 66 mt recreational), California scorpionfish 84.9 mt (21 
commercial and 63.9 mt recreational), and deeper nearshore rockfish 
413.1 (54 commercial and 359.1 recreational). California will manage 
the minor nearshore rockfish (including black rockfish) OY north of 
40[deg]10 min N lat. to the Oregon-California boarder (42[deg] N. Lat.) 
as follows: Black and blue rockfish 187.3 mt (69.8 recreational/ 117.5 
commercial), all other nearshore rockfish 13.8 mt (3.7 recreational/ 
10.1 commercial). Oregon will manage the minor nearshore rockfish as 
follows: Blue rockfish 44.5 mt (41.5 recreational/ 2.9 commercial), all 
other nearshore rockfish 27.2 mt (11.4 recreational/ 15.8 commercial).
    For the area north of 46[deg]16' N. lat. (the Washington/Oregon 
boarder), the total catch OY for all nearshore rockfish in both state 
and Federal water is 290 mt, most of which is estimated to be taken in 
the recreational fisheries although a small amount is expected to be 
taken in the treaty Indian tribal fisheries.

Landed Catch OYs

    Revisions to the model used for bycatch accounting in 2004 are 
expected to result in more effective inseason management, where 
estimates of bycatch amounts for target and overfished species will be 
based on landed catch amounts. Because bycatch rates are no longer 
applied to the total catch OY to obtain the landed catch values, landed 
catch values are not presented in this document. [Note: Discussion of 
the revised model can be found later in this document, in the bycatch 
and discard accounting section.]

Overfished Species

    Nine Pacific coast groundfish stocks continue to be designated as 
``overfished'' in 2004: POP, bocaccio, lingcod, canary rockfish, 
cowcod, darkblotched rockfish, widow rockfish, yelloweye rockfish and 
whiting. The status of the groundfish stocks are evaluated against the 
requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the National Standard 
Guidelines, and the FMP. A species or stock is considered to be 
overfished if its current biomass is less than 25 percent of the 
unfished biomass. The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires that a rebuilding 
plan be prepared within 1 year after the Council is notified by NMFS 
that a particular species is overfished.
    In the fall of 2000, NMFS had approved the first three rebuilding 
plans for lingcod, bocaccio, and POP (September 5, 2000, 65 FR 53646). 
Subsequently, requirements for developing overfished species rebuilding 
plans were addressed in Amendment 12 to the FMP, which was submitted 
for public review (September 8, 2000, 65 FR 54475) and approved by NMFS 
on December 7, 2000. During NMFS's review of Amendment 12, the agency 
considered whether the three recently approved rebuilding plans met the 
requirements of Amendment 12 and concluded that the plans did not meet 
the requirements. As a result, NMFS disapproved the plans and 
instructed the Council to re-submit the rebuilding plans for lingcod, 
bocaccio, and POP. The final rule to implement Amendment 12 describes 
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revocation of the approved lingcod, bocaccio, and POP rebuilding plans 
(December 29, 2000, 65 FR 82947). In the absence of final rebuilding 
plans approved by NMFS, the groundfish fishery has continued to operate 
under interim rebuilding measures for these species.
    While NMFS and the Council were developing new rebuilding plans 
that were consistent with the requirements of Amendment 12, NMFS 
notified the Council that canary rockfish and cowcod were overfished 
and that the Council must submit rebuilding plans for these species to 
NMFS by January 4, 2001 (January 4, 2000 65 FR 221). On January 11, 
2001 (66 FR 2338), NMFS notified the Council that darkblotched and 
widow rockfish were overfished and that the Council must submit 
rebuilding plans for these species to NMFS by January 11, 2002. 
Subsequently, on August 20, 2001, a Federal magistrate ruled in 
National Resources Defense Council, Inc v. Evans, 168 F. Supp. 2d 1149 
(N.D. Cal. 2001) that rebuilding plans under the FMP must be in the 
form of an FMP amendment or proposed regulations as specified by the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act at 16 U.S.C. 1854 (e)(3) and issued an order 
setting aside those portions of Amendment 12 to the FMP dealing with 
rebuilding plans (Amendment 12 provided a framework for rebuilding 
plans that were not themselves plan amendments or proposed 
regulations). As a result of the magistrate's decision, the Council was 
required to amend the FMP so rebuilding plans will be consistent with 
the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
    On January 11, 2002 (67 FR 1555), NMFS notified the Council that 
yelloweye rockfish was overfished and that Council must submit a 
rebuilding plan to NMFS by January 11, 2003. On April 15, 2002 (67 FR 
18117), NMFS notified the Council that whiting was overfished and that 
Council must submit a rebuilding plan to NMFS.
    Amendment 16-1 to the groundfish FMP establishes a process for and 
standards by which the Council will specify rebuilding plans for 
groundfish stocks that are declared overfished. Amendment 16-1 is 
intended to ensure that overfished species rebuilding plans meet the 
requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, in particular National 
Standard 1 on overfishing at Section (e), which addresses rebuilding 
overfished fisheries.
    Two rebuilding parameters will be codified in Federal regulation 
for individual species rebuilding plans, at 50 CFR 660.370. These 
parameters are the target year for rebuilding and the harvest control 
rule that is to be used during the rebuilding period. The target 
rebuilding year is the year in which there is a 50 percent likelihood 
that the stock will have been rebuilt with a given mortality rate. The 
harvest control rule expresses a given fishing mortality rate that is 
to be used over the course of rebuilding.
    Amendment 16-1 recognizes that a new stock assessment will most 
likely change some of the parameters of a rebuilding plan. If, after a 
new stock assessment, the Council and NMFS conclude that either or both 
of the parameters defined in regulation should be revised, the updated 
values will be codified in the Federal regulation and fully supported 
by a corresponding analysis. Any changes will be made through a Federal 
rulemaking, which will include a public notice and comment process. The 
FMP requires that approved rebuilding plans be implemented by setting 
OYs that are consistent with the rebuilding plan, and by implementing 
management measures necessary to maintain the total fishing mortality 
within the OYs in order to achieve the rebuilding objectives.
    Amendment 16-1 also responds to the Court order in which NMFS was 
ordered to adopt rebuilding plans as either FMPs, FMP amendments, or 
regulations. Amendment 16-1 specifies the basic parameters for 
rebuilding plans that will be adopted in subsequent plan amendments. 
Under Amendment 16-1, for each approved overfished species rebuilding 
plan, the following parameters will be specified in the FMP: Estimates 
of unfished biomass (B0) and BMSY, the year the 
stock would be rebuilt in the absence of fishing (TMIN), the 
year the stock would be rebuilt if the maximum time period permissible 
under the National Standard Guidelines were adopted (TMAX), 
and the year in which the stock would be rebuilt under the adopted 
rebuilding plan based on the application of stock rebuilding measures 
(TTARGET). These estimated values will serve as management 
benchmarks in the FMP. Amendment 16-1 additionally sets schedules and 
standards for reviewing rebuilding plans.
    Amendment 16-1 was approved by NMFS on November 14, 2003. A 
proposed rule to implementing Amendment 16-1, including specific 
standards to govern the harvest levels for overfished species, was 
published on September 5, 2003 (68 FR 52732). NOAA approved Amendment 
16-1 on November 14, 2003, and expects to publish the final rule in 
early 2004.
    Amendment 16-2, was adopted by the Council in June 2003 and 
submitted to NMFS. Amendment 16-2 contains rebuilding plans for canary 
rockfish, darkblotched rockfish, lingcod, and POP. A Notice of 
Availability for Amendment 16-2 was published on November 7, 2003 (68 
FR 63053). A proposed rule to codify regulations that implement the 
rebuilding plans contained in Amendment 16-2, was published on December 
5, 2003 (68 FR 67998) and may be followed by a final rule to be 
published in early 2004.
    As required by the standards established by Amendment 16-1, the 
rebuilding plans being adopted under Amendment 16-2 for lingcod, canary 
rockfish, darkblotched rockfish, and POP include B0, 
BMSY, TMIN, TMAX, and 
TTarget for each species. If approved, Amendment 16-2 will 
add these parameters to section 4.5.4. of the FMP. Other relevant 
information on each of these overfished stocks, such as stock 
distribution, fishery interaction, and the rebuilding strategy would 
also be added to section 4.5.4 of the FMP if the rebuilding plans 
proposed under Amendment 16-2 are approved.

2004 Management of Overfished Species

    Rebuilding plans for POP, darkblotched rockfish, canary rockfish, 
and lingcod being adopted under Amendment 16-2 and implemented through 
Federal regulation are summarized below. The new stock assessments for 
POP and darkblotched rockfish (discussed above in the ``2004 ABCs and 
OYs'' section) have resulted in revisions to some of the rebuilding 
parameters specified in Amendment 16-2. The revised harvest control 
rule is being proposed in this rule.
    Preliminary rebuilding measures for the remaining overfished 
species, except for whiting, are also summarized below. Whiting is the 
only overfished species that is proposed to continue to be managed 
using the 40-10 policy, rather than harvest levels based on a 
rebuilding analysis. As stated in the previous section of this 
document, the SSC advised continuing the use of the 40-10 policy for 
whiting because it appeared adequate to achieve recovery. The whiting 
harvest levels and rebuilding strategy will be reconsidered following a 
new whiting stock assessment and rebuilding analysis, which are 
expected to be completed in early 2004.
    Management measures designed to rebuild overfished species, or to 
prevent species from becoming overfished, may restrict the harvest of 
relatively healthy stocks that are harvested with overfished species. 
As a result of the constraining management measures imposed to protect 
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overfished species, a number of the OYs may not be achieved in 2004.

OY Management for Overfished Species

    Management measures adopted for 2004 are expected to keep the total 
mortality of overfished species within the adopted OYs. Managing a 
fishery inseason is dependent on the availability and accuracy of catch 
data. As new data become available and are used to track catch levels 
throughout the year, management strategies may need to be adjusted to 
keep the harvest of healthy stocks and the incidental catch of 
overfished species at or below their specified OYs.
    Managing the fishery to stay within the OYs of overfished species 
is difficult because the OYs of many overfished stocks are low and 
there are catch accounting issues with some of the species (such as 
bocaccio, canary rockfish, lingcod). After reviewing the estimated 
mortality for all directed and incidental groundfish fisheries and 
research activities, the Council recommended adopting management 
measures that are predicted to result in total fishing mortality levels 
that are substantially lower than the 2004 OYs for those overfished 
species with the greatest uncertainty regarding catch accounting. 
Designing management measures for overfished species that result in 
total mortality levels that are lower than that species' OY creates an 
OY buffer. Providing an OY buffer reduces the risk of exceeding an OY 
when there are difficulties in catch accounting or when new information 
becomes available. Species-specific buffer amounts are provided in the 
footnotes to Table 1a.
POP
    Date declared overfished: March 3, 1999.
    Areas affected: Vancouver and Columbia.
    Status of stock: Following the 2003 assessment, the stock was 
believed to be at 25 percent of unfished biomass level.
    B0: 37,230 units of spawning output.
    BMSY: 14,892 units of spawning output.
    TMIN: 2011.
    TMAX: 2042.
    PMAX: 70 percent.
    TTARGET: 2027.
    Harvest control rule: F=0.0257.
    ABC in 2004: 980 mt.
    OY in 2004: 444 mt.
    Management measures for 2004: POP tend to occur in similar depths 
as darkblotched rockfish, although they have a more northern geographic 
distribution. North of 40[deg]10' N. lat., POP are caught in similar 
fisheries as darkblotched rockfish. POP are rarely caught in the 
recreational fisheries. Management measures for 2004 that are intended 
to limit the bycatch of POP and keep fishing mortality within the OY 
include (1) the use of RCAs to restrict fishing in areas where 
overfished species are found and (2) cumulative trip limits.
    Because POP co-occur with darkblotched rockfish, measures to reduce 
the incidental catch of darkblotched rockfish benefit POP. These 
measures include seaward trawl RCA boundaries that are established to 
keep fishing effort in deeper water where POP are less abundant, and 
cumulative limits for POP and minor slope rockfish that are intended to 
discourage targeting while allowing low levels of incidental catch to 
be landed. As needed, trip limits for other co-occurring species may be 
adjusted to reduce POP bycatch. [More in-depth discussion of these 
management measures as they apply to each sector of the fishery and the 
various gear types can be found later in this document, in the 2004 
Management Measures section.]
Darkblotched Rockfish
    Date declared overfished: January 11, 2001 (66 FR 2338).
    Areas affected: Coastwide.
    Status of the stock: Following a 2003 stock assessment the 
coastwide stock was believed to be at 11 percent of its unfished 
biomass level.
    B0: 30,775 mt.
    BMSY: 12,310 mt.
    TMIN: 2011.
    TMAX: 2044.
    PMAX: 90 percent.
    TTARGET: 2030.
    Harvest control rule: F=0.032.
    ABC in 2004: 240 mt.
    OY in 2004: 240 mt.
    Management measures in 2004: Darkblotched rockfish occurs on the 
outer shelf and continental slope (slope), mainly north of Point 
Reyes', CA (38[deg] N. lat). Because of their deeper distribution, they 
are caught exclusively by commercial vessels. Most landings have been 
made by bottom trawl vessels targeting flatfish on the shelf, and 
rockfish and the DTS species on the slope. Management measures intended 
to limit bycatch of darkblotched rockfish and keep fishing mortality 
within the OY specified for 2004 include (1) the use of RCAs and (2) 
cumulative trip limits.
    The boundaries of the RCAs vary by season and fishing sector and 
may be modified in response to new information about geographical and 
seasonal distribution of bycatch. The seaward boundary of the trawl RCA 
was set at a depth that was likely to keep fishing effort in deeper 
waters and away from areas where the bycatch of darkblotched rockfish 
was highest. During the winter months, modifications to the line allow 
for the harvest of flatfish while minimizing the impacts on 
darkblotched rockfish.
    Cumulative limits for the minor slope rockfish species (the complex 
that darkblotched rockfish is managed under) north of 40[deg]10' N. 
lat. and splitnose rockfish were lowered to reduce the potential 
incidental take of darkblotched rockfish. As needed, trip limits for 
other co-occurring species may be adjusted to reduce darkblotched 
rockfish bycatch. [More in-depth discussion of these management 
measures as they apply to each sector of the fishery and the various 
gear types can be found later in this document, in the 2004 Management 
Measures section.]
Canary Rockfish
    Date declared overfished: January 4, 2000 (65 FR 221).
    Affected area: Coastwide.
    Status of the stock: 8 percent of its unfished biomass level in 
2002.
    B0: 31,550 mt.
    BMSY: 12,620 mt.
    TMIN: 2057.
    TMAX: 2076.
    PMAX: 60 percent.
    TTARGET: 2074.
    Harvest control rule: F=0.0220.
    ABC in 2004: 256 mt.
    OY in 2004: 43.7 mt.
    Management measures in 2004: Canary rockfish prefer rocky areas on 
the continental shelf (shelf) and are encountered in a wide variety of 
commercial and recreational fisheries. Management measures designed to 
limit bycatch of canary rockfish in 2004 include the use of RCAs and 
cumulative trip limits. Bottom trawling is prohibited in the trawl RCA, 
which covers depths where canary rockfish have been most frequently 
caught. Cumulative limits are structured to discourage targeting while 
allowing very low levels of incidental take to be landed. In addition, 
differential trip limits are used for large and small footrope trawl 
gear. By allowing greater limits for large footrope gear and 
prohibiting its use in nearshore areas, there is an incentive for 
vessels to fish in deeper waters, beyond the range of canary rockfish.
    Recreational fisheries are managed through bag limits, size limits 
and seasons. If necessary, seasons can be shortened and bag limits 
reduced to stay within the 2004 OY. [More in-depth

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discussion of these management measures as they apply to each sector of 
the fishery and the various gear types can be found later in this 
document, in the 2004 Management Measures section.]
Lingcod
    Date declared overfished: March 3, 1999.
    Areas affected: Coastwide.
    Status of the stock: A coastwide assessment was conducted in 2000 
and estimated that the stock was at 17 percent of its unfished biomass 
in the north and 15 percent of its unfished biomass in the south.
    B0: 22,882 mt north and 20,971 mt south.
    BMSY: 9,153 mt north and 8,389 south.
    TMIN: 2007.
    TMAX: 2009.
    PMAX: 60 percent.
    TTARGET: 2009.
    Harvest control rule: F=0.00531 north and F=0.061 south.
    ABC in 2004: 1,385 mt.
    OY in 2004: 735 mt.
    Management measures in 2004: Lingcod are irregularly distributed 
coastwide in hard bottom areas and around rocky reefs and are 
encountered in a variety of commercial and recreational fisheries. 
Lingcod is also an important recreational species coastwide.
    Management measures intended to limit bycatch of lingcod include 
the use of RCAs to restrict fishing in areas where overfished species 
are most likely to occur and the use of cumulative trip limits. Small 
trip limits are allowed in the trawl fishery to accommodate true 
incidental catch. Lingcod landings by the limited entry fixed gear and 
open access fisheries are severely limited during the summer months and 
are prohibited during the winter months. Lingcod are vulnerable to 
these gears during the winter nesting period, but have a high rate of 
survival when released alive. In addition to recreational bag limits, 
similar season restrictions have been used in the California and 
Washington recreational fisheries during the winter months. [More in-
depth discussion of these management measures as they apply to each 
sector of the fishery and the various gear types can be found later in 
this document, in the 2004 Management Measures section.]
Bocaccio
    Date declared overfished: March 3, 1999.
    Areas affected: Monterey, CA and Point Conception, CA.
    Status of stock: 7.4 percent of its unfished biomass in 2003.
    B0: 13,387 Billion eggs in 2003.
    BMSY: 5,355 Billion eggs in 2003.
    TMIN: 2018.
    TMAX: 2032.
    PMAX: =70 percent.
    TTARGET: 2021.
    Harvest control rule: 0.041.
    ABC in 2004: 400 mt.
    OY in 2004: 250 mt.
    Management measures for 2004: Bocaccio are most commonly found from 
54 fm (99 m) to 82 fm (150 m) of water over the continental shelf. 
Bocaccio have historically been taken by vessels using commercial trawl 
and fixed gear and recreational fisheries. Bottom trawl, limited entry 
fixed gear, and open access fishing opportunities in the depths where 
bocaccio are most commonly encountered are reduced though the use of 
RCAs, which will continue to be used in 2004 to restrict fishing on the 
continental shelf.
    Bocaccio retention in the affected area was prohibited in the 
commercial fisheries in 2003, but very small limits will be allowed in 
2004 to accommodate incidental catch by vessels taking shelf species. 
In 2003, chilipepper rockfish limits for limited entry trawl gear were 
included in the minor shelf species group. This had been done to 
eliminate all target opportunities where bocaccio may be taken 
incidentally. For 2004, a specific chilipepper rockfish trip limit for 
limited entry trawl gear will be established. The limits are 
conservative and not expected to result in the bocaccio OY being 
exceeded.
    Bocaccio retention was prohibited in the recreational fisheries in 
2003, but one fish bag limits will be allowed in 2004 in depths where 
the incidental catch of bocaccio is expected to be minimal. This 
retention allowance for bocaccio is still expected to result in lower 
overall catches than were seen in 2002 (when bocaccio retention was 
last allowed) because of year round depth restrictions that will be in 
place for 2004 and bag limits for bocaccio that are lower than those in 
2002. [Note: more in-depth discussion of these management measures as 
they apply to each sector of the fishery and the various gear types can 
be found later in this document, in the 2004 Management Measures 
section.]
Cowcod
    Date declared overfished: January 4, 2000.
    Areas affected: Point Conception, CA to the U.S.-Mexico boundary.
    Status of stock: 4-11 percent of unfished biomass in 1999.
    B0: 3.367 mt.
    BMSY: 1,350 mt.
    TMIN: 2062.
    TMAX: 2099.
    PMAX: 55 percent.
    TTARGET: 2095.
    Harvest control rule: F=0.0136.
    ABC in 2004: 24 mt.
    OY in 2004: 4.8 mt.
    Management measures in 2004: All directed cowcod fishing 
opportunities have been eliminated since 2001. Retention of cowcod is 
prohibited for all commercial and recreational fisheries. To protect 
cowcod from incidental harvest, the Council has recommended two Cowcod 
Conservation Areas (CCAs) (the Eastern CCA and the Western CCA) in the 
Southern California Bight, delineated to encompass key cowcod habitat 
areas and known areas of high catches. The CCA was codified into 
regulation on November 4, 2003 (68 FR 62374). Fishing for groundfish is 
prohibited within the CCAs, except that minor nearshore rockfish, 
cabezon, and greenling may be taken from waters where the bottom depth 
is less than 20 fathoms (36.9 m). A transportation corridor is provided 
through the Western CCA to allow commercial vessels fishing for slope 
rockfish and other groundfish west of the Western CCA to transport that 
groundfish through the Western CCA.
    A rebuilding review was conducted for cowcod. This was a thorough 
examination of the recreational and commercial fishery related removals 
in relation to the ABC and OY levels established for rebuilding. The 
review concluded that the total removals of cowcod had declined in 
accordance with the rebuilding based harvest specifications that were 
first established in 2000. In addition, further protection from having 
established the Cowcod Conservation Area are expected. Because of 
fishery closures in this area, data was not available from these areas 
for this review. [Note: More in-depth discussion of these management 
measures as they apply to each sector of the fishery and the various 
gear types can be found later in this document, in the 2004 Management 
Measures section.]
Widow Rockfish
    Date declared overfished: January 11, 2001.
    Areas affected: Coastwide.
    Status of stock: 22.4 percent of the unfished biomass in 2002.
    B0: 43,530 million eggs.
    BMSY: 17,432 million eggs.
    TMIN: 2026.
    TMAX: 2042.
    PMAX: 60 percent.
    TTARGET: 2037.
    Harvest control rule: F=0.0093.
    ABC in 2004: 3,460 mt.

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    OY in 2004: 284 mt.
    Management measures in 2004: Commercial limits for widow rockfish 
are intended to accommodate incidental catch and do not provide an 
incentive for directed fishing. The midwater trawl fisheries for 
yellowtail rockfish, a species that co-occurs with widow rockfish, have 
been constrained. Bottom trawl opportunities for shelf rockfish 
continue to be extremely limited; which is expected to benefit widow 
rockfish.
    Incidental catch allowance of widow rockfish will continue to be 
allowed during the primary season for whiting. A final 2004 whiting ABC 
and OY will be adopted at the Council's March meeting. Based on average 
incidental catch rates of widow rockfish in the whiting fishery from 
1998-2002, the whiting OY may need to be constrained to around 120,000 
mt to stay within the widow rockfish rebuilding OY. [Note: More in-
depth discussion of these management measures as they apply to each 
sector of the fishery and the various gear types can be found later in 
this document, in the 2004 Management Measures section.]
Yelloweye Rockfish
    Date declared overfished: January 11, 2002.
    Areas affected: Coastwide.
    Status of stock: 24.1 percent of its unfished biomass in 2002.
    B0: 3,875 mt.
    BMSY: 1,550 mt.
    TMIN: 2027.
    TMAX: 2071.
    PMAX: 92 percent.
    TTARGET: 2052.
    Harvest control rule: F=0.0139.
    ABC in 2004: 53 mt.
    OY in 2004: 22 mt.
    Management measures in 2004: Yelloweye rockfish are more available 
to the commercial fixed gear and recreational fisheries than to the 
trawl fisheries. The retention of yelloweye rockfish in the commercial 
fixed gear fisheries will be prohibited. In addition, sublimits for 
yelloweye rockfish will be applied to the minor nearshore shelf 
rockfish trip limit for the limited entry trawl fisheries to discourage 
any interest in targeting yelloweye rockfish.
    The yelloweye rockfish conservation area (YRCA) will continue to be 
used for 2004 in waters off the coast of Washington. This is an area 
that will be closed to recreational bottom fishing and halibut fishing. 
The YRCA was codified into regulation on November 4, 2003 (68 FR 
62374). In Washington state, retention of yelloweye rockfish in 
recreational fisheries will be prohibited. In Oregon, the retention of 
yelloweye rockfish during the all-depth halibut fisheries will be 
prohibited. In the California recreational fisheries, the retention of 
yelloweye rockfish will be prohibited coastwide. [More in-depth 
discussion of these management measures as they apply to each sector of 
the fishery and the various gear types can be found later in this 
document, in the 2004 Management Measures section.]

Overfishing

    None of the 2004 ABCs are set higher than FMSY or its 
proxy, none of the OYS are set higher than the corresponding ABCs, and 
the management measures in this proposed rule are designed to keep 
harvest levels within specified OYs. Overfishing is difficult to detect 
inseason for many groundfish, particularly for minor rockfish species, 
because most are not individually identified on landing. Species 
compositions, based on proportions encountered in samples of landings, 
are applied during the year. However, final results are not available 
until after the end of the year. Thus, this Federal Register document 
discusses overfishing for 2002, not 2003. If overfishing occurred on 
any groundfish species in 2003, it will be discussed in the 2005-2006 
Federal Register publication of the specifications for those years.
    During the 2002 fishing season, overfishing occurred on lingcod. 
There are no formal allocations for lingcod between the commercial and 
recreational fisheries; however, the 2002 total catch OY of 577 mt for 
lingcod was separated into a 326 mt expected catch for the recreational 
fisheries and a 251 mt total catch OY for commercial fisheries. The 
lingcod commercial total catch OY was further reduced by 50 mt to 
account for discard, with landed catch OY for the commercial fisheries 
set at 201 mt. Catch of lingcod in 2002 research fisheries is estimated 
to have been 3.3 mt. Non-tribal and tribal commercial lingcod catch for 
2002 is estimated to have been 205.6 mt, exceeding the commercial 
landed catch OY by 4.6 mt. Recreational lingcod landings for 2002 are 
estimated to have been 612 mt, exceeding the expected recreational 
fisheries take by 286 mt. With this large overharvest in the 
recreational fisheries, total lingcod landings are estimated to have 
been 872.3 mt, exceeding the 745 mt lingcod ABC by 127.3 mt. Under the 
FMP, ABCs are set at FMSY and the lingcod ABC is set with an 
FMSY proxy of F45. Fishing at a level that 
exceeds the MSY harvest rate is considered overfishing under the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act.
    About 78 percent of the 2002 recreational fisheries lingcod 
landings were made into California ports. NMFS and the State of 
California significantly revised California recreational fisheries 
management for the 2003 fishing season. The 2003 season was shortened 
from 8 months to 6 months in duration with notable new area closures in 
2003. Of the 8 open fishing months in 2002, 4 months were managed with 
closures offshore of 20-fm (37-m). In 2003, recreational fishing for 
lingcod was prohibited off California in waters offshore of the 20 fm 
(37 m) depth contour for all 6 months of the open season. As of the 
writing of this Federal Register document, recreational fisheries data 
was not yet available for the July-December open California 
recreational fishing season. As mentioned earlier, the Federal Register 
document proposing the 2005-2006 specifications and management measures 
will discuss whether 2003 management measures successfully protected 
lingcod from overfishing.
    Recreational fisheries management measures for 2003 were set 
primarily to protect bocaccio, with the expectation that time/area 
closures would also protect other continental shelf species, such as 
lingcod. With the higher bocaccio OY in 2004, management measures for 
all fisheries off California are somewhat less restrictive than in 
2003, but not as liberal as in 2002. In the area where most lingcod are 
taken off California, between 40[deg]10' N. lat. and 34[deg]27' N. lat, 
the fishery will be open 10 months per year, with fishing permitted 
inshore of the 20 fm (37 m) depth contour in May-August and permitted 
inshore of the 30 fm (55 m) depth contour in January-February and 
September-December.

Bycatch and Discard Accounting

    The Magnuson-Stevens Act defines bycatch as ``fish which are 
harvested in a fishery, which are not sold or kept for personal use, 
and include economic discards and regulatory discards.'' By contrast, 
Pacific Coast groundfish fishery management and many other fishery 
management regimes commonly use the term bycatch to describe non-
targeted species that are caught in common with (co-occur with) target 
species, some of which are landed and sold or otherwise used and some 
of which are discarded. The term ``discard'' is used to describe those 
fish harvested that are neither landed nor used. For the purposes of 
this proposed rule, the term ``bycatch'' is used to describe a 
species'' co-occurrence with a target species, regardless of that first 
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    West Coast groundfish species are rarely found in isolation. They 
normally form associations with other groundfish species that vary by 
geographic location, position in the water column, and season. 
Fisheries management recognizes this mix by setting management measures 
that discourage targeting of more abundant stocks in times when, and 
areas where, depleted stocks may co-occur with those healthy stocks. 
Fisheries management also recognizes this mix by structuring retention 
allowances for the harvestable amounts of depleted stocks so that 
fisheries have some limited opportunity to access those more abundant 
co-occurring fish stocks.
    With the exception of the mid-water trawl fishery for Pacific 
whiting, most groundfish vessels sort their catch at sea and discard 
species that are either in excess of cumulative trip limits, 
unmarketable, in excess of annual allocations, or incidentally caught 
non-groundfish species. Landed or retained catch has been monitored by 
the three state-run fish ticket programs in Washington, Oregon, and 
California. Total catch (landed catch + discards) is monitored and 
estimated through a Federal observer program. Widow, yellowtail, canary 
and darkblotched rockfish discard in the at-sea whiting fisheries is 
monitored inseason and actual discard numbers are deducted from the OY.
    Historically, NMFS and the Council had accounted for dead discards 
by estimating the amounts of certain species' OYs that would be 
discarded dead, and then subtracting those amounts from the total catch 
OYS to get landed catch levels for those species. These discard rates 
were expressed as a percent of total catch OY, so that a 16 percent 
discard rate for a species meant that 16 percent of that species' total 
catch OY would be deducted to derive that species' landed catch OY. 
Beginning with the 2002 fishing year, NMFS has introduced a series of 
bycatch models intended to update the NMFS/Council approach to 
accounting for discard in groundfish management. These models have been 
updated each year to incorporate new data and recommendations for 
improvement from the scientific community.
    The bycatch model introduced in 2002 predicted the amounts of 
overfished species that were being caught incidentally with more 
abundant target stocks. As discussed above, bycatch and discard rates 
for target species were not addressed through the bycatch model, but 
with discard deductions from the OYs for those species. The 2002 
bycatch model incorporated variability in the overfished species co-
occurrence ratios with target species across different 2-month fishing 
periods, target fisheries, and areas of the coast. NMFS populated the 
2002 bycatch model with data from observer experiments in the late 
1980s and mid-1990s.
    Using the 2002 bycatch model to illustrate expected incidental 
catch rates for overfished species, the Council crafted a series of 
management measures intended to concentrate fishing pressure for 
targeted stocks in times and areas where overfished species were less 
likely to co-occur with targeted stocks. During the fishing year, the 
Council reviewed landings levels and recommended inseason adjustments 
to trip limits and open seasons based on the 2002 model's prediction of 
incidental catch rates of overfished species within fisheries targeting 
more abundant groundfish stocks. More information on the 2002 bycatch 
model is provided in the proposed rule to implement the 2002 
specifications and management measures (January 11, 2002, 67 FR 1555).
    NMFS revised its bycatch model in preparation for the 2003 fishing 
season, primarily focusing on additionally stratifying co-occurrence 
ratios for overfished species in targeted species fisheries by ocean 
bottom depth. For 2003, the Council introduced a new depth-based 
management program, in which vessels were prohibited from fishing for 
target species in specific depth zones in order to reduce or eliminate 
the interception of overfished species. More information on the 2003 
bycatch model is provided in the proposed rule to implement the 2003 
specifications and management measures (January 7, 2003, 68 FR 936).
    In January 2003, the SSC held a workshop to review the 2003 model 
and to provide advice on incorporating the data from the West Coast 
Groundfish Observer Program (WCGOP) into the 2003 model. In early 2003, 
NMFS had summarized the first year's data from the WCGOP and made it 
ready for use in the bycatch model. Taking the SSC's advice into 
account, NMFS incorporated the observer data into the 2003 model for 
use in inseason management starting in April 2003. Throughout 2003, the 
Council continued to use the 2003 bycatch model on overfished species 
bycatch and discard, in combination with new observer data, to make 
inseason management recommendations.
    For the 2004 fishing year, NMFS notably revised its bycatch model 
to incorporate the August 2001 through August 2002 WCGOP data. The 2004 
bycatch model still links the bycatch of overfished species to catch 
and co-occurrence rates in target species fisheries, although the 
stratification of co-occurrence ratios was simplified to reflect only 
ocean bottom depth and area of the coast until additional observer data 
are available. One important revision to the 2004 bycatch model from 
the 2003 model is that in addition to addressing overfished species co-
occurrence ratios with target species, the 2004 model also addresses 
discard of target species by depth as a function of total catch of 
those species. For example, the 2004 bycatch model predicts discard 
amounts for sablefish when taken at differing depths in the DTS complex 
fisheries. Sablefish discard rates derived from observer data show that 
a greater percentage of sablefish total catch is discarded by trawl 
vessels operating at shallow nearshore depths than by trawl vessels 
operating at much deeper continental slope depths.
    The Council used NMFS' 2004 bycatch model to craft fishing seasons, 
areas, and landings limits that would minimize the interception of 
overfished species in target species fisheries and that would reduce 
target species discard. NMFS and the Council will use the 2004 bycatch 
model inseason next year to manage target species fisheries to stay 
within total catch OYs, which are the sum of landed catch and assumed 
discard. The 2004 bycatch model will be revised by the April 2004 
Council meeting to incorporate WCGOP data from the September 2002 
through August 2003 period. April 2004 will be the Council's first 
opportunity to modify groundfish fishery management measures inseason. 
Because winter fisheries are relatively slow and co-occurrence rates of 
overfished species with target species are relatively low in the 
winter, NMFS is less concerned about managing the first 4 months of the 
2004 fishery under a bycatch model incorporating only one year of 
observer data. With that second year's worth of observer data, NMFS 
should have an improved picture of bycatch and discard in the 
groundfish fisheries, which will ultimately allow the Council and NMFS 
to improve inseason groundfish management. If, for example, the new 
observer data shows that 2004 management measures may be inadequate to 
protect a particular species or species group, more conservative 
landings limits or closed areas could be implemented as soon as May 1, 
2004.

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Conservation Areas and Depth-Based Management

    Since 1998, groundfish management measures have been shaped by the 
need to rebuild overfished groundfish stocks. The over 80 species in 
the West Coast groundfish complex mix with each other to varying 
degrees throughout the year and in different portions of the water 
column. Some species, like Pacific whiting, are strongly aggregated, 
making them easier to target with relatively little bycatch of other 
species. Conversely, other species like canary rockfish may occur in 
species-specific clusters, but are also found co-occurring with a wide 
variety of other groundfish species. Over the past several years, 
groundfish management measures have been more carefully crafted to 
recognize the tendencies of overfished species to co-occur with healthy 
stocks in certain times and areas.
    As discussed earlier, management measures for the 2004 fishing year 
have been designed to reduce incidental interception of overfished 
species taken in fisheries targeting more abundant groundfish stocks. 
In addition to setting trip limits for targeted species to reduce co-
occurrence rates for overfished species, 2004 management measures 
include a set of large time/area closures known as Groundfish 
Conservation Areas.
    The Council and NMFS began using closed areas to reduce fisheries 
impact on overfished groundfish species in 2001. NMFS initially 
introduced two Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCAs) in the Southern 
California Bight. These areas were closed to recreational and 
commercial fishing for groundfish. These closures were located in areas 
of known cowcod abundance and were intended to prevent fishing vessels 
from taking cowcod either directly or incidentally in fisheries 
targeting other species. The CCAs have remained in place since 2001 and 
continue to be part of the Council's 2004 rebuilding strategy for 
cowcod.
    In September 2002, NMFS introduced its first large-scale 
conservation area, a Darkblotched Rockfish Conservation Area (DBCA), 
extending from the U.S/Canada border to Cape Mendocino, California. The 
DBCA extended between boundary lines approximating the 100-fm (183-m) 
and 250-fm (457-m) depth contours, with trawling prohibited within the 
conservation area. This closure was intended to reduce incidental 
darkblotched rockfish interception by fisheries targeting more abundant 
continental slope species.
    For 2003, the Council recommended a greater suite of area closures, 
intended to protect different overfished species from incidental 
harvest by vessels targeting other, more abundant species. Similar to 
Council efforts to craft landings limits and seasons to protect 
overfished species, the 2003 conservation areas were intended to 
protect overfished species at depths where they are most likely 
encountered and from gear that is most likely to encounter those 
species. For example, Pacific ocean perch has historically been taken 
almost exclusively by trawl gear, while yelloweye rockfish is more 
susceptible to hook-and-line gear used in commercial and recreational 
fisheries. The 2003 Groundfish Conservation Areas included the two 
CCAs, a similarly block-shaped Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area off 
the Washington coast that was closed to recreational fishing, and 
Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCA) along the entire length of the West 
Coast. The 2003 RCAs were gear specific, with different closed areas 
for trawl and nontrawl gear. These RCAs were based on ocean bottom 
depths, and varied seasonally depending on when and where the 
overfished species targeted for protection had been taken by historic 
fisheries. RCA boundary lines were designated by a series of latitude/
longitude coordinates intended to approximate ocean bottom depth 
contours delineating overfished species habitats. A more in-depth 
discussion of the introduction of depth-based management to West Coast 
groundfish fisheries management is provided in the proposed rule to 
implement the 2003 specifications and management measures (January 7, 
2003, 68 FR 936).
    The Council has recommended again using depth-based management in 
2004. RCA boundaries have been somewhat modified from 2003 to reflect 
the use of new data from the WCGOP on species location by depth, and to 
reflect new allowable harvest levels for some overfished species, 
particularly bocaccio. As in 2003, RCA boundaries for 2004 differ by 
gear type to reflect the catchability of different overfished species 
by the various gear types. Although some of the recreational fisheries 
were managed by depth in 2003, recreational depth-based management will 
be expanded in 2004 to include RCAs for the recreational fisheries 
coastwide. RCAs for 2004 also differ by area of the coast to reflect 
the differing distributions of each overfished species population, such 
that northern area RCAs protect overfished species that have a more 
northerly distribution and southern area RCAs protect overfished 
species with a more southerly distribution. RCA boundary lines will 
again be designated by a series of latitude/longitude coordinates 
intended to approximate those boundary lines. Using waypoint 
coordinates to define RCA boundaries is intended to provide clarity to 
the conservation area boundaries for enforcement purposes. Because RCAs 
are intended to protect overfished species in concert with other 
conservation measures such as gear and landings limit restrictions, a 
discussion of the particular RCA boundaries proposed for 2004 may be 
found below at Section III., ``2004 Management Measures.''
    On November 4, 2003 (68 FR 62374), NMFS published a final rule to 
implement a vessel monitoring system (VMS) program to monitor vessel 
activities in and around the RCAs. This rule will become effective on 
January 1, 2004, requiring all limited entry vessels participating in 
the West Coast groundfish fishery to carry and activate VMS units. 
During 2004, NMFS and the Council will explore expanding coverage of 
the VMS program to open access fisheries intercepting groundfish and to 
charter boats in the recreational sector.

II. Commercial Fisheries Allocations

    Since 1994, the non-tribal commercial groundfish fishery has been 
divided into limited entry and open access sectors, each with its own 
set of allocations and management measures. Species or species group 
allocations between the two sectors are based on the relative amounts 
of a species or species group taken by each component of the fishery 
during the 1984-1988 limited entry permit qualification period (50 CFR 
660.332). The FMP allows suspension of this allocation formula for 
overfished species when changes to the traditional allocation formula 
are needed to better protect overfished species (FMP, section 5.3.2). 
Allocations for the open access and limited entry fisheries are 
explained in general terms within this section. Species-specific 
allocations, including recreational fishery set asides and research 
catch deductions from total catch OYs are provided in the footnotes to 
Tables 1a and 1b.

Open Access Allocations

    The open access fishery is composed of vessels that operate under 
the OYs, quotas, and other management measures governing the open 
access fishery, using (1) exempt gear or (2) longline or pot (trap) 
gear fished from vessels that do not have limited entry permits 
endorsed for that gear. Exempt gear includes all types of legal 
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except groundfish trawl, longline, and pots. (Exempt gear includes 
trawls used to harvest pink shrimp or ridgeback prawns (shrimp trawls) 
and California halibut or sea cucumbers south of Pt. Arena, CA 
(38[deg]57'30'' N. lat.))
    Open access allocations are derived by applying the open access 
allocation percentages to the commercial OY. The commercial OY is the 
total catch OY after subtracting any tribal allocations and set-asides 
for recreational fisheries or compensation fishing for conducting 
resource surveys. For those species in which the open access share 
would have been less than 1 percent, no open access allocation is 
specified unless significant open access effort is expected.

Limited Entry Allocations

    The limited entry fishery is the fishery composed of vessels using 
limited entry gear fished pursuant to the OYs, quotas, and other 
management measures governing the limited entry fishery. Limited entry 
gear includes longline, pot, or groundfish trawl gear used under the 
authority of a valid limited entry permit issued under the FMP, affixed 
with an endorsement for that gear. Groundfish trawl gear excludes 
shrimp trawls used to harvest pink shrimp or ridgeback prawns, and 
other trawls used to fish for California halibut or sea cucumbers south 
of Pt. Arena, CA. A sablefish endorsement is also required for a vessel 
to operate in the limited entry primary fixed gear season for 
sablefish.
    The limited entry allocation (in total catch) is the OY reduced by 
(1) set-asides, if any, for treaty tribal fisheries, recreational 
fisheries, or compensation fishing for participation in resource 
surveys (which results in the commercial OY or quota); and (2) the open 
access allocation. (Allocations for Washington coastal tribal fisheries 
are discussed in Section V.)
    Following these procedures, the Regional Administrator calculated 
the amounts of allocations that are presented in Table 1a of this 
document. Unless otherwise specified, the limited entry and open access 
allocations would be treated as harvest guidelines in 2004. There may 
be slight discrepancies from the Council's recommendations due to 
rounding.

III. 2004 Management Measures

    Before 2000, the major goals of groundfish management were to 
prevent overfishing while achieving the OYS and to provide year-round 
fisheries for the major species or species groups. Over time, however, 
it became apparent that a number of species could not continue to be 
harvested year-round at a constant harvest rate. New legislative 
mandates under the Magnuson-Stevens Act (as amended by the Sustainable 
Fisheries Act in 1996) gave highest priority to preventing overfishing 
and rebuilding overfished stocks to their MSY levels. The National 
Standard Guidelines at 50 CFR 600.310 interpreted this as ``weak stock 
management,'' which means that harvest of more abundant stocks may need 
to be curtailed to prevent overfishing or to rebuild overfished stocks.
    Nine West Coast groundfish species have been declared overfished: 
Bocaccio, canary rockfish, cowcod, darkblotched rockfish, lingcod, 
Pacific whiting, POP, widow rockfish and yelloweye rockfish. Of the 
management measures intended to protect these species, protective 
measures for canary rockfish coastwide, yelloweye rockfish in the north 
and bocaccio in the south are the most constraining, because these 
species are broadly distributed on the continental shelf. In order to 
rebuild these overfished species while allowing harvest of more 
abundant stocks, the Council chose management measures that prohibit 
bottom trawling over large portions of the continental shelf, where 
lingcod, bocaccio, canary rockfish, cowcod, widow rockfish, yelloweye 
rockfish, and, to a lesser extent, POP and darkblotched rockfish occur. 
As discussed earlier in this document, depth based management measures 
are gear-specific and have been crafted to maximize fishing opportunity 
for more abundant stocks in times when and areas where bycatch and 
discard of overfished and depleted stocks is estimated to be lowest.
    Management measures for the limited entry fishery are found in 
section IV. Most cumulative trip limits, size limits, and seasons for 
the limited entry fishery are set out in Tables 3 and 4 of section IV. 
However, the limited entry nontrawl sablefish fishery, the midwater 
trawl fishery for Pacific whiting, and the hook-and-line fishery for 
black rockfish off Washington are managed separately from the majority 
of the groundfish species and are not fully addressed in the tables. 
The management structure for these fisheries has not changed since 
2003, except for the level of trip limits for sablefish and Pacific 
whiting, and is described in paragraphs IV.B.(2)-(4) of section IV. 
Other provisions for the 2003 fisheries not explicitly addressed above 
would remain in effect for 2004 and are repeated in section IV. of this 
document.
    After hearing proposals and advice from its advisory entities and 
public testimony at its September 2003 meeting, the Council recommended 
the following actions for management in 2004.

Limited Entry Trawl

    For the limited entry trawl fishery, the Council recommended a 
suite of gear restrictions, conservation areas, and cumulative trip 
limits designed to allow fishing with gear in times and areas where 
incidental catch of overfished or depleted species will be minimized. 
As discussed earlier in this document, trawl RCAs are intended to 
protect overfished species susceptible to interception by trawl gear in 
waters where particular overfished species congregate.
    North of Cape Mendocino, CA approximately 40[deg]10' N. lat., 
canary rockfish most constrains groundfish fisheries management due to 
its distribution and interactions with different gear types. Canary 
rockfish tends to be available to the fisheries in 20-200 fm (37-366 m) 
depths, with greater concentrations in 75-125 fm (137-229 m) depths. In 
the northern portion of the coast, canary rockfish tends to be 
intercepted by all gear types, thus the 2004 northern trawl gear RCA 
would close an area between 75 fm (137 m) and 200 fm (366 m) to 
trawling for most of the year, with an enlarged closed area for March 
through June of 60 fm (110 m) to 200 fm (366 m) and a reduced area for 
July-August of 75-150 fm (137-274 m). Extending trawl RCA boundaries 
out to 200 fm (366 m) will also provide protection for darkblotched 
rockfish, a northern overfished continental slope species that tends to 
be taken by trawl gear. Because POP co-occurs with darkblotched 
rockfish and other slope rockfish in the north, POP are also expected 
to benefit from measures to restrict total darkblotched rockfish 
mortality. As in 2003, the northern trawl gear RCA would be modified in 
January-February and November-December, to allow some fishing inshore 
of 200 fm (366 m) in areas of greater petrale sole abundance. Targeting 
petrale sole and other flatfish is encouraged during the winter months 
with higher landings limits because flatfish tend to aggregate for 
spawning during those months and flatfish trawlers are less likely to 
intercept other non-flatfish species during this aggregation period.
    North of 40[deg]10' N. lat., trawlers are only permitted to fish 
with large footrope gear if it is used offshore of the RCA. The Council 
has been providing different fishing opportunities to vessels using 
small footrope (<8 inches (20.5 cm) diameter) from those using large 
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since 2000. A trawl's footrope runs along the base of the leading edge 
of the trawl net. Fishermen often will protect their net's footrope by 
encircling it with cut-out pieces of rubber tire (sometimes called 
``cookies'') or with whole tires. So-called ``large'' footropes are 
better able to bounce trawl nets over rockpiles, protecting the gear 
from snagging or tearing. Footropes with more protective material are 
better able to access rocky habitats and the rockfish that use those 
habitats. Prohibitions against the use of large footropes in certain 
areas are intended to make trawl nets less efficient at targeting and 
catching overfished rockfish such as canary rockfish, which live in 
continental shelf and nearshore habitats.
    For 2004, the Council has recommended using footrope size 
restrictions to give vessels incentives to fish in deeper continental 
slope waters, rather than in the nearshore area (where canary rockfish 
bycatch is higher). Several of the more abundant species available to 
trawl gear may be taken offshore of the RCA; thus, trip limits for 
deepwater species are often higher for vessels using large footrope 
gear than for vessels operating in the nearshore area and using small 
footrope gear. For example, trip limits for the DTS complex species are 
notably smaller for vessels that use small footrope gear at any time 
during a 2-month cumulative limit period than for vessels using large 
footrope gear, primarily because vessels using small footrope gear are 
permitted to operate inshore of the RCAs. Trawlers are also encouraged, 
via higher landings limits, to fish for flatfish offshore of the RCAs, 
where canary rockfish bycatch is lower. As in 2003, vessels using mid-
water trawl gear to fish for Pacific whiting will be permitted in 2004 
to retain widow and yellowtail rockfish taken with mid-water gear.
    South of 40[deg]10' N. lat., RCA boundaries have been designed to 
encompass continental shelf habitat for overfished rockfish, canary and 
bocaccio. As discussed earlier in this document, bocaccio was re-
assessed in 2003 and has a higher rebuilding OY in 2004 than in 2003, 
allowing somewhat less conservative management measures for co-
occurring species in 2004. The Council recommended moving the inshore 
trawl RCA boundary south of 40[deg]10' N. lat. from 60 fm (110 m) in 
2003 to 75 fm (137 m) for most of 2004. Thus, the trawl RCA south of 
40[deg]10' N. lat. would be between depth contours approximating 75 fm 
(137 m) to 150 fm (274 m) for most of the year, and between 100 fm (183 
m) and 150 fm (274 m) for May through August. South of 38[deg] N. lat., 
these closures would apply to mainland California, while trawl RCAs 
around offshore islands would be closed from the shoreline to 150 fm 
(274 m). Both the eastern and western CCAs will be in place again in 
2004.
    Landings limits for the trawl management area south of 40[deg]10' 
N. lat., differ in two separate areas: 40[deg]10' N. lat to 38[deg] N. 
lat., and 38[deg] N. lat. to the U.S. border with Mexico. This split is 
intended to protect darkblotched rockfish in the southern part of its 
range, which extends to about 38[deg] N. lat. Thus, limited entry trawl 
limits for continental slope species that are most likely to co-occur 
with darkblotched rockfish in the area between 40[deg]10' N. lat. and 
38[deg] N. lat., such as minor slope rockfish and splitnose rockfish, 
are notable higher south of 38[deg] N. lat. than north of 38[deg] N. 
lat. Similar to trawl management north of 40[deg]10' N. lat., trawl 
limits in the southern area for some species are higher for vessels 
fishing offshore of the RCA. Due to the higher OY for bocaccio in 2004, 
minimal retention of bocaccio (100 lb/45 kg per month) is permitted to 
vessels fishing offshore of the RCAs, to recognize that some bocaccio 
will likely be taken by vessels targeting chilipepper rockfish.
    To better enforce RCAs and protect overfished species coastwide, 
the Council has recommended eliminating the ``B'' platoon option for 
limited entry trawlers. In prior years, limited entry trawl permit 
holders who registered their permits as ``B'' platoon permits were 
allowed to lag their groundfish deliveries by two weeks from the rest 
of the limited entry trawl fleet. For example, ``A'' platoon vessels 
were subject to their first cumulative limit period of the year over 
January 1 through February 29; ``B'' platoon vessels were subject to 
their first cumulative limit period of the year over January 16 through 
March 15. Regulations allowing ``B'' platoon designation and lagging of 
groundfish deliveries were essentially performing a market function of 
staggering trawl fleet groundfish deliveries to fish processors. 
Allowing the ``B'' platoon delivery lag became notably more complex in 
2003, when RCA boundaries were lagged by 2 weeks similar to the 2-week 
lag for landings limits. For several two-week periods in 2003, 
fishermen and enforcement officers were dealing with separate and 
overlapping trawl RCAs. In an already complex management system with 
conservation areas bounded by many waypoints, enforcing RCAs to ensure 
overfished species protection became even more complex with the 
duplicate RCAs resulting from the ``B'' platoon cumulative limits and 
fishing areas. Given the need to maintain RCA integrity and the 
relatively small number of vessels historically participating in this 
program, about 30 out of 250 trawlers, the Council determined that 
maintaining the marketing-oriented ``B'' platoon option was no longer 
necessary or supportable.

Limited Entry Fixed Gear

    Similar to the limited entry trawl fisheries, trip limit 
opportunities and conservation areas in the limited entry fixed gear 
fisheries are arranged to minimize opportunities for overfished 
species.
    Needed protections for both canary and yelloweye rockfish constrain 
management of nontrawl fisheries north of 40[deg]10' N. lat. Yelloweye 
rockfish is commonly taken with hook-and-line gear, thus its 
interception in nontrawl fisheries is of greater concern than in 
management of trawl fisheries. Between the U.S. border with Canada and 
the Washington/Oregon border (46[deg]16' N. lat.), the nontrawl gear 
RCA would extend from the shoreline to 100 fm (183 m). The nontrawl 
gear RCA applies to both the limited entry fixed gear fisheries and to 
the open access nontrawl fisheries. Between 46[deg]16' N. lat. and 
40[deg]10' N. lat., the nontrawl gear RCA would extend from 30 fm (55 
m) to 100 fm (183 m). These closures will provide protection for canary 
and yelloweye rockfish, two continental shelf species, by moving the 
nontrawl fleet offshore toward the continental slope area. The 
nearshore area (0 30 fm, 0 55m) is closed off Washington because the 
30-fm (55-m) depth contour essentially falls within state waters and 
commercial fishing for groundfish is prohibited entirely within 
Washington State waters.
    Landings limits for the limited entry fixed gear fleet north of 
40[deg]10' N. lat. provide vessels with access to continental slope and 
nearshore species, while closing access to continental shelf species. 
As in past years, landing lingcod will be prohibited in January-April 
and in November-December to protect lingcod during their spawning and 
nest-guarding season. Because the sablefish OY is higher in 2004 than 
in 2003, the weekly and bi-monthly cumulative limits for sablefish in 
the daily trip limit (DTL) fishery will be slightly higher than in 
2003: 900 lb (408 kg) per week and 3,600 lb (1,633 kg) per 2 months, as 
opposed to 800 lb (363 kg) per week and 3,200 lb (1,452 kg) per 2 
months.
    South of 40[deg]10' N. lat., nontrawl gear RCAs focus on protecting 
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34[deg]27' (Point Conception, CA) where the bocaccio stock is most 
abundant. Between 40[deg]10' N. lat. and 34[deg]27' N. lat., the 
nontrawl RCA will be between boundary lines approximating the 30-fm 
(55-m) and 150-fm (274-m) depth contours for most of the year, and 
between the 20-fm (37-m) and 150-fm (274-m) depth contours for May 
through August. The inshore boundary of the nontrawl RCA is moved to 20 
fm (37 m) for the summer months because nontrawl gear fishery 
participation is usually stronger in that period, requiring a somewhat 
larger closed area to counter the effects of increased fishing effort. 
These RCA boundaries apply both to the mainland coast of California and 
around offshore islands. Around the Farallon Islands, fishing is also 
prohibited by the State from the shoreline to the 10-fm (18-m) depth 
contour. South of 34[deg]27' N. lat., where bocaccio is less common, 
the nontrawl RCA will have an inshore boundary line approximating the 
60-fm (110-m) depth contour and an offshore boundary line approximating 
the 150-fm (274-m) depth contour, including areas around offshore 
islands. Both the eastern and western CCAs will be in place again in 
2004.
    Landings limits south of 40[deg]10' N. lat. follow a similar 
pattern to those for limited entry fixed gear fishing in the northern 
area. Higher landings limits are available for continental slope 
species, particularly south of 38[deg] N. lat., where the fishery is 
less likely to intercept darkblotched rockfish. The sablefish DTL 
limits north of 40[deg]107' N. lat., also apply southward to 36[deg] N. 
lat.; south of 36[deg] N. lat., sablefish DTL limits are the same as in 
2003, 350 lb (159 kg) or 1,050 lb (476 kg) per week. Landings limits 
for nearshore and shelf rockfish south of 40[deg]10' N. lat are minimal 
and fisheries for these species are closed between 40[deg]10' N. lat. 
and 34[deg]27' N. lat. in March-April, and closed from 34[deg]27' N. 
lat. to the U.S. border with Mexico in January-February. Retention of 
canary rockfish, yelloweye rockfish, and cowcod is prohibited. These 
closures are intended to match season closures in the California 
recreational fisheries, which also use hook-and-line gear. As in the 
northern area, lingcod landings by limited entry fixed gear and 
nontrawl open access vessels in the south are prohibited in January-
April and November-December.
    For the limited entry fixed gear fisheries between the U.S. border 
with Canada and 36[deg] N. lat., the bulk of the sablefish allocation 
is taken in the three-tier primary sablefish fishery by vessels 
registered to limited entry permits with sablefish endorsements. The 
primary season is held April 1 through October 31 and NMFS has 
announced proposed cumulative limits for the three tiers in this 
proposed rule: Tier 1 at 62,000 lb (28,123 kg), Tier 2 at 28,000 lb 
(12,701 kg), and Tier 3 at 16,000 lb (7,257 kg). These limits are 
proposed at Section IV.B.(2) of this document.
    By January 2004, NMFS expects to have analyzed the second full 
year's worth of observer data from the WCGOP. The second year of 
groundfish fishery observation (September 2002-August 2003) expanded 
beyond the trawl-focused observations of the first year of the program 
to include greater coverage of vessels participating in the limited 
entry sablefish fishery. NMFS expects this observer data on the primary 
sablefish fishery to improve estimates of sablefish discards in that 
fishery, and will use that data to inform management of the 2004 
primary fishery. NMFS now assumes an 8 percent discard rate of 
sablefish in the primary sablefish fishery. Thus, 8 percent of the 
primary fishery's allocation is taken off the top of that allocation to 
account for discard. In early 2004, NMFS will re-calculate the 
sablefish discard rate in the primary fishery based on observer data 
and then will re-calculate sablefish tier limits to accommodate the new 
sablefish discard rate. Re-calculated tier limits will be published in 
the final rule for this action.

Open Access Nontrawl Gear (Hook-and-Line, Troll, Pot, Setnet, Trammel 
Net)

    The open access nontrawl fishery is managed separately from the 
limited entry fixed gear fishery, but overfished species protection 
measures are similar for both sectors. The nontrawl RCA boundaries that 
apply to the limited entry fixed gear fleet also apply to the open 
access nontrawl fleet, as do the CCAs. Also similar to the limited 
entry fleet, greater landings limits are provided for continental slope 
and nearshore species, with closed seasons and lower limits for 
continental shelf species, including the same closed periods for 
lingcod as in the limited entry fixed gear fisheries. North of 
40[deg]10' N. lat., salmon trollers will be permitted to retain and 
land up to 1 lb (.45 kg) of yellowtail rockfish for every 2 lb (.9 kg) 
of salmon landed, up to 200 lb (91 kg) per month, both within and 
outside of the RCA.
    Open access cumulative limits may exceed those for limited entry. 
If a vessel with a limited entry permit uses open access gear 
(including exempted trawl gear) and the open access cumulative limit is 
larger, the vessel will be constrained by the smaller limited entry 
cumulative limit for the entire cumulative limit period.

Open Access Exempted Trawl Gear

    Open access exempted trawl gear (used to harvest ridgeback prawns, 
California halibut, sea cucumbers, and pink shrimp) is managed with 
both ``per trip'' limits, cumulative trip limits, and area closures. 
These trip limits are similar to those in 2003 and the species-specific 
open access limits apply but may not exceed overall groundfish limits. 
The pink shrimp fishery is subject to species-specific limits that are 
different from other open access limits for lingcod and sablefish. As 
in past years, thornyheads may not be taken or retained in the open 
access fisheries north of 34[deg]27' N. lat.
    Trawling with open access exempted gear for pink shrimp will be 
permitted within the trawl RCA; however, the states require pink shrimp 
trawlers to use finfish excluder devices to reduce their groundfish 
bycatch, particularly canary and other rockfishes. In 2003, spot prawn 
trawling was permitted off Oregon within the trawl RCA. Oregon now 
prohibits the use of trawl gear in the spot prawn trawl fishery. 
Coastwide, spot prawn trawl fisheries now use pot gear, which has a 
very low incidence of groundfish interception. Off California, trawling 
for ridgeback prawns, California halibut, and sea cucumber is 
prohibited within the trawl RCA. California ridgeback prawn trawlers 
are required by the state to use finfish excluder devices. All open 
access trawlers, except for those trawling for pink shrimp, and limited 
entry trawlers are subject to the same trawl RCA boundaries. These 
finfish excluders and RCA restrictions off California are particularly 
intended to protect southern and coastwide overfished species such as 
bocaccio, cowcod, canary rockfish, and lingcod. Cowcod prohibitions and 
closures continue to apply to all open access vessels.

Recreational Fishery

    Recreational fisheries effort has also been constrained to protect 
overfished species, particularly for lingcod, canary rockfish, 
bocaccio, and yelloweye rockfish, which have significant recreational 
catches. Washington, Oregon, and California each proposed, and the 
Council recommended, different combinations of seasons, bag limits, and 
size limits to best fit the needs of their recreational fisheries, 
while also meeting conservation goals.
    Recreational fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and California north 
of 40[deg]10' N. lat. will be subject to fewer depth restrictions than 
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fisheries, primarily because most recreational vessels tend to operate 
in the nearshore area inside State waters. However, recreational 
fisheries coastwide will be subject to depth restrictions during at 
least part of the year. New for 2004, many depth-based management 
boundaries along the coast will be managed with latitude/longitude 
coordinates similar to the commercial fisheries. Recreational fisheries 
were first subject to latitude/longitude coordinate delineated RCAs in 
September 2003 (September 5, 2003, 68 FR 52703). Off Washington, 
recreational fishing for groundfish and halibut will be prohibited 
inside the YRCA, a C-shaped closed area off the northern Washington 
coast. Coordinates for the YRCA are defined at 50 CFR 660.304(d). 
Washington's rockfish bag limit will remain the same in 2004, 10 fish 
per day as a sublimit of the 15 groundfish per day limit; taking and 
retaining both canary rockfish and yelloweye rockfish will be 
prohibited. The 2004 Washington lingcod season will run from March 13 
through October 16, with the same 2-fish bag limit as in 2003.
    Off Oregon, recreational fishing for groundfish will be depth-
restricted June through September, when the fishery will be closed 
offshore of a boundary line approximating the 40 fm (73 m) depth 
contour. Recreational fisheries are strongest during these summer 
months and this closure is intended to keep vessels out of the 
continental shelf area to better avoid canary and yelloweye rockfish. 
Oregon recreational fisheries will retain their 10-marine fish bag 
limit, which includes all rockfish, greenling species, cabezons, and 
other marine species, but excludes salmon, lingcod, perches, sturgeon, 
sanddabs, striped bass, tuna, and baitfish. Retention of canary and 
yelloweye rockfish would be prohibited both in the marine fish fishery 
and in the recreational halibut fishery. The lingcod bag limit would 
remain at 2 lingcod per day.
    California fisheries north of 40[deg]10' N. lat. have lower 
participation levels than fisheries south of 40[deg]10' N. lat. and 
lower effects on overfished groundfish fisheries. Northern and 
coastwide overfished species that tend to be taken in waters north of 
40[deg]10' N. lat. include yelloweye rockfish, canary rockfish, and 
lingcod. Thus, California fisheries will be open year-round in all 
waters, with similar bag limits to those in 2003. Retention of cowcod, 
canary rockfish, and yelloweye rockfish will be prohibited.
    As in past years, recreational fisheries off California south of 
40[deg]10' N. lat., will be constrained by depth and season closures in 
order to reduce catch of bocaccio and other overfished rockfish 
species. In waters where canary rockfish and bocaccio are more 
concentrated, between 40[deg]10' N. lat. and 34[deg]27' N. lat., the 
recreational fishery will be closed offshore of the 30 fm (55 m) depth 
contour in January-February and in September-December, offshore of a 20 
fm (37 m) in May-August, and closed entirely in March-April. South of 
Point Conception, CA (34[deg]27' N. lat.) to the U.S. border with 
Mexico, where bocaccio and canary rockfish are less common, the 
recreational fishery will be closed entirely in January-February and 
closed offshore of a boundary line approximating the 60 fm (110 m) 
depth contour for the remainder of the year. The recreational fishery 
for California scorpionfish south of 34[deg]27' N. lat. will also be 
closed from May-October to prevent the fisheries from exceeding 
scorpionfish harvest limits. The CCAs will also remain closed to 
fishing offshore of 20 fm (37 m). California recreational fisheries bag 
limits south of 40[deg]10' N. lat. will remain essentially the same in 
2004 as in 2003, except that fishers will be permitted to retain up to 
one bocaccio per day as a sub-limit within the 10 rockfish bag limit.
    Over a half million anglers participate in California's 
recreational fisheries. Predicting the behavior of such a large group 
of fishery participants with diverse fishery interests and effort 
levels has been one of California Department of Fish and Game's (CDFG) 
greatest challenges as a partner in the groundfish management process. 
California recreational management in 2001 and 2002 used some shortened 
seasons and area closures, but essentially left the fishery open in 
nearshore areas for much of the year. In 2003, with the low bocaccio 
OY, CDFG recommended large-scale area and season closures to protect 
bocaccio and other overfished species. While this strategy seemed 
adequately protective for shelf rockfish species, it concentrated more 
fishing effort in the nearshore area. By October 2003, CDFG had found 
that recreational fisheries in June-September had taken the nearshore 
rockfish recreational allocation. CDFG recommended to the Council and 
to the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) that the 
recreational fisheries south of 40[deg]10' N. lat. be closed for 
November-December 2003 to protect nearshore rockfish. CDFG will 
implement this closure for State waters on January 1, 2004. NMFS 
implemented the closure for Federal waters on November 21, 2003 (68 FR 
66352, November 26, 2003).
    The regulatory package the CDFG has recommended for its 2004 
recreational fisheries is notably more conservative than either the 
2001 or 2002 management packages, although less conservative than 2003 
management in recognition of greater bocaccio abundance. In addition to 
recommending protective management measures, CDFG will be testing a new 
recreational fisheries effort and landings survey in 2004. During 2004, 
CDFG will be testing the survey alongside the old survey methods of the 
MRFSS to calibrate the new survey methods to ensure useful comparisons 
between past and future effort and landings. With this new survey 
technique, CDFG hopes to provide more timely and accurate inseason 
information on recreational fisheries harvest levels. CDFG believes 
that improving data on California recreational fisheries will provide 
that agency and the Commission much needed information on angler 
activity, which will in turn help both CDFG and the Commission to 
better craft management measures to protect marine fish species.

Council Revisions to Its Management Measures Recommendations

    At its November 3-7, 2003, meeting in Del Mar, CA, the Council 
discussed three issues related to the 2004 specifications and 
management measures: Trawl vessel/permit buyback, Vessel monitoring 
system (VMS) program regulations for the fixed gear fleet, and 
California recreational fisheries overages in 2003. The Council asked 
that NMFS consider making revisions to its regulatory package for 2004 
to address the buyback and VMS issues, but wished to reserve changes to 
the California recreational fisheries for its March and/or April 2004 
Council meetings, when more recreational fisheries data would be 
available for Council review. Revisions to the trawl trip limits as a 
result of the vessel/permit buyback program fall within the scope of 
the EIS for this action. Therefore, NMFS is proposing to revise those 
trip limits to account for lower capacity in the fishery as part of 
this proposed rule and implementing the revisions within the associated 
emergency rule for January-February 2004. Revisions to the RCA 
regulations as they apply to limited entry fixed gear vessels required 
to carry VMS do not fall within the scope of the Draft EIS for this 
action. Thus, NMFS plans to work with Council staff to include analysis 
of the recommended regulatory revisions within the Final EIS for this 
action. NMFS will propose revisions to the RCA regulations in this 
proposed rule, and then implement them with the final rule for this 
action.

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    On February 20, 2003, Public Law 108-7 came into effect, Title II, 
Section 212 of which directed the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to 
implement a fishing capacity reduction program for the West Coast 
groundfish fishery. This Section 212 provided a series of steps for 
implementing the capacity reduction program (also known as the ``trawl 
buyback'' program). First, the Secretary (through NMFS) was to request 
that vessel owners submit bids for the surrender of their vessels and 
for their vessels' associated State and Federal permits. After 
receiving bids, NMFS was to conduct a referendum on repayment of the 
loan that would be needed to finance the buyback. During the latter 
half of October 2003, NMFS held the referendum for participants in the 
affected fishing fleets (groundfish trawl, pink shrimp trawl, Dungeness 
crab pot).
    The referendum asked fleet participants to vote on whether they 
supported the buyback program and the ensuing taxes needed to repay the 
a $36 million loan. (The total program combines an industry loan of $36 
million with $10 million in direct Federal appropriation). The 
referendum was successful and the owners of 92 groundfish trawl vessels 
whose bids were accepted must relinquish their California, Oregon, and 
Washington fishing licenses for coastal Dungeness crab and pink shrimp, 
surrender their Federal groundfish permits and all other Federal 
fishing licenses, fishery permits, area and species endorsements and 
any other fishery privileges issued to the vessels named in their bids. 
The vessel itself will be prohibited from ever fishing again. Vessels 
bought out by this program will have ceased fishing by December 4, 2003 
(68 FR 62435, November 4, 2004).
    NMFS announced the results of the buyback referendum on October 30, 
2003, just before the start of the November Council meeting. At the 
Tuesday, November 4, 2003, Council meeting, several groundfish trawlers 
made comments that they would appreciate a NMFS review of 2004 trawl 
trip limits in light of the recently approved trawl buyback program. 
These trawl fishery participants believed that the vessel/permit 
buyback program would successfully reduce capacity in the fleet enough 
to warrant an increase in trawl trip limits.
    After hearing the trawl industry's comments, the Council discussed 
whether it could offer NMFS some guidance in addressing this issue. 
Because the issue was not on the Council's agenda, the Council could 
only discuss the issue, not make formal recommendations to NMFS. 
Council members suggested that NMFS look only at increasing trip limits 
for DTS complex species. DTS complex species tend to aggregate for 
spawning in the winter and may be taken in the winter with lower 
bycatch of overfished species. Also, DTS are deepwater species and 
fishing for these species usually occurs offshore of the ranges of 
overfished continental shelf species.
    Following the Council meeting, the NMFS NWFSC looked at the 
historic fishing effort of each of the vessels removed from the 
groundfish trawl fishery through the buyback program. NMFS then 
calculated the amount of each DTS species that would likely be taken by 
the remaining fleet operating under the trip limits initially 
recommended by the Council for 2004. Based on that calculation, NMFS 
expects that the now-reduced fleet will take notably less of each of 
the DTS species than if the buyback program had not occurred. NMFS 
calculated that the reduced-fleet harvest of DTS species as a percent 
of the whole (pre-buyback) fleet harvest under the same trip limits 
would be: Sablefish--44 percent, longspine thornyhead--51 percent, 
shortspine thornyhead--50 percent, Dover sole--49 percent. NMFS then 
calculated expected harvest by the reduced fleet if the agency were to 
implement DTS trip limits that were 50 percent higher than those 
recommended by the Council in September 2003. Under that scenario, the 
reduced fleet operating with increased trip limits is still expected to 
harvest less of each DTS complex species (sablefish--63 percent, 
longspine thornyhead--77 percent, shortspine thornyhead--74 percent, 
Dover sole--72 percent) than the whole fleet would have harvested with 
the initially recommended trip limits. NMFS further expects that the 
reduced fleet operating with increased DTS trip limits would still take 
smaller amounts of overfished species than the whole fleet would have 
taken with the initially recommended trip limits. For example, the 
reduced fleet operating with increased trip limits is expected to take 
72 percent of the POP and 64 percent of the darkblotched rockfish that 
would have been taken by the pre-buyback fleet with the lower trip 
limits. POP and darkblotched rockfish are the two overfished 
continental slope species managed under the FMP.
    Given the fleet capacity reduction that will result from the trawl 
buyback program, NMFS does not expect that increasing the DTS complex 
limits by 50 percent over what was recommended prior to the buyback for 
January-April 2004 would alter the effects of this action on the 
environment. Had the reduced fleet continued with the Council's 
initially proposed January-April trip limits for DTS species, NMFS 
could expect to raise trip limits for these species later in the year 
in order to achieve their OYs. A 50 percent increase over the initially 
proposed trip limits allows the vessels remaining in the fishery to 
participate at higher than expected levels, yet is still more 
conservative in expected total fleet harvest than the initial trip 
limits would have been for the pre-buyback fleet. At its April 2004 
meeting, the Council will review inseason groundfish management and may 
recommend further altering trawl trip limits for the remainder of the 
year.
    In addition to discussing trawl fleet capacity and trip limits for 
a post-buyback fleet, the Council discussed VMS regulations for limited 
entry vessels. On November 4, 2003 (68 FR 62374,) NMFS published a 
final rule for a West Coast VMS program. Beginning January 1, 2004, 
this rule will require all limited entry vessels to carry VMS units and 
to report to a declaration system that monitors allowable fishing 
activities within the RCAs. At the Council's September 2003 meeting, 
the Council's Enforcement Consultants (EC) asked the Council to 
restrict activities by non-trawl vessels in the non-trawl RCA. At this 
time, this regulation would apply to limited entry fixed gear (longline 
and trap) vessels, similar to the restrictions that apply to limited 
entry trawl vessel activities within the trawl RCA. The Council asked 
the Ad Hoc VMS Committee (VMSC) to discuss this issue at its October 7, 
2003, meeting, and scheduled discussion on this item for the November 
2003 Council meeting.
    At its November 2003 meeting, the Council heard a report from the 
VMSC on the expansion of VMS program coverage to the open access 
commercial fleet and to charterboats participating in the recreational 
fisheries. For this agenda item, the EC commented on both current 
implementation and future expansion of the program. In their comments, 
the EC reiterated their concern that the VMS final rule does not 
prohibit fixed gear vessels from drifting within the RCAs. The EC 
commented that, in a new VMS program, it would be impossible for NMFS 
system operators to tell the difference between the VMS signatures of 
vessels that are drifting from those that are fishing or underway. The 
EC advised that allowing vessels to drift in the RCA would compromise 
the integrity of both the VMS program and the RCAs themselves.
    The Council discussed the need for an adequate VMS system and the 
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of whether vessel safety would be compromised by prohibiting vessels 
from drifting within the RCAs. During their discussion, Council members 
reminded the public that the RCAs are a management tool intended to 
protect overfished species. Because RCAs prevent vessels from operating 
in waters where overfished species are commonly found, they reduce 
overall incidental take of overfished species. Without the RCA tool, 
trip limits would have to be notably lower than current levels to 
achieve the same protection from incidental harvest. To ensure that 
RCAs remain a useful management tool in the future, the Council 
recommended that NMFS revise its RCA regulations to prohibit fixed gear 
vessels from drifting within the RCAs. Therefore, NMFS is proposing 
that limited entry fixed gear vessels be prohibited from operating in a 
nontrawl RCA, except for purposes of continuous transit.
    As mentioned earlier in this section, the draft EIS for this action 
did not analyze the effects of prohibiting fixed gear vessels from 
drifting within the RCAs. NMFS is working with Council staff to ensure 
that the final EIS addresses this new recommendation. The final EIS 
will not be available to the public until early 2004. Therefore, NMFS 
is proposing a drifting prohibition for limited entry fixed gear 
vessels within this Federal Register document, but is not implementing 
the provision within the associated emergency rule for January-February 
2004. NMFS expects to implement this prohibition with the publication 
of the final rule on the 2004 specifications and management measures, 
which should be effective by March 1, 2004.
    Finally, the Council's November 2003 discussion of inseason 
revisions to groundfish management measures focused largely on 
restricting fisheries through the end of the year in order to account 
for unexpectedly high catches in the California recreational fisheries. 
NMFS implemented the Council's regulatory recommendations from that 
discussion on November 21, 2003 (68 FR 66352, November 26, 2003). At 
its meeting, the Council discussed whether to recommend revisions to 
the California recreational fisheries management measures they had 
already recommended for 2004. After considering the 2003 fishing year 
data available to them at the November 2003 meeting, the Council 
decided to wait to make revisions to recreational fisheries management 
during their April 2004 meeting. At the November 2003 meeting, the only 
recreational data from an open fishing period off of California between 
the Oregon/California border and Point Conception, CA (34[deg]27' N. 
lat.) that was available was for a 2-month period, July and August. By 
April 2004, the Recreational Fisheries Information Network (RecFIN) 
database should include most or all of the recreational fisheries data 
from 2003, allowing the Council to make a more informed decision on how 
best to revise recreational fisheries management. Given that the 
California recreational fisheries are closed south of 34[deg]27' N. lat 
from January 1 through February 29, and closed between 40[deg]10' N. 
lat. and 34[deg]27' N. lat. from March 1 through April 30, waiting 
until April to make better informed regulatory revisions should still 
allow the Council, NMFS and California to make appropriate adjustments 
to keep harvests within the 2004 OYs.

Fishing Communities and Impacts

    The Magnuson-Stevens Act requires that actions taken to implement 
FMPs be consistent with the 10 National Standards, one of which 
requires that conservation and management measures shall, consistent 
with the conservation requirements of the Act, ``take into account the 
importance of fishery resources to fishing communities in order to (A) 
provide for the sustained participation of such communities and (B), to 
the extent practicable, minimize adverse economic impacts on such 
communities.'' Commercial and recreational fisheries for Pacific coast 
groundfish contribute to the economies and shape the cultures of 
numerous fishing communities in Washington, Oregon, and California. 
Meeting the needs of fishing communities has become increasingly 
difficult because the Council manages an overcapitalized fleet that 
harvests a multi-species complex with several overfished species. In 
recommending this year's specifications and management measures, the 
Council accommodated some of the needs of those communities within the 
constraints of Magnuson-Stevens Act requirements to rebuild overfished 
stocks, prevent overfishing, and minimize bycatch. In general, the 
Council allows the largest harvest of healthy stocks possible, 
consistent with conservation needs of the fish stocks.
    West Coast groundfish intermix by species, which means that 
interception and incidental mortality of overfished species is 
inevitable even if retention of a particular species is prohibited. As 
discussed earlier, the Council's primary goal for 2004 was to minimize 
opportunities for incidental take of overfished species while allowing 
as much fishing opportunity of more abundant stocks as possible. To 
achieve this, the fishing seasons and area closures are structured both 
to maximize target species catch while minimizing overfished species' 
incidental take and to allow minimal retention of overfished species 
where incidental take will inevitably occur. Larger area closures are 
intended to ensure that few vessels have opportunities to fish in 
waters where overfished species commonly occur.
    For 2004, the Council continued the year-round fishery opportunity 
that is important to the fishing and processing sectors for maintaining 
continuous employment opportunities and maintaining consistent 
groundfish marketing opportunities. Depth closures and gear 
restrictions would modify the cumulative trip limit system to allow 
fishing for at least some groundfish species at all times during the 
year. Gear restrictions prohibit bottom trawling with roller gear in 
the nearshore area and on the continental shelf and allow only the use 
of midwater trawl on the continental shelf where most overfished 
species occur. Small footrope bottom trawling is permitted in the 
nearshore area. The concepts behind these trawl gear restrictions were 
first developed for the 2000 fishery by a group of industry 
participants who met with the GMT to develop measures that would 
achieve conservation goals while minimizing effects of the restrictions 
on the industry and coastal communities.
    Allowable commercial catches of many groundfish remain low in 2004, 
but the Council has tried to structure the area closures to provide 
commercial fisheries with greater flexibility in their fishing patterns 
while not increasing the overall catches. For example, the offshore 
boundary of the trawl RCA is modified in January-February and in 
November-December to allow directed fishing for flatfish, particularly 
petrale sole, in areas where and times when flatfish are known to 
aggregate and to co-occur with fewer overfished stocks. Depth based 
closures are intended to allow fisheries access to more abundant stocks 
in the offshore and inshore open areas, thereby limiting the extent to 
which fishers and related firms would be driven out of business. Many 
commercial groundfish fishers have other fishing opportunities during 
the year, and these opportunities were taken into account. For example, 
vessels that participate in the groundfish fisheries also fish for 
Dungeness crab, salmon, albacore, shrimp, anchovies, and squid, and 
other species.
    Nonetheless, the effects of these 2004 management measures on some 
fishers and communities will be severe, particularly for those without 
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opportunities. For the 2004 fishery, the Council proposed stringent 
harvest levels intended to protect and rebuild overfished and depleted 
stocks. In addition to constraining OYs for overfished stocks, the 
Council also severely restricted harvest on more abundant stocks 
associated with overfished stocks. These measures were needed to ensure 
that rebuilding of overfished and depleted stocks could occur. However, 
they will cause serious socio-economic repercussions as a result of low 
harvest levels and the consequent low landings limits.
    Distribution of the economic effect of the 2004 management measures 
will depend on how well fishers can adapt to the restrictions. Some 
user groups, particularly those able to use midwater trawl gear, will 
have a greater opportunity to harvest than they would have had without 
gear restrictions, because proposed restrictions allow fishers to use 
gear with lower incidental catch of the depleted rockfish. Other 
fishers will not be able to maintain a viable operation at the reduced 
harvest levels. The Council prepared an EIS for this action, which 
includes a discussion of the economic and social effects of these 
management measures on coastal communities (see ADDRESSES).

Federal and State Jurisdiction

    The management measures herein, as well as Federal regulations at 
50 CFR part 660, Subpart G, govern groundfish fishing vessels of the 
United States in the U.S. EEZ from 3-200 nautical miles offshore off 
the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. The States of 
Washington, Oregon, and California retain jurisdiction in State waters 
from 0-3 miles offshore. This is true even though boundaries of some 
fishing areas cross between Federal and State waters. Under their own 
legal authorities, the States generally conform their State regulations 
to the Federal management measures, so the management measures that 
apply to Federal and State waters are the same. This is not true in 
every case, however, and fishers are advised to consult State as well 
as Federal regulations if they intend to fish in both State and Federal 
waters.
    Groundfish stocks are distributed throughout Federal and State 
waters. Therefore, the Federal harvest limits (OYs) include fish taken 
in both Federal and State waters, as do vessel trip limits for 
individual groundfish species. Other Federal management measures 
related to federally-regulated groundfish fishing also apply to 
landings and other shoreside activities in Washington, Oregon, and 
California.

Trip Limit Tables and Management Measures

    Cumulative trip limits are set into tables, with explanations in 
section IV. Tables for each fishing sector are separated into northern 
and southern area tables. The industry is cautioned not to rely on the 
tables alone. The text in Section IV. provides cumulative trip limit 
definitions and periods, size limit definitions and conversions, and 
other information that cannot be readily included in a table but must 
be understood in order to correctly use the tables. The sablefish 
allocations and nontrawl sablefish management, Pacific whiting 
allocations and seasons, and ``per trip'' limits for black rockfish off 
Washington State are presented in text in paragraphs IV.B. Trip limits 
for exempted trawl gear in the open access fishery (Table 5 and 
paragraph IV.C.), recreational management measures (paragraph IV.D.), 
and tribal allocations and management measures (paragraph V.) still 
remain in the text.
    Cumulative trip limits are applied during the time periods and in 
the areas indicated in Tables 3-5 of Section IV. The cumulative trip 
limit may be taken at any time within the applicable cumulative trip 
limit period. All cumulative trip limit periods start at 0001 hours, 
local time, on the specified beginning date.

IV. NMFS Actions

    For the reasons stated above, the Assistant Administrator for 
Fisheries, (AA), NMFS, concurs with the Council's recommendations and 
announces the following management actions for 2004, including measures 
that are unchanged from 2003 and new measures. In addition to the 
measures described herein, the States of Washington, Oregon, and 
California may have additional regulations that apply to vessels 
fishing in State waters or registered to any of those States.

A. General Definitions and Provisions

    The following definitions and provisions apply to the 2004 
management measures, unless otherwise specified in a subsequent Federal 
Register document:
    (1) Trip limits. Trip limits are used in the commercial fishery to 
specify the maximum amount of a fish species or species group that may 
legally be taken and retained, possessed, or landed, per vessel, per 
fishing trip, or cumulatively per unit of time, or the number of 
landings that may be made from a vessel in a given period of time, as 
follows:
    (a) A per trip limit is the total allowable amount of a groundfish 
species or species group, by weight, or by percentage of weight of 
legal fish on board, that may be taken and retained, possessed, or 
landed per vessel from a single fishing trip.
    (b) A daily trip limit is the maximum amount of a groundfish 
species or species group that may be taken and retained, possessed, or 
landed per vessel in 24 consecutive hours, starting at 0001 hours local 
time (l.t.) Only one landing of groundfish may be made in that 24-hour 
period. Daily trip limits may not be accumulated during multiple day 
trips.
    (c) A weekly trip limit is the maximum amount of a groundfish 
species or species group that may be taken and retained, possessed, or 
landed per vessel in 7 consecutive days, starting at 0001 hours l.t. on 
Sunday and ending at 2400 hours l.t. on Saturday. Weekly trip limits 
may not be accumulated during multiple week trips. If a calendar week 
includes days within two different months, a vessel is not entitled to 
two separate weekly limits during that week.
    (d) A cumulative trip limit is the maximum amount of a groundfish 
species or species group that may be taken and retained, possessed, or 
landed per vessel in a specified period of time without a limit on the 
number of landings or trips, unless otherwise specified. The cumulative 
trip limit periods for limited entry and open access fisheries, which 
start at 0001 hours l.t. and end at 2400 hours l.t., are as follows, 
unless otherwise specified:
    (i) The 2-month periods are: January 1-February 29, March 1-April 
30, May 1-June 30, July 1-August 31, September 1-October 31, and, 
November 1-December 31.
    (ii) One month means the first day through the last day of the 
calendar month.
    (iii) One week means 7 consecutive days, Sunday through Saturday.
    (e) As stated at 50 CFR 660.302 (in the definition of ``landing''), 
once the offloading of any species begins, all fish aboard the vessel 
are counted as part of the landing and must be reported as such.
    (f) The cumulative trip limits in Section IV.B. and C., including 
Tables 3-5 of this proposed rule, must not be exceeded.
    (2) Fishing ahead. Unless the fishery is closed, a vessel that has 
landed its cumulative or daily limit may continue to fish on the limit 
for the next legal period, so long as no fish (including, but not 
limited to, groundfish with no trip limits, shrimp, prawns, or other 
nongroundfish species or shellfish) are landed (offloaded) until the 
next legal period. As stated at 50 CFR 660.302 (in

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the definition of ``landing''), once the offloading of any species 
begins, all fish aboard the vessel are counted as part of the landing. 
Fishing ahead is not allowed during or before a closed period (see 
paragraph IV.A.(7)). See paragraph IV.A.(9) for information on inseason 
changes to limits.
    (3) Weights. All weights are round weights or round-weight 
equivalents unless otherwise specified.
    (4) Percentages. Percentages are based on round weights, and, 
unless otherwise specified, apply only to legal fish on board.
    (5) Legal fish. ``Legal fish'' means fish legally taken and 
retained, possessed, or landed in accordance with the provisions of 50 
CFR part 660, the Magnuson-Stevens Act, any document issued under part 
660, and any other regulation promulgated or permit issued under the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act.
    (6) Size limits, length measurement, and weight limits.
    (a) Size limits and length measurement. Unless otherwise specified, 
size limits in the commercial and recreational groundfish fisheries 
apply to the ``total length,'' which is the longest measurement of the 
fish without mutilation of the fish or the use of force to extend the 
length of the fish. No fish with a size limit may be retained if it is 
in such condition that its length has been extended or cannot be 
determined by these methods. For conversions not listed here, contact 
the state where the fish will be landed.
    (i) Whole fish. For a whole fish, total length is measured from the 
tip of the snout (mouth closed) to the tip of the tail in a natural, 
relaxed position.
    (ii) ``Headed'' fish. For a fish with the head removed 
(``headed''), the length is measured from the origin of the first 
dorsal fin (where the front dorsal fin meets the dorsal surface of the 
body closest to the head) to the tip of the upper lobe of the tail; the 
dorsal fin and tail must be left intact.
    (iii) Filets. A filet is the flesh from one side of a fish 
extending from the head to the tail, which has been removed from the 
body (head, tail, and backbone) in a single continuous piece. Filet 
lengths may be subject to size limits for some groundfish taken in the 
recreational fishery off California (see paragraph IV. D.). A filet is 
measured along the length of the longest part of the filet in a relaxed 
position; stretching or otherwise manipulating the filet to increase 
its length is not permitted.
    (b) Weight limits and conversions. The weight limit conversion 
factor established by the state where the fish is or will be landed 
will be used to convert the processed weight to round weight for 
purposes of applying the trip limit. Weight conversions provided herein 
are those conversions currently in use by the States of Washington, 
Oregon and California and may be subject to change by those states. 
Fishery participants should contact fishery enforcement officials in 
the state where the fish will be landed to determine that state's 
official conversion factor. To determine the round weight, multiply the 
processed weight times the conversion factor.
    (c) Sablefish. The following conversion applies to both the limited 
entry and open access fisheries when trip limits are in effect for 
those fisheries. For headed and gutted (eviscerated) sablefish the 
weight conversion factor is 1.6 for headed and gutted sablefish.
    (d) Lingcod. The following conversions apply in both limited entry 
and open access fisheries.
    (i) For lingcod with the head removed, the minimum size limit is 
19.5 inches (49.5 cm), which corresponds to 24 inches (61 cm) total 
length for whole fish.
    (ii) The weight conversion factor for headed and gutted lingcod is 
1.5. The conversion factor for lingcod that has only been gutted with 
the head on is 1.1.
    (7) Closure. ``Closure,'' when referring to closure of a fishery, 
means that taking and retaining, possessing, or landing the particular 
species or species group is prohibited. (See 50 CFR 660.302.) Unless 
otherwise announced in the Federal Register, offloading must begin 
before the time the fishery closes. The provisions at paragraph 
IV.A.(2) for fishing ahead do not apply during a closed period. It is 
unlawful to transit through a closed area with any prohibited species 
on board, no matter where that species was caught, except as provided 
for in the CCA at IV.A.(17)(b).
    (8) Fishery management area. As defined at 50 CFR 660.302, the 
fishery management area for these species is the EEZ off the coasts of 
Washington, Oregon, and California between 3 and 200 nm offshore, 
bounded on the north by the Provisional International Boundary between 
the United States and Canada, and bounded on the south by the 
International Boundary between the United States and Mexico. All 
groundfish possessed between 0-200 nm offshore or landed in Washington, 
Oregon, or California are presumed to have been taken and retained from 
the EEZ, unless otherwise demonstrated by the person in possession of 
those fish.
    (9) Routine management measures. Most trip, bag, and size limits, 
and area closures in the groundfish fishery have been designated 
``routine,'' which means they may be changed rapidly after a single 
Council meeting (see 50 CFR 660.323(b)). Council meetings in 2004 will 
be held in the months of March, April, June, September, and November. 
Inseason changes to routine management measures are announced in the 
Federal Register. Information concerning changes to routine management 
measures is available from the NMFS Northwest Regional Office (see 
ADDRESSES). Changes to trip limits are effective at the times stated in 
the Federal Register. Once a change is effective, it is illegal to take 
and retain, possess, or land more fish than allowed under the new trip 
limit. This means that, unless otherwise announced in the Federal 
Register, offloading must begin before the time a fishery closes or a 
more restrictive trip limit takes effect.
    (10) Limited entry limits. It is unlawful for any person to take 
and retain, possess, or land groundfish in excess of the landing limit 
for the open access fishery without having a valid limited entry permit 
for the vessel affixed with a gear endorsement for the gear used to 
catch the fish (50 CFR 660.306(p)).
    (11) Operating in both limited entry and open access fisheries. The 
open access trip limit applies to any fishing conducted with open 
access gear, even if the vessel has a valid limited entry permit with 
an endorsement for another type of gear. A vessel that operates in both 
the open access and limited entry fisheries is not entitled to two 
separate trip limits for the same species. If a vessel has a limited 
entry permit and uses open access gear, but the open access limit is 
smaller than the limited entry limit, the open access limit may not be 
exceeded and counts toward the limited entry limit. If a vessel has a 
limited entry permit and uses open access gear, but the open access 
limit is larger than the limited entry limit, the smaller limited entry 
limit applies, even if taken entirely with open access gear.
    (12) Operating in north-south management areas with different trip 
limits. NMFS uses different types of management areas for West Coast 
groundfish management. One type of management area is the north-south 
management area, a large ocean area with northern and southern boundary 
lines wherein trip limits, seasons, and conservation areas follow a 
single theme. For example, in the area between the U.S. border with 
Canada and the 40[deg]10' N. lat. line, trip limits and conservation 
areas are generally intended to protect darkblotched and yelloweye 
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flatfish and deepwater species. Within each north-south management 
area, there may be one or more conservation areas, detailed at 
IV.A.(17) and at 50 CFR 660.304. The provisions within this paragraph 
IV.A.(12) apply to vessels operating in different north-south 
management areas. Trip limits for a species or a species group may 
differ in different north-south management areas along the coast. The 
following ``crossover'' provisions apply to vessels operating in 
different geographical areas that have different cumulative or ``per 
trip'' trip limits for the same species or species group. Such 
crossover provisions do not apply to species that are subject only to 
daily trip limits, or to the trip limits for black rockfish off 
Washington (see 50 CFR 660.323(a)(1)). In 2004, the cumulative trip 
limit periods for the limited entry and open access fisheries are 
specified in paragraph IV.A(1)(d), but may be changed during the year 
if announced in the Federal Register.
    (a) Going from a more restrictive to a more liberal area. If a 
vessel takes and retains any groundfish species or species group of 
groundfish in an area where a more restrictive trip limit applies 
before fishing in an area where a more liberal trip limit (or no trip 
limit) applies, then that vessel is subject to the more restrictive 
trip limit for the entire period to which that trip limit applies, no 
matter where the fish are taken and retained, possessed, or landed.
    (b) Going from a more liberal to a more restrictive area. If a 
vessel takes and retains a groundfish species or species group in an 
area where a higher trip limit or no trip limit applies, and takes and 
retains, possesses or lands the same species or species group in an 
area where a more restrictive trip limit applies, that vessel is 
subject to the more restrictive trip limit for the entire period to 
which that trip limit applies, no matter where the fish are taken and 
retained, possessed, or landed.
    (c) Operating in two different areas where a species or species 
group is managed with different types of trip limits. During the 
fishing year, NMFS may implement management measures for a species or 
species group that set different types of trip limits (for example, per 
trip limits versus cumulative trip limits) for different areas. If a 
vessel fishes for a species or species group that is managed with 
different types of trip limits in two different areas within the same 
cumulative limit period, then that vessel is subject to the most 
restrictive overall cumulative limit for that species, regardless of 
where fishing occurs.
    (d) Minor rockfish. Several rockfish species are designated with 
species-specific limits on one side of the 40[deg]10 N. lat. management 
line, and are included as part of a minor rockfish complex on the other 
side of the line.
    (i) If a vessel takes and retains minor slope rockfish north of 
38[deg] N. lat., that vessel is also permitted to take and retain, 
possess or land splitnose rockfish up to its cumulative limit south of 
38[deg] N. lat., even if splitnose rockfish were a part of the landings 
from minor slope rockfish taken and retained north of 38[deg] N. lat. 
[Note: A vessel that takes and retains minor slope rockfish on both 
sides of the management line in a single cumulative limit period is 
subject to the more restrictive cumulative limit for minor slope 
rockfish during that period.]
    (ii) If a vessel takes and retains minor slope rockfish south of 
38[deg] N. lat., that vessel is also permitted to take and retain, 
possess or land POP up to its cumulative limit north of 38[deg] N. 
lat., even if POP were a part of the landings from minor slope rockfish 
taken and retained south of 38[deg] N. lat. [Note: A vessel that takes 
and retains minor slope rockfish on both sides of the management line 
in a single cumulative limit period is subject to the more restrictive 
cumulative limit for minor slope rockfish during that period.]
    (iii) If a trawl vessel takes and retains minor shelf rockfish 
south of 40[deg]10' N. lat., that vessel is also permitted to take and 
retain, possess, or land yellowtail rockfish up to its cumulative 
limits north of 40[deg]10' N. lat., even if yellowtail rockfish is part 
of the landings from minor shelf rockfish taken and retained south of 
40[deg]10' N. lat. Yellowtail rockfish is included in overall shelf 
rockfish limits for limited entry fixed gear and open access gear 
groups. Widow rockfish is included in overall shelf rockfish limits for 
all gear groups. [Note: A vessel that takes and retains minor shelf 
rockfish on both sides of the management line in a single cumulative 
limit period is subject to the more restrictive cumulative limit for 
minor shelf rockfish during that period.]
    (e) ``DTS complex.'' There are differential trawl trip limits for 
the ``DTS complex'' (Dover sole, shortspine thornyhead, longspine 
thornyhead, sablefish) north and south of the management line at 
40[deg]10' N. lat. Vessels operating in the limited entry trawl fishery 
are subject to the crossover provisions in this paragraph IV.A.(12) 
when making landings that include any one of the four species in the 
``DTS complex.''
    (f) Flatfish complex. There are differential trip limits for the 
flatfish complex (butter, curlfin, English, flathead, petrale, rex, 
rock, and sand soles, Pacific sanddab, and starry flounder) north and 
south of the management line at 40[deg]10' N. lat. Vessels operating in 
the limited entry trawl fishery are subject to the crossover provisions 
in this paragraph IV.A.(12) when making landings that include any one 
of the species in the flatfish complex.
    (13) Sorting. It is unlawful for any person to ``fail to sort, 
prior to the first weighing after offloading, those groundfish species 
or species groups for which there is a trip limit, size limit, quota, 
or commercial OY, if the vessel fished or landed in an area during a 
time when such trip limit, size limit, commercial OY, or quota 
applied.'' The States of Washington, Oregon, and California may also 
require that vessels record their landings as sorted on their state 
fish tickets. This provision applies to both the limited entry and open 
access fisheries. (See 50 CFR 660.306(h).) The following species must 
be sorted in 2004:
    (a) For vessels with a limited entry permit:
    (i) Coastwide--widow rockfish, canary rockfish, darkblotched 
rockfish, yelloweye rockfish, shortbelly rockfish, black rockfish, 
minor nearshore rockfish, minor shelf rockfish, minor slope rockfish, 
shortspine and longspine thornyhead, Dover sole, arrowtooth flounder, 
rex sole, petrale sole, arrowtooth flounder, other flatfish, lingcod, 
sablefish, and Pacific whiting. [Note: Although black rockfish, 
yelloweye rockfish, and darkblotched rockfish are considered minor 
rockfish managed under the minor shelf and minor slope rockfish 
complexes, respectively, they have separate OYs and therefore must be 
sorted by species.]
    (ii) North of 40[deg]10' N. lat.--POP, yellowtail rockfish, and, 
for fixed gear, blue rockfish;
    (iii) South of 40[deg]10' N. lat.--minor shallow nearshore 
rockfish, minor deeper nearshore rockfish, California scorpionfish, 
chilipepper rockfish, bocaccio rockfish, splitnose rockfish, and 
Pacific sanddabs.
    (b) For open access vessels (vessels without a limited entry 
permit):
    (i) Coastwide--widow rockfish, canary rockfish, darkblotched 
rockfish, yelloweye rockfish, black rockfish, minor nearshore rockfish, 
minor shelf rockfish, minor slope rockfish, Dover sole, arrowtooth 
flounder, petrale sole, rex sole, other flatfish, lingcod, sablefish, 
Pacific whiting, and Pacific sanddabs;

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    (ii) North of 40[deg]10' N. lat.--blue rockfish, POP, yellowtail 
rockfish;
    (iii) South of 40[deg]10' N. lat.--minor shallow nearshore 
rockfish, minor deeper nearshore rockfish, chilipepper rockfish, 
bocaccio rockfish, splitnose rockfish;
    (iv) South of Point Conception, CA--thornyheads.
    (14) Trawl Gear Restrictions. Limited entry trip limits may vary 
depending on the type of trawl gear that is on board a vessel during a 
fishing trip: Large footrope, small footrope, or midwater trawl gear.
    (a) Types of trawl gear--Large footrope, small footrope, and 
midwater or pelagic trawl gears are defined at 50 CFR 660.302 and 
660.322(b). Trawl vessels may include: Those vessels registered to a 
limited entry permit with a trawl endorsement; any vessel using trawl 
gear, including exempted trawl gear used to take pink shrimp, ridgeback 
prawns, California halibut, or sea cucumber; or any tribal vessel using 
trawl gear.
    (b) Cumulative trip limits and prohibitions by limited entry trawl 
gear type--(i) Large footrope trawl. If Table 3 does not provide a 
large footrope trawl cumulative or trip limit for a particular species 
or species group, it is unlawful to take and retain, possess or land 
that species or species group if large footrope gear is on board. It is 
unlawful for any vessel using large footrope gear to exceed large 
footrope gear limits for any species or to use large footrope gear to 
exceed small footrope gear or midwater trawl gear limits for any 
species. It is unlawful for any vessel using large footrope gear or 
that has large footrope trawl gear on board to fish for groundfish 
shoreward of the RCAs defined at paragraph (17) of this section. The 
presence of rollers or bobbins larger than 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter 
on board the vessel, even if not attached to a trawl, will be 
considered to mean a large footrope trawl is on board.
    (ii) Small footrope or midwater trawl gear. Cumulative trip limits 
for canary rockfish, widow rockfish (South of 40[deg]10' N. lat.,) 
yellowtail rockfish (North of 40[deg]10' N. lat.,) minor shelf rockfish 
(North of 40[deg]10' N. lat.,) minor nearshore rockfish, and lingcod, 
as indicated in Table 3 to section IV., are allowed only if small 
footrope gear or midwater trawl gear is used, and if that gear meets 
the specifications in paragraph IV.A.(14) and at 50 CFR 660.322. For 
Dover sole, longspine thornyhead, shortspine thornyhead, flatfish 
complex species including petrale sole, rex sole, or arrowtooth 
flounder there are or may be cumulative trip limits that are more 
restrictive for vessels using small footrope gear than for large 
footrope gear or midwater gear. These more restrictive limits recognize 
that small footrope gear may be used inshore of the RCAs and are 
intended to limit trawl effort in the nearshore area. Where limits are 
more restrictive for small footrope gear, those limits apply to and 
constrain any vessel using small footrope gear at any time during the 
cumulative limit period to which the landings limits apply.
    (iii) Midwater trawl gear. North of 40[deg]10' N. lat., higher 
yellowtail and widow rockfish cumulative trip limits are available for 
limited entry vessels using midwater trawl gear in November-December. 
For the first part of the year, yellowtail and widow rockfish are only 
available to trawl vessels using midwater trawl gear when those vessels 
are fishing for Pacific whiting during the primary whiting season. Each 
landing that contains yellowtail or widow rockfish is attributed to the 
gear on board with the most restrictive trip limit for those species. 
Landings attributed to small footrope trawl must not exceed the small 
footrope limit, and landings attributed to midwater trawl must not 
exceed the midwater trawl limit. If a vessel has landings attributed to 
both types of trawls during a cumulative trip limit period, all 
landings are counted toward the most restrictive gear-specific 
cumulative limit.
    (iv) More than one type of trawl gear on board. The cumulative trip 
limits in Table 3 must not be exceeded. A vessel may have more than one 
type of limited entry bottom trawl gear on board, but the most 
restrictive trip limit associated with the gear on board applies for 
that trip and will count toward the cumulative trip limit for that 
gear. [Example: If a vessel has large footrope gear on board, it cannot 
land yellowtail rockfish, even if the yellowtail rockfish is caught 
with a small footrope trawl.] A vessel that is trawling within a GCA 
with trawl gear authorized for use within a GCA may not have any other 
type of trawl gear on board.
    (c) State landing receipts. Washington, Oregon, and California will 
require the type of trawl gear on board to be recorded on the state 
landing receipt(s) for each trip or on an attachment to the state 
landing receipt.
    (d) Gear inspection. All trawl gear and trawl gear components, 
including unattached rollers or bobbins, must be readily accessible and 
made available for inspection at the request of an authorized officer. 
No trawl gear may be removed from the vessel prior to offloading. All 
footropes shall be uncovered and clearly visible except when in use for 
fishing.
    (15) Permit transfers. Limited entry permit transfers are to take 
effect no earlier than the first day of a major cumulative limit period 
following the day NMFS receives the transfer form and original permit 
(50 CFR 660.335(e)(3)). Those days in 2004 are January 1, March 1, May 
1, July 1, September 1, and November 1.
    (16) Exempted fisheries. U.S. vessels operating under an exempted 
fishing permit (EFP) issued under 50 CFR part 600 are also subject to 
these restrictions, unless otherwise provided in the permit. EFPs may 
include the collecting of scientific samples of groundfish species that 
would otherwise be prohibited for retention.
    (17) Groundfish Conservation Areas. Groundfish conservation area 
(GCA) means a geographic area defined by coordinates expressed in 
degrees latitude and longitude, created and enforced for the purpose of 
contributing to the rebuilding of overfished West Coast groundfish 
species. The Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area (YRCA), the Cowcod 
Conservation Areas (CCAs), and the depth-based Rockfish Conservation 
Areas (RCAs) are all Groundfish Conservation Areas.
    (a) Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area. The YRCA is a C-shaped 
area off the northern Washington coast intended to protect yelloweye 
rockfish. The specific latitude and longitude coordinates of the YRCA 
are defined at Sec.  660.304(d). Recreational fishing for groundfish is 
prohibited within the YRCA. It is unlawful for recreational fishing 
vessels to take, retain, possess, or land groundfish within the YRCA.
    (b) Cowcod Conservation Areas. The CCAs are two areas off the 
southern California coast intended to protect cowcod. The specific 
latitude and longitude coordinates of the Cowcod Conservation Areas 
(CCAs) are defined at Sec.  660.304(c). Recreational and commercial 
fishing for groundfish is prohibited within the CCAs, except that 
recreational and commercial fishing for rockfish and lingcod is 
permitted in waters shoreward of the 20-fm (37-m) depth contour. It is 
unlawful to take and retain, possess, or land groundfish within the 
CCAs, except for rockfish and lingcod taken in waters shoreward of the 
20-fm (37-m) depth contour, when those waters are open to fishing. 
Commercial fishing vessels may transit through the Western CCA with 
their gear stowed and groundfish on board only in a corridor through 
the Western CCA bounded on the north by the latitude line at 
33[deg]00'30'' N. lat., and

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bounded on the south by the latitude line at 32[deg]59'30'' N. lat.
    (c) Trawl (Limited Entry and Open Access Exempted Trawl Gears) 
Rockfish Conservation Area.
    (i) Trawl RCAs are intended to protect a complex of species, such 
as overfished shelf rockfish species, and have boundaries defined by 
specific latitude and longitude coordinates intended to approximate 
particular depth contours, such as 75 fm (137 m), 150 fm (274 m), and 
200 fm (366 m). The trawl RCA is closed coastwide to limited entry 
groundfish trawl fishing, except for mid-water trawl vessels 
participating in the primary whiting season. The trawl RCA is also 
closed coastwide to open access exempted trawl fishing, except for pink 
shrimp trawling. Fishing with any trawl gear is prohibited within the 
trawl RCA coastwide, unless that vessel is participating in the primary 
whiting season with mid-water trawl gear, trawling with midwater gear 
for yellowtail or widow rockfish when that is permitted, or trawling 
for pink shrimp. Coastwide, it is unlawful to take and retain, possess, 
or land any species of fish taken with trawl gear within the trawl RCA, 
except as permitted for vessels participating in the primary whiting 
season with mid-water trawl gear or for vessels participating in the 
pink shrimp trawl fishery. Throughout the year, boundaries for the 
trawl RCA are provided in Table 3 of Section IV.B. and in Table 5 of 
Section IV.C. and may be modified by NMFS inseason. Trawl RCA 
boundaries are defined by specific latitude and longitude coordinates 
and are provided below at paragraph (e) of this section.
    (ii) Trawl vessels may transit through the trawl RCA, with or 
without groundfish on board, provided all groundfish trawl gear is 
stowed either: (1) Below deck; or (2) if the gear cannot readily be 
moved, in a secured and covered manner, detached from all towing lines, 
so that it is rendered unusable for fishing; or (3) remaining on deck 
uncovered if the trawl doors are hung from their stanchions and the net 
is disconnected from the doors. These restrictions do not apply to 
vessels fishing with mid-water trawl gear for Pacific whiting or taking 
and retaining yellowtail rockfish or widow rockfish in association with 
Pacific whiting caught with mid-water trawl gear or to taking and 
retaining yellowtail or widow rockfish with mid-water trawl gear when 
trip limits are authorized for those species (November-December 2004.)
    (iii) If a vessel fishes in the trawl RCA, it may not participate 
in any fishing on that trip that is prohibited by the restrictions that 
apply within the trawl RCA. For example, if a vessel participates in 
the pink shrimp fishery within the RCA, the vessel cannot on the same 
trip participate in the DTS fishery outside of the RCA. Nothing in 
these Federal regulations supercede any state regulations that may 
prohibit trawling shoreward of the 3-nm state waters boundary line.
    (d) Non-Trawl (Limited Entry Fixed Gear and Open Access Non-trawl 
Gears) Rockfish Conservation Area.
    (i) Non-trawl RCAs are intended to protect a complex of species, 
such as overfished shelf rockfish species, and have boundaries defined 
by specific latitude and longitude coordinates intended to approximate 
particular depth contours, such as 27 fm (49 m), 100 fm (183 m), and 
150 fm (274 m). The non-trawl RCA is closed to non-trawl gear (limited 
entry or open access longline and pot or trap, open access hook-and-
line, pot or trap, gillnet, set net, trammel net and spear) fishing for 
groundfish. Fishing for groundfish with non-trawl gear is prohibited 
within the non-trawl RCA. It is unlawful to take and retain, possess, 
or land groundfish taken with non-trawl gear within the non-trawl RCA. 
Limited entry fixed gear and open access non-trawl gear vessels may 
transit through the non-trawl RCA, with or without groundfish on board. 
These restrictions do not apply to vessels fishing for species other 
than groundfish with non-trawl gear. If a vessel fishes in the non-
trawl RCA, it may not participate in any fishing on that trip that is 
prohibited by the restrictions that apply within the non-trawl RCA. For 
example, if a vessel participates in the salmon troll fishery within 
the RCA, the vessel cannot on the same trip participate in the 
sablefish fishery outside of the RCA. Throughout the year, boundaries 
for the non-trawl RCA are provided in Table 4 of Section IV.B. and in 
Table 5 of Section IV.C. and may be modified by NMFS inseason. Non-
trawl RCA boundaries are defined by specific latitude and longitude 
coordinates and are provided below at paragraph (e) of this section.
    (e) Recreational Rockfish Conservation Area.
    (i) Recreational RCAs are closed areas intended to protect 
overfished rockfish species. Recreational RCAs may either have (1) 
boundaries defined by general depth contours or (2) boundaries defined 
by specific latitude and longitude coordinates intended to approximate 
particular depth contours. The recreational RCA is closed to 
recreational fishing for groundfish. Fishing for groundfish with 
recreational gear is prohibited within the recreational RCA. It is 
unlawful to take and retain, possess, or land groundfish taken with 
recreational gear within the recreational RCA. These restrictions do 
not apply to recreational vessels fishing for species other than 
groundfish with recreational gear. If a vessel fishes in the 
recreational RCA, it may not participate in any fishing on that trip 
that is prohibited by the restrictions that apply within the 
recreational RCA. For example, if a vessel participates in the 
recreational salmon fishery within the RCA, the vessel cannot on the 
same trip participate in the recreational groundfish fishery shoreward 
of the RCA. Throughout the year, boundaries for the recreational RCAs 
are provided in the text in section IV.D. under each state (Washington, 
Oregon and California) and may be modified by NMFS inseason. 
Recreational RCA boundaries that are defined by specific latitude and 
longitude coordinates are provided below at paragraph (f) of this 
section.
    (f) RCA Boundary Coordinates. Specific latitude and longitude 
coordinates for RCA boundaries that approximate the depth contours 
selected for both trawl, non-trawl, and recreational RCAs are provided 
here. Also provided here are references to islands and rocks that serve 
as reference points for the RCAs.
    (i) The 27 fm (49 m) depth contour used between 46[deg]16' N. lat. 
and 40[deg]10' N. lat. is defined by straight lines connecting all of 
the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 46[deg]16.00' N. lat., 124[deg]12.39' W. long.;
    (2) 46[deg]14.85' N. lat., 124[deg]12.39' W. long.;
    (3) 46[deg]03.95' N. lat., 124[deg]03.64' W. long.;
    (4) 45[deg]43.14' N. lat., 124[deg]00.17' W. long.;
    (5) 45[deg]23.33' N. lat., 124[deg]01.99' W. long.;
    (6) 45[deg]09.54' N. lat., 124[deg]01.65' W. long.;
    (7) 44[deg]39.99' N. lat., 124[deg]08.67' W. long.;
    (8) 44[deg]20.86' N. lat., 124[deg]10.31' W. long.;
    (9) 43[deg]37.11' N. lat., 124[deg]14.91' W. long.;
    (10) 43[deg]27.54' N. lat., 124[deg]18.98' W. long.;
    (11) 43[deg]20.68' N. lat., 124[deg]25.53' W. long.;
    (12) 43[deg]15.08' N. lat., 124[deg]27.17' W. long.;
    (13) 43[deg]06.89' N. lat., 124[deg]29.65' W. long.;
    (14) 43[deg]01.02' N. lat., 124[deg]29.70' W. long.;
    (15) 42[deg]52.67' N. lat., 124[deg]36.10' W. long.;

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    (16) 42[deg]45.96' N. lat., 124[deg]37.95' W. long.;
    (17) 42[deg]45.80' N. lat., 124[deg]35.41' W. long.;
    (18) 42[deg]38.46' N. lat., 124[deg]27.49' W. long.;
    (19) 42[deg]35.29' N. lat., 124[deg]26.85' W. long.;
    (20) 42[deg]31.49' N. lat., 124[deg]31.40' W. long.;
    (21) 42[deg]29.06' N. lat., 124[deg]32.24' W. long.;
    (22) 42[deg]14.26' N. lat., 124[deg]26.27' W. long.;
    (23) 42[deg]04.86' N. lat., 124[deg]21.94' W. long.;
    (24) 42[deg]00.10' N. lat., 124[deg]20.99' W. long.;
    (25) 42[deg]00.00' N. lat., 124[deg]21.03' W. long.;
    (26) 41[deg]56.33' N. lat., 124[deg]20.34' W. long.;
    (27) 41[deg]50.93' N. lat., 124[deg]23.74' W. long.;
    (28) 41[deg]41.83' N. lat., 124[deg]16.99' W. long.;
    (29) 41[deg]35.48' N. lat., 124[deg]16.35' W. long.;
    (30) 41[deg]23.51' N. lat., 124[deg]10.48' W. long.;
    (31) 41[deg]04.62' N. lat., 124[deg]14.44' W. long.;
    (32) 40[deg]54.28' N. lat., 124[deg]13.90' W. long.;
    (33) 40[deg]40.37' N. lat., 124[deg]26.21' W. long.;
    (34) 40[deg]34.03' N. lat., 124[deg]27.36' W. long.;
    (35) 40[deg]28.88' N. lat., 124[deg]32.41' W. long.;
    (36) 40[deg]24.82' N. lat., 124[deg]29.56' W. long.;
    (37) 40[deg]22.64' N. lat., 124[deg]24.05' W. long.;
    (38) 40[deg]18.67' N. lat., 124[deg]21.90' W. long.;
    (39) 40[deg]14.23' N. lat., 124[deg]23.72' W. long.; and
    (40) 40[deg]10.00' N. lat., 124[deg]17.22' W. long.
    (ii) The 30 fm (55 m) depth contour between 46[deg]16' N. lat. and 
the U.S. border with Mexico is defined by straight lines connecting all 
of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 46[deg]16.00' N. lat., 124[deg]13.05' W. long.;
    (2) 46[deg]07.00' N. lat., 124[deg]07.01' W. long.;
    (3) 45[deg]55.95' N. lat., 124[deg]02.23' W. long.;
    (4) 45[deg]54.53' N. lat., 124[deg]02.57' W. long.;
    (5) 45[deg]50.65' N. lat., 124[deg]01.62' W. long.;
    (6) 45[deg]48.20' N. lat., 124[deg]02.16' W. long.;
    (7) 45[deg]43.47' N. lat., 124[deg]01.28' W. long.;
    (8) 45[deg]40.48' N. lat., 124[deg]01.03' W. long.;
    (9) 45[deg]39.04' N. lat., 124[deg]01.68' W. long.;
    (10) 45[deg]35.48' N. lat., 124[deg]01.89' W. long.;
    (11) 45[deg]29.81' N. lat., 124[deg]02.45' W. long.;
    (12) 45[deg]27.96' N. lat., 124[deg]01.89' W. long.;
    (13) 45[deg]27.22' N. lat., 124[deg]02.67' W. long.;
    (14) 45[deg]24.20' N. lat., 124[deg]02.94' W. long.;
    (15) 45[deg]20.60' N. lat., 124[deg]01.74' W. long.;
    (16) 45[deg]16.44' N. lat., 124[deg]03.22' W. long.;
    (17) 45[deg]13.63' N. lat., 124[deg]02.70' W. long.;
    (18) 45[deg]11.04' N. lat., 124[deg]03.59' W. long.;
    (19) 45[deg]08.55' N. lat., 124[deg]03.47' W. long.;
    (20) 45[deg]02.82' N. lat., 124[deg]04.64' W. long.;
    (21) 44[deg]58.06' N. lat., 124[deg]05.03' W. long.;
    (22) 44[deg]53.97' N. lat., 124[deg]06.92' W. long.;
    (23) 44[deg]48.89' N. lat., 124[deg]07.04' W. long.;
    (24) 44[deg]46.94' N. lat., 124[deg]08.25' W. long.;
    (25) 44[deg]42.72' N. lat., 124[deg]08.98' W. long.;
    (26) 44[deg]38.16' N. lat., 124[deg]11.48' W. long.;
    (27) 44[deg]33.38' N. lat., 124[deg]11.54' W. long.;
    (28) 44[deg]28.51' N. lat., 124[deg]12.03' W. long.;
    (29) 44[deg]27.65' N. lat., 124[deg]12.56' W. long.;
    (30) 44[deg]19.67' N. lat., 124[deg]12.37' W. long.;
    (31) 44[deg]10.79' N. lat., 124[deg]12.22' W. long.;
    (32) 44[deg]09.22' N. lat., 124[deg]12.28' W. long.;
    (33) 44[deg]00.22' N. lat., 124[deg]12.80' W. long.;
    (34) 43[deg]51.56' N. lat., 124[deg]13.17' W. long.;
    (35) 43[deg]44.26' N. lat., 124[deg]14.50' W. long.;
    (36) 43[deg]33.82' N. lat., 124[deg]16.28' W. long.;
    (37) 43[deg]28.66' N. lat., 124[deg]18.72' W. long.;
    (38) 43[deg]23.12' N. lat., 124[deg]24.04' W. long.;
    (39) 43[deg]20.49' N. lat., 124[deg]25.90' W. long.;
    (40) 43[deg]16.41' N. lat., 124[deg]27.52' W. long.;
    (41) 43[deg]14.23' N. lat., 124[deg]29.28' W. long.;
    (42) 43[deg]14.03' N. lat., 124[deg]28.31' W. long.;
    (43) 43[deg]11.92' N. lat., 124[deg]28.26' W. long.;
    (44) 43[deg]11.02' N. lat., 124[deg]29.11' W. long.;
    (45) 43[deg]10.13' N. lat., 124[deg]29.15' W. long.;
    (46) 43[deg]09.27' N. lat., 124[deg]31.03' W. long.;
    (47) 43[deg]07.73' N. lat., 124[deg]30.92' W. long.;
    (48) 43[deg]05.93' N. lat., 124[deg]29.64' W. long.;
    (49) 43[deg]01.59' N. lat., 124[deg]30.64' W. long.;
    (50) 42[deg]59.73' N. lat., 124[deg]31.16' W. long.;
    (51) 42[deg]53.75' N. lat., 124[deg]36.09' W. long.;
    (52) 42[deg]49.37' N. lat., 124[deg]38.81' W. long.;
    (53) 42[deg]46.42' N. lat., 124[deg]37.69' W. long.;
    (54) 42[deg]46.07' N. lat., 124[deg]38.56' W. long.;
    (55) 42[deg]45.29' N. lat., 124[deg]37.95' W. long.;
    (56) 42[deg]45.61' N. lat., 124[deg]36.87' W. long.;
    (57) 42[deg]44.28' N. lat., 124[deg]33.64' W. long.;
    (58) 42[deg]42.75' N. lat., 124[deg]31.84' W. long.;
    (59) 42[deg]40.04' N. lat., 124[deg]29.19' W. long.;
    (60) 42[deg]38.09' N. lat., 124[deg]28.39' W. long.;
    (61) 42[deg]36.72' N. lat., 124[deg]27.54' W. long.;
    (62) 42[deg]36.56' N. lat., 124[deg]28.40' W. long.;
    (63) 42[deg]35.76' N. lat., 124[deg]28.79' W. long.;
    (64) 42[deg]34.03' N. lat., 124[deg]29.98' W. long.;
    (65) 42[deg]34.19' N. lat., 124[deg]30.58' W. long.;
    (66) 42[deg]31.27' N. lat., 124[deg]32.24' W. long.;
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    (289) 32[deg]56.55' N. lat., 117[deg]17.07' W. long.;
    (290) 32[deg]54.61' N. lat., 117[deg]16.06' W. long.;
    (291) 32[deg]52.32' N. lat., 117[deg]15.97' W. long.;
    (292) 32[deg]51.48' N. lat., 117[deg]16.15' W. long.;
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    (296) 32[deg]46.71' N. lat., 117[deg]18.32' W. long.;
    (297) 32[deg]36.35' N. lat., 117[deg]15.68' W. long.; and
    (298) 32[deg]32.85' N. lat., 117[deg]15.44' W. long.
    (A) The 30 fm (55 m) depth contour around the Farallon Islands off 
the state of California is defined by straight lines connecting all of 
the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 37[deg]46.73' N. lat., 123[deg]6.37' W. long.;
    (2) 37[deg]45.79' N. lat., 123[deg]07.91' W. long.;
    (3) 37[deg]45.28' N. lat., 123[deg]07.75' W. long.;
    (4) 37[deg]44.98' N. lat., 123[deg]07.11' W. long.;
    (5) 37[deg]45.51' N. lat., 123[deg]06.26' W. long.;
    (6) 37[deg]45.14' N. lat., 123[deg]05.41' W. long.;
    (7) 37[deg]45.31' N. lat., 123[deg]04.82' W. long.;
    (8) 37[deg]46.11' N. lat., 123[deg]05.23' W. long.;
    (9) 37[deg]46.44' N. lat., 123[deg]05.63' W. long.;
    (10) 37[deg]46.73' N. lat., 123[deg]06.37' W. long.;
    (B) The 30 fm (55 m) depth contour around Noon Day rock off the 
state of California is defined by straight lines connecting all of the 
following points in the order stated:
    (1) 37[deg]47.83' N. lat., 123[deg]10.83' W. long.;
    (2) 37[deg]47.51' N. lat., 123[deg]11.19' W. long.;
    (3) 37[deg]47.33' N. lat., 123[deg]10.68' W. long.;
    (4) 37[deg]47.02' N. lat., 123[deg]10.59' W. long.;
    (5) 37[deg]47.21' N. lat., 123[deg]09.85' W. long.;
    (6) 37[deg]47.56' N. lat., 123[deg]09.72' W. long.;
    (7) 37[deg]47.87' N. lat., 123[deg]10.26' W. long.; and
    (8) 37[deg]47.83' N. lat., 123[deg]10.83' W. long.
    (C) The 30 fm (55 m) depth contour around the northern Channel 
Islands off the state of California is defined by straight lines 
connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 34[deg]01.41' N. lat., 119[deg]20.61' W. long.;
    (2) 34[deg]00.98' N. lat., 119[deg]20.46' W. long.;
    (3) 34[deg]00.53' N. lat., 119[deg]20.98' W. long.;
    (4) 34[deg]00.17' N. lat., 119[deg]21.83' W. long.;
    (5) 33[deg]59.65' N. lat., 119[deg]24.45' W. long.;
    (6) 33[deg]59.68' N. lat., 119[deg]25.20' W. long.;
    (7) 33[deg]59.95' N. lat., 119[deg]26.25' W. long.;
    (8) 33[deg]59.87' N. lat., 119[deg]27.27' W. long.;
    (9) 33[deg]59.55' N. lat., 119[deg]28.02' W. long.;
    (10) 33[deg]58.63' N. lat., 119[deg]36.48' W. long.;
    (11) 33[deg]57.62' N. lat., 119[deg]41.13' W. long.;
    (12) 33[deg]57.00' N. lat., 119[deg]42.20' W. long.;
    (13) 33[deg]56.93' N. lat., 119[deg]48.00' W. long.;
    (14) 33[deg]57.70' N. lat., 119[deg]48.00' W. long.;
    (between coordinates (14) and (15), the boundary follows the 
shoreline)
    (15) 33[deg]58.00' N. lat., 119[deg]51.00' W. long.;
    (16) 33[deg]58.00' N. lat., 119[deg]52.00' W. long.;
    (17) 33[deg]58.54' N. lat., 119[deg]52.80' W. long.;
    (18) 33[deg]59.74' N. lat., 119[deg]54.19' W. long.;
    (19) 33[deg]59.97' N. lat., 119[deg]54.66' W. long.;
    (20) 33[deg]59.83' N. lat., 119[deg]56.00' W. long.;
    (21) 33[deg]59.18' N. lat., 119[deg]57.17' W. long.;
    (22) 33[deg]57.83' N. lat., 119[deg]56.74' W. long.;
    (23) 33[deg]55.71' N. lat., 119[deg]56.89' W. long.;
    (24) 33[deg]53.89' N. lat., 119[deg]57.68' W. long.;
    (25) 33[deg]52.93' N. lat., 119[deg]59.80' W. long.;
    (26) 33[deg]52.79' N. lat., 120[deg]01.81' W. long.;
    (27) 33[deg]52.51' N. lat., 120[deg]03.08' W. long.;
    (28) 33[deg]53.12' N. lat., 120[deg]04.88' W. long.;
    (29) 33[deg]53.12' N. lat., 120[deg]05.80' W. long.;
    (30) 33[deg]52.94' N. lat., 120[deg]06.50' W. long.;
    (31) 33[deg]53.80' N. lat., 120[deg]06.50' W. long.;
    (between coordinates (31) and (32), the boundary follows the 
shoreline)
    (32) 33[deg]55.00' N. lat., 120[deg]10.00' W. long.;
    (33) 33[deg]54.03' N. lat., 120[deg]10.00' W. long.;
    (34) 33[deg]54.58' N. lat., 120[deg]11.82' W. long.;
    (35) 33[deg]57.08' N. lat., 120[deg]14.58' W. long.;
    (36) 33[deg]59.50' N. lat., 120[deg]16.72' W. long.;
    (37) 33[deg]59.63' N. lat., 120[deg]17.88' W. long.;
    (38) 34[deg]00.30' N. lat., 120[deg]19.14' W. long.;
    (39) 34[deg]00.02' N. lat., 120[deg]19.68' W. long.;
    (40) 34[deg]00.08' N. lat., 120[deg]21.73' W. long.;
    (41) 34[deg]00.94' N. lat., 120[deg]24.82' W. long.;
    (42) 34[deg]00.97' N. lat., 120[deg]25.30' W. long.;
    (43) 34[deg]01.50' N. lat., 120[deg]25.30' W. long.;
    (between coordinates (43) and (44), the boundary follows the 
shoreline)
    (44) 34[deg]01.80' N. lat., 120[deg]26.60' W. long.;
    (45) 34[deg]01.05' N. lat., 120[deg]26.60' W. long.;
    (46) 34[deg]01.11' N. lat., 120[deg]27.43' W. long.;
    (47) 34[deg]00.96' N. lat., 120[deg]28.09' W. long.;
    (48) 34[deg]01.56' N. lat., 120[deg]28.71' W. long.;
    (49) 34[deg]01.80' N. lat., 120[deg]28.31' W. long.;
    (50) 34[deg]03.60' N. lat., 120[deg]28.87' W. long.;
    (51) 34[deg]03.60' N. lat., 120[deg]28.20' W. long.;
    (52) 34[deg]05.35' N. lat., 120[deg]28.20' W. long.;
    (53) 34[deg]05.30' N. lat., 120[deg]27.33' W. long.;
    (54) 34[deg]05.65' N. lat., 120[deg]26.79' W. long.;
    (55) 34[deg]05.69' N. lat., 120[deg]25.82' W. long.;
    (56) 34[deg]07.24' N. lat., 120[deg]24.98' W. long.;
    (57) 34[deg]06.00' N. lat., 120[deg]23.30' W. long.;
    (58) 34[deg]03.10' N. lat., 120[deg]23.30' W. long.;
    (between coordinates (58) and (59), the boundary follows the 
shoreline)
    (59) 34[deg]03.50' N. lat., 120[deg]21.30' W. long.;
    (60) 34[deg]02.90' N. lat., 120[deg]20.20' W. long.;
    (between coordinates (60) and (61), the boundary follows the 
shoreline)
    (61) 34[deg]01.80' N. lat., 120[deg]18.40' W. long.;
    (62) 34[deg]03.61' N. lat., 120[deg]18.40' W. long.;
    (63) 34[deg]03.25' N. lat., 120[deg]16.64' W. long.;

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    (64) 34[deg]04.33' N. lat., 120[deg]14.22' W. long.;
    (65) 34[deg]04.11' N. lat., 120[deg]11.17' W. long.;
    (66) 34[deg]03.72' N. lat., 120[deg]09.93' W. long.;
    (67) 34[deg]03.81' N. lat., 120[deg]08.96' W. long.;
    (68) 34[deg]03.36' N. lat., 120[deg]06.52' W. long.;
    (69) 34[deg]04.80' N. lat., 120[deg]04.00' W. long.;
    (70) 34[deg]04.00' N. lat., 120[deg]04.00' W. long.;
    (71) 34[deg]04.00' N. lat., 120[deg]05.20' W. long.;
    (72) 34[deg]01.30' N. lat., 120[deg]05.20' W. long.;
    (between coordinates (72) and (73), the boundary follows the 
shoreline)
    (73) 34[deg]00.50' N. lat., 120[deg]02.80' W. long.;
    (74) 34[deg]00.49' N. lat., 120[deg]01.01' W. long.;
    (75) 34[deg]04.00' N. lat., 120[deg]01.00' W. long.;
    (76) 34[deg]03.99' N. lat., 120[deg]00.15' W. long.;
    (77) 34[deg]03.51' N. lat., 119[deg]59.42' W. long.;
    (78) 34[deg]03.79' N. lat., 119[deg]58.15' W. long.;
    (79) 34[deg]04.72' N. lat., 119[deg]57.61' W. long.;
    (80) 34[deg]05.14' N. lat., 119[deg]55.17' W. long.;
    (81) 34[deg]04.85' N. lat., 119[deg]53.00' W. long.;
    (82) 34[deg]04.50' N. lat., 119[deg]53.00' W. long.;
    (between coordinates (82) and (83), the boundary follows the 
shoreline)
    (83) 34[deg]04.00' N. lat., 119[deg]51.00' W. long.;
    (84) 34[deg]04.49' N. lat., 119[deg]51.01' W. long.;
    (85) 34[deg]03.79' N. lat., 119[deg]48.86' W. long.;
    (86) 34[deg]03.79' N. lat., 119[deg]45.46' W. long.;
    (87) 34[deg]03.27' N. lat., 119[deg]44.17' W. long.;
    (88) 34[deg]03.29' N. lat., 119[deg]43.30' W. long.;
    (89) 34[deg]01.71' N. lat., 119[deg]40.83' W. long.;
    (90) 34[deg]01.74' N. lat., 119[deg]37.92' W. long.;
    (91) 34[deg]02.07' N. lat., 119[deg]37.17' W. long.;
    (92) 34[deg]02.93' N. lat., 119[deg]36.52' W. long.;
    (93) 34[deg]03.48' N. lat., 119[deg]35.50' W. long.;
    (94) 34[deg]02.94' N. lat., 119[deg]35.50' W. long.;
    (between coordinates (94) and (95), the boundary follows the 
shoreline)
    (95) 34[deg]02.80' N. lat., 119[deg]32.80' W. long.;
    (96) 34[deg]03.56' N. lat., 119[deg]32.80' W. long.;
    (97) 34[deg]02.72' N. lat., 119[deg]31.84' W. long.;
    (98) 34[deg]02.20' N. lat., 119[deg]30.53' W. long.;
    (99) 34[deg]01.49' N. lat., 119[deg]30.20' W. long.;
    (100) 34[deg]00.66' N. lat., 119[deg]28.62' W. long.;
    (101) 34[deg]00.66' N. lat., 119[deg]27.57' W. long.;
    (102) 34[deg]01.40' N. lat., 119[deg]26.94' W. long.;
    (103) 34[deg]01.35' N. lat., 119[deg]26.70' W. long.;
    (104) 34[deg]00.80' N. lat., 119[deg]26.70' W. long.;
    (between coordinates (104) and (105), the boundary follows the 
shoreline)
    (105) 34[deg]00.40' N. lat., 119[deg]24.60' W. long.;
    (between coordinates (105) and (106), the boundary follows the 
shoreline)
    (106) 34[deg]01.00' N. lat., 119[deg]21.40' W. long.;
    (107) 34[deg]01.49' N. lat., 119[deg]21.40' W. long.; and
    (108) 34[deg]01.41' N. lat., 119[deg]20.61' W. long.
    (D) The 30 fm (55 m) depth contour around San Clemente Island off 
the state of California is defined by straight lines connecting all of 
the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 33[deg]03.37' N. lat., 118[deg]37.76' W. long.;
    (2) 33[deg]02.72' N. lat., 118[deg]38.12' W. long.;
    (3) 33[deg]02.18' N. lat., 118[deg]37.46' W. long.;
    (4) 33[deg]00.66' N. lat., 118[deg]37.36' W. long.;
    (5) 33[deg]00.08' N. lat., 118[deg]36.94' W. long.;
    (6) 33[deg]00.11' N. lat., 118[deg]36.00' W. long.;
    (7) 32[deg]58.02' N. lat., 118[deg]35.41' W. long.;
    (8) 32[deg]56.00' N. lat., 118[deg]33.59' W. long.;
    (9) 32[deg]54.76' N. lat., 118[deg]33.58' W. long.;
    (10) 32[deg]53.97' N. lat., 118[deg]32.45' W. long.;
    (11) 32[deg]51.18' N. lat., 118[deg]30.83' W. long.;
    (12) 32[deg]50.00' N. lat., 118[deg]29.68' W. long.;
    (13) 32[deg]49.72' N. lat., 118[deg]28.33' W. long.;
    (14) 32[deg]47.88' N. lat., 118[deg]26.09' W. long.;
    (15) 32[deg]47.03' N. lat., 118[deg]25.73' W. long.;
    (16) 32[deg]47.28' N. lat., 118[deg]24.83' W. long.;
    (17) 32[deg]48.12' N. lat., 118[deg]24.33' W. long.;
    (18) 32[deg]48.74' N. lat., 118[deg]23.39' W. long.;
    (19) 32[deg]48.69' N. lat., 118[deg]21.75' W. long.;
    (20) 32[deg]49.06' N. lat., 118[deg]20.53' W. long.;
    (21) 32[deg]50.28' N. lat., 118[deg]21.09' W. long.;
    (22) 32[deg]51.73' N. lat., 118[deg]23.86' W. long.;
    (23) 32[deg]52.79' N. lat., 118[deg]25.08' W. long.;
    (24) 32[deg]54.03' N. lat., 118[deg]26.83' W. long.;
    (25) 32[deg]54.07' N. lat., 118[deg]27.55' W. long.;
    (26) 32[deg]55.49' N. lat., 118[deg]29.04' W. long.;
    (27) 32[deg]59.58' N. lat., 118[deg]32.51' W. long.;
    (28) 32[deg]59.89' N. lat., 118[deg]32.52' W. long.;
    (29) 33[deg]00.29' N. lat., 118[deg]32.73' W. long.;
    (30) 33[deg]00.85' N. lat., 118[deg]33.05' W. long.;
    (31) 33[deg]01.07' N. lat., 118[deg]33.64' W. long.;
    (32) 33[deg]02.09' N. lat., 118[deg]35.35' W. long.;
    (33) 33[deg]02.61' N. lat., 118[deg]36.96' W. long.; and
    (34) 33[deg]03.37' N. lat., 118[deg]37.76' W. long.
    (E) The 30 fm (55 m) depth contour around Santa Catalina Island off 
the state of California is defined by straight lines connecting all of 
the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 33[deg]19.13' N. lat., 118[deg]18.04' W. long.;
    (2) 33[deg]18.32' N. lat., 118[deg]18.20' W. long.;
    (3) 33[deg]17.82' N. lat., 118[deg]18.73' W. long.;
    (4) 33[deg]17.54' N. lat., 118[deg]19.52' W. long.;
    (5) 33[deg]17.99' N. lat., 118[deg]21.71' W. long.;
    (6) 33[deg]18.48' N. lat., 118[deg]22.82' W. long.;
    (7) 33[deg]18.77' N. lat., 118[deg]26.95' W. long.;
    (8) 33[deg]19.69' N. lat., 118[deg]28.87' W. long.;
    (9) 33[deg]20.53' N. lat., 118[deg]30.52' W. long.;
    (10) 33[deg]20.46' N. lat., 118[deg]31.47' W. long.;
    (11) 33[deg]20.98' N. lat., 118[deg]31.39' W. long.;
    (12) 33[deg]20.81' N. lat., 118[deg]30.49' W. long.;
    (13) 33[deg]21.38' N. lat., 118[deg]30.07' W. long.;
    (14) 33[deg]23.12' N. lat., 118[deg]29.31' W. long.;
    (15) 33[deg]24.95' N. lat., 118[deg]29.70' W. long.;

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    (16) 33[deg]25.39' N. lat., 118[deg]30.50' W. long.;
    (17) 33[deg]25.21' N. lat., 118[deg]30.79' W. long.;
    (18) 33[deg]25.65' N. lat., 118[deg]31.60' W. long.;
    (19) 33[deg]25.65' N. lat., 118[deg]32.04' W. long.;
    (20) 33[deg]25.94' N. lat., 118[deg]32.96' W. long.;
    (21) 33[deg]25.86' N. lat., 118[deg]33.49' W. long.;
    (22) 33[deg]26.06' N. lat., 118[deg]34.12' W. long.;
    (23) 33[deg]28.28' N. lat., 118[deg]36.60' W. long.;
    (24) 33[deg]28.83' N. lat., 118[deg]36.42' W. long.;
    (25) 33[deg]28.72' N. lat., 118[deg]34.93' W. long.;
    (26) 33[deg]28.71' N. lat., 118[deg]33.61' W. long.;
    (27) 33[deg]28.81' N. lat., 118[deg]32.95' W. long.;
    (28) 33[deg]28.73' N. lat., 118[deg]32.07' W. long.;
    (29) 33[deg]27.55' N. lat., 118[deg]30.14' W. long.;
    (30) 33[deg]27.86' N. lat., 118[deg]29.41' W. long.;
    (31) 33[deg]26.98' N. lat., 118[deg]29.06' W. long.;
    (32) 33[deg]26.96' N. lat., 118[deg]28.58' W. long.;
    (33) 33[deg]26.76' N. lat., 118[deg]28.40' W. long.;
    (34) 33[deg]26.52' N. lat., 118[deg]27.66' W. long.;
    (35) 33[deg]26.31' N. lat., 118[deg]27.41' W. long.;
    (36) 33[deg]25.09' N. lat., 118[deg]23.13' W. long.;
    (37) 33[deg]24.80' N. lat., 118[deg]22.86' W. long.;
    (38) 33[deg]24.60' N. lat., 118[deg]22.02' W. long.;
    (39) 33[deg]22.82' N. lat., 118[deg]21.04' W. long.;
    (40) 33[deg]20.23' N. lat., 118[deg]18.45' W. long.; and
    (41) 33[deg]19.13' N. lat., 118[deg]18.04' W. long.
    (iii) The 40 fm (73 m) depth contour between 46[deg]16' N. lat. and 
42[deg]00' N. lat. is defined by straight lines connecting all of the 
following points in the order stated:
    (1) 46[deg]16.00' N. lat., 124[deg]16.10' N. lat.;
    (2) 46[deg]15.29' N. lat., 124[deg]15.60' N. lat.;
    (3) 46[deg]11.90' N. lat., 124[deg]13.59' N. lat.;
    (4) 46[deg]06.93' N. lat., 124[deg]10.15' N. lat.;
    (5) 46[deg]05.33' N. lat., 124[deg]08.30' N. lat.;
    (6) 45[deg]58.69' N. lat., 124[deg]05.60' N. lat.;
    (7) 45[deg]57.71' N. lat., 124[deg]05.82' N. lat.;
    (8) 45[deg]53.97' N. lat., 124[deg]05.04' N. lat.;
    (9) 45[deg]49.75' N. lat., 124[deg]05.14' N. lat.;
    (10) 45[deg]47.88' N. lat., 124[deg]05.16' N. lat.;
    (11) 45[deg]47.07' N. lat., 124[deg]04.21' N. lat.;
    (12) 45[deg]44.34' N. lat., 124[deg]05.09' N. lat.;
    (13) 45[deg]40.64' N. lat., 124[deg]04.90' N. lat.;
    (14) 45[deg]33.00' N. lat., 124[deg]04.46' N. lat.;
    (15) 45[deg]32.27' N. lat., 124[deg]04.74' N. lat.;
    (16) 45[deg]29.26' N. lat., 124[deg]04.22' N. lat.;
    (17) 45[deg]19.99' N. lat., 124[deg]04.62' N. lat.;
    (18) 45[deg]17.50' N. lat., 124[deg]04.91' N. lat.;
    (19) 45[deg]11.29' N. lat., 124[deg]05.19' N. lat.;
    (20) 45[deg]05.79' N. lat., 124[deg]05.40' N. lat.;
    (21) 45[deg]05.07' N. lat., 124[deg]05.93' N. lat.;
    (22) 45[deg]01.70' N. lat., 124[deg]06.53' N. lat.;
    (23) 44[deg]58.75' N. lat., 124[deg]07.14' N. lat.;
    (24) 44[deg]51.28' N. lat., 124[deg]10.21' N. lat.;
    (25) 44[deg]49.49' N. lat., 124[deg]10.89' N. lat.;
    (26) 44[deg]44.96' N. lat., 124[deg]14.39' N. lat.;
    (27) 44[deg]43.44' N. lat., 124[deg]14.78' N. lat.;
    (28) 44[deg]42.27' N. lat., 124[deg]13.81' N. lat.;
    (29) 44[deg]41.68' N. lat., 124[deg]15.38' N. lat.;
    (30) 44[deg]34.87' N. lat., 124[deg]15.80' N. lat.;
    (31) 44[deg]33.74' N. lat., 124[deg]14.43' N. lat.;
    (32) 44[deg]27.66' N. lat., 124[deg]16.99' N. lat.;
    (33) 44[deg]19.13' N. lat., 124[deg]19.22' N. lat.;
    (34) 44[deg]15.35' N. lat., 124[deg]17.37' N. lat.;
    (35) 44[deg]14.38' N. lat., 124[deg]17.78' N. lat.;
    (36) 44[deg]12.80' N. lat., 124[deg]17.18' N. lat.;
    (37) 44[deg]09.23' N. lat., 124[deg]15.96' N. lat.;
    (38) 44[deg]08.38' N. lat., 124[deg]16.80' N. lat.;
    (39) 44[deg]01.18' N. lat., 124[deg]15.42' N. lat.;
    (40) 43[deg]51.60' N. lat., 124[deg]14.68' N. lat.;
    (41) 43[deg]42.66' N. lat., 124[deg]15.46' N. lat.;
    (42) 43[deg]40.49' N. lat., 124[deg]15.74' N. lat.;
    (43) 43[deg]38.77' N. lat., 124[deg]15.64' N. lat.;
    (44) 43[deg]34.52' N. lat., 124[deg]16.73' N. lat.;
    (45) 43[deg]28.82' N. lat., 124[deg]19.52' N. lat.;
    (46) 43[deg]23.91' N. lat., 124[deg]24.28' N. lat.;
    (47) 43[deg]17.96' N. lat., 124[deg]28.81' N. lat.;
    (48) 43[deg]16.75' N. lat., 124[deg]28.42' N. lat.;
    (49) 43[deg]13.98' N. lat., 124[deg]31.99' N. lat.;
    (50) 43[deg]13.71' N. lat., 124[deg]33.25' N. lat.;
    (51) 43[deg]12.26' N. lat., 124[deg]34.16' N. lat.;
    (52) 43[deg]10.96' N. lat., 124[deg]32.34' N. lat.;
    (53) 43[deg]05.65' N. lat., 124[deg]31.52' N. lat.;
    (54) 42[deg]59.66' N. lat., 124[deg]32.58' N. lat.;
    (55) 42[deg]54.97' N. lat., 124[deg]36.99' N. lat.;
    (56) 42[deg]53.81' N. lat., 124[deg]38.58' N. lat.;
    (57) 42[deg]49.14' N. lat., 124[deg]39.92' N. lat.;
    (58) 42[deg]46.47' N. lat., 124[deg]38.65' N. lat.;
    (59) 42[deg]45.60' N. lat., 124[deg]39.04' N. lat.;
    (60) 42[deg]44.79' N. lat., 124[deg]37.96' N. lat.;
    (61) 42[deg]45.00' N. lat., 124[deg]36.39' N. lat.;
    (62) 42[deg]44.14' N. lat., 124[deg]35.16' N. lat.;
    (63) 42[deg]42.15' N. lat., 124[deg]32.82' N. lat.;
    (64) 42[deg]38.82' N. lat., 124[deg]31.09' N. lat.;
    (65) 42[deg]35.91' N. lat., 124[deg]31.02' N. lat.;
    (66) 42[deg]31.34' N. lat., 124[deg]34.84' N. lat.;
    (67) 42[deg]28.13' N. lat., 124[deg]34.83' N. lat.;
    (68) 42[deg]26.73' N. lat., 124[deg]35.58' N. lat.;
    (69) 42[deg]23.85' N. lat., 124[deg]34.05' N. lat.;
    (70) 42[deg]21.68' N. lat., 124[deg]30.64' N. lat.;
    (71) 42[deg]19.62' N. lat., 124[deg]29.02' N. lat.;
    (72) 42[deg]15.01' N. lat., 124[deg]27.72' N. lat.;
    (73) 42[deg]11.38' N. lat., 124[deg]25.62' N. lat.;
    (74) 42[deg]04.66' N. lat., 124[deg]24.39' N. lat.; and
    (75) 42[deg]00.00' N. lat., 124[deg]23.55' N. lat.
    (iv) The 50 fm (91 m) depth contour between the U.S. border with 
Canada and the Swiftsure Bank is defined by straight lines connecting 
all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]30.15' N. lat., 124[deg]56.12' N. lat.;
    (2) 48[deg]28.29' N. lat., 124[deg]56.30' W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]29.23' N. lat., 124[deg]53.63' W. long.; and
    (4) 48[deg]30.31' N. lat., 124[deg]51.73' W. long.

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    (A) The 50 fm (91 m) depth contour between the U.S. border with 
Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico is defined by straight lines 
connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]22.15' N. lat., 124[deg]43.15' W. long.;
    (2) 48[deg]22.15' N. lat., 124[deg]49.10' W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]20.03' N. lat., 124[deg]51.18' W. long.;
    (4) 48[deg]16.61' N. lat., 124[deg]53.72' W. long.;
    (5) 48[deg]14.68' N. lat., 124[deg]54.50' W. long.;
    (6) 48[deg]12.02' N. lat., 124[deg]55.29' W. long.;
    (7) 48[deg]03.14' N. lat., 124[deg]57.02' W. long.;
    (8) 47[deg]56.05' N. lat., 124[deg]55.60' W. long.;
    (9) 47[deg]52.58' N. lat., 124[deg]54.00' W. long.;
    (10) 47[deg]50.18' N. lat., 124[deg]52.36' W. long.;
    (11) 47[deg]45.34' N. lat., 124[deg]51.07' W. long.;
    (12) 47[deg]40.96' N. lat., 124[deg]48.84' W. long.;
    (13) 47[deg]34.59' N. lat., 124[deg]46.24' W. long.;
    (14) 47[deg]27.86' N. lat., 124[deg]42.12' W. long.;
    (15) 47[deg]22.34' N. lat., 124[deg]39.43' W. long.;
    (16) 47[deg]17.66' N. lat., 124[deg]38.75' W. long.;
    (17) 47[deg]06.25' N. lat., 124[deg]39.74' W. long.;
    (18) 47[deg]00.43' N. lat., 124[deg]38.01' W. long.;
    (19) 46[deg]52.00' N. lat., 124[deg]32.44' W. long.;
    (20) 46[deg]35.41' N. lat., 124[deg]25.51' W. long.;
    (21) 46[deg]25.43' N. lat., 124[deg]23.46' W. long.;
    (22) 46[deg]16.00' N. lat., 124[deg]16.90' W. long.;
    (23) 45[deg]50.88' N. lat., 124[deg]09.68' W. long.;
    (24) 45[deg]12.99' N. lat., 124[deg]06.71' W. long.;
    (25) 44[deg]52.48' N. lat., 124[deg]11.22' W. long.;
    (26) 44[deg]42.41' N. lat., 124[deg]19.70' W. long.;
    (27) 44[deg]38.80' N. lat., 124[deg]26.58' W. long.;
    (28) 44[deg]24.99' N. lat., 124[deg]31.22' W. long.;
    (29) 44[deg]18.11' N. lat., 124[deg]43.74' W. long.;
    (30) 44[deg]15.23' N. lat., 124[deg]40.47' W. long.;
    (31) 44[deg]18.80' N. lat., 124[deg]35.48' W. long.;
    (32) 44[deg]19.62' N. lat., 124[deg]27.18' W. long.;
    (33) 43[deg]56.65' N. lat., 124[deg]16.86' W. long.;
    (34) 43[deg]34.95' N. lat., 124[deg]17.47' W. long.;
    (35) 43[deg]12.60' N. lat., 124[deg]35.80' W. long.;
    (36) 43[deg]08.96' N. lat., 124[deg]33.77' W. long.;
    (37) 42[deg]59.66' N. lat., 124[deg]34.79' W. long.;
    (38) 42[deg]54.29' N. lat., 124[deg]39.46' W. long.;
    (39) 42[deg]46.50' N. lat., 124[deg]39.99' W. long.;
    (40) 42[deg]41.00' N. lat., 124[deg]34.92' W. long.;
    (41) 42[deg]36.29' N. lat., 124[deg]34.70' W. long.;
    (42) 42[deg]28.36' N. lat., 124[deg]37.90' W. long.;
    (43) 42[deg]25.53' N. lat., 124[deg]37.68' W. long.;
    (44) 42[deg]18.64' N. lat., 124[deg]29.47' W. long.;
    (45) 42[deg]12.95' N. lat., 124[deg]27.34' W. long.;
    (46) 42[deg]03.04' N. lat., 124[deg]25.81' W. long.;
    (47) 42[deg]00.00' N. lat., 124[deg]26.21' W. long.;
    (48) 41[deg]57.60' N. lat., 124[deg]27.35' W. long.;
    (49) 41[deg]52.53' N. lat., 124[deg]26.51' W. long.;
    (50) 41[deg]50.17' N. lat., 124[deg]25.63' W. long.;
    (51) 41[deg]46.01' N. lat., 124[deg]22.16' W. long.;
    (52) 41[deg]26.50' N. lat., 124[deg]21.78' W. long.;
    (53) 41[deg]15.66' N. lat., 124[deg]16.42' W. long.;
    (54) 41[deg]05.45' N. lat., 124[deg]16.89' W. long.;
    (55) 40[deg]54.55' N. lat., 124[deg]19.53' W. long.;
    (56) 40[deg]42.22' N. lat., 124[deg]28.29' W. long.;
    (57) 40[deg]39.68' N. lat., 124[deg]28.37' W. long.;
    (58) 40[deg]36.76' N. lat., 124[deg]27.39' W. long.;
    (59) 40[deg]34.44' N. lat., 124[deg]28.89' W. long.;
    (60) 40[deg]32.57' N. lat., 124[deg]32.43' W. long.;
    (61) 40[deg]30.95' N. lat., 124[deg]33.87' W. long.;
    (62) 40[deg]28.90' N. lat., 124[deg]34.59' W. long.;
    (63) 40[deg]24.36' N. lat., 124[deg]31.42' W. long.;
    (64) 40[deg]23.66' N. lat., 124[deg]28.35' W. long.;
    (65) 40[deg]22.54' N. lat., 124[deg]24.71' W. long.;
    (66) 40[deg]21.52' N. lat., 124[deg]24.86' W. long.;
    (67) 40[deg]21.25' N. lat., 124[deg]25.59' W. long.;
    (68) 40[deg]20.63' N. lat., 124[deg]26.47' W. long.;
    (69) 40[deg]19.18' N. lat., 124[deg]25.98' W. long.;
    (70) 40[deg]18.42' N. lat., 124[deg]24.77' W. long.;
    (71) 40[deg]18.64' N. lat., 124[deg]22.81' W. long.;
    (72) 40[deg]15.31' N. lat., 124[deg]25.28' W. long.;
    (73) 40[deg]15.37' N. lat., 124[deg]26.82' W. long.;
    (74) 40[deg]11.91' N. lat., 124[deg]22.68' W. long.;
    (75) 40[deg]10.01' N. lat., 124[deg]19.97' W. long.;
    (76) 40[deg]10.00' N. lat., 124[deg]19.97' W. long.;
    (77) 40[deg]09.20' N. lat., 124[deg]15.81' W. long.;
    (78) 40[deg]07.51' N. lat., 124[deg]15.29' W. long.;
    (79) 40[deg]05.22' N. lat., 124[deg]10.06' W. long.;
    (80) 40[deg]06.51' N. lat., 124[deg]08.01' W. long.;
    (81) 40[deg]00.72' N. lat., 124[deg]08.45' W. long.;
    (82) 39[deg]56.60' N. lat., 124[deg]07.12' W. long.;
    (83) 39[deg]52.58' N. lat., 124[deg]03.57' W. long.;
    (84) 39[deg]50.65' N. lat., 123[deg]57.98' W. long.;
    (85) 39[deg]40.16' N. lat., 123[deg]52.41' W. long.;
    (86) 39[deg]30.12' N. lat., 123[deg]52.92' W. long.;
    (87) 39[deg]24.53' N. lat., 123[deg]55.16' W. long.;
    (88) 39[deg]11.58' N. lat., 123[deg]50.93' W. long.;
    (89) 38[deg]55.13' N. lat., 123[deg]51.14' W. long.;
    (90) 38[deg]28.58' N. lat., 123[deg]22.84' W. long.;
    (91) 38[deg]14.60' N. lat., 123[deg]09.92' W. long.;
    (92) 38[deg]01.84' N. lat., 123[deg]09.75' W. long.;
    (93) 37[deg]59.56' N. lat., 123[deg]09.25' W. long.;
    (94) 37[deg]55.24' N. lat., 123[deg]08.30' W. long.;
    (95) 37[deg]52.06' N. lat., 123[deg]09.19' W. long.;
    (96) 37[deg]50.21' N. lat., 123[deg]14.90' W. long.;
    (97) 37[deg]35.67' N. lat., 122[deg]55.43' W. long.;
    (98) 37[deg]03.06' N. lat., 122[deg]24.22' W. long.;
    (99) 36[deg]50.20' N. lat., 122[deg]03.58' W. long.;
    (100) 36[deg]51.46' N. lat., 121[deg]57.54' W. long.;
    (101) 36[deg]44.14' N. lat., 121[deg]58.10' W. long.;
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    (103) 36[deg]15.62' N. lat., 121[deg]57.13' W. long.;
    (104) 36[deg]10.41' N. lat., 121[deg]42.92' W. long.;
    (105) 36[deg]02.56' N. lat., 121[deg]36.37' W. long.;
    (106) 36[deg]01.04' N. lat., 121[deg]36.47' W. long.;
    (107) 35[deg]58.26' N. lat., 121[deg]32.88' W. long.;
    (108) 35[deg]40.38' N. lat., 121[deg]22.59' W. long.;
    (109) 35[deg]24.35' N. lat., 121[deg]02.53' W. long.;
    (110) 35[deg]02.66' N. lat., 120[deg]51.63' W. long.;
    (111) 34[deg]39.52' N. lat., 120[deg]48.72' W. long.;
    (112) 34[deg]31.26' N. lat., 120[deg]44.12' W. long.;
    (113) 34[deg]27.00' N. lat., 120[deg]33.31' W. long.;
    (114) 34[deg]23.47' N. lat., 120[deg]24.76' W. long.;
    (115) 34[deg]25.83' N. lat., 120[deg]17.26' W. long.;
    (116) 34[deg]24.65' N. lat., 120[deg]04.83' W. long.;
    (117) 34[deg]23.18' N. lat., 119[deg]56.18' W. long.;
    (118) 34[deg]19.20' N. lat., 119[deg]41.64' W. long.;
    (119) 34[deg]16.82' N. lat., 119[deg]35.32' W. long.;
    (120) 34[deg]13.43' N. lat., 119[deg]32.29' W. long.;
    (121) 34[deg]05.39' N. lat., 119[deg]15.13' W. long.;
    (122) 34[deg]08.22' N. lat., 119[deg]13.64' W. long.;
    (123) 34[deg]07.64' N. lat., 119[deg]13.10' W. long.;
    (124) 34[deg]04.56' N. lat., 119[deg]13.73' W. long.;
    (125) 34[deg]03.90' N. lat., 119[deg]12.66' W. long.;
    (126) 34[deg]03.66' N. lat., 119[deg]06.82' W. long.;
    (127) 34[deg]04.58' N. lat., 119[deg]04.91' W. long.;
    (128) 34[deg]01.35' N. lat., 119[deg]00.30' W. long.;
    (129) 34[deg]00.24' N. lat., 119[deg]03.18' W. long.;
    (130) 33[deg]59.63' N. lat., 119[deg]03.20' W. long.;
    (131) 33[deg]59.54' N. lat., 119[deg]00.88' W. long.;
    (132) 34[deg]00.82' N. lat., 118[deg]59.03' W. long.;
    (133) 33[deg]59.11' N. lat., 118[deg]47.52' W. long.;
    (134) 33[deg]59.07' N. lat., 118[deg]36.33' W. long.;
    (135) 33[deg]55.06' N. lat., 118[deg]32.86' W. long.;
    (136) 33[deg]53.56' N. lat., 118[deg]37.75' W. long.;
    (137) 33[deg]51.22' N. lat., 118[deg]36.14' W. long.;
    (138) 33[deg]50.48' N. lat., 118[deg]32.16' W. long.;
    (139) 33[deg]51.86' N. lat., 118[deg]28.71' W. long.;
    (140) 33[deg]50.09' N. lat., 118[deg]27.88' W. long.;
    (141) 33[deg]49.95' N. lat., 118[deg]26.38' W. long.;
    (142) 33[deg]50.73' N. lat., 118[deg]26.17' W. long.;
    (143) 33[deg]49.86' N. lat., 118[deg]24.25' W. long.;
    (144) 33[deg]48.10' N. lat., 118[deg]26.87' W. long.;
    (145) 33[deg]47.54' N. lat., 118[deg]29.66' W. long.;
    (146) 33[deg]44.10' N. lat., 118[deg]25.25' W. long.;
    (147) 33[deg]41.78' N. lat., 118[deg]20.28' W. long.;
    (148) 33[deg]38.18' N. lat., 118[deg]15.69' W. long.;
    (149) 33[deg]37.50' N. lat., 118[deg]16.71' W. long.;
    (150) 33[deg]35.98' N. lat., 118[deg]16.54' W. long.;
    (151) 33[deg]34.15' N. lat., 118[deg]11.22' W. long.;
    (152) 33[deg]34.29' N. lat., 118[deg]08.35' W. long.;
    (153) 33[deg]35.85' N. lat., 118[deg]07.00' W. long.;
    (154) 33[deg]36.12' N. lat., 118[deg]04.15' W. long.;
    (155) 33[deg]34.97' N. lat., 118[deg]02.91' W. long.;
    (156) 33[deg]34.00' N. lat., 117[deg]59.53' W. long.;
    (157) 33[deg]35.44' N. lat., 117[deg]55.67' W. long.;
    (158) 33[deg]35.15' N. lat., 117[deg]53.55' W. long.;
    (159) 33[deg]31.12' N. lat., 117[deg]47.40' W. long.;
    (160) 33[deg]27.99' N. lat., 117[deg]45.19' W. long.;
    (161) 33[deg]26.88' N. lat., 117[deg]43.87' W. long.;
    (162) 33[deg]25.44' N. lat., 117[deg]41.63' W. long.;
    (163) 33[deg]19.50' N. lat., 117[deg]36.08' W. long.;
    (164) 33[deg]12.74' N. lat., 117[deg]28.53' W. long.;
    (165) 33[deg]10.29' N. lat., 117[deg]25.68' W. long.;
    (166) 33[deg]07.36' N. lat., 117[deg]21.23' W. long.;
    (167) 32[deg]59.39' N. lat., 117[deg]18.56' W. long.;
    (168) 32[deg]56.10' N. lat., 117[deg]18.37' W. long.;
    (169) 32[deg]54.43' N. lat., 117[deg]16.93' W. long.;
    (170) 32[deg]51.89' N. lat., 117[deg]16.42' W. long.;
    (171) 32[deg]52.24' N. lat., 117[deg]19.36' W. long.;
    (172) 32[deg]47.06' N. lat., 117[deg]21.92' W. long.;
    (173) 32[deg]45.09' N. lat., 117[deg]20.68' W. long.;
    (174) 32[deg]43.62' N. lat., 117[deg]18.68' W. long.; and
    (175) 32[deg]33.43' N. lat., 117[deg]17.00' W. long.
    (B) The 50 fm (91 m) depth contour around the northern Channel 
Islands off the state of California is defined by straight lines 
connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 34[deg]08.40' N. lat., 120[deg]33.78' W. long.;
    (2) 34[deg]08.40' N. lat., 120[deg]28.20' W. long.;
    (3) 34[deg]08.68' N. lat., 120[deg]26.61' W. long.;
    (4) 34[deg]05.85' N. lat., 120[deg]17.13' W. long.;
    (5) 34[deg]05.57' N. lat., 119[deg]51.35' W. long.;
    (6) 34[deg]07.08' N. lat., 119[deg]52.43' W. long.;
    (7) 34[deg]04.42' N. lat., 119[deg]35.35' W. long.;
    (8) 34[deg]06.20' N. lat., 119[deg]35.35' W. long.;
    (9) 34[deg]06.20' N. lat., 119[deg]32.80' W. long.;
    (10) 34[deg]04.73' N. lat., 119[deg]32.77' W. long.;
    (11) 34[deg]03.56' N. lat., 119[deg]26.70' W. long.;
    (12) 34[deg]04.00' N. lat., 119[deg]26.70' W. long.;
    (13) 34[deg]04.00' N. lat., 119[deg]21.40' W. long.;
    (14) 34[deg]02.57' N. lat., 119[deg]21.40' W. long.;
    (15) 34[deg]02.02' N. lat., 119[deg]19.18' W. long.;
    (16) 34[deg]01.03' N. lat., 119[deg]19.50' W. long.;
    (17) 33[deg]59.45' N. lat., 119[deg]22.38' W. long.;
    (18) 33[deg]58.68' N. lat., 119[deg]32.36' W. long.;
    (19) 33[deg]56.43' N. lat., 119[deg]41.13' W. long.;
    (20) 33[deg]56.09' N. lat., 119[deg]48.00' W. long.;
    (21) 33[deg]55.20' N. lat., 119[deg]48.00' W. long.;
    (22) 33[deg]55.20' N. lat., 119[deg]53.00' W. long.;
    (23) 33[deg]58.00' N. lat., 119[deg]53.00' W. long.;
    (24) 33[deg]59.32' N. lat., 119[deg]55.59' W. long.;
    (25) 33[deg]57.52' N. lat., 119[deg]55.19' W. long.;
    (26) 33[deg]56.26' N. lat., 119[deg]54.29' W. long.;
    (27) 33[deg]54.30' N. lat., 119[deg]54.83' W. long.;
    (28) 33[deg]50.97' N. lat., 119[deg]57.03' W. long.;
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    (31) 33[deg]52.35' N. lat., 120[deg]06.51' W. long.;
    (32) 33[deg]51.37' N. lat., 120[deg]06.48' W. long.;
    (33) 33[deg]51.37' N. lat., 120[deg]09.99' W. long.;
    (34) 33[deg]53.50' N. lat., 120[deg]10.08' W. long.;
    (35) 33[deg]54.49' N. lat., 120[deg]12.85' W. long.;
    (36) 33[deg]58.48' N. lat., 120[deg]18.50' W. long.;
    (37) 34[deg]00.06' N. lat., 120[deg]25.30' W. long.;
    (38) 33[deg]58.50' N. lat., 120[deg]25.30' W. long.;
    (39) 33[deg]58.50' N. lat., 120[deg]26.60' W. long.;
    (40) 34[deg]00.34' N. lat., 120[deg]26.60' W. long.;
    (41) 34[deg]00.71' N. lat., 120[deg]28.21' W. long.;
    (42) 34[deg]03.60' N. lat., 120[deg]30.60' W. long.;
    (43) 34[deg]03.60' N. lat., 120[deg]34.20' W. long.;
    (44) 34[deg]06.96' N. lat., 120[deg]34.22' W. long.;
    (45) 34[deg]08.01' N. lat., 120[deg]35.24' W. long.; and
    (46) 34[deg]08.40' N. lat., 120[deg]33.78' W. long.
    (C) The 50 fm (91 m) depth contour around San Clemente Island off 
the state of California is defined by straight lines connecting all of 
the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 33[deg]03.73' N. lat., 118[deg]36.98' W. long.;
    (2) 33[deg]02.56' N. lat., 118[deg]34.12' W. long.;
    (3) 32[deg]55.54' N. lat., 118[deg]28.87' W. long.;
    (4) 32[deg]55.02' N. lat., 118[deg]27.69' W. long.;
    (5) 32[deg]49.73' N. lat., 118[deg]20.99' W. long.;
    (6) 32[deg]48.55' N. lat., 118[deg]20.24' W. long.;
    (7) 32[deg]47.92' N. lat., 118[deg]22.45' W. long.;
    (8) 32[deg]45.25' N. lat., 118[deg]24.59' W. long.;
    (9) 32[deg]50.23' N. lat., 118[deg]30.80' W. long.;
    (10) 32[deg]55.28' N. lat., 118[deg]33.83' W. long.;
    (11) 33[deg]00.45' N. lat., 118[deg]37.88' W. long.;
    (12) 33[deg]03.27' N. lat., 118[deg]38.56' W. long.; and
    (13) 33[deg]03.73' N. lat., 118[deg]36.98' W. long.
    (D) The 50 fm (91 m) depth contour around Santa Catalina Island off 
the state of California is defined by straight lines connecting all of 
the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 33[deg]28.01' N. lat., 118[deg]37.42' W. long.;
    (2) 33[deg]29.02' N. lat., 118[deg]36.33' W. long.;
    (3) 33[deg]28.97' N. lat., 118[deg]33.16' W. long.;
    (4) 33[deg]28.71' N. lat., 118[deg]31.22' W. long.;
    (5) 33[deg]26.66' N. lat., 118[deg]27.48' W. long.;
    (6) 33[deg]25.35' N. lat., 118[deg]22.83' W. long.;
    (7) 33[deg]22.61' N. lat., 118[deg]19.18' W. long.;
    (8) 33[deg]20.06' N. lat., 118[deg]17.35' W. long.;
    (9) 33[deg]17.58' N. lat., 118[deg]17.42' W. long.;
    (10) 33[deg]17.05' N. lat., 118[deg]18.72' W. long.;
    (11) 33[deg]17.87' N. lat., 118[deg]24.47' W. long.;
    (12) 33[deg]18.63' N. lat., 118[deg]28.16' W. long.;
    (13) 33[deg]20.17' N. lat., 118[deg]31.69' W. long.;
    (14) 33[deg]20.85' N. lat., 118[deg]31.82' W. long.;
    (15) 33[deg]23.19' N. lat., 118[deg]29.78' W. long.;
    (16) 33[deg]24.85' N. lat., 118[deg]31.22' W. long.;
    (17) 33[deg]25.65' N. lat., 118[deg]34.11' W. long.; and
    (18) 33[deg]28.01' N. lat., 118[deg]37.42' W. long.
    (v) The 60 fm (110 m) depth contour used between the U.S. border 
with Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico is defined by straight 
lines connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]26.70' N. lat., 125[deg]09.43' W. long.;
    (2) 48[deg]23.76' N. lat., 125[deg]06.77' W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]23.01' N. lat., 125[deg]03.48' W. long.;
    (4) 48[deg]22.42' N. lat., 124[deg]57.84' W. long.;
    (5) 48[deg]22.62 ' N. lat., 124[deg]48.97' W. long.;
    (6) 48[deg]18.61' N. lat., 124[deg]52.52' W. long.;
    (7) 48[deg]16.62' N. lat., 124[deg]54.03' W. long.;
    (8) 48[deg]15.39' N. lat., 124[deg]54.79' W. long.;
    (9) 48[deg]13.81' N. lat., 124[deg]55.45' W. long.;
    (10) 48[deg]10.51' N. lat., 124[deg]56.56' W. long.;
    (11) 48[deg]06.90' N. lat., 124[deg]57.72' W. long.;
    (12) 48[deg]02.23' N. lat., 125[deg]00.20' W. long.;
    (13) 48[deg]00.87' N. lat., 125[deg]00.37' W. long.;
    (14) 47[deg]56.30' N. lat., 124[deg]59.51' W. long.;
    (15) 47[deg]46.84' N. lat., 124[deg]57.34' W. long.;
    (16) 47[deg]36.49' N. lat., 124[deg]50.93' W. long.;
    (17) 47[deg]32.01' N. lat., 124[deg]48.45' W. long.;
    (18) 47[deg]27.19' N. lat., 124[deg]46.47' W. long.;
    (19) 47[deg]21.76' N. lat., 124[deg]43.29' W. long.;
    (20) 47[deg]17.82' N. lat., 124[deg]42.12' W. long.;
    (21) 47[deg]08.87' N. lat., 124[deg]43.10' W. long.;
    (22) 47[deg]03.16' N. lat., 124[deg]42.61' W. long.;
    (23) 46[deg]49.70' N. lat., 124[deg]36.80' W. long.;
    (24) 46[deg]42.91' N. lat., 124[deg]33.20' W. long.;
    (25) 46[deg]39.67' N. lat., 124[deg]30.59' W. long.;
    (26) 46[deg]32.47' N. lat., 124[deg]26.34' W. long.;
    (27) 46[deg]23.69' N. lat., 124[deg]25.41' W. long.;
    (28) 46[deg]20.84' N. lat., 124[deg]24.24' W. long.;
    (29) 46[deg]16.00' N. lat., 124[deg]19.10' W. long.;
    (30) 46[deg]15.97' N. lat., 124[deg]18.81' W. long.;
    (31) 46[deg]11.23' N. lat., 124[deg]19.96' W. long.;
    (32) 46[deg]02.51' N. lat., 124[deg]19.84' W. long.;
    (33) 45[deg]59.05' N. lat., 124[deg]16.52' W. long.;
    (34) 45[deg]51.00' N. lat., 124[deg]12.83' W. long.;
    (35) 45[deg]45.85' N. lat., 124[deg]11.54' W. long.;
    (36) 45[deg]38.53' N. lat., 124[deg]11.91' W. long.;
    (37) 45[deg]30.90' N. lat., 124[deg]10.94' W. long.;
    (38) 45[deg]21.20' N. lat., 124[deg]09.12' W. long.;
    (39) 45[deg]12.43' N. lat., 124[deg]08.74' W. long.;
    (40) 44[deg]59.89' N. lat., 124[deg]11.95' W. long.;
    (41) 44[deg]51.96' N. lat., 124[deg]15.15' W. long.;
    (42) 44[deg]44.64' N. lat., 124[deg]20.07' W. long.;
    (43) 44[deg]39.24' N. lat., 124[deg]28.09' W. long.;
    (44) 44[deg]30.61' N. lat., 124[deg]31.66' W. long.;
    (45) 44[deg]26.19' N. lat., 124[deg]35.88' W. long.;
    (46) 44[deg]18.88' N. lat., 124[deg]45.16' W. long.;
    (47) 44[deg]14.69' N. lat., 124[deg]45.51' W. long.;
    (48) 44[deg]10.97' N. lat., 124[deg]38.78' W. long.;
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    (50) 44[deg]04.92' N. lat., 124[deg]24.55' W. long.;
    (51) 43[deg]57.49' N. lat., 124[deg]20.05' W. long.;
    (52) 43[deg]50.26' N. lat., 124[deg]21.84' W. long.;
    (53) 43[deg]41.69' N. lat., 124[deg]21.94' W. long.;
    (54) 43[deg]35.52' N. lat., 124[deg]21.51' W. long.;
    (55) 43[deg]25.77' N. lat., 124[deg]28.47' W. long.;
    (56) 43[deg]20.25' N. lat., 124[deg]31.59' W. long.;
    (57) 43[deg]12.73' N. lat., 124[deg]36.69' W. long.;
    (58) 43[deg]08.08' N. lat., 124[deg]36.10' W. long.;
    (59) 43[deg]00.33' N. lat., 124[deg]37.57' W. long.;
    (60) 42[deg]53.99' N. lat., 124[deg]41.04' W. long.;
    (61) 42[deg]46.66' N. lat., 124[deg]41.13' W. long.;
    (62) 42[deg]41.74' N. lat., 124[deg]37.46' W. long.;
    (63) 42[deg]37.427'N. lat., 124[deg]37.22' W. long.;
    (64) 42[deg]27.35' N. lat., 124[deg]39.90' W. long.;
    (65) 42[deg]23.94' N. lat., 124[deg]38.28' W. long.;
    (66) 42[deg]17.72' N. lat., 124[deg]31.10' W. long.;
    (67) 42[deg]10.35' N. lat., 124[deg]29.11' W. long.;
    (68) 42[deg]00.00' N. lat., 124[deg]28.00' W. long.;
    (69) 42[deg]00.007'N. lat., 124[deg]29.61' W. long.;
    (70) 41[deg]54.87' N. lat., 124[deg]28.507prime; W. long.;
    (71) 41[deg]45.80' N. lat., 124[deg]23.89' W. long.;
    (72) 41[deg]34.40' N. lat., 124[deg]24.03' W. long.;
    (73) 41[deg]28.33' N. lat., 124[deg]25.46' W. long.;
    (74) 41[deg]15.80' N. lat., 124[deg]18.90' W. long.;
    (75) 41[deg]09.77' N. lat., 124[deg]17.99' W. long.;
    (76) 41[deg]02.26' N. lat., 124[deg]18.71' W. long.;
    (77) 40[deg]53.54' N. lat., 124[deg]21.18' W. long.;
    (78) 40[deg]49.93' N. lat., 124[deg]23.02' W. long.;
    (79) 40[deg]43.15' N. lat., 124[deg]28.74' W. long.;
    (80) 40[deg]40.19' N. lat., 124[deg]29.07' W. long.;
    (81) 40[deg]36.77' N. lat., 124[deg]27.61' W. long.;
    (82) 40[deg]34.13' N. lat., 124[deg]29.39' W. long.;
    (83) 40[deg]33.15' N. lat., 124[deg]33.46' W. long.;
    (84) 40[deg]29.57' N. lat., 124[deg]35.84' W. long.;
    (85) 40[deg]24.72' N. lat., 124[deg]33.06' W. long.;
    (86) 40[deg]23.91' N. lat., 124[deg]31.28' W. long.;
    (87) 40[deg]23.67' N. lat., 124[deg]28.35' W. long.;
    (88) 40[deg]22.53' N. lat., 124[deg]24.72' W. long.;
    (89) 40[deg]21.51' N. lat., 124[deg]24.86' W. long.;
    (90) 40[deg]21.02' N. lat., 124[deg]27.70' W. long.;
    (91) 40[deg]19.75' N. lat., 124[deg]27.06' W. long.;
    (92) 40[deg]18.23' N. lat., 124[deg]25.30' W. long.;
    (93) 40[deg]18.60' N. lat., 124[deg]22.86' W. long.;
    (94) 40[deg]15.43' N. lat., 124[deg]25.37' W. long.;
    (95) 40[deg]15.55' N. lat., 124[deg]28.16' W. long.;
    (96) 40[deg]11.27' N. lat., 124[deg]22.56' W. long.;
    (97) 40[deg]10.00' N. lat., 124[deg]19.97' W. long.;
    (98) 40[deg]09.20' N. lat., 124[deg]15.81' W. long.;
    (99) 40[deg]07.51' N. lat., 124[deg]15.29' W. long.;
    (100) 40[deg]05.22' N. lat., 124[deg]10.06' W. long.;
    (101) 40[deg]06.51' N. lat., 124[deg]08.01' W. long.;
    (102) 40[deg]00.72' N. lat., 124[deg]08.45' W. long.;
    (103) 39[deg]56.60' N. lat., 124[deg]07.12' W. long.;
    (104) 39[deg]52.58' N. lat., 124[deg]03.57' W. long.;
    (105) 39[deg]50.65' N. lat., 123[deg]57.98' W. long.;
    (106) 39[deg]40.16' N. lat., 123[deg]52.41' W. long.;
    (107) 39[deg]30.12' N. lat., 123[deg]52.92' W. long.;
    (108) 39[deg]24.53' N. lat., 123[deg]55.16' W. long.;
    (109) 39[deg]11.58' N. lat., 123[deg]50.93' W. long.;
    (110) 38[deg]55.13' N. lat., 123[deg]51.14' W. long.;
    (111) 38[deg]28.58' N. lat., 123[deg]22.84' W. long.;
    (112) 38[deg]08.57' N. lat., 123[deg]14.74' W. long.;
    (113) 38[deg]00.00' N. lat., 123[deg]15.61' W. long.;
    (114) 37[deg]56.98' N. lat., 123[deg]21.82' W. long.;
    (115) 37[deg]48.01' N. lat., 123[deg]15.90' W. long.;
    (116) 37[deg]36.73' N. lat., 122[deg]58.48' W. long.;
    (117) 37[deg]07.58' N. lat., 122[deg]37.64' W. long.;
    (118) 37[deg]02.08' N. lat., 122[deg]25.49' W. long.;
    (119) 36[deg]48.20' N. lat., 122[deg]03.32' W. long.;
    (120) 36[deg]51.46' N. lat., 121[deg]57.54' W. long.;
    (121) 36[deg]44.14' N. lat., 121[deg]58.10' W. long.;
    (122) 36[deg]36.76' N. lat., 122[deg]01.16' W. long.;
    (123) 36[deg]15.62' N. lat., 121[deg]57.13' W. long.;
    (124) 36[deg]10.42' N. lat., 121[deg]42.90' W. long.;
    (125) 36[deg]02.55' N. lat., 121[deg]36.35' W. long.;
    (126) 36[deg]01.04' N. lat., 121[deg]36.47' W. long.;
    (127) 35[deg]58.25' N. lat., 121[deg]32.88' W. long.;
    (128) 35[deg]40.38' N. lat., 121[deg]22.59' W. long.;
    (129) 35[deg]24.35' N. lat., 121[deg]02.53' W. long.;
    (130) 35[deg]02.66' N. lat., 120[deg]51.63' W. long.;
    (131) 34[deg]39.52' N. lat., 120[deg]48.72' W. long.;
    (132) 34[deg]31.26' N. lat., 120[deg]44.12' W. long.;
    (133) 34[deg]27.00' N. lat., 120[deg]36.00' W. long.;
    (134) 34[deg]23.00' N. lat., 120[deg]25.32' W. long.;
    (135) 34[deg]25.68' N. lat., 120[deg]17.46' W. long.;
    (136) 34[deg]23.18' N. lat., 119[deg]56.17' W. long.;
    (137) 34[deg]18.73' N. lat., 119[deg]41.89' W. long.;
    (138) 34[deg]11.18' N. lat., 119[deg]31.21' W. long.;
    (139) 34[deg]10.01' N. lat., 119[deg]25.84' W. long.;
    (140) 34[deg]03.88' N. lat., 119[deg]12.46' W. long.;
    (141) 34[deg]03.58' N. lat., 119[deg]06.71' W. long.;
    (142) 34[deg]04.52' N. lat., 119[deg]04.89' W. long.;
    (143) 34[deg]01.28' N. lat., 119[deg]00.27' W. long.;
    (144) 34[deg]00.20' N. lat., 119[deg]03.18' W. long.;
    (145) 33[deg]59.60' N. lat., 119[deg]03.14' W. long.;
    (146) 33[deg]59.45' N. lat., 119[deg]00.87' W. long.;
    (147) 34[deg]00.71' N. lat., 118[deg]59.07' W. long.;
    (148) 33[deg]59.05' N. lat., 118[deg]47.34' W. long.;
    (149) 33[deg]59.06' N. lat., 118[deg]36.30' W. long.;
    (150) 33[deg]55.05' N. lat., 118[deg]32.85' W. long.;
    (151) 33[deg]53.56' N. lat., 118[deg]37.73' W. long.;
    (152) 33[deg]51.22' N. lat., 118[deg]36.13' W. long.;
    (153) 33[deg]50.19' N. lat., 118[deg]32.19' W. long.;
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    (155) 33[deg]49.89' N. lat., 118[deg]28.04' W. long.;
    (156) 33[deg]49.95' N. lat., 118[deg]26.38' W. long.;
    (157) 33[deg]50.73' N. lat., 118[deg]26.16' W. long.;
    (158) 33[deg]49.87' N. lat., 118[deg]24.37' W. long.;
    (159) 33[deg]47.54' N. lat., 118[deg]29.65' W. long.;
    (160) 33[deg]44.10' N. lat., 118[deg]25.25' W. long.;
    (161) 33[deg]41.77' N. lat., 118[deg]20.32' W. long.;
    (162) 33[deg]38.17' N. lat., 118[deg]15.69' W. long.;
    (163) 33[deg]37.48' N. lat., 118[deg]16.72' W. long.;
    (164) 33[deg]35.98' N. lat., 118[deg]16.54' W. long.;
    (165) 33[deg]34.15' N. lat., 118[deg]11.22' W. long.;
    (166) 33[deg]34.09' N. lat., 118[deg]08.15' W. long.;
    (167) 33[deg]35.73' N. lat., 118[deg]05.01' W. long.;
    (168) 33[deg]33.75' N. lat., 117[deg]59.82' W. long.;
    (169) 33[deg]35.44' N. lat., 117[deg]55.65' W. long.;
    (170) 33[deg]35.15' N. lat., 117[deg]53.54' W. long.;
    (171) 33[deg]31.12' N. lat., 117[deg]47.39' W. long.;
    (172) 33[deg]27.49' N. lat., 117[deg]44.85' W. long.;
    (173) 33[deg]16.42' N. lat., 117[deg]32.92' W. long.;
    (174) 33[deg]06.66' N. lat., 117[deg]21.59' W. long.;
    (175) 33[deg]00.08' N. lat., 117[deg]19.02' W. long.;
    (176) 32[deg]56.11' N. lat., 117[deg]18.41' W. long.;
    (177) 32[deg]54.43' N. lat., 117[deg]16.93' W. long.;
    (178) 32[deg]51.89' N. lat., 117[deg]16.42' W. long.;
    (179) 32[deg]52.61' N. lat., 117[deg]19.50' W. long.;
    (180) 32[deg]46.96' N. lat., 117[deg]22.69' W. long.;
    (181) 32[deg]44.98' N. lat., 117[deg]21.87' W. long.;
    (182) 32[deg]43.52' N. lat., 117[deg]19.32' W. long.; and
    (183) 32[deg]33.56' N. lat., 117[deg]17.72' W. long.
    (A) The 60 fm (110 m) depth contour around the northern Channel 
Islands off the state of California is defined by straight lines 
connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 34[deg]08.80' N. lat., 120[deg]34.58' W. long.;
    (2) 34[deg]09.16' N. lat., 120[deg]26.31' W. long.;
    (3) 34[deg]06.69' N. lat., 120[deg]16.43' W. long.;
    (4) 34[deg]06.38' N. lat., 120[deg]04.00' W. long.;
    (5) 34[deg]07.36' N. lat., 119[deg]52.06' W. long.;
    (6) 34[deg]04.84' N. lat., 119[deg]36.94' W. long.;
    (7) 34[deg]04.84' N. lat., 119[deg]35.50' W. long.;
    (8) 34[deg]06.20' N. lat., 119[deg]35.50' W. long.;
    (9) 34[deg]06.20' N. lat., 119[deg]32.80' W. long.;
    (10) 34[deg]05.04' N. lat., 119[deg]32.80' W. long.;
    (11) 34[deg]04.00' N. lat., 119[deg]26.70' W. long.;
    (12) 34[deg]04.00' N. lat., 119[deg]21.40' W. long.;
    (13) 34[deg]28.00' N. lat., 119[deg]21.40' W. long.;
    (14) 34[deg]02.36' N. lat., 119[deg]18.97' W. long.;
    (15) 34[deg]00.65' N. lat., 119[deg]19.42' W. long.;
    (16) 33[deg]59.45' N. lat., 119[deg]22.38' W. long.;
    (17) 33[deg]58.68' N. lat., 119[deg]32.36' W. long.;
    (18) 33[deg]56.14' N. lat., 119[deg]41.09' W. long.;
    (19) 33[deg]55.84' N. lat., 119[deg]48.00' W. long.;
    (20) 33[deg]55.20' N. lat., 119[deg]48.00' W. long.;
    (21) 33[deg]55.20' N. lat., 119[deg]53.00' W. long.;
    (22) 33[deg]58.00' N. lat., 119[deg]53.00' W. long.;
    (23) 33[deg]59.32' N. lat., 119[deg]55.59' W. long.;
    (24) 33[deg]57.52' N. lat., 119[deg]55.19' W. long.;
    (25) 33[deg]56.10' N. lat., 119[deg]54.25' W. long.;
    (26) 33[deg]50.28' N. lat., 119[deg]56.02' W. long.;
    (27) 33[deg]48.51' N. lat., 119[deg]59.67' W. long.;
    (28) 33[deg]49.14' N. lat., 120[deg]03.58' W. long.;
    (29) 33[deg]51.93' N. lat., 120[deg]06.50' W. long.;
    (30) 33[deg]51.40' N. lat., 120[deg]06.50' W. long.;
    (31) 33[deg]51.40' N. lat., 120[deg]10.00' W. long.;
    (32) 33[deg]53.16' N. lat., 120[deg]10.00' W. long.;
    (33) 33[deg]54.36' N. lat., 120[deg]13.06' W. long.;
    (34) 33[deg]58.53' N. lat., 120[deg]20.46' W. long.;
    (35) 33[deg]59.52' N. lat., 120[deg]25.30' W. long.;
    (36) 33[deg]58.50' N. lat., 120[deg]25.30' W. long.;
    (37) 33[deg]58.50' N. lat., 120[deg]26.60' W. long.;
    (38) 33[deg]59.84' N. lat., 120[deg]26.60' W. long.;
    (39) 34[deg]00.12' N. lat., 120[deg]28.12' W. long.;
    (40) 34[deg]03.60' N. lat., 120[deg]31.46' W. long.;
    (41) 34[deg]03.60' N. lat., 120[deg]34.20' W. long.;
    (42) 34[deg]06.41' N. lat., 120[deg]34.20' W. long.;
    (43) 34[deg]08.09' N. lat., 120[deg]35.85' W. long.; and
    (44) 34[deg]08.80' N. lat., 120[deg]34.58' W. long.
    (B) The 60 fm (110 m) depth contour around San Clemente Island off 
the state of California is defined by straight lines connecting all of 
the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 33[deg]04.06' N. lat., 118[deg]37.32' W. long.;
    (2) 33[deg]02.56' N. lat., 118[deg]34.12' W. long.;
    (3) 32[deg]55.54' N. lat., 118[deg]28.87' W. long.;
    (4) 32[deg]55.02' N. lat., 118[deg]27.69' W. long.;
    (5) 32[deg]49.78' N. lat., 118[deg]20.88' W. long.;
    (6) 32[deg]48.32' N. lat., 118[deg]19.89' W. long.;
    (7) 32[deg]47.60' N. lat., 118[deg]22.00' W. long.;
    (8) 32[deg]44.59' N. lat., 118[deg]24.52' W. long.;
    (9) 32[deg]49.97' N. lat., 118[deg]31.52' W. long.;
    (10) 32[deg]53.62' N. lat., 118[deg]32.94' W. long.;
    (11) 32[deg]55.63' N. lat., 118[deg]34.82' W. long.;
    (12) 33[deg]00.71' N. lat., 118[deg]38.42' W. long.;
    (13) 33[deg]03.31' N. lat., 118[deg]38.74' W. long.; and
    (14) 33[deg]04.06' N. lat., 118[deg]37.32' W. long.
    (C) The 60 fm (110 m) depth contour around Santa Catalina Island 
off the state of California is defined by straight lines connecting all 
of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 33[deg]28.15' N. lat., 118[deg]37.85' W. long.;
    (2) 33[deg]29.23' N. lat., 118[deg]36.27' W. long.;
    (3) 33[deg]28.85' N. lat., 118[deg]30.85' W. long.;
    (4) 33[deg]26.69' N. lat., 118[deg]27.37' W. long.;
    (5) 33[deg]25.35' N. lat., 118[deg]22.83' W. long.;
    (6) 33[deg]22.60' N. lat., 118[deg]18.82' W. long.;
    (7) 33[deg]19.49' N. lat., 118[deg]16.91' W. long.;
    (8) 33[deg]17.13' N. lat., 118[deg]16.58' W. long.;
    (9) 33[deg]16.72' N. lat., 118[deg]18.07' W. long.;
    (10) 33[deg]18.35' N. lat., 118[deg]27.86' W. long.;

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    (11) 33[deg]20.03' N. lat., 118[deg]32.04' W. long.;
    (12) 33[deg]21.86' N. lat., 118[deg]31.72' W. long.;
    (13) 33[deg]23.15' N. lat., 118[deg]29.89' W. long.;
    (14) 33[deg]25.13' N. lat., 118[deg]32.16' W. long.;
    (15) 33[deg]25.73' N. lat., 118[deg]34.88' W. long.; and
    (16) 33[deg]28.15' N. lat., 118[deg]37.85' W. long.
    (vi) The 75 fm (137 m) depth contour used between the U.S. border 
with Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico is defined by straight 
lines connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]16.08' N. lat., 125[deg]34.90' W. long.;
    (2) 48[deg]14.50' N. lat., 125[deg]29.50' W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]12.08' N. lat., 125[deg]28.00' W. long.;
    (4) 48[deg]09.00' N. lat., 125[deg]28.00' W. long.;
    (5) 48[deg]07.80' N. lat., 125[deg]31.70' W. long.;
    (6) 48[deg]04.28' N. lat., 125[deg]29.00' W. long.;
    (7) 48[deg]02.50' N. lat., 125[deg]25.70' W. long.;
    (8) 48[deg]10.00' N. lat., 125[deg]20.19' W. long.;
    (9) 48[deg]21.70' N. lat., 125[deg]17.56' W. long.;
    (10) 48[deg]23.12' N. lat., 125[deg]10.25' W. long.;
    (11) 48[deg]21.99' N. lat., 125[deg]02.59' W. long.;
    (12) 48[deg]23.05' N. lat., 124[deg]48.80' W. long.;
    (13) 48[deg]17.10' N. lat., 124[deg]54.82' W. long.;
    (14) 48[deg]05.10' N. lat., 124[deg]59.40' W. long.;
    (15) 48[deg]04.50' N. lat., 125[deg]02.00' W. long.;
    (16) 48[deg]04.70' N. lat., 125[deg]04.08' W. long.;
    (17) 48[deg]05.20' N. lat., 125[deg]04.90' W. long.;
    (18) 48[deg]06.80' N. lat., 125[deg]06.15' W. long.;
    (19) 48[deg]05.91' N. lat., 125[deg]08.30' W. long.;
    (20) 48[deg]07.00' N. lat., 125[deg]09.80' W. long.;
    (21) 48[deg]06.93' N. lat., 125[deg]11.48' W. long.;
    (22) 48[deg]04.98' N. lat., 125[deg]10.02' W. long.;
    (23) 47[deg]54.00' N. lat., 125[deg]04.98' W. long.;
    (24) 47[deg]44.52' N. lat., 125[deg]00.00' W. long.;
    (25) 47[deg]42.00' N. lat., 124[deg]58.98' W. long.;
    (26) 47[deg]35.52' N. lat., 124[deg]55.50' W. long.;
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    (91) 40[deg]23.64' N. lat., 124[deg]28.35' W. long.;
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    (109) 39[deg]57.75' N. lat., 124[deg]09.53' W. long.;
    (110) 39[deg]55.56' N. lat., 124[deg]07.67' W. long.;
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    (121) 38[deg]09.70' N. lat., 123[deg]18.66' W. long.;
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    (126) 38[deg]00.00' N. lat., 123[deg]27.84' W. long.;
    (127) 37[deg]56.73' N. lat., 123[deg]25.22' W. long.;
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    (129) 37[deg]52.79' N. lat., 123[deg]23.85' W. long.;
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    (134) 36[deg]59.69' N. lat., 122[deg]27.32' W. long.;
    (135) 37[deg]01.41' N. lat., 122[deg]24.41' W. long.;
    (136) 36[deg]58.75' N. lat., 122[deg]23.81' W. long.;
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    (139) 36[deg]51.46' N. lat., 122[deg]10.01' W. long.;
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    (143) 36[deg]51.23' N. lat., 121[deg]57.79' W. long.;
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    (213) 33[deg]34.91' N. lat., 117[deg]53.76' W. long.;
    (214) 33[deg]30.77' N. lat., 117[deg]47.56' W. long.;
    (215) 33[deg]27.50' N. lat., 117[deg]44.87' W. long.;
    (216) 33[deg]16.89' N. lat., 117[deg]34.37' W. long.;
    (217) 33[deg]06.66' N. lat., 117[deg]21.59' W. long.;
    (218) 33[deg]03.35' N. lat., 117[deg]20.92' W. long.;
    (219) 33[deg]00.07' N. lat., 117[deg]19.02' W. long.;
    (220) 32[deg]55.99' N. lat., 117[deg]18.60' W. long.;
    (221) 32[deg]54.43' N. lat., 117[deg]16.93' W. long.;
    (222) 32[deg]52.13' N. lat., 117[deg]16.55' W. long.;
    (223) 32[deg]52.61' N. lat., 117[deg]19.50' W. long.;
    (224) 32[deg]46.95' N. lat., 117[deg]22.81' W. long.;
    (225) 32[deg]45.01' N. lat., 117[deg]22.07' W. long.;
    (226) 32[deg]43.40' N. lat., 117[deg]19.80' W. long.; and
    (227) 32[deg]33.74' N. lat., 117[deg]18.67' W. long.
    (A) The 75 fm (137 m) depth contour around the northern Channel 
Islands off the state of California is defined by straight lines 
connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 34[deg]09.12' N. lat., 120[deg]35.03' W. long.;
    (2) 34[deg]09.99' N. lat., 120[deg]27.85' W. long.;
    (3) 34[deg]07.19' N. lat., 120[deg]16.28' W. long.;
    (4) 34[deg]06.56' N. lat., 120[deg]04.00' W. long.;
    (5) 34[deg]07.27' N. lat., 119[deg]57.76' W. long.;
    (6) 34[deg]07.48' N. lat., 119[deg]52.08' W. long.;
    (7) 34[deg]05.18' N. lat., 119[deg]37.94' W. long.;
    (8) 34[deg]05.22' N. lat., 119[deg]35.52' W. long.;
    (9) 34[deg]06.18' N. lat., 119[deg]35.50' W. long.;
    (10) 34[deg]06.16' N. lat., 119[deg]32.76' W. long.;
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    (13) 34[deg]04.06' N. lat., 119[deg]26.60' W. long.;
    (14) 34[deg]04.00' N. lat., 119[deg]21.34' W. long.;
    (15) 34[deg]03.00' N. lat., 119[deg]21.36' W. long.;
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    (17) 34[deg]00.65' N. lat., 119[deg]19.42' W. long.;
    (18) 33[deg]59.45' N. lat., 119[deg]22.38' W. long.;
    (19) 33[deg]58.68' N. lat., 119[deg]32.36' W. long.;
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    (25) 33[deg]59.06' N. lat., 119[deg]55.38' W. long.;
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    (27) 33[deg]56.35' N. lat., 119[deg]53.91' W. long.;
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    (33) 33[deg]49.16' N. lat., 120[deg]05.06' W. long.;
    (34) 33[deg]51.41' N. lat., 120[deg]06.49' W. long.;
    (35) 33[deg]51.41' N. lat., 120[deg]10.00' W. long.;
    (36) 33[deg]52.99' N. lat., 120[deg]10.01' W. long.;
    (37) 33[deg]56.64' N. lat., 120[deg]18.88' W. long.;
    (38) 33[deg]58.02' N. lat., 120[deg]21.41' W. long.;
    (39) 33[deg]58.73' N. lat., 120[deg]25.22' W. long.;
    (40) 33[deg]58.49' N. lat., 120[deg]25.22' W. long.;
    (41) 33[deg]58.48' N. lat., 120[deg]26.55' W. long.;
    (42) 33[deg]59.08' N. lat., 120[deg]26.58' W. long.;
    (43) 33[deg]59.95' N. lat., 120[deg]28.21' W. long.;
    (44) 34[deg]03.54' N. lat., 120[deg]32.23' W. long.;
    (45) 34[deg]03.54' N. lat., 120[deg]34.19' W. long.;
    (46) 34[deg]05.57' N. lat., 120[deg]34.23' W. long.;
    (47) 34[deg]08.13' N. lat., 120[deg]36.05' W. long.; and
    (48) 34[deg]09.12' N. lat., 120[deg]35.03' W. long.
    (B) The 75 fm (137 m) depth contour around San Clemente Island off 
the state of California is defined by straight lines connecting all of 
the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 33[deg]04.54' N. lat., 118[deg]37.54' W. long.;
    (2) 33[deg]02.56' N. lat., 118[deg]34.12' W. long.;
    (3) 32[deg]55.54' N. lat., 118[deg]28.87' W. long.;
    (4) 32[deg]55.02' N. lat., 118[deg]27.69' W. long.;
    (5) 32[deg]49.78' N. lat., 118[deg]20.88' W. long.;
    (6) 32[deg]48.32' N. lat., 118[deg]19.89' W. long.;
    (7) 32[deg]47.41' N. lat., 118[deg]21.98' W. long.;
    (8) 32[deg]44.39' N. lat., 118[deg]24.49' W. long.;
    (9) 32[deg]47.93' N. lat., 118[deg]29.90' W. long.;
    (10) 32[deg]49.69' N. lat., 118[deg]31.52' W. long.;
    (11) 32[deg]53.57' N. lat., 118[deg]33.09' W. long.;
    (12) 32[deg]55.42' N. lat., 118[deg]35.17' W. long.;
    (13) 33[deg]00.49' N. lat., 118[deg]38.56' W. long.;
    (14) 33[deg]03.23' N. lat., 118[deg]39.16' W. long.; and
    (15) 33[deg]04.54' N. lat., 118[deg]37.54' W. long.
    (C) The 75 fm (137 m) depth contour around Santa Catalina Island 
off the state of California is defined by straight lines connecting all 
of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 33[deg]28.17' N. lat., 118[deg]38.16' W. long.;
    (2) 33[deg]29.35' N. lat., 118[deg]36.23' W. long.;
    (3) 33[deg]28.85' N. lat., 118[deg]30.85' W. long.;
    (4) 33[deg]26.69' N. lat., 118[deg]27.37' W. long.;
    (5) 33[deg]26.31' N. lat., 118[deg]25.14' W. long.;
    (6) 33[deg]25.35' N. lat., 118[deg]22.83' W. long.;
    (7) 33[deg]22.47' N. lat., 118[deg]18.53' W. long.;
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    (9) 33[deg]17.07' N. lat., 118[deg]16.38' W. long.;
    (10) 33[deg]16.58' N. lat., 118[deg]17.61' W. long.;
    (11) 33[deg]18.35' N. lat., 118[deg]27.86' W. long.;
    (12) 33[deg]20.07' N. lat., 118[deg]32.12' W. long.;
    (13) 33[deg]21.77' N. lat., 118[deg]31.85' W. long.;
    (14) 33[deg]23.15' N. lat., 118[deg]29.99' W. long.;
    (15) 33[deg]24.96' N. lat., 118[deg]32.21' W. long.;
    (16) 33[deg]25.67' N. lat., 118[deg]34.88' W. long.;
    (17) 33[deg]27.80' N. lat., 118[deg]37.90' W. long.; and
    (18) 33[deg]28.17' N. lat., 118[deg]38.16' W. long.
    (vii) The 100 fm (183 m) depth contour used between the U.S. border 
with Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico is defined by straight 
lines connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]15.00' N. lat., 125[deg]41.00' W. long.;
    (2) 48[deg]14.00' N. lat., 125[deg]36.00' W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]09.50' N. lat., 125[deg]40.50' W. long.;
    (4) 48[deg]08.00' N. lat., 125[deg]38.00' W. long.;
    (5) 48[deg]05.00' N. lat., 125[deg]37.25' W. long.;
    (6) 48[deg]02.60' N. lat., 125[deg]34.70' W. long.;
    (7) 47[deg]59.00' N. lat., 125[deg]34.00' W. long.;
    (8) 47[deg]57.26' N. lat., 125[deg]29.82' W. long.;
    (9) 47[deg]59.87' N. lat., 125[deg]25.81' W. long.;
    (10) 48[deg]01.80' N. lat., 125[deg]24.53' W. long.;
    (11) 48[deg]02.08' N. lat., 125[deg]22.98' W. long.;
    (12) 48[deg]02.97' N. lat., 125[deg]22.89' W. long.;
    (13) 48[deg]04.47' N. lat., 125[deg]21.75' W. long.;
    (14) 48[deg]06.11' N. lat., 125[deg]19.33' W. long.;
    (15) 48[deg]07.95' N. lat., 125[deg]18.55' W. long.;
    (16) 48[deg]09.00' N. lat., 125[deg]18.00' W. long.;
    (17) 48[deg]11.31' N. lat., 125[deg]17.55' W. long.;
    (18) 48[deg]14.60' N. lat., 125[deg]13.46' W. long.;
    (19) 48[deg]16.67' N. lat., 125[deg]14.34' W. long.;
    (20) 48[deg]18.73' N. lat., 125[deg]14.41' W. long.;
    (21) 48[deg]19.67' N. lat., 125[deg]13.70' W. long.;
    (22) 48[deg]19.70' N. lat., 125[deg]11.13' W. long.;
    (23) 48[deg]22.95' N. lat., 125[deg]10.79' W. long.;
    (24) 48[deg]21.61' N. lat., 125[deg]02.54' W. long.;
    (25) 48[deg]23.00' N. lat., 124[deg]49.34' W. long.;
    (26) 48[deg]17.00' N. lat., 124[deg]56.50' W. long.;
    (27) 48[deg]06.00' N. lat., 125[deg]00.00' W. long.;
    (28) 48[deg]04.62' N. lat., 125[deg]01.73' W. long.;
    (29) 48[deg]04.84' N. lat., 125[deg]04.03' W. long.;
    (30) 48[deg]06.41' N. lat., 125[deg]06.51' W. long.;
    (31) 48[deg]06.00' N. lat., 125[deg]08.00' W. long.;
    (32) 48[deg]07.08' N. lat., 125[deg]09.34' W. long.;
    (33) 48[deg]07.28' N. lat., 125[deg]11.14' W. long.;
    (34) 48[deg]03.45' N. lat., 125[deg]16.66' W. long.;
    (35) 47[deg]59.50' N. lat., 125[deg]18.88' W. long.;
    (36) 47[deg]58.68' N. lat., 125[deg]16.19' W. long.;
    (37) 47[deg]56.62' N. lat., 125[deg]13.50' W. long.;
    (38) 47[deg]53.71' N. lat., 125[deg]11.96' W. long.;
    (39) 47[deg]51.70' N. lat., 125[deg]09.38' W. long.;
    (40) 47[deg]49.95' N. lat., 125[deg]06.07' W. long.;
    (41) 47[deg]49.00' N. lat., 125[deg]03.00' W. long.;
    (42) 47[deg]46.95' N. lat., 125[deg]04.00' W. long.;
    (43) 47[deg]46.58' N. lat., 125[deg]03.15' W. long.;
    (44) 47[deg]44.07' N. lat., 125[deg]04.28' W. long.;
    (45) 47[deg]43.32' N. lat., 125[deg]04.41' W. long.;
    (46) 47[deg]40.95' N. lat., 125[deg]04.14' W. long.;
    (47) 47[deg]39.58' N. lat., 125[deg]04.97' W. long.;
    (48) 47[deg]36.23' N. lat., 125[deg]02.77' W. long.;
    (49) 47[deg]34.28' N. lat., 124[deg]58.66' W. long.;
    (50) 47[deg]32.17' N. lat., 124[deg]57.77' W. long.;
    (51) 47[deg]30.27' N. lat., 124[deg]56.16' W. long.;
    (52) 47[deg]30.60' N. lat., 124[deg]54.80' W. long.;
    (53) 47[deg]29.26' N. lat., 124[deg]52.21' W. long.;
    (54) 47[deg]28.21' N. lat., 124[deg]50.65' W. long.;
    (55) 47[deg]27.38' N. lat., 124[deg]49.34' W. long.;
    (56) 47[deg]25.61' N. lat., 124[deg]48.26' W. long.;
    (57) 47[deg]23.54' N. lat., 124[deg]46.42' W. long.;
    (58) 47[deg]20.64' N. lat., 124[deg]45.91' W. long.;
    (59) 47[deg]17.99' N. lat., 124[deg]45.59' W. long.;
    (60) 47[deg]18.20' N. lat., 124[deg]49.12' W. long.;
    (61) 47[deg]15.01' N. lat., 124[deg]51.09' W. long.;
    (62) 47[deg]12.61' N. lat., 124[deg]54.89' W. long.;
    (63) 47[deg]08.22' N. lat., 124[deg]56.53' W. long.;
    (64) 47[deg]08.50' N. lat., 124[deg]57.74' W. long.;
    (65) 47[deg]01.92' N. lat., 124[deg]54.95' W. long.;
    (66) 47[deg]01.14' N. lat., 124[deg]59.35' W. long.;
    (67) 46[deg]58.48' N. lat., 124[deg]57.81' W. long.;
    (68) 46[deg]56.79' N. lat., 124[deg]56.03' W. long.;
    (69) 46[deg]58.01' N. lat., 124[deg]55.09' W. long.;
    (70) 46[deg]55.07' N. lat., 124[deg]54.14' W. long.;
    (71) 46[deg]59.60' N. lat., 124[deg]49.79' W. long.;
    (72) 46[deg]58.72' N. lat., 124[deg]48.78' W. long.;
    (73) 46[deg]54.45' N. lat., 124[deg]48.36' W. long.;
    (74) 46[deg]53.99' N. lat., 124[deg]49.95' W. long.;
    (75) 46[deg]54.38' N. lat., 124[deg]52.73' W. long.;
    (76) 46[deg]52.38' N. lat., 124[deg]52.02' W. long.;
    (77) 46[deg]48.93' N. lat., 124[deg]49.17' W. long.;
    (78) 46[deg]41.50' N. lat., 124[deg]43.00' W. long.;
    (79) 46[deg]34.50' N. lat., 124[deg]28.50' W. long.;
    (80) 46[deg]29.00' N. lat., 124[deg]30.00' W. long.;
    (81) 46[deg]20.00' N. lat., 124[deg]36.50' W. long.;
    (82) 46[deg]18.00' N. lat., 124[deg]38.00' W. long.;
    (83) 46[deg]17.52' N. lat., 124[deg]35.35' W. long.;
    (84) 46[deg]17.00' N. lat., 124[deg]22.50' W. long.;
    (85) 46[deg]16.00' N. lat., 124[deg]20.62' W. long.;
    (86) 46[deg]13.52' N. lat., 124[deg]25.49' W. long.;
    (87) 46[deg]12.17' N. lat., 124[deg]30.75' W. long.;
    (88) 46[deg]10.63' N. lat., 124[deg]37.95' W. long.;
    (89) 46[deg]09.29' N. lat., 124[deg]39.01' W. long.;
    (90) 46[deg]02.40' N. lat., 124[deg]40.37' W. long.;
    (91) 45[deg]56.45' N. lat., 124[deg]38.00' W. long.;
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    (94) 45[deg]46.41' N. lat., 124[deg]32.36' W. long.;
    (95) 45[deg]41.75' N. lat., 124[deg]28.12' W. long.;
    (96) 45[deg]36.96' N. lat., 124[deg]24.48' W. long.;
    (97) 45[deg]31.84' N. lat., 124[deg]22.04' W. long.;
    (98) 45[deg]27.10' N. lat., 124[deg]21.74' W. long.;
    (99) 45[deg]18.14' N. lat., 124[deg]17.59' W. long.;
    (100) 45[deg]11.08' N. lat., 124[deg]16.97' W. long.;
    (101) 45[deg]04.38' N. lat., 124[deg]18.36' W. long.;
    (102) 44[deg]58.05' N. lat., 124[deg]21.58' W. long.;
    (103) 44[deg]47.67' N. lat., 124[deg]31.41' W. long.;
    (104) 44[deg]44.55' N. lat., 124[deg]33.58' W. long.;
    (105) 44[deg]39.88' N. lat., 124[deg]35.01' W. long.;
    (106) 44[deg]32.90' N. lat., 124[deg]36.81' W. long.;
    (107) 44[deg]30.33' N. lat., 124[deg]38.56' W. long.;
    (108) 44[deg]30.04' N. lat., 124[deg]42.31' W. long.;
    (109) 44[deg]26.84' N. lat., 124[deg]44.91' W. long.;
    (110) 44[deg]17.99' N. lat., 124[deg]51.03' W. long.;
    (111) 44[deg]13.68' N. lat., 124[deg]56.38' W. long.;
    (112) 43[deg]56.67' N. lat., 124[deg]55.45' W. long.;
    (113) 43[deg]56.47' N. lat., 124[deg]34.61' W. long.;
    (114) 43[deg]42.73' N. lat., 124[deg]32.41' W. long.;
    (115) 43[deg]30.93' N. lat., 124[deg]34.43' W. long.;
    (116) 43[deg]17.45' N. lat., 124[deg]41.16' W. long.;
    (117) 43[deg]07.04' N. lat., 124[deg]41.25' W. long.;
    (118) 43[deg]03.45' N. lat., 124[deg]44.36' W. long.;
    (119) 43[deg]03.90' N. lat., 124[deg]50.81' W. long.;
    (120) 42[deg]55.70' N. lat., 124[deg]52.79' W. long.;
    (121) 42[deg]54.12' N. lat., 124[deg]47.36' W. long.;
    (122) 42[deg]44.00' N. lat., 124[deg]42.38' W. long.;
    (123) 42[deg]38.23' N. lat., 124[deg]41.25' W. long.;
    (124) 42[deg]33.03' N. lat., 124[deg]42.38' W. long.;
    (125) 42[deg]31.89' N. lat., 124[deg]42.04' W. long.;
    (126) 42[deg]30.09' N. lat., 124[deg]42.67' W. long.;
    (127) 42[deg]28.28' N. lat., 124[deg]47.08' W. long.;
    (128) 42[deg]25.22' N. lat., 124[deg]43.51' W. long.;
    (129) 42[deg]19.23' N. lat., 124[deg]37.92' W. long.;
    (130) 42[deg]16.29' N. lat., 124[deg]36.11' W. long.;
    (131) 42[deg]05.66' N. lat., 124[deg]34.92' W. long.;
    (132) 42[deg]00.00' N. lat., 124[deg]35.27' W. long.;
    (133) 42[deg]00.00' N. lat., 124[deg]35.26' W. long.;
    (134) 41[deg]47.04' N. lat., 124[deg]27.64' W. long.;
    (135) 41[deg]32.92' N. lat., 124[deg]28.79' W. long.;
    (136) 41[deg]24.17' N. lat., 124[deg]28.46' W. long.;
    (137) 41[deg]10.12' N. lat., 124[deg]20.50' W. long.;
    (138) 40[deg]51.41' N. lat., 124[deg]24.38' W. long.;
    (139) 40[deg]43.71' N. lat., 124[deg]29.89' W. long.;
    (140) 40[deg]40.14' N. lat., 124[deg]30.90' W. long.;
    (141) 40[deg]37.35' N. lat., 124[deg]29.05' W. long.;
    (142) 40[deg]34.76' N. lat., 124[deg]29.82' W. long.;
    (143) 40[deg]36.78' N. lat., 124[deg]37.06' W. long.;
    (144) 40[deg]32.44' N. lat., 124[deg]39.58' W. long.;
    (145) 40[deg]24.82' N. lat., 124[deg]35.12' W. long.;
    (146) 40[deg]23.30' N. lat., 124[deg]31.60' W. long.;
    (147) 40[deg]23.52' N. lat., 124[deg]28.78' W. long.;
    (148) 40[deg]22.43' N. lat., 124[deg]25.00' W. long.;
    (149) 40[deg]21.72' N. lat., 124[deg]24.94' W. long.;
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    (153) 40[deg]17.73' N. lat., 124[deg]25.43' W. long.;
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    (177) 39[deg]48.78' N. lat., 124[deg]03.29' W. long.;
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    (290) 32[deg]34.22' N. lat., 117[deg]21.20' W. long.
    (viii) The 125 fm (229 m) depth contour used between the U.S. 
border with Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico is defined by 
straight lines connecting all of the following points in the order 
stated:
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    (341) 32[deg]42.71' N. lat., 117[deg]21.45' W. long.; and
    (342) 32[deg]34.54' N. lat., 117[deg]23.04' W. long.
    (ix) The 150 fm (274 m) depth contour used between the U.S. border 
with Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico is defined by straight 
lines connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]14.96' N. lat., 125[deg]41.24' W. long.;
    (2) 48[deg]12.89' N. lat., 125[deg]37.83' W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]11.49' N. lat., 125[deg]39.27' W. long.;
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    (11) 48[deg]01.00' N. lat., 125[deg]38.50' W. long.;
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    (14) 47[deg]56.53' N. lat., 125[deg]30.33' W. long.;
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    (22) 48[deg]02.00' N. lat., 125[deg]18.50' W. long.;
    (23) 48[deg]00.01' N. lat., 125[deg]19.90' W. long.;
    (24) 47[deg]58.75' N. lat., 125[deg]17.54' W. long.;
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    (199) 37[deg]55.32' N. lat., 123[deg]27.19' W. long.;
    (200) 37[deg]51.47' N. lat., 123[deg]24.92' W. long.;
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    (202) 37[deg]36.33' N. lat., 123[deg]01.76' W. long.;
    (203) 37[deg]15.16' N. lat., 122[deg]51.64' W. long.;
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    (205) 36[deg]59.70' N. lat., 122[deg]33.71' W. long.;
    (206) 36[deg]58.00' N. lat., 122[deg]27.80' W. long.;
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    (250) 33[deg]51.00' N. lat., 120[deg]09.00' W. long.;
    (251) 33[deg]38.16' N. lat., 119[deg]59.23' W. long.;
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    (253) 33[deg]42.28' N. lat., 119[deg]48.85' W. long.;
    (254) 33[deg]53.96' N. lat., 119[deg]53.77' W. long.;
    (255) 33[deg]59.94' N. lat., 119[deg]19.57' W. long.;
    (256) 34[deg]03.12' N. lat., 119[deg]15.51' W. long.;
    (257) 34[deg]01.97' N. lat., 119[deg]07.28' W. long.;
    (258) 34[deg]03.60' N. lat., 119[deg]04.71' W. long.;
    (259) 33[deg]59.30' N. lat., 119[deg]03.73' W. long.;
    (260) 33[deg]58.87' N. lat., 118[deg]59.37' W. long.;
    (261) 33[deg]58.08' N. lat., 118[deg]41.14' W. long.;
    (262) 33[deg]50.93' N. lat., 118[deg]37.65' W. long.;
    (263) 33[deg]39.54' N. lat., 118[deg]18.70' W. long.;
    (264) 33[deg]35.42' N. lat., 118[deg]17.14' W. long.;
    (265) 33[deg]32.15' N. lat., 118[deg]10.84' W. long.;
    (266) 33[deg]33.71' N. lat., 117[deg]53.72' W. long.;
    (267) 33[deg]31.17' N. lat., 117[deg]49.11' W. long.;
    (268) 33[deg]16.53' N. lat., 117[deg]36.13' W. long.;
    (269) 33[deg]06.77' N. lat., 117[deg]22.92' W. long.;
    (270) 32[deg]58.94' N. lat., 117[deg]20.05' W. long.;
    (271) 32[deg]55.83' N. lat., 117[deg]20.15' W. long.;
    (272) 32[deg]46.29' N. lat., 117[deg]23.89' W. long.;
    (273) 32[deg]42.00' N. lat., 117[deg]22.16' W. long.;
    (274) 32[deg]39.47' N. lat., 117[deg]27.78' W. long.; and
    (275) 32[deg]34.83' N. lat., 117[deg]24.69' W. long.
    (A) The 150 fm (274 m) depth contour used around San Clemente 
Island off the state of California is defined by straight lines 
connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 32[deg]48.50' N. lat., 118[deg]18.34' W. long.;
    (2) 32[deg]56.00' N. lat., 118[deg]29.00' W. long.;
    (3) 33[deg]03.00' N. lat., 118[deg]34.00' W. long.;
    (4) 33[deg]05.00' N. lat., 118[deg]38.00' W. long.;
    (5) 33[deg]03.00' N. lat., 118[deg]40.00' W. long.;
    (6) 32[deg]48.00' N. lat., 118[deg]31.00' W. long.;
    (7) 32[deg]43.00' N. lat., 118[deg]24.00' W. long.; and
    (8) 32[deg]48.50' N. lat., 118[deg]18.34' W. long.
    (B) The 150 fm (274 m) depth contour used around Santa Catalina 
Island off the state of California is defined by straight lines 
connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 33[deg]19.00' N. lat., 118[deg]15.00' W. long.;
    (2) 33[deg]26.00' N. lat., 118[deg]22.00' W. long.;
    (3) 33[deg]28.00' N. lat., 118[deg]28.00' W. long.;
    (4) 33[deg]30.00' N. lat., 118[deg]31.00' W. long.;
    (5) 33[deg]31.00' N. lat., 118[deg]37.00' W. long.;
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    (7) 33[deg]23.00' N. lat., 118[deg]31.00' W. long.;
    (8) 33[deg]21.00' N. lat., 118[deg]33.00' W. long.;
    (9) 33[deg]18.00' N. lat., 118[deg]28.00' W. long.;
    (10) 33[deg]16.00' N. lat., 118[deg]13.00' W. long.; and
    (11) 33[deg]19.00' N. lat., 118[deg]15.00' W. long.
    (C) The 150 fm (274 m) depth contour used around Lasuen Knoll off 
the state of California is defined by straight lines connecting all of 
the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 33[deg]25.00' N. lat., 118[deg]01.00' W. long.;
    (2) 33[deg]25.00' N. lat., 117[deg]58.00' W. long.;
    (3) 33[deg]23.00' N. lat., 117[deg]58.00' W. long.;
    (4) 33[deg]23.00' N. lat., 118[deg]01.00' W. long.; and
    (5) 33[deg]25.00' N. lat., 118[deg]01.00' W. long.
    (x) The 180 fm (329 m) depth contour used between the U.S. border 
with Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico is defined by straight 
lines connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]14.82' N. lat., 125[deg]41.61' W. long.;
    (2) 48[deg]12.86' N. lat., 125[deg]37.95' W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]11.28' N. lat., 125[deg]39.67' W. long.;
    (4) 48[deg]10.13' N. lat., 125[deg]42.62' W. long.;
    (5) 48[deg]08.86' N. lat., 125[deg]41.92' W. long.;
    (6) 48[deg]08.15' N. lat., 125[deg]44.95' W. long.;
    (7) 48[deg]07.18' N. lat., 125[deg]45.67' W. long.;
    (8) 48[deg]05.79' N. lat., 125[deg]44.64' W. long.;
    (9) 48[deg]06.04' N. lat., 125[deg]41.84' W. long.;
    (10) 48[deg]04.26' N. lat., 125[deg]40.09' W. long.;
    (11) 48[deg]04.18' N. lat., 125[deg]36.94' W. long.;
    (12) 48[deg]03.02' N. lat., 125[deg]36.24' W. long.;
    (13) 48[deg]01.75' N. lat., 125[deg]37.42' W. long.;
    (14) 48[deg]01.39' N. lat., 125[deg]39.42' W. long.;
    (15) 47[deg]57.08' N. lat., 125[deg]36.51' W. long.;
    (16) 47[deg]55.20' N. lat., 125[deg]36.62' W. long.;
    (17) 47[deg]54.33' N. lat., 125[deg]34.98' W. long.;
    (18) 47[deg]54.73' N. lat., 125[deg]31.95' W. long.;
    (19) 47[deg]56.39' N. lat., 125[deg]30.22' W. long.;
    (20) 47[deg]55.86' N. lat., 125[deg]28.54' W. long.;
    (21) 47[deg]58.07' N. lat., 125[deg]25.72' W. long.;
    (22) 48[deg]00.81' N. lat., 125[deg]24.39' W. long.;
    (23) 48[deg]01.81' N. lat., 125[deg]23.76' W. long.;
    (24) 48[deg]02.16' N. lat., 125[deg]22.71' W. long.;
    (25) 48[deg]03.46' N. lat., 125[deg]22.01' W. long.;
    (26) 48[deg]04.21' N. lat., 125[deg]20.40' W. long.;
    (27) 48[deg]03.15' N. lat., 125[deg]19.50' W. long.;
    (28) 48[deg]01.92' N. lat., 125[deg]18.69' W. long.;
    (29) 48[deg]00.85' N. lat., 125[deg]20.02' W. long.;
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    (31) 47[deg]58.18' N. lat., 125[deg]18.78' W. long.;
    (32) 47[deg]58.24' N. lat., 125[deg]17.26' W. long.;
    (33) 47[deg]52.47' N. lat., 125[deg]15.30' W. long.;
    (34) 47[deg]52.13' N. lat., 125[deg]12.95' W. long.;
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    (69) 46[deg]55.91' N. lat., 124[deg]54.98' W. long.;
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    (76) 46[deg]39.20' N. lat., 124[deg]47.02' W. long.;
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    (80) 46[deg]27.87' N. lat., 124[deg]32.04' W. long.;
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    (110) 43[deg]10.43' N. lat., 124[deg]50.27' W. long.;
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    (112) 42[deg]56.93' N. lat., 124[deg]53.95' W. long.;
    (113) 42[deg]54.74' N. lat., 124[deg]54.19' W. long.;
    (114) 42[deg]49.43' N. lat., 124[deg]52.03' W. long.;
    (115) 42[deg]47.68' N. lat., 124[deg]47.72' W. long.;
    (116) 42[deg]46.17' N. lat., 124[deg]44.05' W. long.;
    (117) 42[deg]41.67' N. lat., 124[deg]44.36' W. long.;
    (118) 42[deg]38.79' N. lat., 124[deg]42.87' W. long.;
    (119) 42[deg]32.39' N. lat., 124[deg]45.38' W. long.;
    (120) 42[deg]32.07' N. lat., 124[deg]43.44' W. long.;
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    (261) 32[deg]34.83' N. lat., 117[deg]24.67' W. long.
    (xi) The 200 fm (366 m) depth contour between the U.S. border with 
Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico is defined by straight lines 
connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
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    (128) 40[deg]54.67' N. lat., 124[deg]28.13' W. long.;
    (129) 40[deg]49.02' N. lat., 124[deg]28.52' W. long.;
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    (132) 40[deg]34.22' N. lat., 124[deg]41.13' W. long.;
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    (134) 40[deg]31.30' N. lat., 124[deg]40.97' W. long.;
    (135) 40[deg]29.63' N. lat., 124[deg]38.04' W. long.;
    (136) 40[deg]24.99' N. lat., 124[deg]36.37' W. long.;
    (137) 40[deg]22.23' N. lat., 124[deg]31.78' W. long.;
    (138) 40[deg]16.95' N. lat., 124[deg]31.93' W. long.;
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    (143) 40[deg]07.07' N. lat., 124[deg]17.75' W. long.;
    (144) 40[deg]05.53' N. lat., 124[deg]18.02' W. long.;
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    (146) 40[deg]02.35' N. lat., 124[deg]16.57' W. long.;
    (147) 40[deg]01.53' N. lat., 124[deg]09.82' W. long.;
    (148) 39[deg]58.28' N. lat., 124[deg]13.51' W. long.;
    (149) 39[deg]56.60' N. lat., 124[deg]12.02' W. long.;
    (150) 39[deg]55.20' N. lat., 124[deg]07.96' W. long.;
    (151) 39[deg]52.55' N. lat., 124[deg]09.40' W. long.;
    (152) 39[deg]42.68' N. lat., 124[deg]02.52' W. long.;
    (153) 39[deg]35.96' N. lat., 123[deg]59.49' W. long.;
    (154) 39[deg]34.62' N. lat., 123[deg]59.59' W. long.;
    (155) 39[deg]33.78' N. lat., 123[deg]56.82' W. long.;
    (156) 39[deg]33.02' N. lat., 123[deg]57.07' W. long.;
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    (158) 39[deg]07.85' N. lat., 123[deg]59.07' W. long.;
    (159) 39[deg]00.90' N. lat., 123[deg]57.88' W. long.;
    (160) 38[deg]59.95' N. lat., 123[deg]56.99' W. long.;
    (161) 38[deg]56.82' N. lat., 123[deg]57.74' W. long.;
    (162) 38[deg]56.40' N. lat., 123[deg]59.41' W. long.;
    (163) 38[deg]50.23' N. lat., 123[deg]55.48' W. long.;
    (164) 38[deg]46.77' N. lat., 123[deg]51.49' W. long.;
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    (166) 38[deg]42.76' N. lat., 123[deg]49.76' W. long.;
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    (168) 38[deg]40.98' N. lat., 123[deg]48.07' W. long.;
    (169) 38[deg]38.03' N. lat., 123[deg]45.78' W. long.;
    (170) 38[deg]37.20' N. lat., 123[deg]44.01' W. long.;
    (171) 38[deg]33.44' N. lat., 123[deg]41.75' W. long.;
    (172) 38[deg]29.45' N. lat., 123[deg]38.42' W. long.;
    (173) 38[deg]27.89' N. lat., 123[deg]38.38' W. long.;
    (174) 38[deg]23.68' N. lat., 123[deg]35.40' W. long.;
    (175) 38[deg]19.63' N. lat., 123[deg]33.98' W. long.;
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    (177) 38[deg]14.79' N. lat., 123[deg]29.91' W. long.;
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    (188) 37[deg]58.13' N. lat., 123[deg]27.21' W. long.;
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    (190) 37[deg]51.40' N. lat., 123[deg]25.18' W. long.;
    (191) 37[deg]43.97' N. lat., 123[deg]11.49' W. long.;
    (192) 37[deg]36.00' N. lat., 123[deg]02.25' W. long.;
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    (195) 36[deg]57.40' N. lat., 122[deg]28.25' W. long.;
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    (200) 36[deg]52.29' N. lat., 122[deg]13.18' W. long.;
    (201) 36[deg]47.12' N. lat., 122[deg]07.56' W. long.;
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    (203) 36[deg]43.76' N. lat., 121[deg]59.11' W. long.;
    (204) 36[deg]38.85' N. lat., 122[deg]02.20' W. long.;
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    (208) 36[deg]09.74' N. lat., 121[deg]45.00' W. long.;
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    (210) 35[deg]57.07' N. lat., 121[deg]34.32' W. long.;
    (211) 35[deg]52.31' N. lat., 121[deg]32.45' W. long.;
    (212) 35[deg]51.21' N. lat., 121[deg]30.91' W. long.;
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    (215) 35[deg]31.37' N. lat., 121[deg]15.23' W. long.;
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    (221) 34[deg]32.30' N. lat., 120[deg]50.22' W. long.;
    (222) 34[deg]27.00' N. lat., 120[deg]42.55' W. long.;
    (223) 34[deg]19.08' N. lat., 120[deg]31.21' W. long.;
    (224) 34[deg]17.72' N. lat., 120[deg]19.26' W. long.;
    (225) 34[deg]22.45' N. lat., 120[deg]12.81' W. long.;
    (226) 34[deg]21.36' N. lat., 119[deg]54.88' W. long.;
    (227) 34[deg]09.95' N. lat., 119[deg]46.18' W. long.;
    (228) 34[deg]09.08' N. lat., 119[deg]57.53' W. long.;
    (229) 34[deg]07.53' N. lat., 120[deg]06.35' W. long.;
    (230) 34[deg]10.54' N. lat., 120[deg]19.07' W. long.;
    (231) 34[deg]14.68' N. lat., 120[deg]29.48' W. long.;
    (232) 34[deg]09.51' N. lat., 120[deg]38.32' W. long.;
    (233) 34[deg]03.06' N. lat., 120[deg]35.54' W. long.;
    (234) 33[deg]56.39' N. lat., 120[deg]28.47' W. long.;
    (235) 33[deg]50.25' N. lat., 120[deg]09.43' W. long.;
    (236) 33[deg]37.96' N. lat., 120[deg]00.08' W. long.;
    (237) 33[deg]34.52' N. lat., 119[deg]51.84' W. long.;
    (238) 33[deg]35.51' N. lat., 119[deg]48.49' W. long.;
    (239) 33[deg]42.76' N. lat., 119[deg]47.77' W. long.;
    (240) 33[deg]53.62' N. lat., 119[deg]53.28' W. long.;
    (241) 33[deg]57.61' N. lat., 119[deg]31.26' W. long.;
    (242) 33[deg]56.34' N. lat., 119[deg]26.40' W. long.;
    (243) 33[deg]57.79' N. lat., 119[deg]26.85' W. long.;
    (244) 33[deg]58.88' N. lat., 119[deg]20.06' W. long.;
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    (246) 33[deg]59.02' N. lat., 119[deg]02.99' W. long.;
    (247) 33[deg]57.61' N. lat., 118[deg]42.07' W. long.;
    (248) 33[deg]50.76' N. lat., 118[deg]37.98' W. long.;
    (249) 33[deg]38.41' N. lat., 118[deg]17.03' W. long.;
    (250) 33[deg]37.14' N. lat., 118[deg]18.39' W. long.;
    (251) 33[deg]35.51' N. lat., 118[deg]18.03' W. long.;
    (252) 33[deg]30.68' N. lat., 118[deg]10.35' W. long.;
    (253) 33[deg]32.49' N. lat., 117[deg]51.85' W. long.;
    (254) 32[deg]58.87' N. lat., 117[deg]20.36' W. long.; and
    (255) 32[deg]35.53' N. lat., 117[deg]29.67' W. long.
    (A) The 200 fm (366 m) depth contour used around San Clemente 
Island is defined by straight lines connecting all of the following 
points in the order stated:
    (1) 33[deg]05.89' N. lat., 118[deg]39.45' W. long.;
    (2) 33[deg]02.68' N. lat., 118[deg]33.14' W. long.;
    (3) 32[deg]57.32' N. lat., 118[deg]29.12' W. long.;
    (4) 32[deg]47.51' N. lat., 118[deg]17.88' W. long.;
    (5) 32[deg]41.22' N. lat., 118[deg]23.78' W. long.;
    (6) 32[deg]46.83' N. lat., 118[deg]32.10' W. long.;
    (7) 33[deg]01.61' N. lat., 118[deg]40.64' W. long.; and
    (8) 33[deg]5.89' N. lat., 118[deg]39.45' W. long.
    (B) The 200 fm (366 m) depth contour used around Santa Catalina 
Island off the state of California is defined by straight lines 
connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 33[deg]32.06' N. lat., 118[deg]44.52' W. long.;
    (2) 33[deg]31.36' N. lat., 118[deg]35.28' W. long.;
    (3) 33[deg]30.10' N. lat., 118[deg]30.82' W. long.;
    (4) 33[deg]27.91' N. lat., 118[deg]26.83' W. long.;
    (5) 33[deg]26.27' N. lat., 118[deg]21.35' W. long.;
    (6) 33[deg]21.34' N. lat., 118[deg]15.24' W. long.;
    (7) 33[deg]13.66' N. lat., 118[deg]08.98' W. long.;
    (8) 33[deg]17.15' N. lat., 118[deg]28.35' W. long.;
    (9) 33[deg]20.94' N. lat., 118[deg]34.34' W. long.;
    (10) 33[deg]23.32' N. lat., 118[deg]32.60' W. long.;
    (11) 33[deg]28.68' N. lat., 118[deg]44.93' W. long.; and
    (12) 33[deg]32.06' N. lat., 118[deg]44.52' W. long.
    (C) The 200 fm (366 m) depth contour used around Lasuen Knoll off 
the state of California is defined by straight lines connecting all of 
the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 33[deg]25.91' N. lat., 117[deg]59.44' W. long.;
    (2) 33[deg]23.37' N. lat., 117[deg]56.97' W. long.;
    (3) 33[deg]22.82' N. lat., 117[deg]59.50' W. long.;
    (4) 33[deg]25.24' N. lat., 118[deg]01.68' W. long.; and
    (5) 33[deg]25.91' N. lat., 117[deg]59.44' W. long.
    (D) The 200 fm (366 m) depth contour used around San Diego Rise off 
the state of California is defined by straight lines connecting all of 
the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 32[deg]50.30' N. lat., 117[deg]50.18' W. long.;
    (2) 32[deg]44.01' N. lat., 117[deg]44.46' W. long.;
    (3) 32[deg]41.34' N. lat., 117[deg]45.86' W. long.;
    (4) 32[deg]45.45' N. lat., 117[deg]50.09' W. long.;
    (5) 32[deg]50.10' N. lat., 117[deg]50.76' W. long.; and
    (6) 32[deg]50.30' N. lat., 117[deg]50.18' W. long.
    (xii) The 200 fm (366 m) depth contour used between the U.S. border 
with Canada and the U.S. border with Mexico, modified to allow fishing 
in petrale sole areas, is defined by straight lines connecting all of 
the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]14.75' N. lat., 125[deg]41.73' W. long.;
    (2) 48[deg]12.85' N. lat., 125[deg]38.06' W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]11.52' N. lat., 125[deg]39.45' W. long.;
    (4) 48[deg]10.14' N. lat., 125[deg]42.81' W. long.;
    (5) 48[deg]08.96' N. lat., 125[deg]42.08' W. long.;
    (6) 48[deg]08.33' N. lat., 125[deg]44.91' W. long.;
    (7) 48[deg]07.19' N. lat., 125[deg]45.87' W. long.;
    (8) 48[deg]05.66' N. lat., 125[deg]44.79' W. long.;
    (9) 48[deg]05.91' N. lat., 125[deg]42.16' W. long.;
    (10) 48[deg]04.11' N. lat., 125[deg]40.17' W. long.;
    (11) 48[deg]04.07' N. lat., 125[deg]36.96' W. long.;
    (12) 48[deg]03.05' N. lat., 125[deg]36.38' W. long.;
    (13) 48[deg]01.98' N. lat., 125[deg]37.41' W. long.;
    (14) 48[deg]01.46' N. lat., 125[deg]39.61' W. long.;
    (15) 47[deg]57.00' N. lat., 125[deg]37.00' W. long.;
    (16) 47[deg]55.50' N. lat., 125[deg]28.50' W. long.;
    (17) 47[deg]57.88' N. lat., 125[deg]25.61' W. long.;
    (18) 48[deg]01.63' N. lat., 125[deg]23.75' W. long.;
    (19) 48[deg]02.21' N. lat., 125[deg]22.43' W. long.;
    (20) 48[deg]03.60' N. lat., 125[deg]21.84' W. long.;
    (21) 48[deg]03.98' N. lat., 125[deg]20.65' W. long.;
    (22) 48[deg]03.26' N. lat., 125[deg]19.76' W. long.;
    (23) 48[deg]01.49' N. lat., 125[deg]18.80' W. long.;
    (24) 48[deg]01.03' N. lat., 125[deg]20.12' W. long.;
    (25) 48[deg]00.04' N. lat., 125[deg]20.26' W. long.;
    (26) 47[deg]58.10' N. lat., 125[deg]18.91' W. long.;
    (27) 47[deg]58.17' N. lat., 125[deg]17.50' W. long.;
    (28) 47[deg]52.28' N. lat., 125[deg]16.06' W. long.;
    (29) 47[deg]51.92' N. lat., 125[deg]13.89' W. long.;
    (30) 47[deg]49.20' N. lat., 125[deg]10.67' W. long.;
    (31) 47[deg]48.69' N. lat., 125[deg]06.50' W. long.;
    (32) 47[deg]46.54' N. lat., 125[deg]07.68' W. long.;
    (33) 47[deg]47.24' N. lat., 125[deg]05.38' W. long.;
    (34) 47[deg]45.95' N. lat., 125[deg]04.61' W. long.;
    (35) 47[deg]44.58' N. lat., 125[deg]07.12' W. long.;
    (36) 47[deg]42.24' N. lat., 125[deg]05.15' W. long.;
    (37) 47[deg]38.54' N. lat., 125[deg]06.76' W. long.;
    (38) 47[deg]34.86' N. lat., 125[deg]04.67' W. long.;
    (39) 47[deg]30.75' N. lat., 124[deg]57.52' W. long.;
    (40) 47[deg]28.51' N. lat., 124[deg]56.69' W. long.;
    (41) 47[deg]29.15' N. lat., 124[deg]54.10' W. long.;
    (42) 47[deg]28.43' N. lat., 124[deg]51.58' W. long.;
    (43) 47[deg]24.13' N. lat., 124[deg]47.51' W. long.;
    (44) 47[deg]18.31' N. lat., 124[deg]46.17' W. long.;
    (45) 47[deg]19.57' N. lat., 124[deg]51.01' W. long.;
    (46) 47[deg]18.12' N. lat., 124[deg]53.66' W. long.;
    (47) 47[deg]17.59' N. lat., 124[deg]52.94' W. long.;
    (48) 47[deg]17.71' N. lat., 124[deg]51.63' W. long.;
    (49) 47[deg]16.90' N. lat., 124[deg]51.23' W. long.;
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    (55) 47[deg]09.54' N. lat., 124[deg]59.50' W. long.;
    (56) 47[deg]05.87' N. lat., 124[deg]59.29' W. long.;
    (57) 47[deg]03.65' N. lat., 124[deg]56.26' W. long.;
    (58) 47[deg]00.91' N. lat., 124[deg]59.73' W. long.;
    (59) 46[deg]58.74' N. lat., 124[deg]59.40' W. long.;
    (60) 46[deg]58.55' N. lat., 125[deg]00.70' W. long.;
    (61) 46[deg]55.57' N. lat., 125[deg]01.61' W. long.;
    (62) 46[deg]55.77' N. lat., 124[deg]55.04' W. long.;
    (63) 46[deg]53.16' N. lat., 124[deg]53.69' W. long.;
    (64) 46[deg]52.39' N. lat., 124[deg]55.24' W. long.;
    (65) 46[deg]44.88' N. lat., 124[deg]51.97' W. long.;
    (66) 46[deg]33.28' N. lat., 124[deg]36.96' W. long.;
    (67) 46[deg]33.20' N. lat., 124[deg]30.64' W. long.;
    (68) 46[deg]27.85' N. lat., 124[deg]31.95' W. long.;
    (69) 46[deg]18.16' N. lat., 124[deg]39.39' W. long.;
    (70) 46[deg]16.48' N. lat., 124[deg]27.41' W. long.;
    (71) 46[deg]16.73' N. lat., 124[deg]23.20' W. long.;
    (72) 46[deg]16.00' N. lat., 124[deg]24.88' W. long.;
    (73) 46[deg]14.22' N. lat., 124[deg]26.28' W. long.;
    (74) 46[deg]11.53' N. lat., 124[deg]39.58' W. long.;
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    (77) 46[deg]03.85' N. lat., 124[deg]48.20' W. long.;
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    (80) 45[deg]49.74' N. lat., 124[deg]43.69' W. long.;
    (81) 45[deg]49.68' N. lat., 124[deg]42.37' W. long.;
    (82) 45[deg]40.83' N. lat., 124[deg]40.90' W. long.;
    (83) 45[deg]34.88' N. lat., 124[deg]32.58' W. long.;
    (84) 45[deg]13.04' N. lat., 124[deg]21.92' W. long.;
    (85) 45[deg]00.17' N. lat., 124[deg]29.28' W. long.;
    (86) 44[deg]50.99' N. lat., 124[deg]35.40' W. long.;
    (87) 44[deg]46.87' N. lat., 124[deg]38.20' W. long.;
    (88) 44[deg]48.25' N. lat., 124[deg]40.62' W. long.;
    (89) 44[deg]41.34' N. lat., 124[deg]49.20' W. long.;
    (90) 44[deg]23.30' N. lat., 124[deg]50.17' W. long.;
    (91) 44[deg]13.19' N. lat., 124[deg]58.66' W. long.;
    (92) 43[deg]57.37' N. lat., 124[deg]58.71' W. long.;
    (93) 43[deg]52.32' N. lat., 124[deg]49.43' W. long.;
    (94) 43[deg]51.35' N. lat., 124[deg]37.94' W. long.;
    (95) 43[deg]49.73' N. lat., 124[deg]40.26' W. long.;
    (96) 43[deg]39.06' N. lat., 124[deg]38.55' W. long.;
    (97) 43[deg]28.85' N. lat., 124[deg]39.99' W. long.;
    (98) 43[deg]20.22' N. lat., 124[deg]43.05' W. long.;
    (99) 43[deg]13.29' N. lat., 124[deg]47.00' W. long.;
    (100) 43[deg]10.64' N. lat., 124[deg]49.95' W. long.;
    (101) 43[deg]04.26' N. lat., 124[deg]53.05' W. long.;
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    (xiii) The 250 fm (457 m) depth contour used between the U.S. 
border with Canada and 38[deg] N. lat. is defined by straight lines 
connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
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    (118) 41[deg]47.93' N. lat., 124[deg]31.79' W. long.;
    (119) 41[deg]21.35' N. lat., 124[deg]30.35' W. long.;
    (120) 41[deg]07.11' N. lat., 124[deg]25.25' W. long.;
    (121) 40[deg]57.37' N. lat., 124[deg]30.25' W. long.;
    (122) 40[deg]48.77' N. lat., 124[deg]30.69' W. long.;
    (123) 40[deg]41.03' N. lat., 124[deg]33.21' W. long.;
    (124) 40[deg]37.40' N. lat., 124[deg]38.96' W. long.;
    (125) 40[deg]33.70' N. lat., 124[deg]42.50' W. long.;
    (126) 40[deg]31.31' N. lat., 124[deg]41.59' W. long.;
    (127) 40[deg]25.00' N. lat., 124[deg]36.65' W. long.;
    (128) 40[deg]22.42' N. lat., 124[deg]32.19' W. long.;
    (129) 40[deg]17.17' N. lat., 124[deg]32.21' W. long.;
    (130) 40[deg]18.68' N. lat., 124[deg]50.44' W. long.;
    (131) 40[deg]13.55' N. lat., 124[deg]34.26' W. long.;
    (132) 40[deg]10.11' N. lat., 124[deg]28.25' W. long.;
    (133) 40[deg]06.72' N. lat., 124[deg]21.40' W. long.;
    (134) 40[deg]01.63' N. lat., 124[deg]17.25' W. long.;
    (135) 40[deg]00.68' N. lat., 124[deg]11.19' W. long.;
    (136) 39[deg]59.09' N. lat., 124[deg]14.92' W. long.;
    (137) 39[deg]51.85' N. lat., 124[deg]10.33' W. long.;
    (138) 39[deg]36.90' N. lat., 124[deg]00.63' W. long.;
    (139) 39[deg]32.41' N. lat., 124[deg]00.01' W. long.;
    (140) 39[deg]05.40' N. lat., 124[deg]00.52' W. long.;
    (141) 39[deg]04.32' N. lat., 123[deg]59.00' W. long.;
    (142) 38[deg]58.02' N. lat., 123[deg]58.18' W. long.;
    (143) 38[deg]58.19' N. lat., 124[deg]01.90' W. long.;
    (144) 38[deg]50.27' N. lat., 123[deg]56.26' W. long.;
    (145) 38[deg]46.73' N. lat., 123[deg]51.93' W. long.;
    (146) 38[deg]44.64' N. lat., 123[deg]51.77' W. long.;
    (147) 38[deg]32.97' N. lat., 123[deg]41.84' W. long.;
    (148) 38[deg]14.56' N. lat., 123[deg]32.18' W. long.;
    (149) 38[deg]13.85' N. lat., 123[deg]29.94' W. long.;
    (150) 38[deg]11.88' N. lat., 123[deg]30.57' W. long.;
    (151) 38[deg]08.72' N. lat., 123[deg]29.56' W. long.;
    (152) 38[deg]05.62' N. lat., 123[deg]32.38' W. long.;
    (153) 38[deg]01.90' N. lat., 123[deg]32.00' W. long.; and
    (154) 38[deg]00.00' N. lat., 123[deg]30.00' W. long.
    (xiv) The 250 fm (457 m) depth contour used between the U.S. border 
with Canada and 38[deg] N. lat., modified to allow fishing in petrale 
sole areas, is defined by straight lines connecting all of the 
following points in the order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]14.71' N. lat., 125[deg]41.95' W. long.;
    (2) 48[deg]13.00' N. lat., 125[deg]39.00' W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]08.50' N. lat., 125[deg]45.00' W. long.;
    (4) 48[deg]06.00' N. lat., 125[deg]46.50' W. long.;
    (5) 48[deg]03.50' N. lat., 125[deg]37.00' W. long.;
    (6) 48[deg]01.50' N. lat., 125[deg]40.00' W. long.;
    (7) 47[deg]57.00' N. lat., 125[deg]37.00' W. long.;
    (8) 47[deg]55.50' N. lat., 125[deg]28.50' W. long.;
    (9) 47[deg]58.00' N. lat., 125[deg]25.00' W. long.;
    (10) 48[deg]00.50' N. lat., 125[deg]24.50' W. long.;
    (11) 48[deg]03.50' N. lat., 125[deg]21.00' W. long.;
    (12) 48[deg]02.00' N. lat., 125[deg]19.50' W. long.;
    (13) 48[deg]00.00' N. lat., 125[deg]21.00' W. long.;
    (14) 47[deg]58.00' N. lat., 125[deg]20.00' W. long.;
    (15) 47[deg]58.00' N. lat., 125[deg]18.00' W. long.;
    (16) 47[deg]52.00' N. lat., 125[deg]16.50' W. long.;
    (17) 47[deg]49.00' N. lat., 125[deg]11.00' W. long.;
    (18) 47[deg]46.00' N. lat., 125[deg]06.00' W. long.;
    (19) 47[deg]44.50' N. lat., 125[deg]07.50' W. long.;
    (20) 47[deg]42.00' N. lat., 125[deg]06.00' W. long.;
    (21) 47[deg]38.00' N. lat., 125[deg]07.00' W. long.;
    (22) 47[deg]30.00' N. lat., 125[deg]00.00' W. long.;
    (23) 47[deg]28.00' N. lat., 124[deg]58.50' W. long.;
    (24) 47[deg]28.88' N. lat., 124[deg]54.71' W. long.;
    (25) 47[deg]27.70' N. lat., 124[deg]51.87' W. long.;
    (26) 47[deg]24.84' N. lat., 124[deg]48.45' W. long.;
    (27) 47[deg]21.76' N. lat., 124[deg]47.42' W. long.;
    (28) 47[deg]18.84' N. lat., 124[deg]46.75' W. long.;
    (29) 47[deg]19.82' N. lat., 124[deg]51.43' W. long.;
    (30) 47[deg]18.13' N. lat., 124[deg]54.25' W. long.;
    (31) 47[deg]13.50' N. lat., 124[deg]54.69' W. long.;
    (32) 47[deg]15.00' N. lat., 125[deg]00.00' W. long.;
    (33) 47[deg]08.00' N. lat., 124[deg]59.82' W. long.;
    (34) 47[deg]05.79' N. lat., 125[deg]01.00' W. long.;
    (35) 47[deg]03.34' N. lat., 124[deg]57.49' W. long.;
    (36) 47[deg]01.00' N. lat., 125[deg]00.00' W. long.;
    (37) 46[deg]55.00' N. lat., 125[deg]02.00' W. long.;
    (38) 46[deg]51.00' N. lat., 124[deg]57.00' W. long.;
    (39) 46[deg]47.00' N. lat., 124[deg]55.00' W. long.;
    (40) 46[deg]34.00' N. lat., 124[deg]38.00' W. long.;
    (41) 46[deg]30.50' N. lat., 124[deg]41.00' W. long.;
    (42) 46[deg]33.00' N. lat., 124[deg]32.00' W. long.;
    (43) 46[deg]29.00' N. lat., 124[deg]32.00' W. long.;
    (44) 46[deg]20.00' N. lat., 124[deg]39.00' W. long.;
    (45) 46[deg]18.16' N. lat., 124[deg]40.00' W. long.;
    (46) 46[deg]16.00' N. lat., 124[deg]27.01' W. long.;
    (47) 46[deg]15.00' N. lat., 124[deg]30.96' W. long.;
    (48) 46[deg]13.17' N. lat., 124[deg]38.76' W. long.;
    (49) 46[deg]10.51' N. lat., 124[deg]41.99' W. long.;
    (50) 46[deg]06.24' N. lat., 124[deg]41.81' W. long.;
    (51) 46[deg]03.04' N. lat., 124[deg]50.26' W. long.;
    (52) 45[deg]56.99' N. lat., 124[deg]45.45' W. long.;
    (53) 45[deg]49.94' N. lat., 124[deg]45.75' W. long.;
    (54) 45[deg]49.94' N. lat., 124[deg]42.33' W. long.;
    (55) 45[deg]45.73' N. lat., 124[deg]42.18' W. long.;
    (56) 45[deg]45.73' N. lat., 124[deg]43.82' W. long.;
    (57) 45[deg]41.94' N. lat., 124[deg]43.61' W. long.;
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    (59) 45[deg]38.45' N. lat., 124[deg]39.94' W. long.;
    (60) 45[deg]35.75' N. lat., 124[deg]42.91' W. long.;
    (61) 45[deg]24.49' N. lat., 124[deg]38.20' W. long.;
    (62) 45[deg]14.43' N. lat., 124[deg]39.05' W. long.;
    (63) 45[deg]14.30' N. lat., 124[deg]34.19' W. long.;
    (64) 45[deg]08.98' N. lat., 124[deg]34.26' W. long.;
    (65) 45[deg]09.02' N. lat., 124[deg]38.81' W. long.;
    (66) 44[deg]57.98' N. lat., 124[deg]36.98' W. long.;
    (67) 44[deg]56.62' N. lat., 124[deg]38.32' W. long.;
    (68) 44[deg]50.82' N. lat., 124[deg]35.52' W. long.;
    (69) 44[deg]46.89' N. lat., 124[deg]38.32' W. long.;
    (70) 44[deg]50.78' N. lat., 124[deg]44.24' W. long.;
    (71) 44[deg]44.27' N. lat., 124[deg]50.78' W. long.;
    (72) 44[deg]32.63' N. lat., 124[deg]54.24' W. long.;
    (73) 44[deg]23.25' N. lat., 124[deg]49.78' W. long.;
    (74) 44[deg]13.16' N. lat., 124[deg]58.81' W. long.;
    (75) 43[deg]57.88' N. lat., 124[deg]58.25' W. long.;
    (76) 43[deg]56.89' N. lat., 124[deg]57.33' W. long.;
    (77) 43[deg]53.41' N. lat., 124[deg]51.95' W. long.;
    (78) 43[deg]51.56' N. lat., 124[deg]47.38' W. long.;
    (79) 43[deg]51.49' N. lat., 124[deg]37.77' W. long.;
    (80) 43[deg]48.02' N. lat., 124[deg]43.31' W. long.;
    (81) 43[deg]42.77' N. lat., 124[deg]41.39' W. long.;
    (82) 43[deg]24.09' N. lat., 124[deg]42.57' W. long.;
    (83) 43[deg]19.73' N. lat., 124[deg]45.09' W. long.;
    (84) 43[deg]15.98' N. lat., 124[deg]47.76' W. long.;
    (85) 43[deg]04.14' N. lat., 124[deg]52.55' W. long.;
    (86) 43[deg]04.00' N. lat., 124[deg]53.88' W. long.;
    (87) 42[deg]54.69' N. lat., 124[deg]54.54' W. long.;
    (88) 42[deg]45.46' N. lat., 124[deg]49.37' W. long.;
    (89) 42[deg]43.91' N. lat., 124[deg]45.90' W. long.;
    (90) 42[deg]38.84' N. lat., 124[deg]43.36' W. long.;
    (91) 42[deg]34.82' N. lat., 124[deg]46.56' W. long.;
    (92) 42[deg]31.57' N. lat., 124[deg]46.86' W. long.;
    (93) 42[deg]30.98' N. lat., 124[deg]44.27' W. long.;
    (94) 42[deg]29.21' N. lat., 124[deg]46.93' W. long.;
    (95) 42[deg]28.52' N. lat., 124[deg]49.40' W. long.;
    (96) 42[deg]26.06' N. lat., 124[deg]46.61' W. long.;
    (97) 42[deg]21.82' N. lat., 124[deg]43.76' W. long.;
    (98) 42[deg]17.47' N. lat., 124[deg]38.89' W. long.;
    (99) 42[deg]13.67' N. lat., 124[deg]37.51' W. long.;
    (100) 42[deg]13.76' N. lat., 124[deg]40.03' W. long.;
    (101) 42[deg]05.12' N. lat., 124[deg]39.06' W. long.;
    (102) 42[deg]02.67' N. lat., 124[deg]38.41' W. long.;
    (103) 42[deg]02.67' N. lat., 124[deg]35.95' W. long.;
    (104) 42[deg]00.00' N. lat., 124[deg]35.88' W. long.;
    (105) 41[deg]59.99' N. lat., 124[deg]35.92' W. long.;
    (106) 41[deg]56.38' N. lat., 124[deg]34.96' W. long.;
    (107) 41[deg]53.98' N. lat., 124[deg]32.50' W. long.;
    (108) 41[deg]50.69' N. lat., 124[deg]30.46' W. long.;
    (109) 41[deg]47.79' N. lat., 124[deg]29.52' W. long.;
    (110) 41[deg]21.00' N. lat., 124[deg]29.00' W. long.;
    (111) 41[deg]11.00' N. lat., 124[deg]23.00' W. long.;
    (112) 41[deg]05.00' N. lat., 124[deg]23.00' W. long.;
    (113) 40[deg]54.00' N. lat., 124[deg]26.00' W. long.;
    (114) 40[deg]50.00' N. lat., 124[deg]26.00' W. long.;
    (115) 40[deg]44.51' N. lat., 124[deg]30.83' W. long.;
    (116) 40[deg]40.61' N. lat., 124[deg]32.06' W. long.;
    (117) 40[deg]37.36' N. lat., 124[deg]29.41' W. long.;
    (118) 40[deg]35.64' N. lat., 124[deg]30.47' W. long.;
    (119) 40[deg]37.43' N. lat., 124[deg]37.10' W. long.;
    (120) 40[deg]36.00' N. lat., 124[deg]40.00' W. long.;
    (121) 40[deg]31.59' N. lat., 124[deg]40.72' W. long.;
    (122) 40[deg]24.64' N. lat., 124[deg]35.62' W. long.;
    (123) 40[deg]23.00' N. lat., 124[deg]32.00' W. long.;
    (124) 40[deg]23.39' N. lat., 124[deg]28.70' W. long.;
    (125) 40[deg]22.28' N. lat., 124[deg]25.25' W. long.;
    (126) 40[deg]21.90' N. lat., 124[deg]25.17' W. long.;
    (127) 40[deg]22.00' N. lat., 124[deg]28.00' W. long.;
    (128) 40[deg]21.35' N. lat., 124[deg]29.53' W. long.;
    (129) 40[deg]19.75' N. lat., 124[deg]28.98' W. long.;
    (130) 40[deg]18.15' N. lat., 124[deg]27.01' W. long.;
    (131) 40[deg]17.45' N. lat., 124[deg]25.49' W. long.;
    (132) 40[deg]18.00' N. lat., 124[deg]24.00' W. long.;
    (133) 40[deg]16.00' N. lat., 124[deg]26.00' W. long.;
    (134) 40[deg]17.00' N. lat., 124[deg]35.00' W. long.;
    (135) 40[deg]16.00' N. lat., 124[deg]36.00' W. long.;
    (136) 40[deg]10.00' N. lat., 124[deg]22.75' W. long.;
    (137) 40[deg]03.00' N. lat., 124[deg]14.75' W. long.;
    (138) 39[deg]49.25' N. lat., 124[deg]06.00' W. long.;
    (139) 39[deg]34.75' N. lat., 123[deg]58.50' W. long.;
    (140) 39[deg]03.07' N. lat., 123[deg]57.81' W. long.;
    (141) 38[deg]52.25' N. lat., 123[deg]56.25' W. long.;
    (142) 38[deg]41.42' N. lat., 123[deg]46.75' W. long.;
    (143) 38[deg]39.47' N. lat., 123[deg]46.59' W. long.;
    (144) 38[deg]35.25' N. lat., 123[deg]42.00' W. long.;
    (145) 38[deg]19.97' N. lat., 123[deg]32.95' W. long.;
    (146) 38[deg]15.00' N. lat., 123[deg]26.50' W. long.;
    (147) 38[deg]08.09' N. lat., 123[deg]23.39' W. long.;
    (148) 38[deg]10.08' N. lat., 123[deg]26.82' W. long.;
    (149) 38[deg]04.08' N. lat., 123[deg]32.12' W. long.; and
    (150) 38[deg]00.00' N. lat., 123[deg]29.85' W. long.
    (xv) Farallon Islands. The Farallon Islands, off San Francisco and 
San Mateo Counties, include Southeast Farallon Island, Middle Farallon 
Island, North Farallon Island and Noon Day Rock. Commercial and 
recreational fishing for groundfish is prohibited between the shoreline 
and the 10 fm (18 m) depth contour around the Farallon Islands.
    (18) Rockfish categories. Rockfish (except thornyheads) are divided 
into categories north and south of 40[deg]10' N. lat., depending on the 
depth where they most often are caught: Nearshore, shelf, or slope 
(scientific names appear in Table 2). Nearshore rockfish are further 
divided into shallow nearshore and deeper nearshore categories south of 
40[deg]10' N. lat. Trip limits are established for ``minor rockfish'' 
species according to these categories (see Tables 3-5).
    (a) Nearshore rockfish consists entirely of the minor nearshore 
rockfish species listed in Table 2, which includes California 
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    (i) Shallow nearshore rockfish consists of black-and-yellow 
rockfish, China rockfish, gopher rockfish, grass rockfish, and kelp 
rockfish.
    (ii) Deeper nearshore rockfish consists of black rockfish, blue 
rockfish, brown rockfish, calico rockfish, copper rockfish, olive 
rockfish, quillback rockfish, and treefish.
    (iii) California scorpionfish.
    (b) Shelf rockfish consists of canary rockfish, shortbelly 
rockfish, widow rockfish, yelloweye rockfish, yellowtail rockfish, 
bocaccio, chilipepper, cowcod, and the minor shelf rockfish species 
listed in Table 2.
    (c) Slope rockfish consists of Pacific ocean perch, splitnose 
rockfish, darkblotched rockfish, and the other minor slope rockfish 
species listed in Table 2.
    (19) Flatfish complex. Flatfish managed under the FMP include: 
Arrowtooth flounder, butter sole, curlfin sole, Dover sole, English 
sole, flathead sole, Pacific sanddab, petrale sole, rex sole, rock 
sole, sand sole, and starry flounder. Where Tables 3, 4, and/or 5 of 
Sections IV.B. and IV.C. refer to landings limits for ``all other 
flatfish,'' those limits apply to all flatfish cumulatively taken from 
the group of flatfish species listed in this section except for those 
flatfish species listed with species-specific limits.
    (20) Application of requirements. Paragraphs IV.B. and IV.C. 
pertain to the commercial groundfish fishery, but not to Washington 
coastal tribal fisheries, which are described in Section V. The 
provisions in paragraphs IV.B. and IV.C. that are not covered under the 
headings ``limited entry'' or ``open access'' apply to all vessels in 
the commercial fishery that take and retain groundfish, unless 
otherwise stated. Paragraph IV.D. pertains to the recreational fishery.

         Table 2.--Minor Rockfish Species (Excludes Thornyheads)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    North of 40[deg]10' N. lat.          South of 40[deg]10' N. lat.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                Nearshore
------------------------------------------------------------------------
black, Sebastes melanops...........  black, Sebastes melanops.
black and yellow, S. chrysolmelas..  black and yellow, S. chrysolmelas.
 blue, S. mystinus.................  blue, S. mystinus.
brown, S. auriculatus..............  brown, S. auriculatus.
calico, S. dalli...................  calico, S. dalli.
China, S. nebulosus................  California scorpionfish, Scorpaena
                                      guttata.
copper, S. caurinus................  China, Sebastes nebulosus.
gopher, S. carnatus................   copper, S. caurinus.
grass, S. rastrelliger.............  gopher, S. carnatus.
kelp, S. atrovirens................  grass, S. rastrelliger.
olive, S. serranoides..............  kelp, S. atrovirens.
quillback, S. maliger..............  olive, S. serranoides.
treefish, S. serriceps.............  quillback, S. maliger.
                                     treefish, S. serriceps.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  Shelf
------------------------------------------------------------------------
bronzespotted, S. gilli............  bronzespotted, S. gilli.
bocaccio, S. paucispinis...........  chameleon, S. phillipsi.
chameleon, S. phillipsi............  dwarf-red, S. rufianus.
chilipepper, S. goodei.............  flag, S. rubrivinctus.
cowcod, S. levis...................  freckled, S. lentiginosus.
dwarf-red, S. rufianus.............  greenblotched, S. rosenblatti.
flag, S. rubrivinctus..............  greenspotted, S. chlorostictus.
freckled, S. lentiginosus..........  greenstriped, S. elongatus.
greenblotched, S. rosenblatti......  halfbanded, S. semicinctus.
greenspotted, S. chlorostictus.....  honeycomb, S. umbrosus.
greenstriped, S. elongatus.........  Mexican, S. macdonaldi.
halfbanded, S. semicinctus.........  pink, S. eos.
honeycomb, S. umbrosus.............  pinkrose, S. simulator.
Mexican, S. macdonaldi.............  pygmy, S. wilsoni.
pink S. eos........................  redstriped, S. proriger.
pinkrose, S. simulator.............  rosethorn, S. helvomaculatus.
pygmy, S. wilsoni..................  rosy, S. rosaceus.
redstriped, S. proriger............  silvergrey, S. brevispinus.
rosethorn, S. helvomaculatus.......  speckled, S. ovalis.
rosy, S. rosaceus..................  squarespot, S. hopkinsi.
silvergrey, S. brevispinus.........  starry, S. constellatus.
speckled, S. ovalis................  stripetail, S. saxicola.
squarespot, S. hopkinsi............  swordspine, S. ensifer.
starry, S. constellatus............  tiger, S. nigorcinctus.
stripetail, S. saxicola............  vermilion, S. miniatus.
swordspine, S. ensifer.............  yelloweye, S. ruberrimus.
tiger, S. nigorcinctus.............  yellowtail, S. flavidus.
vermilion, S. miniatus.............
yelloweye, S. ruberrimus...........
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  Slope
------------------------------------------------------------------------
aurora, S. aurora..................  aurora, S. aurora.
bank, S. rufus.....................  bank, S. rufus.
blackgill, S. melanostomus.........  blackgill, S. melanostomus.

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darkblotched, S. crameri...........  darkblotched, S. crameri.
redbanded, S. babcocki.............  Pacific ocean perch (POP), S.
                                      alutus.
rougheye, S. aleutianus............  redbanded, S. babcocki.
sharpchin, S. zacentrus............  rougheye, S. aleutianus.
shortraker, S. borealis............  sharpchin, S. zacentrus.
splitnose, S. diploproa............  shortraker, S. borealis.
yellowmouth, S. reedi..............  yellowmouth, S. reedi.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

B. Limited Entry Fishery

    (1) General. Most species taken in limited entry fisheries will be 
managed with cumulative trip limits (see paragraph IV.A.(1)(d),) size 
limit s (see paragraph IV.A.(6)), seasons (see paragraph IV.A.(7)), and 
areas that are closed to specific gear types. The trawl fishery has 
gear requirements and trip limits that differ by the type of trawl gear 
on board (see paragraph IV.A.(14)). Cowcod retention is prohibited in 
all fisheries and groundfish vessels operating south of Point 
Conception must adhere to CCA restrictions (see paragraph 
IV.A.(17)(b)). Yelloweye rockfish and canary rockfish retention is 
prohibited in the limited entry fixed gear fisheries. Most of the 
management measures for the limited entry fishery are listed above and 
in the following tables: Table 3 (North), Table 3 (South), Table 4 
(North), and Table 4 (South).
    A header in Table 3 (North), Table 3 (South), Table 4 (North) and 
Table 4 (South) generally describes the Rockfish Conservation Area 
(RCA) (i.e., closed area) for vessels participating in the limited 
entry fishery. The RCA boundaries are defined by latitude and longitude 
coordinates (see paragraph IV.A.(17)), except that under state law 
fishing is prohibited by limited entry fixed gear vessels from the 
shoreline to a 10-fm (18-m) depth contour around the Farallon Islands. 
For a definition of the Farallon Islands, see paragraph IV.A.(17)(f).
    Management measures may be changed during the year by announcement 
in the Federal Register. However, the management regimes for several 
fisheries (nontrawl sablefish, Pacific whiting, and black rockfish) do 
not neatly fit into these tables and are addressed immediately 
following Table 3 (North), Table 3 (South), Table 4 (North), and Table 
4 (South).
    Federal commercial groundfish regulations are not intended to 
supersede any more restrictive state commercial groundfish regulations 
relating to federally-managed groundfish.
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BILLING CODE 3510-22-C
    (2) Sablefish. The limited entry sablefish allocation is further 
allocated 58 percent to trawl gear and 42 percent to nontrawl gear. See 
footnote e/ of Table 1a.
    (a) Trawl trip limits. Management measures for the limited entry 
trawl fishery for sablefish are listed in Table 3 (North) and Table 3 
(South).
    (b) Nontrawl (fixed gear) trip limits. To take, retain, possess, or 
land sablefish during the primary season for the limited entry fixed 
gear sablefish fishery, the owner of a vessel must hold a limited entry 
permit for that vessel, affixed with both a gear endorsement for 
longline or trap (or pot) gear, and a sablefish endorsement (see 50 CFR 
660.323(a)(2)(i).) A sablefish endorsement is not required to 
participate in the limited entry daily trip limit fishery.
    (i) Primary season. The primary season begins at 12 noon l.t. on 
April 1, 2004, and ends at 12 noon l.t. on October 31, 2004. There are 
no pre-season or post-season closures. During the primary season, each 
vessel with at least one limited entry permit with a sablefish 
endorsement that is registered for use with that vessel may land up to 
the cumulative trip limit for each of the sablefish-endorsed limited 
entry permits registered for use with that vessel, for the tier(s) to 
which the permit(s) are assigned. For 2004, the following limits are in 
effect: Tier 1, 62,000 lb (28,123 kg); Tier 2, 28,000 lb (12,701 kg); 
Tier 3, 16,000 lb (7,257 kg). [Note: These tier limits are likely to 
change as new observer data is released in the spring of 2004. Limits 
will be finalized before the start of the primary season.] All limits 
are in round weight. If a vessel is registered for use with a 
sablefish-endorsed limited entry permit, all sablefish taken after 
April 1, 2004 count against the cumulative limits associated with the 
permit(s) registered for use with that vessel.
    (ii) Daily trip limit. Daily and/or weekly sablefish trip limits 
listed in Table 4 (North) and Table 4 (South) apply to any limited 
entry fixed gear vessels not participating in the primary sablefish 
season described in paragraph (i) of this section. North of 36[deg] N. 
lat., the daily and/or weekly trip limits apply to fixed gear vessels 
that are not registered for use with a sablefish-endorsed limited entry 
permit, and to fixed gear vessels that are registered for use with a 
sablefish-endorsed limited entry permit when those vessels are not 
fishing against their primary sablefish season cumulative limits. South 
of 36[deg] N. lat., the daily and/or weekly trip limits for taking and 
retaining sablefish that are listed in Table 4 (South) apply throughout 
the year to all vessels registered for use with a limited entry fixed 
gear permit.
    (iii) Participating in both the primary and daily trip limit 
fisheries. A vessel that is eligible to participate in the primary 
sablefish season may participate in the daily trip limit fishery for 
sablefish once that vessel's primary season sablefish limit(s) have 
been taken or after October 31, 2004, whichever occurs first. No vessel 
may land sablefish against both its primary season cumulative sablefish 
limits and against the daily trip limit fishery limits within the same 
24 hour period of 0001 hour l.t. to 2400 hours l.t. If a vessel has 
taken all of its tier limit except for an amount that is smaller than 
the daily trip limit amount, that vessel's subsequent sablefish 
landings are automatically subject to daily and/or weekly trip limits.
    (3) Whiting. Additional regulations that apply to the whiting 
fishery are found at 50 CFR 660.306 and at 50 CFR 660.323(a)(3) and 
(a)(4).
    (a) Allocations. The non-tribal allocations, based on percentages 
that are applied to the commercial OY of (commercial OY to be announced 
before the start of the primary season) in 2004 (see 50 CFR 
660.323(a)(4)), are as follows:
    (i) Catcher/processor sector--TBA (24 percent);
    (ii) Mothership sector--TBA (34 percent);
    (iii) Shore-based sector--TBA (42 percent). No more than 5 percent 
(TBA) of the shore-based whiting allocation may be taken before the 
shore-based fishery begins north of 42[deg] N. lat. on June 15, 2003.
    (iv) Tribal allocation--See paragraph V.
    (b) Seasons. After the start of a primary season for a sector of 
the whiting fishery, the season remains open for that sector until the 
quota is taken and the fishery season for that sector is closed by 
NMFS. The 2004 primary seasons for the whiting fishery start on the 
same dates as in 2003, as follows (see 50 CFR 660.323(a)(3)):
    (i) Catcher/processor sector--May 15;
    (ii) Mothership sector--May 15;
    (iii) Shore-based sector--June 15 north of 42[deg] N. lat.; April 1 
between 42[deg]-40[deg]30' N. lat.; April 15 south of 40[deg]30' N. 
lat.
    (c) Trip limits.
    (i) Before and after the regular (primary) season. The ``per trip'' 
limit for whiting before and after the regular (primary) season for the 
shore-based sector is announced in Table 3 (North) and Table 3 (South), 
as authorized at 50 CFR 660.323(a)(3) and (a)(4). This trip limit 
includes any whiting caught shoreward of 100 fathoms (183 m) in the 
Eureka, CA area. The ``per trip'' limit for other groundfish species 
before, during and after the regular (primary) season are announced in 
Table 3 (North) and Table 3 (South) and apply as follows:
    (A) Before the primary whiting season, vessels may use either small 
and/or large footrope gear during a cumulative limit period, but are 
subject to the more restrictive trip limits for the entire cumulative 
period.
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the midwater trip limits apply and are additive to the trip limits for 
other groundfish species for that fishing period (i.e., vessels are not 
constrained by the lower midwater limits and can harvest up to the 
footrope-specific trawl limits plus the midwater trawl limits for that 
cumulative limit period).
    (C) Following the primary whiting season, vessels can access either 
the small and/or large footrope limits, but any landings of other 
groundfish species made during the primary whiting season count against 
the cumulative limits for that period.
    (ii) Inside the Eureka, CA 100-fm (183-m) contour. No more than 
10,000 lb (4,536 kg) of whiting may be taken and retained, possessed, 
or landed by a vessel that, at any time during a fishing trip, fished 
in the fishery management area shoreward of the 100 fathom (183 m) 
contour (as shown on NOAA Charts 18580, 18600, and 18620) in the 
Eureka, CA area.
    (4) Black rockfish. The regulations at 50 CFR 660.323(a)(1) state: 
``The trip limit for black rockfish (Sebastes melanops) for commercial 
fishing vessels using hook-and-line gear between the U.S.-Canada border 
and Cape Alava, WA (48[deg]09'30'' N. lat.) and between Destruction 
Island, WA (47[deg]40'00'' N. lat.) and Leadbetter Point, WA 
(46[deg]38'10'' N. lat.), is 100 lb (45 kg) or 30 percent, by weight of 
all fish on board, whichever is greater, per vessel per fishing trip.'' 
These ``per trip'' limits apply to limited entry and open access 
fisheries, in conjunction with the cumulative trip limits and other 
management measures listed in Tables 4 (North) and Table 5 (North) of 
section IV. The crossover provisions at paragraphs IV.A.(12) do not 
apply to the black rockfish per-trip limits.

C. Trip Limits in the Open Access Fishery

    (1) General. Open access gear is gear used to take and retain 
groundfish from a vessel that does not have a valid permit for the 
Pacific Coast groundfish fishery with an endorsement for the gear used 
to harvest the groundfish. This includes longline, trap, pot, hook-and-
line (fixed or mobile), setnet and trammel net (south of 38[deg] N. 
lat. only), and exempted trawl gear (trawls used to target non-
groundfish species: pink shrimp or prawns, and, south of Pt. Arena, CA 
(38[deg]57'30'' N. lat.), California halibut or sea cucumbers). Unless 
otherwise specified, a vessel operating in the open access fishery is 
subject to, and must not exceed any trip limit, frequency limit, and/or 
size limit for the open access fishery. Groundfish species taken in 
open access fisheries will be managed with cumulative trip limits (see 
paragraph IV.A.(1)(d)), size limits (see paragraph IV.A.(6)), seasons 
(see paragraph IV.A.(7)), and closed areas. Cowcod retention is 
prohibited in all fisheries and groundfish vessels operating south of 
Point Conception, CA must adhere to CCA restrictions (see paragraph 
IV.A.(17)(b)). Retention of yelloweye rockfish and canary rockfish is 
prohibited in all open access fisheries. The trip limits, size limits, 
seasons, and other management measures for open access groundfish gear, 
including exempted trawl gear, are listed in Table 5 (North) and Table 
5 (South).
    A header in Table 5 (North) and Table 5 (South) approximates the 
RCA (i.e., closed area) for vessels participating in the open access 
fishery. The RCA boundaries are defined by latitude and longitude 
coordinates (see paragraph IV.A.(17)), except that under state law, 
fishing is prohibited by open access fixed gear vessels from the 
shoreline to a 10-fm (18-m) depth contour around the Farallon Islands. 
For a definition of the Farallon Islands, see paragraph IV.A.(17)(f). 
For the exempted trawl gear fisheries, exempted trawl gear RCAs, if 
applicable, are detailed in the exempted trawl gear sections at the 
bottom of Table 5 (North) and Table 5 (South). Retention of groundfish 
caught by exempted trawl gear is prohibited in the designated RCAs, 
except that pink shrimp trawl may retain groundfish caught both inside 
and outside the exempted trawl RCA subject to the limits in Table 5 
(North) and Table 5 (South). Retention of groundfish caught by salmon 
troll gear is prohibited in the designated RCAs, except that salmon 
trollers may retain yellowtail rockfish caught both inside and outside 
the non-trawl RCA subject to the limits in Table 5 (North). The trip 
limit at 50 CFR 660.323(a)(1) for black rockfish caught with hook-and-
line gear also applies. (The black rockfish limit is repeated at 
paragraph IV.B.(4).)
    Federal commercial groundfish regulations are not intended to 
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    (2) Groundfish taken with exempted trawl gear by vessels engaged in 
fishing for ridgeback prawns, California halibut, or sea cucumbers. 
Trip limits for groundfish retained in the ridgeback prawn, California 
halibut, or sea cucumber fisheries are in Table 5 (South). The table 
also generally describes the RCAs for vessels participating in these 
fisheries.
    (a) Participation in the California halibut fishery. A trawl vessel 
will be considered participating in the California halibut fishery if:
    (i) It is not fishing under a valid limited entry permit issued 
under 50 CFR 660.333 for trawl gear;
    (ii) All fishing on the trip takes place south of Pt. Arena, CA 
(38[deg]57'30'' N. lat.); and
    (iii) The landing includes California halibut of a size required by 
California Fish and Game Code section 8392(a), which states: ``No 
California halibut may be taken, possessed or sold which measures less 
than 22 in (56 cm) in total length, unless it weighs 4 lb (1.8144 kg) 
or more in the round, 3 and one-half lbs (1.587 kg) or more dressed 
with the head on, or 3 lbs (1.3608 kg) or more dressed with the head 
off. Total length means the shortest distance between the tip of the 
jaw or snout, whichever extends farthest while the mouth is closed, and 
the tip of the longest lobe of the tail, measured while the halibut is 
lying flat in natural repose, without resort to any force other than 
the swinging or fanning of the tail.''
    (b) Participation in the sea cucumber fishery. A trawl vessel will 
be considered to be participating in the sea cucumber fishery if:
    (i) It is not fishing under a valid limited entry permit issued 
under 50 CFR 660.333 for trawl gear;
    (ii) All fishing on the trip takes place south of Pt. Arena, CA 
(38[deg]57'30'' N. lat.); and
    (iii) The landing includes sea cucumbers taken in accordance with 
California Fish and Game Code, section 8405, which requires a permit 
issued by the State of California.
    (3) Groundfish taken with exempted trawl gear by vessels engaged in 
fishing for pink shrimp. Trip limits for groundfish retained in the 
pink shrimp fishery are in Table 5 (North) and Table 5 (South). 
Notwithstanding section IV.A.(11), a vessel that takes and retains pink 
shrimp and also takes and retains groundfish in either the limited 
entry or another open access fishery during the same applicable 
cumulative limit period that it takes and retains pink shrimp (which 
may be 1 month or 2 months, depending on the fishery and the time of 
year), may retain the larger of the two limits, but only if the 
limit(s) for each gear or fishery are not exceeded when operating in 
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vessel may not retain a separate trip limit for each fishery.

D. Recreational Fishery

    Federal recreational groundfish regulations are not intended to 
supersede any more restrictive state recreational groundfish 
regulations relating to federally-managed groundfish.
    (1) Washington. For each person engaged in recreational fishing in 
the EEZ seaward of Washington, the groundfish bag limit is 15 
groundfish, including rockfish and lingcod, and is open year-round 
(except for lingcod). The following sublimits and closed areas apply:
    (a) Closed Areas.
    (i) Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area. The Yelloweye Rockfish 
Conservation Area, or YRCA, is a ``C-shaped'' area which is closed to 
recreational groundfish and halibut fishing. The YRCA is defined by 
latitude and longitude coordinates specified at 50 CFR 660.304(d).
    (ii) Recreational Rockfish Conservation Area. The recreational 
Rockfish Conservation Area, or recreational RCA, is an area which may 
be closed to recreational groundfish fishing inseason. If recreational 
fishing for all groundfish is prohibited seaward of a boundary line 
approximating the 30-fm (55-m) depth contour, a notice will be 
published in the Federal Register inseason. Coordinates for the 
boundary line approximating the 30-fm (55-m) depth contour are listed 
in section IV.A.(17)(f).
    (b) Rockfish. In areas of the EEZ seaward of Washington that are 
open to recreational groundfish fishing, there is a 10 rockfish per day 
bag limit. Taking and retaining canary rockfish and yelloweye rockfish 
is prohibited.
    (c) Lingcod. Recreational fishing for lingcod is closed between 
January 1 and March 12, and between October 17 and December 31. In 
areas of the EEZ seaward of Washington that are open to recreational 
groundfish fishing and when the recreational season for lingcod is open 
(i.e., between March 13-October 16), there is a bag limit of 2 lingcod 
per day, which may be no smaller than 24 in (61 cm) total length.
    (2) Oregon.
    (a) Seasons, closed areas. Recreational fishing for groundfish is 
open from January 1 through December 31 in all areas, except that from 
June 1 through September 30, recreational fishing for groundfish is 
prohibited seaward of a recreational Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) 
boundary line approximating the 40-fm (73-m) depth contour, subject to 
the provisions in paragraph IV.D.(2)(b). Coordinates for the boundary 
line approximating the 40-fm (73-m) depth contour are listed in section 
IV.A.(17)(f). Recreational fishing for all groundfish may be prohibited 
inseason seaward of a boundary line approximating the 30-fm (55-m) 
depth contour. If a boundary line approximating the 30-fm (55-m) depth 
contour is implemented inseason, a document will be published in the 
Federal Register. Coordinates for the boundary line approximating the 
30-fm (55-m) depth contour are listed in section IV.A.(17)(f).
    (b) Bag limits, size limits. The bag limits for each person engaged 
in recreational fishing in the EEZ seaward of Oregon are two lingcod 
per day, which may be no smaller than 24 in (61 cm) total length; and 
10 marine fish per day, which excludes salmon, tuna, perch species, 
sturgeon, sanddabs, lingcod, striped bass and baitfish (herring, smelt, 
anchovies and sardines), but which includes rockfish, greenling, 
cabezon and other groundfish species. The minimum size limit for 
cabezon retained in the recreational fishery is 16 in (41 cm) and for 
greenling is 10 in (26 cm). Taking and retaining canary rockfish and 
yelloweye rockfish is prohibited. During the all-depth recreational 
fisheries for Pacific halibut, vessels with halibut on board may not 
take and retain, possess or land yelloweye rockfish or canary rockfish.
    (3) California. Seaward of California (north and south of 
40[deg]10' N. lat.), California law provides that, in times and areas 
when the recreational fishery is open, there is a 20-fish bag limit for 
all species of finfish, within which no more than 10 fish of any one 
species may be taken or possessed by any one person. Retention of 
cowcod, yelloweye rockfish and canary rockfish is prohibited in the 
recreational fishery seaward of California all year in all areas.
    (a) North of 40[deg]10' N. lat. For each person engaged in 
recreational fishing in the EEZ seaward of California north of 
40[deg]10' N. lat. to the California/Oregon border, the following 
seasons, bag limits, and size limits apply:
    (i) RCG Complex. The California rockfish, cabezon, greenling 
complex (RCG Complex), as defined in state regulations (Section 1.91, 
Title 14, California Code of Regulations), includes all rockfish, kelp 
greenling, rock greenling, and cabezon. This category does not include 
California scorpionfish, also known as ``sculpin.''
    (A) Seasons. North of 40[deg]10' N. lat., recreational fishing for 
the RCG Complex is open from January 1 through December 31.
    (B) Bag limits, boat limits, hook limits. North of 40[deg]10' N. 
lat., in times and areas when the recreational season for the RCG 
Complex is open, there is a limit of two hooks and one line when 
fishing for rockfish, and the bag limit is 10 rockfish per day, of 
which no more than 2 may be bocaccio. The following daily bag limits 
also apply: no more than 10 cabezon per day and no more than 10 kelp 
greenling and 10 rock greenling per day. Multi-day limits are 
authorized by a valid permit issued by California and must not exceed 
the daily limit multiplied by the number of days in the fishing trip.
    (C) Size limits. The following size limits apply: Bocaccio may be 
no smaller than 10 in (25 cm) total length; cabezon may be no smaller 
than 15 in (38 cm) total length; and kelp and rock greenling may be no 
smaller than 12 in (30 cm) total length.
    (D) Dressing/Filleting. Cabezon, kelp greenling, and rock greenling 
taken in the recreational fishery may not be filleted at sea. Rockfish 
skin may not be removed when filleting or otherwise dressing rockfish 
taken in the recreational fishery. The following rockfish filet size 
limits apply: bocaccio filets may be no smaller than 5 in (12.8 cm) and 
brown-skinned rockfish fillets may be no smaller than 6.5 in (16.6 cm). 
``Brown-skinned'' rockfish include the following species: brown, 
calico, copper, gopher, kelp, olive, speckled, squarespot, and 
yellowtail.
    (ii) Lingcod.
    (A) Seasons. North of 40[deg]10' N. lat., recreational fishing for 
lingcod is open from January 1 through December 31.
    (B) Bag limits, boat limits, hook limits. North of 40[deg]10' N. 
lat., in times and areas when the recreational season for lingcod is 
open, there is a limit of two hooks and one line when fishing for 
lingcod, and the bag limit is two lingcod per day. Multi-day limits are 
authorized by a valid permit issued by California and must not exceed 
the daily limit multiplied by the number of days in the fishing trip.
    (C) Size limits. Lingcod may be no smaller than 24 in (61 cm) total 
length.
    (D) Dressing/Fileting. Lingcod filets may be no smaller than 16 in. 
(41 cm) in length .
    (b) South of 40[deg]10' N. lat. For each person engaged in 
recreational fishing in the EEZ seaward of California south of 
40[deg]10' N. lat., the following seasons, bag limits, size limits and 
closed areas apply:
    (i) Closed Areas.
    (A) Cowcod Conservation Areas. Coordinates defining the boundaries 
of the Cowcod Conservation Areas (CCAs) are described in Federal 
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50 CFR 660.304(c). Recreational fishing for all groundfish is 
prohibited within the CCAs, except that fishing for sanddabs is 
permitted subject to the provisions in paragraph IV.D.(3)(b)(v) and 
that fishing for species managed under this section (not including 
cowcod, canary, and yelloweye rockfish) are permitted in waters 
shoreward of the 20-fm (37-m) depth contour within the CCAs from March 
1 through December 31, subject to the bag limits in this section.
    (B) Recreational Rockfish Conservation Areas. The recreational 
Rockfish Conservation Areas, or recreational RCAs, are areas that are 
closed to recreational fishing for groundfish.
    (1) Between 40[deg]10' N. lat. and 34[deg]27' N. lat., recreational 
fishing for all groundfish, except sanddabs, is prohibited seaward of a 
boundary line approximating the 30-fm (55-m) depth contour along the 
mainland coast and along islands and offshore seamounts during January 
1 through February 29 and September 30 through December 31; is 
prohibited seaward of the 20-fm (37-m) depth contour during May 1 
through August 31; and is closed entirely during March 1 through April 
30 (i.e., prohibited seaward of the shoreline). Coordinates for the 
boundary line approximating the 30-fm (55-m) depth contour are listed 
in section IV.A.(17)(f). Under state law, recreational fishing for all 
groundfish, including sanddabs, is prohibited between the shoreline and 
the 10-fm (18-m) depth contour around the Farallon Islands. For a 
definition of the Farallon Islands, see paragraph IV.A.(17)(f).
    (2) South of 34[deg]27' N. lat., recreational fishing for all 
groundfish, except sanddabs, is prohibited seaward of a boundary line 
approximating the 60-fm (110-m) depth contour along the mainland coast 
and along islands and offshore seamounts during March 1 through 
December 31 and is closed entirely during January 1 through February 29 
(i.e., prohibited seaward of the shoreline), except in the CCA where 
fishing is prohibited seaward of the 20-fm (37-m) depth contour in 
paragraph (A) of this section. Coordinates for the boundary line 
approximating the 60-fm (110-m) depth contour are listed in section 
IV.A.(17)(f).
    (ii) RCG Complex. The California rockfish, cabezon, greenling 
complex (RCG Complex), as defined in state regulations (Section 1.91, 
Title 14, California Code of Regulations), includes all rockfish, kelp 
greenling, rock greenling, and cabezon. This category does not include 
California scorpionfish, also known as ``sculpin.''
    (A) Seasons. Between 40[deg]10' N. lat. and 34[deg]27' N. lat., 
recreational fishing for the RCG Complex is open from January 1 through 
February 29 and from May 1 through December 31 (i.e., it's closed from 
March 1 through April 30). South of 34[deg]27' N. lat., recreational 
fishing for the RCG Complex is open from March 1 through December 31 
(i.e., it's closed from January 1 through February 29). When 
recreational fishing for the RCG Complex is open, it is permitted only 
shoreward of the recreational RCA, as described in paragraph 
IV.D.(3)(b)(i)(B) above.
    (B) Bag limits, boat limits, hook limits. South of 40[deg]10' N. 
lat., in times and areas when the recreational season for the RCG 
Complex is open, there is a limit of two hooks and one line when 
fishing for rockfish, and the bag limit is 10 RCG Complex fish per day 
(not including canary rockfish, yelloweye rockfish and cowcod, which 
are prohibited), of which up to 10 may be rockfish, no more than 1 of 
which may be bocaccio and no more than two of which may be shallow 
nearshore rockfish. [Note: The shallow nearshore rockfish group off 
California are composed of kelp, grass, black-and-yellow, China, and 
gopher rockfishes.] Also within the 10-RCG Complex fish per day limit, 
no more than two fish per day may be greenling (kelp and/or other 
greenlings) and no more than 3 fish per day may be cabezon. Lingcod, 
California scorpionfish and sanddabs taken in recreational fisheries 
off California do not count toward the 10 RCG Complex fish per day bag 
limit. Multi-day limits are authorized by a valid permit issued by 
California and must not exceed the daily limit multiplied by the number 
of days in the fishing trip.
    (C) Size limits. The following size limits apply: Bocaccio may be 
no smaller than 10 in (25 cm) total length, cabezon may be no smaller 
than 15 in (38 cm), and kelp and other greenlings may be no smaller 
than 12 in (30 cm).
    (D) Dressing/Filleting. Cabezon, kelp greenling, and rock greenling 
taken in the recreational fishery may not be filleted at sea. Rockfish 
skin may not be removed when filleting or otherwise dressing rockfish 
taken in the recreational fishery. The following rockfish filet size 
limits apply: Bocaccio filets may be no smaller than 5 in (12.8 cm) and 
brown-skinned rockfish filets may be no smaller than 6.5 in (16.6 cm). 
``Brown-skinned'' rockfish include the following species: Brown, 
calico, copper, gopher, kelp, olive, speckled, squarespot, and 
yellowtail.
    (iii) California scorpionfish. California scorpionfish only occur 
south of 40[deg]10' N. lat.
    (A) Seasons. Between 40[deg]10' N. lat. and 34[deg]27' N. lat., 
recreational fishing for California scorpionfish is open from January 1 
through February 29 and from May 1 through December 31 (i.e., it's 
closed from March 1 through April 30). South of 34[deg]27' N. lat., 
recreational fishing for California scorpionfish is open from March 1 
through April 31 and from November 1 through December 31 (i.e., it's 
closed from January 1 through February 29 and from May 1 through 
October 31). When recreational fishing for California scorpionfish is 
open, it is permitted only shoreward of the recreational RCA, as 
described in paragraph IV.D.(3)(b)(i)(B) above.
    (B) Bag limits, boat limits, hook limits. South of 40[deg]10' N. 
lat., in times and areas where the recreational season for California 
scorpionfish is open, and the bag limit is 5 California scorpionfish 
per day. California scorpionfish do not count against the 10 RCG 
Complex fish per day limit. Multi-day limits are authorized by a valid 
permit issued by California and must not exceed the daily limit 
multiplied by the number of days in the fishing trip.
    (C) Size limits. California scorpionfish may be no smaller than 10 
in (25 cm) total length.
    (D) Dressing/Filleting. California scorpionfish fillets may be no 
smaller than 5 in (12.8 cm).
    (iv) Lingcod.
    (A) Seasons. Between 40[deg]10' N. lat. and 34[deg]27' N. lat., 
recreational fishing for lingcod is open from January 1 through 
February 29 and from May 1 through December 31 (i.e., it's closed from 
March 1 through April 30). South of 34[deg]27' N. lat., recreational 
fishing for lingcod is open from March 1 through December 31 (i.e., 
it's closed from January 1 through February 29). When recreational 
fishing for lingcod is open, it is permitted only shoreward of the 
recreational RCA, as described in paragraph IV.D.(3)(b)(i)(B) above.
    (B) Bag limits, boat limits, hook limits. South of 40[deg]10' N. 
lat., in times and areas when the recreational season for lingcod is 
open, there is a limit of two hooks and one line when fishing for 
lingcod, and the bag limit is two lingcod per day. Lingcod do not count 
against the 10 RCG Complex fish per day limit. Multi-day limits are 
authorized by a valid permit issued by California and must not exceed 
the daily limit multiplied by the number of days in the fishing trip.
    (C) Size limits. Lingcod may be no smaller than 24 in (61 cm) total 
length.
    (D) Dressing/Filleting. Lingcod fillets may be no smaller than 16 
in (41 cm) in length.

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    (v) Sanddabs. South of 40[deg]10' N. lat., recreational fishing for 
sanddabs is permitted both shoreward of and within the closed areas, 
except that under state law recreational fishing for sanddabs is 
prohibited between the shoreline and 10-fm (18-m) depth contour around 
the Farallon Islands, as described in section IV.D.(3)(b)(i) above. 
Recreational fishing for sanddabs is permitted within the closed areas, 
subject to a limit of up to 12 hooks, ``Number 2'' or smaller, which 
measure 11 mm (0.44 inches) point to shank, and up to 2 lb (0.91 kg) of 
weight per line. There is no bag limit, season, or size limit for 
sanddabs, however, it is prohibited to fillet sanddabs at sea.

V. Washington Coastal Tribal Fisheries

    In 1994, the United States formally recognized that the four 
Washington coastal treaty Indian tribes (Makah, Quileute, Hoh, and 
Quinault) have treaty rights to fish for groundfish in the Pacific 
Ocean, and concluded that, in general terms, the quantification of 
those rights is 50 percent of the harvestable surplus of groundfish 
that pass through the tribes' usual and accustomed ocean fishing areas 
(described at 60 CFR 660.324).
    A tribal allocation is subtracted from the species OY before 
limited entry and open access allocations are derived. The tribal 
fisheries for sablefish, black rockfish, and whiting are separate 
fisheries, and are not governed by the limited entry or open access 
regulations or allocations. The tribes regulate these fisheries so as 
not to exceed their allocations.
    The tribal allocation for black rockfish is the same in 2004 as in 
2003. Also similar to 2003, the tribal sablefish allocation is 10 
percent of the total catch OY north of Point Conception, CA (751 mt), 
less 3 percent for estimated discard mortality, or 728.5 mt.
    In 1999 through 2003, the tribal whiting allocation has been based 
on a methodology originally proposed by the Makah Tribe in 1998. The 
methodology is an abundance-based sliding scale that determines the 
tribal allocation based on the level of the overall U.S. OY, up to a 
maximum 17.5 percent tribal harvest ceiling at OY levels below 145,000 
mt. The tribes have proposed using the same methodology in 2004, and 
the allocation will be calculated based on that methodology once the 
final whiting OY is determined. No other tribes have proposed to 
harvest whiting in 2004.
    The sliding scale methodology used to determine the treaty Indian 
share of Pacific whiting is the subject of ongoing litigation. In 
United States v. Washington, Subproceeding 96-2, the Court held that 
the methodology is consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and is the 
best available scientific method to determine the appropriate 
allocation of whiting to the tribes. United States v. Washington, 143 
F.Supp.2d 1218 (W.D. Wash. 2001). This ruling was reaffirmed in July 
2002, Midwater Trawlers Cooperative v. Daley, C96-1808R (W.D. Wash.) 
(Order Granting Defendants' Motion to Supplement Record, July 17, 
2002), and again in April 2003, id., Order Granting Federal Defendants' 
and Makah's Motions for Summary Judgment and Denying Plaintiffs' 
Motions for Summary Judgment, April 15, 2003. The latter ruling has 
been appealed to the Ninth Circuit, but no decision has been rendered 
as yet. At this time NMFS remains under a Court Order in Subproceeding 
96-2 to continue use of the sliding scale methodology unless the 
Secretary finds just cause for its alteration or abandonment, the 
parties agree to a permissible alternative, or further order issues 
from the Court. Therefore, NMFS is obliged to continue to use the 
methodology unless one of the events identified by the Court occurs. 
Since NMFS finds no reason to change the methodology, it has been used 
to determine the 2004 tribal allocation.
    For some species on which the tribes have a modest harvest, no 
specific allocation has been determined. Rather than try to reserve 
specific allocations for the tribes, NMFS is establishing trip limits 
recommended by the tribes and the Council to accommodate modest tribal 
fisheries. For lingcod, all tribal fisheries are restricted to 450 lb 
(204 kg) per day and 1,350 lb (612 kg) per week cumulative limits. 
Tribal fisheries will be managed with a 25-mt lingcod harvest guideline 
in 2004. For rockfish species, the 2004 tribal longline and trawl 
fisheries will operate under trip and cumulative limits. Tribal 
fisheries will operate under a 300-lb (136-kg) per trip limit each for 
canary rockfish, thornyheads, and the minor rockfish species groups 
(nearshore, shelf, and slope), and under a 100-lb (45-kg) trip limit 
for yelloweye rockfish. A 300-lb (136 kg) canary rockfish trip limit is 
expected to result in landings of 3.6 mt in 2004. A 300-lb (136-kg) 
thornyheads trip limit is expected to result in landings of 4.8 mt in 
2004. Other rockfish limits are expected to result in the following 
landings levels: widow rockfish, 40 mt; yelloweye rockfish, 3.1 mt; 
yellowtail rockfish, 400 mt; minor nearshore rockfish, 2 mt; minor 
shelf rockfish excluding yelloweye, 4.5 mt; minor slope rockfish, 4 mt. 
Trace amounts (<1 mt) of POP and darkblotched rockfish may also be 
landed in tribal commercial fisheries.
    The Assistant Administrator (AA) announces the following tribal 
allocations for 2004, including those that are the same as in 2003. 
Trip limits for certain species were recommended by the tribes and the 
Council and are specified here with the tribal allocations.

A. Sablefish

    The tribal allocation is 728.5 mt, 10 percent of the total catch 
OY, less 3 percent estimated discard mortality.

B. Rockfish

    (1) For the commercial harvest of black rockfish off Washington 
State, a harvest guideline of: 20,000 lb (9,072 kg) north of Cape 
Alava, WA (48[deg]09'30'' N. lat.) and 10,000 lb (4,536 kg) between 
Destruction Island, WA (47[deg]40'00'' N. lat.) and Leadbetter Point, 
WA (46[deg]38'10'' N. lat.).
    (2) Thornyheads are subject to a 300-lb (136-kg) trip limit.
    (3) Canary rockfish are subject to a 300-lb (136-kg) trip limit.
    (4) Yelloweye rockfish are subject to a 100-lb (45-kg) trip limit.
    (5) Yellowtail rockfish taken in the tribal mid-water trawl 
fisheries are subject to a cumulative limit of 150,000 lb (13,608 kg) 
per 2-month period for the entire fleet. Landings of widow rockfish 
must not exceed 10 percent of the weight of yellowtail rockfish landed 
in any two-month period. These limits may be adjusted by an individual 
tribe inseason to minimize the incidental catch of canary rockfish and 
widow rockfish.
    (6) Other rockfish, including minor nearshore, minor shelf, and 
minor slope rockfish groups are subject to a 300-lb (136-kg) trip limit 
per species or species group, or to the non-tribal limited entry trip 
limit for those species if those limits are less restrictive than 300 
lb (136 kg) per trip.
    (7) Rockfish taken during open competition tribal commercial 
fisheries for Pacific halibut will not be subject to trip limits.

C. Lingcod

    Lingcod are subject to a 450-lb (204-kg) daily trip limit and a 
1,350-lb (612-kg) weekly limit.

D. Flatfish and Other Fish

    Treaty fishing vessels using bottom trawl gear will be subject to 
the limits applicable to the non-tribal limited entry trawl fishery for 
Pacific cod, English sole, rex sole, arrowtooth flounder, and other 
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fishing vessels are restricted to a 30,000 lb (13,608 kg) per 2-month 
limit for petrale sole for the entire year.

E. Pacific Whiting

    Whiting allocations will be announced when the final OY is 
announced.

Classification

    These proposed specifications and management measures for 2004 are 
issued under the authority of, and are in accordance with, the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act, the FMP, and 50 CFR part 660 subpart G (the 
regulations implementing the FMP).
    The Council prepared a DEIS for this proposed action; a notice of 
availability was published on October 24, 2003 (68 FR 60983). A copy of 
the DEIS is available on the Internet at http://www.pcouncil.org.
    This proposed rule has been determined to be not significant for 
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    Pursuant to Executive Order 13175, this rule was developed after 
meaningful consultation and collaboration with tribal officials from 
the area covered by the FMP. Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act at 16 
U.S.C. 1852(b)(5), one of the voting members of the Pacific Council 
must be a representative of an Indian tribe with federally recognized 
fishing rights from the area of the Council's jurisdiction. In 
addition, regulations implementing the FMP establish a procedure by 
which the tribes with treaty fishing rights in the area covered by the 
FMP request new allocations or regulations specific to the tribes, in 
writing, before the first of the two Council meetings at which the 
Council considers groundfish specifications and management measures. 
The regulations at 50 CFR 660.324(d) further states ``the Secretary 
will develop tribal allocations and regulations under this paragraph in 
consultation with the affected tribe(s) and, insofar as possible, with 
tribal consensus.'' The tribal management measures in this proposed 
rule have been developed following these procedures. The tribal 
representative on the Council made a motion to adopt the tribal 
management measures, which was passed by the Council, and those 
management measures, which were developed and proposed by the tribes, 
are included in this proposed rule.
    The Council prepared an IRFA that describes the impact this 
proposed rule, if adopted, would have on small entities. A description 
of the action, why it is being considered, and the legal basis for this 
action are contained in the preamble to this proposed rule. This 
proposed rule does not duplicate, overlap, or conflict with other 
Federal rules. A copy of this analysis is available from the Council 
(see ADDRESSES). A summary of the analysis follows.
    NMFS is proposing the 2004 annual specifications and management 
measures to allow West Coast commercial and recreational fisheries 
participants to fish the harvestable surplus of more abundant 
groundfish stocks, while also ensuring that those fisheries do not 
exceed the allowable catch levels intended to protect overfished and 
depleted stocks. The form of the specifications, in ABCs and OYs, 
follows the guidance of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the National Standard 
Guidelines, and the FMP for protecting and conserving fish stocks. 
Annual management measures include trip and bag limits, size limits, 
time/area closures, gear restrictions, and other measures intended to 
allow year-round West Coast groundfish landings without compromising 
overfished species rebuilding measures.
    Approximately 2,000 vessels participate in the West Coast 
groundfish fisheries. Of those, about 500 vessels are registered to 
limited entry permits issued for either trawl, longline, or pot gear. 
About 1,500 vessels land groundfish against open access limits while 
either directly targeting groundfish or taking groundfish incidentally 
in fisheries directed at non-groundfish species. All but 10-20 of those 
vessels are considered small businesses by the Small Business 
Administration. The IRFA analyzed the approximately 450 groundfish 
buyers that regularly purchase groundfish. Of those, 38 buyers 
purchased groundfish product in excess of $1,000,000 in 2002. In the 
2001 recreational fisheries, there were 106 Washington charter vessels 
engaged in salt water fishing outside of Puget Sound, 232 charter 
vessels active on the Oregon coast and 415 charter vessels active on 
the California coast.
    The Council considered five alternative specifications and 
management measures regimes for 2004: the no action alternative, which 
would have implemented the 2003 management regime for 2004; the low OY 
alternative, which set a series of conservative groundfish harvest 
levels that were either intended to achieve high probabilities of 
rebuilding within TMAX for overfished species or modest 
levels of harvest for more abundant stocks; the high OY alternative, 
which set harvest levels that were either intended to achieve lower 
probabilities of rebuilding within TMAX for overfished 
species or higher harvest levels for more abundant stocks, within 
Council harvest parameters described earlier in this document; the 
medium OY alternative, which set harvest levels intermediate to those 
of the low and high alternatives, and; the Council OY alternative 
(preferred alternative) which was the same as the medium OY 
alternative, but with more precautionary OY levels for bocaccio and 
darkblotched rockfish and more precautionary recreational fisheries 
management than the medium OY alternative. Each of these alternatives 
included both harvest levels (specifications) and management measures 
needed to achieve those harvest levels, with the most restrictive 
management measures corresponding to the lowest OYs.
    Each of the alternatives analyzed by the Council was expected to 
have different overall effects on the economy. Among other factors, the 
DEIS for this action reviewed alternatives other than the no action 
alternative for expected declines in revenue and income from 2003 
levels. The low OY alternative was expected to reduce commercial ex-
vessel revenue by $11.5 million in 2004, reduce overall commercial 
harvest income by $6.2 million, and reduce recreational fishery income 
(mainly charter businesses) by $95 million. The high OY alternative was 
expected to increase commercial ex-vessel revenue by $3.3 million in 
2004, increase overall commercial harvest income by $6.9 million, and 
increase recreational fishery income by $122 million. The medium OY 
alternative was expected to increase commercial ex-vessel revenue by 
$3.3 million in 2004, increase overall commercial harvest income by 
$4.8 million, and increase recreational fishery income by $112 million. 
The Council's OY alternative was expected to increase commercial ex-
vessel revenue by $2.8 million in 2004, increase overall commercial 
harvest income by $4 million, and increase recreational fishery income 
by $55 million. The Council's OY alternative was chosen as the 
preferred alternative because it met the conservation requirements of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Act, while reducing to the extent possible the 
adverse economic impacts of these conservation measures on the fishing 
industries and associated communities.
    For the 2003 management cycle, NMFS had introduced depth-based 
management, which had a greater effect on both commercial and 
recreational fisheries income between 2002 and 2003 than retaining 
depth-based management will have between 2003 and 2004. The modest 
increases in income expected for the various fishing communities in 
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are expected to result from a larger bocaccio OY based on a new 
bocaccio stock assessment. With a larger bocaccio OY, fisheries that 
target more abundant stocks that co-occur with bocaccio will have 
greater access to those stocks in 2004.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660

    Administrative practice and procedure, American Samoa, Fisheries, 
Fishing, Guam, Hawaiian Natives, Indians, Northern Mariana Islands, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: December 18, 2003.
Rebecca Lent,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 660 is 
proposed to be amended as follows:

PART 660--FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES AND IN THE WESTERN 
PACIFIC

    1. The authority citation for part 660 continues to read as 
follows:

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

    2. In Sec.  660.302, the definition ``Exempted gear'' is revised 
and the definition for ``North-South management area'' is added in 
alphabetical order to read as follows:


Sec.  660.302  Definitions.

* * * * *
    Exempted gear means all types of fishing gear except longline, trap 
(or pot), and groundfish trawl gear. Exempted gear includes trawl gear 
used to take pink shrimp, ridgeback prawns, California halibut south of 
Pt. Arena, CA, and sea cucumber south of Pt. Arena, CA under the 
authority of a State of California limited entry permit for the sea 
cucumber fishery.
* * * * *
    North-South management area means the management areas defined at 
Sec.  660.304(a) or defined and bounded by one or more of the commonly 
used geographic coordinates at Sec.  660.304(b) for the purposes of 
implementing different management measures in separate sections of the 
U.S. West Coast.
* * * * *
    3. In Sec.  660.303, as revised at 68 FR 62381, published November 
4, 2003, paragraphs (d)(1) and (d)(5)(i)(D) are revised to read as 
follows:


Sec.  660.303  Reporting and recordkeeping.

* * * * *
    (d) * * *
    (1) Declaration reports for trawl vessels intending to fish in a 
conservation area. The operator of any vessel registered to a limited 
entry permit with a trawl endorsement; any vessel using trawl gear, 
including exempted gear used to take pink shrimp, ridgeback prawns, 
California halibut and sea cucumber; or any tribal vessel using trawl 
gear must provide NMFS with a declaration report, as specified at 
paragraph (d)(5) of this section, to identify the intent to fish within 
the CCA, as defined at Sec.  660.304, or any non-trawl RCA, as defined 
in the groundfish annual or biennial management measures that are 
published in the Federal Register.
* * * * *
    (5) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (D) Trawl gear including exempted gear used to take pink shrimp, 
ridgeback prawns, California halibut south of Pt. Arena, CA, and sea 
cucumber.
* * * * *
    4. In Sec.  660.304, paragraph (b) is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  660.304  Management areas, including conservation areas, and 
commonly used geographic coordinates.

* * * * *
    (b) Commonly used geographic coordinates. (1) Washington/Oregon 
border--46[deg]16' N. lat.
    (2) Cape Falcon, OR--45[deg]46' N. lat.
    (3) Cape Lookout, OR--45[deg]20'15'' N. lat.
    (4) Cape Blanco, OR--42[deg]50' N. lat.
    (5) Oregon/California border--42[deg]00' N. lat.
    (6) Cape Mendocino, CA--40[deg]30' N. lat.
    (7) North/South management line--40[deg]10' N. lat.
    (8) Point Arena, CA--38[deg]57'30'' N. lat.
    (9) Point San Pedro, CA--37[deg]35'40'' N. lat.
    (10) Point Lopez, CA--36[deg]00' N. lat.
    (11) Point Conception, CA--34[deg]27' N. lat.
* * * * *
    5. In Sec.  660.306, paragraph (b) is revised; paragraphs (aa) and 
(bb), added at 68 FR 62383, November 4, 2003, are revised; and 
paragraph (cc) is added to read as follows:


Sec.  660.306  Prohibitions.

* * * * *
    (b) Retain any prohibited species (defined in Sec.  660.302 and 
restricted in Sec.  660.323(c)) caught by means of fishing gear 
authorized under this subpart or unless authorized by part 600 of this 
chapter. Prohibited species must be returned to the sea as soon as 
practicable with a minimum of injury when caught and brought on board.
* * * * *
    (aa) Fishing in conservation areas. Fish with any trawl gear, 
including exempted gear used to take pink shrimp, ridgeback prawns, 
California halibut south of Pt. Arena, CA, and sea cucumber; or with 
trawl gear from a tribal vessel or with any gear from a vessel 
registered to a groundfish limited entry permit in a conservation area 
unless the vessel owner or operator has a valid declaration 
confirmation code or receipt for fishing in conservation area as 
specified at 660.303(d)(5).
    (bb) Operate any vessel registered to a limited entry permit with a 
trawl endorsement and trawl gear on board in a Trawl Rockfish 
Conservation Area (as defined at 660.302), except for purposes of 
continuous transiting, with all groundfish trawl gear stowed in 
accordance with 660.322(b)(8), or except as authorized in the annual or 
biennial groundfish management measures published in the Federal 
Register.
    (cc) Operate any vessel registered to a limited entry permit with a 
longline or trap (pot) endorsement and longline and/or trap gear 
onboard in a Nontrawl Rockfish Conservation Area (as defined at 
660.302), except for purposes of continuous transiting, or except as 
authorized in the annual or biennial groundfish management measures 
published in the Federal Register.
* * * * *
    6. In Sec.  660.323, the introductory text to paragraph (c) is 
revised to read as follows:


Sec.  660.323  Catch restrictions.

* * * * *
    (c) Prohibited species. Groundfish species or species groups under 
the PCGFMP for which quotas have been achieved and/or the fishery 
closed are prohibited species. In addition the following are prohibited 
species: * * *
* * * * *
    7. In Sec.  660.370, as proposed to be added at 68 FR 68002, 
December 5, 2003, paragraphs (b) and (d) are revised to read as 
follows:


Sec.  660.370  Overfished species rebuilding plans.

* * * * *
    (b) Darkblotched rockfish. The target year for rebuilding the 
darkblotched rockfish stock to BMSY is 2030. The harvest 
control rule to be used to rebuild the darkblotched rockfish stock is 
an annual harvest rate of F=0.032.
* * * * *
    (d) Pacific ocean perch (POP). The target year for rebuilding the 
POP stock to BMSY is 2027. The harvest control rule

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to be used to rebuild the POP stock is an annual harvest rate of 
F=0.0257.

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