[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 30, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 16145-16160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6323]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 040830250-5062-03; I.D. 032205B]


Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; 
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Specifications and Management 
Measures; Inseason Adjustments; Corrections

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

ACTION: Inseason adjustments to management measures; corrections; 
request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces changes to management measures in the 
commercial and recreational Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries. These 
actions, which are authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP), will allow fisheries to access more abundant 
groundfish stocks while protecting overfished and depleted stocks. This 
action also contains corrections to the Pacific Coast groundfish 
management measures.

DATES: Effective 0001 hours (local time) April 1, 2005. Comments on 
this rule will be accepted through April 29, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by I.D. 032305B, by any 
of the following methods:
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include I.D. 
number in the subject line of the message.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: D. Robert Lohn, Administrator, Northwest Region, 
NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-0070;

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or Rod McInnis, Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean 
Blvd, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213.
     Fax: 206-526-6736, Attn: Jamie Goen.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamie Goen (Northwest Region, NMFS), 
phone: 206-526-6150; fax: 206-526-6736; and e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access

    This Federal Register document is available on the Government 
Printing Office's website at: www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html.
    Background information and documents are available at the NMFS 
Northwest Region website at: www.nwr.noaa.gov/1sustfsh/gdfsh01.htm and 
at the Pacific Fishery Management Council's website at: 
www.pcouncil.org.

Background

    The Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP and its implementing regulations 
at title 50 in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 660, subpart 
G, regulate fishing for over 80 species of groundfish off the coasts of 
Washington, Oregon, and California. Groundfish specifications and 
management measures are developed by the Pacific Fishery Management 
Council (Pacific Council), and are implemented by NMFS. The 
specifications and management measures for 2005-2006 were codified in 
the CFR (50 CFR Part 600, Subpart G) and published in the Federal 
Register as a proposed rule on September 21, 2004 (69 FR 56550), and as 
a final rule on December 23, 2004 (69 FR 77012).
    Most of the following changes to current groundfish management 
measures were recommended by the Pacific Council, in consultation with 
Pacific Coast Treaty Indian Tribes and the States of Washington, 
Oregon, and California, at its March 6-11, 2005, meeting in Sacramento, 
CA. The changes recommended by the Pacific Council include: (1) a 
reduction in the limited entry fixed gear sablefish fishery Tier 1 
limit, (2) a revision to the language in 660.381 and in the limited 
entry trawl trip limit table (Table 3 (North)) regarding more than one 
type of trawl gear onboard a vessel north of 40[deg]10' N. lat., (3) 
the addition of a row in the trip limits tables mentioning that the 
states may have trip limits that are more restrictive than Federal trip 
limits, (4) a reduction in the marine fish bag limit off Oregon, (5) a 
reduction in the (rockfish, cabezon, greenling complex) (RCG complex), 
bag limits for cabezon and greenling off California, (6) minor 
corrections to individual coordinates for the RCA boundaries 
approximating the 40 fm (73 m), 150 fm (274 m), and 200 fm (366 m) 
curves.
    Additional changes implemented by NMFS through this inseason action 
include: (1) the addition of Pt. Chehalis, Washington (46[deg]53.30' N. 
lat.) to the list of ``commonly used geographic coordinates'' at 
660.302, (2) a correction to references to 660.310 (gear restrictions 
and gear identification) in 660.306, (3) the addition of language in 
the trip limit tables to specifically refer to conservation areas, (4) 
the addition of language in the limited entry fixed gear and open 
access trip limit tables south of 40[deg]10' N. lat. to clarify 
regulations for the rockfish conservation areas (RCAs) around islands. 
Pacific Coast groundfish landings will be monitored throughout the 
year, and further adjustments to trip limits or management measures 
will be made as necessary to allow achievement of, or to avoid 
exceeding, optimum yields (OYs).

Limited Entry Fixed Gear Sablefish Fishery Tier 1 Limit

    At the Pacific Council's March meeting, NMFS released an updated 
analysis of the 2005 limited entry fixed gear fishery for sablefish. 
NMFS conducted this analysis using the same modeling approach as used 
for the 2004 fishery, but updated the analysis with more recent 
observer data. NMFS had conducted preliminary analysis of tier limits 
in the primary fishery and bycatch associated with all limited entry 
fixed gear sablefish fishing in advance of the 2005 fishing season. 
Since that 2004 analysis, an additional year of observer and fishticket 
data has been incorporated into the model. The model now uses data from 
2001 through 2004, with progressively lower weight given to data from 
earlier years. For further information on the bycatch model, the West 
Coast Observer Program, and bycatch mitigation in the groundfish 
fisheries, see the preamble to the proposed rule for the 2005-2006 
fishery specifications and management measures (69 FR 56550, September 
21, 2004).
    As in 2004, coastwide annual ratios of sablefish discard and 
overfished species bycatch in the sablefish tier fishery were 
calculated for two depth strata: greater than 100 fm (183 m) and 
greater than 150 fm (274 m). These strata reflect the seaward 
boundaries of the non-trawl RCAs, as currently specified for the areas 
north and south of 40[deg]10' N. lat., respectively. Sablefish discard, 
as a percentage of estimated total catch compared to prior years' 
estimates, increased for pot gear and decreased for line gear with the 
inclusion of observer and fishticket data from the 2004 fishery. The 
differences in the sablefish discard ratios between longline and pot 
gear largely offset each other, resulting in a minor change in the 
available tier cumulative limits. For most overfished species, bycatch 
ratios remained roughly the same. However, estimates of lingcod bycatch 
increased over 2004 estimates for both gear types within both depth 
strata. This result may be due to the trend of increasing biomass for 
northern lingcod evident in the most recent stock assessment for 
lingcod and because most observed sablefish trips occurred off Oregon 
and Washington. Projected incidental catch of lingcod changes by the 
largest amount of any of the depleted species, increasing by 2.4 mt. 
Projected canary rockfish incidental catch is estimated to increase by 
0.2 mt. None of the remaining incidental catch estimates changed by 
more than 0.1 mt from the original projections for this fishery. These 
changes in estimates of incidental catch are within the OYs for those 
species.
    Therefore, the Pacific Council recommended and NMFS is implementing 
a reduction in the limited entry fixed gear sablefish fishery Tier 1 
cumulative limit from 64,100 lb (29,075 kg) to 64,000 lb (29,030 kg) to 
keep the harvest of sablefish within harvest targets for this fishery.

Limited Entry Trawl Fishery- More Than One Gear Type Onboard 
Requirements

    Federal regulations at 50 CFR 660.381(c)(4) address the question of 
which trawl trip limits apply to vessels that are carrying more than 
one type of trawl gear on board. Table 3 of part 660, subpart G 
provides trawl trip limits that vary by trawl gear type--large and 
small footrope gear, versus selective flatfish gear. North of 
40[deg]10' N. lat., only selective flatfish trawl gear is permitted 
shoreward of the trawl RCA. Because the trip limits differ for the 
different gear types, NMFS must provide regulations on which trip 
limits apply to a vessel that uses more than one type of trawl gear 
during a cumulative limit period, or that carries more than one type of 
trawl gear on board during a fishing trip. The regulations NMFS 
implemented on January 1, 2005 (69 FR 77012) for more than one type of 
trawl gear on board have proven to be confusing for the public; thus, 
the agency worked with the Pacific Council at its March 2005 meeting on 
clarifying regulatory language for trawl fishery participants.

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    Federal regulations for the ``more than one type of trawl gear on 
board'' allowance (50 CFR Part 660.381) in the limited entry trawl 
regulations for the area between the U.S./Canada border and 40[deg]10' 
N. lat. implemented at the beginning of 2005 have been interpreted in a 
more liberal manner than the Council had originally intended. Federal 
regulations could have been interpreted to mean that more restrictive 
trip limits only apply to the gear used for a species or species group, 
rather than for all species included in the trip limit table for the 
entire cumulative period. Thus, the regulations could have been 
interpreted to mean that if selective flatfish gear were the most 
restrictive gear for flatfish but were the least restrictive for DTS 
species (Dover sole, thornyheads, and sablefish), a vessel that only 
fished for flatfish with selective flatfish trawl gear could then, on a 
separate trip, use selective flatfish trawl gear to catch the more 
liberal DTS limits. This more liberal regulatory interpretation was not 
compatible with the bycatch model the Pacific Council had used to craft 
the 2005-2006 groundfish trip limit recommendations. To be compatible 
with the bycatch model for this fishery, the regulations should have 
read that if fishers have more than one type of trawl gear on board, at 
any time during the cumulative limit period, they are limited to 
harvesting (for the entire cumulative limit period) the more 
restrictive trip limit associated with the gear they had on board. This 
requirement provides flexibility to fishers while taking into 
consideration what was modeled in the trawl bycatch model and what is 
enforceable.
    The original intent of the regulation is as follows: (1) If a 
vessel only has selective flatfish gear on board during a cumulative 
limit period, the vessel can only access selective flatfish limits 
during the entire cumulative limit period, (2) If a vessel has only has 
large or small footrope gear on board during a cumulative limit period, 
the vessel can only access large or small footrope limits during the 
entire cumulative limit period, and (3) If a vessel has both selective 
flatfish and large or small footrope gear on board during a cumulative 
limit period (either simultaneously or successively), the vessel can 
only access the lower limits during the entire cumulative limit period.
    Thus, the Pacific Council recommended the following language to 
restore the original intent of the requirement: ``North of 40[deg]10' 
N. lat., a vessel may have more than one type of limited entry trawl 
gear on board, either simultaneously or successively, during a 
cumulative limit period. If only selective flatfish trawl gear is on 
board during the entire cumulative limit period, then a vessel is only 
permitted to access the selective flatfish trawl gear cumulative 
limits, regardless of whether the vessel is fishing shoreward or 
seaward of the RCA. If only large or small footrope trawl gear is on 
board during an entire cumulative limit period, a vessel is only 
permitted to access the small or large footrope trawl gear cumulative 
limits and that vessel must fish seaward of the RCA. If more than one 
type of bottom trawl gear (selective flatfish versus large footrope or 
small footrope) is on board, either simultaneously or successively, 
during a cumulative limit period, a vessel is only permitted to access 
the most restrictive cumulative bottom trawl limit associated with any 
of these gears. The most restrictive cumulative bottom trawl limit 
associated with any gear applies for that trip and for the entire 
cumulative limit period, regardless of whether the vessel is fishing 
shoreward or seaward of the RCA.'' In implementing this provision, NMFS 
has slightly modified the Pacific Council's language to use the 
regulatory term ``subject to'' cumulative limits, rather than the more 
informal term regarding ``access to'' cumulative limits. NMFS also 
removed language regarding a limit applying for a trip as unnecessary 
because the limits apply for the entire cumulative period.
    In addition, the Pacific Council recommended and NMFS is 
implementing a change to the limited entry trawl trip limit table North 
of 40[deg]10' N. lat. (Table 3 (North)) to add a ``multiple bottom 
trawl gear'' category which specifies the trip limits that apply when 
multiple bottom gears are onboard, either simultaneously or 
successively, during a cumulative limit period.

Pt. Chehalis, Washington

    In 50 CFR part 660.302, Definitions, under the definition for 
``North-South management area'' there is a list of geographic 
coordinates commonly used in groundfish management. Pt. Chehalis, 
Washington, 46[deg]53.30' N. lat., is commonly used in the Pacific 
Coast groundfish fishery as a southern boundary for retention of 
halibut caught incidentally to the primary sablefish fishery during 
certain times of year. However, this coordinate is not currently 
included in the list of commonly used geographic coordinates. Thus, 
NMFS is adding Pt. Chehalis, Washington, 46[deg]53.30' N. lat., to the 
list at 50 CFR 660.302 under ``North-South management area.''

Oregon's Recreational Marine Fish Bag Limit

    Following the adoption of the 2005-06 management measures, Oregon's 
Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted changes to their recreational 
fishery regulations that reduced the daily bag limit of marine fish 
(all marine fish species except Pacific halibut, lingcod, sanddab, surf 
perch, bait fish, offshore pelagic species, striped bass, hybrid bass, 
and salmonids) from 10 fish to 8 fish in aggregate. This change in 
state regulations was designed to keep catch within state harvest 
guidelines and does not affect the current Federal estimated impacts. 
Thus, to ensure consistency between Federal and state regulations, the 
Pacific Council recommended and NMFS is implementing a reduction in the 
daily bag limit for the recreational fishery off Oregon for marine fish 
from ten fish to eight fish in aggregate.

California's Recreational RCG (Rockfish, Cabezon, Greenling) Complex 
Bag Limit

    Following the adoption of the 2005-06 management measures, 
California's Fish and Game Commission adopted changes to their 
recreational fishery regulations, in October 2004, that changed the 
cabezon sub-bag limit from three fish to one fish and the greenlings 
(all species of the genus Hexagrammos combined) sub-bag limit from two 
fish to one fish. The cabezon and greenling sub-bag limits are part of 
the ``RCG complex'' recreational fishery off California. These changes 
to state regulations were intended to help keep total fishing mortality 
within their respective 2005 state harvest targets. Thus, to ensure 
consistency between federal and state regulations, the Pacific Council 
recommended and NMFS is implementing a reduction in the cabezon sub-bag 
limit from three fish to one fish and the greenling (all species of the 
genus Hexagrammos combined) sub-bag limit from two fish to one fish in 
the recreational fishery off California.

Corrections and Clarifications

    The following corrections and clarifications are being made to the 
2005-2006 management measures.
    In the final rule for the 2005-2006 specifications and management 
measures, Sec.  660.310. Gear restrictions and gear identification, was 
removed because the paragraphs contained in that section were moved to 
Sec. Sec.  660.381 through 660.384. Therefore, references to Sec.  
660.310 in Sec.  660.306 are being corrected to match the current 
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of the gear restrictions and gear identification regulations.
    Current Federal regulations at Sec. Sec.  660.381 through 660.384, 
state that state regulations can be more restrictive than Federal 
regulations. In order to emphasize this to the regulated public, a row 
is being added to the trip limit tables stating that state trip limits 
may be more restrictive than Federal trip limits, particularly in 
waters off Oregon and California.
    Language is being added in a row near the beginning of the trip 
limit tables to clarify that Sec. Sec.  660.390 through 660.394 refer 
to conservation areas, not just Sec.  660.390.
    For the limited entry fixed gear and open access trip limits tables 
south of 40[deg]10' N. lat. (Table 4 (South) and Table 5 (South)), 
language is being added to clarify that RCA boundaries apply around 
specific islands south of 34[deg]27' N. lat., as already stated in the 
regulatory text in Sec. Sec.  660.391 through 660.394.
    In addition, there are minor corrections to some coordinates for 
the RCA boundaries approximating the 40 fm (73 m), 150 fm (274 m), and 
200 fm (366 m) depth contours. These corrections prevent RCA boundaries 
from crossing each other and better align the boundaries to their 
respective depth contours.

Classification

    These actions are taken under the authority of 50 CFR 660.370(c) 
and are exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
    These actions are authorized by the Pacific Coast groundfish FMP 
and its implementing regulations, and are based on the most recent data 
available. The aggregate data upon which these actions are based are 
available for public inspection at the Office of the Administrator, 
Northwest Region, NMFS, (see ADDRESSES) during business hours.
    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there is good cause to waive prior 
notice and an opportunity for public comment on this action, as notice 
and comment would be impracticable and contrary to the public interest. 
The data upon which these recommendations were based was provided to 
the Pacific Council and the Pacific Council made its recommendations at 
its March 6-11, 2005 meeting in Sacramento, CA. There was not 
sufficient time after that meeting to draft this notice and undergo 
proposed and final rulemaking before these actions need to be in effect 
as explained below. For the actions to be implemented in this notice, 
prior notice and opportunity for comment would be impracticable and 
contrary to the public interest because affording the time necessary 
for prior notice and opportunity for public comment would impede the 
Agency's function of managing fisheries using the best available 
science to approach without exceeding the OYs for federally managed 
species. The adjustments to management measures in this document 
include changes to the commercial and recreational groundfish 
fisheries, including corrections and clarifications. Changes to the 
limited entry fixed gear sablefish fishery's tier 1 limit and revisions 
to the limited entry trawl language regarding more than one gear type 
onboard a vessel must be implemented in a timely manner, and by the 
time the tier season starts on April 1, 2005, so that harvest of 
groundfish, including overfished species, stays within the harvest 
levels projected for 2005 based on modeling and the most current catch 
projections available. Changes to Oregon and California's recreational 
fishery management measures to reduce the bag limits for certain 
species must be implemented by April 1, 2005, the next recreational 
fishery management month, in order to conform Federal and state 
recreational regulations, to protect overfished groundfish species and 
to keep the harvest of other groundfish species within the harvest 
levels projected for 2005. Delaying any of these changes would result 
in management measures that fail to use the best available science and 
could lead to early closures of the fishery if harvest of groundfish 
exceeds levels projected for 2005. This would be contrary to the public 
interest because it would impair achievement of one of the Pacific 
Coast Groundfish FMP objectives of providing for year-round harvest 
opportunities or extending fishing opportunities as long as practicable 
during the fishing year.
    NMFS has also provided corrections and clarifications to Federal 
regulations that: correct mis-referenced sections of the regulations, 
clarify for the public that the states may implement trip limits that 
are more restrictive than those implemented by the Federal government; 
correct the trip limit tables to properly reference conservation area 
regulations as occurring in 660.390-660.394, not just in 660.390; 
augment the trip limit tables with references to regulatory text 
concerning RCA boundaries around islands; and correct mis-placed 
coordinates for the 40 fm (73 m), 150 fm (274 m), and 200 fm (366 m) 
depth contours. Affording an opportunity for prior notice and comment 
on these corrections and clarifications is unnecessary because they are 
not substantive changes to the regulations and contrary to the public 
interest because they clarify regulations that might otherwise be 
confusing to the public.
    For these reasons, good cause also exists to waive the 30 day delay 
in effectiveness requirement under 5 U.S.C. 553 (d)(3).

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: March 25, 2005.
Regina L. Spallone,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.

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For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 660 is amended as 
follows:

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

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

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


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2. In Sec.  660.302, in the definition of ``North-South management 
area,'' paragraphs (2)(iii) through (2)(xxi) are redesignated as 
paragraphs (2)(iv) through (2)(xxii) and a new paragraph (2)(iii) is 
added to read as follows:


Sec.  660.302  Definitions.

* * * * *
    (2) * * *
    (iii) Pt. Chehalis, WA--46[deg]53.30' N. lat.
* * * * *

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3. In Sec.  660.306, paragraphs (a)(3), (a)(5), (a)(8), and (h)(2) are 
revised to read as follows:


Sec.  660.306  Prohibitions.

* * * * *
    (a) * * *
    (3) Falsify or fail to affix and maintain vessel and gear markings 
as required by Sec.  660.305 or Sec. Sec.  660.382 and 660.383.
* * * * *
    (5) Fish for groundfish using gear not authorized in this subpart 
or in violation of any terms or conditions attached to an EFP under 
Sec.  660.350 or part 600 of this chapter.
* * * * *
    (8) Possess, deploy, haul, or carry onboard a fishing vessel 
subject to this subpart a set net, trap or pot, longline, or commercial 
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that is not in compliance with the gear restrictions in Sec. Sec.  
660.382 and 660.383, unless such gear is the gear of another vessel 
that has been retrieved at sea and made inoperable or stowed in a 
manner not capable of being fished. The disposal at sea of such gear is 
prohibited by Annex V of the International Convention for the 
Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (Annex V of MARPOL 73/78).
* * * * *
    (h) * * *
    (2) Operate any vessel registered to a limited entry permit with a 
trawl endorsement and trawl gear on board in a Trawl Rockfish 
Conservation Area or a Cowcod Conservation Area (as defined at Sec.  
660.302), except for purposes of continuous transiting, with all 
groundfish trawl gear stowed in accordance with Sec.  
660.381(d)(4)(ii), or except as otherwise authorized in the groundfish 
management measures published at Sec.  660.381(d)(4).
* * * * *

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4. In Sec.  660.372, the second to the last sentence in paragraph 
(b)(3)(i) is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  660.372  Fixed gear sablefish fishery management.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (3) * * *
    (i) * * * For 2005, the following limits are in effect: Tier 1 at 
64,000 lb (29,030 kg), Tier 2 at 29,100 lb (13,200 kg), and Tier 3 at 
16,600 lb (7,530 kg). * * *
* * * * *

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5. In Sec.  660.381, paragraph (c)(4)(i) is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  660.381  Limited entry trawl fishery management measures.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (4) * * *
    (i) North of 40[deg]10' N. lat., a vessel may have more than one 
type of limited entry trawl gear on board, either simultaneously or 
successively, during a cumulative limit period. If a vessel fishes 
exclusively with selective flatfish trawl gear during an entire 
cumulative limit period, then the vessel is subject to the selective 
flatfish trawl gear cumulative limits during that limit period, 
regardless of whether the vessel is fishing shoreward or seaward of the 
RCA. If a vessel fishes exclusively with large or small footrope trawl 
gear during an entire cumulative limit period, the vessel is subject to 
the small or large footrope trawl gear cumulative limits and that 
vessel must fish seaward of the RCA during that limit period. If more 
than one type of bottom trawl gear (selective flatfish, large footrope, 
or small footrope) is on board, either simultaneously or successively, 
at any time during a cumulative limit period, then the most restrictive 
cumulative limit associated with the bottom trawl gears on board during 
that cumulative limit period applies for the entire cumulative limit 
period, regardless of whether the vessel is fishing shoreward or 
seaward of the RCA. Midwater trawl gear is allowed only for vessels 
participating in the primary whiting season. On non-whiting trips 
(defined as any fishing trip that takes, retains, possess, or lands 
less than 10,000 lb (4,536 kg) of whiting), vessels with both large 
footrope and midwater trawl gear on board during a trip are subject to 
the large footrope limits while fishing with large footrope gear 
seaward of the RCA.
* * * * *

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6. In Sec.  660.384, paragraphs (c)(2)(iii), and (c)(3)(ii)(B) are 
revised to read as follows:


Sec.  660.384  Recreational fishery management measures.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (iii) 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 8 marine fish per day, which excludes Pacific halibut, 
salmonids, tuna, perch species, sturgeon, sanddabs, lingcod, striped 
bass, hybrid bass, offshore pelagic species 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.
* * * * *
    (3) * * *
    (ii) * * *
    (B) Bag limits, hook limits. In times and areas when the 
recreational season for the RCG Complex is open, there is a limit of 2 
hooks and 1 line when fishing for rockfish. The bag limit is 10 RCG 
Complex fish per day coastwide. Retention of canary rockfish, yelloweye 
rockfish and cowcod is prohibited. North of 40[deg]10' N. lat., within 
the 10 RCG Complex fish per day limit, no more than 2 may be bocaccio, 
no more than 1 may be greenling (kelp and/or other greenlings) and no 
more than 1 may be cabezon. South of 40[deg]10' N. lat., within the 10 
RCG Complex fish per day limit, no more than 1 may be bocaccio, no more 
than 1 may be greenling (kelp and/or other greenlings) and no more than 
1 may be cabezon. 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.
* * * * *

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7. In Sec.  660.391, paragraph (k)(23) is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  660.391  Latitude/longitude coordinates defining the 27 fm (49 m) 
through 40 fm (73 m) depth contours.

* * * * *
    (k) * * *
    (23) 33[deg]28.90' N. lat., 118[deg]36.43' W. long.
* * * * *

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8. In Sec.  660.393, paragraphs (h)(234) through (h)(258) are 
redesignated as paragraphs (h)(235) through (h)(259) and a new 
paragraph (h)(234) is added to read as follows:


Sec.  660.393  Latitude/longitude coordinates defining the 100 fm (183 
m) through 150 fm (274 m) depth contours.

* * * * *
    (h) * * *
    (234) 36[deg]01.00' N. lat., 121[deg]36.95' W. long.
* * * * *

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9. In Sec.  660.394, paragraphs (f)(73) and (f)(142) are revised to 
read as follows:


Sec.  660.394  Latitude/longitude coordinates defining the 180 fm (329 
m) through 250 fm (457 m) depth contours.

* * * * *
    (f) * * *
    (73) 46[deg]17.73' N. lat., 124[deg]39.58' W. long.
* * * * *
    (142)40[deg]30.00' N. lat., 124[deg]38.58' W. long.
* * * * *

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10. In part 660, subpart G, Tables 3-5 are revised to read as follows:
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[FR Doc. 05-6323 Filed 3-29-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-C