[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 158 (Thursday, August 14, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47559-47560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18857]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 071106673-8011-02]
RIN 0648-XJ59


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation 
of Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management 
Area; Correction

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

ACTION: Temporary rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On July 30, 2008, NMFS published a revised Table 4 that 
reallocated Atka mackerel from the 2008 incidental catch allowance to 
the B season allowance for the Amendment 80 cooperative in the Eastern 
Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and 
Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). Table 4 of that document 
contains the final 2008 and 2009 BSAI Atka mackerel allocations. That 
table contained inadvertent calculation errors that are corrected in 
this rule.

DATES: Effective August 14, 2008, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 
31, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Furuness, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal regulations at 50 CFR part 679 
implement the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and govern the groundfish 
fisheries in the BSAI. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council 
(Council) prepared the FMP, and NMFS approved it under the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). 
General regulations governing U.S. fisheries also appear at 50 CFR part 
600.
    On July 30, 2008 (73 FR 44173) NMFS published a revised Table 4 
that reallocated Atka mackerel from the 2008 incidental catch allowance 
to the B season allowance for the Amendment 80 cooperative in the 
Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the BSAI. 
However, NMFS inadvertently miscalculated the 2008 Amendment 80 
Cooperatives total amount as 8,804 metric tons (mt) instead of 8,683 mt 
and A season amount as 3,812 mt instead of 3,691 mt. NMFS also 
inadvertently miscalculated the 2009 Amendment 80 sectors amounts in 
the Eastern Aleutian District and Bering Sea area and the Central 
Aleutian District. This document corrects the errors and republishes 
Table 4 in its entirety.

Correction

    Accordingly, the revised Table 4 from the temporary rule (FR Doc. 
E8-17466) published on July 30, 2008, at 73 FR 44173, is corrected as 
follows:
    On page 44174, Table 4, is corrected and republished in its 
entirety to read as follows:

  TABLE 4--2008 AND 2009 SEASONAL AND SPATIAL ALLOWANCES, GEAR SHARES, CDQ RESERVE, INCIDENTAL CATCH ALLOWANCE,
                           AND AMENDMENT 80 ALLOCATIONS OF THE BSAI ATKA MACKEREL TAC
                                          [Amounts are in metric tons]
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                                                   2008 allocation by area           2009 allocation by area
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                                                Eastern                           Eastern
           Sector\1\             Season\2,3\   Aleutian    Central    Western    Aleutian    Central    Western
                                               District/   Aleutian   Aleutian   District/   Aleutian   Aleutian
                                              Bering Sea   District   District  Bering Sea   District   District
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TAC                             n/a           19,500      24,300     16,900     15,300      19,000     13,200
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CDQ reserve                     Total         2,087       2,600      1,808      1,637       2,033      1,412
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                                HLA\4\        n/a         1,560      1,085      n/a         1,220      847
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ICA                             Total         100         10         10         1,400       10         10
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Jig\5\                          Total         80          0          0          61          0          0
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BSAI trawl limited access       Total         319         434        0          488         678        0
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                                A             159         217        0          244         339        0
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                                HLA\4\        n/a         130        0          n/a         203        0
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                                B             159         217        0          244         339        0
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                                HLA\4\        n/a         130        0          n/a         203        0
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Amendment 80 sectors            Total         15,615      21,256     15,082     11,714      16,279     11,778
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                                A             7,807       10,628     7,541      5,857       8,139      5,889
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                                HLA\4\        n/a         6,377      4,525      n/a         4,884      3,533
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                                B             7,807       10,628     7,541      5,857       8,139      5,889
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                                HLA\4\        n/a         6,377      4,525      n/a         4,884      3,533
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Amendment 80 limited access     Total         8,232       12,809     9,298      n/a         n/a        n/a
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                                A             4,116       6,405      4,649      n/a         n/a        n/a
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                                HLA\4\        n/a         3,843      2,789      n/a         n/a        n/a
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                                B             4,116       6,405      4,649      n/a         n/a        n/a
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                                HLA\4\        n/a         3,843      2,789      n/a         n/a        n/a
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Amendment 80 cooperatives       Total         8,683       8,447      5,784      n/a         n/a        n/a
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                                A             3,691       4,224      2,892      n/a         n/a        n/a
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                                HLA\4\        n/a         2,534      1,735      n/a         n/a        n/a
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                                B             4,992       4,224      2,892      n/a         n/a        n/a
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                                HLA\4\        n/a         2,534      1,735      n/a         n/a        n/a
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\1\Section 679.20(a)(8)(ii) allocates the Atka mackerel TACs, after subtraction of the CDQ reserves, jig gear
  allocation, and ICAs, to the Amendment 80 and BSAI trawl limited access sectors. The allocation of the ITAC
  for Atka mackerel to the Amendment 80 and BSAI trawl limited access sectors is established in Table 33 to part
  679 and Sec.   679.91. The CDQ reserve is 10.7 percent of the TAC for use by CDQ participants (see Sec.  Sec.
   679.20(b)(1)(ii)(C) and 679.31).
\2\Regulations at Sec.  Sec.   679.20(a)(8)(ii)(A) and 679.22(a) establish temporal and spatial limitations for
  the Atka mackerel fishery. The A season is January 1 (January 20 for trawl gear) to April 15 and the B season
  is September 1 to November 1.
\3\The seasonal allowances of Atka mackerel are 50 percent in the A season and 50 percent in the B season.
\4\Harvest Limit Area (HLA) limit refers to the amount of each seasonal allowance that is available for fishing
  inside the HLA (see Sec.   679.2). In 2008 and 2009, 60 percent of each seasonal allowance is available for
  fishing inside the HLA in the Western and Central Aleutian Districts.
\5\Section 679.20(a)(8)(i) requires that up to 2 percent of the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea
  subarea TAC be allocated to jig gear after subtraction of the CDQ reserve and ICA. The amount of this
  allocation is 0.5 percent. The jig gear allocation is not apportioned by season.


    Dated: August 8, 2008.
Alan D. Risenhoover
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. E8-18857 Filed 8-13-08; 8:45 am]
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