[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 125 (Friday, June 29, 2007)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 35748-35829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3117]



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Part II





Department of Commerce





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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration



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50 CFR Parts 679 and 680



Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and 
Tanner Crab Fisheries; Groundfish Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 
Zone Off Alaska; Individual Fishing Quota Program; Western Alaska 
Community Development Quota Program; Recordkeeping and Reporting; 
Permits; Proposed Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 679 and 680

[Docket No. 070515102-7102-01; I.D. 032907C]
RIN 0648-AT91


Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King 
and Tanner Crab Fisheries; Groundfish Fisheries of the Exclusive 
Economic Zone Off Alaska; Individual Fishing Quota Program; Western 
Alaska Community Development Quota Program; Recordkeeping and 
Reporting; Permits

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 issues a proposed rule for substantial revisions to 
recordkeeping and reporting (R&R) requirements. This proposed rule 
would also change a variety of fisheries permits provisions. Several 
definitions would be changed. Further, this proposed rule also revises 
a Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve closure provision and a groundfish 
observer provision regarding at-sea vessel-to-vessel transfers. This 
proposed rule would change certain crab provisions, including fee 
calculations. Detailed information on these changes is presented in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. These actions are intended to 
promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act and to further the goals and objectives 
of the Alaska fishery management programs.

DATES: Comments must be received by July 30, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sue Salveson, Assistant Regional 
Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, 
Attn: Ellen Sebastian, Records Officer. Comments may be submitted by:
     Mail to NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668;
     Hand delivery to the Federal Building, 709 West 9th 
Street, Room 420A, Juneau, Alaska, 99802;
     Fax: 907-586-7557;
     E-mail: [email protected]. Include in the subject 
line the following document identifier: IERS. E-mail comments, with or 
without attachments, are limited to 5 megabytes; or
     Webform to the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions at that site for 
submitting comments.
    Copies of the Categorical Exclusion (CE) and Regulatory Impact 
Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (RIR/IRFA) prepared for 
this action may be obtained from the same address, or by calling the 
Alaska Region, NMFS, at 907-586-7228, or from the NMFS Alaska Region 
website at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov.
    Written comments regarding the burden-hour estimates or other 
aspects of the collection-of-information requirements contained in this 
proposed rule may be submitted to NMFS, Alaska Region, and by e-mail to 
[email protected], or fax to 202-395-7285.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7008 or 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the groundfish fisheries 
according to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the 
Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and the FMP for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and 
Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI). With Federal oversight, the 
State of Alaska (State) manages the commercial BSAI king crab and 
Tanner crab fisheries under the FMP for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs and 
the commercial scallop fishery under the FMP for the Scallop Fishery 
off Alaska. The FMPs were prepared by the North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council and approved by the Secretary of Commerce under 
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. The FMPs are implemented by regulations at 
50 CFR parts 679 and 680. General provisions governing fishing by U.S. 
vessels in accordance with the FMPs appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 
600.

Background for Proposed Recordkeeping and Reporting Changes

    If approved, this rule would implement the Interagency Electronic 
Reporting System (IERS) and its data entry component, eLandings, to 
replace the current Shoreside Processor Electronic Logbook Report 
(SPELR) for entering groundfish catch information and replace the 
electronic procedure for data entry of Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) 
halibut, Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) halibut, and 
IFQ sablefish information. Further explanation is found in Table 11.
    To further enhance electronic data submission, electronic logbooks 
(ELBs) are proposed to replace the daily fishing logbook (DFL) used by 
all catcher vessels, regardless of gear type, as well as replace the 
daily cumulative fishing logbook (DCPL) used by catcher/processors and 
motherships. NMFS proposes updates to equipment and operational 
requirement regulations in conjunction with the new ELBs to provide the 
process and criteria by which a private-sector vendor could have ELB 
software programs approved for use in the NMFS Alaska Region groundfish 
fisheries. Further explanation is found in Tables 4 and 12.
    In addition to proposing ELB's, this rule would reorganize and 
revise Sec.  679.5(a) and (c) such that each of the six groundfish 
logbooks is described in regulatory text separately, completely, and 
clearly. Processor-completed forms also would be revised and 
reorganized in this rule. Further explanation is found in Tables 4 
through 10.
    In another action, this rule proposes revisions to several sections 
of regulations that pertain to permits in the groundfish fisheries off 
Alaska. Further explanation is found in Table 2.
    Next, this rule would revise part 680 by removing IFQ crab landing 
report regulations for incorporation into Sec.  679.5 IERS description 
and by adding a requirement for a CR Registered Crab Receiver Ex-vessel 
Volume and Value Report. Further explanation is found in Table 17.
    Finally, this rule would add and revise certain Sec.  679.2 
definitions both related and unrelated to this proposed rule's 
principal actions, add or correct cross references, remove obsolete 
text, add new text, and codify certain existing practices in both 50 
CFR parts 679 and 680. These revisions would also affect the part 679 
Figures and Tables. There are proposed changes to limitations on QS and 
IFQ use, and to improve enforceability of the Sitka Pinnacles Marine 
Reserve and observer at-sea transfer provisions. Further explanation is 
found in Tables 1, 3, and 13 through 17.
    The text of each proposed change is set forth in either the 
proposed regulatory text or in the add/remove table at the back of this 
proposed rule. Because simple changes are more efficiently shown in an 
add/remove table, NMFS chose to propose those types of changes in the 
table. The preamble will refer the reader to the add/remove table at 
any instance the proposed regulatory change is found there. All other 
text is otherwise set forth in the proposed regulatory text following 
the preamble.
    Tables 1 through 17 of this preamble provide the paragraph 
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type of change, and reason for the proposed changes and additions.

Need for Action

Amendments to Sec.  679.2

    This action proposes to amend Sec.  679.2 by adding new definitions 
and revising existing definitions. Technical revisions include 
additions of cross-references, updated definitions to include the new 
eLandings and IERS, corrections, or abbreviations. Some proposed 
changes mean there are new requirements or existing requirements would 
be changed. These measures are explained further in Table 1. Table 1 
summarizes changes to Sec.  679.2.

                                       Table 1. Section 679.2--Definitions
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               Definition                                           Reason for change
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``Associated processor''                 to describe two different mothership and catcher/processor
                                          relationships: with a buying station and a custom processor. A second
                                          ``associated processor'' definition would be added for purposes of
                                          eLandings to describe a relationship with a custom processor. The
                                          heading ``Relationship with a buying station'' would be added to the
                                          current definition. In addition ``a federally permitted mothership,
                                          shoreside processor, or stationary floating processor'' would be
                                          revised to say ``a mothership or catcher/processor issued an FFP or a
                                          shoreside processor or SFP issued an FPP.'' This would provide an
                                          accurate permit description.
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``At-sea operation''                     to translate the Federal categories of ``catcher/processor'' and
                                          ``mothership'' to an eLandings operation type of ``at-sea'' for the
                                          purpose of eLandings processor registration.
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``Authorized distributor''               to remove ``food bank distributors'' and replace with ``food bank
                                          distributors (see Sec.   679.26 Prohibited Species Donation
                                          Program).'' This would provide a cross reference to the section that
                                          describes the food bank program [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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``Authorized fishing gear'', paragraph   to remove ``paragraph (10)(ix)'' and replace with ``paragraph
 (14)(iii) under ``pelagic trawl          (14)(ix)''. This change would correct the paragraph reference [found
 gearrdquo;                               in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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``Authorized fishing gear'', paragraphs  to remove ``paragraph (10)(iii)'' and by adding in its place
 (14)(iv) and (14)(v) under ``pelagic     ``paragraph (14)(iii).'' This change would correct the paragraph
 trawl gear''                             reference [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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``Basis species''                        to remove ``authorized to harvest'' and replace with ``authorized to
                                          harvest (see Tables 10 and 11 to this part).'' This change would add a
                                          cross reference to Tables 10 and 11 which list basis species [found in
                                          REMOVE/ADD Table].
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``Catcher vessel''                       to add the abbreviation, CV. This would define the abbreviation that is
                                          used frequently in the regulatory text [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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``Catcher/processor''                    to add the abbreviation, C/P. This would define the abbreviation that
                                          is used frequently in the regulatory text [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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``eLandings''                            to add the name of the data entry component of the interagency
                                          electronic reporting system for commercial harvest and production of
                                          groundfish, halibut, and crab.
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``Endorsement'', paragraphs (1) and (2)  to remove ``LLP permits'' and replace with ``LLP licenses''. This would
                                          correct the text to use the proper term. [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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``gear deployment (or to set gear)''     to remove the defining text and replace with a cross reference to Sec.
                                           679.5(c)(3)(vi)(B) and Sec.   679.5(c)(4). This would place gear
                                          information in related logbook sections.
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``gear retrieval (or to haul gear)''     to remove the defining text and replace with a cross reference to Sec.
                                           679.5(c)(3)(vi)(C) and Sec.   679.5(c)(4)(vi)(C). This would place
                                          gear information in related logbook sections.
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``Haul''                                 to replace the current definition, which is a simple cross-reference to
                                          the definition for ``gear retrieval'', and redefine ``haul'' to
                                          include a variety of gear retrievals. Further, for enforcement
                                          purposes, the definition would state that each time gear is hauled for
                                          any reason the haul be numbered.
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``Interagency electronic reporting       to add the name of the electronic reporting system through which
 system (IERS)''                          processors would report groundfish, crab, halibut, and sablefish
                                          landings on the eLandings website (http://www.elandings.alaska.gov) to
                                          satisfy data requirements of NMFS, ADF&G, and International Pacific
                                          Halibut Commission (IPHC).
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``Maximum retainable amount (MRA)''      to add this term. This term and abbreviation are used in several places
                                          in the regulations at 50 CFR part 679; however, MRA is explained at
                                          Sec.   679.20(e).
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``Non-IFQ groundfish''                   to identify which sablefish program is being addressed. Sablefish
                                          belong to two management programs; groundfish and IFQ sablefish.
                                          Sablefish harvested with trawl gear or in the CDQ Program are non-IFQ
                                          groundfish.
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``Non-individual entity''                to add this term to describe any type of entity other than a natural or
                                          human entity
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``Permit''                               to explain that the terms ``permit, license, card, and any endorsement
                                          placed on a license, card, or permit,'' are synonymous and have the
                                          same legal authority as ``permit''.
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``Prohibited species''                   to remove ``regulated under this part'' and replace with ``issued an
                                          FFP under Sec.   679.4(b)'' [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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``Prohibited species catch (PSC)''       to state that ``PSC'' means any of the species listed in Table 2b to
                                          this part.
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``Shoreside processor electronic         to add definition for SPELR and to indicate that SPELR is superceded by
 logbook report (SPELR)''                 eLandings.
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``Single geographic location (see Sec.   to add a cross reference to indicate where more information on this
  679.4(l)(5)(iii)''                      term may be found.
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``Stationary floating processor''        to add the abbreviation, SFP, to the definition [found in REMOVE/ADD
                                          Table].
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``Tender vessel (see also ``buying       to add ``or shellfish'' after ``fish'' to broaden this definition to
 station'')''                             include shellfish. Specific processor types would be removed and
                                          replaced with ``associated processor'' to indicate that a prior
                                          arrangement or association must take place with a processor before
                                          transport, primarily for purposes of recordkeeping and reporting.
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``User''                                 to add a term to describe those participants required to or authorized
                                          to use IERS and eLandings.
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``User identification (UserID)''         to add a term to describe the meaning and purposes of IERS and
                                          eLandings identification of a fishery participant.
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``Vessel operations category''           to correct the cross reference [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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``Week-ending date''                     to establish ``week-ending date'' currently found in Sec.
                                          679.5(a)(6)(iii)(B) as a definition. Making it a definition makes the
                                          term more accessible.
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Permit-related Revisions

    Section 303(b)(1) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act authorizes the 
Secretary to require permits for fishing vessels, operators, and 
processors participating in fisheries conducted under FMP's. Permit 
identification of the participants and expected activity levels are 
needed to measure the consequences of management controls and are an 
effective tool in the enforcement of other fishery regulations. 
Experience has shown that fines for violations of specific fishery 
regulations are not as effective as the threat of a permit revocation 
that would exclude the participant from the fishery altogether. NMFS 
proposes to create a better regulatory environment to improve 
compliance with the requirements of each permit, while at the same time 
facilitating prosecution of cases.
    These proposed regulatory amendments would provide uniform language 
and would revise permit-related regulations governing fishing 
activities in FMP fisheries in the GOA and BSAI. Most of the proposed 
measures are technical in nature and do not change existing 
requirements. Other proposed measures would require new data in a 
permit application and ensure applicants are qualified for the permit. 
Several proposed measures would describe how to amend permits to 
reflect new holder information. For other proposed measures, this 
administrative action is necessary to simplify these regulations 
through minor regulatory text revisions. NMFS has never provided a 
formal process for surrendering a permit. Consequently, this action 
would also describe which permits can be surrendered and the process 
for surrender. Table 2 summarizes those changes.

                                         Table 2. Section 679.4--Permits
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      Paragraph under Sec.   679.4                                  Reason for change
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(a)(1)(i)(A)                             to remove ``Until next renewal cycle.'' and replace with ``Until
                                          expiration date shown on permit.'' This would describe NMFS' existing
                                          IFQ permit renewal practice as described in paragraphs (b)(4)(i) and
                                          (f)(4)(i) [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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(a)(1)(vii)(C)                           to add text regarding the Scallop license that was inadvertently
                                          omitted in previous rules.
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(a)(3)(i)                                to state that the permit applications may also be completed onscreen
                                          from the NMFS Alaska Region home page. The GPEA encourages the use of
                                          electronic access to forms and information. NMFS is working towards
                                          increasing the numbers of participants in Alaska fisheries who use
                                          computers and the Internet to access needed forms.
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(a)(3)(iii)                              to add ``applicant'' to the description of entities who must obtain
                                          separate permits, which presently are vessels, processors, and buying
                                          stations and change the regulation focus from ``applications'' to
                                          ``permits''. Adding ``applicant'' and refocusing the regulation would
                                          require that separate applicants must have separate permits. The
                                          existing regulation text may be misleading because an applicant may
                                          believe that one application may suffice to obtain a permit for one
                                          vessel when in fact more than one permit may be required.
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(a)(4)                                   to amend a permit through submittal of an application. This paragraph
                                          would be removed and the contents integrated into the FFP and the FPP
                                          sections and revised.
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(a)(9)                                   to establish formal procedures for voluntary surrender and reissue of
                                          all permits. It would describe permits that may not be surrendered;
                                          permits that are surrendered permanently; permits that are surrendered
                                          for a fishing year; and permits that are surrendered and regained
                                          during a fishing year.
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(b) heading                              to add the abbreviation (FFP) after the title. This would be necessary
                                          to identify the meaning of the abbreviation, which is used many times
                                          in the regulatory text.
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(b)(3)                                   to simplify how a submitter describes vessel operations categories.
                                          This would remove paragraphs (b)(3)(i) through (iv) and add in their
                                          place ``An FFP authorizes a vessel owner to deploy a vessel to conduct
                                          operations in the GOA or BSAI under the following categories: catcher
                                          vessel, catcher/processor, mothership, tender vessel, or support
                                          vessel. A vessel may not be operated in a category other than as
                                          specified on the FFP.''
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(b)(4)(i)                                to add the heading ``Length of permit effectiveness'', to correct the
                                          duration of the FFP, and to add information about surrender of a
                                          permit. This would remove ``from the date of issuance through the end
                                          of the current NMFS 3-year cycle'' and replace with ``for
                                          three years from the effective date through the expiration date''.
                                          This would also add a cross reference to the new permit surrender
                                          paragraph (a)(9). This would replace ``Federal fisheries permit'' with
                                          the abbreviation ``FFP''.
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(b)(4)(ii)                               to add the heading ``Surrendered permit'', provide that an owner or
                                          agent may surrender the permit, and where to send it. In addition, it
                                          would revise the requirement to send the returned permit by some
                                          method, such as certified mail, that provides evidence that NMFS
                                          received the permit. This would replace ``Federal fisheries permit''
                                          with the abbreviation ``FFP''
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(b)(4)(iii)                              to add the heading ``Amended permit'' and to describe amending a permit
                                          when any change occurs in permit information. Although the information
                                          was requested on the application, the information request does not
                                          have regulatory support. Paragraph (a)(4) would be revised and
                                          renumbered as paragraph (b)(4)(iii).
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(b)(5) heading                           to revise the heading to read ``Contents of FFP application'', rather
                                          than ``How do I obtain a Federal fisheries permit?'' This would
                                          provide an accurate heading for the accompanying regulatory text.
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(b)(5)(ii)                               to replace ``owner, and the name'' with ``owner; and if applicable, the
                                          name'' to indicate that the name of an additional person is not
                                          required if not applicable [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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(b)(5)(iii)                              to remove items that are no longer requested on the permit application
                                          [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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(b)(5)(iv)                               to remove ``Indicate requested/elected area(s) of operation. If a
                                          catcher/processor and/or a catcher vessel, the gear types used for
                                          groundfish fishing. If a mothership or catcher/processor operating in
                                          the GOA, choose inshore or offshore component.'' and add in its place
                                          ``If catcher/processor or catcher vessel, indicate only the gear types
                                          used for groundfish fishing. If the vessel is a catcher/processor
                                          under 125 ft (18.3 m) LOA that is intended to process GOA inshore
                                          pollock or GOA inshore Pacific cod, mark the box for a GOA inshore
                                          processing endorsement.'' This revision would state which vessels have
                                          the choice of having GOA pollock and cod harvest accrued to either the
                                          inshore or offshore allocation component.
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(b)(5)(vi)(C)                            to formalize a permit application process and eliminate errors and
                                          confusion when no process is provided. This would require that species
                                          endorsements be changed or removed by submitting an FFP application.
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(d)(1)(i), (d)(2)(i), (d)(3)(i),         to add surrender of a permit to the events that would interrupt a
 (d)(3)(iv), and (e)(2)                   normal issuance permit cycle by removing ``suspended, or modified''
                                          and adding in its place ``suspended, surrendered under paragraph
                                          (a)(9) of this section, or modified'' [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
                                          ``Surrender'' must be added to this provision because it would, as
                                          does a permit suspension or modification, require holders to submit
                                          new applications should they desire to hold the permit once again.
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(f) heading                              to add the abbreviation ``FPP'' after the title, because this
                                          abbreviation is used frequently in the text and should be defined.
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(f)(2)                                   to revise heading to read ``Contents of FPP application'' rather than
                                          ``How do I obtain a Federal processor permit?'' This revision would
                                          create an accurate heading. This revision would also replace ``Federal
                                          processor permit'' with ``FPP'' and ``stationary floating processor''
                                          with ``SFP'' wherever they appear in order to save space.
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(f)(2)(i)                                to revise heading to read ``New or amended permit'' rather than
                                          ``Permit application information''. The revision would also require
                                          applicant indication of whether application is for a shoreside
                                          processor or an SFP.
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(f)(2)(ii)                               to replace ``owner, and the name'' with ``owner; and if applicable, the
                                          name'' to indicate that the name of an additional person is not
                                          required if not applicable [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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(f)(2)(iii)                              to revise heading to read ``SFP information'' rather than ``Stationary
                                          floating processor information''; remove ``and whether this vessel
                                          will be used as a stationary floating processor'', because it is
                                          redundant with the heading ``SFP.'' Add ``whether choosing to receive
                                          a GOA inshore processing endorsement. A GOA inshore processing
                                          endorsement is required in order to process GOA inshore pollock and
                                          GOA inshore Pacific cod''.
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(f)(2)(iv)                               to simplify the text. The order of the data elements in this paragraph
                                          would be re-arranged to match the order on the application. The phrase
                                          ``processing businesses'' would be used instead of ``processors.'' The
                                          word ``permanent'' would be added before ``business address.'' The
                                          word ``facility'' would be replaced by ``plant''.
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(f)(2)(v)                                to shorten the regulatory text by removing ``stationary floating
                                          processor'' and by adding in its place ``SFP''.
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(f)(4)(i)                                to add heading ``Length of permit effectiveness''; to remove ``in
                                          effect from the date of issuance through the end of the current NMFS 3-
                                          year cycle'' and replace it with ``in effect for three years from the
                                          effective date through the date of permit expiration''; and remove
                                          ``suspended, or modified'' and by adding in its place ``suspended,
                                          surrendered under paragraph (a)(9) of this section, or modified.''
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(f)(4)(ii)                               to formalize the surrender process to: add the heading ``Surrendered
                                          permit''; state that an owner or agent may surrender the permit, and
                                          where to send it. In addition, it would revise the requirement to send
                                          the returned permit by some method, such as certified mail, that
                                          provides evidence that NMFS received the permit. Also, this would
                                          replace ``Federal processor permit'' with the abbreviation ``FPP''.
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(f)(4)(iii)                              to add the heading ``Amended permit'' and to describe amending a permit
                                          when any change occurs in permit information. Although the information
                                          was requested on the application, the information request does not
                                          have regulatory support. This paragraph would be derived from
                                          information originally found at paragraph (a)(4).
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(k) heading                              to add the abbreviation ``LLP'' after the words ``license limitation''
                                          [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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(k)(5)(iv)                               to correct the time designation for the LLP qualifying fishing history
                                          by removing ``Pacific time'' and adding in its place ``Alaska local
                                          time'' [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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(l)(1)(iv)                               to add a procedure for making changes in vessel ownership information
                                          on certain permits. Although American Fisheries Act (AFA) vessel and
                                          processor permits are no longer available, vessel and processor
                                          ownership can change. Thus, information on existing permits must
                                          reflect the change. This revision would remove paragraphs
                                          (l)(1)(iv)(A) and (B) and replace that text with a process which
                                          allows the participant to submit a letter notifying NMFS of any
                                          changes in vessel ownership.
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Paper Logbooks and Forms

    NMFS' R&R regulations require participants in groundfish fisheries 
to record daily fisheries harvest and processing activities in one of 
six different groundfish logbooks. Processors also complete a weekly 
production report (WPR) summarizing the logbook entries. The R&R system 
also requires groundfish discards and prohibited species to be recorded 
and reported. Logbooks with two unique formats are available for three 
types of harvesters (longline gear, pot gear, and trawl gear) and three 
types of processors (catcher/processor, mothership, and shoreside 
processor). To minimize the recordkeeping costs associated with fishery 
management requirements, the logbooks are designed to provide a 
convenient method to enter information that serves the fishing industry 
business needs and NMFS data collection requirements. Vessels under 60 
ft (18.3 m) length overall (LOA) are not required to maintain logbooks. 
The R&R system of logbooks and forms allows fish tracking from harvest, 
through processing, to fish product transfer.
    This action would remove the term ``combined groundfish/IFQ 
logbook'' from the regulations. To explain historically, this term came 
into being when NMFS Alaska Region and IPHC collaborated to combine the 
data elements of four separate logbooks (2 for NMFS, 2 for IPHC) into 
two logbooks (catcher vessel longline and pot gear DFL and catcher/
processor longline and pot gear DCPL). Now that crab pot gear fishermen 
use this same logbook to record crab harvest in CR fisheries starting 
in 2005, logbook titles are more appropriately referred to by type of 
gear.
    NMFS proposes to remove Sec.  679.5(a), which presents R&R 
requirements by topic, and instead to codify all logbook recordkeeping 
requirements in four separate, complete sections. All of the material 
currently found at Sec.  679.5(a)(1) through (a)(14) would be removed 
and redistributed to the new logbook sections at Sec.  679.5(c). Most 
of the proposed revisions are technical.
    This action proposes to reorganize Sec.  679.5 so that each of the 
six groundfish logbooks is described separately, completely, and 
clearly (see Tables 6 through 9 for further explanation). Several forms 
also would be reorganized in this rule. Table 3 summarizes the changes 
for Sec.  679.5 that address general responsibilities in paragraph (a) 
and certain technical revisions to paragraphs (b), (g), (h), (i), (l), 
(m), (n), and (p).

         Table 3. Section 679.5 [except paragraphs (c), (d), (e), and (f)]--Recordkeeping and Reporting.
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                                       Derived from Sec.
                                          679.5 unless
    Paragraph under Sec.   679.5           specified                         Reason for change
                                           otherwise
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(a)                                   ..................  removed, information would be integrated into
                                                           paragraph (c).
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(a) heading                           new                 added to read ``General requirements''.
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(a)(1) heading                        new                 added to read ``Logbooks and forms''.
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(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)              (a)(3)(i)           to add information describing electronic access and
                                                           submittal of forms, to provide the address for the
                                                           NMFS Alaska Region website from which forms may be
                                                           downloaded, and to require submitters to use the most
                                                           current forms and logbooks.
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(a)(1)(iii)                           (a)(7)(xv)          to provide a reference paragraph with a table that
                                                           describes management programs. Other paragraphs in
                                                           the regulatory text would refer to this table rather
                                                           than duplicate the information. Also, the AFA Program
                                                           and IFQ Program would be removed from this paragraph
                                                           and table because these programs are recorded through
                                                           different means in the logbooks and forms. In
                                                           addition, ``Open Access (OA)'' would be added as a
                                                           program used in eLandings only.
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(a)(2)(i)                             ..................  to add ``SFP'' after ``shoreside processor'' in two
                                                           places. This would correct an inadvertent omission in
                                                           the regulations.
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(a)(2)(ii)                            ..................  to replace ``stationary floating processor'' with
                                                           ``SFP'' to save space and to correct the cross
                                                           reference.
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(a)(3)                                (a)(1)(ii)(A)       to add heading ``Fish to be recorded and reported''
                                       through             and to remove duplication among the paragraphs. This
                                       (a)(1)(ii)(C)       paragraph would describe the fish that are required
                                                           to be recorded and reported.
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(a)(4) heading                        new                 to read ``Exemptions''.
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(a)(4)(i)                             (a)(1)(iii)(A)      to add heading ``Catcher vessels less than 60 ft (18.3
                                                           m) LOA'', to change the wording from passive to
                                                           active voice, and to provide R&R compliance exemption
                                                           to the owner or operator rather than to the vessel.
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(a)(4)(ii) heading                    (a)(1)(iii)(B)      to read ``Catcher vessels that take groundfish in crab
                                                           pot gear for use as crab bait on that vessel''.
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(a)(4)(ii)(A)                         (a)(1)(iii)(B)(1)   to change ``open crab season'' to read ``when crab is
                                                           open anywhere or in the same areas as open crab
                                                           season'' to better describe the conditions. This
                                                           change also would show that owners or operators of
                                                           these crab vessels are exempt from all R&R
                                                           requirements in Sec.   679.5, not just paragraphs (a)
                                                           through (j).
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(a)(4)(ii)(B)                         (a)(1)(iii)(B)(1)   to improve reader comprehension by placing this
                                                           sentence ``This exemption does not apply to fishermen
                                                           who:'' as an introductory paragraph for paragraphs
                                                           (a)(4)(ii)(B)(1) and (2).
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(a)(4)(ii)(B)(1)                      (a)(1)(iii)(B)(1)(  redesignation
                                       i)
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(a)(4)(ii)(B)(2)                      (a)(1)(iii)(B)(1)(  redesignation
                                       ii)
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(a)(4)(ii)(C)                         (a)(1)(iii)(B)(2)   redesignation
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(a)(5) heading                        (a)(13)             to read ``Inspection and retention of records.''
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(a)(5)(i)                             (a)(13)(i)          to provide information on inspection and retention
                                                           that applies to all forms and logsheets. Further,
                                                           this paragraph would be simplified by using the terms
                                                           ``operator or manager'' and by referring to Table 9
                                                           to part 679, which provides a list of all R&R forms
                                                           and logbooks, instead of listing those documents in
                                                           this paragraph.
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(a)(5)(ii)                            (a)(13)(ii)         to remove ``logbooks and forms'' and substitute ``for
                                       introductory text   all R&R documentation listed in Table 9 to this
                                                           part''.
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(a)(5)(ii)(A)                         (a)(13)(ii)(A)      to amend text by removing ``On site at the shoreside
                                                           facility'' and substituting ``Retain on site at the
                                                           shoreside processor or SFP.'' This would add a verb
                                                           to the sentence and would use defined terms instead
                                                           of ``shoreside facility.'' It would further be
                                                           revised by removing ``recorded in the logbooks and
                                                           forms'' and substituting ``recorded in the R&R
                                                           documentation listed in Table 9 to this part.'' This
                                                           change would reference all of the forms and logbooks,
                                                           which all have the same retention requirements.
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(a)(5)(ii)(B)                         (a)(13)(ii)(B)      to remove ``them'' and substitute ``R&R documentation
                                                           listed in Table 9 to this part.''
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(a)(6)                                (a)(6)              to add heading ``Maintenance of records'' and to
                                       introductory        remove ``all records, reports, and logbooks'' and
                                       text, (a)(6)(i)     substitute ``all R&R documentation listed in Table 9
                                                           to this part''.
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(b)                                   (b)(1) and (b)(2)   to amend the text by removing paragraph (b)(2) and
                                                           redesignating paragraph (b)(1) as paragraph (b)
                                                           introductory text and by removing ``paragraph
                                                           (a)(2)'' and adding in its place ``paragraphs (a)(1)
                                                           through (a)(6)''. Paragraph (b)(2) listed the
                                                           information necessary to describe an authorized
                                                           representative. This text would be removed, because
                                                           each form and logbook would separately list the same
                                                           or similar information.
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(g)(1) introductory text              ..................  to correct the cross references and indicate the
                                                           source tables for species codes.
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(g)(1)(i) heading                     ..................  to read ``Groundfish and donated prohibited species''
                                                           [found in REMOVE/ADD table].
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(h)(1)                                (h)(1)              to revise heading to read ``Requirement'' and to
                                       introductory text   remove ``Telex'' from the regulatory text because
                                                           NMFS no longer accepts this media; by removing
                                                           ``electronic file'' and adding in its place the e-
                                                           mail address; and removing ``within the appropriate
                                                           time limits''.
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(h)(2)                                (h)(1)(iii)         redesignated
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(h)(3)                                (h)(2)              redesignated
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(h)(4)                                (h)(1)(i) and       to revise heading to read ``Time limits and
                                       (h)(1)(ii)          submittal'', to add ``and a check-out report'', and
                                                           to place requirements for check-in reports and check-
                                                           out reports in one in-text table. This would remove
                                                           duplication and correct errors, for example, by
                                                           removing ``MS, SS, SFP'' and adding in its place
                                                           ``MS'' because SS and SFP do not have the same R&R
                                                           requirements as MS.
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(h)(5)                                (h)(3)              to add ``and check-out report, as appropriate.'' and
                                                           to add an in-text table to include all of the
                                                           requirements formerly described in paragraph (h)(3).
                                                           In addition, several variables would be codified for
                                                           check-out reports that appear on the form.
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(i)(1) heading                        ..................  to revise heading to read ``Responsibility''.
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(i)(1)(i)                             ..................  to revise the cross references from paragraph
                                                           (i)(1)(iii) to read (i)(1)(ii) and change paragraph
                                                           (h)(2) to read paragraph (h)(1).
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(i)(1)(ii)                            ..................  to remove this paragraph which duplicates paragraph
                                                           (i)(3)(i).
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new (i)(1)(ii)                        (i)(1)(iii)         to redesignate this paragraph and change exemption
                                                           reference from ``SPELR'' to ``eLandings''.
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(i)(2)                                ..................  to add fax number and email address.
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(i)(3)                                (i)(3)(i) through   to create an in-text table to list the conditions
                                       (i)(3)(vi)          under which a separate WPR is submitted by a C/P, MS,
                                                           SS, or SFP.
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(i)(4) introductory text              ..................  to revise this instruction into a complete sentence
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(i)(4)(i) through (i)(4)(xv)          (i)(4)(i) through   to create an in-text table showing all WPR
                                       (i)(4)(xii)         requirements for mothership, catcher/ processor,
                                                           shoreside processor, and SFP.
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(j)                                   ..................  to remove this paragraph and requirement because daily
                                                           production reports would be replaced by eLandings.
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(l)(1)(iv)                            ..................  to revise the description of the IFQ Prior Notice of
                                                           Landing exemption language for 1) salmon harvested
                                                           using hand troll gear or power gurdy troll gear and
                                                           2) lingcod harvested using dinglebar gear.
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(l)(2)                                ..................  to remove this paragraph because the procedure for
                                                           data entry of the IFQ landing report would be
                                                           replaced by eLandings.
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(l)(2) heading                        new                 to read ``IFQ landing''.
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(l)(2)(i)                             (l)(2)(i)(D)        to update the cross reference.
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(l)(2)(ii)                            (l)(2)(i)(E)        to change the heading to read ``No movement.'' to
                                                           indicate that the landing report must be completed
                                                           through eLandings or other NMFS-approved software
                                                           prior to halibut being moved from the landing site,
                                                           and to update the cross reference.
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(l)(2)(iii) heading                   new                 to read ``Single offload site''.
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(l)(2)(iii)(A)                        (l)(2)(i)(B)        to revise heading to read ``IFQ halibut and CDQ
                                                           halibut''.
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(l)(2)(iii)(B)                        (l)(2)(i)(C)        to revise heading to read ``IFQ sablefish''.
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(m)                                   ..................  to remove and reserve this paragraph, because
                                                           eLandings would replace the requirement for paper
                                                           fish tickets onboard the mothership.
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(n)(1)(i)                             ..................  to update the text to show that a different data entry
                                                           system is in use by removing reference to SPELR and
                                                           replacing it with eLandings [found in REMOVE/ADD
                                                           Table].
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(p)(2)                                ..................  to standardize reference to ADF&G [found in REMOVE/ADD
                                                           Table].

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(r)(3)                                ..................  to update the heading and text to show that a
                                                           different data entry system is in use by removing
                                                           reference to SPELR and replacing it with eLandings
                                                           [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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Logbook General Information

    The current Sec.  679.5(c) would be removed and replaced entirely. 
This section would provide introductory information and descriptions 
for four different formats for reporting logbook data: DFL, DCPL, ELB, 
and eLandings. Most of the proposed revisions are technical and pertain 
to reorganization of the regulations. The reorganization of Sec.  679.5 
(R&R) would improve efficiency for the use of the regulations.
    General requirements that affect all logbooks would be relocated to 
Sec.  679.5(c)(1). One general logbook requirement proposed for 
revision is the ``active'' or ``inactive'' entry. Each groundfish 
fishery participant currently must account for each day of the calendar 
year in the logbook by coding the time periods as active or inactive. 
The procedure for recording inactive time periods is the same for all 
logbooks and would be described at paragraph (c)(2). Each logbook 
described at paragraphs (c)(3) through (c)(6) would have a paragraph 
referring back to paragraph (c)(2). The procedure for recording active 
time periods would be presented separately in each logbook section. The 
reference to fishing activity would be removed, as this term no longer 
is appropriate.
    Regulations for catcher vessel DFLs and catcher/processor DCPLs for 
longline or pot gear, currently found at Sec.  679.5(c)(1), would 
appear at Sec.  679.5(c)(3). Regulations for catcher vessel DFLs and 
catcher/processor DCPLs for trawl gear, currently found at Sec.  
679.5(c)(2), would appear as a new paragraph at Sec.  679.5(c)(4). 
Regulations for shoreside processor DCPLs, used by shoreside processors 
and SFPs, would appear as a new paragraph at Sec.  679.5(c)(5). And, 
regulations for mothership DCPLs would appear as a new paragraph at 
Sec.  679.5(c)(6). Each new or revised paragraph would contain complete 
information for a particular logsheet. In addition, NMFS would 
standardize data elements within each logbook type, so that similar 
information is found in the same location of each section. Table 4 
summarizes these changes.

                      Table 4. New Sec.   679.5(c) and (c)(1)--Logbook General Information
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                                       Derived from Sec.
                                          679.5 unless
 Paragraph under Sec.   679.5(c)(1)        specified                         Reason for change
                                           otherwise
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(c)                                   ..................  existing paragraph (c) would be removed.
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(c) heading                           new                 to read ``Logbooks vs eLandings and ELBs''.
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(1) heading                           new                 to read ``Requirements''.
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(i) heading                           new                 added to read ``Shoreside processor or SFP''.
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(i)(A)                                (a)(2)(i)           to add heading ``Shoreside processor daily cumulative
                                                           production logbook (DCPL)'' and to describe the DCPL
                                                           use requirement.
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(i)(B)                                new                 to add heading ``eLandings'' and to describe the
                                                           requirement to use eLandings to daily report
                                                           groundfish received, fish ticket number, production,
                                                           discard or disposition information, catcher vessel
                                                           and buying station groundfish delivery information.
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(ii) heading                          new                 to read ``Mothership''.
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(ii)(A)                               (a)(2)(i)           to add heading ``Mothership DCPL'' and to describe the
                                                           DCPL use requirement.
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(ii)(B)                               new                 to add heading ``Mothership ELB'' and to describe the
                                                           ELB use requirement and need to export files to
                                                           eLandings.
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(ii)(C)                               new                 to add heading ``eLandings (Effective until January 1,
                                                           2008)'' and to describe the mothership requirement to
                                                           use eLandings to report groundfish received, fish
                                                           ticket number, production, and discard or disposition
                                                           information weekly or daily but must use the DCPL to
                                                           record catcher vessel and buying station groundfish
                                                           delivery information.
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(ii)(C)                               new                 to add heading ``eLandings (Effective January 1,
                                                           2008)'' and to describe the mothership requirement to
                                                           use eLandings to report groundfish received, fish
                                                           ticket number, production, and discard or disposition
                                                           information daily but must use the DCPL to record
                                                           catcher vessel and buying station groundfish delivery
                                                           information.
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(iii) heading                         new                 to read ``Catcher/processor''.
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(iii)(A)                              (a)(2)(i)           to add heading ``Catcher/processor longline or pot
                                                           gear DCPL and catcher/processor trawl gear DCPL'' and
                                                           to describe that the current DCPL must be used.
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(iii)(B)                              new                 to add heading ``Catcher/processor ELB'' and to
                                                           describe the requirement to use ELB and to export
                                                           files to eLandings.
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(iii)(C)                              new                 to add heading ``eLandings (Effective until January 1,
                                                           2008)'' and to describe the catcher/processor
                                                           requirement to use eLandings to report groundfish
                                                           received, fish ticket number, production, and discard
                                                           or disposition information weekly or daily but must
                                                           use the DCPL to record catcher vessel and buying
                                                           station groundfish delivery information.
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(iii)(C)                              new                 to add heading ``eLandings (Effective January 1,
                                                           2008)'' and to describe the catcher/processor
                                                           requirement to use eLandings to report groundfish
                                                           received, fish ticket number, production, and discard
                                                           or disposition information daily but must use the
                                                           DCPL to record catcher vessel and buying station
                                                           groundfish delivery information.
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(iv) heading                          new                 to read ``Catcher vessel''.
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(iv)(A)                               (a)(2)(i)           to add heading ``Catcher vessel longline or pot gear
                                                           and catcher vessel trawl gear DFL'' and describe the
                                                           requirement to use the DFL.
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(iv)(B)                               new                 to add heading ``Catcher vessel longline or pot gear
                                                           and catcher vessel trawl gear ELB'' and describe the
                                                           requirement to use the ELB to export files to
                                                           eLandings.
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(v)                                   new                 to add heading ``Registered Buyer'' and describe the
                                                           requirement for a Registered Buyer to use eLandings
                                                           or other NMFS-approved software to report IFQ
                                                           halibut, IFQ sablefish, or CDQ halibut.
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(vi) heading                          new                 to read ``Registered Crab Receiver (RCR)''.
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(vi)(A) heading                       new                 to read ``IFQ crab''.
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(vi)(A)(1)                            Sec.   680.5(d)(3)  to describe the requirement for an RCR to use
                                                           eLandings to report IFQ crab landings.
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(vi)(A)(2)                            Sec.                to describe the requirement for an RCR aboard a
                                       680.5(d)(2)(ii)     catcher/processor to use eLandings to report IFQ crab
                                                           landings by e-mail attachment.
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(vii)                                 (a)(6)(iii)(E)(1)   to revise heading to read ``Two vessel logbooks of
                                                           same gear type'', add ``onboard a vessel'' after
                                                           ``fishing year'', and add that the operator is
                                                           responsible for this activity.
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(viii)                                (a)(6)(iii)(E)(2)   to add heading ``Two vessel logbooks of different gear
                                                           types'' and provide pagination instructions for
                                                           vessel logbooks.
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(ix)                                  (a)(6)(iii)(E)(3)   to add heading ``Two vessel logbooks for pair trawl'',
                                                           correct the text to show that catcher/ processors
                                                           also could do pair trawling, and state the need for
                                                           logbook pagination. In addition, this action would be
                                                           reworded in active voice.
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(x)                                   new                 to add heading ``Two logbooks of different
                                                           operation'', and describe use of logbooks when a
                                                           vessel performs two different functions in a fishing
                                                           year - as a mothership and as a catcher/processor.
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(xi) heading                          new                 to read ``Alteration of logbook information.''
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(xi)(A) and (B)                       (a)(12)(i)          to describe the procedure for revising an entry in a
                                                           logbook. This action would add ``Except as described
                                                           in paragraphs (c)(1)(xi)(B)and (C) of this section,''
                                                           to show that exceptions to this regulation exist.
                                                           This action further would remove ``except that'' to
                                                           simplify the paragraph.
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(xi)(C)                               new                 to describe the procedure for correcting an error in a
                                                           logbook that was found after a time period had
                                                           passed. This paragraph would state that, rather than
                                                           redo all of the entries after an error, to add a note
                                                           in the logbook that an error occurred and correct the
                                                           error using new blank logsheets.
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(xii) heading                         new                 added to read ``Logsheet distribution and submittal.''
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(xii)(A)                              (a)(12)(ii)         to re-write text to clearly state that only an
                                                           authorized officer may remove the original white
                                                           logsheet.
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(xii)(B)                              (a)(14)(ii) and     to combine logbook copy set information with logsheet
                                       (a)(14)(iii)        distribution information in the same in-text table.
                                                           This would save space and would present a simpler
                                                           array of information.
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Recording Inactive Time Periods in the DFL or DCPL

    The current Sec.  679.5(c)(2) would be completely removed and 
replaced. The term ``fishing activity'' would be removed from the 
regulations at 50 CFR part 679. ``Fishing activity'' was a term 
introduced with the creation of the paper logbooks in 1989-90. The term 
defined the participant's conduct, described as harvest, discard, 
receipt, process, and delivery. NMFS has determined that this term is 
unnecessary, because the requirement for reporting ``active'' or 
``inactive'' time periods provides NMFS with sufficient information 
regarding the participant's fishing activities. Different fields within 
the logbook are completed depending on whether the vessel or processor 
is active or inactive. Table 5 summarizes the changes describing 
inactive time periods.

               Table 5. New Sec.   679.5(c)(2)--Recording Inactive Time Periods in the DFL or DCPL
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                                       Derived from Sec.
                                          679.5 unless
 Paragraph under Sec.   679.5(c)(2)        specified                         Reason for change
                                           otherwise
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(c)(2)                                ..................  existing paragraph (c)(2) would be removed and
                                                           redesignated as paragraph (c)(4).
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(c)(2) heading                        new                 to read ``Recording active and inactive time periods
                                                           in the DFL or DCPL.''
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(i)                                   (a)(6)(ii)          to add a heading ``Account for each day of the fishing
                                                           year'', explain that operator must document each day
                                                           of the calendar year (fishing year), and indicate
                                                           whether the vessel or processor was active or
                                                           inactive during that day. The inactive box must be
                                                           checked in the logbook if vessel or processor is
                                                           inactive. This action would restructure the first
                                                           sentence.
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(ii)                                  (a)(6)(ii)          to add a heading ``Record January 1 on page 1'', and
                                                           describe the requirements to record the first day of
                                                           the fishing year, (January 1) on the first page of
                                                           the logbook, even if not fishing or processing.
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(iii) introductory text               new                 to add heading ``Required information for inactive
                                                           time periods'' and to state the general requirement
                                                           that an operator or manager must record inactive
                                                           information.
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(iii)(A)                              (a)(5)(i) and       to describe requirements for a catcher vessel; to add
                                       (a)(5)(ii)          ``Federal crab vessel permit number'' because crab
                                                           operators also use the longline or pot gear DFL; and
                                                           to add ``page number'' as an essential item of
                                                           information.
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(iii)(B)                              (a)(5)(i) and       to describe requirements for a shoreside processor or
                                       (a)(5)(iii)         SFP; to revise the paragraph to add ``on Part I of
                                                           the logsheet'' because Part II logsheets are not
                                                           completed when inactive; to add ``page number'' as an
                                                           essential item of information.
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(iii)(C)                              (a)(5)(i) and       to describe requirements for a mothership or catcher/
                                       (a)(5)(iv)          processor; to add ``page number'' as an essential
                                                           item of information.
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(iii)(D)                              (a)(7)(iii)(B)(1)   redesignated
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(iii)(E)                              (a)(7)(iii)(B)(2)   redesignated
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(iii)(F)                              (a)(6)(ii)(A)       to add ``e.g., bad weather or equipment'' as an
                                       through             example of requested information.
                                       (a)(6)(ii)(C) and
                                       (a)(7)(ii)(B)(3)
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(iii)(G)                              (a)(7)(iii)(B)(4)   redesignated
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(iv)                                  (a)(7)(iii)(C)      redesignated
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Longline and Pot Gear DFL and DCPL

    The current regulations at Sec.  679.5(c)(1) describe R&R 
requirements for maintaining the longline and pot gear logbook. The 
proposed action would expand this section and redesignate it from Sec.  
679.5(c)(1) to (c)(3). Most of the proposed measures are technical and 
would pertain to reorganization. The existing Sec.  679.5(c)(3) would 
be completely removed and replaced. Table 6 summarizes these changes.

                      Table 6. New Sec.   679.5(c)(3) -- Longline and Pot Gear DFL and DCPL
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                                       Derived from Sec.
                                          679.5 unless
 Paragraph under Sec.   679.5(c)(3)        specified                         Reason for change
                                           otherwise
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(c)(3) heading                        new                 to read ``Longline and pot gear catcher vessel DFL and
                                                           catcher/processor DCPL.''
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(i) heading                           new                 to read ``Responsibility.''
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(i)(A) heading                        new                 to read ``Groundfish fisheries.''
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(i)(A)(1)                             (c)(1)(i)(A)(1)     to add that operators of vessels 60 ft (18.3 m) or
                                                           more LOA and that is required to have an FFP are
                                                           required to complete a logbook.
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(i)(A)(2)                             (c)(1)(i)(A)(2)     redesignated
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(i)(B) heading                        new                 to read ``IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ sablefish
                                                           fisheries.''
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(i)(B)(1)                             (c)(1)(i)(B)(1)     to remove ``longline'' and replace with ``fixed gear
                                                           (NMFS), setline (IPHC) or pot gear'', because these
                                                           are the correct gear terms used for that fishery; the
                                                           term ``longline'' is a term used for groundfish. This
                                                           regulation pertains to vessels 60 ft (18.3 m) or
                                                           greater LOA.
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(i)(B)(2)                             (c)(1)(i)(B)(2)     redesignated
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(i)(C) heading                        new                 to read ``CR crab fisheries.''
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(i)(C)(1)                             (c)(1)(i)(C)(1)     to remove ``catcher vessel'' and substitute ``catcher
                                                           vessel 60 ft (18.3 m) or greater LOA'' to state that
                                                           vessels less than 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA are not required
                                                           to complete a logbook.
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(i)(C)(2)                             (c)(1)(i)(C)(2)     redesignated
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(ii) heading                          (a)(14)(iv)         to read ``Data entry time limits''.
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(ii)(A)                               (c)(1)(ii)(H)(1)    to describe the data elements that must be recorded in
                                                           the DFL or DCPL within 2 hours after completion of
                                                           gear retrieval. In addition, the data element ``hail
                                                           weight'' would replace ``haul weight''. This would
                                                           correct an inadvertent error wherein ``haul weight''
                                                           was placed into regulations (see also footnote 1).
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(ii)(B)                               (a)(10)(vii)(B)     to describe the time limit for recording discard and
                                       and                 disposition information in the DFL or DCPL (see also
                                       (a)(14)(iv)(C)(1)   footnote 1).
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(ii)(C)                               (a)(14)(iv)(C)(3)   to describe the time limit to submit the goldenrod
                                                           logsheet in the DFL or DCPL to the observer (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
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(ii)(D)                               (a)(14)(iv)(A),     if on a catcher vessel, to describe the time limit for
                                       (a)(14)(iv)(B)(3)   the operator to submit the blue DFL to the processor,
                                       and                 to record all other required information, and to sign
                                       (a)(14)(iv)(C)(2)   the completed logsheet in the DFL (see also footnote
                                                           1).
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(ii)(E)                               (a)(14)(iv)(C)(2),  if on a catcher/processor, to describe the time limit
                                       (a)(14)(iv)(D)(1)   for the operator to record product information,
                                       and                 record all other required information, and sign the
                                       (a)(14)(iv)(D)(2)   completed logsheet in the DCPL (see footnote 1).
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(iii)                                 new                 to add a heading ``Required information, if
                                                           inactive'', and add a cross reference to paragraph
                                                           (c)(2) instead of duplicating that material.
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(iv) heading                          new                 to read ``Required information, if active''.
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(iv)(A) heading                       new                 to read ``Catcher vessel''.
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(iv)(A)(1)                            (a)(7)(i)(A)        to describe an ``active'' catcher vessel using
                                                           longline or pot gear.
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(iv)(A)(2)                            (a)(7)(iii)(A)      to describe the data elements that must be recorded in
                                                           the longline or pot gear DFL if a catcher vessel is
                                                           active.
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(iv)(B) heading                       new                 to read ``Catcher/processor''.
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(iv)(B)(1)                            (a)(7)(i)(D)        to describe an ``active'' catcher/processor using
                                                           longline or pot gear.
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(iv)(B)(2)                            (a)(7)(iii)(A)      to describe the data elements that must be recorded in
                                                           the longline or pot gear DCPL if a catcher/processor
                                                           is active.
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(v) heading                           new                 to read ``Identification information''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(A)                                (a)(6)(iii)(D)(1)   to describe logbook pagination requirements; e.g.,
                                                           information for January 1 is recorded on page 1
                                                           regardless of whether active or inactive.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(B)                                (a)(2)(iii) and     to describe DFL and DCPL signature requirement and
                                       (a)(5)(i)           responsibility. This action also would remove mention
                                                           of SPELR, as it does not apply in this section.
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(v)(C)                                (a)(5)(ii) and      to describe vessel identification data entry
                                       (c)(1)              requirements. In addition ``Federal crab vessel
                                                           permit'' because the logbook is also used by crab
                                                           fishermen. Further, this would add ``ADF&G processor
                                                           code if a catcher/ processor''.
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(v)(D)                                (c)(1)(ii)(D)       to describe recording of permit numbers other than the
                                                           FFP and FPP, if required, when IFQ or CDQ fishing.
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(v)(E)                                (a)(7)(xi) and      to describe recording of ``reporting area'' for
                                       (c)(1)(ii)(A)       different programs in the longline and pot gear DFL
                                                           or DCPL; Federal reporting area for groundfish, IPHC
                                                           regulatory area for IFQ halibut, IFQ sablefish, and
                                                           CDQ halibut, and no entry for CR crab.
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(v)(F)                                (c)(1)(ii)(B)       redesignated
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(v)(G)                                (c)(1)(ii)(C)       to describe the data entry and recording requirements
                                                           of the various ``gear types''.
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(v)(H)                                (a)(7)(xv) and      to describe the data entry and recording requirements
                                       (c)(1)(ii)(F)       of special ``management programs'' (see also footnote
                                                           1).
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(v)(I)                                (c)(1)(ii)(E)       redesignated
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(vi) introductory text                (c)(1)(ii)(G)       to add heading to read ``Catch by set information''
                                       introductory        and to describe the data entry and recording
                                       text, and           requirements of catch-by-set information (see also
                                       (c)(1)(ii)(G)(1)    footnote 1).
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(vi)(A)                               (c)(1)(ii)(G)(2)    redesignated
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(vi)(B)                               (c)(1)(ii)(G)(3)    to describe the data entry and recording requirements
                                       and definition      of ``gear deployment'' (see also footnote 1).
                                       for ``gear
                                       deployment (or to
                                       set gear) for
                                       hook-and-line
                                       gear, jig or
                                       troll gear, and
                                       pot gear''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(C)                               (c)(1)(ii)(G)(4)    to describe the recording requirements of ``gear
                                       and definition      retrieval'' (see also footnote 1).
                                       for ``gear
                                       retrieval (or to
                                       haul gear) for
                                       hook-and-line
                                       gear, jig or
                                       troll gear, and
                                       pot gear''
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(vi)(D)                               (c)(1)(ii)(G)(5)    redesignated
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(vi)(E)                               (c)(1)(ii)(G)(6)    redesignated
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(F)                               (a)(7)(vi)          to describe ``species codes'' and to elaborate on
                                                           species information contained in Tables 2a through
                                                           2d. To remove ``Table 2'' and substitute the titles
                                                           and Tables 2a through 2d. In addition, this action
                                                           would remove the vague term ``federally managed
                                                           groundfish.'' This would rearrange the description of
                                                           this requirement to fit the new paragraph format.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(G)                               (c)(1)(ii)(G)(7)    to describe ``target species code'' and to remove
                                                           ``you intend to catch'' and replace with ``you
                                                           intended to catch this set.''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(H)                               (c)(1)(ii)(G)(8)    to describe ``estimated total hail weight'' and to add
                                                           the data element ``hail weight'' to replace ``haul
                                                           weight'' to correct an inadvertent error wherein
                                                           ``haul weight'' was placed into regulations. Also,
                                                           this action would rearrange the description of this
                                                           requirement to fit the new paragraph format.
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(vi)(I)                               (c)(1)(ii)(G)(9)    to describe ``IR/IU species'' and to add ``if
                                                           applicable'' to indicate that this data element is
                                                           not always completed; not all operators catch IR/IU
                                                           species.
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(vi)(J) through (L)                   (c)(1)(ii)(G)(10)   redesignated paragraphs
                                       through
                                       (c)(1)(ii)(G)(13)
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(vii)                                 (a)(7)(ii)(C),      to add a heading ``Product information, catcher/
                                       (a)(7)(iv), and     processor'' and to describe how to record product
                                       (a)(9)(i)           information (see also footnote 1).
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(vii)(A)                              (a)(7)(iv)(E)       to describe recording of ``total daily fish product
                                                           weight'' or ``actual scale weight'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
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(vii)(B)                              (a)(7)(iv)(G)(1)    to describe recording of ``total product balance
                                                           forward'' weight (see also footnote 1).
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(vii)(C)                              (a)(7)(iv)(I)(1)    to describe recording of ``weekly cumulative total''
                                                           of weights and numbers (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii)(D)                              (a)(7)(iv)(B)       to describe recording of ``weekly cumulative total''
                                                           of weights and numbers (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii)(E)                              (a)(7)(iv)(H)       to describe recording of ``zero balance forward'' (see
                                       introductory text   also footnote 1).
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(viii) heading                        new                 to read ``Retain and record discard quantities over
                                                           the MRA.''
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(viii)                                (a)(10)(vi)         redesignated
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(ix)                                  (a)(7)(ii)(D) and   to add a heading ``Discard or disposition information,
                                       (a)(10)(iv)         catcher vessel'' and to describe how to record
                                                           ``discard and disposition'' information in the DFL
                                                           under various scenarios (see also footnote 1).
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(ix)(A)                               (a)(7)(iv)(F),      to describe recording of ``species codes'' and
                                       (a)(7)(iv)(H),      ``product codes'' for discard and disposition (see
                                       and (a)(10)(iv)     also footnote 1).
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(ix)(B)                               (a)(7)(iv)(H)(1)    to describe recording of ``zero balance forward''
                                                           after offload or transfer of fish (see also footnote
                                                           1).
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(x) introductory text                 (a)(7)(ii)(D)(1),   to add a heading ``Discard or disposition information,
                                       (a)(7)(iv)(H)(2)    catcher/processor'' and to describe how to record
                                       (a)(7)(iv)(H)(3),   discard and disposition information in the DCPL under
                                       and                 various scenarios (see also footnote 1).
                                       (a)(10)(ii)(A)(1)
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(x)(A)                                (a)(7)(iv)(H)(2)    to describe recording of ``zero balance forward''
                                       and                 after offload or transfer of fish and to add
                                       (a)(10)(ii)(A)(2)   ``Nothing shall be carried forward from the previous
                                                           fishing trip'' (see also footnote 1).
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(x)(B)                                (a)(7)(iv)(B),      to describe recording of catcher/processor discard or
                                       (a)(7)(iv)(F),      disposition information longline and pot gear logbook
                                       (a)(7)(v), and      information requirements (see also footnote 1).
                                       (a)(10)(ii)(A)
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(xi)                                  new                 to add heading ``Catcher vessel delivery information''
                                                           and to describe buying station, mothership, shoreside
                                                           processor, or SFP delivery data entry requirements.
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\1\The information currently listed under Sec.   679.5(a) for multiple catcher vessel and processor requirements
  would be revised under a new Sec.   679.5(c)(3) to address specifically the longline and pot gear DFL and
  DCPL.

Trawl gear DFL and DCPL

    Currently, the regulations at Sec.  679.5(c)(2) describe some of 
the requirements for maintaining a trawl gear logbook, and some of the 
requirements are found in generalized tables formerly found in Sec.  
679.5(a). The proposed action would place all of the trawl gear DFL and 
DCPL requirements in one section and renumber it from Sec.  679.5(c)(2) 
to (c)(4). This would create a ``stand-alone'' trawl gear logbook 
section. Most of the proposed measures are technical and would pertain 
to the reorganization of these logbook regulations. Existing Sec.  
679.5(c)(2) would be completely removed and replaced. Table 7 
summarizes these changes.

           Table 7. New Sec.   679.5(c)(4) -- Trawl Gear Catcher Vessel DFL and Catcher/processor DCPL
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Derived from Sec.
                                          679.5 unless
 Paragraph under Sec.   679.5(c)(4)        specified                         Reason for change
                                           otherwise
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(c)(4) heading                        new                 to read ``Trawl gear catcher vessel DFL and catcher/
                                                           processor DCPL.''
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(i) heading                           new                 to read ``Responsibility.''
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(i)                                   (a)(1)(iii)(A)      to describe the trawl catcher and catcher/processor
                                                           logbook data entry responsibilities and that vessels
                                                           less than 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA are not required to
                                                           complete a logbook.
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(ii) introductory text                new                 to add heading ``Data entry time limits'' and
                                                           introductory text.
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(ii)(A)                               (a)(14)(iv)(B)(2)   to identify the data elements that must be recorded in
                                                           the DFL or DCPL within 2 hours after completion of
                                                           gear retrieval. In addition, the data element ``hail
                                                           weight'' would be added to replace ``haul weight''.
                                                           This would correct an inadvertent error wherein
                                                           ``haul weight'' was placed into regulations (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
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(ii)(B)                               (a)(14)(iv)(C)(1)   to describe the time limit for recording discard and
                                                           disposition information in the DFL or DCPL (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
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(ii)(C)                               (a)(14)(iv)(C)(3)   to describe the time limit for submitting the
                                                           goldenrod logsheet in the DFL or DCPL to the observer
                                                           (see also footnote 1).
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(ii)(D)                               (a)(14)(iv)(A),     if on a catcher vessel, to describe the time limit for
                                       (a)(14)(iv)(B)(3)   the operator to submit the blue DFL to the processor,
                                       and                 to record all other required information, and to sign
                                       (a)(14)(iv)(C)(2)   the completed logsheet in the DFL (see also footnote
                                                           1)
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(ii)(E)                               (a)(14)(iv)(B)(1),  if on a catcher/processor, to describe the time limit
                                       (a)(14)(iv)(C)(2)   for the operator to record product information,
                                       , and               record all other required information, and sign the
                                       (a)(14)(iv)(D)(2)   completed logsheet in the DCPL (see footnote 1).
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(iii)                                 new                 to add a heading ``Required information, if
                                                           inactive'', and add a cross reference to paragraph
                                                           (c)(2) instead of duplicating that material.
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(iv) heading                          new                 to read ``Required information, if active.''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(A) heading                       new                 to read ``Catcher vessel.''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(A)(1)                            (a)(7)(i)(A)        to state that a net or tow at fishing depth
                                                           constitutes an active period for a trawl gear catcher
                                                           vessel and to correct the description of active
                                                           catcher vessel in current regulations (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
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(iv)(A)(2)                            (a)(7)(iii)(A)      to require that the operator of an active trawl
                                                           catcher vessel enter only one day's information per
                                                           logsheet (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(B) heading                       new                 to read ``Catcher/processor.''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(B)(1)                            (a)(7)(i)(D)        to describe an active period for a trawl gear catcher/
                                                           processor (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(B)(2)                            (a)(7)(iii)(A)      to require that the operator of an active catcher/
                                                           processor using trawl gear enter one day's
                                                           information per logsheet (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v) introductory text                 new                 to add heading ``Identification information'' and
                                                           introductory text.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(A) and (B)                        (a)(6)(iii)(D)(1)   to describe ``date'' and ``page number'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(C)                                (a)(2)(iii) and     to describe operator ``printed name'' and
                                       (a)(5)(i)           ``signature'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(D)                                (a)(5)(ii) and      to describe ``vessel identification'' (see also
                                       (a)(5)(iv)          footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(E)                                (a)(7)(x)(B) and    to describe ``Federal reporting area'' (see also
                                       (a)(7)(xi)          footnote 1).
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(v)(F)                                (a)(7)(x)(C) and    to describe how to record information when fishing
                                       (a)(7)(xii)         occurred in the COBLZ or RKCSA (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(G)                                (a)(7)(xiv)         to describe ``crew size'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(H)                                (a)(7)(x)(D) and    to describe ``gear type'' (see also footnote 1).
                                       (c)(2)(i)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(I)                                (a)(7)(xv)          to describe special ``management programs'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
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(v)(J)                                (a)(7)(xiii)        to describe ``observer information'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
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(vi) introductory text                new                 to add heading ``Catch-by-haul information,'' add to
                                                           introductory text, and to explain that if no catch
                                                           occurred on a day, the operator would indicate ``no
                                                           catch'' in the logbook.
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(vi)(A)                               (c)(2)(ii)          to describe ``Haul number''.
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(vi)(B)                               (c)(2)(iii) and     to describe the recording of ``gear deployment'' (see
                                       definition for      also footnote 1).
                                       ``gear deployment
                                       (or to set gear)
                                       for trawl gear''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(C)                               (c)(2)(iv) and      to describe the recording of ``gear retrieval'' (see
                                       definition for      also footnote 1).
                                       ``gear retrieval
                                       (or to haul gear)
                                       for trawl gear''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(D)                               (c)(2)(v)           to describe ``average sea depth'' and ``average gear
                                                           depth'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(E)                               (a)(7)(vi)          to describe ``species codes'' and to elaborate on
                                                           species information contained in Tables 2a through
                                                           2d. To remove ``Table 2'' and substitute the titles
                                                           and Tables 2a through 2d. In addition, this action
                                                           would remove the vague term ``federally managed
                                                           groundfish.'' This would rearrange the description of
                                                           this requirement to fit the new paragraph format.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(F)                               (c)(2)(vi)          to describe ``target species code'' and remove ``you
                                                           intend to catch'' and replace with ``you intended to
                                                           catch this haul.''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(G)                               (a)(7)(iv)(C)(3)    to describe ``IR/IU species'' and to add ``if
                                       and (c)(2)(vii)     applicable'' after ``for each IR/IU species'' to
                                                           indicate that this data element is not always
                                                           completed; not all operators catch IR/IU species (see
                                                           footnote 1).
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(vi)(H)                               (a)(7)(iv)(A) and   to describe ``total estimated hail weight'' and add
                                       (a)(7)(iv)(C)(2)    ``hail weight'' in place of ``haul weight''. This
                                                           would correct an inadvertent error wherein ``haul
                                                           weight'' was placed into regulations.
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(vii) introductory text               (a)(7)(ii)(C),      to add heading ``Product information, catcher/
                                       (a)(9)(i) and       processor'' and to describe recording of ``groundfish
                                       (a)(9)(i)(A)        product information'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii)(A)                              (a)(7(iv)(E)        to describe recording of ``daily product weight'' (see
                                                           also footnote 1).
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(vii)(B)                              (a)(7)(iv)(G)(1)    to describe recording of ``balance forward weight''
                                                           (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii)(C)                              (a)(7)(iv)(I)(1)    to describe recording of ``weekly cumulative total
                                                           weight'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii)(D)                              (a)(7)(iv)(B)       to describe summarizing ``weekly cumulative totals''
                                                           (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii)(E)                              (a)(7)(iv)(H)(2)    to describe recording of ``zero balance forward'' (see
                                       and (3)             also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii) introductory text and          (a)(7)(ii)(D)(1),   to add heading ``Discard or disposition information,
 (c)(4)(viii)(A)                       (a)(10)(iv),        catcher vessel'' and to add introductory text. In
                                       (a)(10)(v), and     addition, this would remove a discard or disposition
                                       (a)(11)(iv)         exemption, formerly found at paragraph (a)(10)(v)
                                                           that exempted completion of the blue DFL if an
                                                           operator indicated it had an ``unsorted'' codend.
                                                          ......................................................
                                                          OLE indicated that over the years, experience has
                                                           shown that discards always occur, whether receiving a
                                                           sorted or unsorted codend. When the final rule
                                                           becomes effective, the DFL format would be changed to
                                                           remove the delivery information block and the terms,
                                                           ``presorted'' and ``unsorted''. The blue DFL would
                                                           always be submitted (see also footnote 1).
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(viii)(B)                             (a)(7)(iv)(F)(1)    to describe ``discard weight'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii)(C)                             (a)(7)(iv)(F)(2)    to describe ``PSC discard numbers'' (see also footnote
                                                           1).
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(viii)(D)                             (a)(7)(iv)(I)(3)    to describe ``discard cumulative total'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
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(viii)(E)                             (a)(7)(iv)(H)(1)    to describe ``discard zero balance forward'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ix) introductory text                (a)(7)(ii)(D)(1)    to add heading ``Discard or disposition information,
                                       and                 catcher/processor'' and to add introductory text.
                                       (a)(10)(ii)(A)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ix)(A)                               (a)(7)(iv)(F)(1)    to describe ``discard total weight'' (see also
                                       and                 footnote 1).
                                       (a)(10)(ii)(A)(2)
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(ix)(B)                               (a)(7)(iv)(B), and  to describe ``PSC discard numbers'' (see also footnote
                                       (a)(7)(iv)(F)(2)    1).
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(ix)(C)                               (a)(7)(iv)(I)(1)    to describe ``discard cumulative totals'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ix)(D)                               (a)(7)(iv)(H)(2)    to describe ``discard zero balance forward'' (see also
                                       and (3)             footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(x) introductory text                 (a)(11)(iv)         to add heading ``Catcher vessel delivery information''
                                                           and to add introductory text.
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(x)(A) through (C)                    (a)(11)(iv)         to describe ``catcher vessel delivery''.
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\1\The information currently listed under Sec.   679.5(a) for multiple catcher vessel and processor requirements
  would be revised under a new Sec.   679.5(c)(4) to address specifically the trawl gear DFL and/or DCPL.

Shoreside Processor DCPL

    Currently, the regulations at 50 CFR part 679 do not describe the 
requirements for maintaining a shoreside processor DCPL, although this 
logbook has been available from the beginning of the domestic logbook 
program. The description of this logbook formerly relied on generalized 
tables found in Sec.  679.5(a). The proposed action would add Sec.  
679.5(c)(5) as a stand-alone section to describe the shoreside 
processor DCPL regulations. Table 8 summarizes these additions.

                           Table 8. New Sec.   679.5(c)(5) -- Shoreside Processor DCPL
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Derived from Sec.
                                          679.5 unless
 Paragraph under Sec.   679.5(c)(5)        specified                         Reason for change
                                           otherwise
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c)(5)                                new                 to add heading ``Shoreside processor DCPL'' and to add
                                                           new section to describe the shoreside processor DCPL.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(i)                                   (a)(1)(i)(A)(2)     to add heading ``Responsibility,'' to describe
                                                           shoreside processor DCPL data entry responsibilities.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii) introductory text                (a)(14)(iv)         to add heading ``Data entry time limits'' and to add
                                       introductory text   introductory text.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii)(A)                               (a)(14)(iv)(E)(1)   to describe the data elements that must be recorded in
                                                           the DCPL within 2 hours after completion of receipt
                                                           of each groundfish delivery (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii)(B)                               (a)(14)(iv)(F)      to describe the various recording time limits for
                                                           landings information, product information, discard
                                                           and disposition information, and all other required
                                                           information (see also footnote 1).
---------------------------------------------------------
(ii)(C)                               (a)(14)(iv)(D)(2)   ......................................................
---------------------------------------------------------
(ii)(D)                               (a)(14)(iv)(C)(1)   ......................................................
---------------------------------------------------------
(ii)(E)                               (a)(14)(iv)(D)(1)   ......................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii)(F)                               (a)(14)(iv)(C)(2)   to describe the time limit for signing the DCPL (see
                                                           also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii)(G)                               (a)(14)(iv)(C)(3)   to describe the time limit for submitting the
                                                           goldenrod logsheet to the observer (see also footnote
                                                           1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iii)                                 (a)(7)(iii)(B) and  to add heading ``Required information, if inactive,''
                                       (D)                 to reference paragraph (c)(2) instead of duplicating
                                                           that material, and to explain that no information is
                                                           recorded in Part II if inactive (see also footnote
                                                           1).
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(iv) introductory text                (a)(7)(i)(B),       to add heading ``Required information Part I, if
                                       (a)(7)(iii)(A),     active'' and to describe this information (see also
                                       and (a)(7)(x)(A)    footnote 1).
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(iv)(A)                               (a)(6)(iii)(D)(2)   to provide instructions for the first day of the
                                       and (a)(7)(x)(A)    fishing year, whether active or inactive. to explain
                                                           that page 1 should start with January 1 (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
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(iv)(B)                               new                 to describe the procedure for recording the week-
                                                           ending date.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(C)                               (a)(2)(iii) and     to describe the ``printed name'' and ``signature of
                                       (a)(5)(i)           manager'' (see also footnote 1).
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(iv)(D)                               (a)(5)(iii)         to describe ``name of shoreside processor or SFP''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(E)                               (a)(5)(iii)         to describe ``geographic location of plant''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(F)                               (a)(5)(iii)         to describe ``FPP number'' and ``ADF&G processor
                                                           code''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(G)                               (a)(7)(xi)          to describe ``Federal reporting area'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(H)                               (a)(7)(xv)          to describe the special ``management programs'' on
                                                           Part I of the DCPL (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(I)                               new                 to describe ``gear type'' on Part I of the DCPL.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(J)                               (a)(7)(x)(C) and    to describe how to record fish harvested with trawl
                                       (a)(7)(xii)         gear in the COBLZ or RKCSA (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(K)                               (a)(7)(xiii)        to describe ``observer information'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v) introductory text                 (a)(7)(ii)(A) and   to add heading ``Required delivery information Part I,
                                       (a)(11)(i)          if active'' and to describe this information (see
                                                           also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(A)                                (a)(6)(iii)(A)(1)   to describe ``date of delivery'' (see also footnote
                                       and                 1).
                                       (a)(11)(iii)(A)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(B)                                (a)(6)(iii)(B) and  to describe ``type of delivery'' (see also footnote
                                       (a)(6)(iii)(B)(1)   1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(C)                                (a)(11)(iii)(C)     to describe ``non-submittal of discard report''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(D)                                (a)(11)(iii)(D)     to describe ``name and ADF&G vessel registration
                                                           number'' of vessel.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(E)                                (a)(6)(iii)(C)      to describe ``receipt time'' and add that time should
                                                           be recorded in military format.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(F)                                (a)(7)(iv)(A),      to describe ``estimated total hail weight'' and add
                                       (a)(7)(iv)(C)(1)    ``hail weight'' to replace ``haul weight''. This
                                       and                 would correct an inadvertent error wherein ``haul
                                       (a)(7)(iv)(C)(7)(   weight'' was placed into regulations (see also
                                       i)                  footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(G)                                (a)(11)(iii)(G)(1)  to describe ``ADF&G fish ticket numbers'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(H)                                (a)(11)(iii)(H)     to describe ``fish ticket numbers, states other than
                                                           Alaska''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(I)                                (a)(11)(iii)(I)     to describe ``catch receipt numbers, states other than
                                                           Alaska''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi) introductory text                (a)(7)(ii)(B) and   to add heading ``Required landings information Part I,
                                       (a)(8)(i)           if active'' and to describe this information.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(A)                               (a)(6)(iii)(A)(2)   to describe ``date of landing'' (see also footnote 1).
                                       and (a)(8)(i)(A)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(B)                               (a)(7)(iv)(D) and   to describe ``daily total weight of landings'' (see
                                       (a)(8)(i)(A)        also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(C)                               (a)(7)(iv)(D)(1)    to describe ``scale weight'' and remove ``weighing
                                       and (2)             some or all'' and replace with ``weighing the entire
                                                           delivery'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(D)                               (a)(7)(iv)(I)(2)    to describe ``weekly cumulative weight of landings''
                                       and (a)(8)(i)(A)    (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(E)                               (a)(7)(iv)(B)       to describe summarizing ``weekly cumulative totals''
                                                           (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(F)                               (a)(8)(ii)          to describe ``landings as product''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii) introductory text               (a)(10)(i)(A)(1),   to add heading ``Required discard or disposition
                                       (a)(10)(vii)(A),    information Part I, if active'' and to describe
                                       and (a)(11)(i)      recording of this information (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii)(A)                              (a)(10)(vii)        to describe ``date of discard'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii)(B)                              (a)(10)(i)(A)(2)    to describe ``discard species code and product code''
                                                           (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii)(C)                              (a)(7)(iv)(F)(1)    to describe ``daily weight'' (see also footnote 1).
                                       and
                                       (a)(10)(i)(A)(2)
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(vii)(D)                              (a)(7)(iv)(F)(2)    to describe ``PSC discard numbers'' (see also footnote
                                       and                 1).
                                       (a)(10)(i)(A)(2)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii)(E)                              (a)(7)(iv)(I)(2)    to describe ``discard weekly cumulative totals'' (see
                                       and                 also footnote 1).
                                       (a)(10)(i)(A)(2)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii) heading                        new                 to read ``Required product information Part II, if
                                                           active.''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii)(A)                             (a)(7)(ii)(C)(1)    to describe recording of product information (see also
                                       and (2) and         footnote 1).
                                       (a)(9)(i)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii)(B)                             (a)(6)(iii)(D)(2)   to describe ``page numbering'' in Part II.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii)(C)                             (a)(2)(iii) and     to describe ``printed name and signature of manager''
                                       (a)(5)(i)           (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii)(D)                             (a)(5)(iii)         to describe ``name of shoreside processor or SFP'' in
                                                           Part II.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii)(E)                             new                 to describe ``FPP number and ADF&G processor code''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii)(F)                             new                 to describe ``week-ending date''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii)(G)                             new                 to specify whether harvest occurred in the BSAI or
                                                           GOA.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii)(H)                             (a)(6)(iii)(A)(3)   to describe ``date of production'' (see also footnote
                                       and (a)(9)(i)(A)    1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii)(I)                             (a)(9)(i)(A)        to describe ``species and product codes'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii)(J)                             (a)(7)(iv)(A)(1),   to describe ``daily product weight'' (see also
                                       (a)(7)(iv)(E),      footnote 1).
                                       and (a)(9)(i)(A)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii)(K)                             (a)(7)(iv)(A)(1),   to describe ``weekly cumulative totals of product
                                       (a)(7)(iv)(I)(2),   weights'' (see also footnote 1).
                                       and (a)(9)(i)(A)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ix)                                  (a)(9)(ii)          to add heading ``Custom processing'' and to add
                                                           introductory text (see also footnote 1).
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\1\The information currently listed under Sec.   679.5(a) for multiple catcher vessel and processor requirements
  would be revised under a new Sec.   679.5(c)(5) to address specifically the shoreside processor DCPL.

Mothership DCPL

    Currently, the regulations at 50 CFR part 679 do not have a section 
describing the mothership DCPL, although this logbook has been 
available since the beginning of the domestic logbook program. The 
description of this logbook formerly relied on generalized tables found 
in Sec.  679.5(a). The proposed action would add a new Sec.  
679.5(c)(6) to describe stand-alone mothership DCPL regulations. Most 
of these proposed measures are technical in nature. Table 9 summarizes 
these additions.

                               Table 9. New Sec.   679.5(c)(6) -- Mothership DCPL
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Derived from Sec.
                                          679.5 unless
 Paragraph under Sec.   679.5(c)(6)        specified                         Reason for change
                                           otherwise
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c)(6)                                new                 to add heading ``Mothership DCPL''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(i)                                   (a)(1)(i)(A)(2)     to add heading ``Responsibility,'' to describe
                                                           ``responsibility'', and to add language to describe
                                                           the practice of incorporating information into the
                                                           DCPL for all groundfish received from any source.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii) introductory text                (a)(14)(iv)         to add heading ``Data entry time limits'' and to
                                                           describe these time limits.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii)(A)                               (a)(14)(iv)(E)(1)   to describe the information required for each
                                                           groundfish delivery to be recorded within 2 hours
                                                           after completion of receipt of each groundfish
                                                           delivery (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii)(B)                               (a)(14)(iv)(D)(2)   to describe time limit for recording ``product
                                                           information'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii)(C)                               (a)(14)(iv)(C)(1)   to describe time limit for recording ``discard or
                                                           disposition information'' (see also footnote 1).
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(ii)(D)                               (a)(14)(iv)(D)(1)   to describe time limit for recording ``all other
                                                           required information'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii)(E)                               (a)(14)(iv)(C)(2)   to describe time limit for ``signing the completed
                                                           DCPL logsheets'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii)(F)                               (a)(14)(iv)(C)(3)   to describe the time limit for submitting the
                                                           goldenrod logsheet to the observer(see also footnote
                                                           1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iii)                                 (a)(7)(iii)(B) and  to add heading ``Required information, if inactive''
                                       (a)(7)(iii)(D)      and to add a cross reference to paragraph (c)(2)
                                                           instead of duplicating that material (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv) introductory text                (a)(7)(i)(C) and    to add heading ``Required information, if active,'' to
                                       (a)(7)(iii)(A)      add introductory text, and describe when a mothership
                                                           is active (see also footnote 1).
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(iv)(A)                               (a)(6)(iii)(D)(1)   to describe ``page number'' and require that
                                                           information for January 1 be recorded on page 1
                                                           whether or not receiving groundfish (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(B)                               (a)(2)(iii) and     to describe ``printed name and signature of operator''
                                       (a)(5)(i)           (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(C)                               (a)(5)(iv)          to describe ``mothership identification'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
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(iv)(D)                               new                 to describe ``date'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(E)                               (a)(7)(xiv)         to describe ``crew size'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(F)                               new                 to describe ``gear type''. This would add gear type of
                                                           harvester.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(G)                               (a)(7)(x)(b) and    to describe ``Federal reporting areas'' (see also
                                       (a)(7)(xi)          footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(H)                               (a)(7)(x)(C) and    to describe how to record fish harvested with trawl
                                       (a)(7)(xii)         gear in the COBLZ or RKCSA (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(I)                               (a)(7)(xiii)        to describe ``observer information'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv)(J)                               (a)(7)(xv)          to describe recording of special ``management
                                                           programs'' (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v) introductory text                 (a)(7)(ii)(A) and   to add heading ``Required delivery information'' and
                                       (a)(11)(i)          to describe the section (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(A)                                (a)(6)(iii)(A)(1)   to describe ``date of delivery'' (see also footnote
                                                           1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(B)                                (a)(6)(iii)(A)(1)(  to describe ``type of delivery'' (see also footnote
                                       ii),                1).
                                       (a)(11)(iii)(B),
                                       and
                                       (a)(11)(iii)(B)(1
                                       )
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(C)                                (a)(11)(iii)(C)     to describe ``non-submittal of discard report'' (see
                                                           also footnote 1).
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(v)(D)                                (a)(11)(iii)(D)     to describe ``vessel identification'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(E)                                (a)(11)(iii)(E)     to add heading ``Receipt time'', describe the
                                                           ``receipt time'', and add that time should be in
                                                           military format.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(F)                                (a)(11)(iii)(F)     to describe the coordinates for the ``beginning
                                                           position of receipt'' (latitude and longitude).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(G)                                (a)(7)(iv)(A),      to describe the ``estimated total groundfish hail
                                       (a)(7)(iv)(C)(4)    weight'' and remove ``haul weight'' and replace with
                                       and                 ``hail weight''. This would correct an inadvertent
                                       (a)(7)(iv)(C)(7)(   error wherein ``haul weight'' was placed into
                                       i)                  regulations (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(H)                                new                 to describe ``IR/IU species'' and to describe
                                                           information requested in the mothership DCPL.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v)(I)                                (a)(11)(iii)(G)(1)  to describe ``ADF&G fish ticket numbers'' (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi) introductory text                (a)(7)(ii)(C) and   to add heading ``Product information'' and to add
                                       (a)(9)(i)           introductory text (see also footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(A) through (D)                   (a)(9)(i)(A)        to describe recording of product data elements (see
                                                           also footnote 1).
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(vi)(E)                               (a)(7)(iv)(B)       to describe summarizing ``weekly cumulative product
                                                           totals'' (see also footnote 1).
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(vi)(F)                               (a)(7)(iv)(H)(2)    to describe the ``zero product balance'' (see also
                                       and (3)             footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi)(G)                               (a)(9)(ii)          to describe ``custom processing'' (see also footnote
                                                           1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii) introductory text               (a)(10)(i)(A)(1)    to add heading ``Required discard or disposition
                                       and (a)(11)(i)      information'' and to describe the section (see also
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii)(A), (B), and (D)                (a)(10)(vii)(A)     to describe data elements required for recording
                                                           discard or disposition information (see also footnote
                                                           1).
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\1\The information currently listed under Sec.   679.5(a) for multiple catcher vessel and processor requirements
  would be revised under a new Sec.   679.5(c)(6) to address specifically the mothership DCPL.

Buying Station Report (BSR)

    In addition to implementing changes to regulations describing 
logbooks, this rule would expand and make minor revisions to Sec.  
679.5(d), which describes the buying station report (BSR). The BSR 
regulations would be revised to include complete BSR information rather 
than contain cross references to generalized tables of information 
formerly found in Sec.  679.5(a). These measures would create self-
contained, stand-alone BSR regulation text. Most of these proposed 
measures are technical in nature. Table 10 summarizes these revisions.

                            Table 10. Section 679.5(d) -- Buying Station Report (BSR)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Derived from Sec.
                                          679.5 unless
   Paragraph under Sec.   679.5(d)         specified                         Reason for change
                                           otherwise
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(d)(1) introductory text              ..................  to remove (d)(1) introductory text because reference
                                                           to paragraphs (a) and (b) no longer applies.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) heading                           new                 to read ``Responsibility.''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)(i)                                (a)(1)(i)(A)(3),    to describe ``responsibility'' (see footnote 1).
                                       (d)(1)(ii) and
                                       (d)(1)(iv)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)(ii)                               (d)(1)(iii)         to describe documentation required to accompany each
                                                           groundfish delivery from the landing site to the
                                                           associated processor, including the printed ELB
                                                           discard reports.
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(1)(iii)                              (a)(11)(ii)(B)      to describe a catcher vessel functioning as a buying
                                                           station for its own catch.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2)                                   ..................  to add heading ``Data entry time limits'' and to add
                                                           ``of a buying station'' after ``manager''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) introductory text                 new                 to add heading ``Required information, if inactive''
                                                           and to describe that a buying station is not required
                                                           to record information if inactive.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4) introductory text                 (a)(5)(v) and       to add heading ``Required information, if active'' and
                                       (d)(1)              to add introductory text.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(i)                                (a)(6)(iii)(F)      to describe the original or revised report (see
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(ii)                               (a)(5)(v)           to describe ``name of buying station'' (see footnote
                                                           1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(iii)                              (a)(2)(iii) and     to describe the operator or manager name and signature
                                       (a)(5)(i)           (see footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(iv)                               (a)(7)(xv)          to describe the special management programs (see
                                                           footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(v)                                new                 to describe ``gear type'' of harvester and to describe
                                                           information requested on the BSR.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(vi)                               (a)(7)(xi)          to describe ``Federal reporting area'' (see footnote
                                                           1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(vii)                              (a)(7)(xii)         to describe recording procedure if fishing occurred in
                                                           the COBLZ or RKCSA (see footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(viii)                             (a)(5)(v) and       to describe ``associated processor'' and remove
                                       (d)(1)(i)           ``Geographic location of plant'' because the ADF&G
                                                           processor code identifies this item.
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(4)(ix) heading                       new                 to read ``Catcher vessel delivery information''.
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(4)(ix)(A)                            (a)(11)(iii)(D)     to describe the identification information required
                                                           from a catcher vessel making a delivery (see footnote
                                                           1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(ix)(B)                            (a)(11)(iii)(C)     to describe recording the non-submittal of discard
                                                           report (see footnote 1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(ix)(C)                            (a)(11)(iii)(G)(2)  to describe ``ADF&G fish ticket number'' (see footnote
                                                           1).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(ix)(D)                            (d)(1)(v)           to describe the species codes and scale weight.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(ix)(E)                            (d)(1)(v)           to describe ``groundfish hail weight''. Further ``hail
                                                           weight'' would be substituted for ``delivery weight''
                                                           as a more accurate term.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(x) heading                        new                 to read ``Discard and disposition information''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)(x)                                (a)(10)(iii)        to describe the discard and disposition information
                                                           (see footnote 1).
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\1\The information currently listed under Sec.   679.5(a) for multiple catcher vessel and processor requirements
  would be revised under Sec.   679.5(d) to address specifically the buying station report (BSR).

IERS and eLandings

    ADF&G, NMFS, and IPHC collect harvest data for management of 
groundfish, Pacific halibut, other finfish species, and shellfish 
species in the waters off Alaska. NMFS collects groundfish harvest data 
for FMP species in the EEZ through logbooks, WPRs, and SPELR. NMFS 
collects IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ sablefish harvest data 
through online system landing reports. ADF&G collects harvest data for 
species taken in the waters of the State of Alaska (State) and has 
responsibility for some fisheries in the EEZ which were delegated to 
the State via an FMP, such as lingcod, black rockfish, and demersal 
shelf rockfish. ADF&G maintains records of harvest through fish tickets 
for non-FMP species. ADF&G and NMFS cooperatively manage the Crab 
Rationalization Program fisheries in the BSAI through eLandings. The 
IPHC collects harvest data for management of IFQ Pacific halibut in 
both State waters and in the EEZ through an Internet recordkeeping 
system.
    A new electronic reporting system, the IERS, was first implemented 
for use in the CR crab fisheries in August 2005. NMFS would require the 
use of eLandings, the data entry component of IERS, in place of the 
SPELR reporting system with this proposed rule for those programs 
currently required to use SPELR. NMFS also would require the use of 
eLandings in place of the online data entry system for IFQ halibut, CDQ 
halibut, and IFQ sablefish.
    NMFS proposes that eLandings be used as a single reporting system 
for commercial harvest and production of groundfish, halibut, and crab. 
eLandings would allow processors and others to make all three required 
landings reports to regulatory agencies (NMFS, IPHC, and ADF&G) with a 
single reporting system. Using eLandings would remove reporting 
duplications, and once implementation is complete, eLandings would 
simplify recordkeeping and reporting. Additional benefits of the 
eLandings system include:
     Improved accuracy through immediate verification of 
permits, vessel identification, and other reported data;
     Timely catch reports for management agency use;
     Options for processors to import or export catch and 
production information; and
     Significant reduction in data entry by management agencies 
and processors for programs managed under any Federal program, such as 
IFQ.
    Processors would report groundfish, crab, halibut, and sablefish 
landings on the eLandings website (http://www.elandings.alaska.gov) and 
print landings records in the ADF&G fish ticket format. Fish and 
shellfish would be reported and printed as daily at-sea or shoreside 
production reports. IFQ information would be printed in IFQ report 
format. Even though these reports are submitted to the agency 
electronically, paper copies of the reports would be maintained by the 
submitter for purposes of enforcement audits.
    Clients with no web access, such as the at-sea fleet, would use 
eLandings desktop software to create reports and then submit landing 
reports as e-mail attachments. The vessels use satellite communications 
which may or may not include telephone, Internet, text messaging, 
email, and email attachment capabilities. Communication providers 
provide different types of satellite communications, and not all these 
have email attachment capability. Several different types of satellite 
communications telephone systems would meet the email attachment 
requirement. These include the Stratos, Iridium phone, Inmarsat A, 
Inmarsat B, Inmarsat M (or mini M), Fleet 66, and other Fleet models.
    While the consolidation of agency reporting procedures appears 
straightforward, it is complicated by the varying nature of the 
reports. ADF&G fish tickets and NMFS paper and electronic reports are 
primarily historic records of harvests and deliveries, while IFQ 
reports are transactions that affect specific account balances and the 
ability of permit holders to make future landings.
    ADF&G and NMFS began meeting in 1999 to address fishery data 
acquisition issues facing both agencies. IPHC joined the initiative to 
make comprehensive groundfish landing data available to all management 
agencies and to provide seafood processors with consistent and non-
redundant means of reporting commercial harvests. The initial effort 
under this initiative coordinated the coding schemes for reports made 
on each of the agencies' systems; these codes are currently in use for 
existing systems. As the effort progressed, it became apparent that a 
single electronic reporting system for commercial landing data might be 
feasible. The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (Pacific 
States) received a grant to fund development of an interagency 
electronic reporting system.
    In late 2001, Pacific States engaged Wostmann & Associates (WAI), a 
Juneau-based consulting firm, to assess the potential electronic 
reporting needs of ADF&G, IPHC, and NMFS. In

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addition, WAI assessed the needs of the fishery processors required to 
provide landing and production data. The needs assessment covered
     Data requirements;
     Technological capabilities;
     Regulatory implications; and
     Procedural challenges that might affect the success of an 
electronic reporting system.
    The assessment concluded that an integrated electronic reporting 
system would be feasible and could provide significant benefits to 
processors and the fishery management agencies.
    The needs assessment recommended a staged development approach. 
Under this approach, limited development would occur and results would 
be analyzed before proceeding to the next development stage. The first 
stage was to develop a technology demonstrator using the technologies 
anticipated for use in the IERS to simulate communications and 
processing needs. This first stage allowed evaluation of the system 
components, development environment, and communications infrastructure 
in use actual use in Alaska.
    When the NMFS halibut and sablefish IFQ card-swipe reporting system 
was initially deployed in the mid-1990s, significant performance 
problems occurred due to communications lag times and failures, even 
though testing in Juneau had indicated that the system's data 
communication architecture was reliable. An important objective of the 
technology demonstrator was to prevent a repeat of that experience by 
testing the system communications architecture against the 
communications infrastructure in Alaska before the project committed to 
building the production software. Testing with the limited bandwidth 
and satellite communications used in remote Alaskan fishing ports 
provided important feasibility information for project decision making. 
Additionally, the knowledge gained helped software developers 
anticipate conditions IERS encounters in the field and allows for 
better design decisions to be made.
    In the summer of 2003, Pacific States engaged WAI to develop the 
technology demonstrator and to report on the performance of Internet 
communications and systems infrastructures at seafood processor and 
agency locations around the state. WAI also evaluated the software 
development tools and software components used during the project. WAI 
concluded that a web-based reporting system was acceptable, and the 
technology demonstrator report provides the performance analysis and 
the assessment of the different technologies.
    The primary program goals of IERS were identified as follows:
     Provide commercial fisheries landing and production data, 
by processors and catcher/processors, to agencies;
     Meet the primary data needs of each of the participating 
agencies;
     Adhere to regulations;
     Adhere to confidentiality requirements;
     Improve data quality;
     Improve data collection methods to reduce redundancy and 
to consider business constraints;
     Provide timely commercial catch statistics;
     Provide trip-based information; and
     Provide electronic and paper documentation.
    In 2004, Pacific States awarded a contract to WAI for the 
development of IERS to be used for data collection by three separate 
agencies: ADF&G, NMFS, and IPHC. The system was developed under the 
leadership of the eLandings Steering Committee. eLandings is the data 
entry component of IERS, a web-based system. Users of eLandings receive 
immediate confirmation of data submission through the system. The 
submitted records are available for immediate retrieval through the web 
interface and no return receipt is required. The language remains the 
same for entities using the desktop version of IERS, and a return 
receipt is generated by the system.
    In 2005, NMFS published a final rule (70 FR 10174, March 2, 2005) 
that required the use of eLandings for the CR Program. In 2006, NMFS 
published a proposed rule (71 FR 33040, June 7, 2006) and a final rule 
(71 FR 67210, November 20, 2006) stating that managers of shoreside 
processors or SFPs that are authorized Central GOA Rockfish Pilot 
Program processors must use SPELR or NMFS-approved software, instead of 
a logbook and WPR, to record Rockfish. If this proposed rule is 
approved and implemented, these Rockfish processors would be required 
to use eLandings instead of SPELR. NMFS also authorized eLandings for 
voluntary processor data entry reporting of groundfish landings in 
place of SPELR.
    Currently, Sec.  679.5(e) describes the SPELR. If this proposed 
rule is approved and implemented, Sec.  679.5(e) would be completely 
removed and replaced by a new Sec.  679.5(e) containing eLandings 
regulatory text. All regulations describing IERS and eLandings 
requirements would be moved to this new section, even those describing 
eLandings for CR crab, which are currently at Sec.  680.5. All 
participants that are currently required to use SPELR would now be 
required to use IERS. The term, ``other NMFS-approved software'' would 
be added throughout this section to indicate that software other than 
eLandings could be used for data entry if approved by NMFS. Table 11 
summarizes these revisions.

          Table 11. New Sec.   679.5(e) -- Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS) and eLandings
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Derived from Sec.
                                          679.5 unless
   Paragraph under Sec.   679.5(e)         specified                         Reason for change
                                           otherwise
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(e)                                   ..................  remove this paragraph; because eLandings would replace
                                                           SPELR.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(e) heading                           new                 to read ``Interagency Electronic Reporting System
                                                           (IERS) and eLandings''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(e)(1) heading                        new                 to read ``Responsibility''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)(i)                                (l)(2)(iv)(B)(1)    to add heading ``Hardware, software, and Internet
                                       and Sec.            connectivity'' and to expand the current requirement
                                       680.5(c)            for hardware, software, and Internet connectivity for
                                       introductory text   data entry to include participants reporting
                                                           groundfish, IFQ halibut, IFQ sablefish, CDQ halibut,
                                                           CDQ crab, Adak crab, and IFQ crab information.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)(ii) heading                       new                 to read ``Computer or network failure.''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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(1)(ii)(A)                            new                 to add a heading ``Groundfish'' and to describe the
                                                           responsibility of the User to keep a groundfish
                                                           logbook on hand as backup in case of computer or
                                                           network failure when using eLandings for groundfish.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1)(ii)(B)                            Sec.                to add a heading ``IFQ manual landing report for crab,
                                       680.5(b)(10)        halibut, and sablefish'' and to describe the use of
                                                           the IFQ manual landing report for crab, halibut, and
                                                           sablefish as backup in case of computer or network
                                                           failure when using eLandings.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) heading                           new                 to read ``eLandings processor registration.''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2)(i)                                Sec.                to describe the procedure to obtain a UserID.
                                       680.5(c)(1)(i)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2)(ii)                               Sec.                to describe the procedure for completion of an
                                       680.5(c)(1)(i)      eLandings User Agreement Form.
                                       and (c)(1)(ii)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2)(iii)                              Sec.                to describe the responsibility associated with
                                       680.5(c)(1)(ii)     signature on the registration form.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2)(iv)                               Sec.                to describe the UserID confirmation and to describe
                                       680.5(c)(1)(ii)     the steps a User must take when submitting the
                                                           registration.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3)                                   Sec.   680.5(c)(2)  to add heading ``Information required for eLandings
                                                           processor registration form'' and add introductory
                                                           text.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3)(i)                                new                 to add heading ``Operation type'' and describe
                                                           ``operation type''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3)(ii)                               new                 to add heading ``Operation name'' and describe
                                                           ``operation name''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3)(iii)                              new                 to add heading ``ADF&G processor code and home port of
                                                           shoreside processor, SFP, mothership, or catcher/
                                                           processor.''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3)(iv) heading                       new                 to read ``Federal permit number''.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3)(iv)(A) through (E)                new                 to describe the permit number associated with the
                                                           specific operation type.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3)(v)                                new                 to add heading ``Physical operation'' and describe the
                                                           information required if a buying station or custom
                                                           processor.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3)(vi)                               new                 to add heading ``UserID registration for primary
                                                           User'' and describe the information required for a
                                                           User.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)                                   new                 to add heading ``Information entered automatically for
                                                           eLandings landing report'' and to describe the fields
                                                           that eLandings automatically fills using information
                                                           from the processor registration records.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5) heading                           new                 to read ``Information entered for each groundfish
                                                           delivery to a shoreside processor and SFP.''
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5)(i)                                new                 to add heading ``Contents'', to add introductory text,
                                                           and list the eLandings data elements required from a
                                                           shoreside processor and SFP for each groundfish
                                                           delivery.
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(5)(ii)                               new                 to add heading ``Signatures'' and to describe
                                                           signatures required on each landing report created by
                                                           eLandings.
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(5)(iii)                              (a)(14)(iv)(E)(1)   to add heading ``Submittal time limit'' and to
                                                           describe the time limit to enter the information
                                                           listed at paragraphs (e)(5)(i) and (ii) into
                                                           eLandings.
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(6) heading                           new                 to read ``Information entered for each groundfish
                                                           delivery to a mothership.''
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(6)(i)                                new                 to add heading ``Contents'', to add introductory text,
                                                           and list the eLandings data elements required from a
                                                           mothership for each groundfish delivery.
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(6)(ii)                               new                 to add heading ``Signatures'' and to describe
                                                           signatures required on each landing report created by
                                                           eLandings.
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(6)(iii)                              new                 to add heading ``Submittal time limit'' and to
                                                           describe the time limit to enter the information
                                                           listed at paragraphs (e)(6)(i) and (ii) into
                                                           eLandings.
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(7) heading                           new                 to read ``Information entered for each IFQ halibut,
                                                           CDQ halibut, and IFQ sablefish delivery''.
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(7)(i)                                (l)(2)(iii)         to add heading ``Contents'' and list the eLandings
                                                           data elements required for each IFQ halibut, CDQ
                                                           halibut, and IFQ sablefish delivery. Some variables
                                                           would be removed from the list because eLandings
                                                           would autoload them.
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(7)(ii)                               Sec.                to add heading ``Signatures'' and to describe
                                       679.42(c)(1)(iii)   signatures required on each landing report (ADF&G
                                       and (iv)            fish ticket) and IFQ receipt, and add the signature
                                                           requirement for the IFQ manual landing report.
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(7)(iii)                              new                 to read ``Time limits''.
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(7)(iii)(A)                           (l)(2)(ii)(A)       to add heading ``Landing hours'' and to describe time
                                                           range within which a landing of IFQ halibut, CDQ
                                                           halibut, or IFQ sablefish may commence.
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(7)(iii)(B)                           (l)(2)(ii)(B)       to add heading ``Landing completion'' and to describe
                                                           the 6 hour time limit to enter the information listed
                                                           at paragraph (e)(7)(i) into eLandings.
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(8) heading                           new                 to read ``Information entered for each IFQ crab
                                                           delivery''.
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(8)(i)                                Sec.   680.5(d)(7)  to add heading ``Contents'' and to list the eLandings
                                                           data elements required for each IFQ crab delivery.
                                                           Also, the following data elements would be removed
                                                           because these elements are required by the state and
                                                           are not collected in the IFQ database: ADF&G
                                                           processor code of first purchaser; State of Alaska
                                                           Interim Use Permit (IUP) number; Commercial Fisheries
                                                           Entry Commission year sequence number; Indicate (YES
                                                           or NO) whether a portion of the harvested IFQ crab
                                                           was or will be delivered to another RCR (partial
                                                           delivery); Number of pot lifts in each ADF&G
                                                           statistical area; Number of crew, including operator
                                                           and excluding observer(s); and Number of observers.
                                                           And ``gear code'' would be removed because pot gear
                                                           is the only legal gear allowed.
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(8)(ii)                               Sec.   680.5(d)(7)  to add heading ``Signatures'' and to describe
                                                           signatures required on each landing report.
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(8)(iii) heading                      new                 to read ``Submittal time limits''.
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(8)(iii)(A)                           Sec.                to describe the 6 hour time limit to enter the
                                       680.5(d)(4)(ii)     information listed at paragraphs (e)(8)(i) and (ii)
                                                           into eLandings after all crab is offloaded.
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(8)(iii)(B)                           Sec.                to describe the time limit for a catcher/ processor to
                                       680.5(d)(4)(i)      submit a weekly IFQ crab landing report.
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(9)                                   Sec.   680.5(d)(8)  to add heading ``Information entered for CR crab
                                                           custom processing landings'', to describe CR crab
                                                           custom processing information, and to update cross
                                                           references.
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(10) heading                          new                 to read ``Shoreside processor or SFP information
                                                           entered for eLandings production report''.
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(10)(i)                               new                 to add heading ``Contents'', and describe information
                                                           automatically filled by eLandings as well as that
                                                           required from User.
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(10)(ii)                              new                 to add heading ``Submittal time limits'' and to
                                                           describe the time limit to enter the information
                                                           listed at paragraph (e)(10)(i) into eLandings.
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(11) heading                          new                 to read ``Catcher/processor or mothership information
                                                           entered for eLandings production report''.
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(11)(i)                               new                 to add heading ``Contents'', to describe information
                                                           automatically filled by eLandings as well as that
                                                           required from User.
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(11)(ii)                              new                 to add heading ``Submittal time limit'' and to
                                                           describe time limits to enter production information
                                                           into eLandings.
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(12)                                  Sec.   679.5(f)     to add heading ``eLandings printed reports'' and to
                                       and Sec.            add introductory text. This would replace text at
                                       680.5(b)(8)         Sec.   679.5(f) describing SPELR printed reports with
                                                           revised text describing eLandings printed reports and
                                                           describe signatures required on eLandings landing
                                                           reports.
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(13)                                  new                 to add heading ``Retention of eLandings printed
                                                           reports'' and provide cross reference to paragraph
                                                           (a)(5).
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Electronic Logbooks (ELBs) and Equipment and Operational Requirements

    Currently, the regulations at Sec.  679.5(f) describe SPELR printed 
reports. NMFS proposes to remove the description of SPELR printed 
reports and replace it with new text describing the ELBs. New paragraph 
(f) would describe ELB user reporting options and responsibilities; 
software requirements, data entry instructions, data export 
instructions; regular backup and correction of errors instructions; 
submittal time limits; standards for maintaining a DFL or DCPL onboard 
for emergency use; and printing and maintaining paper copies of ELB 
reports.
    Early in the ELB development process, one vendor developed and 
supplied software for a NMFS pilot program for catcher vessels using 
trawl gear. Because the pilot program involved voluntary participants, 
no costs were involved other than the training time to learn how to use 
the software. The pilot program involved a

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dozen or more vessels, some of which still use the software instead of 
the DFL, despite that the software is no longer supported by the 
vendor. The pilot program demonstrated that electronic software is 
feasible onboard a catcher vessel. This action may foster the voluntary 
use of this software by codifying the conditions governing its adoption 
and application. Nothing in this action mandates the use of ELBs by 
fishing vessel operators. Fishermen could continue to submit the 
requested information using the existing DFL.
    Vessels that currently use the ELB would be required to report 
inactive period dates, the reason for the inactivity, and the date and 
time when they start a trip after being inactive. This requirement 
duplicates a requirement in the DFL that the ELB is designed to 
replace.
    This rule would extend the ELB option to catcher vessels and 
catcher/processors using longline or pot gear, catcher/processors using 
trawl gear, and to motherships.
    The infrastructure to obtain information collected by fishermen 
using electronic logs already exists. If new vendors enter the 
marketplace, and more catcher vessels and catcher/processors use the 
software, NMFS' costs of using catcher vessel log information actually 
may decrease with technological advances in ELB software.
    NMFS proposes to update equipment and operational requirement 
regulations (Sec.  679.28). Minor revisions would remove outdated text 
and codify existing reporting practice for catch weighing and VMS 
operation regulations. A new section would be added to provide the 
process and criteria by which a private-sector vendor could get an ELB 
software program approved for use in the NMFS Alaska Region fisheries. 
Table 12 provides the proposed changes for this section.

           Table 12. Section 679.28 -- Electronic Logbooks and Equipment and Operational Requirements
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Derived from Sec.
                                         679.28 unless
    Paragraph under Sec.   679.28          specified                         Reason for change
                                           otherwise
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(a)                                   ..................  to add ``catch monitoring and control plan, and
                                                           catcher vessel electronic logbook software'' to
                                                           update the paragraph to recent additions to the text;
                                                           to remove ``This section does not require any vessel
                                                           or processor to provide this equipment. Such
                                                           requirements appear elsewhere in this part.'' because
                                                           Sec.   679.28(f)(6) does list requirements to use
                                                           VMS.
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(b)(2)(iii)                           ..................  to state that scales be inspected and approved by a
                                                           NMFS-staff scale inspector or an inspector designated
                                                           by NMFS and trained by a NMFS-staff scale inspector.
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(b)(2)(iv)                            (b)(2)(v)           to simplify this language by removing unnecessary
                                                           text.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b)(2)(v)                             ..................  to remove and reserve this paragraph because
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b)(2)(vi)(A)                         ..................  to remove ``authorized by the Regional Administrator''
                                                           because the language is extraneous.
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(c)(3)(i)                             ..................  to correct a cross reference [found in REMOVE/ADD
                                                           Table].
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(f)(4)(i)                             new                 to describe how to register a VMS unit.
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(f)(4)(ii)                            (f)(4)(i)           to add the fields for information requested on the VMS
                                                           check-in report.
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(f)(4)(iii)                           (f)(4)(ii)          redesignated
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(f)(5)                                (f)(5)              to remove text describing an outdated procedure.
                                       introductory
                                       text, (f)(5)(i)
                                       and (f)(5)(ii)
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(h)                                   new                 to add heading ``ELB software'' and to describe
                                                           software for the four types of ELBs.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(h)(1)                                new                 to add heading ``How do I get my ELB software approved
                                                           by NMFS?'' and to describe how to obtain
                                                           specifications for ELB software.
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(h)(1)(i)                             new                 to add heading ``Specifications'' and to describe the
                                                           types of ELB software.
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(h)(1)(ii)                            new                 to add heading ``ELB submittal package'' and to
                                                           describe the information required for software
                                                           approval from NMFS.
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(h)(1)(iii)                           new                 to add heading ``ELB approval'' and to describe NMFS'
                                                           ELB requirements.
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(h)(2) heading                        new                 to read ``What if I need to make changes to NMFS-
                                                           approved ELB software?''
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(h)(2)(i)                             new                 to add heading ``NMFS-instigated changes'' and to
                                                           describe procedure when NMFS makes changes in
                                                           regulations that affect ELB software.
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(h)(2)(ii)                            new                 to add heading ``Developer-instigated changes'' and to
                                                           describe procedures for instituting developer-
                                                           instigated changes to ELB software.
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(h)(2)(iii)                           new                 to add heading ``NMFS-approved ELB changes'' and to
                                                           describe procedure vendor must use to notify users of
                                                           ELB updates.
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Limitations on Use of QS and IFQ

    NMFS proposes several revisions and edits to the regulations at 
Sec.  679.42. Miscellaneous revisions include removing outdated text, 
reorganizing text, addition of a term ``non-individual entity'', 
revisions regarding the occurrence where an approved IFQ allocation for 
one IFQ permit holder exceeds the limitations of catch and retention on 
a single vessel, and revisions regarding the allocation of quota share. 
Most of these proposed measures are technical in nature. Table 13 
summarizes these revisions.

                          Table 13. Section 679.42 -- Limitations on Use of QS and IFQ
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Derived from Sec.
                                         679.42 unless
    Paragraph under Sec.   679.42          specified                         Reason for change
                                           otherwise
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(c)(1)(iii) and (c)(1)(iv)            ..................  paragraph (c)(1)(iii) would be redesignated as Sec.
                                                           679.40(h)(1)(i); paragraph (c)(1)(iv) would be
                                                           redesignated as Sec.   679.40(h)(1)(i).
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(c)(2) introductory text              ..................  paragraph (c)(2) introductory text would be
                                                           redesignated as Sec.   679.40(h)(1) introductory
                                                           text.
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(c)(2)(i)                             ..................  paragraph (c)(2)(i) would be redesignated as Sec.
                                                           679.40(h)(1) introductory text.
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(c)(2)(ii)                            ..................  1\st\ sentence of Sec.   679.42(c)(2)(ii) would be
                                                           redesignated as Sec.   679.40(h)(1)(ii). 2\nd\
                                                           sentence of Sec.   679.42(c)(2)(ii) would be
                                                           redesignated as Sec.   679.40(h)(2).
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new (c)(2)                            (j)(6)              ``other entity'' would be replaced with ``non-
                                                           individual entity'' (meaning any type of entity other
                                                           than a natural or human entity). This would remove
                                                           ``QS initial allocation of QS assigned to categories
                                                           B, C, or D'' and replace it with ``an allocation of
                                                           QS'', because this text refers to any allocation of
                                                           QS. This would add ``to the individual person level''
                                                           to distinguish shareholders or partners; and add ``or
                                                           other non-individual entity'' to accurately describe
                                                           and include all entities to which this applies.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c)(3)                                ..................  this paragraph would be deleted because it duplicates
                                                           text found at Sec.   679.40(h)(3).
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(h)(3)                                ..................  to add heading ``Excess'' and to describe an exemption
                                                           applicable in circumstances where an approved IFQ
                                                           allocation for one IFQ permit holder exceeds the
                                                           limitations of catch and retention on a single
                                                           vessel.
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(h)(4)                                new                 to add heading ``Liability'' and a description of a
                                                           participant's responsibility when harvest limitations
                                                           are exceeded.
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(j) introductory text                 ..................  to add other non-individual entities to those entities
                                                           already subject to the rule such as after
                                                           ``corporation or partnership'' [found in REMOVE/ADD
                                                           table].
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(j)(6)                                (j)(7)              paragraph (j)(7) would be redesignated as paragraph
                                                           (j)(6).
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Miscellaneous part 679 Changes

    NMFS proposes several revisions and edits to the regulations at 50 
CFR part 679. Miscellaneous revisions include updating text to new 
procedures, removing outdated text, correction of cross references, 
addition of a prohibition regarding operation types on an FFP, 
revisions regarding the Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve, and revisions 
regarding the safety of observers who are transferred at sea between 
vessels. Table 14 summarizes these revisions.

                              Table 14. Miscellaneous part 679 Revisions and Edits
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          part 679 Location              Derived from                        Reason for change
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.1 introductory text        ..................  to correctly cite the authorizing laws [found in
                                                           REMOVE/ADD Table].
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Sec.   679.1(a)(2)                    ..................  to correctly cite the State of Alaska regulation
                                                           [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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Sec.   679.7(a)(1)(iii)               new                 to provide a prohibition regarding operation type(s)
                                                           on an FFP. This new provision would prohibit fishing
                                                           operations other than what is specified on the
                                                           vessel's FFP. This would support the changes made to
                                                           Sec.   679.4(b)(3) to simplify vessel operations
                                                           categories.
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Sec.   679.20(e) heading              ..................  to add the abbreviation ``MRA''. This would provide
                                                           reference to the abbreviation which is found
                                                           throughout the text [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.20(g)(2)(iii)              ..................  to correct a cross reference [found in REMOVE/ADD
                                                           Table].
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Sec.   679.21(a)(2)                   ..................  to correct an inadvertent omission of SFPs [found in
                                                           REMOVE/ADD Table].
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Sec.   679.21(e)(1)(ii)               ..................  to correct a cross reference [found in REMOVE/ADD
                                                           Table].
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Sec.   679.21(e)(7)(vii)              ..................  to describe the applicable time period [found in
                                                           REMOVE/ADD Table].
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Sec.   679.22(b)(1)(iii)              ..................  by removing ``open to any trawl other than a pelagic
                                                           trawl gear year round'' and replacing it with ``open
                                                           unless otherwise closed to trawling.'' [found in
                                                           REMOVE/ADD table].
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Sec.   679.22(b)(5)(i)                ..................  to revise text regarding groundfish fishing in the
                                                           Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve, a closed area. This
                                                           revision would not add any new requirements but would
                                                           rather rearrange the text to describe that an FFP
                                                           holder and any vessel named on an FFP may not anchor
                                                           in the Reserve.
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Sec.   679.22(b)(5)(ii)               ..................  to revise text that prohibits vessels with FFP's and
                                                           IFQ permits from fishing and anchoring in the Sitka
                                                           Pinnacles Marine Reserve, a closed area. This
                                                           revision would state that persons, in addition to
                                                           vessels, fishing under an IFQ halibut or sablefish
                                                           permit may not fish or anchor in the Sitka Pinnacles
                                                           Marine Reserve. It would further state that a vessel
                                                           with an IFQ permit holder or IFQ card holder onboard
                                                           may not be anchored in the Sitka Pinnacles Marine
                                                           Reserve.
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Sec.   679.40(c)(3)                   ..................  to amend text regarding an IFQ permit. To remove
                                                           ``accompanied by a statement'' and ``as of January 31
                                                           of that year'', because NMFS no longer requires these
                                                           provisions. To remove ``after the beginning of each
                                                           fishing year but prior to the start of the annual IFQ
                                                           fishing season'' and replacing it with ``prior to the
                                                           start of the IFQ fishing season''.
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Sec.   679.40(h) heading              new                 to read ``Properly debited landing.''
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Sec.   679.40(h)(1) introductory      Sec.                Sec.   679.42(c)(2) introductory text would be
 text                                  679.42(c)(2)        redesignated as Sec.   679.40(h)(1) introductory text
                                       introductory text   and revised by removing ``debit a CDQ or IFQ
                                                           account'' and replacing it with ``debit a CDQ
                                                           halibut, IFQ halibut, or IFQ sablefish account''.
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Sec.   679.40(h)(1)(i)                Sec.                Sec.   679.42(c)(2)(i) would be redesignated as Sec.
                                       679.42(c)(2)(i)     679.40(h)(1)(i) and two cross references would be
                                                           corrected.
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Sec.   679.40(h)(1)(ii)               Sec.                1\st\ sentence of Sec.   679.42(c)(2)(ii) would be
                                       679.42(c)(2)(ii)    redesignated as Sec.   679.40(h)(1)(ii) and the words
                                                           ``(in pounds)'' added to correlate with eLandings
                                                           requirements and to provide a more precise
                                                           instruction.
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Sec.   679.40(h)(2)                   Sec.                2\nd\ sentence of Sec.   679.42(c)(2)(ii) would be
                                       679.42(c)(2)(ii)    redesignated as Sec.   679.40(h)(2) and revised to
                                                           remove unnecessary text.
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Sec.   679.40(h)(3)                   Sec.                Sec.   679.5(l)(2)(i)(A) would be redesignated as Sec.
                                       679.5(l)(2)(i)(A)     679.40(h)(3), ``IFQ sablefish catch must be'' would
                                                           be removed and replaced with ``IFQ sablefish catch
                                                           onboard a vessel must be''.
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Sec.   679.50(g)(1)(ix)(A)            ..................  This change would revise text regarding at-sea
                                                           transfer of an observer by removing ``via small boat
                                                           or raft''. The result of this revision would be to
                                                           increase safety of observer transfers regardless of
                                                           the method of transfer. The change would also
                                                           strengthen OLE's ability to respond to unsafe
                                                           observer transfer incidents. The OLE recently took
                                                           enforcement action against a vessel operator who
                                                           conducted a transfer of a NMFS certified observer at
                                                           sea, at night, and without the observer's consent.
                                                           The transfer occurred between two vessels which were
                                                           nested side to side. While the facts of the case were
                                                           felt to have merit, the transfer was not conducted
                                                           via raft or small boat; therefore, the elements of
                                                           the violation were determined to have not been met.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.61(d)(1) and Sec.          ..................  to correct a cross reference error [found in REMOVE/
 679.61(e)(1)                                              ADD Table].
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Figures to part 679

    NMFS proposes changes for Figures 3a, 5, 7, and 12 to part 679. The 
revisions to the figures add cross references to pertinent regulatory 
text, revise text within the figures, and reconcile figure titles and 
graphics with regulatory text. Table 15 summarizes these changes.

                  Table 15. Changes to part 679 Figures
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Figure
  No.                           Reason for Change
------------------------------------------------------------------------
3a      by redrawing the boundary to show that Reporting area 610 ends
         at 170 degrees, not 171 degrees as shown on the illustration.
         This revision would bring the graphic and regulatory
         coordinates into agreement.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
5a      by removing the current figure title and adding in its place
         ``Kodiak Island Closure Status for Vessels Using Non-pelagic
         Trawl Gear (see Sec.   679.22(b)(1)).'' The legend text ``Type
         III Areas Open: reserved for announced closures'' would be
         replaced with ``Type III Areas Open: unless otherwise closed to
         trawling.''
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7       by adding ``(see Sec.   679.24(d)(4))'' at the end of the figure
         title to assist the reader in finding related text. Text within
         the figure would be revised by removing ``DUTCH HARBOR'' and by
         adding in its place ``BERING SEA'' for consistency between the
         figure and regulatory text.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
12      by revising the figure title to read ``Bristol Bay Trawl Closure
         Area (see Sec.   679.22(a)(9))''. In addition, the legend text
         ``Nearshore Bristol Bay Trawl Closure Area: CLOSED ALL YEAR''
         would be replaced with ``Bristol Bay, as described in the
         current edition of NOAA chart 16006, is closed at all times in
         the area east of 162[deg]00' W. long.'' These revisions would
         reconcile the areas described in the figure with the text.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tables to part 679

    NMFS would remove Table 1 and replace it with Tables 1a, 1b, and 
1c. NMFS proposes changes to Tables 2a, 2b, 2d, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14a, 
14b, and 15 to part 679 for use with IERS and also to correct minor 
errors. Table 16 summarizes these changes.

                  Table 16. Changes to part 679 Tables
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Table
  No.                           Reason for Change
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1        Table 1 would be split into Table 1a , Table 1b, and Table 1c.
          This change would accommodate eLandings codes.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1a       to add title ``Delivery Condition and Product Codes'' to
          accommodate eLandings. Shellfish codes would be added from
          Tables 3a and 3b to part 680: 75 (soft shell crab), 79
          (deadloss), 80 (sections), and 81 (meat) and one additional
          code, 76 (bitter crab).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1b       to add title ``Discard and Disposition Codes'', list the
          discard and disposition codes previously in Table 1; add code
          60 (whole fish sold for human consumption), code 61 (bait/
          whole fish sold), code 62 (overage), code 63 (confiscated),
          code 64 (tagged fish, exempt from IFQ), code 79 (deadloss,
          crab only), and code 87 (halibut retained for future sale).
          Remove code 02 (whole fish/bait, sold). These changes would
          accommodate IERS.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1c       to add title ``Product Type Codes'' and list the product
          designation codes previously listed in Table 1.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2a       to add ``North Pacific'' to the term ``Octopus'' and to add
          ``majestic'' to the term ``Squid'' to better define these
          terms.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2b       to remove crab species previously listed in Table 2d and list
          them in Table 2b to keep all shellfish together. Scientific
          names for the prohibited species in this table would be added.
          The management program under which these codes are used (CR
          crab or Groundfish PSC) would be added to distinguish between
          these programs and the different use of crab. When in the CR
          Program, participants directly fish for crab and record the
          crab as catch. In the groundfish fisheries, these same crab
          are prohibited, must be returned to the sea, and are recorded
          as PSC discard. These changes to Table 2b would accommodate
          IERS.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2d       to add species codes ``880 Pacific oyster'', ``211 Wrymouth'',
          and ``217 wolf eel''; to remove ``720 albacore'' and ``515
          surf smelt''; to revise 810 to read ``Washington butter
          clam'', 815 to read ``Pacific geoduck clam'', 840 to read
          ``Pacific littleneck clam'', 830 to read ``Pacific razor
          clam'', and 812 to read ``Arctic surf clam'' and create a
          subsection for shellfish to accommodate IERS.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
4        to correct a typographical error for the latitude for Chowiet
          Island.; the coordinates are correct on Table 5.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
9        by removing ``daily production report (DPR)'' and ``SPELR'',
          because these items would be removed from the regulations.
          This action also would add records for eLandings and update
          records for VMS. In addition, scale and weight records would
          be updated and a new record would be added for a video
          monitoring system which was added by the rockfish final rule
          although Table 9 was not changed to reflect the addition.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
10       by adding footnote 12 to describe an existing term,
          ``aggregated non-groundfish''. This would amend this term and
          describe its use in determining maximum retainable amounts
          (MRAs) for GOA incidental catch species. The footnote would
          specifically state that IFQ halibut are considered part of the
          basis species, ``aggregated non-groundfish''.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
11       by adding an eighth footnote to describe an existing term,
          ``aggregated non-groundfish''. This addition would further
          explain these terms and their use in determining maximum
          retainable amounts (MRAs) for BSAI incidental catch species;
          the footnote specifically states that IFQ and CDQ halibut are
          considered part of the basis species, ``aggregated non-
          groundfish.'' Changes to footnotes 4 and 7 would update the
          table cross reference. A change to footnote 3 would remove
          outdated text. The last sentence of footnote 4 would be
          removed, because NMFS no longer manages these three species as
          a species group in the CDQ Program. They are managed as three
          individual quota categories, the same as they are managed for
          the non-CDQ fisheries in the BSAI.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
12       to correct a typographical error for the latitude for Chowiet
          Island; the coordinates are correct on Table 5.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
14a      to add a port code for Larson Bay, Alaska, and to remove a port
          code for Halibut Cove, Alaska. These changes would accommodate
          eLandings.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
14b      to add a port code for Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
          This change would accommodate eLandings.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
15       to divide the table into 3 subsections - NMFS & ADF&G Gear
          Codes, ADF&G Gear Codes, and Fixed Gear. This would also
          remove outdated material, and add new material required for
          eLandings.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Miscellaneous Revisions to part 680

    NMFS proposes several changes to 50 CFR part 680 that would correct 
miscellaneous errors, revise certain definitions, reorganize eLandings 
text, and add a CR Registered Crab Receiver Ex-vessel Volume and Value 
Report. Table 17 summarizes these changes.

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                                  Table 17. Miscellaneous Revisions to part 680
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      Paragraph under part 680           Derived from                        Reason for change
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Paragraphs (1) through (4) of the     ..................  to revise ``Catcher vessel crew (CVC) IFQ'', ``Catcher
 definition for ``Crab individual                          vessel owner (CVO) IFQ'', ``Catcher/processor owner
 fishing quota (crab IFQ)'' Sec.                           (CPO) IFQ'', and ``Catcher/processor crew (CPC) IFQ''
 680.2                                                     such that each is a unique and complete description
                                                           of the term.
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Definition for ``sideboards'' under   new                 to read: ``(see Sec.   680.22)''. This definition is
 Sec.   680.2                                              explained in introductory paragraph 680.22. Because
                                                           the term ``sideboards'' is used frequently in the
                                                           text, the addition of a cross reference would be
                                                           helpful to the reader.
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Sec.   680.4(d)(3)                    ..................  to include cooperatives in IFQ permit issuance.
                                                           Current language limits IFQ issuance to QS holders
                                                           and does not include cooperatives in the IFQ permit
                                                           issuance. Cooperatives file annual applications for
                                                           IFQ permits and receive IFQ permits but do not hold
                                                           QS. Also, recipients of transfers may not be eligible
                                                           for IFQ or IPQ without completing an annual
                                                           application for IFQ/IPQ with the transfer. The
                                                           proposed language is necessary to allow for all
                                                           parties that may be able to receive IFQ, to receive
                                                           it.
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Sec.   680.5(a)(2)(i)(G)              ..................  to correct a cross reference to read ``Sec.
                                                           679.5(e)(9)''. This change would provide the new
                                                           location for the CR crab landing report information
                                                           [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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Sec.   680.5(b)                       ..................  removed; this information would be integrated into
                                                           Sec.   679.5.
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Sec.   680.5(b) heading               new                 to read ``IFQ crab landings.''
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Sec.   680.5(b)(1)                    Sec.   680.5(d)     to add a cross reference to Sec.   679.5(e).
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Sec.   680.5(b)(2)                    Sec.   680.5(b)(1)  to remove ``retained crab catch'' and replace it with
                                                           ``landed crab catch'' and to add a cross reference to
                                                           Sec.   679.5(e).
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Sec.   680.5(c) and (d)               ..................  removed; these paragraphs would be integrated into
                                                           Sec.   679.5.
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Sec.   680.5(m)                       ..................  to add a CR Registered Crab Receiver Ex-vessel Volume
                                                           and Value Report. Addition of this form would change
                                                           the requirement to report the price from mandatory to
                                                           optional on the IFQ crab landing report, because the
                                                           price is not accurate at the time of landing. An
                                                           additional effect would be the removal of a
                                                           requirement for an RCR who receives a landing of CR
                                                           crab harvested under the CDQ or Adak community
                                                           allocation programs to submit for each landing the
                                                           price per pound. Instead, each RCR would be required
                                                           to submit a CR Registered Crab Receiver Ex-vessel
                                                           Volume and Value Report near the end of the crab
                                                           fishing year. An accurate report of crab value is
                                                           important for assessing fees for the CR crab
                                                           fisheries.
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Sec.   680.7(e)(1)                    ..................  to state that a legible copy of a valid crab IFQ
                                                           permit is required to be onboard, not the original
                                                           IFQ permit [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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Sec.   680.20(g)(2)(ix)               ..................  to remove a cross reference to a paragraph that no
                                                           longer exists [found in REMOVE/ADD Table].
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Sec.   680.23(b)(4)                   ..................  to correct text by removing ``Land all product
                                                           processed onboard'' and replacing it with ``Offload
                                                           all CR crab product processed onboard''.
                                                          ......................................................
                                                          In addition, by removing ``on a scale approved by a
                                                           state in which CR crab is landed'' and replacing it
                                                           with ``on a scale approved by the state in which the
                                                           CR crab product is removed from the vessel that
                                                           harvested the CR crab''. This would state that CR
                                                           crab product can be offloaded in a state other than
                                                           Alaska and weighed on a scale certified by that
                                                           State.
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Sec.   680.40(c)(2)(vi)(A)            ..................  to correct a cross reference [found in REMOVE/ADD
                                                           Table].
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Sec.   680.44(a)(2)(i)                ..................  to correct the text to exclude personal use/ deadloss/
                                                           confiscated crab from calculation of fees. Personal
                                                           use and deadloss crab are debited from the IFQ
                                                           holder's allocation; however, they do not have ex-
                                                           vessel values and are not considered in assessing
                                                           fees. Crab confiscated by NMFS or the State of
                                                           Alaska, for example crab harvests in excess of the
                                                           IFQ amount, are not subject to the fees under Sec.
                                                           680.44. This proposed language revises the
                                                           regulations to state that fees are not assessed for
                                                           these types of crab.
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Classification

    Pursuant to section 304 (b)(1)(A) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, NMFS 
has determined that this proposed rule is consistent with the FMP, 
other provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and other applicable law, 
subject to further consideration after public comment.
    This proposed rule has been determined to be not significant for 
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    A Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 
(RIR/

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IRFA) was prepared, as required by section 603 of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (RFA). The RIR/IRFA describes the economic impact this 
proposed rule would have on small entities, if adopted. A description 
of the action, the reasons why it is being considered, and a statement 
of the objectives of, and legal basis for, this action are contained 
earlier in the preamble and are not repeated here. A summary of the 
analysis follows. A copy of this analysis is available from NMFS (see 
ADDRESSES).
    This RIR/IRFA evaluates the following regulatory amendments:
     Provide an option for operators of trawl catcher vessels 
and catcher/processors, longline or pot catcher vessels and catcher/
processors, and motherships operating in the GOA and the BSAI in the 
EEZ off the coast of Alaska to substitute an ELB for the DFL or DCPL 
that is currently required.
     Provide the process and criteria by which a private 
software vendor could get ELB software approved for use in the Alaska 
Region groundfish fisheries.
     Implement regulations for the eLandings data entry 
component of IERS that would be used for reporting commercial fishery 
landings and production data and allow fishery participants to use the 
Internet to enter data only once for subsequent distribution to the 
ADF&G, the IPHC, and NMFS, as appropriate.
     Reorganize regulations for logbooks to provide complete 
information for each logbook in its own section in order to make the 
regulations more accessible and easier to use.
     Provide uniform language for and revise permit-related 
regulations governing fishing activities in FMP fisheries in the GOA 
and BSAI in the EEZ off the coast of Alaska. The proposed minor 
revisions would improve enforcement of the regulations at 50 CFR part 
679, by revising text, where necessary, such that the regulations are 
specific, especially regarding permits and permit-related issues.
     Revise 50 CFR part 680 by removing IFQ crab landing report 
regulations for incorporation into Sec.  679.5 IERS description and by 
adding a requirement for a CR Registered Crab Receiver Ex-vessel Volume 
and Value Report.
     Revise a groundfish observer provision regarding at-sea 
vessel-to-vessel transfers, and
     Make miscellaneous revisions to fishing regulations at 50 
CFR parts 679 and 680

Electronic logbooks (ELBs)

    NMFS proposes to provide the process and criteria by which a 
private-sector software vendor could obtain approval for ELB software 
in the Alaska Region groundfish fisheries.
    NMFS proposes to provide an option for operators of trawl catcher 
vessels and catcher/processors, longline or pot catcher vessels and 
catcher/processors, and motherships operating in the GOA and the BSAI 
in the EEZ off the coast of Alaska to substitute an ELB for the DFL or 
DCPL that is currently required.
    This action would allow ELBs for voluntary use by fishery 
participants to replace the DFL for trawl gear catcher vessels and 
longline or pot gear catcher vessels. ELBs would also be allowed for 
use by fishery participants to replace the DCPL used by trawl gear 
catcher/processors, longline or pot gear catcher/processors, and 
motherships to voluntarily fulfill daily catch recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements.
    The potential universe of directly regulated small entities using 
an ELB includes trawl catcher vessels and longline or pot catcher 
vessels operating in Federally regulated fisheries off of the coast of 
Alaska, with total annual gross receipts, from all sources, of less 
than $ 4.0 million, and no affiliations with an AFA inshore 
cooperative. Based upon these criteria, 64 trawl catcher vessel 
entities could be considered small entities. This count may overstate 
the actual number of small trawl catcher vessels, since some of these 
may have had affiliations (e.g., non-AFA joint ventures with processing 
companies, interlocking ownership arrangements among multiple catcher 
vessel operations), or because of gross revenues earned in fisheries 
from other regions that, when taken in total, exceeded the $ 4.0 
million annual limit.
    The 64 small trawl catcher vessels had average gross revenues of 
about $480,000 and median gross revenues of about $400,000. The 64 
vessels, taken together, had gross revenues of about $31 million. Most 
of these revenues, about $24 million, came from federally managed 
groundfish fisheries. Just over half of these groundfish revenues were 
derived from Pacific cod, and just over a quarter came from pollock 
fishing. Significant additional revenues were derived from sablefish 
and other groundfish. Most of the rest of the revenues earned by these 
vessels, about $5 million, came from fishing for halibut. Smaller 
amounts of revenues came from crab, salmon, and herring fisheries.
    In 2004, there were 65 catcher/processors with gross revenues in 
excess of $4 million, and 18 catcher/processors with gross revenues 
less than $4 million (estimates supplied by the Alaska Fisheries 
Science Center). There were, thus, an estimated 18 small entities among 
the catcher/processor sector. These estimates do not take account of 
affiliations among catcher/processors, and they do not take account of 
revenues earned outside of the waters off Alaska, therefore they may 
overstate the true number of small catcher/processors. Two of the small 
catcher/processors will be required by this action to start reporting 
using IERS. These vessels appear on the list of vessels currently using 
electronic reporting and on the Alaska Fisheries Science Center list of 
small catcher/processors.
    The small catcher/processors were predominately hook-and-line 
vessels (14 out of 18), although there were also a few small pot (two) 
and trawl (three) catcher/processors. Small catcher/processors 
operating off Alaska earned an average of $2.6 million in 2004, from 
all fishing activity in the EEZ off Alaska, and in the waters of the 
State (estimate supplied by the Alaska Fisheries Science Center).
    NMFS considered two alternatives for implementation of the ELBs: 
the status quo and action alternatives. The action alternative would 
allow participants to voluntarily use an ELB instead of a DFL or DCPL, 
but would not require firms to encounter additional costs, because all 
processors participating in Federal fisheries have access to a 
computer.
    NMFS interacted with the fishing industry on the use of ELBs during 
a pilot project described in the RIR/IRFA wherein a trawl gear ELB 
created by a private vendor was used by catcher vessels. An early 
version of this analysis included a provision requiring that fishing 
operations using the ELB software file a report with NMFS within 24 
hours of delivering their product. This provision was eliminated from 
the alternatives following industry consultations during the 
preparation of the IRFA. The provision was expected to impose an undue 
burden on operations that were using the software voluntarily and 
perhaps slow its adoption rate. An examination of existing response 
rates indicated that about 32 percent of these reports have been 
received by NMFS within 24 hours of the landing, and about 73 percent 
have been received within 48 hours of the landing. The action 
alternative relaxes a constraint on the public, and if anything reduces 
data entry costs relative to the DFL and DCPL.

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Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS)

    NMFS proposes to implement regulations for the eLandings data entry 
component of IERS that would be used for reporting commercial fishery 
landings and production data and allow fishery participants to use the 
Internet to enter data only once for subsequent distribution to the 
ADF&G, the IPHC, and NMFS, as appropriate. The small entities 
(according to the Small Business Administration (SBA) criteria) that 
might be directly regulated by this action included nine catcher-
processors, 13 shoreside processing firms, no shoreside floating 
processors, and 206 IFQ registered buyers. Total costs for the small 
entities were estimated to be $21,200, or about $100 per firm. Small 
catcher-processors were estimated to have 2004 gross revenues averaging 
about $2.6 million, small shoreside processors were estimated to have 
2004 gross revenues averaging about $22 million. Average revenues for 
IFQ registered buyers are unknown.
    NMFS considered two alternatives for the IERS and eLandings: the 
status quo and action alternatives. Under the action alternative, NMFS 
would provide web-based entry of data by processors through the IERS. 
IERS meets the reporting requirements of NMFS, ADF&G, and IPHC, and 
thus reduces redundant reporting to multiple agencies. For NMFS, the 
implementation of the IERS would replace the SPELR for entering 
groundfish data and would also replace the IFQ online system for 
entering IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ sablefish data.
    IERS is a joint project of ADF&G, IPHC, and NMFS. If NMFS adopted a 
different system, confusion would result for the fishing industry and 
industry costs would be increased. A different system, in this 
instance, would compromise our ability to meet the objectives of the 
action. Therefore, additional alternatives were not evaluated.

Regulatory text reorganization

    NMFS proposes to reorganize and revise Sec.  679.5(a) and (c), such 
that each of the six groundfish logbooks is described in an individual 
section of regulatory text, separately, completely, and clearly. This 
action would make the regulations easier for the public to use. 
Regulations for processor forms also would be revised and reorganized 
in this rule. Currently, these regulations are arranged into tables by 
data element relating to multiple logbooks and forms. The reader must 
consult several places in the regulations to find complete requirements 
for any given logbook or form. The original organization of the 
regulations was designed by ``information item'' for use from the 
perspective of fishery managers and enforcement staff. This action 
would consolidate all of the requirements for each form and logbook 
into individual sections in Sec.  679.5.
    NMFS considered two alternatives for the reorganization of 
regulations: the status quo and action alternatives. Under the No 
Action alternative, the regulations at Sec.  679.5 would remain without 
reorganization. The regulations at Sec.  679.5 would remain arranged 
into tables by data element relating to multiple logbooks and forms 
causing the reader to consult several places in the regulations to find 
complete requirements for any given logbook or form. Under the 
regulatory scenario of the No Action alternative, participants would 
likely face increased R&R regulatory uncertainty and a loss of 
efficiency. Under the action alternative, NMFS would reorganize and 
revise regulations at Sec.  679.5 such that each of the six groundfish 
logbooks is described in regulatory text, separately, completely, and 
clearly. Under the regulatory scenario of the Action alternative, 
participants would enjoy increased R&R regulatory certainty and a gain 
of efficiency.

Permits

    NMFS would provide uniform language for and revise permit-related 
regulations governing fishing activities in FMP fisheries in the GOA 
and BSAI in the EEZ off the coast of Alaska. These proposed minor 
revisions would improve enforcement of the regulations at 50 CFR part 
679 by clarifying and simplifying text, especially regarding permit-
related issues. This action would apply to 1,013 small entities, 
consisting of 906 catcher vessels, 18 catcher/ processors, 80 shoreside 
processors, 3 stationary floating processors, and 6 CDQ groups.
    NMFS considered two alternatives for the permit-related revisions: 
the status quo and action alternatives. The No Action alternative would 
maintain the inconsistency of regulatory language regarding permit-
related issues, for example, by maintaining the term ``federally 
regulated'' and by not replacing it with the specific permit that 
relates to the paragraph. This would maintain the inconsistency in 
determination of which permit authorizes which activity. Under the 
Action alternative, NMFS would ``tighten up'' the regulations as they 
relate to permits, for example, regulatory text would be made specific 
as to whether a permit is issued to a person or to a vessel. Under the 
action scenario, NMFS would clarify ambiguities in the regulatory text 
concerning permit-related and would improve enforcement of the 
regulations at 50 CFR part 679.

Revise 50 CFR part 680

    eLandings Landing Report. NMFS would revise regulations at 50 CFR 
part 680 by removing IFQ crab landing report regulations for 
incorporation into the Sec.  679.5(e) eLandings regulations. The 
eLandings landing report originally was created for CR crab, but with 
approval of this rule, would be used for reporting groundfish, IFQ 
halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ sablefish as well.
    NMFS considered two alternatives for the eLandings regulatory 
revisions: the status quo and action alternatives. Under the No Action 
scenario, the regulations for use of eLandings for the CR crab 
fisheries would remain at Sec.  680.5 and the regulations for use of 
eLandings for other fisheries would be in Sec.  679.5(e). This would 
allow duplication between the two sets of regulations and introduce 
confusion.
    Under the action alternative, NMFS would remove regulatory text 
from Sec.  680.5(b), (c) and (d) that describe the use of eLandings for 
CR crab and would integrate that text into regulations at Sec.  
679.5(e). This change would allow all related information for the 
eLandings landing report to be found in one section for groundfish, CR 
crab, IFQ halibut, IFQ sablefish, and CDQ halibut.
    CR Registered Crab Receiver Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report. NMFS 
would add a new form, the CR Registered Crab Receiver Ex-vessel Volume 
and Value Report, to be submitted by participants near the end of the 
crab fishing year. This report is similar to a report required by 
regulations implementing the NMFS Alaska Region IFQ Program for Pacific 
halibut and sablefish. The regulations for the form would be described 
at Sec.  680.5(m).
    NMFS considered two alternatives for the addition of this form: the 
status quo and action alternatives. Under the No Action scenario, the 
requirement to report the price paid for crab during landing through 
eLandings would remain mandatory. This would mean that the crab price 
would be inaccurate, because the price at the time of landing does not 
include post-delivery or end-of-season adjustments. An inaccurate 
report of crab value would then be used to assess fees for participants 
in the CR crab fisheries, required by the Magnuson-Stevens Act (Section 
304(d)(2)(B)). Inaccurate fees could

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result in less than sufficient amounts to manage the CR Program.
    The Action Alternative would add the new form to collect crab price 
information from CR Crab Registered Crab Receivers (RCRs). The form 
would collect information used to assess fees on an annual basis, which 
is a statutory requirement. NMFS considered but rejected more frequent 
or less frequent collection of the price information. NMFS, Restricted 
Access Management (RAM) would collect the price information to 
establish a ``standard'' ex-vessel price for CR Crab. The standard 
price would be used to estimate the cost recovery fees due from 
processors and harvesters; the participants may not participate in the 
CR fisheries if fees are not paid. The cost recovery fees would be used 
to support management of the CR Program. An additional effect would be 
the removal of a requirement for an RCR who receives a landing of CR 
crab harvested under the CDQ or Adak community allocation programs to 
submit for each landing the price per pound. Instead, each RCR would be 
required to submit a CR Registered Crab Receiver Ex-vessel Volume and 
Value Report near the end of the crab fishing year. In addition, this 
form would change from mandatory to optional the requirement to report 
through eLandings the price paid for crab when landed.

Groundfish Observer Provision Regarding At-sea Vessel-to-vessel 
Transfers

    The Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis Division (FMA) monitors 
groundfish fishing activities in the EEZ off Alaska and conducts 
research associated with sampling commercial fishery catches, 
estimation of catch and bycatch mortality, and analysis of fishery-
dependent data. As part of the FMA's North Pacific Observer Program, 
approximately 400 fishery observers spend up to 90 consecutive days 
each year at sea or at processing plants collecting data used for 
management of the Alaskan groundfish fisheries. On occasion, the need 
occurs for a crab fisherman to transfer an observer at sea from one 
vessel to another vessel.
    NMFS considered three alternatives for the observer at-sea transfer 
revisions: the status quo and 2 action alternatives. Under the No 
Action Alternative, the regulatory text would not be changed.
    Under the Action 1 Alternative, the preferred alternative, NMFS 
would revise a groundfish observer provision regarding at-sea vessel-
to-vessel transfers by removing ``via small boat or raft'' from the 
regulations at Sec.  679.50(g)(1)(ix)(A). This revision would improve 
the safety of an observer undergoing a transfer at sea. The text to be 
removed restricts the type of observer transfer to boat or raft. This 
text removal would require other types of at-sea transfer to be 
conducted during daylight hours, under safe conditions, and with the 
agreement of observers involved.
    Under the Action 2 Alternative, NMFS would prohibit the transfer of 
an observer at sea. Most of the at-sea transfers are done by companies 
that own two or more less-than-100%-covered vessels and that use one 
observer to accomplish observer coverage requirements on these vessels. 
This revision would require an observer to be transferred only at the 
dock, resulting in increased costs for the company, caused by vessels 
having to return to the dock to pick up or drop off an observer. This 
alternative was rejected for further analysis because the incremental 
improvement in observer safety appeared to come at a disproportionate 
cost to fishing operations.

Miscellaneous Revisions to Fishing Regulations at 50 CFR parts 679 and 
680

    NMFS proposes to amend regulations in parts 679 and 680 in order to 
improve clarity and efficiency.
    NMFS considered two alternatives for the miscellaneous regulatory 
revisions: the status quo and action alternatives. Under the No Action 
Alternative the regulatory text would not be changed. Under the Action 
Alternative, NMFS would amend regulations at Sec.  679.5 and part 680, 
by adding and revising definitions, adding or correcting cross 
references, removing obsolete text, adding new text, codifying certain 
existing practices, and revising figures and tables to part 679.
    These changes would facilitate management of the fisheries, promote 
compliance with the regulations, and facilitate enforcement efforts.
    This proposed rule contains collection-of-information requirements 
that are subject to review and approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) and which have 
been approved by OMB. The collections are listed below by OMB Control 
Number.

OMB Control Number 0648-0206

    Public reporting burden is estimated to average per response: 21 
minutes for Federal fisheries permit and 21 minutes for Federal 
processor permit.

OMB Control Number 0648-0213

    Public reporting burden is estimated to average per response: 31 
minutes for shoreside processor DCPL; 31 minutes for mothership DCPL; 
28 minutes for catcher vessel longline and pot gear DFL; 18 minutes for 
catcher vessel trawl DFL; 18 minutes for catcher vessel trawl ELB; 41 
minutes for catcher/processor longline and pot gear DCPL; 30 minutes 
for catcher/processor trawl gear DCPL; 31 minutes for mothership DCPL; 
23 minutes for buying station report; 7 minutes for check-in/check-out 
report, mothership or catcher/processor; 8 minutes for check-in/check-
out report, shoreside processor; and 17 minutes for WPR.

OMB Control No. 0648-0272

    Public reporting burden for IFQ landing reports is estimated to 
average 18 minutes per response.

OMB Control Number 0648-0334

    Public reporting burden is estimated to average per response: one 
hour for groundfish and crab LLP transfer application and one hour for 
scallop LLP transfer application.
    This proposed rule also contains collection-of-information 
requirements subject to review and approval by OMB under the PRA. These 
requirements have been submitted to OMB for approval. The collections 
are listed below by OMB Control Number, where available.

OMB Control Number 0648 0213

    Public reporting burden for specific requirements are estimated to 
average per response: 28 minutes for catcher vessel longline and pot 
gear ELB; 20 minutes for catcher/processor longline and pot gear ELB; 
15 minutes for catcher/processor trawl gear ELB; and 15 minutes for 
mothership ELB.

OMB Control Number 0648-0515

    Public reporting burden for specific requirements are estimated to 
average per response: 15 minutes for IERS application processor 
registration; 35 minutes for eLandings landing report; 35 minutes for 
manual landing report; and 15 minutes for catcher/processor or 
mothership eLandings production data.

OMB Control Number 0648-new (crab reports)

    Public reporting burden for specific requirements are estimated to 
average per response: 20 minutes for crab catcher/processor offload 
report, 40 hours for eligible crab community organization (ECCO) annual 
report; and 1 hour for CR Registered Crab Receiver Ex-vessel Volume and 
Value Report.

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    These estimates include the time for reviewing instructions, 
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data 
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.
    Public comment is sought regarding: whether this proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; the accuracy of the burden estimate; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology. Send comments on 
these or any other aspects of the collection of information to NMFS 
Alaska Region at the ADDRESSES above, and e-mail to [email protected], or fax to 202-395-7285.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is 
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty 
for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the 
requirements of the PRA, unless that collection of information displays 
a currently valid OMB Control Number.
    This action does not have any adverse impacts on regulated small 
entities.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Parts 679 and 680

    Alaska, Fisheries, Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

    Dated: June 19, 2007.
Samuel D. Rauch III
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, NMFS proposes to amend 50 
CFR parts 679 and 680 as follows:

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

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

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.; 1540(f); 1801 et seq; 1851 
note; 3631 et seq.
    2. In Sec.  679.2, add in alphabetical order definitions for ``At-
sea operation'', ``eLandings'', ``Interagency electronic reporting 
system (IERS)'', ``Maximum retainable amount (MRA)'', ``Non-IFQ 
groundfish'', ``Non-individual entity'', ``Permit'', ``Shoreside 
processor electronic logbook report (SPELR)'', ``Single geographic 
location'', ``User'', ``User identification (UserID)'', and ``Week-
ending date''; revise definitions of ``Associated processor'', ``Gear 
deployment (or to set gear)'', ``Gear retrieval (or to haul gear)'', 
``Haul'', ``Prohibited species catch (PSC)'', and ``Tender vessel'' to 
read as follows:


Sec.  679.2  Definitions.

* * * * *
    Associated processor means:
    (1) Relationship with a buying station. A mothership or catcher/
processor issued an FFP, or a shoreside processor or SFP issued an FPP, 
with a contractual relationship with a buying station to conduct 
groundfish buying station activities for that processor.
    (2) Relationship with a custom processor. A mothership or catcher/
processor issued an FFP or a shoreside processor or SFP issued an FPP, 
with a contractual relationship with a custom processor to process 
groundfish on its behalf.
    At-sea operation means, for purposes of eLandings, a catcher/
processor or mothership that is receiving and/or processing fish in 
State waters and in waters of the EEZ off the coast of Alaska.
* * * * *
    eLandings means the Internet data entry system or desktop client 
components of the Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS) for 
reporting commercial fishery landings and production from waters off 
Alaska.
* * * * *
    Gear deployment (or to set gear) (see Sec.  679.5(c)(3)(vi)(B) for 
longline and pot gear; see Sec.  679.5(c)(4)(vi)(B) for trawl gear).
    Gear retrieval (or to haul gear) (see Sec.  679.5(c)(3)(vi)(C) for 
longline and pot gear; see Sec.  679.5(c)(4)(vi)(C) for trawl gear).
* * * * *
    Haul means the retrieval of trawl gear which results in catching 
fish or which does not result in catching fish; a test of new or 
repaired trawl gear; or when non-functional gear is pulled in, even if 
no fish are harvested. For enforcement purposes, all hauls of any type 
need to be recorded and numbered throughout the year, whether or not 
fish are caught.
* * * * *
    Interagency electronic reporting system (IERS) means an interagency 
electronic reporting system that allows fishery participants to use the 
Internet or desktop client software to enter landings and production 
data for appropriate distribution to the ADF&G, IPHC, and NMFS Alaska 
Region (see Sec.  679.5(e)).
* * * * *
    Maximum retainable amount (MRA) (see Sec.  679.20(e)).
* * * * *
    Non-IFQ groundfish means groundfish, other than IFQ sablefish.
    Non-individual entity means a person who is not an individual or 
``natural'' person; it includes corporations, partnerships, estates, 
trusts, joint ventures, joint tenancy, and any other type of ``person'' 
other than a natural person.
* * * * *
    Permit, as that term is used in the Magnuson-Stevens Act, includes 
the terms permit, license, halibut CDQ card, halibut IFQ card, 
sablefish IFQ card, and any endorsements or designations on a license.
* * * * *
    Prohibited species catch (PSC) means any of the species listed in 
Table 2b to this part.
* * * * *
    Shoreside processor electronic logbook report (SPELR) 
(discontinued, see definition of ``IERS'' under this section).
* * * * *
    Single geographic location (see Sec.  679.4(l)(5)(iii)).
* * * * *
    Tender vessel (see also the definition of ``buying station'' under 
this section) means a vessel that is used to transport unprocessed fish 
or shellfish received from another vessel to an associated processor.
* * * * *
    User means, for purposes of IERS and eLandings, a Registered Buyer; 
a Registered Crab Receiver; an owner, operator, manager of any 
mothership or catcher/processor that is required to have a Federal 
fisheries permit under Sec.  679.4; any shoreside processor, SFP, or 
mothership that receives groundfish from vessels issued a Federal 
fisheries permit under Sec.  679.4; any shoreside processor or SFP that 
is required to have a Federal processor permit under Sec.  679.4; and 
his or her designee(s).
    User identification (UserID), for purposes of IERS and eLandings, 
means the string of letters and/or numbers that identifies the 
individual and gives him or her authorization to view and submit 
reports for specific operations or to otherwise use eLandings. To 
facilitate the management of Users and privileges and to provide for 
data security, a separate UserID is issued to each individual.
* * * * *
    Week-ending date means the last day of the weekly reporting period 
which ends on Saturday at 2400 hours, A.l.t.,

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except during the last week of each calendar year, when it ends at 2400 
hours, A.l.t. December 31).
* * * * *
    3. In Sec.  679.4:
    A. Paragraph (a)(4) is removed and reserved.
    B. Paragraphs (a)(1)(i)(A), (a)(3)(i), (a)(3)(iii), (b) heading, 
(b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5) heading, (b)(5)(iv), (f) heading, (f)(2), 
(f)(4), and (l)(1)(iv) are revised.
    C. Paragraphs (a)(1)(vii)(C), (a)(9), and (b)(5)(vi)(C) are added.
    The revisions and additions read as follows:


Sec.  679.4  Permits.

    (a) * * *
    (1) * * *

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           Permit is in effect
  If program permit or   from issue date through   For more information,
     card type is:               end of:                  see...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(i) * * *                .......................  ......................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) Registered buyer     Until expiration date    Paragraph (d)(3)(ii)
                          shown on permit          of this section.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * * * *            .......................  ......................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii) * * *              .......................  ......................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Scallop license      Indefinite               Paragraph (g) of this
                                                   section.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * * * *            .......................  ......................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

* * * * *
    (3) * * *
    (i) A person may obtain an application for a new permit or for 
renewal or revision of an existing permit for any of the permits under 
this section and must mail completed forms to the Program 
Administrator, RAM, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668. With 
appropriate software, all permit applications may be completed onscreen 
and printed from the Alaska Region website at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov.
* * * * *
    (iii) A separate permit must be obtained for each applicant, 
facility, or vessel, as appropriate to each Federal permit in this 
section. A copy of each permit application must be retained, whether 
the application is requesting an initial permit or renewing or revising 
an existing permit.
* * * * *
    (9) Permit surrender. The Regional Administrator will recognize the 
voluntary surrender of a permit issued by the Regional Administrator if 
it is submitted by the person named on the permit, and will permanently 
terminate or will reissue in the same year or another year, the permit 
depending on the type of permit voluntarily surrendered as follows:
    (i) Permit may not be surrendered. AFA permits, except the AFA 
inshore cooperative permit, may not be surrendered;
    (ii) Permanent surrender. A surrendered License Limitation Program 
(LLP) license for groundfish, crabs, and scallops, and quota share (QS) 
for rockfish, Pacific halibut, and sablefish will cease to exist and 
will not be subsequently reissued.
    (iii) Temporary surrender for remainder of fishing year. A 
community development quota (CDQ) and CDQ card, individual fishing 
quota (IFQ) and IFQ card (except hired master) , and community quota 
(CQ) permit will not be reissued in the same fishing year in which it 
was surrendered, but may be reapplied for and if approved, reissued in 
a subsequent fishing year to the permit holder of record.
    (iv) Temporary surrender within a fishing year. A Federal fisheries 
permit (FFP), Federal processor permit (FPP), Aleutian Islands directed 
pollock fishery, Registered Buyer permit, and an IFQ card issued to a 
hired master may be reissued in the same fishing year in which it was 
surrendered to the permit holder of record.
    (b) Federal fisheries permit (FFP) * * *
* * * * *
    (3) Vessel operations categories. An FFP authorizes a vessel owner 
to deploy a vessel to conduct operations in the GOA or BSAI under the 
following categories: catcher vessel, catcher/processor, mothership, 
tender vessel, or support vessel. A vessel may not be operated in a 
category other than as specified on the FFP.
    (4) Duration--(i) Length of permit effectiveness. An FFP is in 
effect for three years from the effective date through the expiration 
date, unless it is revoked, suspended, surrendered under paragraph 
(a)(9) of this section, or modified under Sec.  600.735 or Sec.  
600.740 of this chapter.
    (ii) Surrendered permit. An FFP permit may be surrendered by the 
owner of record or agent by submitting the original FFP to Program 
Administrator, RAM Program, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802, by 
certified mail or other method that provides written evidence that NMFS 
Alaska Region received it. The receiving date of signature by NMFS 
staff is the date the permit was surrendered.
    (iii) Amended permit. An owner or operator, who applied for and 
received an FFP, must notify NMFS of any change in the permit 
information by submitting an FFP application found at the NMFS website 
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov. The owner or operator must submit the 
application by mail to: Program Administrator, RAM Program, P.O. Box 
21668, Juneau, AK 99802 or by fax: 907-586-7354. Upon receipt and 
approval of a permit amendment, the Program Administrator, RAM, will 
issue an amended FFP.
    (5) Contents of an FFP application * * *
* * * * *
    (iv) Area and gear information. Indicate the type of vessel 
operation. If catcher/processor or catcher vessel, indicate only the 
gear types used for groundfish fishing. If the vessel is a catcher/
processor under 125 ft (18.3 m) LOA that is intended to process GOA 
inshore pollock or GOA inshore Pacific cod, mark the box for a GOA 
inshore processing endorsement.
* * * * *
    (vi) * * *
    (C) Selections for species endorsements will remain valid until an 
FFP is amended to remove those endorsements or the permit with these 
endorsements is surrendered or revoked.
* * * * *
    (f) Federal processor permit (FPP) * * *
* * * * *
    (2) Contents of an FPP application. To obtain an FPP, the owner 
must complete an FPP application and provide the following information 
for each SFP and shoreside processor plant to be permitted:
    (i) New or amended permit. Indicate whether application is for a 
new or amended FPP; and if a revision, the current FPP number. Indicate 
whether application is for a shoreside processor or an SFP.
    (ii) Owner information. Indicate the name(s), permanent business 
mailing address, business telephone number, business fax number, and 
business e-mail address of all owners, and if applicable, the name of 
any person or company (other than the owner) who manages the operations 
of the shoreside processor or SFP.
    (iii) SFP information. Indicate the vessel name; whether this is a 
vessel of the United States; USCG documentation number; ADF&G vessel 
registration number; ADF&G processor code; the vessel's LOA (ft); 
registered length (ft); gross tonnage; net tonnage; shaft horsepower; 
homeport (city and state);

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and whether choosing to receive a GOA inshore processing endorsement. A 
GOA inshore processing endorsement is required in order to process GOA 
inshore pollock and GOA inshore Pacific cod.
    (iv) Shoreside processor information. Indicate the shoreside 
processor's name; permanent business mailing address; physical location 
of plant at which the shoreside processor is operating (street, city, 
state, zip code); whether (YES or NO) the shoreside processor is 
replacing a previous processor at this facility, and if YES, name of 
previous processor; whether multiple processing businesses are using 
this plant; whether the owner named in paragraph (f)(2)(ii) of this 
section owns this plant; ADF&G processor code; business telephone 
number; business fax number; and business e-mail address.
    (v) Signature. The owner or agent of the owner of the shoreside 
processor or SFP must sign and date the application. If the owner is a 
company, the agent of the owner must sign and date the application.
* * * * *
    (4) Duration--(i) Length of effectiveness. An FPP is in effect for 
three years from the effective date through the date of permit 
expiration, unless it is revoked, suspended, surrendered under 
paragraph (a)(9) of this section, or modified under Sec.  600.735 or 
Sec.  600.740 of this chapter.
    (ii) Surrendered permit. An FPP shall be surrendered by the owner 
of record or agent by submitting the original FPP to Program 
Administrator, RAM Program, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802, by 
certified mail or other method that provides written evidence that NMFS 
Alaska Region received it. The receiving date of signature by NMFS 
staff is the date the permit was surrendered.
    (iii) Amended permit. An owner or operator, who applied for and 
received an FPP, must notify NMFS of any change in the permit 
information by submitting an FPP application found at the NMFS website 
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov. The owner or operator must submit the 
application by mail to: Program Administrator, RAM Program, P.O. Box 
21668, Juneau, AK 99802 or by fax: 907-586-7354. Upon receipt and 
approval of a permit amendment, the Program Administrator, RAM, will 
issue an amended FPP.
* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (iv) Amended permits. AFA vessel and processor permits may not be 
used on or transferred to any vessel or processor that is not listed in 
the permit. However, AFA permits may be amended to reflect any change 
in the ownership of the vessel or processor by submitting this 
information to NMFS in a written letter.
* * * * *
    4. In Sec.  679.5, remove paragraphs (j) and (m); and revise 
paragraphs (a) through (f), (g)(1) introductory text, (h), (i), 
(l)(1)(iv), and (l)(2) to read as follows:


Sec.  679.5  Recordkeeping and reporting (R&R).

    (a) General requirements--(1) Logbooks and forms. (i) The Regional 
Administrator will prescribe and provide logbooks and forms required 
under this section and described in Table 9 to this part. All forms may 
be completed onscreen and printed from the Alaska Region website at 
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov. The forms may be submitted as attachments to 
e-mails or may be faxed. Samples of logsheets also may be found on the 
website but may not be used for recordkeeping; only bound logbooks are 
acceptable.
    (ii) Current editions. The operator or manager must use the current 
edition of the logbooks and forms or obtain approval from the Regional 
Administrator to use current electronic versions of the logbooks and 
forms. Upon notification and approval by the Regional Administrator, 
logbooks or forms from the previous year may be used.
    (iii) Management program defined. Harvest that occurred under the 
special management programs listed below must be recorded separately in 
the logbooks and forms. If harvest is not under one of these management 
programs, leave blank.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
     If harvest made                              For more information,
     under...program          Record the...               see...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) CDQ                   CDQ group number       subpart C of this part
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Exempted Fishery      Exempted fishery       Sec.   679.6
                           permit number
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Research Fishery      Research fishery       Sec.   600.745(a) of
                           permit number          this chapter
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) AIP                   n/a                    subpart F of this part
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(E) Open access (OA)      [for recording in      Sec.   679.5(e)
                           eLandings only]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (2) Responsibility. (i) The operator of a catcher vessel, catcher/
processor, mothership, or buying station receiving from a catcher 
vessel and delivering to a mothership (hereafter referred to as the 
operator) and the manager of a shoreside processor, SFP, or buying 
station receiving from a catcher vessel and delivering to a shoreside 
processor or SFP (hereafter referred to as the manager) are each 
responsible for complying with the applicable recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements of this section.
    (ii) The owner of a vessel, shoreside processor, SFP, or buying 
station is responsible for compliance and must ensure that the 
operator, manager, or representative (see paragraph (b) of this 
section) complies with the requirements given in this section and in 
Table 9 to this part.
    (3) Fish to be recorded and reported. The operator or manager must 
record and report the following information for all groundfish (see 
Table 2a to this part [dash] Species Codes: FMP Groundfish), prohibited 
species (see Table 2b to this part [dash] Species Codes: FMP Prohibited 
Species and CR Crab), and forage fish (see Table 2c to this part [dash] 
Species Codes: FMP Forage Fish). The operator or manager may record and 
report the following information for non-groundfish (see Table 2d to 
this part [dash] Species Codes: Non-FMP Species):
    (i) Receipt information, including fish received from vessels not 
required to have an FFP; and fish received under contract for handling 
or processing for another processor;
    (ii) Discard or disposition information reported to the operator or 
manager by catcher vessels or buying stations; and
    (iii) Transfer information, including fish transferred out of the 
facility or off the vessel.
    (4) Exemptions--(i) Catcher vessels less than 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA. 
The owner or operator of a catcher vessel less than 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA 
is not required to

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comply with the R&R requirements of this section.
    (ii) Catcher vessels that take groundfish in crab pot gear for use 
as crab bait on that vessel. (A) Owners or operators of catcher vessels 
who, when crab is open anywhere or in the same area as open crab 
season, take groundfish in crab pot gear for use as crab bait onboard 
their same vessels, and the bait is neither transferred nor sold, are 
not required to comply with R&R requirements of this section.
    (B) This exemption does not apply to fishermen who:
    (1) Catch groundfish for bait during an open crab season and sell 
that groundfish or transfer it to another vessel, or
    (2) Participate in a directed fishery for groundfish using any gear 
type during periods that are outside an open crab season for use as 
crab bait onboard their vessel.
    (C) No groundfish species listed by NMFS as ``prohibited'' in a 
management or regulatory area may be taken in that area for use as 
bait.
    (5) Inspection and retention of records--(i) Inspection of records. 
The operator or manager must make available for inspection the R&R 
documentation listed in Table 9 to this part upon the request of an 
authorized officer.
    (ii) Retention of records. For all R&R documentation listed in 
Table 9 to this part, the operator or manager must retain records:
    (A) On site. Retain these records on site at the shoreside 
processor or SFP, or onboard the vessel until the end of the fishing 
year during which the records were made and for as long thereafter as 
fish or fish products recorded in the R&R documentation listed in Table 
9 to this part are retained.
    (B) For 3 years. Make these records available upon request of an 
authorized officer R&R documentation listed in Table 9 to this part for 
3 years after the end of the fishing year during which the records were 
made.
    (6) Maintenance of records. The operator or manager must maintain 
all R&R documentation listed in Table 9 to this part in English in a 
legible, timely, and accurate manner, based on Alaska local time 
(A.l.t.); if handwritten, in indelible ink; if computer-generated, as a 
legible printed paper copy.
    (b) Representative. The operator of a catcher vessel, mothership, 
catcher/processor, or buying station delivering to a mothership or 
manager of a shoreside processor, SFP, or buying station delivering to 
a shoreside processor or SFP may identify one contact person to 
complete the logbook and forms and to respond to inquiries from NMFS. 
Designation of a representative under this paragraph does not relieve 
the owner, operator, or manager of responsibility for compliance under 
paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(6) of this section.
    (c) Logbooks vs. eLandings and ELBs--(1) Requirements. The operator 
or manager must record information appropriate to the operation of the 
participant, in a NMFS-approved format as follows:
    (i) Shoreside processor or SFP--(A) Shoreside processor daily 
cumulative production logbook (DCPL) (see paragraph (c)(5) of this 
section). Except as described in paragraph (c)(1)(i)(B) of this 
section, the manager of a shoreside processor or SFP must use the 
current edition of the DCPL to record processor identification 
information, catcher vessel and buying station groundfish delivery 
information, groundfish landings information, groundfish production 
data, and groundfish and prohibited species discard or disposition 
data. Upon notification by the Regional Administrator, DCPLs from the 
previous year may be used.
    (B) eLandings (see paragraph (e) of this section). The manager of a 
shoreside processor or SFP that receives groundfish from a catcher 
vessel issued an FFP under Sec.  679.4 is required daily to use 
eLandings during the fishing year to report processor identification 
information, catcher vessel and buying station groundfish delivery 
information, groundfish landings information, groundfish production 
data, and groundfish and prohibited species discard or disposition data 
in lieu of the shoreside processor DCPL, WPR (see paragraph (i) of this 
section), and CDQ delivery reports (see paragraph (n)(1) of this 
section) during the time the shoreside processor or SFP is checked-in 
(see paragraph (h) of this section). If a shoreside processor or SFP 
using eLandings is not taking deliveries over a weekend, the manager 
may transmit the eLandings report on Monday.
    (ii) Mothership--(A) Mothership DCPL (see paragraph (c)(6) of this 
section). Except as described in paragraphs (c)(1)(ii)(B) and (C) of 
this section, the operator of a mothership must use the current edition 
of the DCPL to record processor identification information, catcher 
vessel and buying station groundfish delivery information, groundfish 
production data, and groundfish and prohibited species discard or 
disposition data. Upon notification by the Regional Administrator, 
DCPLs from the previous year may be used.
    (B) Mothership ELB (see paragraph (f) of this section). The 
operator of a mothership may use the NMFS-approved mothership ELB to 
record processor identification information, catcher vessel and buying 
station groundfish delivery information, groundfish production data, 
and groundfish and prohibited species discard or disposition data.
    (C) eLandings (see paragraph (e) of this section). (This paragraph 
(c)(1)(ii)(C) is effective until January 1, 2008) The operator of a 
mothership that is issued an FFP under Sec.  679.4 and that receives 
groundfish may use eLandings to report weekly processor identification 
information, groundfish production data, and groundfish and prohibited 
species discard or disposition data in lieu of the mothership WPR (see 
paragraph (i) of this section) during the time the mothership is 
checked-in (see paragraph (h) of this section). Alternatively, the 
operator may use eLandings to report daily processor identification 
information, groundfish production data, and groundfish and prohibited 
species discard or disposition data. If a mothership is using eLandings 
to daily report processor identification information, groundfish 
production data, and groundfish and prohibited species discard or 
disposition data, the operator is not required to complete the 
``Production'' nor ``Discard or Disposition'' sections of the DCPL; 
enter ``eLandings'' in those sections of the DCPL. The operator must 
record the processor identification information and the catcher vessel 
and buying station groundfish delivery information in the DCPL.
    (iii) Catcher/processor--(A) Catcher/processor longline or pot gear 
DCPL and catcher/processor trawl gear DCPL (see paragraphs (c)(3) and 
(c)(4) of this section). Except as described in paragraphs 
(c)(1)(iii)(B) and (C) of this section, the operator of a catcher/
processor must use the current edition of the DCPL to record processor 
identification information, catch-by-set or catch-by-haul information, 
groundfish production data, and groundfish and prohibited species 
discard or disposition data. Upon notification by the Regional 
Administrator, DCPLs from the previous year may be used.
    (B) Catcher/processor ELB (see paragraph (f) of this section). The 
operator of a catcher/processor may use the appropriate gear-type, 
NMFS-approved catcher/processor ELB to record processor identification 
information, catch-by-haul or catch-by-set information, groundfish 
production

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data, and groundfish and prohibited species discard or disposition 
data.
    (C) eLandings (see paragraph (e) of this section). (This paragraph 
(c)(1)(iii)(C) is effective until January 1, 2008) The operator of a 
catcher/processor that harvests groundfish and that is issued an FFP 
under Sec.  679.4 may use eLandings during the fishing year to report 
weekly processor identification information, groundfish production 
data, and groundfish and prohibited species discard or disposition data 
in lieu of the catcher/processor WPR (see paragraph (i) of this 
section) during the time the catcher/processor is checked-in (see 
paragraph (h) of this section). Alternatively, the operator may use 
eLandings during the fishing year to report daily processor 
identification information, groundfish production data, and groundfish 
and prohibited species discard or disposition data. If a catcher/
processor is using eLandings to daily report groundfish production data 
and groundfish and prohibited species discard or disposition data, the 
operator is not required to complete the ``Production'' nor ``Discard 
or Disposition'' sections of the DCPL (see paragraph (c) of this 
section); enter ``eLandings'' in those sections of the DCPL. The 
operator is required to complete in the DCPL the processor 
identification information and catch-by-haul or catch-by-set 
information.
    (iv) Catcher vessel--(A) Catcher vessel longline or pot gear and 
catcher vessel trawl gear DFL (see paragraphs (c)(3) and (c)(4) of this 
section). Except as described in paragraph (c)(1)(iv)(B) of this 
section, the operator of a catcher vessel must use the current edition 
of the DFL to record catcher vessel identification information, catch-
by-haul or catch-by-set information, and groundfish and prohibited 
species discard or disposition data. Upon notification by the Regional 
Administrator, DFLs from the previous year may be used.
    (B) Catcher vessel longline or pot gear and catcher vessel trawl 
gear ELB (see paragraph (f) of this section). The operator of a catcher 
vessel may use the appropriate-gear, NMFS-approved catcher vessel ELB 
to record catcher vessel identification information, catch-by-haul or 
catch-by-set information, and groundfish and prohibited species discard 
or disposition data.
    (v) Registered Buyer. A person who is issued a Registered Buyer 
permit and who receives IFQ halibut or IFQ sablefish from an IFQ permit 
holder, or who receives CDQ halibut from a CDQ permit holder at any 
time during the fishing year must use eLandings or other NMFS-approved 
software to report every landing of IFQ halibut, IFQ sablefish, or CDQ 
halibut.
    (vi) Registered Crab Receiver (RCR)--IFQ crab. (A) A person who is 
issued an RCR permit and who receives IFQ crab from a crab IFQ permit 
holder or crab IFQ hired master, must use eLandings to report every 
landing of IFQ crab and incidental groundfish during the fishing year.
    (B) An RCR aboard a catcher/processor is required to submit crab 
landing reports by e-mail attachment using eLandings in a format 
approved by NMFS. NMFS will provide format specifications upon request. 
Interested parties may contact NMFS Alaska Region, Sustainable 
Fisheries Division, Catch Accounting/Data Quality, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668, at telephone: 907-586-7228.
    (vii) Two vessel logbooks of same gear type. If using more than one 
logbook of the same gear type in a fishing year onboard a vessel, the 
operator must ensure that the page numbers follow the consecutive order 
of the previous logbook.
    (viii) Two vessel logbooks of different gear types. If two 
different gear types are used onboard a vessel in a fishing year, the 
operator(s) of this vessel must use two separate vessel logbooks for 
the different gear types, each separately paginated.
    (ix) Two vessel logbooks for pair trawl. If two vessels are 
dragging a trawl between them (pair trawl), the operator of each vessel 
must maintain a separate logbook to record the amount of the catch 
retained and fish discarded by that vessel. Each of the two logbooks 
must be separately paginated.
    (x) Two logbooks of different operation. If a vessel functions both 
as a mothership and as a catcher/processor in the same fishing year, 
the operator(s) must maintain two logbooks, a separate logbook for each 
operation type, each separately paginated.
    (xi) Alteration of logbook information. (A) Except as described in 
paragraphs (c)(1)(xi)(B) and (C) of this section, the operator, 
manager, or any other person may not alter or change any entry or 
record in a logbook.
    (B) An inaccurate or incorrect entry or record may be corrected by 
lining out the original and inserting the correction, provided that the 
original entry or record remains legible. All corrections must be made 
in ink.
    (C) If an error is found after a time period is passed, record the 
information in the DFL or DCPL out of sequence by lining out the 
initial entry of the error, adding a note that an error occurred, and 
indicating page number of logsheet where correction may be found.
    (xii) Logsheet distribution and submittal. (A) No person except an 
authorized officer may remove any original white logsheet of any 
logbook.
    (B) The operator or manager must distribute logsheets as indicated 
in the following table:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Logsheet Distribution and Submittal
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Logsheet found in these logbooks
     If logsheet color is...      -------------------------------------------------------   Submit    Time limit
                                    CV lgl    CV trw    CP lgl   CP trw    MS     SS/SFP     to...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) White                          X         X         X        X        X       X             Must retain,
                                                                                            permanently bound in
                                                                                                  logbook
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) Goldenrod                      X         X         X        X        X       X        Observer    After
                                                                                                       signature
                                                                                                       of
                                                                                                       operator,
                                                                                                       which is
                                                                                                       due by
                                                                                                       noon of
                                                                                                       the day
                                                                                                       following
                                                                                                       the week-
                                                                                                       ending
                                                                                                       date of
                                                                                                       the
                                                                                                       weekly
                                                                                                       reporting
                                                                                                       period.
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(3) Yellow                         X         X         X        X        X       X        Must        On the
                                                                                           submit      following
                                                                                           quarterly   schedule:
                                                                                           to:        1st qtr by
                                                                                           NOAA        May 1 of
                                                                                           Fisheries   that
                                                                                           Office      fishing
                                                                                           for Law     year
                                                                                           Enforceme  2nd qtr by
                                                                                           nt          August 1
                                                                                           Alaska      of that
                                                                                           Region      fishing
                                                                                           Logbook     year
                                                                                           Program    3rd qtr by
                                                                                           P.O. Box    November
                                                                                           21767       1 of that
                                                                                           Juneau,     fishing
                                                                                           AK 99802-   year
                                                                                           1767       4th qtr by
                                                                                           Telephone   February
                                                                                           : 907-586-  1 of the
                                                                                           7225        following
                                                                                                       fishing
                                                                                                       year
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4) Blue                           X         X         .......  .......  ......  .......  Mothership  Within 2
                                                                                           ,           hours
                                                                                           shoreside   after
                                                                                           processor   completio
                                                                                           , SFP, or   n of
                                                                                           buying      catch
                                                                                           station     delivery
                                                                                           that
                                                                                           receives
                                                                                           the
                                                                                           harvest
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(5) Green                          X         ........  X        .......  ......  .......  Optional,   After the
                                                                                           but may     vessel's
                                                                                           be          catch is
                                                                                           required    off-
                                                                                           by IPHC     loaded
                                                                                           (see 50
                                                                                           CFR
                                                                                           300.60
                                                                                           through
                                                                                           300.65)
                                                                                          Telephone:
                                                                                           206-634-1
                                                                                           838
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Note: CP = catcher/processor; CV = catcher vessel; lgl = longline; trw = trawl; MS = mothership; SS/SFP =
  shoreside processor and SFP

    (2) Recording active and inactive time periods in the DFL or DCPL--
(i) Account for each day of the fishing year. The operator or manager 
must account for each day of the fishing year, January 1 through 
December 31, in the DFL or DCPL and indicate whether the vessel or 
processor was active or inactive during the time period. Unless the 
appropriate box is checked on the logsheet to indicate an inactive 
period, NMFS assumes the records are for an active period (see 
descriptions of active time periods at paragraphs (c)(3)(iv)(A)(1), 
(c)(3)(iv)(B)(1), (c)(4)(iv)(A)(1), (c)(4)(iv)(B)(1), (c)(5)(iv), and 
(c)(6)(iv) of this section).
    (ii) Record January 1 on page 1. The operator or manager must 
record the first day of the fishing year, January 1, on page one of the 
DFL or DCPL regardless of whether the vessel or processor was active or 
inactive. The operator or manager must record time periods 
consecutively.
    (iii) Required information for inactive periods. If inactive, the 
operator or manager must record the following information on one 
logsheet in the DFL or DCPL:
    (A) If a catcher vessel, vessel name, ADF&G vessel registration 
number, FFP number or Federal crab vessel permit number, operator 
printed name, operator signature, and page number.
    (B) If a shoreside processor or SFP, on Part I of the logsheet 
record: processor name, ADF&G processor code, FPP number, manager 
printed name, manager signature, and page number. If a shoreside 
processor, write in the geographic (physical) location of plant.
    (C) If a mothership or catcher/processor, record vessel name, ADF&G 
processor code, FFP number, operator printed name, operator signature, 
and page number.
    (D) Check ``inactive.''
    (E) Record the date (mm/dd) of the first day when inactive under 
``Start date.''
    (F) Write brief explanation why inactive, e.g., bad weather or 
equipment failure. If inactive due to surrender of a FFP or FPP, write 
``surrender of permit'' as reason for inactivity.
    (G) Record the date (mm/dd) of the last day when inactive under 
``End date.''
    (iv) Inactive two or more quarters. If the inactive time period 
extends across two or more successive quarters, the operator or manager 
must complete a logsheet for each inactive quarter: the first logsheet 
to indicate the first and last day of the first inactive quarter and 
the second logsheet to indicate the first and last day of the second 
inactive quarter.
    (3) Longline and pot gear catcher vessel DFL and catcher/processor 
DCPL--(i) Responsibility--(A) Groundfish fisheries. (1) The operator of 
a catcher vessel 60 ft (18.3 m) or greater LOA, that is required to 
have an FFP under Sec.  679.4(b), that is using longline or pot gear to 
harvest groundfish, and that retains any groundfish from the GOA or 
BSAI, must maintain a longline and pot gear DFL.
    (2) The operator of a catcher/processor that is required to have an 
FFP under Sec.  679.4(b), that is using longline or pot gear to harvest 
groundfish, and that retains any groundfish from the GOA or BSAI, must 
maintain a longline and pot gear DCPL.
    (B) IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ sablefish fisheries. (1) The 
operator of a catcher vessel 60 ft (18.3 m) or greater LOA, using fixed 
gear (NMFS), setline (IPHC), or pot gear to harvest IFQ sablefish, IFQ 
halibut, or CDQ halibut from the GOA or BSAI, must maintain a longline 
and pot gear DFL.
    (2) The operator of a catcher/processor using longline or pot gear 
to harvest IFQ sablefish, IFQ halibut, or CDQ halibut from the GOA or 
BSAI, must maintain a longline and pot gear DCPL.
    (C) CR crab fisheries. (1) The operator of a catcher vessel 60 ft 
(18.3 m) or greater LOA, using pot gear to harvest CR crab from the 
BSAI must maintain a longline and pot gear DFL.
    (2) The operator of a catcher/processor using pot gear to harvest 
CR crab from the BSAI must maintain a longline and pot gear DCPL.
    (ii) Data entry time limits. The operator of a catcher vessel using 
longline or pot gear must record in the DFL and the operator of a 
catcher/processor using longline or pot gear must record in the DCPL 
the following information for each set within the specified time limit:

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        DATA ENTRY TIME LIMITS, LONGLINE OR POT GEAR DFL OR DCPL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Record within this time
             Required information                        limit.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) Set number, time and date gear set, time   2 hours after completion
 and date gear hauled, beginning and end        of gear retrieval
 positions, CDQ group number, halibut CDQ
 permit number, halibut IFQ permit number,
 sablefish IFQ permit number, crab IFQ permit
 number, FFP number and/or Federal crab
 vessel permit number (if applicable), number
 of pots set, and estimated total hail weight
 for each set
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Discard and disposition information        By noon each day to
                                                record the previous
                                                day's discard and
                                                disposition information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Submit goldenrod logsheet to the observer  After signature of
                                                operator which is due by
                                                noon of the day
                                                following the week-
                                                ending date of the
                                                weekly reporting period.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) If on a catcher vessel:                    .........................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Submit the blue DFL to mothership,         Within 2 hours after
 shoreside processor, SFP, or buying station    completion of catch
 receiving catch                                delivery
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) All other required information             2 hours after the
                                                vessel's catch is off-
                                                loaded, notwithstanding
                                                other time limits
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) Sign the completed logsheets               Within 2 hours after
                                                completion of catch
                                                delivery
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(E) If on a catcher/processor:                 .........................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Product information                        By noon each day to
                                                record the previous
                                                day's production
                                                information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) All other required information             By noon of the day
                                                following completion of
                                                production
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) Sign the completed logsheets               By noon of the day
                                                following the week-
                                                ending date of the
                                                weekly reporting period
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) Required information, if inactive. See paragraph (c)(2) of 
this section.
    (iv) Required information, if active--(A) Catcher vessel. (1) A 
catcher vessel using longline or pot gear is active when gear remains 
on the grounds in a reporting area (except reporting area 300, 400, 
550, or 690), regardless of the vessel location.
    (2) If the catcher vessel identified in paragraph (c)(3)(i)(A)(1) 
of this section is active, the operator must record in the DFL, for one 
or more days on each logsheet, the information listed in paragraphs 
(c)(3)(v), (c)(3)(vi), (c)(3)(viii), (c)(3)(ix), and (c)(3)(xi) of this 
section.
    (B) Catcher/processor. (1) A catcher/processor is active when 
checked-in or processing.
    (2) If the catcher/processor identified in paragraph 
(c)(3)(i)(A)(2) of this section is active, the operator must record in 
the DCPL, the information listed in paragraphs (c)(3)(v), (c)(3)(vi), 
(c)(3)(vii), (c)(3)(viii), and (c)(3)(x) of this section.
    (v) Identification information--(A) Page number. Number the pages 
in each logbook consecutively, beginning on the first page of the DFL 
or DCPL with page 1 for January 1 and continuing for the remainder of 
the fishing year.
    (B) Printed name and signature of operator. The operator must sign 
each completed logsheet of the DFL or DCPL as verification of 
acceptance of the responsibility required in paragraph (a)(2) of this 
section. The operator's signature is due by noon of the day following 
the week-ending date of the weekly reporting period.
    (C) Vessel identification. Name of vessel as displayed in official 
documentation; FFP number or Federal crab vessel permit of the vessel; 
and ADF&G vessel registration number if a catcher vessel or ADF&G 
processor code if a catcher/processor.
    (D) Other permit numbers (if applicable). IFQ permit number of the 
operator, if any, and of each IFQ holder aboard the vessel; groundfish 
CDQ group number; and halibut CDQ permit number.
    (E) Reporting area--(1) Groundfish. Record the Federal reporting 
area code (see Figures 1 and 3 to this part) where gear retrieval was 
completed, regardless of where the majority of the set took place. Use 
a separate logsheet for each reporting area.
    (2) IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut. Record the IPHC regulatory area (see 
Figure 15 to this part) where gear retrieval was completed, regardless 
of where the majority of the set took place.
    (3) CR crab. Leave this field blank.
    (F) Crew size. If a catcher vessel, record the number of crew 
members (including operator), excluding certified observer(s), on the 
last day of a trip. If a catcher/processor, record the number of crew 
members (including operator), excluding certified observer(s), on the 
last day of the weekly reporting period.
    (G) Gear type. Use a separate logsheet for each gear type. From the 
following table, indicate the gear type used to harvest the fish and 
appropriate ``gear ID.'' In addition, if using hook-and-line gear, 
enter the alphabetical letter that coincides with the gear description. 
If gear information is the same on subsequent logsheets, mark the box 
instead of re-entering the gear type information on the next logsheet.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
              If gear type is...                        Then...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Other gear                                 If gear is other than
                                                those listed, indicate
                                                ``Other'' and describe
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) Pot gear                                   Enter the number of pots
                                                lost (optional, but may
                                                be required by IPHC
                                                regulations (see 50 CFR
                                                300.60 through 300.65))
                                                and number of pots set
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) Hook-and-line gear                         Indicate:
 
                                               (i) Whether gear is fixed
                                                hook (conventional or
                                                tub), autoline, or snap
                                                (optional, but may be
                                                required by IPHC
                                                regulations (see 50 CFR
                                                300.60 through 300.65))
                                              --------------------------

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                                               (ii) Length of skate to
                                                the nearest foot
                                                (optional, but may be
                                                required by IPHC
                                                regulations (see 50 CFR
                                                300.60 through 300.65)),
                                                number of skates lost
                                                (optional, but may be
                                                required by IPHC
                                                regulations (see 50 CFR
                                                300.60 through 300.65)),
                                                and number of skates set
                                              --------------------------
                                               (iii) Number of hooks per
                                                skate (optional, but may
                                                be required by IPHC
                                                regulations (see 50 CFR
                                                300.60 through 300.65)),
                                                size of hooks, and hook
                                                spacing in feet
                                              --------------------------
                                               (iv) Seabird avoidance
                                                gear code(s) (see Sec.
                                                679.24(e) and Table 19
                                                to this part)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (H) Management program. Use a separate logsheet for each special 
management program (see paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this section). If 
harvest is not under one of these management programs, leave blank.
    (I) Observer information. Record the number of observers aboard, 
the name of the observer(s), and the observer cruise number(s).
    (vi) Catch by set information. The operator must record the 
following information for each set (see Sec.  679.2). If no catch 
occurred for a given day, write ``no catch.''
    (A) Set number. Sequentially by year.
    (B) Gear deployment (or to set gear)--(1) Hook-and-line gear 
deployment. Record date (mm/dd), time (in military format, A.l.t.), and 
the beginning position (in latitude and longitude to the nearest 
minute) when the first hook-and-line gear of a set enters the water.
    (2) Jig or troll gear deployment. Record date (mm/dd), time (in 
military format, A.l.t.), and the beginning position (latitude and 
longitude to the nearest minute) when the jig or troll gear enters the 
water.
    (3) Pot gear deployment. Record date (mm/dd), time (in military 
format, A.l.t.), and the beginning position (latitude and longitude to 
the nearest minute) when the pot gear enters the water.
    (C) Gear retrieval (or to haul gear)--(1) Hook-and-line gear 
retrieval. Date (mm/dd), time (in military format, A.l.t.), and end 
position coordinates (in latitude and longitude to the nearest minute), 
where the last hook-and-line gear of a set leaves the water, regardless 
of where the majority of the set took place.
    (2) Jig or troll gear retrieval. Date (mm/dd), time (in military 
format, A.l.t.), and end position coordinates (in latitude and 
longitude to the nearest minute) where the jig or troll gear leaves the 
water.
    (3) Pot gear retrieval. Date (mm/dd), time (in military format, 
A.l.t.), and end position coordinates (in latitude and longitude to the 
nearest minute) where the last pot of a set is retrieved, regardless of 
where the majority of the set took place.
    (D) Begin and end buoy or bag numbers (optional, but may be 
required by IPHC regulations (see Sec. Sec.  300.60 through 300.65)).
    (E) Begin and end gear depths, recorded to the nearest fathom 
(optional, but may be required by IPHC regulations (see Sec. Sec.  
300.60 through 300.65)).
    (F) Species codes. The operator or manager must record and report 
the following information for all groundfish (see Table 2a to this part 
[dash] Species Codes: FMP Groundfish), prohibited species (see Table 2b 
to this part [dash] Species Codes: FMP Prohibited Species and CR Crab), 
and forage fish (see Table 2c to this part [dash] Species Codes: FMP 
Forage Fish). The operator or manager may record and report the 
following information for non-groundfish (see Table 2d to this part 
[dash] Species Codes: Non-FMP Species).
    (G) Target species code. Enter the species code of the species you 
intended to catch this set.
    (H) Estimated total hail weight. Enter the estimated hail weight, 
which is an estimate of the total retained weight of the catch without 
regard to species. Indicate whether weight is estimated to the nearest 
pound or to the nearest 0.001 mt (2.20 lb);
    (I) IR/IU species (see Sec.  679.27). If a catcher/processor, enter 
species code of IR/IU species and estimated total round weight for each 
IR/IU species, if applicable; indicate whether weight is estimated to 
the nearest pound or the nearest 0.001 mt (2.20 lb).
    (J) IFQ halibut and CDQ halibut. Estimated total round weight of 
IFQ halibut and CDQ halibut to the nearest pound.
    (K) IFQ sablefish. Number and estimated total round weight of IFQ 
sablefish to the nearest pound. Indicate whether IFQ sablefish product 
is Western cut, Eastern cut, or round weight.
    (L) CR crab. If in a CR crab fishery, record the number and scale 
weight of raw CR crab to the nearest pound.
    (vii) Product information, catcher/processor. The operator must 
record the following groundfish product information for all retained 
groundfish by species code, product code, and product designation (see 
Table 1 to this part [dash] Product and Delivery Codes); indicate 
whether weight is estimated to the nearest pound or nearest 0.001 mt 
(2.20 lb). If no production occurred for a given day, write ``no 
production.''
    (A) Enter total daily fish product weight or actual scale weight of 
fish production.
    (B) Total product balance forward weight from the previous day.
    (C) Determine weekly cumulative total by adding daily totals and 
balance carried forward from the day before.
    (D) Summarize weekly cumulative totals of weights and numbers 
separately by reporting area, management program, and gear type.
    (E) Record ``0'' balance forward and start a new logsheet:
    (1) After the offload or transfer of all fish or fish product 
onboard, if such offload occurs prior to the end of a weekly reporting 
period.
    (2) At the beginning of each weekly reporting period. Nothing shall 
be carried forward from the previous weekly reporting period.
    (viii) Retain and record discard quantities over the MRA. When 
fishing in an IFQ fishery and the fishery for Pacific cod or rockfish 
is closed to directed fishing but not in PSC status in that reporting 
area as described in Sec.  679.20, the operator must retain and record 
up to and including the MRA for Pacific cod or rockfish as defined in 
Table 10 or 11 to this part; quantities over this amount must be 
discarded and recorded as discard in the logbook.
    (ix) Discard or disposition information, catcher vessel. The 
operator must record in a DFL the discard or disposition information 
that occurred prior to and during delivery to a buying station, 
mothership, shoreside processor, or SFP. Discard or disposition 
information must include the daily weight of groundfish, daily weight 
of herring PSC, and daily number of PSC animals. If no discard or 
disposition occurred for a given day, the operator must write ``no 
discards or disposition.''
    (A) Enter discard or disposition information by species codes and 
product codes as follows:
    (1) Date (mm/dd) of discard or disposition (day that discard or 
disposition occurred).

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    (2) For whole fish discard or disposition of groundfish or Pacific 
herring PSC, daily estimated total weight, balance forward weight from 
the previous day, and cumulative total weight since last delivery for 
each species; indicate whether weight is estimated to the nearest pound 
or nearest 0.001 mt.
    (3) For whole fish discard or disposition of each prohibited 
species (Pacific salmon, steelhead trout, Pacific halibut, king crabs, 
and Tanner crabs) record the daily estimated total number, balance 
forward from the previous day, and cumulative total number since the 
last delivery.
    (4) Summarize the weekly cumulative discard and disposition totals 
of groundfish weights and number of PSC animals separately by reporting 
area, management program, and gear type. Determine the weekly 
cumulative total by adding daily totals and the balance carried forward 
from the day before.
    (B) The operator must record ``0'' or zero balance forward and 
start a new logsheet after the offload or transfer of all fish or fish 
product onboard and prior to the beginning of each fishing trip. 
Nothing shall be carried forward from the previous fishing trip.
    (x) Discard or disposition information, catcher/processor. The 
operator must record in a DCPL the discard or disposition information 
that occurred prior to, during, and after production of groundfish. 
Discard and disposition information must include the daily weight of 
groundfish, daily weight of herring PSC, and daily number of PSC 
animals. If no discard or disposition occurred for a given day, the 
operator must write ``no discard or disposition.''
    (A) The operator must record ``0'' or zero balance forward and 
start a new logsheet after the offload or transfer of all fish or fish 
product onboard, if such offload occurs prior to the end of a weekly 
reporting period, and at the beginning of each weekly reporting period. 
Nothing shall be carried forward from the previous weekly reporting 
period.
    (B) Enter discard or disposition information by species codes and 
product codes as follows:
    (1) Date (mm/dd) of discard or disposition (day that discard or 
disposition occurred).
    (2) For whole fish discard or disposition of groundfish or Pacific 
herring PSC, daily estimated total weight, balance forward weight from 
the previous day, and cumulative total weight since last delivery for 
each species; indicate whether weight is estimated to the nearest pound 
or nearest 0.001 mt.
    (3) For whole fish discard or disposition of each prohibited 
species (Pacific salmon, steelhead trout, Pacific halibut, king crabs, 
and Tanner crabs) record the daily estimated total number, balance 
forward from the previous day, and cumulative total number since last 
delivery.
    (4) Summarize weekly cumulative discard and disposition totals of 
groundfish weights and number of PSC animals separately by reporting 
area, management program, and gear type. Determine the weekly 
cumulative total by adding daily totals and the balance carried forward 
from the day before.
    (xi) Catcher vessel delivery information. The operator must enter 
the following information for delivery to a buying station, mothership, 
shoreside processor, or SFP:
    (A) Date (mm/dd) that delivery of harvest was completed.
    (B) ADF&G fish ticket issued to operator by the recipient or 
Registered Buyer receiving the delivery.
    (C) Name of recipient or Registered Buyer.
    (D) Unloading port. Name of port or port code (see Tables 14a and 
14b to this part) of delivery location.
    (4) Trawl gear catcher vessel DFL and catcher/processor DCPL--(i) 
Responsibility. The operator of a catcher vessel 60 ft (18.3 m) or 
greater LOA, that is required to have an FFP under Sec.  679.4(b), that 
is using trawl gear to harvest groundfish, and that retains any 
groundfish from the GOA or BSAI must maintain a trawl gear DFL, and 
complete one or more logsheets per day. The operator of a catcher/
processor that is required to have an FFP under Sec.  679.4(b), that is 
using trawl gear to harvest groundfish, and that retains any groundfish 
from the GOA or BSAI must maintain a trawl gear DCPL. He or she must 
complete a separate logsheet for each day.
    (ii) Data entry time limits. The operator of a catcher vessel using 
trawl gear must record in the DFL and the operator of a catcher/
processor using trawl gear must record in the DCPL the following 
information for each haul within the specified time limit:

             DATA ENTRY TIME LIMITS, TRAWL GEAR DFL OR DCPL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Record within this time
             Required information                        limit
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) Haul number, time and date gear set, time  2 hours after completion
 and date gear hauled, beginning and end        of gear retrieval
 positions, CDQ group number (if applicable),
 and total estimated hail weight for each
 haul
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Discard and disposition information        By noon each day to
                                                record the previous
                                                day's discard and
                                                disposition information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Submit the goldenrod logsheet to the       After signature of
 observer                                       operator which is due by
                                                noon of the day
                                                following the week-
                                                ending date of the
                                                weekly reporting period.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) If on a catcher vessel:                    .........................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Submit blue DFL to mothership, shoreside   2 hours after completion
 processor, SFP, or buying station receiving    of catch delivery
 the catch
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) Record all other required information      2 hours after the
                                                vessel's catch is off-
                                                loaded, notwithstanding
                                                other time limits
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) Sign the completed logsheets               2 hours after completion
                                                of catch delivery
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(E) If on a catcher/processor:                 .........................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Record product information                 By noon each day to
                                                record the previous
                                                day's production
                                                information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) Record all other required information      By noon of the day
                                                following completion of
                                                production to record all
                                                other required
                                                information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) Sign the completed logsheets               By noon of the day
                                                following the week-
                                                ending date of the
                                                weekly reporting period
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) Required information, if inactive. See paragraph (c)(2) of 
this section.
    (iv) Required information, if active--(A) Catcher vessel. (1) A 
catcher vessel

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using trawl gear is active when the net or tow is at fishing depth.
    (2) If the catcher vessel identified in paragraph (c)(4)(i) of this 
section is active, the operator must record for one day per logsheet in 
the DFL, the information described in paragraphs (c)(4)(v), (c)(4)(vi), 
(c)(4)(viii), and (c)(4)(x) of this section.
    (B) Catcher/processor. (1) A catcher/processor is active when 
checked-in or processing.
    (2) If the catcher/processor identified in paragraph (c)(4)(i) of 
this section is active, the operator must record for one day per 
logsheet in the DCPL, the information described in paragraphs 
(c)(4)(v), (c)(4)(vi), (c)(4)(vii), and (c)(4)(ix) of this section.
    (v) Identification information. If active, the operator must record 
the following information:
    (A) Date. Enter date of each day (mm/dd/yy). This date is also the 
date of gear deployment.
    (B) Page number. Number the pages in each logbook consecutively, 
beginning on the first page of the DFL or DCPL with page 1 for January 
1 and continuing for the remainder of the fishing year.
    (C) Printed name and signature of operator. The operator must sign 
each completed logsheet of the DFL or DCPL as verification of 
acceptance of the responsibility required in paragraph (a)(2) of this 
section. The operator's signature is due by noon of the day following 
the week-ending date of the weekly reporting period.
    (D) Vessel identification. Name of vessel as displayed in official 
documentation; FFP number of the vessel; ADF&G vessel registration 
number if a catcher vessel; and ADF&G processor code if a catcher/
processor.
    (E) Federal reporting area. Record the Federal reporting area code 
where gear retrieval was completed, regardless of where the majority of 
the set took place. Use a separate logsheet for each reporting area.
    (F) COBLZ or RKCSA. If gear retrieval occurred in the COBLZ (see 
Figure 13 to this part) or RKCSA (see Figure 11 to this part) area 
within a reporting area, use two separate logsheets, the first to 
record the information from the reporting area that includes COBLZ or 
RKCSA, and the second to record the information from the reporting area 
that does not include COBLZ or RKCSA.
    (G) Crew size. If a catcher vessel, record the number of crew 
members (including operator), excluding certified observer(s), on the 
last day of a trip. If a catcher/processor, record the number of crew 
members (including operator), excluding certified observer(s), on the 
last day of the weekly reporting period.
    (H) Gear type. Use a separate logsheet for each gear type. Indicate 
whether pelagic trawl or non-pelagic trawl gear was used to harvest the 
fish.
    (I) Management program. Indicate whether harvest occurred under one 
of the special management programs (see paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this 
section). Use a separate logsheet for each management program. If 
harvest is not under one of these management programs, leave blank.
    (J) Observer information. Record the number of observers aboard, 
the name of the observer(s), and the observer cruise number(s).
    (vi) Catch-by-haul information. The operator must record the 
following information for each haul (see Sec.  679.2). If no catch 
occurred for a given day, write ``no catch.''
    (A) Haul number. Number hauls sequentially by year.
    (B) Gear deployment (or to set gear). Record the following 
information for trawl gear deployment:
    (1) The time (in military format, A.l.t.) when the trawl gear 
reaches the fishing level and begins to fish, and
    (2) The position (latitude and longitude to the nearest minute) 
where the trawl gear reaches the fishing level and begins to fish.
    (C) Gear retrieval (or to haul gear). Record the following 
information for trawl gear retrieval:
    (1) The date (mm/dd) and time (in military format, A.l.t.) when 
retrieval of trawl gear cable begins.
    (2) The position (in latitude and longitude to the nearest minute) 
where retrieval of trawl gear cable begins.
    (D) Average sea depth and average gear depth. Average sea depth and 
average gear depth; indicate whether average is reported to the nearest 
meter or fathom.
    (E) Species codes. The operator must record and report the 
following information for all groundfish (see Table 2a to this part 
[dash] Species Codes: FMP Groundfish), prohibited species (see Table 2b 
to this part [dash] Species Codes: FMP Prohibited Species and CR Crab), 
and forage fish (see Table 2c to this part [dash] Species Codes: FMP 
Forage Fish). The operator or manager may record and report the 
following information for non-groundfish (see Table 2d to this part 
[dash] Species Codes: Non-FMP Species).
    (F) Target species code. Enter the species code of the species you 
intended to catch this haul.
    (G) IR/IU species (see Sec.  679.27). If a catcher/processor, enter 
species code of IR/IU species and estimated total round weight for each 
IR/IU species, if applicable; indicate whether estimated weight is to 
the nearest pound or the nearest 0.001 mt.
    (H) Total estimated hail weight. Total hail weight is an estimate 
of the total retained weight of the catch without regard to species. 
Indicate whether estimated weight is to the nearest pound or to the 
nearest 0.001 mt.
    (vii) Product information, catcher/processor. The operator must 
record the following groundfish product information for all retained 
groundfish by species code, product code, and product designation; 
indicate whether estimated weight is to the nearest pound or nearest 
0.001 mt. If no production occurred for a given day, write ``no 
production.''
    (A) Total daily fish product weight or actual scale weight of fish 
product;
    (B) Balance forward weight from the previous day; and
    (C) Weekly cumulative total weight of groundfish weights; determine 
the weekly cumulative total by adding daily totals and the balance 
carried forward from the day before. These weights may be either the 
total fish product weight or the actual scale weight of fish product.
    (D) Summarize weekly cumulative totals of groundfish product 
weights separately by reporting area, management program, if harvest 
occurred in the COBLZ or RKCSA, and gear type.
    (E) Record ``0'' or zero balance forward and start a new logsheet:
    (1) After the offload or transfer of all fish or fish product 
onboard, if such offload occurs prior to the end of a weekly reporting 
period.
    (2) At the beginning of each weekly reporting period, nothing shall 
be carried forward from the previous weekly reporting period.
    (viii) Discard or disposition information, catcher vessel. The 
operator must record in a DFL the discard or disposition that occurred 
prior to and during delivery to a buying station, mothership, shoreside 
processor, or SFP. If no discards or disposition occurred on a given 
day, write ``no discards or disposition.''
    (A) Species code and product code. Record the species code and 
product code for all discards of groundfish and PSC Pacific herring, 
Pacific salmon, steelhead trout, Pacific halibut, king crabs, and 
Tanner crabs. Record the species code and product code for all 
disposition of groundfish.
    (B) Discard weight. Record the daily estimated total round weight 
of groundfish or Pacific herring PSC discards and disposition, balance 
forward weight from the previous day, and cumulative total weight since 
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delivery, calculated by adding the daily totals and balance carried 
forward from the day before; indicate whether estimated weight is to 
the nearest pound or nearest 0.001 mt.
    (C) PSC discard numbers. Record the daily number, balance forward 
from the previous day, and cumulative total number since last delivery 
of prohibited species animals (Pacific salmon, steelhead trout, Pacific 
halibut, king crabs, and Tanner crabs).
    (D) Discard cumulative total. Summarize cumulative totals of 
groundfish weights and number of PSC animals separately by reporting 
area, if harvest occurred in the COBLZ or RKCSA, management program, 
and gear type.
    (E) Discard zero balance forward. After the offload or transfer of 
all fish or fish product onboard and prior to the beginning of each 
fishing trip, the operator must record the balance forward from the 
previous day as ``zero'' and start a new logsheet. At the beginning of 
each fishing trip, nothing shall be carried forward from the previous 
fishing trip.
    (ix) Discard or disposition information, catcher/processor. The 
operator must record discard or disposition information in a DCPL that 
occurred prior to, during, and after production of groundfish. If no 
discards or disposition occurred for a day, write ``no discards or 
disposition'' across the column. The operator must record discard or 
disposition information by species codes and product codes as follows:
    (A) Discard total weight. Record the daily estimated total round 
weight of groundfish or Pacific herring PSC discards and disposition, 
balance forward weight from the previous day, and cumulative total 
weight for the weekly reporting period, calculated by adding the daily 
totals and balance carried forward from the day before; indicate 
whether estimated weight is to the nearest pound or nearest 0.001 mt.
    (B) PSC discard numbers. Record the daily number, balance forward 
from the previous day, and cumulative total number for the weekly 
reporting period of prohibited species animals (Pacific salmon, 
steelhead trout, Pacific halibut, king crabs, and Tanner crabs).
    (C) Discard cumulative totals. Summarize cumulative totals of 
groundfish weights and number of PSC animals separately by reporting 
area, if harvest occurred in the COBLZ or RKCSA, management program, 
and gear type.
    (D) Discard zero balance forward. After the offload or transfer of 
all fish or fish product onboard and if such offload occurs prior to 
the end of a weekly reporting period, the operator must record the 
balance forward from the previous day as ``zero'' and start a new 
logsheet. At the beginning of each weekly reporting period, nothing 
shall be carried forward from the previous weekly reporting period.
    (x) Catcher vessel delivery information. The operator must enter 
the following delivery information for groundfish delivered to a buying 
station, mothership, shoreside processor, or SFP:
    (A) Date (mm/dd) that delivery of harvest was completed,
    (B) ADF&G fish ticket number issued to operator by the recipient 
receiving the delivery, and
    (C) Name and ADF&G processor code of recipient.
    (5) Shoreside Processor DCPL--(i) Responsibility. Except as 
provided in paragraph (e) of this section, the manager of a shoreside 
processor or SFP that is required to have an FPP under Sec.  679.4(f), 
who receives, processes, purchases, or arranges to purchase, any 
unprocessed groundfish from the GOA or BSAI from vessels issued an FFP 
under Sec.  679.4, must maintain a shoreside processor DCPL and must 
incorporate into the DCPL any information for groundfish deliveries 
received, including groundfish received from processors for 
reprocessing or rehandling and groundfish received from an associated 
buying station documented on a buying station report (BSR).
    (ii) Data entry time limits. The manager of a shoreside processor 
or SFP must record in the DCPL the following information for each 
groundfish delivery within the specified time limit:

            DATA ENTRY TIME LIMITS, SHORESIDE PROCESSOR DCPL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Record within this time
             Required information                        limit
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) All catcher vessel or buying station       2 hours after completion
 delivery information                           of receipt of each
                                                groundfish delivery
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Landings information                       By noon each day to
                                                record the previous
                                                day's landings
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Product information                        By noon each day to
                                                record the previous
                                                day's production
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) Discard or disposition information         By noon each day to
                                                record the previous
                                                day's discard/
                                                disposition
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(E) All other required information             By noon of the day
                                                following completion of
                                                production
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(F) Sign the completed DCPL logsheets          By noon of the day
                                                following the week-
                                                ending date of the
                                                weekly reporting period
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(G) Submit the goldenrod logsheet to the       After signed by the
 observer                                       manager
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) Required information, if inactive. See paragraph (c)(2) of 
this section. If in an inactive period, the manager needs only to 
record information in Part I.
    (iv) Required information Part I, if active. A shoreside processor 
or SFP is active when checked-in or processing. If the shoreside 
processor or SFP identified in paragraph (c)(5) of this section is 
active, the manager must record the following information on one or 
more Part I logsheets in the DCPL.
    (A) Page number. Number the pages in Part I of each logbook 
consecutively, beginning with page 1 for January 1 and continuing for 
the remainder of the fishing year. Complete one Part I logsheet per day 
or up to 7 days per logsheet ending on the last day of a weekly 
reporting period.
    (B) Week-ending date. Enter week-ending date in which groundfish is 
received, bought, or arranged to be bought.
    (C) Printed name and signature of manager. The manager must sign 
each completed DCPL logsheet as verification of acceptance of the 
responsibility required in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
    (D) Name of shoreside processor or SFP as displayed in official 
documentation.
    (E) Geographic location of plant, if a shoreside processor.
    (F) FPP number and ADF&G processor code.
    (G) Federal reporting area. Record the Federal reporting area code 
(see Figures 1 and 3 to this part) where harvest was completed. Use a 
separate Part I logsheet for each reporting area.
    (H) Management program. On Part I logsheets, record whether harvest 
occurred under one of the special management programs (see paragraph 
(a)(1)(iii) of this section). Use a separate Part I logsheet for each 
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these management programs, leave blank.
    (I) Gear type only. Indicate gear type used to harvest fish. If 
gear is other than those listed, circle ``other'' and describe. Use a 
separate Part I logsheet for each gear type.
    (J) COBLZ or RKCSA. If groundfish were harvested with trawl gear in 
the COBLZ or RKCSA, use two separate Part I logsheets to record the 
information: one logsheet for the reporting area that includes COBLZ or 
RKCSA, and a second Part I logsheet to record the information from the 
reporting area that does not include COBLZ or RKCSA.
    (K) Observer information. Record the number of observers on site, 
the name of the observer(s), the dates each observer was present, and 
the observer cruise number(s).
    (v) Required delivery information Part I, if active. The manager 
must record the following delivery information when unprocessed 
groundfish deliveries are received from a buying station or a catcher 
vessel. If no deliveries are received for a given day, write ``no 
deliveries.''
    (A) Date of delivery. Date (mm/dd) when delivery of harvest was 
completed.
    (B) Type of delivery. ``CV'' or ``BS'' to indicate delivery was 
from catcher vessel or buying station, respectively.
    (C) Non-submittal of discard report. Indicate whether the blue 
logsheet was received from the catcher vessel at the time of catch 
delivery. If delivery was from a buying station, leave this column 
blank. If a blue logsheet was not received from the catcher vessel, the 
manager must enter ``NO'' and the appropriate response code (example: 
NO L) to describe the reason for non-submittal as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
       NON-SUBMITTAL OF DISCARD REPORT                   WRITE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) The catcher vessel does not have an FFP    ``P''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3    ``P''
 m) LOA and does not have an FFP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3    ``L''
 m) LOA and has an FFP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4) The catcher vessel delivered an unsorted   ``U''
 codend
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5) Another reason; describe circumstances     ``O''
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (D) Name and ADF&G vessel registration number of the catcher vessel 
or buying station (if applicable) delivering the groundfish.
    (E) Receipt time. Record time (in military format, A.l.t.) when 
receipt of groundfish delivery was completed.
    (F) Estimated total hail weight. Enter the total estimated hail 
weight of the combined species of each delivery from a catcher vessel 
or buying station. Total hail weight is an estimate of the total 
retained weight of the catch without regard to species. Indicate 
whether estimated weight is to the nearest pound or to the nearest 
0.001 mt. If a catcher vessel reported discards on a blue DFL but did 
not deliver groundfish, enter ``0'' in this column.
    (G) ADF&G fish ticket numbers. If receiving unprocessed groundfish 
from a catcher vessel, record the ADF&G fish ticket number that you 
issued to each catcher vessel. If receiving unprocessed groundfish from 
an associated buying station, record the ADF&G fish ticket numbers 
issued by the buying station to the catcher vessel.
    (H) Fish ticket numbers, state other than Alaska. If a shoreside 
processor is located in a state other than Alaska and received 
unprocessed groundfish from a catcher vessel, record the fish ticket 
numbers issued for that non-Alaska state along with the two-character 
abbreviation for that state.
    (I) Catch receipt numbers, state other than Alaska. If the 
shoreside processor is located in a state other than Alaska where no 
fish ticket system is available and receives unprocessed groundfish 
from a catcher vessel, record the catch receipt number issued to the 
catcher vessel.
    (vi) Required landings information Part I, if active. The manager 
must record the following landings information for all retained species 
from groundfish deliveries. If no landings occurred for a given day, 
write ``no landings.''
    (A) Date of landing. Enter date (mm/dd) that sorting and weighing 
of a delivery by species was completed.
    (B) Daily total weight of landings by species code and product 
code; indicate whether estimated weight is to the nearest pound or the 
nearest 0.001 mt. Landings weight may be recorded either as estimated 
round weight of groundfish or actual scale weights.
    (C) Scale weights. (1) Obtain actual weights for each groundfish 
species received and retained by:
    (i) Sorting according to species codes and direct weighing of that 
species, or
    (ii) Weighing the entire delivery and then sorting and weighing the 
groundfish species individually to determine their weights. Record 
daily combined scale weights of landings by species and product codes.
    (2) Record daily combined scale weights of landings by species and 
product codes.
    (D) Weekly cumulative weight of landings, calculated by adding 
daily totals.
    (E) Summary. Summarize weekly cumulative totals of groundfish 
weights and number of PSC animals separately by reporting area, 
management program, gear type, and if trawl gear used, if harvest 
occurred in the COBLZ or RKCSA.
    (F) Landings as product. If you receive groundfish and record them 
as landings in Part II, and transfer these same fish to another 
processor without further processing, record the species code, product 
code, and weight of these fish also in Part II as products prior to 
transfer.
    (vii) Required discard or disposition information Part I, if 
active. The manager must record discard or disposition information that 
occurred on site after receipt of groundfish from a catcher vessel or 
buying station; occurred prior to, during, and after processing of 
groundfish; was reported on a blue DFL received from a catcher vessel 
delivering groundfish; was reported on a blue DFL received from a 
catcher vessel when no groundfish are delivered, but the blue DFL 
contains records of groundfish discards or disposition (e.g., an IFQ 
fish delivery with groundfish incidental catch or fish eaten onboard by 
crew); or was reported on a BSR received from a buying station 
delivering groundfish, if different from the blue DFL logsheets 
submitted by catcher vessels to the buying station. The manager must 
record the following information for each discard or disposition:
    (A) Date of discard. (1) Record the date (mm/dd) that discard or 
disposition occurred at the facility;
    (2) Record the date (mm/dd) the blue logsheet was received from a 
catcher vessel (not the actual date of discard or disposition indicated 
on the blue logsheet); and
    (3) Record the date (mm/dd) the BSR was received from a buying 
station (not the actual date of discard or disposition indicated on the 
BSR).

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    (B) Discard species code and product code. Record the species code 
(from Table 2a to this part) and product code (use discard/disposition 
codes from Table 1 to this part).
    (C) Discard weight. Record the daily weight of groundfish or 
herring PSC discard or disposition; indicate whether estimated weight 
is to the nearest pound or nearest 0.001 mt.
    (D) PSC discard numbers. Record the daily number of prohibited 
species animals (Pacific salmon, steelhead trout, Pacific halibut, king 
crabs, and Tanner crabs).
    (E) Discard weekly cumulative totals. Record the weekly cumulative 
totals of groundfish weights and number of PSC animals summarized 
separately by reporting area, management program, gear type, and if 
trawl gear used in the harvest, if harvest occurred in the COBLZ or 
RKCSA. Determine weekly cumulative total by adding daily totals.
    (viii) Required product information Part II, if active--(A) 
Requirement. The manager must record the groundfish product information 
in Part II of the DCPL for products made from unprocessed groundfish 
deliveries received and retained from a buying station or a catcher 
vessel; groundfish received and retained from another processor or 
other source; groundfish received for custom processing by you for 
another processor or business entity; and groundfish received as 
landings, but transferred without processing. If no production occurred 
for a given day or for a weekly reporting period, write ``no 
production.''
    (B) Page numbering. Number the pages in Part II of each logbook 
consecutively, beginning with page 1 for the first day of processing 
operations after the start of the fishing year. Record only those weeks 
in which production occurred during a fishing year.
    (C) Printed name and signature of manager. The manager must sign 
each completed DCPL logsheet as verification of acceptance of the 
responsibility required in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
    (D) Name of shoreside processor or SFP as displayed in official 
documentation.
    (E) FPP number and ADF&G processor code.
    (F) Week-ending date. Enter the week-ending date (mm/dd/yy) in 
which processing of groundfish is completed. Use a separate logsheet 
for each week-ending date or use one logsheet for up to 3 week-ending 
dates.
    (G) BSAI or GOA. Circle to indicate whether harvest occurred in 
BSAI or GOA management area.
    (H) Date of production. Enter date (mm/dd) that production was 
completed.
    (I) Species and product codes. Species code (from Table 2a to this 
part), product code and product designation (use Table 1 to this part).
    (J) Daily product weight. Daily product weight may be recorded as 
either fish product weight or actual scale weight. Indicate whether 
weights are to the nearest pound or nearest 0.001 mt.
    (K) Weekly cumulative totals of product weights. Determine the 
weekly cumulative total by adding daily totals.
    (ix) Custom processing. The manager of a shoreside processor or SFP 
must record products that result from custom processing by you for 
another processor or business entity. If you receive unprocessed or 
processed groundfish to be handled or processed for another person, 
enter these groundfish in a DCPL consistently throughout a fishing year 
using one of the following two methods:
    (A) Combined records. Record landings, discards or dispositions, 
and products of contract-processed groundfish routinely in the DCPL 
without separate identification; or
    (B) Separate records. Record landings, discards or dispositions, 
and products of custom-processed groundfish in a separate DCPL, 
identified by the name, FPP number or FFP number, and ADF&G processor 
code of the associated business entity.
    (6) Mothership DCPL--(i) Responsibility. The operator of a 
mothership who receives or processes any groundfish from the GOA or 
BSAI from vessels issued an FFP under Sec.  679.4, must maintain a 
mothership DCPL. The operator also must incorporate into the DCPL any 
information for groundfish deliveries received, including groundfish 
received from processors for reprocessing or rehandling and groundfish 
received from an associated buying station documented on a BSR.
    (ii) Data entry time limits. The operator of a mothership must 
record in the DCPL the following information for each groundfish 
delivery within the specified time limit:

                 DATA ENTRY TIME LIMITS, MOTHERSHIP DCPL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Record within this time
             Required information                        limit
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) All catcher vessel or buying station       2 hours after completion
 delivery information                           of receipt of each
                                                groundfish delivery
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Product information                        By noon each day to
                                                record the previous
                                                day's production
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Discard or disposition information         By noon each day to
                                                record the previous
                                                day's discard/
                                                disposition
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) All other required information             By noon of the day
                                                following completion of
                                                production
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(E) Sign the completed DCPL logsheets          By noon of the day
                                                following the week-
                                                ending date of the
                                                weekly reporting period
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(F) Submit the goldenrod logsheet to the       After signed by the
 observer                                       operator
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) Required information, if inactive. See paragraph (c)(2) of 
this section.
    (iv) Required information, if active. A mothership is active when 
checked-in or processing. If the mothership identified in paragraph 
(c)(6) of this section is active, the operator must record the 
following information in the DCPL. Complete a separate logsheet for 
each day.
    (A) Page number. Number the pages in each logbook consecutively, 
beginning with page 1 for January 1 and continuing throughout the 
logbook for the remainder of the fishing year.
    (B) Printed name and signature of operator. The operator must sign 
each completed DCPL logsheet as verification of acceptance of the 
responsibility required in paragraph (a)(2) of this section. The 
operator's signature is due by noon of the day following the week-
ending date of the weekly reporting period.
    (C) Mothership identification. Name of mothership as displayed in 
official documentation, FFP number, and ADF&G processor code.
    (D) Date. Enter date (mm/dd/yy) of each operating day.
    (E) Crew size. Record the number of crew members (including 
operator), excluding certified observer(s), on the last day of the 
weekly reporting period.
    (F) Gear type. Indicate the gear type of harvester. If gear type is 
other than those listed, circle ``Other'' and describe. Use a separate 
logsheet for each gear type.
    (G) Federal reporting areas. Record Federal reporting area code 
(see Figures 1 and 3 to this part) where harvest was

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completed. Use a separate logsheet for each reporting area.
    (H) COBLZ or RKCSA. If groundfish was harvested with trawl gear in 
the COBLZ or RKCSA, use two separate logsheets to record the 
information: one logsheet for the reporting area that includes COBLZ or 
RKCSA, and a second logsheet to record the information from the 
reporting area that does not include COBLZ or RKCSA.
    (I) Observer information. Record the number of observers aboard, 
the name(s) of the observer(s), and the observer cruise number(s).
    (J) Management program. Indicate whether harvest occurred under one 
of the special management programs (see paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this 
section). Use a separate logsheet for each management program. If 
harvest is not under one of these management programs, leave blank.
    (v) Required delivery information. The operator must record 
delivery information when unprocessed groundfish deliveries are 
received by the mothership from a buying station or a catcher vessel. 
If no deliveries are received for a given day, write ``no deliveries.''
    (A) Type of delivery. ``CV'' or ``BS'' to indicate delivery was 
from catcher vessel or buying station, respectively.
    (B) Non-submittal of discard report. Indicate if the blue logsheet 
was received from the catcher vessel at the time of catch delivery. If 
the delivery was from a buying station, leave this column blank. If a 
blue logsheet was not received from the catcher vessel, the manager 
must enter ``NO'' and the appropriate response code (example: 
NO[dash]L) to describe the reason for non-submittal as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
       NON-SUBMITTAL OF DISCARD REPORT                   WRITE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) The catcher vessel does not have an FFP    ``P''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3    ``P''
 m) LOA and does not have an FFP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3    ``L''
 m) LOA and has an FFP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4) The catcher vessel delivered an unsorted   ``U''
 codend
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5) Another reason; describe circumstances     ``O''
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (C) Vessel identification. Name and ADF&G vessel registration 
number of the catcher vessel or buying station (if applicable) 
delivering the groundfish.
    (D) Receipt time. Record time (in military format, A.l.t.) when 
receipt of groundfish delivery was completed.
    (E) Beginning position of receipt. Record the latitude and 
longitude position coordinates where receipt of the groundfish delivery 
began.
    (F) Estimated total groundfish hail weight. Enter the total 
estimated hail weight of the combined species. Total hail weight is an 
estimate of the total retained weight of the catch without regard to 
species. Indicate whether estimated weight is to the nearest pound or 
to the nearest 0.001 mt. If a catcher vessel reported discards on a 
blue DFL but did not deliver groundfish, enter ``0'' in this column.
    (G) IR/IU species (see Sec.  679.27). Enter the species code of IR/
IU species and the estimated total round weight for each IR/IU species, 
if applicable; indicate whether estimated weight is to the nearest 
pound or the nearest 0.001 mt.
    (H) ADF&G fish ticket numbers. If receiving unprocessed groundfish 
from a catcher vessel, record the ADF&G fish ticket number that you 
issued to each catcher vessel. If receiving unprocessed groundfish from 
an associated buying station, record the ADF&G fish ticket numbers 
issued by the buying station on your behalf to the catcher vessel.
    (vi) Product information. The operator must record the following 
groundfish product information in the DCPL for products made from 
unprocessed groundfish deliveries received from a buying station or a 
catcher vessel; groundfish received from another processor or other 
source; and groundfish received for custom processing by you for 
another processor or business entity. If no production occurred for a 
given day, write ``no production.''
    (A) Species code and product code. Record the species code, product 
code, and product designation.
    (B) Product weight. Record the daily total weight in either fish 
product weight or actual scale weight of product. Indicate whether 
product weight is recorded to the nearest pound or nearest 0.001 mt.
    (C) Balance forward. Record the balance forward weight from the 
previous day.
    (D) Product weekly cumulative totals. Record the weekly cumulative 
totals of groundfish weights; determine weekly cumulative total by 
adding daily totals and the balance forward from the day before. These 
weights may be either total fish product weight or actual scale weight 
of product.
    (E) Weekly cumulative product totals. Summarize weekly cumulative 
product totals of groundfish weights separately by reporting area; 
management program; gear type; and if trawl gear was used by harvester, 
if harvest occurred in the COBLZ or RKCSA.
    (F) Zero product balance. The operator must record ``0'' or zero 
balance forward and start a new logsheet:
    (1) After the offload or transfer of all fish or fish product 
onboard, if such offload occurs prior to the end of a weekly reporting 
period.
    (2) At the beginning of each weekly reporting period. Nothing shall 
be carried forward from the previous weekly reporting period.
    (G) Custom processing. The operator must record products that 
result from custom processing by you for another processor or business 
entity. If you receive unprocessed or processed groundfish to be 
handled or processed for another person, enter these groundfish in a 
DCPL consistently throughout a fishing year using one of the following 
two methods:
    (1) Combined records. Record landings (if applicable), discards or 
dispositions, and products of contract-processed groundfish without 
separate identification; or
    (2) Separate records. Record landings (if applicable), discards or 
dispositions, and products of custom-processed groundfish in a separate 
DCPL identified by the name, FFP number, and ADF&G processor code of 
the associated business entity.
    (vii) Required discard or disposition information. The operator 
must record discard or disposition information that occurred onboard 
after receipt of groundfish from a catcher vessel or buying station; 
occurred prior to, during, and after processing of groundfish; was 
reported on a blue DFL received from a catcher vessel delivering 
groundfish; no groundfish were delivered but discard or disposition was 
recorded on a blue DFL received from a catcher vessel containing 
records of groundfish discards or disposition; and was reported on a 
BSR received from a buying station delivering groundfish, if

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different from the blue DFL logsheets submitted by catcher vessels to 
the buying station. If no discards or disposition occurred for a given 
day or for a weekly reporting period, write ``no discards.'' The 
operator must record the following discard or disposition information:
    (A) Discard species code and product code. Record the species code 
and product code.
    (B) Discard estimated daily total weight. Record the estimated 
daily total weight, balance forward weight from the previous day, and 
weekly cumulative total weight of groundfish or herring PSC discard and 
disposition; indicate whether to nearest pound or to the nearest 0.001 
mt. Determine weekly cumulative total by adding daily totals and 
balance forward weights. Summarize weekly cumulative discard and 
disposition totals of groundfish or herring PSC weights separately by 
reporting area, management program, gear type, and if trawl gear used, 
whether discard or disposition occurred in the COBLZ or RKCSA.
    (C) PSC discard daily total numbers. Estimated daily total number, 
balance forward number from the previous day, and weekly cumulative 
total number of prohibited species animals (Pacific salmon, steelhead 
trout, Pacific halibut, king crabs, and Tanner crabs). Determine weekly 
cumulative total by adding daily totals and balance forward numbers. 
Summarize weekly cumulative discard and disposition totals of numbers 
of PSC animals separately by reporting area, management program, gear 
type, and if trawl gear used, if discard or disposition occurred in the 
COBLZ or RKCSA.
    (D) Zero discard balance. The operator must record ``0'' or zero 
balance forward and start a new logsheet:
    (1) After the offload or transfer of all fish or fish product 
onboard, if such offload occurs prior to the end of a weekly reporting 
period.
    (2) At the beginning of each weekly reporting period. Nothing shall 
be carried forward from the previous weekly reporting period.
    (d) Buying Station Report (BSR)--(1) Responsibility. (i) The 
operator or manager of a buying station that receives or delivers 
groundfish harvested from the GOA or BSAI in association with a 
shoreside processor or SFP as defined in paragraph (c)(5) or a 
mothership as defined in paragraph (c)(6) of this section, must 
complete and retain a separate BSR for each delivery of unprocessed 
groundfish or donated prohibited species received from a catcher vessel 
on behalf of an associated processor.
    (ii) The operator or manager must ensure that the following 
accompanies each groundfish delivery from the landing site to the 
associated processor:
    (A) A complete and accurate BSR that describes the delivery;
    (B) Any blue DFL logsheets or equivalent printed ELB discard 
reports received from a catcher vessel; and
    (C) Copies of all ADF&G fish tickets issued to the catcher vessel 
on behalf of the associated processor.
    (iii) The operator of a catcher vessel, by prior arrangement with 
an associated processor, may function as a buying station for his own 
catch as follows:
    (A) By shipping his groundfish catch with a copy of the BSR 
directly to that processor via truck or airline in the event that the 
processor is not located where the harvest is offloaded; or
    (B) By driving a truck that contains his catch and a copy of the 
BSR to the processor.
    (2) Data entry time limits. The operator or manager of a buying 
station must record in the BSR all required information and sign the 
BSR within 2 hours of completion of delivery from a catcher vessel.
    (3) Required information, if inactive. The operator or manager of a 
buying station is not required to record information if inactive.
    (4) Required information, if active. A buying station is active 
when receiving, discarding, or delivering groundfish for an associated 
processor. The operator or manager of a buying station must record the 
following information on a BSR for each delivery:
    (i) Original/revised report. If a BSR is the first submitted to the 
Regional Administrator for a given date, gear type, and reporting area, 
indicate ``ORIGINAL REPORT''. If a report is a correction to a 
previously submitted BSR for a given date, gear type, and reporting 
area, indicate ``REVISED REPORT''.
    (ii) Name of buying station. Enter name and ADF&G vessel 
registration number if a vessel, or name and license number if a 
vehicle; the name should be recorded as it is displayed in official 
documentation.
    (iii) Operator or manager name and signature. The operator or 
manager must sign the completed BSR prior to delivery of harvest to a 
mothership, shoreside processor, or SFP. This signature is verification 
by the operator or manager of acceptance of the responsibility required 
in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
    (iv) Management program. Indicate whether harvest occurred under 
one of the special management programs (see paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of 
this section). If harvest is not under one of these management 
programs, leave blank.
    (v) Indicate gear type of harvester.
    (vi) Federal reporting area (see Figures 1 and 3 to this part) from 
which groundfish were harvested.
    (vii) If harvester gear type was trawl and gear retrieval occurred 
in the COBLZ or RKCSA (see Figures 11 and 13 to this part), use two 
separate BSRs to record the information: one BSR for the reporting area 
that includes COBLZ or RKCSA, and a second BSR to record the 
information from the reporting area that does not include COBLZ or 
RKCSA.
    (viii) Associated processor. Enter the name, ADF&G processor code, 
FFP number or FPP number of the associated processor, date (mm/dd/yy) 
and time (A.l.t., military format) delivery was completed.
    (ix) Catcher vessel delivery information--(A) Catcher vessel 
identification. Name and ADF&G vessel registration number of catcher 
vessel making the delivery.
    (B) Non-submittal of discard report. Indicate whether the blue 
logsheet was received from the catcher vessel at the time of catch 
delivery. If the blue logsheet is not received from the catcher vessel, 
enter ``NO'' and the appropriate response code to describe the reason 
for non-submittal. If a blue logsheet was not submitted by the catcher 
vessel, the operator must indicate one of the following reasons:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
       NON-SUBMITTAL OF DISCARD REPORT                   WRITE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) The catcher vessel does not have an FFP    ``P''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3    ``P''
 m) LOA and does not have an FFP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3    ``L''
 m) LOA and has an FFP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4) The catcher vessel delivered an unsorted   ``U''
 codend
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5) Another reason; describe circumstances     ``O''
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (C) ADF&G fish ticket number issued to catcher vessel.
    (D) Species codes and scale weight. In addition to recording the 
total estimated delivery weight or actual scale weight of

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a catcher vessel delivery, if the operator or manager of the buying 
station sorted the delivery prior to delivery to an associated 
processor, he or she may enter specific species code and scale weights 
of individual species to the BSR; indicate whether to the nearest pound 
or to 0.001 mt.
    (E) Groundfish hail weight. Enter the estimated total groundfish 
hail weight or actual scale weight of delivery. Total hail weight is an 
estimate of the total retained weight of the catch without regard to 
species. Indicate whether to the nearest pound or to the nearest 0.001 
mt.
    (x) Discard and disposition information--(A) Discard. The operator 
or manager of a buying station must record in a BSR, discard or 
disposition information that:
    (1) Occurred on and was reported by a catcher vessel on a blue 
logsheet;
    (2) Occurred on the buying station prior to delivery to an 
associated processor; and
    (3) Was recorded on a blue logsheet submitted to the buying station 
by a catcher vessel when no groundfish were delivered by the catcher 
vessel (for example, disposition code 95 describes fish or fish 
products eaten onboard or taken off the vessel for personal use). 
Discard or disposition information must include:
    (B) No discards. If no discards or disposition for a delivery, 
write ``no discards''.
    (C) Discard weight. Total discard weight of groundfish and herring 
PSC by species code and product code (indicate whether to nearest pound 
or to the nearest 0.001 mt).
    (D) PSC discard numbers. Total PSC discard number of animals by 
species code and product code.
    (e) Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS) and eLandings--
(1) Responsibility--(i) Hardware, software, and Internet connectivity. 
Unless NMFS approves an alternative reporting method, for recordkeeping 
and reporting data for those fisheries listed in paragraph (e)(2) of 
this section, a User must obtain at his or her own expense hardware, 
software, and Internet connectivity to support Internet submissions of 
commercial fishery landings for which participants report to NMFS, 
production data, and discard or disposition data. The User must enter 
this information over the Internet at http://elandings.alaska.gov by 
logging on to the eLanding system or by using the desktop client 
software.
    (ii) Computer or network failure--(A) Groundfish. In the event the 
eLandings system and/or the Internet is unavailable for a period longer 
than the required reporting time, contact NMFS Inseason Management at 
907-586-7228 for instructions. The User must have onsite or onboard 
prior to fishing activity an appropriate interim paper form on which to 
record data. A User who for any reason is unable to properly submit a 
landing report or production report through eLandings must enter the 
information onto the interim paper form for reference until network 
connections are restored. When the network is restored, the User must 
enter this same information into eLandings.
    (B) IFQ manual landing report for crab, halibut, and sablefish. If 
the Internet connection is unavailable or a change must be made to IFQ 
crab, halibut, and sablefish information submitted through the 
eLandings IFQ section (IFQ report), the User must complete an IFQ 
manual landing report to enter or change the data and submit it by fax 
to 907-586-7313. Manual landing instructions must be obtained from OLE, 
Juneau, AK at 800-304-4846 (Select Option 1). The User must complete 
all questions on the manual report, even if only one item has changed. 
In addition, the following information is required: whether the manual 
landing report is an original or revised, name, telephone number, and 
fax number of individual submitting the manual landing report.
    (2) eLandings processor registration. (i) Before a User can use the 
eLandings system to report landings, production, discard or disposition 
data, he or she must request authorization to use the system, reserve a 
unique UserID, and obtain a password by using the Internet to complete 
the eLandings processor registration at https://elandings.alaska.gov/elandings/Register.
    (ii) Upon receipt of the registration information, eLandings 
verifies that all of the required information is provided in the 
correct format, and that the requested UserID is not already in use. 
After completing registration or creating a new operation, eLandings 
will generate a User Agreement Form. The User must print, sign, and fax 
the registration form to NMFS/RAM eLandings Registration at 907-586-
7354.
    (iii) The User's signature on the registration form means that the 
User agrees to the following terms:
    (A) To use eLandings access privileges only for submitting 
legitimate fishery landing reports;
    (B) To safeguard the UserID and password to prevent their use by 
unauthorized persons; and
    (C) To ensure that the User is authorized to submit landing reports 
for the processor permit number(s) listed.
    (iv) Upon registration acceptance, the User must print, sign, and 
mail the registration form to NMFS/RAM eLandings Registration, P.O. Box 
21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; or fax a signed form to 907-586-7354, 
Attn: eLandings Registration; or deliver the signed form by courier to 
NMFS/RAM eLandings Registration, 709 West Ninth Street, Suite 713, 
Juneau, AK 99801. Confirmation will be e-mailed to indicate that the 
User is registered, authorized to use eLandings, and that the UserID 
and User's account are enabled.
    (3) Information required for eLandings processor registration form. 
The User must enter the following information to obtain operation 
registration and UserID registration:
    (i) Operation type. Select the operation type from the dropdown 
list according to the following table:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Enter one of these
          For this Federal category:              eLandings operation
                                                         types:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shoreside processor or SFP                     Plant/receiver
                                              --------------------------
                                               Custom processing
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mothership                                     At-sea
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Catcher/processor                              At-sea
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buying station                                 Tender
                                              --------------------------
                                               Buying Station
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (ii) Operation name. Enter a name that will refer to the specific 
operation. For example, if the plant is in Kodiak and the company is 
East Pacific Seafoods, the operation name might read ``East Pacific 
Seafoods [dash] Kodiak''.
    (iii) ADF&G processor code and home port of shoreside processor, 
SFP, mothership, or catcher/processor.
    (iv) Federal permit number--(A) Shoreside processor or SFP. If a 
shoreside processor or SFP, enter the FPP number.
    (B) Catcher/processor or mothership. If a catcher/processor or 
mothership, enter the FFP number.
    (C) Registered Buyer. If a Registered Buyer, enter the Registered 
Buyer permit number.
    (D) Registered Crab Receiver. If a Registered Crab Receiver, enter 
the Registered Crab Receiver permit number.
    (E) Buying station. If a buying station, enter the home port code; 
if a tender, enter the ADF&G vessel registration

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number; if a vehicle, enter the vehicle license number.
    (v) Physical operation. If a buying station or custom processor, 
enter the following information to identify the associated processor: 
operation type, ADF&G processor code, and applicable FFP number, FPP 
number, Registered Buyer permit number, or/or Registered Crab Receiver 
permit number if held.
    (vi) UserID registration for primary User. The User must enter the 
following information: Requested UserID, initial password, company 
name, User name, city and state, business telephone number, fax number, 
e-mail address, security question, and security answer.
    (4) Information entered automatically for eLandings landing report. 
eLandings autofills the following fields from processor registration 
records (see paragraph (e)(2) of this section): UserID, processor 
company name, business telephone number, e-mail address, port of 
landing, ADF&G processor code, and Federal permit number. eLandings 
will assign a unique landing report number upon completion of data 
entry.
    (5) Information entered for each groundfish delivery to a shoreside 
processor and SFP--(i) Contents. The User of a shoreside processor and 
SFP must enter the following information provided by the operator of a 
catcher vessel or operator or manager of a buying station into the 
eLandings or other NMFS-approved software for each groundfish delivery 
(other than IFQ sablefish):
    (A) Delivery information. (1) Number of observers present.
    (2) Crew size (including operator).
    (3) Management program name and identifying number (if any). 
Indicate in which management program harvest occurred.
    (4) ADF&G groundfish statistical area of harvest.
    (5) Date (mm/dd/yy) that delivery was completed.
    (6) Indicate (YES or NO) whether delivery is from a buying station.
    (7) If the delivery is received from a buying station, indicate the 
name of buying station.
    (8) If delivery is received from a catcher vessel, indicate the 
name and ADF&G vessel registration number of the vessel.
    (9) Indicate whether a discard report was received from catcher 
vessel. If NO, select reason provided by the catcher vessel for not 
supplying this copy.
    (10) Indicate gear type of harvester.
    (11) Total estimated hail weight (in pounds).
    (12) ADF&G fish ticket number provided to catcher vessel (eLandings 
assigns an ADF&G fish ticket number to the landing report).
    (B) Landings. The User of a shoreside processor or SFP must record 
the following landings information for all retained species from 
groundfish deliveries:
    (1) Date of landing (mm/dd).
    (2) Weight (in pounds) by species code and delivery condition code.
    (C) Discard or disposition information. (1) The User must record 
discard or disposition information that occurred on and was reported by 
a vessel operator; that occurred on and was reported by a buying 
station; and that occurred prior to, during, and after production of 
groundfish at the shoreside processor or SFP. Discards and dispositions 
also must be recorded when no groundfish are delivered but the blue DFL 
is submitted by a catcher vessel containing records of discards or 
disposition.
    (2) If groundfish or prohibited species herring, enter species 
code, delivery condition code, disposition code, and weight (in 
pounds), and
    (3) If prohibited species halibut, salmon, or crab, enter species 
code, delivery condition code, disposition code, and count (in numbers 
of animals).
    (ii) Signatures. If delivery is groundfish, and reported by a 
shoreside processor or SFP, both the User of the shoreside processor or 
SFP and the operator of the delivering catcher vessel must sign the 
completed landing report (ADF&G fish ticket) by noon of the day 
following the delivery day.
    (iii) Submittal time limit. The User of a shoreside processor or 
SFP must enter information described at paragraphs (e)(5)(i) and (ii) 
of this section into eLandings or other NMFS-approved software for each 
groundfish delivery from a specific vessel by noon of the day following 
the delivery day.
    (6) Information entered for each groundfish delivery to a 
mothership--(i) Contents. The User of a mothership must enter the 
following information provided by the operator of a catcher vessel or 
operator or manager of a buying station into the eLandings or other 
NMFS-approved software for each groundfish delivery:
    (A) Delivery information. (1) Number of observers present.
    (2) Crew size (including operator).
    (3) Management program name and identifying number (if any). 
Indicate in which management program harvest occurred.
    (4) ADF&G groundfish statistical area of harvest.
    (5) Date (mm/dd) that delivery was completed.
    (6) If the delivery is received from a buying station, indicate the 
name of the buying station.
    (7) If delivery received from a catcher vessel, enter the ADF&G 
vessel registration number of the vessel.
    (8) Indicate whether a discard report was received from catcher 
vessel. If NO, select the reason provided by the catcher vessel for not 
supplying this copy.
    (9) Gear type of harvester.
    (10) Total estimated round weight by species (pounds).
    (11) ADF&G fish ticket number provided to catcher vessel (eLandings 
assigns an ADF&G fish ticket number to the landing report).
    (B) Discard or disposition information. (1) The User must record 
discard or disposition information that occurred on and was reported by 
a catcher vessel; that occurred on and was reported by a buying 
station; and that occurred prior to, during, and after production of 
groundfish at the mothership. Discards and dispositions also must be 
recorded when no groundfish are delivered but the blue DFL is submitted 
by a catcher vessel containing records of discards or disposition.
    (2) If groundfish or prohibited species herring, enter species 
code, delivery condition code, disposition code, and weight (in 
pounds), and
    (3) If prohibited species halibut, salmon, or crab, enter species 
code, delivery condition code, disposition code, and count (in numbers 
of animals).
    (ii) Signatures. If delivery is groundfish, and reported by a 
mothership, both the User of the mothership and operator of the 
delivering catcher vessel must sign the landing report (ADF&G fish 
ticket) by noon of the day following the delivery day.
    (iii) Submittal time limit. The User of a mothership must enter 
information described at paragraphs (e)(6)(i) and (ii) of this section 
into eLandings or other NMFS-approved software for each groundfish 
delivery from a specific vessel by noon of the day following the 
delivery day.
    (7) Information entered for each IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ 
sablefish delivery--(i) Contents. The User of a Registered Buyer must 
enter the following information into eLandings or other NMFS-approved 
software for each IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ sablefish delivery:
    (A) User identification. NMFS person ID of User.
    (B) Landing date. Date (mm/dd) of the landing.

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    (C) Landing location. Location of the landing (port code).
    (D) Permit numbers. Permit number of the IFQ cardholder or CDQ 
halibut cardholder harvesting the fish and permit number of Registered 
Buyer receiving the IFQ halibut, IFQ sablefish, or CDQ halibut.
    (E) Delivery information. As reported by the IFQ cardholder or CDQ 
halibut cardholder.
    (1) Harvesting vessel's ADF&G vessel registration number.
    (2) Gear code used to harvest IFQ halibut, IFQ sablefish, or CDQ 
halibut.
    (3) ADF&G fish ticket number(s) for the landing (after the initial 
eLandings report is submitted, eLandings assigns an ADF&G fish ticket 
number to the landing report).
    (4) ADF&G statistical area of harvest.
    (5) If ADF&G statistical area is bisected by a line dividing two 
IFQ regulatory areas, provide the IFQ regulatory area of harvest 
reported by the IFQ cardholder or CDQ halibut cardholder, and
    (6) Except as provided in paragraph (e)(7)(i)(E)(7) of this 
section, initial accurate scale weight(s) (in pounds) made at the time 
of offloading for IFQ halibut, IFQ sablefish, or CDQ halibut sold and 
retained (where retained includes: fish intended for personal use, fish 
weighed and reloaded for delivery to another processor, and fish landed 
but rejected at the dock by the Registered Buyer); species codes; 
delivery condition code; and disposition code for each ADF&G 
statistical area of harvest.
    (7) Accurate weight of IFQ sablefish processed product obtained 
before the offload may be substituted for the initial accurate scale 
weight provided in paragraph (e)(7)(i)(E)(6) of this section, at time 
of offload, if the vessel operator is a Registered Buyer reporting an 
IFQ sablefish landing.
    (8) Indicate whether initial accurate scale weight is given with or 
without ice and slime. Fish which have been washed prior to weighing or 
which have been offloaded from refrigerated salt water are not eligible 
for a 2-percent deduction for ice and slime and must be reported as 
fish weights without ice and slime.
    (9) Indicate whether IFQ halibut is incidental catch concurrent 
with legal landing of salmon or concurrent with legal landing of 
lingcod harvested using dinglebar gear.
    (ii) Signatures. If reporting IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, or IFQ 
sablefish, the User of the Registered Buyer and the IFQ cardholder or 
CDQ cardholder must sign the landing report (ADF&G fish ticket), IFQ 
receipt, and IFQ manual landing report within 6 hours after all IFQ 
halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ sablefish are offloaded from a harvesting 
vessel and prior to shipment or transfer of the fish from the landing 
site.
    (iii) Time limits--(A) Landing hours. A landing of IFQ halibut, CDQ 
halibut, or IFQ sablefish may commence only between 0600 hours, A.l.t., 
and 1800 hours, A.l.t., unless permission to land at a different time 
(waiver) is granted in advance by a clearing officer.
    (B) Landing completion. The User of the Registered Buyer must 
submit a completed IFQ Landing Report (ADF&G fish ticket), as described 
at paragraph (e)(7)(i) of this section, within 6 hours after all IFQ 
halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ sablefish are offloaded from a specific 
vessel and prior to shipment or transfer of said fish from the landing 
site.
    (8) Information entered for each IFQ crab delivery--(i) Contents. 
The User of the Registered Crab Receiver must enter the following 
information into the eLandings or other NMFS-approved software for each 
IFQ crab delivery:
    (A) Permit numbers. RCR permit number and IFQ permit number, and 
IPQ permit number, as appropriate.
    (B) Operation type. (1) If a shoreside processor or SFP, enter type 
of processing operation and port code from Table 14a or 14b to this 
part.
    (2) If a catcher/processor, enter operation type from Table 14c to 
this part.
    (C) Delivery information. As reported by IFQ permit holder.
    (1) ADF&G vessel registration number of the delivering vessel.
    (2) Date (mm/dd) fishing began.
    (3) Date (mm/dd) of the IFQ crab landing.
    (4) ADF&G fish ticket number (automatically supplied).
    (5) ADF&G statistical area of harvest.
    (6) Species code of catch from Table 2 to part 680.
    (7) Delivery-condition codes of catch from Table 3a to this part.
    (8) Number of crab retained and sold condition code, product type, 
size/grade, and sold pounds; and optionally, price per pound.
    (9) Scale weight of deadloss (in pounds) and scale weight of crab 
retained for personal use (in pounds). Deadloss and personal use crab 
that an IPQ holder did not purchase will not be debited from the IPQ 
holder's account.
    (ii) Signatures. For an IFQ crab delivery, the User of the RCR must 
sign the landing report (ADF&G fish ticket) and the IFQ receipt; when 
appropriate, the IFQ permit holder or hired master, must also sign the 
landing report and the IFQ receipt within 6 hours after all crab is 
offloaded from the vessel.
    (iii) Submittal time limits. (A) Except as indicated in paragraph 
(e)(8)(iii)(B) of this section, the User of the RCR is required to 
submit a landing report described at paragraph (e)(8)(i) of this 
section within 6 hours after all crab is offloaded from the vessel.
    (B) For IFQ crab harvested on a catcher/processor, the User of the 
RCR is required to sign and submit an IFQ crab landing report to NMFS 
by Tuesday noon after the end of each weekly reporting period in which 
IFQ crab was harvested.
    (9) Information entered for IFQ crab custom processing landings. In 
addition to the information required in paragraph (e)(8) of this 
section, if custom processing IFQ crab, the User of the RCR must enter 
the ADF&G processor code of the person for which the IFQ crab was 
custom processed.
    (10) Shoreside processor or SFP information entered for eLandings 
production report--(i) Contents. eLandings autofills the following 
fields when creating an eLandings production report: FPP number, 
company name, ADF&G processor code, User name, email address, and 
telephone number. In addition, the User of the shoreside processor or 
SFP must enter the following information:
    (A) Date. Reporting date (mm/dd).
    (B) Manager name and signature. Printed name and signature of the 
manager; and
    (C) No production. Indicate if no production occurred.
    (D) Product information. The User must enter the following 
information if production occurred:
    (1) Whether harvested in GOA or BSAI.
    (2) Product by species code, product type, and product code; and
    (3) Product weight in pounds.
    (ii) Submittal time limits. The User of a shoreside processor or 
SFP must daily submit an eLandings production report when checked-in 
pursuant to paragraph (h)(2) of this section by noon each day to record 
the previous day's production information.
    (11) Catcher/processor or mothership information entered for 
eLandings production report--(i) Contents. eLandings autofills the 
following fields when creating an eLandings production report: FFP 
number, company name, ADF&G processor code, User name, email address, 
telephone number, and week-ending date. In addition, the User of the 
catcher/processor or mothership must enter the following information:
    (A) Date. Reporting date (mm/dd).
    (B) Crew size (including operator).
    (C) Operator name and signature. Operator printed name and 
signature.

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    (D) No production. Indicate if no production occurred.
    (E) Area. Federal reporting area where harvest occurred.
    (F) Product information. The User must enter the following 
information if production occurred:
    (1) Product by species code, product type, and product code; and
    (2) Product weight in metric tons.
    (G) Gear type of harvester.
    (H) ADF&G fish ticket number. If a mothership, ADF&G fish ticket 
number issued to catcher vessel at delivery.
    (ii) Submittal time limits (This paragraph (e)(11)(ii) is effective 
until January 1, 2008). (A) The User of a mothership must submit daily 
an eLandings production report when checked-in pursuant to paragraph 
(h)(2) of this section by noon each day to record the previous day's 
production information.
    (B) The User of a catcher/processor must submit weekly an eLandings 
production report when checked-in pursuant to paragraph (h)(2) of this 
section by 1200 hours, A.l.t. on Tuesday following the end of the 
applicable weekly reporting period and for the last week of each 
calendar year (if still checked-in), when it ends at 2400 hours, A.l.t. 
December 31).
    (12) eLandings printed reports. The User daily must print onsite 
through eLandings each landing report (ADF&G fish ticket), eLandings 
production report, and if an IFQ delivery, each IFQ receipt or IFQ 
manual landing report.
    (i) The User of the shoreside processor or SFP and the catcher 
vessel operator or buying station operator or manager must acknowledge 
the accuracy of the printed groundfish landing report by signing and 
dating it as indicated in paragraphs (e)(5)(ii) and (iii) of this 
section. The User of the shoreside processor or SFP must print each 
eLandings production report as indicated in paragraph (e)(10) of this 
section.
    (ii) The User of the mothership and the catcher vessel operator or 
buying station operator must acknowledge the accuracy of the printed 
groundfish landing report by signing and dating it as indicated in 
paragraphs (e)(6)(ii) and (iii) of this section. The User of the 
mothership must print each eLandings production report as indicated in 
paragraph (e)(11) of this section.
    (iii) The User of the catcher/processor must acknowledge the 
accuracy of the printed groundfish landing report by signing and dating 
it as indicated in paragraphs (e)(6)(ii) and (iii) of this section. The 
User of the catcher/processor must print each eLandings production as 
indicated in paragraph (e)(11) of this section.
    (iv) The User of the Registered Buyer and the IFQ cardholder or CDQ 
cardholder must acknowledge the accuracy of the printed IFQ halibut, 
CDQ halibut, or IFQ sablefish landing report (ADF&G fish ticket), IFQ 
receipt, and if necessary, IFQ manual landing report, by signing and 
dating it as indicated in paragraphs (e)(7)(ii) and (iii) of this 
section.
    (v) The User of the Registered Crab Receiver and the IFQ permit 
holder or hired master must acknowledge the accuracy of the printed IFQ 
crab landing report, IFQ receipt, and, if necessary, IFQ manual landing 
report, by signing and dating it as indicated in paragraphs (e)(8)(ii) 
and (iii) of this section.
    (13) Retention of eLandings printed reports. The User must retain 
the printed copies as indicated at paragraph (a)(5) of this section. 
The User must make available the printed copies upon request of NMFS 
observers and authorized officers.
    (f) Electronic logbooks (ELBs). An ELB may be used in place of a 
DFL or DCPL, described in paragraph (c) of this section. To satisfy ELB 
use requirements, the operator after data entry must routinely create 
three products: an ELB logsheet, an ELB discard report, and an ELB data 
export.
    (1) Responsibility. The operator must notify the Regional 
Administrator by fax at 907-586-7465 to ensure that NMFS knows that the 
operator is using a NMFS-approved ELB instead of a DFL or DCPL, prior 
to participating in any Federal fishery.
    (i) Catcher vessel longline and pot gear ELB. The operator of a 
catcher vessel using longline and pot gear may use a NMFS-approved 
catcher vessel longline or pot gear ELB in lieu of using the NMFS-
prescribed catcher vessel longline or pot gear DFL required at 
paragraph (c)(3) of this section.
    (ii) Catcher/processor longline and pot gear ELB. The operator of a 
catcher/processor using longline and pot gear may use a NMFS-approved 
catcher/processor longline or pot gear ELB in lieu of using the NMFS-
prescribed catcher/processor longline or pot gear DCPL required at 
paragraph (c)(3) of this section.
    (iii) Catcher vessel trawl gear ELB. The operator of a catcher 
vessel using trawl gear may use a NMFS-approved catcher vessel trawl 
gear ELB in lieu of using the NMFS-prescribed catcher vessel trawl gear 
DFL required at paragraph (c)(4) of this section.
    (iv) Catcher/processor trawl gear ELB. The operator of a catcher/
processor using trawl gear may use a NMFS-approved catcher/processor 
trawl gear ELB in lieu of using the NMFS-prescribed catcher/processor 
trawl gear DCPL required at paragraph (c)(4) of this section.
    (v) Mothership ELB. The operator of a mothership may use a NMFS-
approved mothership ELB in lieu of using the NMFS-prescribed mothership 
DCPL required at paragraph (c)(6) of this section.
    (vi) If using a NMFS-approved ELB, the operator is not required to 
quarterly submit logsheets to OLE.
    (2) Requirements for using an ELB--(i) Use a NMFS-approved ELB. The 
operator must use only a NMFS-approved ELB. The Regional Administrator 
maintains a list of approved ELBs on the NMFS home page at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov (see also Sec.  679.28(h) for approval of vendor 
software).
    (ii) Keep a current copy of DFL or DCPL onboard. To ensure proper 
recording of the vessel's fishing activity in the event of problems 
with the ELB, the operator must keep a current copy of the appropriate 
DFL or DCPL onboard. In the event that electronic transmission isn't 
made or confirmed for the ELB, the operator must enter information into 
the paper DFL or DCPL in accordance with the regulations at paragraphs 
(c)(1) through (c)(4) of this section. The operator must transfer any 
information recorded in a DFL or DCPL to the ELB when transmission 
resumes function.
    (iii) Enter all required information into the ELB--(A) Inactive. 
The operator must enter all required information, if inactive (see 
paragraph (c)(2) of this section).
    (B) Active. The operator must enter all required information, if 
active (see paragraphs (c)(3) (c)(4), or (c)(6) of this section, as 
appropriate).
    (1) Record the haul number or set number, time and date gear set, 
time and date gear hauled, begin and end position, CDQ group number (if 
applicable), and hail weight for each haul or set within 2 hours after 
completion of gear retrieval.
    (2) Daily complete ELB data entry and printing of copies as 
indicated in paragraph (f)(3)(i) of this section.
    (iv) Regularly backup ELB data. The operator must regularly backup 
ELB data to ensure that data are not lost in the event of hardware or 
software problems.
    (v) Correct errors in ELB data. If after an ELB discard report and 
ELB logsheet are printed, an error is found in the data, the operator 
must make any necessary changes to the data, print a new copy of the 
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ELB logsheet, and export the revised file to NMFS. The operator must 
retain both the original and revised ELB reports.
    (3) Printed copies. Upon completion of ELB data entry each day, the 
operator must print in the NMFS-specified format:
    (i) ELB logsheet. (A) Print a copy of an ELB logsheet when a vessel 
is active, by noon each day to record the previous day's ELB 
information.
    (B) Print one ELB logsheet to describe a continuous period of 
inactivity, when a vessel is inactive.
    (C) Print a copy of the ELB logsheet for the observer's use if an 
observer is present, by noon each day to record the previous day's ELB 
information.
    (ii) ELB discard report. (A) Print a copy of an ELB discard report 
upon completion of each fishing trip or each offload of fish.
    (B) If an observer is present, print a copy of the ELB discard 
report for the observer's use upon completion of each fishing trip or 
each offload of fish.
    (4) Signatures--(i) ELB logsheet. The operator daily must sign and 
date each printed ELB logsheet by noon each day to record the previous 
day's ELB information. The signature of the operator is verification of 
acceptance of the responsibility required in paragraph (a)(2) of this 
section.
    (ii) ELB discard report. The operator daily must sign and date each 
printed ELB discard report upon completion of each fishing trip or each 
offload of fish. The signature of the operator is verification of 
acceptance of the responsibility required in paragraph (a)(2) of this 
section.
    (5) Submittal time limits. (i) The operator of a catcher vessel 
using an ELB must upon delivery of catch submit the ELB discard report 
to the mothership, shoreside processor, or SFP.
    (ii) The operator or manager of a buying station that receives 
groundfish catch from a catcher vessel using an ELB must upon delivery 
of catch submit the ELB discard report to the mothership, shoreside 
processor, or SFP and the ELB data export directly to the Regional 
Administrator or through the mothership, shoreside processor, or SFP.
    (6) Retention. The operator must keep a signed copy of each ELB 
logsheet and each ELB discard report, filed in sequence for immediate 
access by authorized personnel as described at paragraph (a)(5) of this 
section.
    (7) ELB data export. The operator must transmit an ELB data export 
to NMFS at the specified e-mail address within 24 hours of completing 
each fishing trip or offload, either by submitting the data export:
    (i) Directly to NMFS as an email attachment; or
    (ii) If a catcher vessel, directly to NMFS as an email attachment 
or to NMFS through a shoreside processor, SFP, or mothership who 
received his/her groundfish catch. Through a prior agreement with the 
catcher vessel, the operator of a mothership or the manager of a 
shoreside processor or SFP will forward the ELB data export to NMFS as 
an email attachment within 24 hours of completing receipt of the 
catcher vessel's catch.
    (iii) Return receipt. (A) Upon receiving an ELB data export, NMFS 
will generate a dated return-receipt to confirm receipt of the ELB 
data. If errors exist in the data transmitted to NMFS, the receipt will 
identify the errors. If errors are identified, the operator must 
correct the errors and send a revised transmission to NMFS who will 
then confirm acceptance of the ELB data.
    (B) The operator must retain the NMFS return receipt as described 
in paragraph (a)(5) of this section.
    (C) If a return receipt from NMFS is not received within 24 hours, 
the operator of the catcher vessel, the operator of a catcher/
processor, the operator of the mothership, or the manager of the 
shoreside processor or SFP forwarding the ELB data export for the 
operator of the catcher vessel, must contact NMFS by telephone at 907-
586-7228 or fax at 907-586-7131 for instructions.
    (g) Product transfer report (PTR)--(1) General requirements. Except 
as provided in paragraphs (g)(2)(i) through (v) of this section, the 
operator or manager must record on a PTR those species that are listed 
in Tables 2a and 2c to this part when those species are transferred out 
of the facility or off the vessel and may record species listed in 
Table 2d to this part.
* * * * *
    (h) Check-in/check-out report--(1) Requirement. Except as described 
in paragraph (h)(2) of this section, the operator of a catcher/
processor or mothership and manager of a shoreside processor or SFP 
must submit to NMFS a check-in report (BEGIN message) prior to becoming 
active and a check-out report (CEASE message) for every check-in report 
submitted. The check-in report and check-out report may be submitted by 
fax to 907-586-7131, or by e-mail to [email protected].
    (2) Exception, two adjacent reporting areas. If on the same day a 
catcher/processor intends to fish in two adjacent reporting areas (an 
action which would require submittal of check-out reports and check-in 
reports multiple times a day when crossing back and forth across a 
reporting area boundary), and the two reporting areas have on that day 
and time an identical fishing status for every species, the operator 
must:
    (i) Submit to NMFS a check-in report to the first area prior to 
entering the first reporting area, and
    (ii) Submit to NMFS a check-in report to the second area prior to 
entering the second reporting area.
    (iii) Remain within 10 nautical miles (18.5 km) of the boundary 
described in paragraph (h)(2)(i) of this section.
    (iv) If the catcher/processor proceeds in the second reporting area 
beyond 10 nautical miles (18.5 km) of the boundary between the two 
areas, the operator must submit a check-out report from the first 
reporting area. The operator must submit a check-out report from the 
second area upon exiting that reporting area.
    (3) Transit through reporting areas. The operator of a catcher/
processor or mothership is not required to submit a check-in or check-
out report if the vessel is transiting through a reporting area and is 
not fishing or receiving fish.
    (4) Time limits and submittal. Except as indicated in paragraph 
(h)(2) of this section, the operator or manager must submit a check-in 
report and a check-out report according to the following table:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                Submit a BEGIN         Submit a CEASE
   For...      If you are    message within this    message within this
                  a...            time limit             time limit
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(i) Each      (A) C/P       Before gear            Within 24 hours after
 reporting     using trawl   deployment.            departing a
 area,         gear                                 reporting area but
 except 300,                                        prior to checking-in
 400, 550,                                          another reporting
 or 690                                             area.
             -----------------------------------------------------------

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              (B) C/P       Before gear            Upon completion of
               using         deployment. May be     gear retrieval and
               longline or   checked in to more     within 24 hours
               pot gear      than one area          after departing each
                             simultaneously.        reporting area.
             -----------------------------------------------------------
              (C) MS        Before receiving       Within 24 hours after
                             groundfish, must       receipt of fish is
                             check-in to            complete from that
                             reporting area(s)      reporting area.
                             where groundfish      If receipt of
                             were harvested. May    groundfish from a
                             be checked in to       reporting area is
                             more than one area     expected to stop for
                             simultaneously.        at least one month
                                                    during the fishing
                                                    year and then start
                                                    up again, may submit
                                                    check-out report for
                                                    that reporting area.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii) COBLZ    (A) C/P       Prior to fishing.      Upon completion of
 or RKCSA      using trawl   Submit one check-in    gear retrieval for
               gear          for the COBLZ or       groundfish, submit a
                             RKCSA and another      separate check-out
                             check-in for the       for the COBLZ or
                             area outside the       RKCSA and another
                             COBLZ or RKCSA.        check-out for the
                                                    area outside the
                                                    COBLZ or RKCSA.
             -----------------------------------------------------------
              (B) MS        Before receiving       Upon completion of
                             groundfish harvested   groundfish receipt,
                             with trawl gear that   submit a separate
                             were harvested in      check-out for the
                             the COBLZ or RKCSA,    COBLZ or RKCSA and
                             submit one check-in    another check-out
                             for the COBLZ or       for the area outside
                             RKCSA and another      the COBLZ or RKCSA.
                             check-in for the
                             area outside the
                             COBLZ or RKCSA.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iii) Gear    (A) C/P       If in the same         Upon completion of
 Type                        reporting area but     gear retrieval for
                             using more than one    groundfish, submit a
                             gear type, prior to    separate check-out
                             fishing submit a       for each gear type
                             separate check-in      for which a check-in
                             for each gear type.    was submitted.
             -----------------------------------------------------------
              (B) MS        If harvested in the    Upon completion of
                             same reporting area    receipt of
                             but using more than    groundfish, submit a
                             one gear type, prior   separate check-out
                             to receiving           for each gear type
                             groundfish submit a    for which a check-in
                             separate check-in      was submitted.
                             for each gear type.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv) CDQ      (A) MS        Prior to receiving     Within 24 hours after
                             groundfish CDQ, if     receipt of
                             receiving groundfish   groundfish CDQ has
                             under more than one    ceased for each CDQ
                             CDQ number, use a      number.
                             separate check-in
                             for each CDQ number.
             -----------------------------------------------------------
              (B) C/P       Prior to fishing,      Within 24 hours after
                             submit a separate      groundfish CDQ
                             check-in for each      fishing for each CDQ
                             CDQ number.            number has ceased.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v) Exempted  (A) C/P       Prior to fishing,      Upon completion of
 or Research                 submit a separate      receipt of
 Fishery                     check-in for each      groundfish submit a
                             type.                  separate check-out
                                                    for each type for
                                                    which a check-in was
                                                    submitted.
             -----------------------------------------------------------
              (B) MS        Prior to receiving     Upon completion of
                             groundfish, submit a   receipt of
                             separate check-in      groundfish submit a
                             for each type.         separate check-out
                                                    for each type for
                                                    which a check-in was
                                                    submitted.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi) AIP      (A) C/P       Prior to AI pollock    Within 24 hours after
                             fishing.               completion of gear
                                                    retrieval for AI
                                                    pollock.
             -----------------------------------------------------------
              (B) MS        Before receiving AI    Within 24 hours after
                             pollock.               receipt of AIP
                                                    pollock has ceased.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii)         C/P, MS       If a catcher/          Upon completion of
 Processor                   processor and          simultaneous
 Type                        functioning            activity as both
                             simultaneously as a    catcher/processor
                             mothership in the      and mothership, a
                             same reporting area,   separate check-out,
                             before functioning     one for catcher/
                             as either processor    processor and one
                             type.                  for mothership.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii)        (A) C/P, MS   If continually active  If a check-out report
 Change of                   through the end of     was not previously
 fishing                     one fishing year and   submitted during a
 year                        at the beginning of    fishing year for a
                             a second fishing       reporting area,
                             year, submit a check-  submit a check-out
                             in for each            report for each
                             reporting area to      reporting area on
                             start the year on      December 31.
                             January 1.
             -----------------------------------------------------------
              (B) SS, SFP   If continually active  If a check-out report
                             through the end of     was not previously
                             one fishing year and   submitted during a
                             at the beginning of    fishing year, submit
                             a second fishing       a check-out report
                             year, submit a check-  on December 31.
                             in to start the year
                             on January 1.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ix)          SS, SFP, MS   n/a                    If receipt of
 Interruptio                                        groundfish is
 n of                                               expected to stop for
 production                                         at least one month
                                                    during the fishing
                                                    year and then start
                                                    up again, the
                                                    manager or operator
                                                    may choose to submit
                                                    a check-out report.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (5) Required information. The operator of a catcher/processor or 
mothership and the manager of a shoreside processor or SFP must record 
the following information on a check-in

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report and a check-out report, as appropriate.

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                                                                                     Check-in        Check-out
                                                                                      Report          Report
                              Required information                               -------------------------------
                                                                                             SS,             SS,
                                                                                   MS  C/P   SFP   MS  C/P   SFP
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(i) Whether an original or revised report                                         X    X    X     X    X    X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii) Vessel name, ADF&G processor code, FFP number                                X    X    ....  X    X    ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iii) Processor name, ADF&G processor code, FPP number                            ...  ...  X     ...  ...  X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv) Representative name, business telephone number, business fax number          X    X    X     X    X    X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v) COMSAT number (if applicable)                                                 X    X    ....  X    X    ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi) Management program name (see paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this section) and      X    X    ....  X    X    ....
 identifying number (if any). If harvest is not under one of these management
 programs, leave blank.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vii) Processor type, gear type                                                   X    X    ....  X    X    ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii) Date (mm/dd/yy) and time (A.l.t., military format)                         ...  ...  ....  ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) When receipt of groundfish will begin                                         X    ...  ....  ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) When gear deployment will begin                                               ...  X    ....  ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Date will begin to receive groundfish                                         ...  ...  X     ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) When the last receipt of groundfish was completed                             ...  ...  ....  X    ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(E) When the vessel departed the reporting area                                   ...  ...  ....  ...  X    ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(F) Date ceased to receive or process groundfish                                  ...  ...  ....  ...  ...  X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ix) Position coordinates                                                         ...  ...  ....  ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) Where groundfish receipt begins                                               X    ...  ....  ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Where receiving groundfish (if SFP):                                          ...  ...  X     ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Where gear is deployed                                                        ...  X    ....  ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) Where the last receipt of groundfish was completed                            ...  ...  ....  X    ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(E) Where the vessel departed the reporting area                                  ...  ...  ....  ...  X    ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(x) Reporting area code                                                           ...  ...  ....  ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) Where gear deployment begins                                                  ...  X    ....  ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Where groundfish harvest occurred                                             X    ...  ....  ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Where the last receipt of groundfish was completed                            ...  ...  ....  X    ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) Where the vessel departed the reporting area                                  ...  ...  ....  ...  X    ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(xi) Primary and secondary target species                                         ...  ...  ....  ...  ...  ....
A change in intended target species within the same reporting area does not
 require a new BEGIN message.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) Expected to be received the following week                                    X    ...  ....  ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Expected to be harvested the following week                                   ...  X    ....  ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(xii) Indicate (YES or NO) whether this is a check-in report.                     ...  ...  X     ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(xiii) If YES, indicate                                                           ...  ...  ....  ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) Checking in for the first time this fishing year                              ...  ...  X     ...  ...  ....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Checking in to restart receipt and processing of groundfish after filing a    ...  ...  X     ...  ...  ....
 check-out report
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(xiv) Indicate (YES or NO) whether this is a check-out report.                    ...  ...  ....  ...  ...  X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(xv) If YES, indicate, indicate product weight of all fish or fish products       ...  ...  X     ...  ...  X
 (including non-groundfish) remaining at the facility (other than public cold
 storage) by species code and product code. Indicate if recorded in pounds or to
 the nearest 0.001 mt.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (i) Weekly production report (WPR)--(1) Responsibility--(i) 
Requirement. Except as indicated in paragraph (i)(1)(ii) of this 
section, the operator or manager must submit a WPR for any week the 
mothership, catcher/processor, shoreside processor, or SFP is checked-
in pursuant to paragraph (h)(1) of this section.
    (ii) Exemption. If using eLandings or other NMFS-approved software 
(see paragraph (e) of this section), the operator or manager is exempt 
from the requirements to submit a WPR.
    (2) Time limit and submittal. The operator or manager must submit a 
separate WPR to the Regional Administrator by fax at 907-586-7131 or by 
email at [email protected] by 1200 hours, A.l.t. on Tuesday 
following the end of the applicable weekly reporting period.
    (3) Submit separate WPR. The operator or manager must submit a 
separate WPR containing the following information:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                 Submit a separate WPR
         For...             If you are a...             for...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(i) Federal reporting     C/P, MS, SS, SFP    Each reporting area,
 area                                          except 300, 400, 550, and
                                               690.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii) COBLZ or RKCSA       C/P, MS, SS, SFP    If groundfish are caught
                                               with trawl gear in the
                                               COBLZ or RKCSA, submit
                                               one WPR for fish
                                               harvested in the COBLZ or
                                               RKCSA and another WPR for
                                               fish harvested outside
                                               the COBLZ or RKCSA.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iii) Gear Type           C/P, MS, SS, SFP    Each gear type of
                                               harvester if groundfish
                                               are caught in the same
                                               reporting area using more
                                               than one gear type.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv) Management program   C/P, MS, SS, SFP    If groundfish are caught
                                               under a special
                                               management program (see
                                               paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of
                                               this section), submit a
                                               separate WPR for each
                                               program and for each
                                               program number. If
                                               harvest is not under one
                                               of these management
                                               programs, leave blank.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v) Processor Type        C/P, MS             If a vessel is operating
                                               simultaneously during a
                                               weekly reporting period
                                               as both a catcher/
                                               processor and a
                                               mothership, the operator
                                               must submit two separate
                                               WPRs for that week, one
                                               for catcher/processor
                                               fishing activity and one
                                               for mothership fishing
                                               activity.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi) Change of fishing    C/P, MS, SS, SFP    If continually active
 year                                          through the end of one
                                               fishing year and at the
                                               beginning of a second
                                               fishing year, the
                                               operator or manager must
                                               submit a WPR for each
                                               reporting area:
                                              ..........................
                                              (A) To complete the year
                                               at 2400 hours A.l.t.,
                                               December 31, if still
                                               active regardless of
                                               where this date falls
                                               within the weekly
                                               reporting period.
                                              ..........................
                                              (B) To start the year on
                                               January 1, if still
                                               active regardless of
                                               where this date falls
                                               within the weekly
                                               reporting period.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (4) Required information. The operator of a catcher/processor or 
mothership and the manager of a shoreside processor or SFP must record 
the following information on a WPR:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                         If you are a...
                                              Requirement                                              -------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                              C/P              MS            SS, SFP
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(i) Whether original or revised WPR                                                                     X                X               X
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii) Week-ending date                                                                                   X                X               X
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iii) Processor name, ADF&G processor code, FPP number                                                  ...............  ..............  X
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv) Processor name, ADF&G processor code, FFP number                                                   X                X               ...............
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v) Representative name, email address, telephone number, fax number, date (mm/dd/yy) WPR completed     X                X               X
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(vi) Management program name (see paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this section) and identifying number (if     X                X               X
 any). If harvest is not under one of these management programs, leave blank.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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(vii) Reporting area of harvest                                                                         X                X               X
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(viii) If groundfish are caught with trawl gear in the COBLZ or RKCSA, submit one report for fish       X                X               X
 harvested in the COBLZ or RKCSA and another report for fish harvested outside the COBLZ or RKCSA.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ix) Gear type of harvester                                                                             X                X               X
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(x) Processor type and crew size                                                                        X                X               ...............
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(xi) Groundfish landings weekly cumulative scale weights (to the nearest 0.001 mt) recorded by species  ...............  ..............  X
 codes, product codes, and product designations. If no landings occurred for a weekly reporting
 period, write ``No landings'' across the appropriate columns.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(xii) Discard or disposition weights (to the nearest 0.001 mt) or PSC numbers by species codes and      X                X               X
 product codes. If no discard or disposition occurred for a weekly reporting period, write ``No
 discard or disposition'' across the appropriate columns.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(xiii) Groundfish product weekly cumulative product weights by scale weight or fish product weight (to  X                X               X
 the nearest 0.001 mt) recorded by species codes, product codes, and product designations. If no
 production occurred for a weekly reporting period, write ``No production'' across the appropriate
 columns.
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(xiv) BSAI or GOA management area                                                                       ...............  ..............  X
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(xv) ADF&G fish ticket numbers issued to catcher vessels                                                ...............  X               X
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (iv) Exemption--(A) Halibut. An IFQ landing of halibut of 500 lb or 
less of IFQ weight determined pursuant to Sec.  679.42(c)(2) and 
concurrent with a legal landing of salmon harvested using hand troll 
gear or power troll gear is exempt from the PNOL required by this 
section.
    (B) Lingcod. An IFQ landing of halibut of 500 lb or less of IFQ 
weight determined pursuant to Sec.  679.42(c)(2) and concurrent with a 
legal landing of lingcod harvested using dinglebar gear is exempt from 
the PNOL required by this section.
    (2) IFQ landing--(i) Remain at landing site. Once the landing has 
commenced, the IFQ cardholder or CDQ cardholder and the harvesting 
vessel may not leave the landing site until the IFQ halibut, IFQ 
sablefish, or CDQ halibut account is properly debited (see Sec.  
679.40(h)).
    (ii) No movement. The offloaded IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, or IFQ 
sablefish may not be moved from the landing site until the IFQ Landing 
Report is completed through eLandings or other NMFS-approved software 
and the IFQ cardholder's or CDQ cardholder's account is properly 
debited (see Sec.  679.40(h)).
    (iii) Single offload site--(A) IFQ halibut and CDQ halibut. The 
vessel operator who lands IFQ halibut or CDQ halibut must continuously 
and completely offload at a single offload site all halibut onboard the 
vessel.
    (B) IFQ sablefish. The vessel operator who lands IFQ sablefish must 
continuously and completely offload at a single offload site all 
sablefish onboard the vessel.
* * * * *
    5. In Sec.  679.5, revised paragraphs (c)(1)(ii)(C), 
(c)(1)(iii)(C), and (e)(11)(ii) are further revised on January 1, 2008, 
to read as follows:


Sec.  679.5  Recordkeeping and reporting (R&R).

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (ii) * * *
    (C) eLandings (see paragraph (e) of this section). (1) The operator 
of a mothership that receives groundfish and that is issued an FFP 
under Sec.  679.4 is required daily to use eLandings during the fishing 
year to report processor identification information, groundfish 
production data, and groundfish and prohibited species discard or 
disposition data in lieu of the mothership DCPL (see paragraph (c)(6) 
of this section) and WPR (see paragraph (i) of this section) during the 
time the mothership is checked-in (see paragraph (h) of this section). 
The operator is not required to complete the ``Production'' nor 
``Discard or Disposition'' sections of the DCPL (see paragraph (c) of 
this section); enter ``eLandings'' in those sections of the DCPL. The 
operator must record the processor identification information and 
catcher vessel and buying station groundfish delivery information in 
the DCPL.
    (2) The operator of a mothership must create, print, and sign a 
paper copy of each ADF&G fish ticket and retain that document per 
paragraph (a)(5) of this section. In addition, the operator must print 
and sign an additional copy of each ADF&G fish ticket and provide it to 
the operator of the catcher vessel delivering groundfish to the 
mothership by 1200 hours, A.l.t., on Tuesday following the end of 
applicable weekly reporting period.
    (iii) * * *
    (C) eLandings (see paragraph (e) of this section). The operator of 
a catcher/processor that harvests groundfish and that is issued an FFP 
under Sec.  679.4 is required to use eLandings during the fishing year 
to report daily processor identification information, groundfish 
production data, and groundfish and prohibited species discard or 
disposition data in lieu of the catcher/processor WPR (see paragraph 
(i) of this section) during the time the catcher/processor is checked-
in (see paragraph (h) of this section). The operator is not required to 
complete the ``Production'' nor ``Discard or Disposition'' sections of 
the DCPL (see paragraph (c) of this section); enter ``eLandings'' in 
those sections of the DCPL. The operator must record the processor 
identification information and catch-by-haul or catch-by-set 
information in the DCPL.
* * * * *
    (e) * * *
    (11) * * *
    (ii) Submittal time limits. The User of a mothership or catcher/
processor must submit daily an eLandings production

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report when checked-in pursuant to paragraph (h)(2) of this section by 
noon each day to record the previous day's production information.
* * * * *
    6. In Sec.  679.7, paragraph (a)(1)(iii) is added to read as 
follows:


Sec.  679.7  Prohibitions.

* * * * *
    (a) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (iii) Conduct fishing operations from a vessel using other than the 
operation type(s) specified on the FFP (see Sec.  679.4(b)) issued for 
that vessel.
* * * * *
    7. In Sec.  679.22, paragraph (b)(6) is removed and reserved, and 
paragraphs (b)(5)(i) and (b)(5)(ii) are revised to read as follows:


Sec.  679.22  Closures.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (5) * * *
    (i) No FFP holder may fish for groundfish in the Sitka Pinnacles 
Marine Reserve, and no vessel named on an FFP may be anchored in the 
Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve, as described in Figure 18 to this part.
    (ii) No person fishing under an IFQ halibut permit may fish for 
halibut and no person fishing under an IFQ sablefish permit may fish 
for sablefish in the Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve; and no vessel with 
an IFQ permit holder or IFQ card holder onboard may be anchored in the 
Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve, as described in Figure 18 to this part.
* * * * *
    8. In Sec.  679.28:
    A. Paragraphs (b)(2)(iii)(A) and (B) are removed.
    B. Paragraph (b)(2)(v) is removed and reserved.
    C. Paragraphs (f)(4)(iii) and (h) are added.
    D. Paragraphs (a), (b)(2)(iii), (b)(2)(iv), (b)(2)(vi)(A), 
(f)(4)(i), (f)(4)(ii), and (f)(5) are revised.
    The revisions and additions read as follows:


Sec.  679.28  Equipment and operational requirements.

    (a) Applicability. This section contains the operational 
requirements for scales, observer sampling stations, bins for 
volumetric estimates, vessel monitoring system hardware, catch 
monitoring and control plan, and catcher vessel electronic logbook 
software.
    (b) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (iii) Who may perform scale inspections and approvals? Scales must 
be inspected and approved by a NMFS-staff scale inspector or an 
inspector designated by NMFS and trained by a NMFS-staff scale 
inspector.
    (iv) How does a vessel owner arrange for a scale inspection? The 
operator must submit a request for a scale inspection at least 10 
working days in advance of the requested inspection by filing a request 
online or by printing and faxing the scale inspection request at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/scales/default.htm.
* * * * *
    (vi) * * *
    (A) Make the vessel and scale available for inspection by the scale 
inspector.
* * * * *
    (f) * * *
    (4) * * *
    (i) Register your VMS unit with an appropriate service provider;
    (ii) Use VMS check-in report to contact OLE by fax at 907-586-7703 
and provide the date (mm/dd/yy), vessel name, USCG documentation 
number, FFP number or Federal crab vessel permit number, name and 
telephone number of contact person, and VMS transmitter ID or serial 
number; and
    (iii) Call OLE at 907-586-7225, Monday through Friday, between the 
hours of 0800 hours, A.l.t., and 1630 hours, A.l.t., at least 72 hours 
before leaving port and receive confirmation that the transmissions are 
being received.
    (5) What must the vessel owner do when the vessel replaces a VMS 
transmitter? If you are a vessel owner who must use a VMS and you wish 
to replace a transmitter, you must follow the reporting and 
confirmation procedure for the replacement transmitter, as described in 
paragraph (f)(4) of this section.
* * * * *
    (h) ELB software--(1) How do I get my ELB software approved by 
NMFS?--(i) Specifications. NMFS will provide specifications for ELB 
software upon request. Interested parties may contact NMFS by mail at 
NMFS Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Catch Accounting/
Data Quality, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668; by telephone 
at 907-586-7228, or by email at [email protected]. The four types 
of ELB software are:
    (A) Catcher vessel longline or pot gear (see Sec.  679.5(c)(3));
    (B) Catcher/processor longline or pot gear (see Sec.  679.5(c)(3));
    (C) Catcher vessel trawl gear (see Sec.  679.5(c)(4)); and
    (D) Catcher/processor trawl gear (see Sec.  679.5(c)(4)).
    (ii) ELB submittal package. A vendor or developer wishing to have 
an ELB approved by NMFS must submit:
    (A) A fully operational test copy of the software; and
    (B) An application for ELB-approval giving the following 
information:
    (1) Company, contact person, address, telephone number, and fax 
number for the company developing the software;
    (2) Name and type of software; and
    (3) Printed name and signature of individual submitting the 
software for approval.
    (C) Copies of all manuals and documentation for the software.
    (iii) ELB approval. NMFS will approve ELB software within 15 
working days of receipt of all required information if the software 
meets the following standards:
    (A) Has fields for the entry of all information required for a 
paper DFL or DCPL as described in Sec.  679.5(c)(3) and (c)(4), as 
appropriate.
    (B) The software must automatically time and date stamp each 
printed copy of the ELB logsheet and ELB discard report and clearly 
identify the first printed copy as an original. If any changes are made 
to the data in the ELB, subsequent printed copies must clearly be 
identified as revised. The software must be designed to prevent the 
operator from overriding this feature.
    (C) The software must export data as an ASCII comma delimited text 
file or other format approved by NMFS.
    (D) The software must integrate with the vessel's global 
positioning system (GPS) to allow vessel location fields to be 
completed automatically.
    (E) When the software is started, it must clearly show the software 
version number.
    (F) The software must be designed to facilitate the transfer of an 
export file to NMFS as an email attachment.
    (G) The software must be designed to ensure that an operator can 
comply with the requirements for ELB use as described in Sec.  
679.5(f).
    (H) The software must include sufficient data validation capability 
to prevent a submitter from accidentally transmitting a data file or 
printing an ELB logsheet that is incomplete or contains clearly 
erroneous data.
    (2) What if I need to make changes to NMFS-approved ELB software?--
(i) NMFS-instigated changes. NMFS will provide the developer with 
information that affects the ELB software as soon as it is available 
for distribution, e.g., changes in species codes or product codes.
    (ii) Developer-instigated changes. The developer must submit a copy 
of the changed software along with

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documentation describing the need for the change to NMFS for review and 
approval as described in paragraph (h)(1)(i) of this section. NMFS will 
review and approve the new version according to the guidelines set 
forth in paragraph (h)(1)(ii) of this section.
    (iii) NMFS-approved ELB changes. If changes to ELB software are 
approved by NMFS, the developer must:
    (A) Give the revised software a new version number;
    (B) Notify all known ELB users of the software that a new version 
is available; and
    (C) Ensure that the ELB users are provided with a revised copy 
within 15 days of notification.
    9. In Sec.  679.40, paragraph (c)(3) is revised and paragraph (h) 
is added to read as follows:


Sec.  679.40  Sablefish and halibut QS.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (3) IFQ permit. The Regional Administrator shall issue to each QS 
holder, pursuant to Sec.  679.4, an IFQ permit specifying the maximum 
amount of halibut and sablefish that may be harvested with fixed gear 
in a specified IFQ regulatory area and vessel category. Such IFQ 
permits will be mailed to each QS holder at the address on record for 
that person prior to the start of the IFQ fishing season.
* * * * *
    (h) Properly debited landing--(1) Source of debit. NMFS shall use 
the following sources of information to debit a CDQ halibut, IFQ 
halibut, or IFQ sablefish account:
    (i) Unprocessed landing. Except as provided in paragraph (h)(1)(ii) 
of this section, if offload of unprocessed IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, or 
IFQ sablefish from a vessel, the scale weight (in pounds) of the 
halibut or sablefish product actually measured at the time of offload, 
as required by Sec.  679.5(e)(8)(i)(K) to be included in the IFQ 
Landing Report.
    (ii) Processed landing. If offload of processed IFQ halibut, CDQ 
halibut, or IFQ sablefish from a vessel, the scale weight (in pounds) 
of the halibut or sablefish processed product actually measured at or 
before the time of offload.
    (2) Box or container markings. If the product scale weights are 
taken before the time of offload, then the species and actual product 
weight of each box or container must be visibly marked on the outside 
of each container to facilitate inspection by OLE or designees.
    (3) Permit holder's account. Except as provided in paragraph (g) of 
this section, all IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ sablefish catch 
onboard a vessel must be weighed and debited from the IFQ permit 
holder's account or CDQ halibut permit holder's account under which the 
catch was harvested (see Sec.  679.5(e)).
    10. In Sec.  679.42:
    A. Paragraphs (c)(1)(iii), (c)(1)(iv), (c)(3), and (j)(6) are 
removed.
    B. Paragraph (h)(4) is added.
    C. Paragraphs (c)(2) and (h)(3) are revised.
    D. Paragraph (j)(7) is redesignated as paragraph (j)(6).
    The revisions and additions read as follows:


Sec.  679.42  Limitations on use of QS and IFQ.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (2) A corporation, partnership, or other non-individual entity, 
except for a publicly held corporation, that receives an allocation of 
QS must provide annual updates to the Regional Administrator 
identifying all current shareholders, partners, or members to the 
individual person level and affirming the entity's continuing existence 
as a corporation or partnership, or other non-individual entity.
* * * * *
    (h) * * *
    (3) Excess. An IFQ permit holder who receives an approved IFQ 
allocation of halibut or sablefish in excess of these limitations may 
nevertheless catch and retain all of that IFQ with a single vessel. 
However, two or more IFQ permit holders may not catch and retain their 
IFQs with one vessel in excess of these limitations.
    (4) Liability. Owners of vessels exceeding these limitations are 
jointly and severally liable with IFQ permit holders and IFQ 
cardholders whose harvesting causes the vessel to exceed these 
limitations.
* * * * *
    11. In 679.50, paragraph (g)(1)(ix)(A) is revised to read as 
follows:


Sec.  679.50  Groundfish Observer Program (applicable through December 
31, 2007).

* * * * *
    (g) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (ix) * * *
    (A) Ensure that transfers of observers at sea are carried out 
during daylight hours, under safe conditions, and with the agreement of 
observers involved.
* * * * *


Sec. Sec.  679.1, 679.2, 679.4, 679.5, 679.20, 679.21, 679.22, 679.28, 
679.42, and 679.61  [Amended]

    12. At each of the locations shown in the Location column, remove 
the phrase indicated in the ``Remove'' column and replace it with the 
phrase indicated in the ``Add'' column for the number of times 
indicated in the ``Frequency'' column.

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              Location                         Remove                      Add                   Frequency
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Sec.   679.1 introductory text       under the Magnuson-        under the Magnuson-        1
                                      Stevens Fishery            Stevens Fishery
                                      Conservation and           Conservation and
                                      Management Act and the     Management Act, 16
                                      Northern Pacific Halibut   U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
                                      Act                        (Magnuson-Stevens Act)
                                                                 and the Northern Pacific
                                                                 Halibut Act of 1982
                                                                 (Halibut Act)
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Sec.   679.1(a)(2)                   5 AAC 28.110               5 AAC 28.111               1
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Sec.   679.2 definition of           food bank distributors     food bank distributors     1
 ``Authorized distributor''                                      (see Sec.   679.26,
                                                                 Prohibited Species
                                                                 Donation Program)
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Sec.   679.2 definition of           paragraph (10)(ix)         paragraph (14)(ix)         1
 ``Authorized fishing gear''
 paragraph (14)(iii)
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Sec.   679.2 definition of           paragraph (10)(iii)        paragraph (14)(iii)        1
 ``Authorized fishing gear''
 paragraphs (14)(iv) and (14)(v)
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Sec.   679.2 definition of ``Basis   authorized to harvest      authorized to harvest      1
 species''                                                       (see Tables 10 and 11 to
                                                                 this part)
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Sec.   679.2 definition of           Catcher/processor means    Catcher/processor (C/P)    1
 ``Catcher/processor''                                           means
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Sec.   679.2 definition of           Catcher vessel means       Catcher vessel (CV) means  1
 ``Catcher vessel''
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Sec.   679.2 definition of           LLP permits                LLP licenses               1
 ``Endorsement'' paragraphs (1) and
 (2)
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Sec.   679.2 definition of           regulated under this part  issued an FFP under Sec.   1
 ``Prohibited species''                                           679.4(b)
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Sec.   679.2 definition of           Stationary floating        Stationary floating        1
 ``Stationary floating processor''    processor                  processor (SFP)
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Sec.   679.2 definition of ``Vessel  Sec.   679.5(b)(3)         Sec.   679.4(b)(3)         1
 operations category''
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Sec.   679.4(b)(5)(ii) and           owner; and the name        owner; and if applicable,  1
 (f)(2)(ii)                                                      the name
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Sec.   679.4(b)(5)(iii)              horsepower; whether this   horsepower; and whether    1
                                      is a vessel of the         this is a vessel of the
                                      United States; and         United States
                                      whether this vessel will
                                      be used as a stationary
                                      floating processor
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Sec.   679.4(d)(1)(i), (d)(2)(i),    suspended, or modified     suspended, surrendered     1
 (d)(3)(i), (d)(3)(iv), and (e)(2)                               under paragraph (a)(9)
                                                                 of this section, or
                                                                 modified
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Sec.   679.4(k) heading              Licenses for license       Licenses for license       1
                                      limitation groundfish or   limitation program (LLP)
                                      crab species               groundfish or crab
                                                                 species
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Sec.   679.4(k)(5)(iv)               Pacific time               Alaska local time          1
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Sec.   679.5(g)(1)(i) heading        Groundfish.                Groundfish and donated     1
                                                                 prohibited species.
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Sec.   679.5(n)(1)(i)                SPELR                      eLandings                  1
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Sec.   679.5(p)(2)                   Alaska Department of Fish  ADF&G Division of          1
                                      & Game, Division of        Commercial Fisheries
                                      Commercial Fisheries
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Sec.   679.5(r)(3) heading           SPELR                      eLandings                  1
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Sec.   679.5(r)(3)                   SPELR                      eLandings                  1
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Sec.   679.20(e) heading             Maximum retainable         Maximum retainable         1
                                      amounts--                  amounts (MRA)--
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Sec.   679.20(g)(2)(iii)             Sec.   679.5(a)(9)         Sec.   679.5(a)(8)(v)(C)   1
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Sec.   679.21(a)(2)                  motherships and shoreside  motherships, shoreside     1
                                      processors                 processors, and SFPs
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Sec.   679.21(e)(1)(ii)              (e)(1)(iii)(A) through     (e)(1)(ii)(A) through (C)  1
                                      (C)
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Sec.   679.21(e)(7)(vii)             during August              during the period August   1
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Sec.   679.22(b)(1)(iii)             open to any trawl other    open unless otherwise      1
                                      than a pelagic trawl       closed to trawling
                                      gear year round
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Sec.   679.28(c)(3)(i)               Sec.   679.5(a)(13)        Sec.   679.5(c)(1)(iv)     1
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Sec.   679.42(j) introductory text   corporation or             corporation, partnership,  4
                                      partnership                or other non-individual
                                                                 entity
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Sec.   679.61(d)(1) and (e)(1)       paragraph (c)              paragraph (d)              1
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    17. Table 1 to part 679 is removed; Tables 1a, 1b, and 1c to part 
679 are added; and Tables 2a and 2b to part 679 are revised to read as 
follows:

       Table 1a to Part 679--Delivery Condition and Product Codes
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  Description                             Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERAL USE CODES
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Belly flaps. Flesh in region of pelvic and      19
 pectoral fins and behind head (ancillary
 only).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bled only. Throat, or isthmus, slit to allow    03
 blood to drain.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bled fish destined for fish meal (includes      42
 offsite production). DO NOT RECORD ON PTR.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bones (if meal, report as 32) (ancillary        39
 only).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Butterfly, no backbone. Head removed, belly     37
 slit, viscera and most of backbone removed;
 fillets attached.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cheeks. Muscles on sides of head (ancillary     17
 only).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chins. Lower jaw (mandible), muscles, and       18
 flesh (ancillary only).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fillets, deep-skin. Meat with skin, adjacent    24
 meat with silver lining, and ribs removed
 from sides of body behind head and in front
 of tail, resulting in thin fillets.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fillets, skinless/boneless. Meat with both      23
 skin and ribs removed, from sides of body
 behind head and in front of tail.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fillets with ribs, no skin. Meat with ribs      22
 with skin removed, from sides of body behind
 head and in front of tail.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fillets with skin and ribs. Meat and skin with  20
 ribs attached, from sides of body behind head
 and in front of tail.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fillets with skin, no ribs. Meat and skin with  21
 ribs removed, from sides of body behind head
 and in front of tail.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fish meal. Meal from whole fish or fish parts;  32
 includes bone meal.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fish oil. Rendered oil from whole fish or fish  33
 parts. Record only oil destined for sale and
 not oil stored or burned for fuel onboard.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gutted, head on. Belly slit and viscera         04
 removed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gutted, head off. Belly slit and viscera        05
 removed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Head and gutted, with roe.                      06
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headed and gutted, Western cut. Head removed    07
 just in front of the collar bone, and viscera
 removed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headed and gutted, Eastern cut. Head removed    08
 just behind the collar bone, and viscera
 removed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headed and gutted, tail removed. Head removed   10
 usually in front of collar bone, and viscera
 and tail removed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Heads. Heads only, regardless where severed     16
 from body (ancillary only).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kirimi (Steak) Head removed either in front or  11
 behind the collar bone, viscera removed, and
 tail removed by cuts perpendicular to the
 spine, resulting in a steak.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mantles, octopus or squid. Flesh after removal  36
 of viscera and arms.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Milt. (in sacs, or testes) (ancillary only).    34
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Minced. Ground flesh.                           31
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other retained product. If product is not       97
 listed on this table, enter code 97 and write
 a description and product recovery rate next
 to it in parentheses.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pectoral girdle. Collar bone and associated     15
 bones, cartilage and flesh.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Roe. Eggs, either loose or in sacs, or skeins   14
 (ancillary only).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Salted and split. Head removed, belly slit,     12
 viscera removed, fillets cut from head to
 tail but remaining attached near tail.
 Product salted.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stomachs. Includes all internal organs          35
 (ancillary only).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Surimi. Paste from fish flesh and additives.    30
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish or shellfish/food fish.              01\1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wings. On skates, side fins are cut off next    13
 to body.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHELLFISH ONLY
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Soft shell crab                                 75
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bitter crab                                     76
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sections                                        80
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Meat                                            81
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\When using whole fish codes, record round weights not product
  weights, even if the whole fish is not used.


           Table 1b to Part 679--Discard and Disposition Codes
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  Description                             Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Confiscation.                                   63
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deadloss (crab only).                           79
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Halibut retained for future sale (Halibut       87
 only).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Overage (Specify overage type in comment).      62
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tagged Fish (Exempt from IFQ).                  64
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/bait, not sold. Used as bait on      92\1\
 board vessel.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/bait, sold.                          61
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/discard at sea. Whole groundfish     98
 and prohibited species discarded by catcher
 vessels, catcher/processors, motherships, or
 tenders. DO NOT RECORD ON PTR.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/discard, damaged. Whole fish         93\1\
 damaged by observer's sampling procedures.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/discard, decomposed. Decomposed or   89
 previously discarded fish.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/discard, infested. Flea-infested     88
 fish, parasite-infested fish.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/discard, onshore. Discard after      99
 delivery and before processing by shoreside
 processors, stationary floating processors,
 and buying stations and in-plant discard of
 whole groundfish and prohibited species
 during processing. DO NOT RECORD ON PTR.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/donated prohibited species. Number   86
 of Pacific salmon or Pacific halibut,
 otherwise required to be discarded that is
 donated to charity under a NMFS-authorized
 program.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/fish meal. Whole fish destined for   41\1\
 meal (includes offsite production.) DO NOT
 RECORD ON PTR.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Whole fish/personal use, consumption. Fish or   95\1\
 fish products eaten on board or taken off the
 vessel for personal use. Not sold or utilized
 as bait.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/sold, for human consumption.         60
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\When using whole fish codes, record round weights not product
  weights, even if the whole fish is not used.


                Table 1c to Part 679--Product Type Codes
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  Description                             Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ancillary product. A product, such as meal,     A
 heads, internal organs, pectoral girdles, or
 any other product that may be made from the
 same fish as the primary product.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Primary product. A product, such as fillets,    P
 made from each fish, with the highest
 recovery rate.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reprocessed or rehandled product. A product,    R
 such as meal, that results from processing a
 previously reported product or from
 rehandling a previously reported product.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


           Table 2a to Part 679--Species Codes: FMP Groundfish
------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Species Description                         Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Atka mackerel (greenling)                       193
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Flatfish, miscellaneous (flatfish species       120
 without separate codes)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLOUNDER
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Alaska plaice                                  133
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Arrowtooth and/or Kamchatka                    121
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Starry                                         129
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Octopus, North Pacific                          870
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pacific cod                                     110
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pollock                                         270
------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROCKFISH
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Aurora (S. aurora)                             185
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Black (BSAI) (S. melanops)                     142
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Blackgill (S. melanostomus)                    177
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Blue (BSAI) (S. mystinus)                      167
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Bocaccio (S. paucispinis)                      137
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Canary (S. pinniger)                           146
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Chilipepper (S. goodei)                        178
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 China (S. nebulosus)                           149
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Copper (S. caurinus)                           138
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Darkblotched (S. crameri)                      159
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dusky (S. ciliatus)                            154
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Greenstriped (S. elongatus)                    135
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Harlequin (S. variegatus)                      176
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Northern (S. polyspinis)                       136
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pacific ocean perch (S. alutus)                141
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pygmy (S. wilsoni)                             179
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Quillback (S. maliger)                         147
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Redbanded (S. babcocki)                        153
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Redstripe (S. proriger)                        158
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Rosethorn (S. helvomaculatus)                  150
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Rougheye (S. aleutianus)                       151
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sharpchin (S. zacentrus)                       166
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Shortbelly (S. jordani)                        181
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Shortraker (S. borealis)                       152
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Silvergray (S. brevispinis)                    157
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Splitnose (S. diploproa)                       182
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Stripetail (S. saxicola)                       183
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thornyhead (all Sebastolobus species)          143
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tiger (S. nigrocinctus)                        148
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Vermilion (S. miniatus)                        184
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Widow (S. entomelas)                           156
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Yelloweye (S. ruberrimus)                      145
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Yellowmouth (S. reedi)                         175
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Yellowtail (S. flavidus)                       155
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sablefish (blackcod)                            710
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sculpins                                        160
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHARKS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Other (if salmon, spiny dogfish or Pacific     689
 sleeper shark -- use specific species code)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pacific sleeper                                692
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Salmon                                         690
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Spiny dogfish                                  691
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SKATES
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Big                                            702
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Longnose                                       701
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Other (If longnose or big skate -- use         700
 specific species code)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOLE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Butter                                         126
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dover                                          124
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 English                                        128
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Flathead                                       122
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Petrale                                        131
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Rex                                            125
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Rock                                           123
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sand                                           132
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Yellowfin                                      127
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Squid, majestic                                 875
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Turbot, Greenland                               134
------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Table 2b to Part 679--Species Codes: FMP Prohibited Species and CR Crab
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Species Description                              Code     CR      Ground
                                                           Crab    fish
                                                                   PSC
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CRAB
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 Box                            Lopholithodes    900      [check  ......
                                 mandtii                   ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Dungeness                      Cancer magister  910      [check  ......
                                                           ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 King, blue                     Paralithodes     922      [check  [check
                                 platypus                  ]       ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 King, golden (brown)           Lithodes         923      [check  [check
                                 aequispinus               ]       ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 King, red                      Paralithodes     921      [check  [check
                                 amtshaticus               ]       ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 King, scarlet (deepsea)        Lithodes couesi  924      [check  [check
                                                           ]       ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Korean horsehair crab          Erimacrus        940      [check  ......
                                 isenbeckii                ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Multispinus crab               Paralomis        951      [check  ......
                                 multispinus               ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tanner, Bairdi                 Chionoecetes     931      [check  [check
                                 bairdi                    ]       ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tanner, grooved                Chionoecetes     933      [check  [check
                                 tanneri                   ]       ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tanner, snow                   Chionoecetes     932      [check  [check
                                 opilio                    ]       ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tanner, triangle               Chionoecetes     934      [check  [check
                                 angulatus                 ]       ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Verrilli crab                  Paralomis        953      [check  ......
                                 verrilli                  ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PACIFIC HALIBUT                 Hippoglossus     200      ......  [check
                                 stenolepis                        ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PACIFIC HERRING                 family           235      ......  [check
                                 Clupeidae                         ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SALMON
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Chinook (king)                 Oncorhynchus     410      ......  [check
                                 tshawytscha                       ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Chum (dog)                     Oncorhynchus     450      ......  [check
                                 keta                              ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Coho (silver)                  Oncorhynchus     430      ......  [check
                                 kisutch                           ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pink (humpback)                Oncorhynchus     440      ......  [check
                                 gorbuscha                         ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sockeye (red)                  Oncorhynchus     420      ......  [check
                                 nerka                             ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
STEELHEAD TROUT                 Oncorhynchus     540      ......  [check
                                 mykiss                            ]
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    18. Table 2d to part 679 is revised to read as follows:

          Table 2d to Part 679--Species Codes: Non-FMP Species
------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Species Description                         Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERAL USE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arctic char (anadromous)                        521
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bering flounder (Hippoglossoides robustus)      116
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dolly varden (anadromous)                       531
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eels or eel-like fish                           210
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eel, wolf                                       217
------------------------------------------------------------------------
GREENLING
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Kelp                                           194
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Rock                                           191
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Whitespot                                      192
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grenadier, giant                                214
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grenadier (rattail)                             213
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jellyfish (unspecified)                         625
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lamprey, Pacific                                600
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lingcod                                         130
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lumpsucker                                      216
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pacific flatnose                                260
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pacific hagfish                                 212
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pacific hake                                    112
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pacific lamprey                                 600
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pacific saury                                   220
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pacific tomcod                                  250
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Poacher (family Agonidae)                       219
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prowfish                                        215
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ratfish                                         714
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rockfish, black (GOA)                           142
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rockfish, blue (GOA)                            167
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sardine, Pacific (pilchard)                     170
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea cucumber, red                               895
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Shad                                            180
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Skilfish                                        715
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Snailfish, general (genus liparis careproctus)  218
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sturgeon, general                               680
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wrymouths                                       211
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHELLFISH
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Abalone, northern (pinto)                       860
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CLAMS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Arctic surf                                    812
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Cockle                                         820
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Eastern softshell                              842
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pacific geoduck                                815
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pacific littleneck                             840
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Pacific razor                                  830
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Washington butter                              810
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coral                                           899
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mussel, blue                                    855
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oyster, Pacific                                 880
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scallop, weathervane                            850
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scallop, pink (or calico)                       851
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHRIMP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Coonstripe                                     964
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Humpy                                          963
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Northern (pink)                                961
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sidestripe                                     962
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Spot                                           965
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Snails                                          890
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Urchin, green sea                               893
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Urchin, red sea                                 892
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    19. Table 4 to part 679 is revised to read as follows:

Table 4 to Part 679--Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pollock 
Fisheries Restrictions

              Table 4 to Part 679--Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pollock Fisheries Restrictions
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Column Number 1              2            3              4             5             6            7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Boundaries    Boundaries    Boundaries    Boundaries   Pollock No-
                                                 from          from          to\1\         to\1\       fishing
                                           ---------------------------------------------------------  Zones for
           Site Name                                                                                    Trawl
                                               Latitude      Longitude     Latitude      Longitude    Gear\2,8\
                                                                                                         (nm)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. Lawrence I./S Punuk I.       Bering     63[deg]04.00   168[deg]51.0  ............  ............  20
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. Lawrence I./SW Cape          Bering     63[deg]18.00   171[deg]26.0  ............  ............  20
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hall I.                          Bering     60[deg]37.00   173[deg]00.0  ............  ............  20
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. Paul I./Sea Lion Rock        Bering     57[deg]06.00   170[deg]17.5  ............  ............  3
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. Paul I./NE Pt.               Bering     57[deg]15.00   170[deg]06.5  ............  ............  3
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Walrus I. (Pribilofs)            Bering     57[deg]11.00   169[deg]56.0  ............  ............  10
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. George I./Dalnoi Pt.         Bering     56[deg]36.00   169[deg]46.0  ............  ............  3
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. George I./S Rookery          Bering     56[deg]33.50   169[deg]40.0  ............  ............  3
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cape Newenham                    Bering     58[deg]39.00   162[deg]10.5  ............  ............  20
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Round (Walrus Islands)           Bering     58[deg]36.00   159[deg]58.0  ............  ............  20
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Attu I./Cape Wrangell            Aleutian   52[deg]54.60   172[deg]27.9  52[deg]55.40  172[deg]27.2  20
                                  I.         N              0 E           N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agattu I./Gillon Pt.             Aleutian   52[deg]24.13   173[deg]21.3  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              1 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Attu I./Chirikof Pt.             Aleutian   52[deg]49.75   173[deg]26.0  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agattu I./Cape Sabak             Aleutian   52[deg]22.50   173[deg]43.3  52[deg]21.80  173[deg]41.4  20
                                  I.         N              0 E           N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alaid I.                         Aleutian   52[deg]46.50   173[deg]51.5  52[deg]45.00  173[deg]56.5  20
                                  I.         N              0 E           N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shemya I.                        Aleutian   52[deg]44.00   174[deg]08.7  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buldir I.                        Aleutian   52[deg]20.25   175[deg]54.0  52[deg]20.38  175[deg]53.8  20
                                  I.         N              3 E           N             5 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kiska I./Cape St. Stephen        Aleutian   51[deg]52.50   177[deg]12.7  51[deg]53.50  177[deg]12.0  20
                                  I.         N              0 E           N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kiska I./Sobaka & Vega           Aleutian   51[deg]49.50   177[deg]19.0  51[deg]48.50  177[deg]20.5  20
                                  I.         N              0 E           N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Kiska I./Lief Cove               Aleutian   51[deg]57.16   177[deg]20.4  51[deg]57.24  177[deg]20.5  20
                                  I.         N              1 E           N             3 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kiska I./Sirius Pt.              Aleutian   52[deg]08.50   177[deg]36.5  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tanadak I. (Kiska)               Aleutian   51[deg]56.80   177[deg]46.8  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Segula I.                        Aleutian   51[deg]59.90   178[deg]05.8  52[deg]03.06  178[deg]08.8  20
                                  I.         N              0 E           N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ayugadak Point                   Aleutian   51[deg]45.36   178[deg]24.3  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rat I./Krysi Pt.                 Aleutian   51[deg]49.98   178[deg]12.3  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              5 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Little Sitkin I.                 Aleutian   51[deg]59.30   178[deg]29.8  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amchitka I./Column Rocks         Aleutian   51[deg]32.32   178[deg]49.2  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              8 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amchitka I./East Cape            Aleutian   51[deg]22.26   179[deg]27.9  51[deg]22.00  179[deg]27.0  20
                                  I.         N              3 E           N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amchitka I./Cape Ivakin          Aleutian   51[deg]24.46   179[deg]24.2  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              1 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Semisopochnoi/Petrel Pt.         Aleutian   52[deg]01.40   179[deg]36.9  52[deg]01.50  179[deg]39.0  20
                                  I.         N              0 E           N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Semisopochnoi I./Pochnoi Pt.     Aleutian   51[deg]57.30   179[deg]46.0  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amatignak I. Nitrof Pt.          Aleutian   51[deg]13.00   179[deg]07.8  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unalga & Dinkum Rocks            Aleutian   51[deg]33.67   179[deg]04.2  51[deg]35.09  179[deg]03.6  20
                                  I.         N              5 W           N             6 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ulak I./Hasgox Pt.               Aleutian   51[deg]18.90   178[deg]58.9  51[deg]18.70  178[deg]59.6  20
                                  I.         N              0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kavalga I.                       Aleutian   51[deg]34.50   178[deg]51.7  51[deg]34.50  178[deg]49.5  20
                                  I.         N              3 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tag I.                           Aleutian   51[deg]33.50   178[deg]34.5  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ugidak I.                        Aleutian   51[deg]34.95   178[deg]30.4  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              5 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gramp Rock                       Aleutian   51[deg]28.87   178[deg]20.5  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              8 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tanaga I./Bumpy Pt.              Aleutian   51[deg]55.00   177[deg]58.5  51[deg]55.00  177[deg]57.1  20
                                  I.         N              0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bobrof I.                        Aleutian   51[deg]54.00   177[deg]27.0  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kanaga I./Ship Rock              Aleutian   51[deg]46.70   177[deg]20.7  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              2 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kanaga I./North Cape             Aleutian   51[deg]56.50   177[deg]09.0  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adak I.                          Aleutian   51[deg]35.50   176[deg]57.1  51[deg]37.40  176[deg]59.6  20
                                  I.         N              0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Little Tanaga Strait             Aleutian   51[deg]49.09   176[deg]13.9  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Great Sitkin I.                  Aleutian   52[deg]06.00   176[deg]10.5  52[deg]06.60  176[deg]07.0  20
                                  I.         N              0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anagaksik I.                     Aleutian   51[deg]50.86   175[deg]53.0  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kasatochi I.                     Aleutian   52[deg]11.11   175[deg]31.0  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Atka I./North Cape               Aleutian   52[deg]24.20   174[deg]17.8  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amlia I./Sviech. Harbor\11\      Aleutian   52[deg]01.80   173[deg]23.9  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sagigik I.\11\                   Aleutian   52[deg]00.50   173[deg]09.3  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amlia I./East\11\                Aleutian   52[deg]05.70   172[deg]59.0  52[deg]05.75  172[deg]57.5  20
                                  I.         N              0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tanadak I. (Amlia\11\)           Aleutian   52[deg]04.20   172[deg]57.6  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agligadak I.\11\                 Aleutian   52[deg]06.09   172[deg]54.2  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              3 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seguam I./Saddleridge Pt.\11\    Aleutian   52[deg]21.05   172[deg]34.4  52[deg]21.02  172[deg]33.6  20
                                  I.         N              0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Seguam I./Finch Pt.              Aleutian   52[deg]23.40   172[deg]27.7  52[deg]23.25  172[deg]24.3  20
                                  I.         N              0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seguam I./South Side             Aleutian   52[deg]21.60   172[deg]19.3  52[deg]15.55  172[deg]31.2  20
                                  I.         N              0 W           N             2 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amukta I. & Rocks                Aleutian   52[deg]27.25   171[deg]17.9  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chagulak I.                      Aleutian   52[deg]34.00   171[deg]10.5  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yunaska I.                       Aleutian   52[deg]41.40   170[deg]36.3  ............  ............  20
                                  I.         N              5 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Uliaga\3\                        Bering     53[deg]04.00   169[deg]47.0  53[deg]05.00  169[deg]46.0  20,10
                                  Sea        N              0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chuginadak                       Gulf of    52[deg]46.70   169[deg]41.9  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kagamil\3\                       Bering     53[deg]02.10   169[deg]41.0  ............  ............  20,10
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Samalga                          Gulf of    52[deg]46.00   169[deg]15.0  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adugak I.\3\                     Bering     52[deg]54.70   169[deg]10.5  ............  ............  10
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Umnak I./Cape Aslik\3\           Bering     53[deg]25.00   168[deg]24.5  ............  ............  BA
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ogchul I.                        Gulf of    52[deg]59.71   168[deg]24.2  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              4 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bogoslof I./Fire I.\3\           Bering     53[deg]55.69   168[deg]02.0  ............  ............  BA
                                  Sea        N              5 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Polivnoi Rock                    Gulf of    53[deg]15.96   167[deg]57.9  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              9 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Emerald I.                       Gulf of    53[deg]17.50   167[deg]51.5  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unalaska/Cape Izigan             Gulf of    53[deg]13.64   167[deg]39.3  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              7 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unalaska/Bishop Pt.\9\           Bering     53[deg]58.40   166[deg]57.5  ............  ............  10
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akutan I./Reef-lava\9\           Bering     54[deg]08.10   166[deg]06.1  54[deg]09.10  166[deg]05.5  10
                                  Sea        N              9 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unalaska I./Cape Sedanka\6\      Gulf of    53[deg]50.50   166[deg]05.0  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Old Man Rocks\6\                 Gulf of    53[deg]52.20   166[deg]04.9  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akutan I./Cape Morgan\6\         Gulf of    54[deg]03.39   165[deg]59.6  54[deg]03.70  166[deg]03.6  20
                                  Alaska     N              5 W           N             8 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akun I./Billings Head\9\         Bering     54[deg]17.62   165[deg]32.0  54[deg]17.57  165[deg]31.7  10
                                  Sea        N              6 W           N             1 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rootok\6\                        Gulf of    54[deg]03.90   165[deg]31.9  54[deg]02.90  165[deg]29.5  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tanginak I.\6\                   Gulf of    54[deg]12.00   165[deg]19.4  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tigalda/Rocks NE\6\              Gulf of    54[deg]09.60   164[deg]59.0  54[deg]09.12  164[deg]57.1  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W           N             8 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unimak/Cape Sarichef\9\          Bering     54[deg]34.30   164[deg]56.8  ............  ............  10
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aiktak\6\                        Gulf of    54[deg]10.99   164[deg]51.1  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              5 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ugamak I.\6\                     Gulf of    54[deg]13.50   164[deg]47.5  54[deg]12.80  164[deg]47.5  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Round (GOA)\6\                   Gulf of    54[deg]12.05   164[deg]46.6  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea Lion Rock (Amak)\9\          Bering     55[deg]27.82   163[deg]12.1  ............  ............  10
                                  Sea        N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amak I. And rocks\9\             Bering     55[deg]24.20   163[deg]09.6  55[deg]26.15  163[deg]08.5  10
                                  Sea        N              0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bird I.                          Gulf of    54[deg]40.00   163[deg]17.2  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Caton I.                         Gulf of    54[deg]22.70   162[deg]21.3  ............  ............  3
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
South Rocks                      Gulf of    54[deg]18.14   162[deg]41.3  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clubbing Rocks (S)               Gulf of    54[deg]41.98   162[deg]26.7  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Clubbing Rocks (N)               Gulf of    54[deg]42.75   162[deg]26.7  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pinnacle Rock                    Gulf of    54[deg]46.06   161[deg]45.8  ............  ............  3
                                  Alaska     N              5 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sushilnoi Rocks                  Gulf of    54[deg]49.30   161[deg]42.7  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              3 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Olga Rocks                       Gulf of    55[deg]00.45   161[deg]29.8  54[deg]59.09  161[deg]30.8  10
                                  Alaska     N              1 W           N             9 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jude I.                          Gulf of    55[deg]15.75   161[deg]06.2  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              7 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea Lion Rocks (Shumagins)       Gulf of    55[deg]04.70   160[deg]31.0  ............  ............  3
                                  Alaska     N              4 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nagai I./Mountain Pt.            Gulf of    54[deg]54.20   160[deg]15.4  54[deg]56.00  160[deg]15.0  3
                                  Alaska     N              0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Whaleback                    Gulf of    55[deg]16.82   160[deg]05.0  ............  ............  3
                                  Alaska     N              4 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chernabura I.                    Gulf of    54[deg]45.18   159[deg]32.9  54[deg]45.87  159[deg]35.7  20
                                  Alaska     N              9 W           N             4 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Castle Rock                      Gulf of    55[deg]16.47   159[deg]29.7  ............  ............  3
                                  Alaska     N              7 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Atkins I.                        Gulf of    55[deg]03.20   159[deg]17.4  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Spitz I.                         Gulf of    55[deg]46.60   158[deg]53.9  ............  ............  3
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mitrofania                       Gulf of    55[deg]50.20   158[deg]41.9  ............  ............  3
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kak                              Gulf of    56[deg]17.30   157[deg]50.1  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lighthouse Rocks                 Gulf of    55[deg]46.79   157[deg]24.8  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              9 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sutwik I.                        Gulf of    56[deg]31.05   157[deg]20.4  56[deg]32.00  157[deg]21.0  20
                                  Alaska     N              7 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chowiet I.                       Gulf of    56[deg]00.54   156[deg]41.4  56[deg]00.30  156[deg]41.6  20
                                  Alaska     N              2 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nagai Rocks                      Gulf of    55[deg]49.80   155[deg]47.5  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chirikof I.                      Gulf of    55[deg]46.50   155[deg]39.5  55[deg]46.44  155[deg]43.4  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W           N             6 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Puale Bay\12\                    Gulf of    57[deg]40.60   155[deg]23.1  ............  ............  3,10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kodiak/Cape Ikolik               Gulf of    57[deg]17.20   154[deg]47.5  ............  ............  3
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Takli I.                         Gulf of    58[deg]01.75   154[deg]31.2  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              5 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cape Kuliak                      Gulf of    58[deg]08.00   154[deg]12.5  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Cape Gull                        Gulf of    58[deg]11.50   154[deg]09.6  58[deg]12.50  154[deg]10.5  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W           N             0 W
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Kodiak/Cape Ugat                 Gulf of    57[deg]52.41   153[deg]50.9  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              7 W
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Sitkinak/Cape Sitkinak           Gulf of    56[deg]34.30   153[deg]50.9  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              6 W
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Shakun Rock                      Gulf of    58[deg]32.80   153[deg]41.5  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Twoheaded I.                     Gulf of    56[deg]54.50   153[deg]32.7  56[deg]53.90  153[deg]33.7  10
                                  Alaska     N              5 W           N             4 W
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Cape Douglas (Shaw I.)\12\       Gulf of    59[deg]00.00   153[deg]22.5  ............  ............  20,10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Kodiak/Cape Barnabas             Gulf of    57[deg]10.20   152[deg]53.0  ............  ............  3
                                  Alaska     N              5 W
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Kodiak/Gull Point\4\             Gulf of    57[deg]21.45   152[deg]36.3  ............  ............  10,3
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Latax Rocks                      Gulf of    58[deg]40.10   152[deg]31.3  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Ushagat I./SW                    Gulf of    58[deg]54.75   152[deg]22.2  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Ugak I.\4\                       Gulf of    57[deg]23.60   152[deg]17.5  57[deg]21.90  152[deg]17.4  10,3
                                  Alaska     N              0 W           N             0 W
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Sea Otter I.                     Gulf of    58[deg]31.15   152[deg]13.3  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Long I.                          Gulf of    57[deg]46.82   152[deg]12.9  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Sud I.                           Gulf of    58[deg]54.00   152[deg]12.5  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Kodiak/Cape Chiniak              Gulf of    57[deg]37.90   152[deg]08.2  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              5 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sugarloaf I.                     Gulf of    58[deg]53.25   152[deg]02.4  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Sea Lion Rocks (Marmot)          Gulf of    58[deg]20.53   151[deg]48.8  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              3 W
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Marmot I.\5\                     Gulf of    58[deg]13.65   151[deg]47.7  58[deg]09.90  151[deg]52.0  15,20
                                  Alaska     N              5 W           N             6 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nagahut Rocks                    Gulf of    59[deg]06.00   151[deg]46.3  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Perl                             Gulf of    59[deg]05.75   151[deg]39.7  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              5 W
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Gore Point                       Gulf of    59[deg]12.00   150[deg]58.0  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Outer (Pye) I.                   Gulf of    59[deg]20.50   150[deg]23.0  59[deg]21.00  150[deg]24.5  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W           N             0 W
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Steep Point                      Gulf of    59[deg]29.05   150[deg]15.4  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Seal Rocks (Kenai)               Gulf of    59[deg]31.20   149[deg]37.5  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
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Chiswell Islands                 Gulf of    59[deg]36.00   149[deg]34.0  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rugged Island                    Gulf of    59[deg]50.00   149[deg]23.1  59[deg]51.00  149[deg]24.7  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Point Elrington\7, 10\           Gulf of    59[deg]56.00   148[deg]15.2  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Perry I.\7\                      Gulf of    60[deg]44.00   147[deg]54.6
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Needle\7\                    Gulf of    60[deg]06.64   147[deg]36.1
                                  Alaska     N              7 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Point Eleanor\7\                 Gulf of    60[deg]35.00   147[deg]34.0
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wooded I. (Fish I.)              Gulf of    59[deg]52.90   147[deg]20.6  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              5 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Glacier Island\7\                Gulf of    60[deg]51.30   147[deg]14.5
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seal Rocks (Cordova)\10\         Gulf of    60[deg]09.78   146[deg]50.3  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cape Hinchinbrook\10\            Gulf of    60[deg]14.00   146[deg]38.5  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Middleton I.                     Gulf of    59[deg]28.30   146[deg]18.8  ............  ............  10
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hook Point\10\                   Gulf of    60[deg]20.00   146[deg]15.6  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cape St. Elias                   Gulf of    59[deg]47.50   144[deg]36.2  ............  ............  20
                                  Alaska     N              0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Where two sets of coordinates are given, the baseline extends in a clock-wise direction from the first set of
  geographic coordinates along the shoreline at mean lower-low water to the second set of coordinates. Where
  only one set of coordinates is listed, that location is the base point.
\2\Closures as stated in Sec.   679.22(a)(7)(iv), (a)(8)(ii) and (b)(2)(ii).
\3\This site lies within the Bogoslof area (BA). The BA consists of all waters of area 518 as described in
  Figure 1 of this part south of a straight line connecting 55[deg]00' N / 170[deg]00' W, and 55[deg]00' N /
  168[deg]11'4.75'' W. Closure to directed fishing for pollock around Uliaga and Kagamil is 20 nm for waters
  west of 170[deg] W long. and 10 nm for waters east of 170[deg] W long.
\4\The trawl closure between 0 nm to 10 nm is effective from January 20 through May 31. Trawl closure between 0
  nm to 3 nm is effective from August 25 through November 1.
\5\Trawl closure between 0 nm to 15 nm is effective from January 20 through May 31. Trawl closure between 0 nm
  to 20 nm is effective from August 25 to November 1.
\6\Restriction area includes only waters of the Gulf of Alaska Area.
\7\Contact the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for fishery restrictions at these sites.
\8\No-fishing zones are the waters between 0 nm and the nm specified in column 7 of this table around each site
  and within the BA.
\9\This site is located in the Bering Sea Pollock Restriction Area, closed to pollock trawling during the A
  season. This area consists of all waters of the Bering Sea subarea south of a line connecting the points
 163[deg]00'00'' W long. / 55[deg]46'30'' N lat.,
 165[deg]08'00'' W long. / 54[deg]42'9'' N lat.,
 165[deg]40'00'' W long. / 54[deg]26'30'' N lat.,
 166[deg]12'00'' W long. / 54[deg]18'40'' N lat., and
 167[deg]00'00'' W long. / 54[deg]8'50'' N lat.
\10\The 20 nm closure around this site is effective in federal waters outside of State of Alaska waters of
  Prince William Sound.

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\11\Some or all of the restricted area is located in the Seguam Foraging area (SFA) which is closed to all gears
  types. The SFA is established as all waters within the area between 52[deg] N lat. and 53[deg] N lat. and
  between 173[deg]30' W long. and 172[deg]30' W long.
\12\The 3 nm trawl closure around Puale Bay and the 20 nm trawl closure around Cape Douglas/Shaw I. are
  effective January 20 through May 31. The 10 nm trawl closure around Puale Bay and the 10 nm trawl closure
  around Cape Douglas/Shaw I. are effective August 25 through November 1.

    20. Tables 9, 10, 11, and 12 to part 679 are revised to read as 
follows:

 Table 9 to Part 679--Required Documentation and Monitoring Systems from Participants in the Federal Groundfish
                                                    Fisheries
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                       Shoreside
         Requirement Name              Catcher         Catcher/        Mothership     Processor &      Buying
                                      Vessel\1\      Processor\1\                         SFP          Station
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buying Station Report (BSR)        NO              NO                NO              NO             YES
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Catch monitoring and weighing      NO              YES               YES             YES            NO
 documentation\2\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check-in/Check-out Report          NO              YES               YES             YES            NO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Optional: Electronic Check-in/out  NO              YES               YES             YES            NO
 report
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Daily Fishing Logbook (DFL)        YES             NO                NO              NO             NO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Daily Cumulative Production        NO              YES               YES             YES            NO
 Logbook (DCPL)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
eLandings instead of DCPL and      NO              NO                NO              YES            NO
 WPR\3\
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Optional: eLandings instead of     NO              YES               YES             YES            NO
 DCPL and WPR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Optional: Electronic logbook       YES             YES               YES             NO             NO
 instead of DFL or DCPL
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Product Transfer Report (PTR)      NO              YES               YES             YES            NO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vessel Activity Report (VAR)       YES             YES               YES             NO             NO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vessel Monitoring System (VMS)\4\  YES             YES               NO              NO             NO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Video Monitoring System (Rockfish  NO              YES               NO              NO             NO
 Program only)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weekly Production Report (WPR)     NO              YES               YES             YES            NO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Optional: Electronic WPR           NO              YES               YES             YES            NO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Two formats each of the catcher vessel DFL and catcher/processor DCPL exist: one for trawl gear at Sec.
  679.5(c)(2) and one for longline and pot gear at Sec.   679.5(c)(3).
\2\At-sea scales required for AFA, CDQ, and Rockfish Program including daily scale test, printed scale output,
  request for inspection of scales and observer station, scale approval sticker at Sec.   679.28.
\3\Required for AFA and Rockfish Program, see Sec.   679.5(e).
\4\Use of VMS is required for:
All federally permitted vessels operating in the Aleutian Islands subarea, see Sec.   679.7(a)(21) and Sec.
  679.28(f)(6)(i).
All federally permitted vessels operating in the GOA with bottom contact gear on board, see Sec.  Sec.
  679.7(a)(22) and 679.28(f)(6)(iii).
Any vessel in any reporting area (see definitions at Sec.   679.2) off Alaska while any fishery requiring VMS,
  for which the vessel has a species and gear endorsement on its Federal fisheries permit under Sec.
  679.4(b)(5)(vi), is open [Atka mackerel, pollock, Pacific cod], see Sec.  679.4(b)(5)(vi) and Sec.
  679.28(f)(6)(i).


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                                                                   Table 10 to Part 679--Gulf of Alaska Retainable Percentages
 
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BASIS SPECIES                                  INCIDENTAL CATCH SPECIES (for DSR caught on catcher vessels in the SEO, see Sec.   679.20(j)\6\)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Code     Species                        Pollock   Pacific        DW   Rex sole    Flat-        SW    Arrow-    Sable-    Aggre-     SR/RE   DSR SEO      Atka    Aggre-   Skates\(11      Other
                                                      cod   flat\(2)               head   Flat\(3)    tooth      fish     gated   ERA\(1)\        (C/Ps mack-     gated          )\   species\(7
                                                                  \                sole         \                         rock-             only)\(6     erel    forage                      )\
                                                                                                                        fish\(8)                 )\             fish\(10
                                                                                                                              \                                      )\
ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½
110      Pacific cod                         20   na\(9)\        20        20        20        20        35         1         5     \(1)\        10        20         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
121      Arrowtooth                           5         5         0         0         0         0   na\(9)\         0         0         0         0         0         2           0          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
122      Flathead sole                       20        20        20        20   na\(9)\        20        35         7        15         7         1        20         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
125      Rex sole                            20        20        20   na\(9)\        20        20        35         7        15         7         1        20         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
136      Northern rockfish                   20        20        20        20        20        20        35         7        15         7         1        20         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
141      Pacific ocean perch                 20        20        20        20        20        20        35         7        15         7         1        20         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
143      Thornyhead                          20        20        20        20        20        20        35         7        15         7         1        20         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
152/     Shortraker/ rougheye\(1)\           20        20        20        20        20        20        35         7        15   na\(9)\         1        20         2          20          20
 151
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193      Atka mackerel                       20        20        20        20        20        20        35         1         5     \(1)\        10   na\(9)\         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
270      Pollock                        na\(9)\        20        20        20        20        20        35         1         5     \(1)\        10        20         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
710      Sablefish                           20        20        20        20        20        20        35   na\(9)\        15         7         1        20         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Flatfish, deep water\(2)\                    20        20   na\(9)\        20        20        20        35         7        15         7         1        20         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Flatfish, shallow water\(3)\                 20        20        20        20        20   na\(9)\        35         1         5     \(1)\        10        20         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rockfish, other\(4)\                         20        20        20        20        20        20        35         7        15         7         1        20         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rockfish, pelagic\(5)\                       20        20        20        20        20        20        35         7        15         7         1        20         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rockfish, DSR-SEO\(6)\                       20        20        20        20        20        20        35         7        15         7   na\(9)\        20         2          20          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Skates\(11)\                                 20        20        20        20        20        20        35         1         5     \(1)\        10        20         2     na\(9)\          20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other species\(7)\                           20        20        20        20        20        20        35         1         5     \(1)\        10        20         2          20     na\(9)\
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aggregated amount of non-groundfish          20        20        20        20        20        20        35         1         5     \(1)\        10        20         2          20          20
 species\(12)\
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Footnotes
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1        Shortraker/rougheye rockfish
        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         .............................  SR/RE
         Shortraker/rougheye rockfish (171)
                                                           -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         .............................
         Shortraker rockfish (152)
                                                           -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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         .............................
         Rougheye rockfish (151)
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         .............................  SR/RE ERA
         Shortraker/rougheye rockfish in the Eastern Regulatory Area.
        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Where numerical percentage is not indicated, the retainable percentage of SR/RE is included under Aggregated Rockfish
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2        Deep-water flatfish
         Dover sole, Greenland turbot, and deep-sea sole
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3        Shallow water flatfish
         Flatfish not including deep water flatfish, flathead sole, rex sole, or arrowtooth flounder
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4        Other rockfish
         Western Regulatory Area
         means slope rockfish and demersal shelf rockfish
                                                                     ----------------------------------------
 
         Central Regulatory Area
 
                                                                     ----------------------------------------
 
         West Yakutat District
 
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Southeast Outside District
         means slope rockfish
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                                                                        Slope rockfish
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         S. aurora (aurora)
         S. variegatus (harlequin)
         S. brevispinis (silvergrey)
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         S. melanostomus (blackgill)
         S. wilsoni (pygmy)
         S. diploproa (splitnose)
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         S. paucispinis (bocaccio)
         S. babcocki (redbanded)
         S. saxicola (stripetail)
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         S. goodei (chilipepper)
         S. proriger (redstripe)
         S. miniatus (vermilion)
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         S. crameri (darkblotch)
         S. zacentrus (sharpchin)
         S. reedi (yellowmouth)
                                                                     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         S. elongatus (greenstriped)
                           S. jordani (shortbelly)
 
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                                       In the Eastern GOA only, Slope rockfish also includes S. polyspinous. (Northern)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5        Pelagic shelf rockfish
         S. ciliatus (dusky)
         S. entomelas (widow)
         S. flavidus (yellowtail)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6        Demersal shelf rockfish (DSR)
         S. pinniger (canary)
         S. maliger (quillback)
         S. ruberrimus (yelloweye)
                                                                     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         S. nebulosus (china)
         S. helvomaculatus (rosethorn
 
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         S. caurinus (copper)
                           S. nigrocinctus (tiger)
 
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         DSR-SEO = Demersal shelf rockfish in the Southeast Outside District
         The operator of a catcher vessel that is required to have a Federal fisheries permit, or that harvests IFQ halibut with hook and line or
          jig gear, must retain and land all DSR that is caught while fishing for groundfish or IFQ halibut in the SEO. Limits on sale and
          requirements for disposal of DSR are set out at Sec.   679.20(j).
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7        Other species
         sculpins
         octopus
         Sharks
         Squid
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8        Aggregated rockfish
         Means rockfish of the genera Sebastes and Sebastolobus defined at Sec.   679.2 except in:
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Southeast Outside District (SEO)
         where DSR is a separate category for those species marked with a numerical percentage
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Eastern Regulatory Area (ERA)
         where SR/RE is a separate category for those species marked with a numerical percentage
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9        N/A
         not applicable
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10       Aggregated forage fish (all species of the following families)
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Bristlemouths, lightfishes, and anglemouths (family Gonostomatidae)
         209
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Capelin smelt (family Osmeridae)
         516
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Deep-sea smelts (family Bathylagidae)
         773
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Eulachon smelt (family Osmeridae)
         511
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Gunnels (family Pholidae)
         207
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Krill (order Euphausiacea)
         800
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Laternfishes (family Myctophidae)
         772
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Pacific herring (family Clupeidae)
         235
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Pacific Sand fish (family Trichodontidae)
         206
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Pacific Sand lance (family Ammodytidae)
         774
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Pricklebacks, war-bonnets, eelblennys, cockscombs and Shannys (family Stichaeidae)
         208
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Surf smelt (family Osmeridae)
         515
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11       Skates Species and Groups
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Big Skates
         702
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Longnose Skates
         701
                                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         Other Skates
         700
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12       Aggregated non-groundfish
         All legally retained species of fish and shellfish, including IFQ halibut, that are not listed as FMP groundfish in Tables 2a and 2c to
          this part.
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                                                                        Table 11 to Part 679--BSAI Retainable Percentages
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     BASIS SPECIES                                                                             INCIDENTAL CATCH SPECIES\5\
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                          Short-
                                    Pacific     Atka     Alaska   Arrow-   Yellowfin      Other      Rock   Flathead   Green-   Sable-    raker/   Aggregated            Aggregated     Other
 Codes       Species      Pollock     cod     mackerel   plaice   tooth      sole      flatfish\2\   sole     sole      land    fish\1\   rough-   rockfish\6\   Squid     forage     species\4\
                                                                                                                       turbot              eye                            fish\7\
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110       Pacific cod        20     na\5\        20        20       35         20           20        20       20         1         1        2           5         20         2           20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
121      Arrow- tooth         0         0         0         0    na\5\          0            0         0        0         0         0        0           0          0         2            0
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
122      Flathead sole       20        20        20        35       35         35           35        35    na\5\        35        15        7          15         20         2           20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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123         Rock sole        20        20        20        35       35         35           35      na\5\      35         1         1        2          15         20         2           20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
127      Yellowfin sole      20        20        20        35       35      na\5\           35        35       35         1         1        2           5         20         2           20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
133      Alaska Plaice       20        20        20     na\5\       35         35           35        35       35         1         1        2           5         20         2           20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
134         Greenland        20        20        20        20       35         20           20        20       20     na\5\        15        7          15         20         2           20
               turbot
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
136          Northern        20        20        20        20       35         20           20        20       20        35        15        7          15         20         2           20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
141      Pacific Ocean       20        20        20        20       35         20           20        20       20        35        15        7          15         20         2           20
                perch
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152/     Short raker/        20        20        20        20       35         20           20        20       20        35        15    na\5\           5         20         2           20
 151        Rough eye
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193      Atka mackerel       20        20     na\5\        20       35         20           20        20       20         1         1        2           5         20         2           20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
270           Pollock     na\5\        20        20        20       35         20           20        20       20         1         1        2           5         20         2           20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
710      Sablefish\1\        20        20        20        20       35         20           20        20       20        35     na\5\        7          15         20         2           20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
875             Squid        20        20        20        20       35         20           20        20       20         1         1        2           5      na\5\         2           20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other flatfish\2\            20        20        20        35       35         35        na\5\        35       35         1         1        2           5         20         2           20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other rockfish\3\            20        20        20        20       35         20           20        20       20        35        15        7          15         20         2           20
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other species\4\             20        20        20        20       35         20           20        20       20         1         1        2           5         20         2        na\5\
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Aggregated amount non-       20        20        20        20       35         20           20        20       20         1         1        2           5         20         2           20
 groundfish species\8\
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\1\Sablefish: for fixed gear restrictions, see Sec.   679.7(f)(3)(ii) and (f)(11).
\2\Other flatfish includes all flatfish species, except for Pacific halibut (a prohibited species), flathead sole, Greenland turbot, rock sole, yellowfin sole, Alaska plaice, and arrowtooth
  flounder.
\3\Other rockfish includes all Sebastes and Sebastolobus species except for Pacific ocean perch; and northern, shortraker, and rougheye rockfish. The CDQ reserves for shortraker, rougheye, and
  northern rockfish will continue to be managed as the ``other red rockfish'' complex for the BS.
\4\Other species includes sculpins, sharks, skates and octopus. Forage fish, as defined at Table 2c to this part are not included in the ``other species'' category.
\5\na = not applicable
\6\Aggregated rockfish includes all of the genera Sebastes and Sebastolobus, except shortraker and rougheye rockfish.
\7\Forage fish are defined at Table 2c to this part.
\8\All legally retained species of fish and shellfish, including CDQ halibut and IFQ halibut that are not listed as FMP groundfish in Tables 2a and 2c to this part.


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            Table 12 to Part 679--Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas, 3nm No Groundfish Fishing Sites
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        Column Number 1              2            3             4             5             6             7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             Boundaries    Boundaries    Boundaries    Boundaries
                                  Area or       from          from          to\1\         to\1\          No
           Site Name              Subarea  -------------------------------------------------------- transit\2\ 3
                                              Latitude      Longitude     Latitude      Longitude        nm
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Walrus I. (Pribilofs)            Bering     57[deg]11.00  169[deg]56.0  ............  ............  Y
                                  Sea        N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Attu I./Cape Wrangell            Aleutian   52[deg]54.60  172[deg]27.9  52[deg]55.40  172[deg]27.2  Y
                                  I.         N             0 E           N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agattu I./Gillon Pt.             Aleutian   52[deg]24.13  173[deg]21.3  ............  ............  Y
                                  I.         N             1 E
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Agattu I./Cape Sabak             Aleutian   52[deg]22.50  173[deg]43.3  52[deg]21.80  173[deg]41.4  Y
                                  I.         N             0 E           N             0 E
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Buldir I.                        Aleutian   52[deg]20.25  175[deg]54.0  52[deg]20.38  175[deg]53.8  Y
                                  I.         N             3 E           N             5 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kiska I./Cape St. Stephen        Aleutian   51[deg]52.50  177[deg]12.7  51[deg]53.50  177[deg]12.0  Y
                                  I.         N             0 E           N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kiska I./Lief Cove               Aleutian   51[deg]57.16  177[deg]20.4  51[deg]57.24  177[deg]20.5  Y
                                  I.         N             1 E           N             3 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ayugadak Point                   Aleutian   51[deg]45.36  178[deg]24.3  ............  ............  Y
                                  I.         N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amchitka I./Column Rocks         Aleutian   51[deg]32.32  178[deg]49.2  ............  ............  Y
                                  I.         N             8 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amchitka I./East Cape            Aleutian   51[deg]22.26  179[deg]27.9  51[deg]22.00  179[deg]27.0  Y
                                  I.         N             3 E           N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Semisopochnoi/Petrel Pt.         Aleutian   52[deg]01.40  179[deg]36.9  52[deg]01.50  179[deg]39.0  Y
                                  I.         N             0 E           N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Semisopochnoi I./Pochnoi Pt.     Aleutian   51[deg]57.30  179[deg]46.0  ............  ............  Y
                                  I.         N             0 E
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ulak I./Hasgox Pt.               Aleutian   51[deg]18.90  178[deg]58.9  51[deg]18.70  178[deg]59.6  Y
                                  I.         N             0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tag I.                           Aleutian   51[deg]33.50  178[deg]34.5  ............  ............  Y
                                  I.         N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gramp Rock                       Aleutian   51[deg]28.87  178[deg]20.5  ............  ............  Y
                                  I.         N             8 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adak I.                          Aleutian   51[deg]35.50  176[deg]57.1  51[deg]37.40  176[deg]59.6  Y
                                  I.         N             0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kasatochi I.                     Aleutian   52[deg]11.11  175[deg]31.0  ............  ............  Y
                                  I.         N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agligadak I.                     Aleutian   52[deg]06.09  172[deg]54.2  ............  ............  Y
                                  I.         N             3 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seguam I./Saddleridge Pt.        Aleutian   52[deg]21.05  172[deg]34.4  52[deg]21.02  172[deg]33.6  Y
                                  I.         N             0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yunaska I.                       Aleutian   52[deg]41.40  170[deg]36.3  ............  ............  Y
                                  I.         N             5 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adugak I.                        Bering     52[deg]54.70  169[deg]10.5  ............  ............  Y
                                  Sea        N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ogchul I.                        Gulf of    52[deg]59.71  168[deg]24.2  ............  ............  Y
                                  Alaska     N             4 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bogoslof I./Fire I.              Bering     53[deg]55.69  168[deg]02.0  ............  ............  Y
                                  Sea        N             5 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akutan I./Cape Morgan            Gulf of    54[deg]03.39  165[deg]59.6  54[deg]03.70  166[deg]03.6  Y
                                  Alaska     N             5 W           N             8 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akun I./Billings Head            Bering     54[deg]17.62  165[deg]32.0  54[deg]17.57  165[deg]31.7  Y
                                  Sea        N             6 W           N             1 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ugamak I.                        Gulf of    54[deg]13.50  164[deg]47.5  54[deg]12.80  164[deg]47.5  Y
                                  Alaska     N             0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea Lion Rock (Amak)             Bering     55[deg]27.82  163[deg]12.1  ............  ............  Y
                                  Sea        N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clubbing Rocks (S)               Gulf of    54[deg]41.98  162[deg]26.7  ............  ............  Y
                                  Alaska     N             W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clubbing Rocks (N)               Gulf of    54[deg]42.75  162[deg]26.7  ............  ............  Y
                                  Alaska     N             W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pinnacle Rock                    Gulf of    54[deg]46.06  161[deg]45.8  ............  ............  Y
                                  Alaska     N             5 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chernabura I.                    Gulf of    54[deg]45.18  159[deg]32.9  54[deg]45.87  159[deg]35.7  Y
                                  Alaska     N             9 W           N             4 W
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Atkins I.                        Gulf of    55[deg]03.20  159[deg]17.4  ............  ............  Y
                                  Alaska     N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chowiet I.                       Gulf of    56[deg]00.54  156[deg]41.4  56[deg]00.30  156[deg]41.6  Y
                                  Alaska     N             2 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chirikof I.                      Gulf of    55[deg]46.50  155[deg]39.5  55[deg]46.44  155[deg]43.4  Y
                                  Alaska     N             0 W           N             6 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sugarloaf I.                     Gulf of    58[deg]53.25  152[deg]02.4  ............  ............  Y
                                  Alaska     N             0 W
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Marmot I.                        Gulf of    58[deg]13.65  151[deg]47.7  58[deg]09.90  151[deg]52.0  Y
                                  Alaska     N             5 W           N             6 W
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Outer (Pye) I.                   Gulf of    59[deg]20.50  150[deg]23.0  59[deg]21.00  150[deg]24.5  Y
                                  Alaska     N             0 W           N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wooded I. (Fish I.)              Gulf of    59[deg]52.90  147[deg]20.6  ............  ............  ............
                                  Alaska     N             5 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seal Rocks (Cordova)             Gulf of    60[deg]09.78  146[deg]50.3  ............  ............  ............
                                  Alaska     N             0 W
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Where two sets of coordinates are given, the baseline extends in a clock-wise direction from the first set of
  geographic coordinates along the shoreline at mean lower-low water to the second set of coordinates. Where
  only one set of coordinates is listed, that location is the base point.
\2\See 50 CFR 223.202(a)(2)(i) for regulations regarding 3 nm no transit zones.
Note: No groundfish fishing zones are the waters between 0 nm to 3 nm surrounding each site.

    21. Tables 14a and 14b to part 679 are revised to read as follows:

          Table 14a to Part 679--Port of Landing Codes, Alaska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          NMFS    ADF&G
                       Port Name                          Code     Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adak                                                        186      ADA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akutan, Akutan Bay                                          101      AKU
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alitak                                                      103      ALI
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anchorage                                                   105      ANC
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Angoon                                                      106      ANG
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aniak                                                       300      ANI
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anvik                                                       301      ANV
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Atka                                                        107      ATK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Auke Bay                                                    136      JNU
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beaver Inlet                                                119      DUT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bethel                                                      302      BET
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Captains Bay                                                119      DUT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chefornak                                                   189      CHF
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chignik                                                     113      CHG
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cordova                                                     115      COR
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Craig                                                       116      CRG
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dillingham                                                  117      DIL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Douglas                                                     136      JNU
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dutch Harbor/Unalaska                                       119      DUT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Egegik                                                      122      EGE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ekuk                                                        303      EKU
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elfin Cove                                                  123      ELF
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Emmonak                                                     304      EMM
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Excursion Inlet                                             124      XIP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
False Pass                                                  125      FSP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fairbanks                                                   305      FBK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Galena                                                      306      GAL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Glacier Bay                                                 307      GLB
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Glennallen                                                  308      GLN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gustavus                                                    127      GUS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Haines                                                      128      HNS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Homer                                                       132      HOM
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hoonah                                                      133      HNH
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hydaburg                                                    309      HYD
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hyder                                                       134      HDR
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Juneau                                                      136      JNU
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kake                                                        137      KAK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kaltag                                                      310      KAL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kasilof                                                     138      KAS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kenai                                                       139      KEN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kenai River                                                 139      KEN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ketchikan                                                   141      KTN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
King Cove                                                   142      KCO
------------------------------------------------------------------------
King Salmon                                                 143      KNG
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kipnuk                                                      144      KIP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Klawock                                                     145      KLA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kodiak                                                      146      KOD
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kotzebue                                                    311      KOT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Larsen Bay                                                  327      LRB
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mekoryuk                                                    147      MEK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Metlakatla                                                  148      MET
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Moser Bay                                                   312      MOS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Naknek                                                      149      NAK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nenana                                                      313      NEN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nikiski (or Nikishka)                                       150      NIK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ninilchik                                                   151      NIN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nome                                                        152      NOM
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nunivak Island                                              314      NUN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Old Harbor                                                  153      OLD
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other Alaska\1\                                             499      OAK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pelican                                                     155      PEL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Petersburg                                                  156      PBG
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port Alexander                                              158      PAL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port Armstrong                                              315      PTA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port Bailey                                                 159      PTB
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port Graham                                                 160      GRM
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port Lions                                                  316      LIO
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port Moller                                                 317      MOL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port Protection                                             161      PRO
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Quinhagak                                                   187      QUK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sand Point                                                  164      SPT
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Savoonga                                                    165      SAV
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Selawik                                                     326      SWK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seldovia                                                    166      SEL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seward                                                      167      SEW
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sitka                                                       168      SIT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Skagway                                                     169      SKG
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Soldotna                                                    318      SOL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. George                                                  170      STG
------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. Mary                                                    319      STM
------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. Paul                                                    172      STP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tee Harbor                                                  136      JNU
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tenakee Springs                                             174      TEN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Togiak                                                      176      TOG
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Toksook Bay                                                 177      TOB
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tununak                                                     178      TUN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ugashik                                                     320      UGA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unalakleet                                                  321      UNA
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Valdez                                                      181      VAL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wasilla                                                     322      WAS
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whittier                                                    183      WHT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wrangell                                                    184      WRN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yakutat                                                     185      YAK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\To report a landing at a location not currently assigned a location
  code number: use the code for ``Other Alaska'', code ``499'' or
  ``OAK.''


  Table 14b to Part 679--Port of Landing Codes: Non-Alaska (California,
                     Canada, Oregon, and Washington)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             NMFS  ADF&G
          Port State or Country                Port Name     Code   Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CALIFORNIA                                 Eureka            500   EUR
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Other             599     OCA
                                            California\1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CANADA                                     Other Canada\1\   899     OCN
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Port Edward,      802   PRU
                                            B.C.
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Prince Rupert,    802   PRU
                                            B.C.
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Vancouver, B.C.   803   VAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------
OREGON                                     Astoria           600   AST
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Newport           603   NPT
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Other Oregon\1\   699   OOR
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Portland          323   POR
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Warrenton         604   WAR
------------------------------------------------------------------------
WASHINGTON                                 Anacortes         700   ANA
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Bellingham        702   BEL
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Blaine            717   BLA
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Everett           704   EVT
                                          ------------------------------
                                           La Conner         708    LAC
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Olympia           324   OLY
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Other             799   OWA
                                            Washington\1\
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Seattle           715   SEA
                                          ------------------------------
                                           Tacoma            325    TAC
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\To report a landing at a location not currently assigned a location
  code number, use the code for ``Other California'', ``Other Oregon'',
  ``Other Washington'', or ``Other Canada'' at which the landing occurs.

    22. Table 15 to part 679 is revised to read as follows:

                             Table 15 to Part 679--Gear Codes, Descriptions, and Use
                                      (X indicates where this code is used)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   Use alphabetic code to complete the        Use numeric code to complete the
                                               following:                                following:
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Name of gear                                      Electronic WPR
                               Alpha gear  NMFS logbooks    & check-in/      Numeric         IERS        ADF&G
                                  code     & paper forms     check-out      gear code     eLandings       COAR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NMFS & ADF&G GEAR CODES
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hook-and-line                  HAL         X              X                61           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jig, mechanical                JIG         X              X                26           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pot                            POT         X              X                91           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trawl, nonpelagic/bottom       NPT         X              X                07           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trawl, pelagic/midwater        PTR         X              X                47           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Troll, dinglebar               TROLL       X              X                25           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Troll, hand                    TROLL       X              X                05           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Troll, power gurdy             TROLL       X              X                15           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All other gear types           OTH         X              X                ...........  .............  .........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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ADF&G GEAR CODES
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Diving                                                                     11           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dredge                                                                     22           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dredge, hydro/mechanical                                                   23           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fish ladder/raceway                                                        77           X              X
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Fish wheel                                                                 08           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gillnet, drift                                                             03           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gillnet, herring                                                           34           X              X
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Gillnet, set                                                               04           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gillnet, sunken                                                            41           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Handpicked                                                                 12           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net, dip                                                                   13           X              X
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Net, ring                                                                  10           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other/specify                                                              99           X              X
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Pound                                                                      21           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seine, purse                                                               01           X              X
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Seine, beach                                                               02           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shovel                                                                     18           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trap                                                                       90           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trawl, beam                                                                17           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trawl, double otter                                                        27           X              .........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trawl, pair                                                                37           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weir                                                                       14           X              X
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FIXED GEAR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authorized gear for sablefish   All longline gear (hook-and-line, jig, troll, and handline) and, for purposes of
 harvested from any GOA          determining initial IFQ allocation, all pot gear used to make a legal landing.
 reporting area
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authorized gear for sablefish                       All hook-and-line gear and all pot gear.
 harvested from any BSAI
 reporting area
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authorized gear for halibut      All fishing gear comprised of lines with hooks attached, including one or more
 harvested from any IFQ                    stationary, buoyed, and anchored lines with hooks attached.
 regulatory area
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PART 680--SHELLFISH FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF 
ALASKA

    23. The authority citation for part 680 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1862.
    24. In Sec.  680.2, a definition for ``sideboards'' is added in 
alphabetical order; and paragraphs (1), (2) introductory text, (3), and 
(4) under the definition for ``Crab individual fishing quota (crab 
IFQ)'' are revised to read as follows:


Sec.  680.2  Definitions.

* * * * *

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    Crab individual fishing quota (crab IFQ) * * *
    (1) Catcher vessel crew (CVC) IFQ means a permit, initially issued 
to persons who historically held CFEC crab permits and signed fish 
tickets for qualifying landings based on pounds delivered raw, to 
annually harvest, but not process, CR crab onboard the vessel used to 
harvest that crab.
    (2) Catcher vessel owner (CVO) IFQ means a permit, initially issued 
to persons who held LLP crab permits and had qualifying landings based 
on pounds delivered raw, to annually harvest, but not process, CR crab 
onboard the vessel used to harvest that crab.
* * * * *
    (3) Catcher/processor owner (CPO) IFQ means a permit, initially 
issued to persons who held LLP crab permits and had qualifying landings 
derived from landings processed at sea, to annually harvest and process 
CR crab.
    (4) Catcher/processor crew (CPC) IFQ means a permit, initially 
issued to persons who historically held CFEC crab permits and signed 
fish tickets for qualifying landings based on landings processed at 
sea, to annually harvest and process CR crab.
* * * * *
    Sideboards (see Sec.  680.22).
* * * * *
    25. In Sec.  680.4, paragraph (d)(3) is revised to read as follows:


Sec.  680.4  Permits.

* * * * *
    (d) * * *
    (3) On an annual basis, the Regional Administrator will issue a 
crab IFQ permit to a person who submits a complete annual application 
for a crab IFQ/IPQ permit, described at paragraph (f) of this section, 
that is subsequently approved by the Regional Administrator.
* * * * *
    26. In Sec.  680.5:
    A. Paragraphs (c) and (d) are removed and reserved.
    B. Paragraphs (a)(2)(i)(G) and (b) are revised.
    C. Paragraphs (a)(2)(i)(L) and (m) are added.
    The revisions and additions read as follows:


Sec.  680.5  Recordkeeping and reporting (R&R).

    (a) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (i) * * *

------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Recordkeeping and
    Reporting Report        Person Responsible           Reference
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(G) CR crab landing      RCR                      Sec.   679.5(e)(9)
 report
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * * * *            .......................  ......................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(L) CR RCR Ex-vessel     RCR                      Sec.   680.5(m)
 Volume and Value
 Report
------------------------------------------------------------------------

* * * * *
    (b) IFQ crab landings--(1) Landing reports. See Sec.  679.5(e).
    (2) Properly debited landing. All landed crab catch must be 
weighed, reported, and debited from the appropriate IFQ or IPQ account 
under which the catch was harvested, as appropriate (see Sec.  
679.5(e)).
* * * * *
    (m) CR Registered Crab Receiver Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report--
(1) Applicability. An RCR that also operates as a shoreside processor 
or stationary floating crab processor and receives and purchases 
landings of CR crab must submit annually to NMFS a complete CR RCR Ex-
vessel Volume and Value Report, as described in this paragraph (m), for 
each reporting period in which the RCR receives CR crab.
    (2) Reporting period. The reporting period of the CR RCR Ex-vessel 
Volume and Value Report shall extend from August 15 through April 30 of 
the following year, inclusive.
    (3) Due date. A complete CR RCR Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report 
must be received by the Regional Administrator not later than May 15 of 
the reporting period in which the RCR received the CR crab.
    (4) Information required. A complete CR RCR Ex-vessel Volume and 
Value Report must include the following information, for receipt of raw 
crab only:
    (i) RCR identification, including:
    (A) Name;
    (B) RCR permit number;
    (C) Social security number or tax identification number;
    (D) NMFS person ID number;
    (E) Business mailing address, indicate whether permanent or 
temporary;
    (F) Business telephone number, fax number; and e-mail address (if 
any);
    (G) Facility or vessel location (port location);
    (ii) CR crab pounds purchased and ex-vessel value:
    (A) Pounds purchased. The total CR crab pounds purchased for each 
crab fishery/species by month;
    (B) Ex-vessel value paid. The total dollar value (ex-vessel value) 
for fish in any product form of CR crab pounds before any deductions 
are made for goods and services (e.g., bait, ice, fuel, repairs, 
machinery replacement, etc.) provided to the CR crab harvesters. 
Include price adjustments made in the current year to CR crab 
harvesters for landings made during the crab fishing year.
    (C) Value paid for price adjustments. Enter the monthly total U.S. 
dollar amount (value paid for price adjustments) of any CR crab retro-
payments (correlated by CR crab species and fishery, landing month(s), 
and month of payment) made in the current year to CR crab permit 
holders for landings made during the previous calendar year.
    (iii) Certification. Enter printed name, signature, and date signed 
of the RCR or authorized representative. If a representative, attach 
authorization.
    (5) Submission address. The RCR must complete the CR Registered 
Crab Receiver Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report and submit by mail or 
fax to: Administrator, NMFS Alaska Region; Attn: RAM Program; P.O. Box 
21668; Juneau, AK 99802-1668; fax number 907-586-7354; or submit 
electronically to NMFS via forms available at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/ram.
    27. In Sec.  680.23, paragraph (b)(4) is revised to read as 
follows:


Sec.  680.23  Equipment and operational requirements.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (4) Offload all CR crab product processed onboard at a shoreside 
location in the United States accessible by road or regularly scheduled 
air service and weigh that product on a scale approved by the state in 
which the CR crab product is removed from the vessel that harvested the 
CR crab; and
* * * * *
    28. In Sec.  680.44, paragraph (a)(2)(i) is revised to read as 
follows:


Sec.  680.44  Cost recovery.

    (a) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (i) All CR allocation holders and RCR permit holders will be 
subject to a fee liability for any CR crab debited from a CR allocation 
during a crab fishing year, except for crab designated as personal use 
or deadloss, or crab confiscated by NMFS or the State of Alaska.
* * * * *


Sec. Sec.  680.7, 680.20, and 680.40  [Amended]

    29. At each of the locations shown in the Location column, remove 
the phrase

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indicated in the ``Remove'' column and replace it with the phrase 
indicated in the ``Add'' column for the number of times indicated in 
the ``Frequency'' column.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Location                         Remove                      Add                   Frequency
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   680.7(e)(1)                   without a valid crab IFQ   without a legible copy of  1
                                      permit                     a valid crab IFQ permit
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   680.20(g)(2)(ix)              not required under this    unless required under      1
                                      section, except as         this section.
                                      permitted by paragraph
                                      (j) of this section.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   680.40(c)(2)(vi)(A)           Sec.   679.40(k)(5)(v)     Sec.   679.4(k)(5)(v)      1
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[FR Doc. 07-3117 Filed 6-28-07; 8:45 am]
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