[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 241 (Monday, December 15, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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Part III





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15 CFR Part 902

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; Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

15 CFR Part 902

50 CFR Parts 679 and 680

[Docket No. 080302360-7686-03]
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: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: NMFS issues a final rule that implements new recordkeeping and 
reporting requirements; a new electronic groundfish catch reporting 
system, the Interagency Electronic Reporting System, and its data entry 
component, eLandings; the integration of eLandings with existing 
logbook requirements and future electronic logbooks; a variety of 
fisheries permits provisions and revisions to regulations governing the 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area Crab Rationalization 
Program, including fee calculations; a revision to a Sitka Pinnacles 
Marine Reserve closure provision; and a revision to a groundfish 
observer provision regarding at-sea vessel-to-vessel transfers. This 
action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) 
and other applicable law.

DATES: Effective January 14, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Categorical Exclusion (CE), Regulatory Impact 
Review (RIR), and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) prepared 
for this action may be obtained from the NMFS Alaska Region, P.O. Box 
21668, Juneau, AK 99802, or by calling the Alaska Region, NMFS, at 907-
586-7228, or from the NMFS Alaska Region website at http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov.
    Written comments regarding the burden-hour estimates or other 
aspects of the collection-of-information requirements contained in this 
final rule may be submitted to NMFS and by e-mail to [email protected], or fax to 202-395-7285.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7008.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the U.S. groundfish fisheries 
of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Alaska under the Fishery 
Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and the Fishery 
Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
Management Area. With Federal oversight, the State of Alaska (State) 
manages the commercial king crab and Tanner crab fisheries under the 
Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner 
Crabs and the commercial scallop fishery under the Fishery Management 
Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska. The fishery management plans 
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.
    Management of the Pacific halibut fisheries in and off Alaska is 
governed by an international agreement, the ``Convention Between the 
United States of America and Canada for the Preservation of the Halibut 
Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea,'' which was 
signed at Ottawa, Canada, on March 2, 1953, and was amended by the 
``Protocol Amending the Convention,'' signed at Washington, D.C., March 
29, 1979. The Convention is implemented in the United States by the 
Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (Halibut Act).

Background and Need for Action

    Refer to the proposed rule preambles for further description and 
detail. The background and need for this action were described in 
detail in the preamble to the original proposed rule published in the 
Federal Register on June 29, 2007 (72 FR 35748) and in a supplemental 
proposed rule published on September 24, 2008 (73 FR 55368) and are not 
repeated here. The supplemental proposed rule explains the 
reorganization of materials within the current recordkeeping and 
reporting (R&R) regulatory text to integrate electronic and non-
electronic requirements. The original proposed rule's comment period 
ended July 30, 2007. NMFS received two emails containing nine comments 
on the original proposed rule. Responses to all nine comments were 
provided in the supplemental proposed rule. NMFS agreed with five of 
these comments and made the suggested changes in the supplemental 
proposed rule. The supplemental proposed rule's comment period ended 
October 24, 2008. NMFS received one comment by email which is 
summarized under ``Response to Comments.''
    In summary, this final rule:
     Institutes the Interagency Electronic Reporting System 
(IERS) and its data entry component, eLandings. eLandings replaces the 
current Shoreside Processor Electronic Logbook Report (SPELR) for 
entering groundfish catch information and Crab Rationalization Program 
(CR) crab information. The use of eLandings removes and replaces the 
use of the shoreside processor daily cumulative production logbook 
(DCPL), weekly production reports, daily production reports, and 
aggregated mothership fish tickets. The operators of catcher/processor 
vessels and motherships will be required to use a combination of 
eLandings and the appropriate DCPL to record fishery information;
     Allows for the future use of electronic logbooks (ELBs) by 
operators of catcher vessels, catcher/processors, and motherships to 
replace the daily fishing logbook (DFL) and the DCPL when used with 
eLandings. Equipment and operational requirements in conjunction with 
the new ELBs are updated to provide the process and criteria by which a 
private-sector vendor could submit ELB software programs for approval 
by NMFS Alaska Region;
     Reorganizes IFQ crab landing report regulations by 
removing them from 50 CFR part 680 and incorporating them into 
eLandings regulations at 50 CFR part 679, so that all regulations 
pertaining to eLandings will be found in one set of regulations;
     Adds a requirement for Registered Crab Receivers to submit 
an annual Crab Rationalization Program Registered Crab Receiver Ex-
vessel Volume and Value Report;
     Revises regulations that pertain to permits in the 
fisheries off Alaska. Most of the changes are technical or 
administrative in nature, e.g., clarification of existing regulations 
on how to amend or surrender a permit, and do not change existing 
requirements;
     Clarifies vessel restrictions in the Sitka Pinnacles 
Marine Reserve and how those restrictions apply to halibut and 
sablefish IFQ permit holders;

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     Revises requirements regarding at-sea transfer of an 
observer to enhance safety; and
     Technical revisions to regulations to correct cross-
references and other regulatory text. Miscellaneous revisions also 
include removal of outdated text and codifying existing reporting 
practices for catch weighing and vessel monitoring system requirements.

Response to Comments

    Comment 1: The data entry time limits for trawl and longline 
catcher/processors, the provision that requires submission ``by noon 
each day to record the previous day's discard and disposition 
information,'' is unworkable. An example of how this reporting deadline 
is a problem is when a tow or set is retrieved just before midnight. An 
observer cannot start monitoring and sampling a tow until it is being 
processed, and in some cases an observer's work shift may end in the 
morning. This means that the vessel crew may not know about discard and 
bycatch estimates until the afternoon of the day after the previous 
day's tow has been retrieved. We request the time limit for when data 
is entered in eLandings or the DCPL be changed from ``by noon each day 
to record the previous day's discard and disposition information'' to 
``by midnight each day to record the previous day's discard and 
disposition information.''
    Response: NMFS agrees with this comment. NMFS understands the 
impracticability of submitting information prematurely and that time 
limits must correspond with fishing operations. Therefore, NMFS revises 
regulations at Sec.  679.5(c)(3) and (c)(4) for trawl, longline, or pot 
catcher/processors to change the time limit for data entry in eLandings 
or the DCPL from ``by noon each day to record the previous day's 
discard and disposition information'' to ``by midnight each day to 
record the previous day's discard and disposition information.''

Changes from the Supplemental Proposed Rule

    Since publication of the proposed rules, NMFS published a final 
rule on September 16, 2008 (73 FR 53390) that revised the definition 
for an active period for catcher/processors, motherships, shoreside 
processors, and SFPs and eliminated the check-in/check-out report 
submittal requirement for motherships and catcher/processors that have 
onboard an operating vessel monitoring system. To ensure regulatory 
consistency and accuracy with the September 16, 2008, final rule, NMFS 
is substituting the words ``when active'' for ``checked-in'' in the two 
places they appear in Sec.  679.5(e)(9)(ii) and (e)(10)(iv).
    This final rule corrects a mistaken cross reference in Sec.  
679.40(h)(3)(i), which are regulations describing sablefish and halibut 
offload obligations. The supplemental proposed rule incorrectly cited 
to Sec.  679.5(e)(8)(i)(K), which describes the obligation to record 
discard or disposition information, which is unrelated to offloads. The 
final rule correctly references Sec.  679.50(e)(7)(i)(E)(6), which 
describes entry of delivery information.
    Other revisions are made by this final rule to ensure that 
electronic data submittal procedures are accurately and completely 
described. These revisions are as follows:
    eLandings relies on computers. The supplemental proposed rule, 
under Sec.  679.5(e), specified procedures for submitting information 
if a user's computer fails. The final rule clarifies that if a 
hardware, software, or Internet failure occurs, these procedures should 
be used. When a user is reporting on groundfish other than sablefish, 
the user must report the information as ``non-IFQ groundfish'' in 
paragraph 679.5(e)(1)(ii).
    The final rule also removes a sentence in paragraph 679.5(e)(1)(ii) 
that stated ``A User who for any reason is unable to properly submit a 
landing report or production report through eLandings must record the 
information in the DCPL until network connections are restored.'' This 
sentence is inappropriate because NMFS has determined it is unnecessary 
to specify by regulation where a user records temporary information. 
The final rule also adds ``other NMFS-approved software'' to paragraphs 
679.5(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii) because in the future, NMFS may approve 
additional software programs that will work as well as the eLandings 
system.
    The final rule, in Table 2b to part 679, corrects the mis-spelled 
Latin term for red king crab and removes the check marks for three crab 
species that incorrectly indicated that the crab species are Crab 
Rationalization (CR) crab. The complete list of CR crab may be viewed 
at Table 1 to part 680.
    The final rule reorganizes certain requirements for the Registered 
Crab Receiver (RCR) Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report at Sec.  
680.5(m). Since the report must be filed electronically, the final rule 
deletes the requirement for a paper report. The final rule reorganizes 
paragraphs (m)(iii)(B) and (C) to include retro payments, e.g., 
payments for crab made subsequent to the original payment, as part of 
the value of crab purchases instead of as payment and value 
information. Finally, paragraph (m)(4) is revised in the final rule to 
correct a website address that has been changed since publication of 
the proposed rules.

Classification

    The Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS determined that this final 
rule is necessary for the conservation and management of the groundfish 
fisheries, and that it is consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Act and 
other applicable laws.
    Regulations governing the U.S. fisheries for Pacific halibut are 
developed by the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), the 
Pacific Fishery Management Council, the North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council (Council), and the Secretary of Commerce. Section 5 
of the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. 773c (Halibut 
Act) allows the Regional Council having authority for a particular 
geographical area to develop regulations governing the allocation and 
catch of halibut in U.S. Convention waters as long as those regulations 
do not conflict with IPHC regulations. The final rule is consistent 
with the Council's authority to allocate, monitor, and manage halibut 
catches among fishery participants in the waters in and off Alaska.
    This final rule has been determined to be not significant for the 
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    NMFS is not aware of any other Federal rules that would duplicate, 
overlap, or conflict with this action.

Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA)

    A Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (FRFA) was prepared for 
this rule as required by section 604 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(RFA). The FRFA incorporates the IRFA and a summary of the analyses 
completed to support the action; no comments were received on the IRFA. 
Copies of the FRFA prepared for this final rule are available from NMFS 
(see ADDRESSES). A summary of the FRFA follows.
Reason and Justification for the Rule
    The FRFA describes in detail the objectives and legal basis for the 
rule, and characterizes the small and non-small regulated entities that 
participate in the fishery. A description of the action, the reasons 
why it is being considered, and a statement of the objectives and legal 
basis for this action are contained earlier in the preamble and are not 
repeated here.

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Number of Small Entities to Which the Final Rule Would Apply
    For purposes of a FRFA, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has 
established that a business involved in fish harvesting is a small 
business if it is independently owned and operated, not dominant in its 
field of operation (including its affiliates), and if it has combined 
annual gross receipts not in excess of $4.0 million for all its 
affiliated operations worldwide. A seafood processor is a small 
business if it is independently owned and operated, not dominant in its 
field of operation, and employs 500 or fewer persons on a full-time, 
part-time, temporary, or other basis, at all its affiliated operations 
worldwide.
    Because the SBA does not have a size criterion for businesses that 
are involved in both the harvesting and processing of seafood products, 
NMFS has in the past applied and continues to apply SBA's fish 
harvesting criterion for these businesses because catcher/processors 
are first and foremost fish harvesting businesses. Therefore, a 
business involved in both the harvesting and processing of seafood 
products is a small business if it meets the $4.0 million criterion for 
fish harvesting operations. NMFS currently is reviewing its small 
entity size classification for all catcher/processors in the United 
States. However, until new guidance is adopted, NMFS will continue to 
use the annual receipts standard for catcher/processors. NMFS plans to 
issue new guidance in the near future.
    The FRFA contains a description and estimate of the number of small 
entities to which the rule would apply. As required by the RFA, NMFS 
has estimated the numbers of small entities that may be directly 
regulated by this action. Counts of small catcher vessel and catcher/
processor entities are based on 2006 revenue estimates from the Alaska 
Fisheries Science Center. Counts of shoreside processors and stationary 
floating processors (SFPs) are based on 2006 information on plants and 
plant ownership from the NMFS Alaska Region. Counts of other more 
specialized categories of small entities are explained when they occur 
below. In general, the estimates of small entity numbers described in 
the following paragraphs are believed to be high for several reasons. 
Each vessel or processing plant is treated as a separate entity; 
however, this does not consider that a firm may own multiple vessels or 
plants. Moreover, revenue estimates do not take into account the 
revenues that an entity may have earned in waters outside of Alaska, or 
in non-fishing activities. Finally, estimates do not take into account 
potential affiliations among entities.
    Cooperative membership and joint venture affiliations are common 
among Alaskan fishing firms. In the absence of detailed information on 
ownership and affiliations, and on revenue from fishing or other 
activities outside of Alaska, NMFS has chosen to make estimates that 
are conservative, to avoid undercounting the number of small entities.
    The FRFA evaluates the following regulatory amendments:
    1. 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.
    2. Provide the process and criteria by which a private software 
vendor could get ELB software approved for use in the Alaska Region 
groundfish fisheries.
    3. Implement regulations for the eLandings data entry component of 
IERS to 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 Alaska 
Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), the International Pacific Halibut 
Commission (IPHC), and NMFS, as appropriate.
    4. 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.
    5. Provide uniform language and revise permit-related regulations 
governing fishing activities in fisheries off the coast of Alaska. The 
minor revisions 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.
    6. Revise 50 CFR part 680 by removing IFQ crab landing report 
regulations for incorporation into the description of IERS at Sec.  
679.5 IERS and by adding a requirement for a CR Registered Crab 
Receiver Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report.
    7. Revise a groundfish observer provision regarding at-sea vessel-
to-vessel transfers.
    8. Make miscellaneous revisions to fishing regulations at 50 CFR 
parts 679 and 680.
Electronic Logbooks (ELBs)
    NMFS will 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 will 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 will 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 will 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 participants associated with this aspect of the action include 
an estimated 771 small catcher vessels, 11 small catcher/processors, 
and no small motherships. The catcher vessel and catcher/processor 
estimates may be high, because they do not take account of affiliations 
among entities.
    NMFS considered two alternatives for implementation of the ELBs: 
the no-action (or status quo) and action alternatives. The action 
alternative allows participants to voluntarily use an ELB instead of a 
DFL or DCPL, but does not require firms to incur additional costs, 
because all processors participating in Federal fisheries have access 
to a computer. The no-action alternative was considered, but rejected, 
because it did not meet the action objective of creating a better 
regulatory environment for the introduction and use of ELB software for 
compliance with NMFS' reporting requirements.
    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

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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 may reduce 
data entry costs relative to the DFL and DCPL.
Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS)
    With this final rule, NMFS implements regulations for the eLandings 
data entry component of IERS to 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.
    NMFS estimates that this action will directly regulate 11 small 
catcher/processors, 80 small shoreside processors, five small SFPs, no 
small motherships, and 184 small Registered Buyers. Under this action, 
these entities will be required to report electronically using the IERS 
software.
    The Registered Buyer estimates were prepared as follows. There are 
206 IFQ Registered Buyers expected to use IERS to record their halibut 
IFQ and halibut CDQ deliveries under provisions of this action. An 
examination of the names of the Registered Buyers suggests that at 
least 22 are large entities under the Small Business Administration 
(SBA) criteria (i.e., processors subject to the 500 employee SBA 
criterion). The remaining Registered Buyers appear to be small 
shoreside firms or fishing operations. Thus, 184 Registered Buyers are 
estimated to be small for RFA purposes. This is likely to be an 
overestimate of the number of small entities among the Registered 
Buyers directly regulated by adoption of the IERS.
    NMFS considered two alternatives for the IERS and eLandings: the 
status quo and action alternatives. The status quo alternative, if 
retained, would not have required firms to begin using IERS for Federal 
reporting purposes. However, since State regulations will require firms 
to begin reporting in-state deliveries of harvests with the IERS 
system, retention of the status quo alternative would be of no 
advantage to small entities. Indeed, these small entities could be in 
the position of having to conform to two separate reporting standards. 
Moreover, a significant proportion of the harvest from Federal waters 
is delivered to onshore or inshore processors, who would be using the 
IERS to input these records.
    The preferred alternative requires processors to use IERS and 
eLandings to report data from Federal fisheries, but only imposes small 
additional costs. IERS is a joint project of ADF&G, IPHC, and NMFS. If 
NMFS adopted an alternative system, confusion would result for the 
fishing industry and industry costs would be increased. Additional 
alternatives in this instance would compromise our ability to meet the 
objectives of the action. Because the costs of this action are minor, 
it is difficult to identify additional alternatives with significant 
cost savings.

Regulatory text reorganization

    NMFS reorganizes and revises Sec.  679.5(a) and (c), such that each 
of the six groundfish logbooks is described clearly and completely in a 
separate section of regulatory text. This action also makes the 
regulations easier for the public to use. Regulations for processor 
forms also are revised and reorganized in this rule. Prior to this 
final rule, these regulations were arranged into tables by data element 
relating to multiple logbooks and forms. The reader had to consult 
several places in the regulations to find complete requirements for any 
given logbook or form. This action consolidates all of the requirements 
for each form and logbook into individual sections in Sec.  679.5.
    The small entities directly regulated by this action include 80 
shoreside processors, five SFPs, 11 catcher/processors, no motherships, 
and 771 catcher vessels.
    NMFS considered two alternatives for the reorganization of 
regulations: the status quo and action alternatives. Under the status 
quo alternative, the regulations at Sec.  679.5 would remain without 
reorganization. The regulations at Sec.  679.5 would remain arranged in 
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 status quo alternative, participants would 
likely face increased R&R regulatory uncertainty and a loss of 
efficiency. Under the action alternative, NMFS will 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 
increased efficiency.

Permits

    NMFS is unifying the language and revising permit-related 
regulations governing fishing activities in fisheries off the coast of 
Alaska. These minor revisions will improve enforcement of the 
regulations at 50 CFR part 679 by clarifying and simplifying text, 
especially regarding permit-related issues. NMFS estimates that 771 
small catcher vessels, 11 small catcher/processors, 80 small shoreside 
processors, five SFPs, and six small CDQ groups are directly regulated 
by this action.
    Six CDQ groups, representing 65 Western Alaska communities, 
currently participate in the CDQ Program. Each is organized as a not-
for-profit entity, and none is dominant in its field. Consequently, 
each is a small entity under the RFA. Several CDQ groups own, in whole 
or in part, and operate vessels participating in the CDQ fisheries. 
Because CDQ groups must obtain permits for their vessels, the six CDQ 
groups also will be directly regulated by this rule.
    NMFS considered two alternatives for the permit-related revisions: 
the status quo and action alternatives. The status-quo 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 ``tightens up'' the regulations as they relate 
to permits, for example, regulatory text is made specific as to whether 
a permit is issued to a person or to a vessel. Under the action 
scenario, NMFS clarifies ambiguities in the permit-related regulatory 
text and improves enforcement of the regulations at 50 CFR part 679.

eLandings Landing Report

    NMFS revises 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 will 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 status quo 
scenario, the regulations for use of eLandings for the CR fisheries 
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and the regulations for use of eLandings for other fisheries would be 
in Sec.  679.5(e). This would duplicate two sets of regulations and 
introduce confusion.
    Under the action alternative, NMFS removes regulatory text from 
Sec.  680.5(b), (c), and (d) that describe the use of eLandings for CR 
crab and integrates that text into regulations at Sec.  679.5(e). This 
change allows 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 is adding a new form, the CR Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) 
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 will be 
described at Sec.  680.5(m). The small entities directly regulated by 
this action are approximately 30 RCRs required to submit an annual CR 
RCR Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report.
    NMFS considered two alternatives for the addition of this form: the 
status quo and action alternatives. Under the status quo scenario, the 
requirement to report through eLandings the price paid for crab during 
landing 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 Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (Section 304(d)(2)(B)). Inaccurate fees 
could result in insufficient funds to manage the CR Program.
    The action alternative adds the new form to collect crab price 
information from CR RCRs. The form collects information used to assess 
fees on an annual basis, which is a statutory requirement. NMFS 
considered but rejected alternatives (options) of more frequent or less 
frequent collection of the price information. NMFS Restricted Access 
Management Program (RAM) will collect the price information to 
establish a ``standard'' ex-vessel price for CR crab. The standard 
price will 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 will be used 
to support management of the CR Program. An additional effect will be 
the removal of a requirement for an RCR who receives a landing of CR 
crab harvested under the IFQ, the CDQ, or Adak community allocation 
programs to submit for each landing the price per pound. Instead, each 
RCR will be required to submit a CR RCR Ex-vessel Volume and Value 
Report near the end of the crab fishing year. In addition, the 
requirement to report through eLandings the price paid for crab when 
landed will become optional.

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 for management 
of the Alaskan groundfish fisheries. On occasion crab fisherman must 
transfer an observer at sea from one vessel to another.
    The small entities directly regulated by this action include no 
motherships, 11 catcher/processors, and 771 catcher vessels.
    NMFS considered three alternatives for the observer at-sea transfer 
revisions: the status quo and two action alternatives. Under the status 
quo alternative, the regulatory text would not be changed. The no-
action alternative was rejected because it did not meet the action 
objective of creating a safe transfer environment for a groundfish 
observer.
    Under the preferred action alternative, NMFS revises 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 will improve safety for observers 
undergoing a transfer at sea because the regulatory text now states 
that all at-sea transfers of an observer be conducted during daylight 
hours, under safe conditions, and with the agreement of the observers 
involved.
    Under the second action alternative, NMFS will prohibit the 
transfer of an observer at sea. Most of the at-sea transfers are done 
by companies that own two or more vessels with less than 100 percent 
observer coverage and use one observer to meet 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, because vessels would have to return to the dock to pick 
up or drop off an observer. This alternative was rejected for further 
analysis because the 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 amends regulations in Parts 679 and 680 to improve clarity and 
efficiency. The small entities directly regulated by this final rule 
include 80 shoreside processors, 5 SFPs, 11 catcher/processors, no 
motherships, and 771 catcher vessels.
    NMFS considered two alternatives for the miscellaneous regulatory 
revisions: the status quo and action alternatives. Under the status quo 
alternative the regulatory text would not be changed. Under the action 
alternative, NMFS amends regulations in Part 679 and Part 680, by 
adding and revising definitions, revising text to clarify a Sitka 
Pinnacles Marine Reserve closure provision, 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 will facilitate management of the fisheries and enforcement 
efforts and promote compliance with the regulations.
    The preferred action alternative will have no known adverse impacts 
on small entities. The status quo alternative was rejected because it 
did not meet the action objective of creating a better regulatory 
environment.
    The regulations in this final rule appear to impose no adverse 
economic impacts on directly regulated small entities. Therefore no 
steps were needed to minimize the effects of this regulatory action on 
small entities.
    In the various items considered in this analysis, the preferred 
alternative was chosen rather than selecting the status quo 
alternative. The preferred alternative in every case supported the 
primary objective of this action which is to improve the methods and 
procedures of recordkeeping and reporting for the fishery programs of 
NMFS Alaska Region through expansion of electronic reporting methods 
and by simplifying regulations.
    Use of electronic recordkeeping will allow the public to more 
easily record daily information and retrieve daily information and will 
increase the

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accuracy of information collected and summarized. In addition, this 
initiation of electronic recordkeeping is the first step to interface 
with onboard electronics to collect certain information directly (for 
example location and direction information from a global positioning 
system). Electronic recordkeeping also creates a wide range of 
potential reports to allow the operator to analyze his or her fishing 
activity.
    eLandings or other NMFS-approved software allows processors and 
others to provide commercial harvest and production information of 
groundfish, halibut, and crab to NMFS, IPHC, and ADF&G. Using eLandings 
removes reporting duplications, and once implementation is complete, 
eLandings makes recordkeeping and reporting simpler. Additional 
benefits of the eLandings system include:
     Immediate verification of permits and vessel 
identification;
     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.

Small Entity Compliance Guide

    The preamble to this final rule and particularly the summary of the 
FRFA serve as the small entity compliance guide. This action does not 
require any additional compliance from small entities that is not 
described in this final rule. Copies of this final rule are available 
from NMFS (see ADDRESSES) and at the NMFS website at http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov.

Paperwork Reduction Act Collections of Information

    This final 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: 28 
minutes for catcher vessel longline and pot gear DFL or ELB; 18 minutes 
for catcher vessel trawl DFL or ELB; 31 minutes for mothership DCPL or 
ELB; 41 minutes for catcher/processor longline and pot gear DCPL or 
ELB; 30 minutes for catcher/processor trawl gear DCPL or ELB; 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. The weekly production report, 
estimated at 17 minutes; shoreside processor DCPL, estimated at 31 
minutes; and mothership consolidated ADF&G fish tickets, estimated at 
35 minutes, are removed with this final rule.

OMB Control Number 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.

OMB Control Number 0648-0515

    Public reporting burden is 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 
report.

OMB Control Number 0648-0570

    Public reporting burden is estimated to average per response: 20 
minutes for crab catcher/processor offload report, 40 hours for 
eligible crab community organization annual report; and 1 hour for CR 
Registered Crab Receiver Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report.
    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.
    Send comments regarding this burden estimate, or any other aspect 
of this data collection, including suggestions for reducing the burden, 
to NMFS (see ADDRESSES) and by 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.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR part 902

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR parts 679 and 680

    Alaska, Fisheries, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: December 2, 2008.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.

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For the reasons set out in the preamble, NMFS amends 15 CFR chapter IX 
and 50 CFR chapter VI as follows:

TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
OF COMMERCE

PART 902--NOAA INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE 
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT: OMB CONTROL NUMBERS

0
1. The authority citation for part 902 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

0
2. In Sec.  902.1, in the table in paragraph (b), under the entry ``50 
CFR'':
    A. Remove entries for ``679.5(b), (c), (d), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) 
and (m)''; ``679.5(e), (f), and (o)''; ``679.5(l)(1), (l)(2), (l)(3), 
and (l)(5)''; ``679.5(l)(3)(i), (l)(4)''; ``679.24(e)''; ``679.28(b) 
and (d)''; ``679.28(f)''; ``679.32(c)''; ``679.61(c) and (f)''; 
``679.61(d) and (e)''; ``679.62(b)(3) and (c)''; ``679.63(a)(2)''; 
``680.5''; ``680.23(e), (f), (g), and (h)''; ``680.44(a), (b), (c), 
(d), (e)''; and ``680.44(f)''.
    B. Add entries in alphanumeric order for ``679.5(b), (h), and 
(k)''; ``679.5(c)''; ``679.5(d)''; ``679.5(e) and (f)''; ``679.5(g)''; 
``679.5(l)(1) through (l)(5)''; ``679.5(o)''; ``679.27(j)(5)''; 
``679.28(a)''; ``679.28(b), (c), (d), and (e)''; ``679.28(h)''; 
``679.32(c) and (e)''; ``679.61(c), (d), (e), and (f)''; ``679.62''; 
``679.63''; ``680.5(a) and (h) through (l)''; ``680.5(b)''; ``680.5(e) 
and (f)''; ``680.5(g)''; ``680.5(m)''; ``680.23(e), (f), and (g)''; and 
``680.44''.
    C. Revise entries for ``679.5(r)''; ``679.5(s)''; ``679.32(d)''; 
``679.32(f)''; and ``679.43''.
    The additions and revisions read as follows:


Sec.  902.1  OMB control numbers assigned pursuant to the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *

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------------------------------------------------------------------------
     CFR part or section where the
 information collection requirement is   Current OMB control number (all
                located                     numbers begin with 0648-)
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* * * * * * *                           ................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
50 CFR                                  ................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * * * *                           ................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
679.5(b), (h), and (k)                  -0213
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679.5(c)                                -0213, -0272, -0330, -0513, and
                                         0515
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679.5(d)                                -0213, -0272, and -0513
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679.5(e) and (f)                        -0213, -0272, -0330, -0401, -
                                         0513, and -0515
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679.5(g)                                -0213, -0272, and -0330
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679.5(l)(1) through (l)(5)              -0272
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* * * * * * *                           ................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
679.5(o)                                -0401
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * * * *                           ................................
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679.5(r)                                -0213, -0445, and -0545
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679.5(s)                                -0213, -0445, and -0565
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* * * * * * *                           ................................
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679.27(j)(5)                            -0213, -0330, and -0565
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679.28(a)                               -0213 and -0330
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679.28(b), (c), (d), and (e)            -0330
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * * * *                           ................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
679.28(h)                               -0213 and -0515
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* * * * * * *                           ................................
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679.32(c) and (e)                       -0213 and -0269
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679.32(d)                               -0213, -0269 and -0330
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679.32(f)                               -0213, -0269, and -0272
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * * * *                           ................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
679.43                                  -0272, -0318, -0334, -0398, -
                                         0401, -0545, -0565, and -0569
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * * * *                           ................................
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679.61(c), (d), (e), and (f)            -0401
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679.62                                  -0393
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679.63                                  -0213 and -0330
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* * * * * * *                           ................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------
680.5(a) and (h) through (l)            -0213
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680.5(b)                                -0515
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680.5(e) and (f)                        -0570
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680.5(g)                                -0514
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* * * * * * *                           ................................
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680.5(m)                                -0514
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* * * * * * *                           ................................
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680.23(e), (f), and (g)                 -0330
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* * * * * * *                           ................................
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680.44                                  -0514
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* * * * * * *                           ................................
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TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES

CHAPTER VI--FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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

0
3. The authority citation for part 679 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.; 1801 et seq.; 3631 et seq.; 
Pub. L. 108-447.

0
4. In Sec.  679.2:
    A. 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''.
    B. Revise the definitions of ``Active/inactive periods'', 
``Associated processor'', ``Gear deployment (or to set gear)'', ``Gear 
retrieval (or to haul gear)'', ``Haul'', ``Prohibited species catch 
(PSC)'', and ``Tender vessel''.
    The additions and revisions read as follows:


Sec.  679.2  Definitions.

* * * * *
    Active/inactive periods means for longline or pot gear catcher 
vessel, see Sec.  679.5(c)(3)(iv)(A)(1); for longline or pot gear 
catcher/processor, see Sec.  679.5(c)(3)(iv)(B)(1); for trawl gear 
catcher vessel, see Sec.  679.5(c)(4)(iv)(A)(1); for trawl gear 
catcher/processor, see Sec.  679.5(c)(4)(iv)(B)(1); for shoreside 
processor or SFP, see Sec.  679.5(c)(5)(ii); for mothership, see Sec.  
679.5(c)(6)(iv).
* * * * *
    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/or 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 trawl gear; 
or when non-functional gear is pulled in, even if no fish are 
harvested. 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 named eLandings to enter landings 
and production data for appropriate

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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 means documentation granting permission to fish and includes 
``license'' as a type of permit.
* * * * *
    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 ``eLandings'' 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, an individual 
representative of a Registered Buyer; a Registered Crab Receiver; a 
mothership or catcher/processor that is required to have a Federal 
Fisheries Permit (FFP) under Sec.  679.4; a shoreside processor or SFP 
and mothership that receives groundfish from vessels issued an FFP 
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., except during the last 
week of each calendar year, when it ends at 2400 hours, A.l.t., 
December 31.
* * * * *

0
5. In Sec.  679.4:
    A. Paragraph (a)(4) is removed and reserved.
    B. Paragraphs (a)(1)(i)(A), (a)(1)(iv)(A), (a)(1)(iv)(B), 
(a)(3)(i), (a)(3)(iii), (b) heading, (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5) heading, 
(b)(5)(iv), (e)(2), (e)(3), (f) heading, (f)(2), (f)(3), (f)(4), 
(g)(1), (k) heading, and (l)(1)(iv) are revised.
    C. Paragraphs (a)(1)(vii)(C), (a)(1)(xiv), (a)(9), (b)(5)(vi)(C), 
(d)(1)(iii), (d)(2)(iv), (d)(3)(v), (k)(6)(x), (l)(1)(ii)(C), and 
(l)(5)(ii) are added.
    The revisions and additions read as follows:


Sec.  679.4  Permits.

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

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                Permit is in effect
If program permit or card type    from issue date          For more
              is:                through the end of   information, see .
                                       . . .                 . .
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(i) * * *
-------------------------------
(A) Registered buyer            Until expiration     Paragraph
                                 date shown on        (d)(3)(ii) of this
                                 permit               section
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * * * *
-------------------------------
(iv) * * *
-------------------------------
(A) Federal fisheries           Until expiration     Paragraph (b) of
                                 date shown on        this section
                                 permit
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Federal processor           Until expiration     Paragraph (f) of
                                 date shown on        this section
                                 permit
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * * * *
-------------------------------
(vii) * * *
-------------------------------
(C) Scallop license             Indefinite           Paragraph (g) of
                                                      this section
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * * * *
-------------------------------
(xiv) Crab Rationalization      see Sec.   680.4 of  Sec.   680.4 of
 Program permits                 this chapter         this chapter
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) Crab Quota Share permit     Indefinite           Sec.   680.4(b) of
                                                      this chapter
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Crab Processor Quota Share  Indefinite           Sec.   680.4(c) of
 permit                                               this chapter
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Crab Individual Fishing     Specified fishing    Sec.   680.4(d) of
 Quota (IFQ) permit              year                 this chapter
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) Crab Individual Processor   Specified fishing    Sec.   680.4(e) of
 Quota (IPQ) permit              year                 this chapter
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(E) Crab IFQ hired master       Specified fishing    Sec.   680.4(g) of
 permit                          year                 this chapter
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(F) Registered Crab receiver    Specified fishing    Sec.   680.4(i) of
 permit                          year                 this chapter
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(G) Federal crab vessel permit  Specified fishing    Sec.   680.4(k) of
                                 year                 this chapter
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(H) Crab harvesting             Specified fishing    Sec.   680.21(b) of
 cooperative IFQ permit          year                 this chapter
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* * * * *
    (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 submit forms to NMFS as instructed in application 
instructions. With appropriate software, all permit applications may be 
completed online and printed from the Alaska Region website at http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov.
* * * * *
    (iii) The operator, manager, Registered Buyer, or Registered Crab 
Receiver must obtain a separate permit for each applicant, facility, or 
vessel, as appropriate to each Federal permit in
    this section (Sec.  679.4) and retain a copy of each permit 
application, 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 in this section, Sec.  679.4, if 
a permit may be surrendered and it is submitted by the person named on 
the permit, owner of record, or agent. Submit the original permit 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.
    (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, except that a catcher 
vessel, catcher/processor, mothership, or tender vessel may be operated 
as a support vessel.
    (4) Duration--(i) Length of permit effectiveness. An FFP is in 
effect from the effective date through the expiration date, unless it 
is revoked, suspended, surrendered in accordance with 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 voluntarily 
surrendered in accordance with paragraph (a)(9) of this section. An FFP 
may be reissued to the permit holder of record in the same fishing year 
in which it was surrendered. Contact NMFS/RAM by telephone, locally at 
907-586-7202 (Option 2) or toll-free at 800-304-4846 (Option 
2).
    (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 
at http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov as instructed on the application 
form. 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.
* * * * *
    (d) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (iii) An IFQ permit may be voluntarily surrendered in accordance 
with paragraph (a)(9) of this section. An annual IFQ permit will not be 
reissued in the same fishing year in which it was surrendered, but a 
new annual IFQ permit may be issued to the quota share holder of record 
in a subsequent fishing year. Contact NMFS/RAM for more information 
locally at 907-586-7202 (Option 2) or toll-free at 800-304-
4846 (Option 2).
    (2) * * *
    (iv) An IFQ hired master permit may be voluntarily surrendered in 
accordance with paragraph (a)(9) of this section. An IFQ hired master 
permit may be reissued to the permit holder of record in the same 
fishing year in which it was surrendered. Contact NMFS/RAM for more 
information by telephone, locally at 907-586-7202 (Option 2) 
or toll-free at 800-304-4846 (Option 2).
    (3) * * *
    (v) A Registered Buyer permit may be voluntarily surrendered in 
accordance with paragraph (a)(9) of this section. A Registered Buyer 
permit may be reissued to the permit holder of record in the same 
fishing year in which it was surrendered. Contact NMFS/RAM for more 
information by telephone, locally at 907-586-7202 (Option 2) 
or toll-free at 800-304-4846 (Option 2).
* * * * *
    (e) * * *
    (2) Halibut CDQ permit. The CDQ group must obtain a halibut CDQ 
permit issued by the Regional Administrator. The vessel operator must 
have a copy of the halibut CDQ permit on any fishing vessel operated 
by, or for, a CDQ group that will have halibut CDQ onboard and must 
make the permit available for inspection by an authorized officer. The 
halibut CDQ permit is non-transferable and is issued annually until 
revoked, suspended, surrendered, or modified. A halibut CDQ permit may 
be voluntarily surrendered in accordance with paragraph (a)(9) of this 
section. The halibut CDQ permit will not be reissued in the same 
fishing year in which it was surrendered, but a new annual halibut CDQ 
permit may be issued in a subsequent fishing year to the CDQ group 
entitled to a CDQ halibut allocation. Contact NMFS/RAM for more 
information by telephone, locally at 907-586-7202 (Option 2) 
or toll-free at 800-304-4846 (Option 2).
    (3) An individual must have onboard the vessel a legible copy of 
his or her halibut CDQ hired master permit issued by the Regional 
Administrator while harvesting and landing any CDQ halibut. Each 
halibut CDQ hired master permit will identify a CDQ permit number and 
the individual authorized by the CDQ group to land halibut for debit 
against the CDQ group's halibut CDQ. A halibut CDQ hired master permit 
may be voluntarily surrendered in accordance with paragraph (a)(9) of 
this section. A halibut CDQ hired master permit may be reissued to the 
permit holder of record in the same fishing year

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in which it was surrendered. Contact NMFS/RAM for more information by 
telephone, locally at 907-586-7202 (Option 2) or toll-free at 
800-304-4846 (Option 2).
* * * * *
    (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 
(see paragraphs (f)(2)(i) through (v) of this section 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 an amended permit, provide 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 email 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); 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 the shoreside processor is replacing a 
previous processor at this facility (YES or NO, 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.
    (3) Issuance. Upon receipt of a properly completed permit 
application, the Regional Administrator will issue a Federal processor 
permit required by this paragraph (f).
    (4) Duration--(i) Length of effectiveness. An FPP is in effect from 
the effective date through the date of permit expiration, unless it is 
revoked, suspended, surrendered in accordance with paragraph (a)(9) of 
this section, or modified under Sec.  600.735 or Sec.  600.740 of this 
chapter.
    (ii) Surrendered permit. An FPP may be voluntarily surrendered in 
accordance with paragraph (a)(9) of this section. An FPP may be 
reissued to the permit holder of record in the same fishing year in 
which it was surrendered. Contact NMFS/RAM for more information by 
telephone, locally at 907-586-7202 (Option 2) or toll-free at 
800-304-4846 (Option 2).
    (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 
at http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov. The owner or operator must submit 
the application as instructed on the application form. Upon receipt and 
approval of a permit amendment, the Program Administrator, RAM, will 
issue an amended FPP.
* * * * *
    (g) * * *
    (1) General requirements. (i) In addition to the permit and 
licensing requirements prescribed in this part, each vessel within the 
EEZ off Alaska that is catching and retaining scallops, must have an 
original scallop LLP license onboard at all times it is catching and 
retaining scallops. This scallop LLP license, issued by NMFS, 
authorizes the person named on the license to catch and retain scallops 
in compliance with State of Alaska regulations and only with a vessel 
that does not exceed the maximum LOA specified on the license and the 
gear designation specified on the license.
    (ii) A scallop LLP license may be voluntarily surrendered in 
accordance with paragraph (a)(9) of this section. A surrendered scallop 
LLP license will cease to exist and will not be subsequently reissued. 
Contact NMFS/RAM for more information by telephone, locally at 907-586-
7202 (Option 2) or toll-free at 800-304-4846 (Option 
2).
* * * * *
    (k) Licenses for license limitation (LLP) groundfish or crab 
species
* * * * *
    (6) * * *
    (x) Surrender of groundfish or crab LLP. A groundfish or crab LLP 
license may be voluntarily surrendered in accordance with paragraph 
(a)(9) of this section. A surrendered groundfish or crab LLP license 
will cease to exist and will not be subsequently reissued. Contact 
NMFS/RAM for more information by telephone, locally at 907-586-7202 
(Option 2) or toll-free at 800-304-4846 (Option 2).
* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (ii) * * *
    (C) Surrender of AFA permits. Except for AFA inshore processor 
permits, AFA permits may not be surrendered.
* * * * *
    (iv) Amended permits. AFA vessel and processor permits may not be 
used on or transferred to any vessel or processor that is not listed on 
the permit. However, AFA permits may be amended by NMFS to reflect any 
change in the ownership of the vessel or processor after submittal of 
this information to NMFS in a written letter.
* * * * *
    (5) * * *
    (ii) Surrender of permit. An AFA inshore processor permit may be 
voluntarily surrendered in accordance with paragraph (a)(9) of this 
section. The AFA inshore processor permit will not be reissued in the 
same fishing year in which it was surrendered, but may be reapplied for 
and if approved, reissued to the permit holder of record in a 
subsequent fishing year. Contact NMFS/RAM for more information by 
telephone, locally at 907-586-7202 (Option 2) or toll-free at 
800-304-4846 (Option 2).
* * * * *

0
6. In Sec.  679.5:
0
A. Paragraphs (j) and (m) are removed and reserved.
0
B. Paragraphs (a) through (f), (g)(1) introductory text, (h), (i), 
(l)(1)(iv), and (l)(2) are revised.
    The revisions read as follows:


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

    (a) General R&R requirements. R&R requirements include, but are not 
limited to, paper and electronic documentation, logbooks, forms, 
reports, receipts, computer printouts, and requests for inspection 
described in this section and in Sec.  679.28.
    (1) Groundfish logbooks and forms. (i) The Regional Administrator 
will prescribe and provide groundfish logbooks required under this 
section. All groundfish forms required under this section are available 
from the Alaska Region website at http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov or 
may be

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requested by calling the Sustainable Fisheries Division at 907-586-7228 
or faxing 907-586-7465. The forms may be completed online, printed, and 
mailed or faxed to NMFS at the address or fax number shown on the form. 
The forms also may be completed online, saved as a file, and submitted 
to NMFS as an attachment to an e-mail to the e-mail address shown on 
the form.
    (ii) Current editions. The operator must use the current edition of 
the logbooks and current format of the forms. Upon approval from the 
Regional Administrator NMFS-approved electronic versions of the forms 
may be used. Upon written notification and approval by the Regional 
Administrator, logbooks from the previous year may be used.
    (iii) Management program defined. A ``management program'' is a 
unique fishery program with a specific management strategy and/or 
allocation. Harvest that occurred under the management programs listed 
in the following table must be recorded separately in the logbooks, 
forms, and eLandings.

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

    (2) Responsibility. (i) The operator of a catcher vessel, catcher/
processor, mothership, or buying station receiving groundfish 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 groundfish 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 R&R requirements in 
this section and in Sec.  679.28.
    (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 applicable R&R requirements in this section 
and in Sec.  679.28.
    (iii) The IFQ permit holder, IFQ hired master permit holder, or 
Registered Buyer must comply with the R&R requirements provided at 
paragraphs (e), (g), (k), and (l) of this section.
    (iv) The CDQ permit holder, CDQ hired master permit holder, or 
Registered Buyer must comply with the R&R requirements provided at 
paragraphs (e), (g), (k), and (l)(1) through (6) of this section.
    (3) Fish to be recorded and reported. The operator or manager must 
record and report the following information (see paragraphs (a)(3)(i) 
through (iv) of this section) for all groundfish (see Table 2a to this 
part), prohibited species (see Table 2b to this part) and forage fish 
(see Table 2c to this part). The operator or manager may record and 
report the following information (see paragraphs (a)(3)(i) through (iv) 
of this section) for non-groundfish (see Table 2d to this part):
    (i) Harvest information;
    (ii) Receipt information from catcher vessels and buying stations, 
including fish received from vessels not required to have an FFP; and 
fish received under contract for handling or processing for another 
processor;
    (iii) Discard or disposition information, including fish reported 
but not delivered to the operator or manager, e.g., fish used onboard a 
vessel, when receiving catch from a catcher vessel or buying station; 
and
    (iv) 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. 
Except for the vessel activity report described at paragraph (k) of 
this section, the owner or operator of a catcher vessel less than 60 ft 
(18.3 m) LOA is not required to 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 an 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 in this section and in Sec.  679.28 upon the request of 
an authorized officer.
    (ii) Retention of records. The operator or manager must retain the 
R&R documentation described in this section and in Sec.  679.28:
    (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 are retained.
    (B) For 3 years. Retain these records 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 records described in this section and in Sec.  679.28 in English 
and 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.
    (7) Custom processing. The manager of a shoreside processor or SFP 
or the operator of a mothership must record products that result from 
custom processing for another person in eLandings consistently 
throughout a

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fishing year using one of the following two methods:
    (i) Combined records. Record landings, discards or dispositions, 
and products of custom-processed groundfish routinely in eLandings 
using processor name, FFP or FPP number, and ADF&G processor code; or
    (ii) Separate records. Record landings, discards or dispositions, 
and products of custom-processed groundfish in eLandings identified by 
the name, FPP number or FFP number, and ADF&G processor code of the 
associated business entity.
    (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 (b) does not 
relieve the owner, operator, or manager of responsibility for 
compliance under paragraphs (a)(1) through (6) of this section.
    (c) Logbooks--(1) Requirements--(i) Use of two or more 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.
    (ii) Use of two or more vessel logbooks of different gear types. If 
two or more different gear types are used onboard a vessel in a fishing 
year, the operator(s) of this vessel must use the same number of 
separate vessel logbooks for the different gear types, each separately 
paginated.
    (iii) 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.
    (iv) 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.
    (v) Alteration of logbook information. (A) Except as described in 
paragraph (c)(1)(v)(B) of this section, no person may alter or change 
any entry or record in a logbook.
    (B) An inaccurate or incorrect entry or record must 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.
    (vi) Logsheet distribution and submittal. (A) No person except an 
authorized officer may remove any original white logsheet of any 
logbook.
    (B) The operator must distribute and submit logsheets as indicated 
in the following table:

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

    (2) Recording active and inactive time periods in the DFL or DCPL--
(i) Account for each day of the fishing year. The operator 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.
    (A) An active period by fishing category is defined in the 
following paragraphs under this section:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Paragraph                         Fishing Category
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c)(3)(iv)(A)(1)                       Catcher vessel, longline or pot
                                        gear
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c)(3)(iv)(B)(1)                       Catcher/processor, longline or
                                        pot gear
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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(c)(4)(iv)(A)(1)                       Catcher vessel, trawl gear
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c)(4)(iv)(B)(1)                       Catcher/processor, trawl gear
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c)(5)(ii)                             Shoreside processor or SFP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c)(6)(iv)                             Mothership
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (B) An inactive period is defined as a time period other than 
active.
    (ii) Record January 1 on page 1. The operator 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 must record time periods consecutively.
    (iii) Required information for inactive periods. If inactive, the 
operator must record the following information (see paragraphs 
(c)(2)(iii)(A) through (F) of this section) 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 mothership or catcher/processor, record vessel name, ADF&G 
processor code, FFP number, operator printed name, operator signature, 
and page number.
    (C) Mark ``inactive.''
    (D) Record the date (mm/dd) of the first day when inactive under 
``Start date.''
    (E) 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 the reason for inactivity.
    (F) 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 must 
complete a logsheet for each inactive quarter. The first logsheet must 
indicate the first and last day of the first inactive quarter. 
Successive logsheets must indicate the first and last day of its 
respective inactive quarter.
    (3) Longline and pot gear catcher vessel DFL and catcher/processor 
DCPL--(i) Responsibility--(A) Groundfish fisheries. (1) Except as 
described in paragraph (f)(1)(i) of this section, 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) and that is using longline or pot gear to 
harvest groundfish must maintain a longline and pot gear DFL.
    (2) Except as described in paragraph (f)(1)(ii) of this section, 
the operator of a catcher/processor that is required to have an FFP 
under Sec.  679.4(b) and that is using longline or pot gear to harvest 
groundfish must use a combination of catcher/processor longline and pot 
gear DCPL and eLandings to record and report daily processor 
identification information, catch-by-set information, groundfish 
production data, and groundfish and prohibited species discard or 
disposition data.
    (B) IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ sablefish fisheries. (1) 
Except as described in paragraph (f)(1)(i) of this section, 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) Except as described in paragraph (f)(1)(ii) of this section, 
the operator of a catcher/processor that is using longline or pot gear 
to harvest IFQ sablefish, IFQ halibut, or CDQ halibut from the GOA or 
BSAI must use a combination of catcher/processor longline and pot gear 
DCPL and eLandings to record and report daily processor identification 
information, catch-by-set halibut and sablefish landings data, and 
halibut, sablefish, and prohibited species discard or disposition data.
    (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 that is using pot gear to 
harvest CR crab from the BSAI must use a combination of catcher/
processor longline and pot gear DCPL and eLandings to record and report 
daily processor identification information, CR crab landings data, and 
CR crab and prohibited species discard or disposition data.
    (ii) Data entry time limits--(A) Catcher vessel. The operator of a 
catcher vessel using longline or pot gear must record in the DFL the 
information from the following table for each set within the specified 
time limit:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
       DATA ENTRY TIME LIMITS, CATCHER VESSEL LONGLINE OR POT GEAR
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Required information               Time limit for recording
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Set number, time and date gear     Within 2 hours after completion
 set, time and date gear hauled,        of gear retrieval
 beginning and end 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
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) Discard and disposition            By noon each day to record the
 information                            previous day's discard and
                                        disposition information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) Submit the blue DFL to             Within 2 hours after completion
 mothership, shoreside processor,       of catch delivery
 SFP, or buying station receiving
 catch
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4) All other required information     Within 2 hours after the vessel's
                                        catch is off-loaded,
                                        notwithstanding other time
                                        limits
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5) Operator sign the completed        Within 2 hours after completion
 logsheets                              of catch delivery
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(6) Submit goldenrod logsheet to the   After signature of operator and
 observer                               prior to departure of observer
                                        from the vessel.
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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    (B) Catcher/processor. The operator of a catcher/processor using 
longline or pot gear must record in the DCPL or eLandings the 
information from the following table for each set within the specified 
time limit:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         DATA ENTRY TIME LIMITS, CATCHER/PROCESSOR LONGLINE OR POT GEAR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Record In
             Required information              ---------------------------------     Time limit for recording
                                                    DCPL          eLandings
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Set number, time and date gear set, time    X             X                  Within 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) Discard and disposition information         ............  X                  By midnight each day to record
                                                                                  the previous day's discard and
                                                                                  disposition information
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) Product information                         ............  X                  By noon each day to record the
                                                                                  previous day's production
                                                                                  information
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4) All other required information              X             X                  By noon of the day following
                                                                                  completion of production
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5) Operator sign the completed logsheets       X             X                  By noon of the day following
                                                                                  the week-ending date of the
                                                                                  weekly reporting period
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(6) Submit goldenrod logsheet to the observer   X             .................  After signature of operator and
                                                                                  prior to departure of observer
                                                                                  from the vessel
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) Required information, if inactive. See paragraph (c)(2) of 
this section.
    (iv) Required information, if active--(A) Catcher vessel, longline 
or pot gear. (1) A catcher vessel using longline or pot gear is active 
when gear remains on the grounds in a reporting area (except reporting 
areas 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), (vi), (viii), (ix), and (x) of this section.
    (3) Retain and record discard quantities over the MRA. When a 
catcher vessel is 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 maximum retainable amount 
(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.
    (B) Catcher/processor, longline or pot gear. (1) A catcher/
processor using longline or pot gear is active when processing or when 
all or part of the longline or pot gear is in the water.
    (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) and (vi) of 
this section and must record in eLandings the information listed in 
paragraphs (c)(3)(v), (vii), (viii), and (x) of this section.
    (3) Retain and record discard quantities over the MRA. When a 
catcher/processor is 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 
eLandings.
    (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's name 
must be printed in the DFL or DCPL. 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
    (C) Vessel identification. Name of vessel as displayed in official 
documentation; FFP number or Federal crab vessel permit number 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 each permit number of any IFQ permit on which 
anyone aboard is authorized to fish; 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 and 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.

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------------------------------------------------------------------------
       If gear type is ...                        Then ...
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Other gear                     If gear is other than those listed
                                    within this table, indicate
                                    ``Other'' and describe
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) Pot gear                       Enter the number of pots lost
                                    (optional, but may be required by
                                    IPHC regulations (see Sec.  Sec.
                                    300.60 through 300.65 of this
                                    chapter)) 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 Sec.  Sec.
                                     300.60 through 300.65 of this
                                    chapter))
                                  --------------------------------------
                                   (ii) Length of skate to the nearest
                                    foot (optional, but may be required
                                    by IPHC regulations (see Sec.  Sec.
                                     300.60 through 300.65 of this
                                    chapter)), number of skates lost
                                    (optional, but may be required by
                                    IPHC regulations (see Sec.  Sec.
                                    300.60 through 300.65 of this
                                    chapter)), and number of skates set
                                  --------------------------------------
                                   (iii) Number of hooks per skate
                                    (optional, but may be required by
                                    IPHC regulations (see Sec.  Sec.
                                    300.60 through 300.65 of this
                                    chapter)), 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. Indicate whether harvest occurred under a 
management program (see paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this section). Use a 
separate logsheet for each management program. If harvest is not under 
one of the listed 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 (see paragraphs (c)(3)(vi)(A) through (L) of this 
section) for each set (see Sec.  679.2) in the DFL or DCPL. 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 begin 
position. Record date (mm/dd), time (in military format, A.l.t.), and 
the begin position (in latitude and longitude to the nearest minute; 
indicate E or W for longitude) when the first hook-and-line gear of a 
set enters the water.
    (2) Jig or troll gear begin position. Record date (mm/dd), time (in 
military format, A.l.t.), and the begin position (latitude and 
longitude to the nearest minute; indicate E or W for longitude) when 
the jig or troll gear enters the water.
    (3) Pot gear begin position. Record date (mm/dd), time (in military 
format, A.l.t.), and the begin position (latitude and longitude to the 
nearest minute; indicate E or W for longitude) when the pot gear enters 
the water.
    (C) Gear retrieval (or to haul gear)--(1) Hook-and-line gear end 
position. Date (mm/dd), time (in military format, A.l.t.), and end 
position coordinates (in latitude and longitude to the nearest minute; 
indicate E or W for longitude), 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 end position. Date (mm/dd), time (in military 
format, A.l.t.), and end position coordinates (in latitude and 
longitude to the nearest minute; indicate E or W for longitude) where 
the jig or troll gear leaves the water.
    (3) Pot gear end position. Date (mm/dd), time (in military format, 
A.l.t.), and end position coordinates (in latitude and longitude to the 
nearest minute; indicate E or W for longitude) 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 of 
this chapter)).
    (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 of this chapter)).
    (F) Species codes. The operator must record and report required 
information for all groundfish (see Table 2a to this part), prohibited 
species (see Table 2b to this part), and forage fish (see Table 2c to 
this part). The operator may record and report information for non-
groundfish (see Table 2d to this part).
    (G) Target species code. Enter the species code of the intended 
species to be harvested. Enter only one target species code.
    (H) Estimated total hail weight. Enter the estimated hail weight, 
which is an estimate of the total weight of the entire catch without 
regard to species. Indicate whether weight is estimated to the nearest 
pound or to the nearest 0.001 mt.
    (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. Use one line to record 
information for each IR/IU species, including species code and amount 
of catch. If more than one IR/IU species are to be recorded, the 
operator must use a separate line for each species.
    (J) IFQ halibut and CDQ halibut. Estimated total net 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 of a 
catcher/processor using longline or pot gear must record groundfish 
product information for all retained groundfish in eLandings (see 
paragraph (e)(10) of this section).
    (viii) 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).
    (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

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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.
    (ix) Discard or disposition information, catcher/processor. The 
operator of a catcher/processor using longline or pot gear must record 
all discard or disposition information in eLandings (see paragraph 
(e)(10) of this section).
    (x) Catcher vessel delivery information. The operator of a catcher 
vessel must enter the following information (see paragraphs 
(c)(3)(x)(A) through (D) of this section) 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, 
Registered Buyer, or RCR receiving the delivery.
    (C) Name of recipient, Registered Buyer, or RCR.
    (D) For the unloading port, enter the name of the 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. (A) Except as described in paragraph (f)(1)(iii) of 
this section, 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), and 
that is using trawl gear to harvest groundfish must maintain a trawl 
gear DFL, must complete one or more logsheets per day. Upon 
notification by the Regional Administrator, a DFL from the previous 
year may be used.
    (B) Except as described in paragraph (f)(1)(iv) of this section, 
the operator of a catcher/processor that is required to have an FFP 
under Sec.  679.4(b) and that is using trawl gear to harvest groundfish 
is required to use a combination of catcher/processor trawl gear DCPL 
and eLandings to record and report daily processor identification 
information, catch-by-haul landings information, groundfish production 
data, and groundfish and prohibited species discard or disposition 
data.
    (ii) Data entry time limits--(A) Catcher vessel. The operator of a 
catcher vessel using trawl gear must record in the DFL the information 
in the following table for each haul within the specified time limit:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
            DATA ENTRY TIME LIMITS, CATCHER VESSEL TRAWL GEAR
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Required information               Time limit for recording
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Haul number, time and date gear    Within 2 hours after completion
 set, time and date gear hauled,        of gear retrieval
 beginning and end positions, CDQ
 group number (if applicable), and
 total estimated hail weight for each
 haul
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) Discard and disposition            By noon each day to record the
 information                            previous day's discard and
                                        disposition information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) Submit blue DFL to mothership,     Within 2 hours after completion
 shoreside processor, SFP, or buying    of catch delivery
 station receiving the catch
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4) Record all other required          Within 2 hours after the vessel's
 information                            catch is off-loaded,
                                        notwithstanding other time
                                        limits
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5) Operator sign the completed        Within 2 hours after completion
 logsheets                              of catch delivery
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(6) Submit the goldenrod logsheet to   After signature of operator and
 the observer                           prior to departure of observer
                                        from the vessel.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (B) Catcher/processor. The operator of a catcher/processor using 
trawl gear must record in the DCPL or eLandings the information in the 
following table for each haul within the specified time limit:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
          DATA ENTRY TIME LIMITS, CATCHER/PROCESSOR TRAWL GEAR
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Record In                     Time
     Required      ------------------------------------------- limit for
    information        DCPL               eLandings            recording
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Haul number,    X           X                              Except
 time and date                                                   for
 gear set, time                                                Rockfish
 and date gear                                                 Pilot
 hauled, begin and                                             Program,
 end positions of                                              within 2
 gear, CDQ group                                               hours
 number (if                                                    after
 applicable), and                                              completio
 total estimated                                               n of gear
 hail weight for                                               retrieval
 each haul, or if                                                  .
 required to use a                                               For
 NMFS approved                                                 Rockfish
 scale, the scale                                              Pilot
 weight for each                                               Program,
 haul                                                          actual
                                                               scale
                                                               weight
                                                               from the
                                                                flow
                                                               scale may
                                                                  be
                                                               recorded
                                                               within 24
                                                               hours
                                                               after
                                                               completio
                                                               n of gear
                                                               retrieval
                                                                   .
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) Discard and     ..........  X                                 By
 disposition                                                   midnight
 information                                                   each day
                                                               to record
                                                                 the
                                                               previous
                                                               day's
                                                               discard
                                                                 and
                                                               dispositi
                                                                  on
                                                               informati
                                                                  on
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) Record product  ..........  X                              By noon
 information                                                   each day
                                                               to record
                                                                 the
                                                               previous
                                                               day's
                                                               productio
                                                                   n
                                                               informati
                                                                  on
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4) Record all      X           X                              By noon
 other required                                                of the
 information                                                     day
                                                               following
                                                               completio
                                                                n of
                                                               productio
                                                                n to
                                                               record
                                                               all other
                                                               required
                                                               informati
                                                                  on
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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(5) Operator sign   X           X                              By noon
 the completed                                                 of the
 logsheets                                                       day
                                                               following
                                                               the week-
                                                               ending
                                                               date of
                                                                 the
                                                               weekly
                                                               reporting
                                                               period
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(6) Submit the      X           .............................  After
 goldenrod                                                     signature
 logsheet to the                                                  of
 observer                                                      operator
                                                               and prior
                                                                  to
                                                               departure
                                                                  of
                                                               observer
                                                               from the
                                                               vessel.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (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 trawl gear is active when all or part of the trawl 
net is in the water.
    (2) If the catcher vessel identified in paragraph (c)(4)(i)(A) 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), 
(vi), (viii), and (x) of this section.
    (B) Catcher/processor. (1) A catcher/processor using trawl gear is 
active when processing groundfish or when all or part of the trawl net 
is in the water.
    (2) If the catcher/processor identified in paragraph (c)(4)(i)(B) 
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) 
and (vi) of this section and record in eLandings the information 
described in paragraphs (c)(4)(v), (vii), and (ix) of this section.
    (v) Identification information. If active, the operator must record 
the following information (see paragraphs (c)(4)(v)(A) through (J) of 
this section):
    (A) Date. Enter date of each day (mm/dd/yyyy). 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's name 
must be printed in the DFL or DCPL. 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 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 the listed 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 (see paragraphs (c)(4)(vi)(A) through (H) of this 
section) 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 (see paragraphs (c)(4)(vi)(B)(1) and (2) of this section) 
for trawl gear deployment:
    (1) The time (in military format, A.l.t.) when the trawl net enters 
the water, and
    (2) The position (latitude and longitude to the nearest minute; 
indicate E or W for longitude) where the trawl net enters the water.
    (C) Gear retrieval (or to haul gear). Record the following 
information (see paragraphs (c)(4)(vi)(C)(1) and (2) of this section) 
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; 
indicate E or W for longitude) 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 required 
information for all groundfish (see Table 2a to this part), prohibited 
species (see Table 2b to this part), and forage fish (see Table 2c to 
this part). The operator may also record and report the required 
information for non-groundfish (see Table 2d to this part).
    (F) Target species code. Enter the species code of the species to 
be harvested. Enter only one target species code.
    (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. Use one line to record 
information for each IR/IU species, including species code and amount 
of catch. If more than one IR/IU species are to be recorded, the 
operator must use a separate line for each species.
    (H) Total estimated hail weight. (1) If a catcher vessel or 
catcher/processor using trawl gear and not using NMFS-approved scales, 
the operator must record the hail weight of each haul; total hail 
weight is an estimate of the total weight of the entire catch without 
regard to species. Indicate whether estimated weight is to the nearest 
pound or to the nearest 0.001 mt.
    (2) If a catcher/processor using trawl gear is required to use a 
NMFS-approved scale, the operator must record the scale weight of each 
haul

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without regard to species. Indicate whether weight is to the nearest 
pound or to the nearest 0.001 mt.
    (vii) Product information, catcher/processor. The operator of a 
catcher/processor using trawl gear must record all product information 
for all retained groundfish in eLandings (see paragraph (e)(10) of this 
section).
    (viii) Discard or disposition information, catcher vessel. The 
operator must record in a DFL (see paragraphs (c)(4)(viii)(A) through 
(E) of this section) 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 and disposition of groundfish and PSC 
Pacific herring, Pacific salmon, steelhead trout, Pacific halibut, king 
crabs, and Tanner crabs.
    (B) Discard and disposition 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 last 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 of PSC discards 
and disposition, balance forward from the previous day, and cumulative 
total number since last delivery of PSC animals (Pacific salmon, 
steelhead trout, Pacific halibut, king crabs, and Tanner crabs).
    (D) Discard and disposition cumulative total. Summarize cumulative 
discard and disposition totals of groundfish and 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 of a catcher/processor using trawl gear must record discard or 
disposition information in eLandings (see paragraph (e)(10) of this 
section).
    (x) Catcher vessel delivery information. The operator must enter 
the following delivery information (see paragraphs (c)(4)(x)(A) through 
(C) of this section) 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. The shoreside processor DCPL has been 
replaced by eLandings and is no longer available. (See paragraph (e) of 
this section.)
    (i) Required information, if inactive. See paragraph (c)(2) of this 
section.
    (ii) Required information, if active. A shoreside processor or SFP 
is active when receiving or processing groundfish.
    (6) Mothership DCPL--(i) Responsibility. Except as described in 
paragraph (f)(1)(v) of this section, the operator of a mothership that 
is required to have an FFP under Sec.  679.4(b) and that receives or 
processes any groundfish from the GOA or BSAI from vessels issued an 
FFP under Sec.  679.4(b) is required to use a combination of mothership 
DCPL and eLandings to record and report daily processor identification 
information, delivery information, groundfish production data, and 
groundfish and prohibited species discard or disposition data. The 
operator must enter into the DCPL any information for groundfish 
received from catcher vessel, 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 or eLandings the information in the following table 
for each groundfish delivery within the specified time limit:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       DATA ENTRY TIME LIMITS, MOTHERSHIP
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           Record In
             Required information              ---------------------------------     Time limit for recording
                                                    DCPL          eLandings
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) All catcher vessel or buying station        X             X                  Within 2 hours after completion
 delivery information                                                             of receipt of each groundfish
                                                                                  delivery
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Product information                         ............  X                  By noon each day to record the
                                                                                  previous day's production
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Discard or disposition information          ............  X                  By noon each day to record the
                                                                                  previous day's discard/
                                                                                  disposition
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) All other required information              X             X                  By noon of the day following
                                                                                  completion of production
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(E) Operator sign the completed logsheets       X             X                  By noon of the day following
                                                                                  the week-ending date of the
                                                                                  weekly reporting period
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(F) Submit the goldenrod logsheet to the        X             .................  After signed by the operator
 observer                                                                         and prior to departure of
                                                                                  observer from the mothership.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (iii) Required information, if inactive. See paragraph (c)(2) of 
this section.
    (iv) Required information, if active. A mothership is active when 
receiving or processing groundfish. If the mothership identified in 
paragraph (c)(6)(i) of this section is active, the operator must record 
for one day per logsheet in the DCPL, the information described in 
paragraphs (c)(6)(v) and (vi) of this section and record in eLandings 
the information described in paragraphs (c)(6)(v), (vii), and (viii) of 
this section.
    (v) Identification information. If active, the operator must record 
the following information (see paragraphs

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(c)(6)(v)(A) through (J) of this section) in the DCPL:
    (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's name 
must be printed in the DCPL. The operator must sign each completed DCPL 
logsheet as verification of acceptance of the responsibility required 
in paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
    (C) Vessel information. Name of mothership as displayed in official 
documentation, FFP number, and ADF&G processor code.
    (D) Date. Enter date (mm/dd/yyyy) 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 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 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 the listed management programs, leave blank.
    (vi) Delivery information. The operator must record delivery 
information (see paragraphs (c)(6)(vi)(A) through (H) of this section) 
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. Enter ``CV'' or ``BS'' to indicate if 
delivery was from a catcher vessel or buying station, respectively.
    (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 delivery was from a buying station, leave this column 
blank. If the blue logsheet is not received from the catcher vessel, 
enter ``NO'' and one of the response codes in the following table to 
describe the reason for non-submittal.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        NON-SUBMITTAL OF DISCARD REPORT                    CODE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) The catcher vessel does not have an FFP      ``P''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3 m)   ``P''
 LOA and does not have an FFP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3 m)   ``L''
 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 position coordinates 
(in latitude and longitude to the nearest minute; indicate E or W for 
longitude) where receipt of the groundfish delivery began.
    (F) Estimated total groundfish hail weight. Enter the estimated 
total hail weight of the combined species of each delivery from a 
catcher vessel or buying station. Total estimated hail weight is an 
estimate of the total weight of the entire catch without regard to 
species. Indicate whether the 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. Use one line to record information for 
each IR/IU species, including species code and amount of catch. If more 
than one IR/IU species are to be recorded, the operator must use a 
separate line for each species.
    (H) ADF&G fish ticket numbers. If receiving unprocessed groundfish 
from a catcher vessel, record the ADF&G fish ticket number that the 
mothership 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 behalf of the mothership 
to the catcher vessel.
    (vii) Product information. The operator of a mothership must record 
all groundfish product information in eLandings (see paragraph (e)(10) 
of this section), including 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 (see paragraph (a)(7) of this 
section) by the mothership for another processor or business entity.
    (viii) Discard or disposition information. The operator of a 
mothership must record discard and disposition information in eLandings 
(see paragraph (e)(10) of this section). The discard or disposition 
information must include:
    (A) Discards and disposition that occurred onboard after receipt of 
groundfish from a catcher vessel or buying station;
    (B) Discards and disposition that occurred prior to, during, and 
after processing of groundfish;
    (C) Discards and disposition that were reported on a blue DFL 
received from a catcher vessel delivering groundfish;
    (D) Discards and disposition that are recorded on a blue DFL 
received from a catcher vessel even though no groundfish are delivered; 
and
    (E) Discards and disposition 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.
    (d) Buying Station Report (BSR)--(1) Responsibility--(i) Separate 
BSR. In addition to the information required at paragraphs (a)(5) and 
(6) of this section, 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) of this section 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) BSR attachments. The operator or manager must ensure that the 
following (see paragraphs (d)(1)(ii)(A) through (C) of this section) 
accompanies each groundfish delivery from the landing site to the 
associated processor:

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    (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 (see paragraphs (d)(4)(i) through (x) of this 
section) 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) Identification of buying station. Enter name and ADF&G vessel 
registration number if a vessel; or name, license number, and state of 
license issuance 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 paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) of this section.
    (iv) Management program. Indicate whether harvest occurred under a 
management program (see paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this section). If 
harvest is not under one of the listed management programs, leave 
blank.
    (v) Gear type. Indicate gear type of harvester.
    (vi) Federal reporting area. Indicate Federal reporting area (see 
Figures 1 and 3 to this part) from which groundfish were harvested.
    (vii) Crab protection areas. 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/yyyy) 
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 one of the following response codes to describe the 
reason for non-submittal.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        NON-SUBMITTAL OF DISCARD REPORT                    CODE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) The catcher vessel does not have an FFP      ``P''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3 m)   ``P''
 LOA and does not have an FFP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3 m)   ``L''
 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. Enter ADF&G fish ticket number issued 
to catcher vessel.
    (D) Species codes and scale weight. In addition to recording the 
estimated total delivery weight or actual scale weight of 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 the 
nearest 0.001 mt.
    (E) Estimated total groundfish hail weight. Enter the estimated 
total groundfish hail weight or actual scale weight of delivery. 
Estimated total hail weight is an estimate of the total weight of the 
entire 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).
    (B) No discards. If no discards or disposition for a delivery, 
write ``no discards.''
    (C) Discard or disposition weight. Total discard or disposition 
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 or disposition numbers. Total PSC discard or 
disposition 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. 
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: landings data, 
production data, and discard or disposition data. The User must enter 
this information via the Internet by logging on to the eLandings system 
at http://elandings.alaska.gov or other NMFS-approved software or by 
using the desktop client software.
    (ii) Reporting of non-IFQ groundfish. If the User is unable to 
submit commercial fishery landings of non-IFQ groundfish due to 
hardware, software, or Internet failure for a period longer than the 
required reporting time, contact NMFS Inseason Management at 907-586-
7228 for instructions. When the hardware, software, or Internet is 
restored, the User must enter this same information into eLandings or 
other NMFS-approved software.
    (iii) Reporting of IFQ crab, IFQ halibut, and IFQ sablefish. If the 
User is unable to submit commercial fishery

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landings of IFQ crab, IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, or IFQ sablefish due to 
hardware, software, or Internet failure for a period longer than the 
required reporting time, or a change must be made to information 
already submitted, the User must complete an IFQ manual landing report. 
Manual landing instructions must be obtained from OLE, Juneau, AK, at 
800-304-4846 (Select Option 1).
    (A) The User must complete all questions on the manual report, even 
if only one item has changed. The following additional information is 
required: whether the report is original or revised, name, telephone 
number, and fax number of individual submitting the manual landing 
report.
    (B) The User must fax the IFQ manual landing report to 907-586-
7313.
    (C) The User must retain the paper copies of IFQ manual landing 
reports as indicated at paragraph (a)(5) of this section and make them 
available upon request of NMFS observers and authorized officers as 
indicated at paragraph (a)(6) of this section.
    (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 registration acceptance, the User must print, sign, and 
mail the User Agreement 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.
    (iii) The User's signature on the registration form means that the 
User agrees to the following terms (see paragraphs (e)(2)(iii)(A) 
through (C) of this section):
    (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.
    (3) Information required for eLandings processor registration form. 
The User must enter the following information (see paragraphs (e)(3)(i) 
through (ix) of this section) 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:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(A) Shoreside processor or SFP               (1) Plant/receiver
                                            ----------------------------
                                             (2) Custom processing
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Mothership                               At-sea
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Catcher/processor                        At-sea
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) Buying station                           (1) Tender
                                            ----------------------------
                                             (2) 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-Kodiak.''
    (iii) ADF&G processor code. Enter ADF&G processor code.
    (iv) Federal permit number. Enter all the federal permits 
associated with the operation.
    (A) Groundfish shoreside processor or SFP. If a groundfish 
shoreside processor or SFP, enter the FPP number.
    (B) Groundfish catcher/processor or mothership. If a groundfish 
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.
    (v) Port code. Enter the home port code (see Tables 14a, 14b, and 
14c to this part) for the operation.
    (vi) ADF&G vessel registration number. If a mothership, catcher/
processor, or tender operation, the operator must enter the ADF&G 
vessel identification number of the vessel.
    (vii) Vehicle license number. If a buying station operation that is 
a vehicle, enter vehicle license number and the state of license 
issuance.
    (viii) Physical operation. If a buying station or custom processor, 
enter the following information to identify the associated processor 
where the processing will take place: operation type, ADF&G processor 
code, and applicable FFP number, FPP number, Registered Buyer permit 
number, and Registered Crab Receiver permit number.
    (ix) UserID registration for primary User. Each operation requires 
a primary User. Enter the following information for the primary User 
for the new operation: create and enter a UserID, initial password, 
company name, User name (name of the person who will use the UserID), 
city and state where the operation is located, business telephone 
number, business fax number, business 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. The User must 
review the autofilled cells to ensure that they are accurate for the 
landing that is taking place. eLandings assigns a unique landing report 
number and an ADF&G electronic fish ticket number upon completion of 
data entry.
    (5) Shoreside processor or SFP landings report. The manager of a 
shoreside processor or SFP that receives groundfish from a catcher 
vessel issued an FFP under Sec.  679.4 and that is required to have an 
FPP under Sec.  679.4(f) must use eLandings or other NMFS-approved 
software to submit a daily landings report during the fishing year to 
report processor identification information and the following 
information under paragraphs (e)(5)(i) through (iii) of this section:
    (i) Information entered for each groundfish delivery to a shoreside 
processor and SFP. The User for a shoreside processor or SFP must enter 
the following information (see paragraphs (e)(5)(i)(A) through (C) of 
this section) for each groundfish delivery (other than IFQ sablefish) 
provided by the operator of a catcher vessel, the operator or manager 
of an associated buying station, and from processors for reprocessing 
or rehandling product into eLandings or other NMFS-approved software:
    (A) Delivery information. (1) Number of observers onboard.
    (2) For crew size, enter the number of licensed crew aboard the 
vessel, including the operator.
    (3) Management program name and identifying number, if any, in 
which harvest occurred (see paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this section).
    (4) ADF&G groundfish statistical area of harvest.

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    (5) For date of landing, enter date (mm/dd/yyyy) that the 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 other than a 
tender, indicate the name of the buying station. If the delivery is 
received from a buying station that is a tender, enter the ADF&G vessel 
registration number.
    (8) If delivery is received from a catcher vessel, indicate the 
ADF&G vessel registration number of the vessel.
    (9) 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 select the 
applicable code from the following table to explain the reason provided 
by the catcher vessel for not supplying this copy:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        NON-SUBMITTAL OF DISCARD REPORT                    CODE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(i) The catcher vessel does not have an FFP      ``P''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3 m)  ``P''
 LOA and does not have an FFP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iii) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3    ``L''
 m) LOA and has an FFP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv) The catcher vessel delivered an unsorted    ``U''
 codend
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v) Another reason; describe circumstances       ``O''
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (10) Gear type of harvester.
    (11) Total estimated hail weight (to the nearest pound).
    (12) ADF&G fish ticket number provided to catcher vessel (eLandings 
assigns an ADF&G fish ticket number to the landing report).
    (B) Landings information. The User for a shoreside processor or SFP 
must record the following landings information (see paragraphs 
(e)(5)(i)(B)(1) and (2) of this section) for all retained species from 
groundfish deliveries:
    (1) Date of landing (mm/dd/yyyy).
    (2) Landed scale weight (to the nearest pound) by species code and 
delivery condition code. 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.
    (C) Discard or disposition information. The User must record:
    (1) Discard or disposition of fish: 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/or 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 PSC herring, enter species code, delivery 
condition code, disposition code, and weight (to the nearest pound), 
and
    (3) If PSC halibut, salmon, or crab, enter species code, delivery 
condition code, disposition code, and count (in numbers of animals).
    (ii) Submittal time limit. The User for a shoreside processor or 
SFP must enter information described at paragraph (e)(5)(i) of this 
section into eLandings or other NMFS-approved software for each 
groundfish delivery from a specific vessel by noon of the day following 
completion of the delivery.
    (iii) Compliance. By using eLandings, the User for the shoreside 
processor or SFP and the catcher vessel operator or buying station 
operator or manager providing information to the User for the shoreside 
processor or SFP accept the responsibility of and acknowledge 
compliance with Sec.  679.7(a)(10).
    (6) Mothership landings report. The operator of a mothership that 
is issued an FFP under Sec.  679.4(b) and that receives groundfish from 
catcher vessels required to have an FFP under Sec.  679.4 is required 
to use eLandings or other NMFS-approved software to submit a daily 
landings report during the fishing year to report processor 
identification information and the following information under 
paragraphs (e)(6)(i) through (iii) of this section):
    (i) Information entered for each groundfish delivery to a 
mothership. The User for a mothership must enter the following 
information (see paragraphs (e)(6)(i)(A)(1) through (11) of this 
section) provided by the operator of a catcher vessel, operator or 
manager of an associated buying station, or information received from 
processors for reprocessing or rehandling product.
    (A) Delivery information. (1) Number of observers onboard.
    (2) Crew size (including operator).
    (3) Management program name and identifying number, if any, in 
which harvest occurred (see paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of this section).
    (4) ADF&G groundfish statistical area of harvest.
    (5) Date (mm/dd/yyyy) that delivery was completed.
    (6) If the delivery is received from a tender, enter the ADF&G 
vessel registration number of the tender.
    (7) If delivery received from a catcher vessel, enter the ADF&G 
vessel registration number of the vessel.
    (8) Indicate whether the blue logsheet was received from the 
catcher vessel at the time of catch delivery. If the blue logsheet was 
not received from the catcher vessel, enter ``NO'' and select a code 
from the following table to explain the reason provided by the catcher 
vessel for not supplying this copy.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        NON-SUBMITTAL OF DISCARD REPORT                    CODE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(i) The catcher vessel does not have an FFP      ``P''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3 m)  ``P''
 LOA and does not have an FFP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iii) The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3    ``L''
 m) LOA and has an FFP
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv) The catcher vessel delivered an unsorted    ``U''
 codend
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(v) Another reason; describe circumstances       ``O''
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (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 PSC herring, enter species code, delivery 
condition code, disposition code, and weight (to the nearest pound), 
and
    (3) If PSC halibut, salmon, or crab, enter species code, delivery 
condition code, disposition code, and count (in numbers of animals).
    (ii) Submittal time limit. The User for a mothership must enter 
information described at paragraph (e)(6)(i) 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.

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    (iii) Compliance. By using eLandings, the User for the mothership 
and the catcher vessel operator or buying station operator providing 
information to the User for the mothership accept the responsibility of 
and acknowledge compliance with Sec.  679.7(a)(10).
    (7) Registered Buyer landings report. A person who is issued a 
Registered Buyer permit under Sec.  679.4(d)(3) 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 is 
required to use eLandings or other NMFS-approved software to submit 
landings reports with the following information from paragraphs 
(e)(7)(i) and (ii) of this section):
    (i) Information entered for each IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ 
sablefish delivery. The User for a Registered Buyer must enter the 
following information (see paragraphs (e)(7)(i)(A) through (E) of this 
section) for each IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ sablefish delivery 
into eLandings or other NMFS-approved software:
    (A) User identification. UserID and password of person assigned for 
that system.
    (B) Landing date. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) of the landing.
    (C) Landing location. Location (port code) of the landing (See 
Tables 14a, 14b, and 14c to this part).
    (D) Permit numbers. Permit number of the IFQ permit holder, and any 
IFQ hired master permit holder, or CDQ hired master permit holder 
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 permit holder, IFQ 
hired master permit holder, or CDQ hired master permit holder including 
the information in paragraphs (e)(7)(i)(E)(1) through (9) of this 
section):
    (1) Harvesting vessel's ADF&G vessel registration number.
    (2) Gear code of gear 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.
    (6) Except as provided in paragraph (e)(7)(i)(E)(7) of this 
section, initial accurate scale weight(s) (to the nearest pound) 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. The 2-percent deduction is made by 
NMFS, not the submitter.
    (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 for IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, or IFQ sablefish 
deliveries. (A) The User for the Registered Buyer must print the 
completed groundfish landing report (ADF&G electronic groundfish 
ticket) and the groundfish IFQ landing receipt. The User must review 
the autofilled data entry cells to ensure that they are accurate for 
the landing that is taking place.
    (B) The User for the Registered Buyer, plus the IFQ permit holder 
or the IFQ hired master permit holder or CDQ hired master permit 
holder, must acknowledge the accuracy of the printed IFQ halibut, CDQ 
halibut, or IFQ sablefish landing receipt, and if necessary, IFQ manual 
landing report, by entering printed name, signature, and date.
    (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 
is granted in advance by a clearing officer.
    (B) Landing receipt signatures. The User for the Registered Buyer 
and the IFQ permit holder, IFQ hired master permit holder, or CDQ hired 
master permit holder must sign the groundfish IFQ landing receipt 
within six 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.
    (C) Landing completion. The User for the Registered Buyer must 
submit a completed IFQ landing report, as described in this paragraph 
(e)(7), within six 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.
    (iv) IFQ manual landing report. See paragraph (e)(1)(iii) of this 
section.
    (8) Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) IFQ crab landings report. (i) A 
person who is issued an RCR permit under Sec.  680.4(i) of this chapter 
and who receives IFQ crab from a crab IFQ permit holder or crab IFQ 
hired master is required to use eLandings to submit a landings report 
to report every landing of IFQ crab and incidental groundfish.
    (ii) An RCR using a catcher/processor is required to submit a crab 
landings report 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, AK 99802-1668, 
telephone 907-586-7228.
    (iii) Information entered for each IFQ crab delivery. The User for 
the RCR must enter the following information (see paragraphs 
(e)(8)(iii)(A) through (C) of this section) into eLandings or other 
NMFS-approved software for each IFQ crab delivery:
    (A) Permit numbers. RCR permit number, 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/yyyy) fishing began.
    (3) Date (mm/dd/yyyy) of the IFQ crab landing.
    (4) ADF&G fish ticket number (automatically supplied).
    (5) ADF&G statistical area of harvest (All ADF&G statistical areas 
are translated to the NMFS reporting area and the IPHC reporting area 
by eLandings.).
    (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, 
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grade, and sold pounds; and optionally, price per pound.
    (9) Scale weight of deadloss (to the nearest pound) and scale 
weight of crab retained for personal use (to the nearest pound). 
Deadloss and personal use crab that an IPQ holder did not purchase are 
not debited from the IPQ holder's account.
    (iv) Information entered for IFQ crab custom processing landings. 
In addition to the information required in paragraph (e)(8)(iii) of 
this section, if custom processing IFQ crab, the User for the RCR must 
enter the ADF&G processor code of the person for which the IFQ crab was 
custom processed.
    (v) Signatures for IFQ crab deliveries. (A) The User for the RCR 
must print the completed crab landing report (ADF&G electronic crab 
ticket) and the crab IFQ landing receipt. The User must review the 
autofilled data entry cells to ensure that they are accurate for the 
landing that is taking place.
    (B) The User for the Registered Crab Receiver (RCR), plus the IFQ 
permit holder or IFQ hired master permit holder, must acknowledge the 
accuracy of the printed IFQ crab landing receipt, and, if necessary, 
IFQ manual landing report, by entering printed name, signature, and 
date.
    (vi) Time limits. (A) Except as indicated in paragraph 
(e)(8)(vi)(B) of this section, the User for the RCR is required to 
submit a crab landing report described at this paragraph (e)(8) to NMFS 
within six hours after all crab is offloaded from the vessel.
    (B) For IFQ crab harvested on a catcher/processor, the User for the 
RCR is required to 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.
    (C) The User for the RCR and the IFQ permit holder or IFQ hired 
master permit holder must enter printed name and sign the crab IFQ 
landing receipt within six hours after all crab is offloaded from the 
harvesting vessel.
    (vii) Landing document retention. The User must retain each landing 
report and landing receipt per paragraph (a)(5) of this section.
    (viii) IFQ manual landing report for crab. See paragraph 
(e)(1)(iii) of this section.
    (9) Shoreside processor or SFP information entered for production 
report. The manager of a shoreside processor or SFP that is required to 
have an FPP under Sec.  679.4(f) must use eLandings or other NMFS-
approved software during the fishing year to submit a production report 
to report daily processor identification information and all groundfish 
production data. The User must retain a copy of each production report 
per paragraphs (a)(5) and (6) of this section.
    (i) Contents. eLandings autofills the following fields when 
creating a production report for a shoreside processor or SFP: FPP 
number, company name, ADF&G processor code, User name, email address, 
and telephone number. The User must review the autofilled cells to 
ensure that they are accurate for the current report. In addition, the 
User for the shoreside processor or SFP must enter the following 
information (see paragraphs (e)(9)(i)(A) through (F) of this section):
    (A) Date. Reporting date (mm/dd/yyyy).
    (B) Observers. Number of observers onsite.
    (C) Area of harvest. Whether harvested in GOA or BSAI.
    (D) Product description. Species code, product type, and product 
code of product.
    (E) Product weight. Enter actual scale weight of product to the 
nearest pound.
    (F) No production/no deliveries (inactive). If there was no 
production or deliveries for the day, mark the ``No Production'' and/or 
``No Deliveries'' boxes.
    (ii) Submittal time limits. When active pursuant to paragraph 
(c)(5)(ii) of this section, the User for a shoreside processor or SFP 
must submit a production report by noon each day to record the previous 
day's production information. If a shoreside processor or SFP using 
eLandings is not taking deliveries over a weekend, the User or manager 
may transmit the eLandings production report to NMFS on the following 
Monday.
    (10) Catcher/processor or mothership information entered for 
production report--(i) Catcher/processor. The operator of a catcher/
processor that is issued an FFP under Sec.  679.4 and that harvests 
groundfish is required to use eLandings or other NMFS-approved software 
to submit a production report to record and report daily processor 
identification information, groundfish production data, and groundfish 
and prohibited species discard or disposition data.
    (ii) Mothership. The operator of a mothership that is issued an FFP 
under Sec.  679.4 and that receives groundfish is required to use 
eLandings or other NMFS-approved software to submit a production report 
to record and report daily processor identification information, 
groundfish production data, and groundfish and prohibited species 
discard or disposition data.
    (iii) Contents. eLandings autofills the following fields when 
creating a production report for a catcher/processor or mothership: FFP 
number, company name, ADF&G processor code, User name, email address, 
and telephone number. The User must review the autofilled cells to 
ensure that they are accurate for the current report. In addition, the 
User for the catcher/processor or mothership must enter the information 
in paragraphs (e)(10)(iii)(A) through (N) of this section):
    (A) Date. Reporting date (mm/dd/yyyy).
    (B) Designation. From Table 14c to this part, enter whether the 
processor is a catcher/processor = FCP or a mothership = FLD.
    (C) Crew size. Including operator.
    (D) Management program. Enter management program and identifying 
number, if any, in which harvest occurred (see paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of 
this section).
    (E) Gear type of harvester. Enter the gear type used by the 
harvester.
    (F) Federal Reporting Area of harvest. Enter the Federal Reporting 
Area where harvest was made.
    (G) COBLZ or RKCSA. Indicate whether fishing occurred in COBLZ or 
RKCSA (if applicable).
    (H) Product description. Species code, product type, and product 
code of product.
    (I) Product weight. Enter product weight in metric tons to the 
nearest 0.001 mt.
    (J) No production (inactive). If there was no production for the 
day, mark the ``No Production'' box.
    (K) Discard description. The operator must record the discard or 
disposition that occurred prior to, during, and after production of 
groundfish by species code and disposition code of discards and 
disposition.
    (L) Discard weight. Daily weight of groundfish and the daily weight 
of herring PSC to the nearest 0.001 mt.
    (M) PSC numbers. Daily number of PSC animals (Pacific salmon, 
steelhead trout, Pacific halibut, king crabs, and Tanner crabs) by 
species codes and product codes.
    (N) ADF&G statistical area. Must be reported beginning January 1, 
2009.
    (iv) Submittal time limits. When a mothership is active pursuant to 
paragraph (c)(6)(iv) of this section, a catcher/processor longline or 
pot gear is active pursuant to paragraph (c)(3)(iv)(B) of this section, 
or a catcher/processor trawl gear is active pursuant to paragraph 
(c)(4)(iv)(B) of this section, the User for a mothership or catcher/
processor must submit a production report by noon each day to record 
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previous day's production information. If a vessel is required to have 
100 percent observer coverage or more, the User may transmit a 
production report for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday no later than noon 
on the following Monday.
    (11) Printing of landing reports, landing receipts, and production 
reports. (i) The User daily must retain a printed paper copy onsite or 
onboard of:
    (A) Each landing report (ADF&G electronic groundfish tickets or 
electronic crab tickets).
    (B) Each production report.
    (C) If IFQ halibut, IFQ sablefish, or CDQ halibut, each groundfish 
IFQ landing receipt.
    (D) If IFQ crab, each crab IFQ landing receipt.
    (ii) In addition to paragraph (e)(11)(i) of this section, the 
mothership operator or User must print an additional copy of each 
landing report 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.
    (12) Retention and inspection of landing reports, landing receipts, 
and production reports. The User must retain a printed copy of each IFQ 
landing report (ADF&G electronic groundfish ticket or electronic crab 
ticket), crab IFQ landing receipt, groundfish IFQ landing receipt, and 
production report as indicated at paragraphs (a)(5) and (6) of this 
section. The User must make available the printed copies upon request 
of NMFS observers and authorized officers as indicated at paragraph 
(a)(5) of this section.
    (f) Electronic logbooks (ELBs). The operator may use a combination 
of a NMFS-approved ELB (instead of a DFL or DCPL) and eLandings to 
record and report groundfish information. To satisfy ELB use 
requirements, the operator after data entry must routinely create the 
following 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 or pot gear may use a combination of a 
NMFS-approved catcher/processor longline or pot gear ELB and eLandings 
to record and report groundfish information. The operator may use a 
NMFS-approved catcher/processor longline and pot gear ELB to record 
daily processor identification information and catch-by-set 
information. In eLandings, the operator must record daily processor 
identification, groundfish production data, and groundfish and 
prohibited species discard or disposition data.
    (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 combination of a NMFS-approved 
catcher/processor trawl gear ELB and eLandings to record and report 
groundfish information. In the ELB, the operator would record daily 
processor identification information and catch-by-haul information. In 
eLandings, the operator must record daily processor identification, 
groundfish production data, and groundfish and prohibited species 
discard or disposition data.
    (v) Mothership ELB. The operator of a mothership may use a 
combination of a NMFS-approved mothership ELB and eLandings to record 
and report groundfish information. The operator may use a NMFS-approved 
mothership ELB to record daily processor identification information and 
catcher vessel and buying station groundfish delivery information. In 
eLandings, the operator must record daily processor identification, 
groundfish production data, and groundfish and prohibited species 
discard or disposition data.
    (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 Alaska Region NMFS website at 
http://alaskafisheries.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 is not 
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 paragraph (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 
ELB discard report and 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 the following information (see paragraphs (f)(3)(i) 
and (ii) of this section) 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 
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    (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 submit 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, as described under paragraph (f)(7)(i) or 
(ii) of this section in the following manner:
    (i) Directly to NMFS as an email attachment; or
    (ii) If a catcher vessel, send 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.
    (8) Return receipt. (i) 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 which will 
then confirm acceptance of the ELB data.
    (ii) The operator must retain the NMFS return receipt as described 
in paragraph (a)(5) of this section.
    (iii) 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) * * *
    (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 also 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 must be submitted 
by fax to 907-586-7131, or by e-mail to 
[email protected].
    (2) Exceptions--(i) VMS onboard. The operator of a catcher/
processor or mothership is not required to submit to NMFS a check-in 
report or check-out report if the vessel is carrying onboard a 
transmitting VMS that meets the requirements of Sec.  679.28(f).
    (ii) Two adjacent reporting areas. If on the same day a catcher/
processor intends to fish in two adjacent reporting areas (an action 
which would require submittal of check-out reports and check-in reports 
multiple times a day when crossing back and forth across a reporting 
area boundary), and the two reporting areas have on that day and time 
an identical fishing status for every species, the operator must:
    (A) Submit to NMFS a check-in report to the first area prior to 
entering the first reporting area, and
    (B) Submit to NMFS a check-in report to the second area prior to 
entering the second reporting area.
    (C) Remain within 10 nautical miles (18.5 km) of the boundary 
described in paragraph (h)(2)(i) of this section.
    (D) If the catcher/processor proceeds in the second reporting area 
beyond 10 nautical miles (18.5 km) of the boundary between the two 
areas, the operator must submit a check-out report from the first 
reporting area. The operator must submit a check-out report from the 
second area upon exiting that reporting area.
    (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:

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            For ...                   If you are a ...        Submit a BEGIN message     Submit a CEASE message
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(i) Each reporting area, except  (A) C/P using trawl gear   Before gear deployment.    Within 24 hours after
 area 300, 400, 550, or 690                                                             departing a reporting
                                                                                        area but prior to
                                                                                        checking in to another
                                                                                        reporting area.
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                                 (B) C/P using longline or  Before gear deployment.    Upon completion of gear
                                  pot gear                   May be checked in to       retrieval and within 24
                                                             more than one area         hours after departing
                                                             simultaneously.            each reporting area.
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                                 (C) MS                     Before receiving           Within 24 hours after
                                                             groundfish, must check-    receipt of fish is
                                                             in to reporting area(s)    complete from that
                                                             where groundfish were      reporting area.
                                                             harvested.                If receipt of groundfish
                                                            May be checked in to more   from a reporting area is
                                                             than one area              expected to stop for at
                                                             simultaneously.            least one month during
                                                                                        the fishing year and
                                                                                        then start up again, may
                                                                                        submit check-out report
                                                                                        for that reporting area.
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(ii) COBLZ or RKCSA              (A) C/P using trawl gear   Prior to fishing. Submit   Upon completion of gear
                                                             one check-in for the       retrieval for
                                                             COBLZ or RKCSA and         groundfish, submit a
                                                             another check-in for the   separate check-out for
                                                             area outside the COBLZ     the COBLZ or RKCSA and
                                                             or RKCSA.                  another 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 check-
                                                             were harvested in the      out for the COBLZ or
                                                             COBLZ or RKCSA, submit     RKCSA and another check-
                                                             one check-in for the       out for the area outside
                                                             COBLZ or RKCSA and         the COBLZ or RKCSA.
                                                             another check-in for the
                                                             area outside the COBLZ
                                                             or RKCSA.
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(iii) Gear Type                  (A) C/P                    If in the same reporting   Upon completion of gear
                                                             area but using more than   retrieval for
                                                             one gear type, prior to    groundfish, submit a
                                                             fishing submit a           separate check-out for
                                                             separate check-in for      each gear type for which
                                                             each gear type.            a check-in was
                                                                                        submitted.
                                --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 (B) MS                     If harvested in the same   Upon completion of
                                                             reporting area but using   receipt of groundfish,
                                                             more than one gear type,   submit a separate check-
                                                             prior to receiving         out for each gear type
                                                             groundfish submit a        for which a check-in was
                                                             separate check-in for      submitted.
                                                             each gear type.
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(iv) CDQ                         (A) MS                     Prior to receiving         Within 24 hours after
                                                             groundfish CDQ, if         receipt of groundfish
                                                             receiving groundfish       CDQ has ceased for each
                                                             under more than one CDQ    CDQ number.
                                                             number, use a separate
                                                             check-in for each CDQ
                                                             number.
                                --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 (B) C/P                    Prior to fishing, submit   Within 24 hours after
                                                             a separate check-in for    groundfish CDQ fishing
                                                             each CDQ number.           for each CDQ number has
                                                                                        ceased.
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(v) Exempted or Research         (A) C/P                    Prior to fishing, submit   Upon completion of
 Fishery                                                     a separate check-in for    receipt of groundfish
                                                             each type.                 submit a 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 groundfish
                                                             separate check-in for      submit a separate check-
                                                             each type.                 out for each type for
                                                                                        which a check-in was
                                                                                        submitted.
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(vi) Aleutian Islands Pollock    (A) C/P                    Prior to AIP fishing.      Within 24 hours after
 (AIP)                                                                                  completion of gear
                                                                                        retrieval for AIP.
                                --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 (B) MS                     Before receiving AIP.      Within 24 hours after
                                                                                        receipt of AIP has
                                                                                        ceased.
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(vii) Processor Type             C/P, MS                    If a catcher/processor     Upon completion of
                                                             and functioning            simultaneous activity as
                                                             simultaneously as a        both catcher/processor
                                                             mothership in the same     and mothership, a
                                                             reporting area, before     separate check-out, one
                                                             functioning as either      for catcher/processor
                                                             processor type.            and one for mothership.
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(viii) Change of fishing year    (A) C/P, MS                If continually active      If a check-out report was
                                                             through the end of one     not previously submitted
                                                             fishing year and at the    during a fishing year
                                                             beginning of a second      for a reporting area,
                                                             fishing year, submit a     submit a check-out
                                                             check-in for each          report for each
                                                             reporting area to start    reporting area on
                                                             the year on January 1.     December 31.
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                                 (B) SS, SFP                If continually active      If a check-out report was
                                                             through the end of one     not previously submitted
                                                             fishing year and at the    during a fishing year,
                                                             beginning of a second      submit a check-out
                                                             fishing year, submit a     report on December 31.
                                                             check-in to start the
                                                             year on January 1.
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(ix) Interruption of production  SS, SFP, MS                n/a                        If receipt of groundfish
                                                                                        is expected to stop for
                                                                                        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.
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    (5) Required information. The operator of a catcher/processor or 
mothership and the manager of a shoreside processor or SFP must record 
the information in the following table on a check-in report and a 
check-out report, as appropriate.

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                                               Check-in Report                         Check-out Report
      Required information      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        MS              C/P         SS, SFP       MS          C/P       SS, SFP
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(i) Whether an original or       X                X               X           X           X           X
 revised report
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ii) Vessel name, ADF&G          X                X               ..........  X           X           ..........
 processor code, FFP number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iii) Processor name, ADF&G      ...............  ..............  X           ..........  ..........  X
 processor code, FPP number
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(iv) Representative name,        X                X               X           X           X           X
 business telephone number,
 business fax number
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(v) COMSAT number (if            X                X               ..........  X           X           ..........
 applicable)
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(vi) Management program name     X                X               ..........  X           X           ..........
 (see paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of
 this section) and 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/yyyy) and time (A.l.t., military format)
--------------------------------
(A) When receipt of groundfish   X                ..............  X           ..........  ..........  ..........
 will begin
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) When gear deployment will    ...............  X               ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........
 begin
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) When the last receipt or     ...............  ..............  ..........  X           ..........  X
 processing of groundfish was
 completed
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) When the vessel departed     ...............  ..............  ..........  ..........  X           ..........
 the reporting area
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(ix) Position coordinates
--------------------------------
(A) Where groundfish receipt     X                ..............  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........
 begins
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) Where receiving groundfish   ...............  ..............  X           ..........  ..........  ..........
 (if SFP):
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Where gear is deployed       ...............  X               ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) Where the last receipt of    ...............  ..............  ..........  X           ..........  ..........
 groundfish was completed
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(E) Where the vessel departed    ...............  ..............  ..........  ..........  X           ..........
 the reporting area
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(x) Reporting area code
--------------------------------
(A) Where gear deployment        ...............  X               ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........
 begins
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(B) Where groundfish harvest     X                ..............  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........
 occurred
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(C) Where the last receipt of    ...............  ..............  ..........  X           ..........  ..........
 groundfish was completed
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(D) Where the vessel departed    ...............  ..............  ..........  ..........  X           ..........
 the reporting area
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(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  X                ..............  ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........
 following week
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(B) Expected to be harvested     ...............  X               ..........  ..........  ..........  ..........
 the following week
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(xii) Indicate (YES or NO)       ...............  ..............  X           ..........  ..........  ..........
 whether this is a check-in
 report
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(xiii) If YES, indicate
--------------------------------
(A) If checking-in for the       ...............  ..............  X           ..........  ..........  ..........
 first time this fishing year
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(B) If checking-in to restart    ...............  ..............  X           ..........  ..........  ..........
 receipt and processing of
 groundfish after filing a
 check-out report
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(xiv) Indicate (YES or NO)       ...............  ..............  ..........  ..........  ..........  X
 whether this is a check-out
 report
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(xv) If YES, indicate product    ...............  ..............  X           ..........  ..........  X
 weight of all fish or fish
 products (including non
 groundfish) remaining at the
 facility (other than public
 cold storage) by species code
 and product code. Indicate if
 recorded to the nearest pound
 or to the nearest 0.001 mt.
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    (i) Weekly production report (WPR). The WPR is removed from use. 
Instead of a WPR, the operator of a mothership or catcher/processor and 
the manager of a shoreside processor or SFP must submit all landings 
information, production information, and discard and disposition 
information using eLandings or other NMFS-approved software (see 
paragraph (e) of this section).
* * * * *
    (l) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (iv) Exemption--(A) Halibut. An IFQ landing of halibut of 500 lb or 
less of IFQ weight determined pursuant to Sec.  679.40(h) 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.  679.40(h) 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 permit holder, the IFQ hired master permit holder, 
or the CDQ hired master permit holder, 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 of IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, or IFQ sablefish. 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 permit holder's 
or CDQ permit holder'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.
* * * * *

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7. 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.
* * * * *

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8. In Sec.  679.22, paragraph (b)(6) that was revised on June 1, 2006 
(71 FR 31107) effective July 3, 2006 through December 31, 2010, is 
removed and reserved, and paragraphs (b)(5)(i) and (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

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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 hired master permit holder onboard may be 
anchored in the Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve, as described in Figure 
18 to this part.
* * * * *

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9. In Sec.  679.28:
0
A. Paragraph (b)(2)(v) is removed and reserved.
0
B. Paragraphs (f)(4)(iii) and (h) are added.
0
C. 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. The operator or manager must retain a copy of all records 
described in this section (Sec.  679.28) as indicated at Sec.  
679.5(a)(5) and (6) and make available the records upon request of NMFS 
observers and authorized officers as indicated at Sec.  679.5(a)(5).
    (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 date of inspection by filing a 
request online or by printing and faxing the scale inspection request 
at http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/scales/default.htm.
* * * * *
    (vi) * * *
    (A) Make the vessel and scale available for inspection by the scale 
inspector.
* * * * *
    (f) * * *
    (4) * * *
    (i) Register the vessel's 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/yyyy), 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? A vessel owner who must use a VMS and who intends to 
replace a transmitter, 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, AK 99802-1668; by telephone at 
907-586-7228. 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 (see paragraphs (h)(1)(ii)(B)(1) through (3) of this 
section):
    (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 60 
working days of receipt of all required information if the software 
meets the following standards in paragraphs (h)(1)(iii)(A) through (H) 
of this section):
    (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 (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, xml 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 documentation describing the need 
for the change to NMFS for review and approval as described in 
paragraph (h)(1)(ii) of this section. NMFS will review and approve the 
new version according to the guidelines set forth in paragraph 
(h)(1)(iii) 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.
* * * * *

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10. 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 sent to each QS holder at the address on record for 
that person prior to the start of the IFQ fishing season or to any IFQ 
holder(s) following transfers or penalties (15 CFR part 904).
* * * * *
    (h) Properly debited landing--(1) 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.
    (2) Properly debited account. A properly concluded groundfish IFQ 
landing receipt, crab IFQ landing receipt, or a manual IFQ landing 
report which is signed by the Registered Buyer and IFQ permit holder or 
IFQ hired master permit holder or CDQ hired master permit holder 
constitutes confirmation that the IFQ permit holder's or CDQ permit 
holder's account is properly debited.
    (3) Source of debit. NMFS shall use the following sources (see 
paragraphs (h)(3)(i) and (ii) of this section) of information to debit 
a CDQ halibut, IFQ halibut, or IFQ sablefish account:
    (i) Unprocessed landing. If offload of unprocessed IFQ halibut, CDQ 
halibut, or IFQ sablefish from a vessel, the scale weight (to the 
nearest pound) of the halibut or sablefish product actually measured at 
the time of offload, as required by Sec.  679.5(e)(7)(i)(E)(6) 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 (to the 
nearest pound) of the halibut or sablefish processed product actually 
measured at or before the time of offload. If the product scale weights 
are taken before the time of offload, then the species and actual 
product weight of each box or container must be visibly marked on the 
outside of each container to facilitate inspection by OLE or designees.

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11. In Sec.  679.42, paragraphs (c), (h)(3), and (j)(8) are revised and 
paragraph (h)(4) is added to read as follows:


Sec.  679.42  Limitations on use of QS and IFQ.

* * * * *
    (c) Requirements and deductions. Any individual who harvests 
halibut or sablefish with fixed gear must have a valid IFQ permit, and 
if a hired master is conducting the harvest, a valid IFQ hired master 
permit, aboard the vessel at all times during the fishing trip and 
present during the landing.
* * * * *
    (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 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 and operators of vessels exceeding these 
limitations are jointly and severally liable with IFQ permit holders 
and IFQ hired master permit holders whose harvesting causes the vessel 
to exceed these limitations.
* * * * *
    (j) * * *
    (8) 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.
* * * * *

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12. In Sec.  679.50, paragraph (g)(1)(ix)(A) is revised to read as 
follows:


Sec.  679.50  Groundfish Observer Program.

* * * * *
    (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, 679.27, 
679.28, 679.40, 679.41, 679.42, 679.50, 679.61, and 679.84  [Amended]

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13. 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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Location               Remove            Add          Frequency
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.1              under the        under the        1
 introductory text         Magnuson-Steve   Magnuson-Steve
                           ns Fishery       ns Fishery
                           Conservation     Conservation
                           and Management   and Management
                           Act and the      Act, 16 U.S.C.
                           Northern         1801 et seq.
                           Pacific          (Magnuson-Stev
                           Halibut Act      ens Act) and
                                            the Northern
                                            Pacific
                                            Halibut Act of
                                            1982 (Halibut
                                            Act)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.1(a)(2)        5 AAC 28.110     5 AAC 28.111     1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.2 definition   food bank        food bank        1
 of ``Authorized           distributors     distributors
 distributor''                             (see Sec.
                                            679.26,
                                            Prohibited
                                            Species
                                            Donation
                                            Program)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.2 definition   paragraph        paragraph        1
 of ``Authorized fishing   (10)(ix)         (14)(ix)
 gear'' paragraph
 (14)(iii) introductory
 text
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.2 definition   paragraph        paragraph        1
 of ``Authorized fishing   (10)(iii)        (14)(iii)
 gear'' paragraph
 (14)(iv)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sec.   679.2 definition   paragraphs       paragraphs       1
 of ``Authorized fishing   (10)(iii) and    (14)(iii) and
 gear'' paragraph          (iv)             (iv)
 (14)(v)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.2 definition   authorized to    authorized to    1
 of ``Basis species''      harvest          harvest
                                           (see Tables 10
                                            and 11 to this
                                            part)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.2 definition   Catcher/         Catcher/         1
 of ``Catcher/             processor        processor (C/
 processor''               means:           P) means:
 introductory text
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.2 definition   Catcher vessel   Catcher vessel   1
 of ``Catcher vessel''     means            (CV) means
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.2 definition   Weekly           production       1
 of ``Legal rockfish       Production       report
 landing for purposes of   Report
 qualifying for the
 Rockfish Program''
 paragraph (2)(i)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.2 definition   other entity     other non-       1
 of ``Person''                              individual
                                            entity
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.2 definition   regulated under  issued an FFP    1
 of ``Prohibited           this part        under Sec.
 species''                                  679.4(b)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.2 definition   Stationary       Stationary       1
 of ``Stationary           floating         floating
 floating processor''      processor        processor
                                            (SFP)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.2 definition   other entity     other non-       1
 of ``U.S. Citizen''                        individual
 paragraph (2)(ii)                          entity
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.2 definition   Sec.             Sec.             1
 of ``Vessel operations    679.5(b)(3)      679.4(b)(3)
 category''
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.2 definition   (see Sec.        is no longer     1
 of ``Weekly production    679.5(i))        required (see
 report (WPR)''                             Sec.
                                            679.5(e)(9)
                                            and (10))
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.4(b)(5)(ii)    owner; and the   owner; and if    1
                           name             applicable,
                                            the name
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.4(b)(5)(iii)   horsepower;      horsepower; and  1
                           whether this     whether this
                           is a vessel of   is a vessel of
                           the United       the United
                           States; and      States.
                           whether this
                           vessel will be
                           used as a
                           stationary
                           floating
                           processor.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.4(d)(1)(i),    suspended, or    suspended,       1
 (d)(2)(i), (d)(3)(i),     modified         surrendered in
 and (d)(3)(iv)                             accordance
                                            with paragraph
                                            (a)(9) of this
                                            section, or
                                            modified
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.4(k) heading   Licenses for     Licenses for     1
                           license          license
                           limitation       limitation
                           groundfish or    program (LLP)
                           crab species     groundfish or
                                            crab species
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.                      Weekly           production       1
 679.4(k)(3)(ii)(A)(3)     Production       reports
 and (k)(4) introductory   Reports
 text
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.4(k)(5)(iv)    Pacific time     Alaska local     1
                                            time
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.5(g)(1)(i)     Groundfish.      Groundfish and   1
 heading                                    donated
                                            prohibited
                                            species.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.5(p)(2)        Alaska           ADF&G Division   1
                           Department of    of Commercial
                           Fish & Game,     Fisheries
                           Division of
                           Commercial
                           Fisheries
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.5(r)(3)        SPELR            eLandings        2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.5(r)(5)        Weekly           Production       1
 heading                   production       reports.
                           report (WPR).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.5(r)(5)        submit a WPR as  submit a         1
                           described in     production
                           paragraph (i)    report as
                           of this          described in
                           section          paragraphs
                                            (e)(9) and
                                            (10) of this
                                            section
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.                      as reported in   as reported in   1
 679.5(r)(10)(i)(B)(2)     a WPR            a production
                                            report
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sec.   679.20(e) heading  Maximum          Maximum          1
                           retainable       retainable
                           amounts--        amounts (MRA)--
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.20(g)(2)(iii)  Sec.             Sec.             1
                           679.5(a)(9)      679.5(a)(7)(v)
                                            (C)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.21(a)(2)       motherships and  motherships,     1
                           shoreside        shoreside
                           processors       processors,
                                            and SFPs
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.21(e)(7)(vii)  during August    during the       1
                                            period August
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.22(b)(1)(iii)  open to any      open unless      1
                           trawl other      otherwise
                           than a pelagic   closed to
                           trawl gear       trawling.
                           year round.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.27(j)(2)       weekly           production       1
                           production       report
                           report           required at
                           required at      Sec.
                           Sec.             679.5(e)(10)
                           679.5(i)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.28(c)(3)(i)    Sec.             Sec.             1
                           679.5(a)(13)     679.5(a)(5)(ii
                                            )
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.                      other entity     other non-       1
 679.40(a)(2)(i)(D)                         individual
                                            entity
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.                      WPRs             production       1
 679.40(a)(3)(v)(B)                         reports
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.40(a)(6)(i)    corporation or   corporation,     2
                           partnership      partnership,
                                            or other non-
                                            individual
                                            entity
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.41(d)(2)(ii)   A corporation,   A corporation,   1
                           partnership,     partnership,
                           or other         or other non-
                           entity.          individual
                                            entity.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.42(j) heading  corporations     corporations,    1
                           and              partnerships,
                           partnerships     or other non-
                                            individual
                                            entities
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.42(j)          corporation,     corporation,     13
                           partnership,     partnership,
                           or other         association,
                           entity           or other non-
                                            individual
                                            entity
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.42(j)          corporation or   corporation,     10
                           partnership      partnership,
                                            association,
                                            or other non
                                            individual
                                            entity
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.50(c)(3)(i)    weekly           production       1
                           production       report
                           report           submitted to
                           submitted to     the Regional
                           the Regional     Administrator
                           Administrator    under Sec.
                           under Sec.       679.5(e)(10).
                           679.5(i).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.50(c)(3)(ii)   weekly           production       1
                           production       reports
                           report           submitted to
                           submitted to     the Regional
                           the Regional     Administrator
                           Administrator    under Sec.
                           for that week    679.5(e)(10).
                           by the
                           mothership
                           under Sec.
                           679.5(i).
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.61(d)(1)       paragraph (c)    this paragraph   1
                           of this          (d)
                           section
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.61(e)(1)       paragraph (c)    this paragraph   1
                           of this          (e)
                           section
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.   679.84(b)          Sec.   679.4(m)  Sec.   679.4(n)  1
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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15. The heading for Figure 5 to part 679 and the map are revised to 
read as follows:

Figure 5 to Part 679--Kodiak Island Closure Status for Vessels 
Using Non-pelagic Trawl Gear

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17. Figure 12 to part 679 and its heading are revised to read as 
follows:

Figure 12 to Part 679--Bristol Bay Trawl Closure Area

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18. 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
                            GENERAL USE CODES
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  Description                              Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 only).  39
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Butterfly, no backbone.                          37
Head removed, belly slit, viscera and most of
 backbone removed; fillets attached.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cheeks. Muscles on sides of head (ancillary      17
 only).
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Chins. Lower jaw (mandible), muscles, and flesh  18
 (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 skin  23
 and ribs removed, from sides of body behind
 head and in front of tail.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fillets with ribs, no skin.                      22
Meat with ribs with skin removed, from sides of
 body behind head and in front of tail.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fillets with skin and ribs.                      20
Meat and skin with ribs attached, from sides of
 body behind head and in front of tail.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fillets with skin, no ribs.                      21
Meat and skin with 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.                  07
Head removed just in front of the collar bone,
 and viscera removed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headed and gutted, Eastern cut.                  08
Head removed just behind the collar bone, and
 viscera removed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Headed and gutted, tail removed.                 10
Head removed 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
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wings. On skates, side fins are cut off next to  13
 body.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SHELLFISH ONLY
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Soft shell crab                                  75
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bitter crab                                      76
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deadloss                                         79
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sections                                         80
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Meat                                             81
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: 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
 board vessel.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/bait, sold.                           61
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/discard at sea.                       98
Whole groundfish and prohibited species
 discarded by catcher vessels, catcher/
 processors, motherships, or tenders. DO NOT
 RECORD ON PTR.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/discard, damaged.                     93
Whole fish 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.           86
Number 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.                            41
Whole fish destined for meal (includes offsite
 production.)
DO NOT RECORD ON PTR.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whole fish/personal use, consumption. Fish or    95
 fish products eaten on board or taken off the
 vessel for personal use. Not sold or utilized
 as bait.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Whole fish/sold, for human consumption.          60
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: 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
A product, such as meal, heads, internal
 organs, pectoral girdles, or any other product
 that may be made from the same fish as the
 primary product.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Primary product.                                 P
A product, such as fillets, made from each
 fish, with the highest recovery rate.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reprocessed or rehandled product.                R
A product, 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 (Sebastes 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 Crab  Ground
                                                                   fish
                                                                   PSC
---------------------------------------------------------
CRAB
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

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

          Table 2d to Part 679--Species Codes: Non-FMP Species
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               GENERAL USE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Species Description                          Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[[Page 76176]]

 
Shad                                             180
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Skilfish                                         715
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Snailfish, general (genus Liparis and genus      218
 Careproctus)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------------------------


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

Table 4 to Part 679--Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pollock Fisheries
                              Restrictions
------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Column Number 1                   2             3   4   5   6   7
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Site Name                      Area or Subarea        Bo      Bo      Po
                                                       u       u       l
                                                       n       n       l
                                                       d       d       o
                                                       a       a       c
                                                       r       r       k
                                                       i       i       N
                                                       e       e       o-
                                                       s       s       f
                                                       f       t       i
                                                       r       o       s
                                                       o       \       h
                                                       m       1       i
                                                               \       n
                                                                       g
                                                                       Z
                                                                       o
                                                                       n
                                                                       e
                                                                       s
                                                                       f
                                                                       o
                                                                       r
                                                                       T
                                                                       r
                                                                       a
                                                                       w
                                                                       l
                                                                       G
                                                                       e
                                                                       a
                                                                       r
                                                                       \
                                                                       2
                                                                       ,
                                                                       8
                                                                       \
                                                                       (
                                                                       n
                                                                       m
                                                                       )
                                                     -----------------
                               .....................  La  Lo  La  Lo  ..
                                                       t   n   t   n
                                                       i   g   i   g
                                                       t   i   t   i
                                                       u   t   u   t
                                                       d   u   d   u
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                           e       e
------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. Lawrence I./S Punuk I.     Bering Sea             63  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       4   5
                                                       .   1
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. Lawrence I./SW Cape        Bering Sea             63  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   1
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       8   2
                                                       .   6
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hall I.                        Bering Sea             60  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   3
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       7   0
                                                       .   0
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. Paul I./Sea Lion Rock      Bering Sea             57  17  ..  ..  3
                                                       [   0
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       6   1
                                                       .   7
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. Paul I./NE Pt.             Bering Sea             57  17  ..  ..  3
                                                       [   0
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       5   0
                                                       .   6
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Walrus I. (Pribilofs)          Bering Sea             57  16  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       1   5
                                                       .   6
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. George I./Dalnoi Pt.       Bering Sea             56  16  ..  ..  3
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       6   4
                                                       .   6
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. George I./S Rookery        Bering Sea             56  16  ..  ..  3
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       3   4
                                                       .   0
                                                       5   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cape Newenham                  Bering Sea             58  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       9   1
                                                       .   0
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Round (Walrus Islands)         Bering Sea             58  15  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       6   5
                                                       .   8
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Attu I./Cape Wrangell          Aleutian I.            52  17  52  17  20
                                                       [   2   [   2
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       5   ]   5   ]
                                                       4   2   5   2
                                                       .   7   .   7
                                                       6   .   4   .
                                                       0   9   0   2
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agattu I./Gillon Pt.           Aleutian I.            52  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   3
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       2   ]
                                                       4   2
                                                       .   1
                                                       1   .
                                                       3   3
                                                       N   1
                                                           E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Attu I./Chirikof Pt.           Aleutian I.            52  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   3
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       9   2
                                                       .   6
                                                       7   .
                                                       5   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agattu I./Cape Sabak           Aleutian I.            52  17  52  17  20
                                                       [   3   [   3
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       2   ]   2   ]
                                                       2   4   1   4
                                                       .   3   .   1
                                                       5   .   8   .
                                                       0   3   0   4
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alaid I.                       Aleutian I.            52  17  52  17  20
                                                       [   3   [   3
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       4   ]   4   ]
                                                       6   5   5   5
                                                       .   1   .   6
                                                       5   .   0   .
                                                       0   5   0   5
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shemya I.                      Aleutian I.            52  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   4
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       4   0
                                                       .   8
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   7
                                                       N   0
                                                           E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buldir I.                      Aleutian I.            52  17  52  17  20
                                                       [   5   [   5
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       2   ]   2   ]
                                                       0   5   0   5
                                                       .   4   .   3
                                                       2   .   3   .
                                                       5   0   8   8
                                                       N   3   N   5
                                                           E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kiska I./Cape St. Stephen      Aleutian I.            51  17  51  17  20
                                                       [   7   [   7
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       5   ]   5   ]
                                                       2   1   3   1
                                                       .   2   .   2
                                                       5   .   5   .
                                                       0   7   0   0
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[[Page 76177]]

 
Kiska I./Sobaka & Vega         Aleutian I.            51  17  51  17  20
                                                       [   7   [   7
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       4   ]   4   ]
                                                       9   1   8   2
                                                       .   9   .   0
                                                       5   .   5   .
                                                       0   0   0   5
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kiska I./Lief Cove             Aleutian I.            51  17  51  17  20
                                                       [   7   [   7
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       5   ]   5   ]
                                                       7   2   7   2
                                                       .   0   .   0
                                                       1   .   2   .
                                                       6   4   4   5
                                                       N   1   N   3
                                                           E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kiska I./Sirius Pt.            Aleutian I.            52  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       8   3
                                                       .   6
                                                       5   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tanadak I. (Kiska)             Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       6   4
                                                       .   6
                                                       8   .
                                                       0   8
                                                       N   0
                                                           E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Segula I.                      Aleutian I.            51  17  52  17  20
                                                       [   8   [   8
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       5   ]   0   ]
                                                       9   0   3   0
                                                       .   5   .   8
                                                       9   .   0   .
                                                       0   8   6   8
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ayugadak Point                 Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       5   2
                                                       .   4
                                                       3   .
                                                       6   3
                                                       N   0
                                                           E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rat I./Krysi Pt.               Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       9   1
                                                       .   2
                                                       9   .
                                                       8   3
                                                       N   5
                                                           E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Little Sitkin I.               Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       9   2
                                                       .   9
                                                       3   .
                                                       0   8
                                                       N   0
                                                           E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amchitka I./Column Rocks       Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       2   4
                                                       .   9
                                                       3   .
                                                       2   2
                                                       N   8
                                                           E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amchitka I./East Cape          Aleutian I.            51  17  51  17  20
                                                       [   9   [   9
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       2   ]   2   ]
                                                       2   2   2   2
                                                       .   7   .   7
                                                       2   .   0   .
                                                       6   9   0   0
                                                       N   3   N   0
                                                           E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amchitka I./Cape Ivakin        Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       2   ]
                                                       4   2
                                                       .   4
                                                       4   .
                                                       6   2
                                                       N   1
                                                           E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Semisopochnoi/Petrel Pt.       Aleutian I.            52  17  52  17  20
                                                       [   9   [   9
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       0   ]   0   ]
                                                       1   3   1   3
                                                       .   6   .   9
                                                       4   .   5   .
                                                       0   9   0   0
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Semisopochnoi I./Pochnoi Pt.   Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       7   4
                                                       .   6
                                                       3   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amatignak I. Nitrof Pt.        Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       3   0
                                                       .   7
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   8
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unalga & Dinkum Rocks          Aleutian I.            51  17  51  17  20
                                                       [   9   [   9
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       3   ]   3   ]
                                                       3   0   5   0
                                                       .   4   .   3
                                                       6   .   0   .
                                                       7   2   9   6
                                                       N   5   N   6
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ulak I./Hasgox Pt.             Aleutian I.            51  17  51  17  20
                                                       [   8   [   8
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       1   ]   1   ]
                                                       8   5   8   5
                                                       .   8   .   9
                                                       9   .   7   .
                                                       0   9   0   6
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kavalga I.                     Aleutian I.            51  17  51  17  20
                                                       [   8   [   8
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       3   ]   3   ]
                                                       4   5   4   4
                                                       .   1   .   9
                                                       5   .   5   .
                                                       0   7   0   5
                                                       N   3   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tag I.                         Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       3   3
                                                       .   4
                                                       5   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ugidak I.                      Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       4   3
                                                       .   0
                                                       9   .
                                                       5   4
                                                       N   5
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gramp Rock                     Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       2   ]
                                                       8   2
                                                       .   0
                                                       8   .
                                                       7   5
                                                       N   8
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tanaga I./Bumpy Pt.            Aleutian I.            51  17  51  17  20
                                                       [   7   [   7
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       5   ]   5   ]
                                                       5   5   5   5
                                                       .   8   .   7
                                                       0   .   0   .
                                                       0   5   0   1
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bobrof I.                      Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       4   2
                                                       .   7
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kanaga I./Ship Rock            Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       6   2
                                                       .   0
                                                       7   .
                                                       0   7
                                                       N   2
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kanaga I./North Cape           Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       6   0
                                                       .   9
                                                       5   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adak I.                        Aleutian I.            51  17  51  17  20
                                                       [   6   [   6
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       3   ]   3   ]
                                                       5   5   7   5
                                                       .   7   .   9
                                                       5   .   4   .
                                                       0   1   0   6
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Little Tanaga Strait           Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   6
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       9   1
                                                       .   3
                                                       0   .
                                                       9   9
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Great Sitkin I.                Aleutian I.            52  17  52  17  20
                                                       [   6   [   6
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       0   ]   0   ]
                                                       6   1   6   0
                                                       .   0   .   7
                                                       0   .   6   .
                                                       0   5   0   0
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Anagaksik I.                   Aleutian I.            51  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   5
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       0   5
                                                       .   3
                                                       8   .
                                                       6   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kasatochi I.                   Aleutian I.            52  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   5
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       1   3
                                                       .   1
                                                       1   .
                                                       1   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Atka I./North Cape             Aleutian I.            52  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   4
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       2   ]
                                                       4   1
                                                       .   7
                                                       2   .
                                                       0   8
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amlia I./Sviech. Harbor\11\    Aleutian I.            52  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   3
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       1   2
                                                       .   3
                                                       8   .
                                                       0   9
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sagigik I.\11\                 Aleutian I.            52  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   3
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       0   0
                                                       .   9
                                                       5   .
                                                       0   3
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amlia I./East\11\              Aleutian I.            52  17  52  17  20
                                                       [   2   [   2
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       0   ]   0   ]
                                                       5   5   5   5
                                                       .   9   .   7
                                                       7   .   7   .
                                                       0   0   5   5
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tanadak I. (Amlia\11\)         Aleutian I.            52  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       4   5
                                                       .   7
                                                       2   .
                                                       0   6
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agligadak I.\11\               Aleutian I.            52  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       6   5
                                                       .   4
                                                       0   .
                                                       9   2
                                                       N   3
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seguam I./Saddleridge Pt.\11\  Aleutian I.            52  17  52  17  20
                                                       [   2   [   2
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       2   ]   2   ]
                                                       1   3   1   3
                                                       .   4   .   3
                                                       0   .   0   .
                                                       5   4   2   6
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seguam I./Finch Pt.            Aleutian I.            52  17  52  17  20
                                                       [   2   [   2
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       2   ]   2   ]
                                                       3   2   3   2
                                                       .   7   .   4
                                                       4   .   2   .
                                                       0   7   5   3
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seguam I./South Side           Aleutian I.            52  17  52  17  20
                                                       [   2   [   2
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       2   ]   1   ]
                                                       1   1   5   3
                                                       .   9   .   1
                                                       6   .   5   .
                                                       0   3   5   2
                                                       N   0   N   2
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Amukta I. & Rocks              Aleutian I.            52  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   1
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       2   ]
                                                       7   1
                                                       .   7
                                                       2   .
                                                       5   9
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chagulak I.                    Aleutian I.            52  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   1
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       4   1
                                                       .   0
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yunaska I.                     Aleutian I.            52  17  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   0
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       1   3
                                                       .   6
                                                       4   .
                                                       0   3
                                                       N   5
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Uliaga\3\                      Bering Sea             53  16  53  16  20
                                                       [   9   [   9   ,
                                                       d   [   d   [   1
                                                       e   d   e   d   0
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       0   ]   0   ]
                                                       4   4   5   4
                                                       .   7   .   6
                                                       0   .   0   .
                                                       0   0   0   0
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chuginadak                     Gulf of Alaska         52  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       6   4
                                                       .   1
                                                       7   .
                                                       0   9
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kagamil\3\                     Bering Sea             53  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   9           ,
                                                       d   [           1
                                                       e   d           0
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       2   4
                                                       .   1
                                                       1   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Samalga                        Gulf of Alaska         52  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       6   1
                                                       .   5
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adugak I.\3\                   Bering Sea             52  16  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       4   1
                                                       .   0
                                                       7   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Umnak I./Cape Aslik\3\         Bering Sea             53  16  ..  ..  BA
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       2   ]
                                                       5   2
                                                       .   4
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ogchul I.                      Gulf of Alaska         52  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       9   2
                                                       .   4
                                                       7   .
                                                       1   2
                                                       N   4
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bogoslof I./Fire I.\3\         Bering Sea             53  16  ..  ..  BA
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       5   0
                                                       .   2
                                                       6   .
                                                       9   0
                                                       N   5
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Polivnoi Rock                  Gulf of Alaska         53  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       5   5
                                                       .   7
                                                       9   .
                                                       6   9
                                                       N   9
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Emerald I.                     Gulf of Alaska         53  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       7   5
                                                       .   1
                                                       5   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unalaska/Cape Izigan           Gulf of Alaska         53  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       3   3
                                                       .   9
                                                       6   .
                                                       4   3
                                                       N   7
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unalaska/Bishop Pt.\9\         Bering Sea             53  16  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   6
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       8   5
                                                       .   7
                                                       4   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akutan I./Reef-lava\9\         Bering Sea             54  16  54  16  10
                                                       [   6   [   6
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       0   ]   0   ]
                                                       8   0   9   0
                                                       .   6   .   5
                                                       1   .   1   .
                                                       0   1   0   5
                                                       N   9   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unalaska I./Cape Sedanka\6\    Gulf of Alaska         53  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   6
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       0   0
                                                       .   5
                                                       5   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Old Man Rocks\6\               Gulf of Alaska         53  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   6
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       2   0
                                                       .   4
                                                       2   .
                                                       0   9
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akutan I./Cape Morgan\6\       Gulf of Alaska         54  16  54  16  20
                                                       [   5   [   6
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       0   ]   0   ]
                                                       3   5   3   0
                                                       .   9   .   3
                                                       3   .   7   .
                                                       9   6   0   6
                                                       N   5   N   8
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akun I./Billings Head\9\       Bering Sea             54  16  54  16  10
                                                       [   5   [   5
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       1   ]   1   ]
                                                       7   3   7   3
                                                       .   2   .   1
                                                       6   .   5   .
                                                       2   0   7   7
                                                       N   6   N   1
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rootok\6\                      Gulf of Alaska         54  16  54  16  20
                                                       [   5   [   5
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       0   ]   0   ]
                                                       3   3   2   2
                                                       .   1   .   9
                                                       9   .   9   .
                                                       0   9   0   5
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tanginak I.\6\                 Gulf of Alaska         54  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   5
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       2   1
                                                       .   9
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   4
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tigalda/Rocks NE\6\            Gulf of Alaska         54  16  54  16  20
                                                       [   4   [   4
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       0   ]   0   ]
                                                       9   5   9   5
                                                       .   9   .   7
                                                       6   .   1   .
                                                       0   0   2   1
                                                       N   0   N   8
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Unimak/Cape Sarichef\9\        Bering Sea             54  16  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   4
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       4   5
                                                       .   6
                                                       3   .
                                                       0   8
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aiktak\6\                      Gulf of Alaska         54  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   4
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       0   5
                                                       .   1
                                                       9   .
                                                       9   1
                                                       N   5
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ugamak I.\6\                   Gulf of Alaska         54  16  54  16  20
                                                       [   4   [   4
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       1   ]   1   ]
                                                       3   4   2   4
                                                       .   7   .   7
                                                       5   .   8   .
                                                       0   5   0   5
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Round (GOA)\6\                 Gulf of Alaska         54  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   4
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       2   4
                                                       .   6
                                                       0   .
                                                       5   6
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea Lion Rock (Amak)\9\        Bering Sea             55  16  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   3
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       2   ]
                                                       7   1
                                                       .   2
                                                       8   .
                                                       2   1
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amak I. And rocks\9\           Bering Sea             55  16  55  16  10
                                                       [   3   [   3
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       2   ]   2   ]
                                                       4   0   6   0
                                                       .   9   .   8
                                                       2   .   1   .
                                                       0   6   5   5
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bird I.                        Gulf of Alaska         54  16  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   3
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       0   1
                                                       .   7
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   2
                                                       N   W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Caton I.                       Gulf of Alaska         54  16  ..  ..  3
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       2   ]
                                                       2   2
                                                       .   1
                                                       7   .
                                                       0   3
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
South Rocks                    Gulf of Alaska         54  16  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       8   4
                                                       .   1
                                                       1   .
                                                       4   3
                                                       N   W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clubbing Rocks (S)             Gulf of Alaska         54  16  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       1   2
                                                       .   6
                                                       9   .
                                                       8   7
                                                       N   W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clubbing Rocks (N)             Gulf of Alaska         54  16  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       2   2
                                                       .   6
                                                       7   .
                                                       5   7
                                                       N   W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pinnacle Rock                  Gulf of Alaska         54  16  ..  ..  3
                                                       [   1
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       6   4
                                                       .   5
                                                       0   .
                                                       6   8
                                                       N   5
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sushilnoi Rocks                Gulf of Alaska         54  16  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   1
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       9   4
                                                       .   2
                                                       3   .
                                                       0   7
                                                       N   3
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Olga Rocks                     Gulf of Alaska         55  16  54  16  10
                                                       [   1   [   1
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       0   ]   5   ]
                                                       0   2   9   3
                                                       .   9   .   0
                                                       4   .   0   .
                                                       5   8   9   8
                                                       N   1   N   9
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jude I.                        Gulf of Alaska         55  16  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   1
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       5   0
                                                       .   6
                                                       7   .
                                                       5   2
                                                       N   7
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sea Lion Rocks (Shumagins)     Gulf of Alaska         55  16  ..  ..  3
                                                       [   0
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       4   3
                                                       .   1
                                                       7   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   4
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nagai I./Mountain Pt.          Gulf of Alaska         54  16  54  16  3
                                                       [   0   [   0
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       5   ]   5   ]
                                                       4   1   6   1
                                                       .   5   .   5
                                                       2   .   0   .
                                                       0   4   0   0
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Whaleback                  Gulf of Alaska         55  16  ..  ..  3
                                                       [   0
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       6   0
                                                       .   5
                                                       8   .
                                                       2   0
                                                       N   4
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chernabura I.                  Gulf of Alaska         54  15  54  15  20
                                                       [   9   [   9
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       4   ]   4   ]
                                                       5   3   5   3
                                                       .   2   .   5
                                                       1   .   8   .
                                                       8   9   7   7
                                                       N   9   N   4
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Castle Rock                    Gulf of Alaska         55  15  ..  ..  3
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       6   2
                                                       .   9
                                                       4   .
                                                       7   7
                                                       N   7
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Atkins I.                      Gulf of Alaska         55  15  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       3   1
                                                       .   7
                                                       2   .
                                                       0   4
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Spitz I.                       Gulf of Alaska         55  15  ..  ..  3
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       6   5
                                                       .   3
                                                       6   .
                                                       0   9
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mitrofania                     Gulf of Alaska         55  15  ..  ..  3
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       0   4
                                                       .   1
                                                       2   .
                                                       0   9
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kak                            Gulf of Alaska         56  15  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       7   5
                                                       .   0
                                                       3   .
                                                       0   1
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lighthouse Rocks               Gulf of Alaska         55  15  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       6   2
                                                       .   4
                                                       7   .
                                                       9   8
                                                       N   9
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sutwik I.                      Gulf of Alaska         56  15  56  15  20
                                                       [   7   [   7
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       3   ]   3   ]
                                                       1   2   2   2
                                                       .   0   .   1
                                                       0   .   0   .
                                                       5   4   0   0
                                                       N   7   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chowiet I.                     Gulf of Alaska         56  15  56  15  20
                                                       [   6   [   6
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       0   ]   0   ]
                                                       0   4   0   4
                                                       .   1   .   1
                                                       5   .   3   .
                                                       4   4   0   6
                                                       N   2   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nagai Rocks                    Gulf of Alaska         55  15  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   5
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       9   4
                                                       .   7
                                                       8   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chirikof I.                    Gulf of Alaska         55  15  55  15  20
                                                       [   5   [   5
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       4   ]   4   ]
                                                       6   3   6   4
                                                       .   9   .   3
                                                       5   .   4   .
                                                       0   5   4   4
                                                       N   0   N   6
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Puale Bay\12\                  Gulf of Alaska         57  15  ..  ..  3,
                                                       [   5           1
                                                       d   [           0
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       0   2
                                                       .   3
                                                       6   .
                                                       0   1
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kodiak/Cape Ikolik             Gulf of Alaska         57  15  ..  ..  3
                                                       [   4
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       7   4
                                                       .   7
                                                       2   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Takli I.                       Gulf of Alaska         58  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   4
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       1   3
                                                       .   1
                                                       7   .
                                                       5   2
                                                       N   5
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cape Kuliak                    Gulf of Alaska         58  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   4
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       8   1
                                                       .   2
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cape Gull                      Gulf of Alaska         58  15  58  15  10
                                                       [   4   [   4
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       1   ]   1   ]
                                                       1   0   2   1
                                                       .   9   .   0
                                                       5   .   5   .
                                                       0   6   0   5
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kodiak/Cape Ugat               Gulf of Alaska         57  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   3
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       2   5
                                                       .   0
                                                       4   .
                                                       1   9
                                                       N   7
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sitkinak/Cape Sitkinak         Gulf of Alaska         56  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   3
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       4   5
                                                       .   0
                                                       3   .
                                                       0   9
                                                       N   6
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shakun Rock                    Gulf of Alaska         58  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   3
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       2   4
                                                       .   1
                                                       8   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Twoheaded I.                   Gulf of Alaska         56  15  56  15  10
                                                       [   3   [   3
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       5   ]   5   ]
                                                       4   3   3   3
                                                       .   2   .   3
                                                       5   .   9   .
                                                       0   7   0   7
                                                       N   5   N   4
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cape Douglas (Shaw I.)\12\     Gulf of Alaska         59  15  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   3           ,
                                                       d   [           1
                                                       e   d           0
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       0   2
                                                       .   2
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kodiak/Cape Barnabas           Gulf of Alaska         57  15  ..  ..  3
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       0   5
                                                       .   3
                                                       2   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   5
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kodiak/Gull Point\4\           Gulf of Alaska         57  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   2           ,
                                                       d   [           3
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       2   ]
                                                       1   3
                                                       .   6
                                                       4   .
                                                       5   3
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Latax Rocks                    Gulf of Alaska         58  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       0   3
                                                       .   1
                                                       1   .
                                                       0   3
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ushagat I./SW                  Gulf of Alaska         58  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       4   2
                                                       .   2
                                                       7   .
                                                       5   2
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ugak I.\4\                     Gulf of Alaska         57  15  57  15  10
                                                       [   2   [   2   ,
                                                       d   [   d   [   3
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       2   ]   2   ]
                                                       3   1   1   1
                                                       .   7   .   7
                                                       6   .   9   .
                                                       0   5   0   4
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea Otter I.                   Gulf of Alaska         58  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       1   1
                                                       .   3
                                                       1   .
                                                       5   3
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Long I.                        Gulf of Alaska         57  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       6   1
                                                       .   2
                                                       8   .
                                                       2   9
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sud I.                         Gulf of Alaska         58  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       4   1
                                                       .   2
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kodiak/Cape Chiniak            Gulf of Alaska         57  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       7   0
                                                       .   8
                                                       9   .
                                                       0   2
                                                       N   5
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sugarloaf I.                   Gulf of Alaska         58  15  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   2
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       3   0
                                                       .   2
                                                       2   .
                                                       5   4
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea Lion Rocks (Marmot)        Gulf of Alaska         58  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   1
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       2   ]
                                                       0   4
                                                       .   8
                                                       5   .
                                                       3   8
                                                       N   3
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marmot I.\5\                   Gulf of Alaska         58  15  58  15  15
                                                       [   1   [   1   ,
                                                       d   [   d   [   2
                                                       e   d   e   d   0
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       1   ]   0   ]
                                                       3   4   9   5
                                                       .   7   .   2
                                                       6   .   9   .
                                                       5   7   0   0
                                                       N   5   N   6
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nagahut Rocks                  Gulf of Alaska         59  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   1
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       6   4
                                                       .   6
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   3
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Perl                           Gulf of Alaska         59  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   1
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       5   3
                                                       .   9
                                                       7   .
                                                       5   7
                                                       N   5
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Gore Point                     Gulf of Alaska         59  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   0
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       2   5
                                                       .   8
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outer (Pye) I.                 Gulf of Alaska         59  15  59  15  20
                                                       [   0   [   0
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       2   ]   2   ]
                                                       0   2   1   2
                                                       .   3   .   4
                                                       5   .   0   .
                                                       0   0   0   5
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Steep Point                    Gulf of Alaska         59  15  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   0
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       2   ]
                                                       9   1
                                                       .   5
                                                       0   .
                                                       5   4
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seal Rocks (Kenai)             Gulf of Alaska         59  14  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       1   3
                                                       .   7
                                                       2   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chiswell Islands               Gulf of Alaska         59  14  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   9
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       6   3
                                                       .   4
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rugged Island                  Gulf of Alaska         59  14  59  14  10
                                                       [   9   [   9
                                                       d   [   d   [
                                                       e   d   e   d
                                                       g   e   g   e
                                                       ]   g   ]   g
                                                       5   ]   5   ]
                                                       0   2   1   2
                                                       .   3   .   4
                                                       0   .   0   .
                                                       0   1   0   7
                                                       N   0   N   0
                                                           W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Point Elrington\7, 10\         Gulf of Alaska         59  14  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   8
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       6   1
                                                       .   5
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   2
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Perry I.\7\                    Gulf of Alaska         60  14  ..  ..  ..
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       4   5
                                                       .   4
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   6
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Needle\7\                  Gulf of Alaska         60  14  ..  ..  ..
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       6   3
                                                       .   6
                                                       6   .
                                                       4   1
                                                       N   7
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Point Eleanor\7\               Gulf of Alaska         60  14  ..  ..  ..
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       3   ]
                                                       5   3
                                                       .   4
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   0
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wooded I. (Fish I.)            Gulf of Alaska         59  14  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       2   2
                                                       .   0
                                                       9   .
                                                       0   6
                                                       N   5
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Glacier Island\7\              Gulf of Alaska         60  14  ..  ..  ..
                                                       [   7
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       5   ]
                                                       1   1
                                                       .   4
                                                       3   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seal Rocks (Cordova)\10\       Gulf of Alaska         60  14  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   6
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       0   ]
                                                       9   5
                                                       .   0
                                                       7   .
                                                       8   3
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cape Hinchinbrook\10\          Gulf of Alaska         60  14  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   6
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       1   ]
                                                       4   3
                                                       .   8
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   5
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Middleton I.                   Gulf of Alaska         59  14  ..  ..  10
                                                       [   6
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       2   ]
                                                       8   1
                                                       .   8
                                                       3   .
                                                       0   8
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hook Point\10\                 Gulf of Alaska         60  14  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   6
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       2   ]
                                                       0   1
                                                       .   5
                                                       0   .
                                                       0   6
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cape St. Elias                 Gulf of Alaska         59  14  ..  ..  20
                                                       [   4
                                                       d   [
                                                       e   d
                                                       g   e
                                                       ]   g
                                                       4   ]
                                                       7   3
                                                       .   6
                                                       5   .
                                                       0   2
                                                       N   0
                                                           W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Where two sets of coordinates are given, the baseline extends in a
  clockwise 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\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
55[deg]46'30'' N lat. 163[deg]00'00'' W long.
54[deg]42'9'' N lat. 165[deg]08'00'' W long.
54[deg]26'30'' N lat. 165[deg]40'00'' W long.
54[deg]18'40'' N lat. 166[deg]12'00'' W long. and
54[deg]8'50'' N lat. 167[deg]00'00'' W long.
\10\The 20 nm closure around this site is effective in federal waters
  outside of State of Alaska waters of Prince William Sound.
\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.


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     Table 12 to Part 679--Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas, 3nm No
                        Groundfish Fishing Sites
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Column Number 1                2                       3   4   5   6   7
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Site Name                      Area or Subarea         Bounda
                                                         ries
                                                         from
                                    Boundaries to\1\       No
                                                            t
                                                            r
                                                            a
                                                            n
                                                            s
                                                            i
                                                            t
                                                            \
                                                            2
                                                            \
                                                            3
                                                            (
                                                            n
                                                            m
                                                            )
                                                      -----------------
                               ......................  La  Lo  La  Lo  .
                                                        t   n   t   n
                                                        i   g   i   g
                                                        t   i   t   i
                                                        u   t   u   t
                                                        d   u   d   u
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                            e       e
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Walrus I. (Pribilofs)          Bering Sea              57  16  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   9
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        1   ]
                                                        1   5
                                                        .   6
                                                        0   .
                                                        0   0
                                                        N   0
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Attu I./Cape Wrangell          Aleutian I.             52  17  52  17  Y
                                                        [   2   [   2
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        5   ]   5   ]
                                                        4   2   5   2
                                                        .   7   .   7
                                                        6   .   4   .
                                                        0   9   0   2
                                                        N   0   N   0
                                                            E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agattu I./Gillon Pt.           Aleutian I.             52  17  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   3
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        2   ]
                                                        4   2
                                                        .   1
                                                        1   .
                                                        3   3
                                                        N   1
                                                            E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agattu I./Cape Sabak           Aleutian I.             52  17  52  17  Y
                                                        [   3   [   3
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        2   ]   2   ]
                                                        2   4   1   4
                                                        .   3   .   1
                                                        5   .   8   .
                                                        0   3   0   4
                                                        N   0   N   0
                                                            E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Buldir I.                      Aleutian I.             52  17  52  17  Y
                                                        [   5   [   5
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        2   ]   2   ]
                                                        0   5   0   5
                                                        .   4   .   3
                                                        2   .   3   .
                                                        5   0   8   8
                                                        N   3   N   5
                                                            E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kiska I./Cape St. Stephen      Aleutian I.             51  17  51  17  Y
                                                        [   7   [   7
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        5   ]   5   ]
                                                        2   1   3   1
                                                        .   2   .   2
                                                        5   .   5   .
                                                        0   7   0   0
                                                        N   0   N   0
                                                            E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kiska I./Lief Cove             Aleutian I.             51  17  51  17  Y
                                                        [   7   [   7
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        5   ]   5   ]
                                                        7   2   7   2
                                                        .   0   .   0
                                                        1   .   2   .
                                                        6   4   4   5
                                                        N   1   N   3
                                                            E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ayugadak Point                 Aleutian I.             51  17  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   8
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        4   ]
                                                        5   2
                                                        .   4
                                                        3   .
                                                        6   3
                                                        N   0
                                                            E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amchitka I./Column Rocks       Aleutian I.             51  17  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   8
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        3   ]
                                                        2   4
                                                        .   9
                                                        3   .
                                                        2   2
                                                        N   8
                                                            E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amchitka I./East Cape          Aleutian I.             51  17  51  17  Y
                                                        [   9   [   9
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        2   ]   2   ]
                                                        2   2   2   2
                                                        .   7   .   7
                                                        2   .   0   .
                                                        6   9   0   0
                                                        N   3   N   0
                                                            E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Semisopochnoi/Petrel Pt.       Aleutian I.             52  17  52  17  Y
                                                        [   9   [   9
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        0   ]   0   ]
                                                        1   3   1   3
                                                        .   6   .   9
                                                        4   .   5   .
                                                        0   9   0   0
                                                        N   0   N   0
                                                            E       E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Semisopochnoi I./Pochnoi Pt.   Aleutian I.             51  17  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   9
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        5   ]
                                                        7   4
                                                        .   6
                                                        3   .
                                                        0   0
                                                        N   0
                                                            E
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ulak I./Hasgox Pt.             Aleutian I.             51  17  51  17  Y
                                                        [   8   [   8
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        1   ]   1   ]
                                                        8   5   8   5
                                                        .   8   .   9
                                                        9   .   7   .
                                                        0   9   0   6
                                                        N   0   N   0
                                                            W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tag I.                         Aleutian I.             51  17  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   8
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        3   ]
                                                        3   3
                                                        .   4
                                                        5   .
                                                        0   5
                                                        N   0
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gramp Rock                     Aleutian I.             51  17  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   8
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        2   ]
                                                        8   2
                                                        .   0
                                                        8   .
                                                        7   5
                                                        N   8
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adak I.                        Aleutian I.             51  17  51  17  Y
                                                        [   6   [   6
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        3   ]   3   ]
                                                        5   5   7   5
                                                        .   7   .   9
                                                        5   .   4   .
                                                        0   1   0   6
                                                        N   0   N   0
                                                            W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kasatochi I.                   Aleutian I.             52  17  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   5
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        1   ]
                                                        1   3
                                                        .   1
                                                        1   .
                                                        1   0
                                                        N   0
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Agligadak I.                   Aleutian I.             52  17  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   2
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        0   ]
                                                        6   5
                                                        .   4
                                                        0   .
                                                        9   2
                                                        N   3
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seguam I./Saddleridge Pt.      Aleutian I.             52  17  52  17  Y
                                                        [   2   [   2
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        2   ]   2   ]
                                                        1   3   1   3
                                                        .   4   .   3
                                                        0   .   0   .
                                                        5   4   2   6
                                                        N   0   N   0
                                                            W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yunaska I.                     Aleutian I.             52  17  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   0
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        4   ]
                                                        1   3
                                                        .   6
                                                        4   .
                                                        0   3
                                                        N   5
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adugak I.                      Bering Sea              52  16  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   9
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        5   ]
                                                        4   1
                                                        .   0
                                                        7   .
                                                        0   5
                                                        N   0
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ogchul I.                      Gulf of Alaska          52  16  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   8
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        5   ]
                                                        9   2
                                                        .   4
                                                        7   .
                                                        1   2
                                                        N   4
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bogoslof I./Fire I.            Bering Sea              53  16  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   8
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        5   ]
                                                        5   0
                                                        .   2
                                                        6   .
                                                        9   0
                                                        N   5
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akutan I./Cape Morgan          Gulf of Alaska          54  16  54  16  Y
                                                        [   5   [   6
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        0   ]   0   ]
                                                        3   5   3   0
                                                        .   9   .   3
                                                        3   .   7   .
                                                        9   6   0   6
                                                        N   5   N   8
                                                            W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akun I./Billings Head          Bering Sea              54  16  54  16  Y
                                                        [   5   [   5
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        1   ]   1   ]
                                                        7   3   7   3
                                                        .   2   .   1
                                                        6   .   5   .
                                                        2   0   7   7
                                                        N   6   N   1
                                                            W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ugamak I.                      Gulf of Alaska          54  16  54  16  Y
                                                        [   4   [   4
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        1   ]   1   ]
                                                        3   4   2   4
                                                        .   7   .   7
                                                        5   .   8   .
                                                        0   5   0   5
                                                        N   0   N   0
                                                            W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sea Lion Rock (Amak)           Bering Sea              55  16  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   3
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        2   ]
                                                        7   1
                                                        .   2
                                                        8   .
                                                        2   1
                                                        N   0
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clubbing Rocks (S)             Gulf of Alaska          54  16  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   2
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        4   ]
                                                        1   2
                                                        .   6
                                                        9   .
                                                        8   7
                                                        N   W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clubbing Rocks (N)             Gulf of Alaska          54  16  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   2
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        4   ]
                                                        2   2
                                                        .   6
                                                        7   .
                                                        5   7
                                                        N   W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pinnacle Rock                  Gulf of Alaska          54  16  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   1
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        4   ]
                                                        6   4
                                                        .   5
                                                        0   .
                                                        6   8
                                                        N   5
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chernabura I.                  Gulf of Alaska          54  15  54  15  Y
                                                        [   9   [   9
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        4   ]   4   ]
                                                        5   3   5   3
                                                        .   2   .   5
                                                        1   .   8   .
                                                        8   9   7   7
                                                        N   9   N   4
                                                            W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Atkins I.                      Gulf of Alaska          55  15  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   9
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        0   ]
                                                        3   1
                                                        .   7
                                                        2   .
                                                        0   4
                                                        N   0
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chowiet I.                     Gulf of Alaska          56  15  56  15  Y
                                                        [   6   [   6
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        0   ]   0   ]
                                                        0   4   0   4
                                                        .   1   .   1
                                                        5   .   3   .
                                                        4   4   0   6
                                                        N   2   N   0
                                                            W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chirikof I.                    Gulf of Alaska          55  15  55  15  Y
                                                        [   5   [   5
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        4   ]   4   ]
                                                        6   3   6   4
                                                        .   9   .   3
                                                        5   .   4   .
                                                        0   5   4   4
                                                        N   0   N   6
                                                            W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sugarloaf I.                   Gulf of Alaska          58  15  ..  ..  Y
                                                        [   2
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        5   ]
                                                        3   0
                                                        .   2
                                                        2   .
                                                        5   4
                                                        N   0
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marmot I.                      Gulf of Alaska          58  15  58  15  Y
                                                        [   1   [   1
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        1   ]   0   ]
                                                        3   4   9   5
                                                        .   7   .   2
                                                        6   .   9   .
                                                        5   7   0   0
                                                        N   5   N   6
                                                            W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outer (Pye) I.                 Gulf of Alaska          59  15  59  15  Y
                                                        [   0   [   0
                                                        d   [   d   [
                                                        e   d   e   d
                                                        g   e   g   e
                                                        ]   g   ]   g
                                                        2   ]   2   ]
                                                        0   2   1   2
                                                        .   3   .   4
                                                        5   .   0   .
                                                        0   0   0   5
                                                        N   0   N   0
                                                            W       W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wooded I. (Fish I.)            Gulf of Alaska          59  14
                                                        [   7
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        5   ]
                                                        2   2
                                                        .   0
                                                        9   .
                                                        0   6
                                                        N   5
                                                            W
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seal Rocks (Cordova)           Gulf of Alaska          60  14
                                                        [   6
                                                        d   [
                                                        e   d
                                                        g   e
                                                        ]   g
                                                        0   ]
                                                        9   5
                                                        .   0
                                                        7   .
                                                        8   3
                                                        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.


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          Table 14a to Part 679--Port of Landing Codes, Alaska
------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Port Name                NMFS Code               ADF&G 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
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Savoonga                 165                      SAV
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Selawik                  326                      SWK
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seldovia                 166                      SEL
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seward                   167                      SEW
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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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 an Alaska location not currently assigned a
  location code number, use ``Other Alaska'' code ``499'' or ``OAK.''


        Table 14b to Part 679--Port of Landing Codes: Non-Alaska
              (California, Canada, Oregon, and Washington)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Port State or
     Country           Port Name          NMFS Code        ADF&G Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CALIFORNIA         Eureka             500               EUR
                  ------------------------------------------------------
                   Other              599               OCA
                    California\1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
CANADA             Other Canada\1\    899               OCN
                  ------------------------------------------------------
                   Port Edward, B.C.  802               PRU
                  ------------------------------------------------------
                   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.

* * * * *

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

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                             Table 15 to Part 679--Gear Codes, Descriptions, and Use
                                      (X indicates where this code is used)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     Use alphabetic code to complete the following:  Use numeric code to complete the following:
                    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Name of gear      Alpha gear                   Electronic check-  Numeric gear
                         code       NMFS logbooks    in/ check-out        code       IERS eLandings   ADF&G COAR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NMFS AND 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/   NPT           X               X                 07             X                X
 bottom
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trawl, pelagic/      PTR           X               X                 47             X                X
 midwater
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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       OTH           X               X
 types
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ADF&G GEAR CODES
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Diving
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dredge
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dredge, hydro/mechanical
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fish ladder/raceway
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fish wheel
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gillnet, drift
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gillnet, herring
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gillnet, set
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gillnet, sunken
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Handpicked
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net, dip
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net, ring
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other/specify
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pound
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seine, purse
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Seine, beach
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shovel
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trap
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trawl, beam
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trawl, double otter
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trawl, pair
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weir
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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FIXED GEAR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authorized gear for  All longline
 sablefish            gear (hook-
 harvested from any   and-line,
 GOA reporting area   jig, troll,
                      and
                      handline)
                      and, for
                      purposes of
                      determining
                      initial IFQ
                      allocation,
                      all pot
                      gear used
                      to make a
                      legal
                      landing.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authorized gear for  All hook-and-
 sablefish            line gear
 harvested from any   and all pot
 BSAI reporting       gear.
 area
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authorized gear for  (05)All
 halibut harvested    fishing
 from any IFQ         gear
 regulatory area      comprised
                      of lines
                      with hooks
                      attached,
                      including
                      one or more
                      stationary,
                      buoyed, and
                      anchored
                      lines with
                      hooks
                      attached.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

0
24. The authority citation for part 680 continue to read as follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1862.

0
25. In Sec.  680.2, under the definition of ``Crab individual fishing 
quota (crab IFQ)'', paragraphs (1), (2) introductory text, (3), and (4) 
are revised and a definition for ``Sideboards'' is added in 
alphabetical order to read as follows:


Sec.  680.2  Definitions.

* * * * *
    Crab individual fishing quota (crab IFQ) * * *
    (1) Catcher vessel crew (CVC) IFQ means crab IFQ derived from QS 
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 crab IFQ derived from QS 
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 crab IFQ derived from 
QS 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 crab IFQ derived from QS 
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).
* * * * *

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26. 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.
* * * * *

0
27. In Sec.  680.5:
0
A. Paragraphs (c) and (d) are removed and reserved.
0
B. Paragraphs (a)(2)(i)(G) and (b) are revised.
0
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) of 
this chapter.
    (2) Properly debited landing. All landed crab catch must be 
weighed, reported, and debited from the appropriate IFQ account under 
which the catch was harvested, and IPQ account under which it was 
received, as appropriate (see Sec.  679.5(e) of this chapter).
* * * * *
    (m) CR Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) 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.

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    (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. The RCR must log in to http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov using the RCR's password and NMFS person ID to 
submit a CR RCR Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report. The NMFS software 
autofills the RCR name. The User must review the autofilled cells to 
ensure that they are accurate. The RCR must enter the information in 
paragraphs (m)(4)(i) through (iv) of this section for a complete CR RCR 
Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report for priced crab delivered raw:
    (i) RCR identification. (A) RCR permit number.
    (B) Landing month.
    (C) Port (location of facility or vessel).
    (ii) CR crab program (e.g., IFQ, CDQ, ADAK).
    (iii) CR crab pounds purchased and ex-vessel value. Enter for each 
program, fishery, species, and month.
    (A) Pounds purchased. The total CR crab pounds purchased by fishery 
and species for each month.
    (B) Ex-vessel value paid. The total gross ex-vessel value paid for 
raw CR crab pounds before any deductions are made for goods and 
services provided to the CR crab harvesters. The gross value includes 
all value paid in any form (e.g., dollars, goods, services, bait, ice, 
fuel, repairs, machinery replacement, etc.), and any retro payments 
paid for crab in paragraph (m)(4)(iii)(A) of this section.
    (iv) Certification. By using the RCR NMFS ID and password and 
submitting the report, the RCR certifies that all information is true, 
correct, and complete to the best of his or her knowledge and belief.
    (5) Submittal. The RCR must complete and submit online by 
electronic submission to NMFS the CR Registered Crab Receiver Ex-vessel 
Volume and Value Report available at https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov.

0
28. 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
* * * * *

0
29. 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]

0
30. 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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Location            Remove                Add            Frequency
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.              without a valid     without a legible   1
 680.7(e)(1)       crab IFQ permit     copy of a valid
                                       crab IFQ permit
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.              not required under  unless required     1
 680.20(g)(2)(ix   this section,       under this
 )                 except as           section.
                   permitted by
                   paragraph (j) of
                   this section.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec.              Sec.                Sec.                1
 680.40(c)(2)(vi   679.40(k)(5)(v)     679.4(k)(5)(v) of
 )(A)                                  this chapter
------------------------------------------------------------------------

[FR Doc. E8-29625 Filed 12-12-08; 8:45 am]
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