[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 52 (Thursday, March 18, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13024-13044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5892]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 300

[Docket No. 100119028-0123-02]
RIN 0648-AY31


Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plan

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

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA AA), on behalf of the 
International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes annual 
management measures promulgated as regulations by the IPHC and approved 
by the Secretary of State governing the Pacific halibut fishery. The AA 
also announces modifications to the Catch Sharing Plan (CSP) for Area 
2A (waters off the U.S. West Coast) and implementing regulations for 
2010, and announces approval of the Area 2A CSP. These actions are 
intended to enhance the conservation of Pacific halibut and further the 
goals and objectives of the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) 
and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) (Councils).

DATES: The amendment to Sec.  300.63 is effective April 19, 2010. The 
IPHC's 2010 annual management measures are effective March 1, 2010, 
except for the measures in section 26 which are effective April 19, 
2010. The 2010 management measures are effective until superseded.

ADDRESSES: Additional requests for information regarding this action 
may be obtained by contacting: The International Pacific Halibut 
Commission, P.O. Box 95009, Seattle, WA 98145-2009; or Sustainable 
Fisheries Division, NMFS Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 
99802-1668, Attn: Ellen Sebastian, Records Officer; or Sustainable 
Fisheries Division, NMFS Northwest Region, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., 
Seattle WA 98115. This final rule also is accessible via the Internet 
at the Government Printing Office's Web site at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For waters off Alaska, Peggy Murphy, 
907-586-8743, e-mail at [email protected]; or, for waters off the 
U.S. West Coast, Sarah Williams, 206-526-4646, e-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The IPHC has promulgated regulations governing the Pacific halibut 
fishery in 2010 under the Convention between the United States and 
Canada for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the North Pacific 
Ocean and Bering Sea (Convention), signed at Ottawa, Ontario, on March 
2, 1953, as

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amended by a Protocol Amending the Convention (signed at Washington, 
DC, on March 29, 1979). On March 1, 2010, the Secretary of State of the 
United States accepted the 2010 IPHC regulations as provided by the 
Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (Halibut Act) at 16 U.S.C. 773-
773k.
    The Halibut Act provides the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) with 
the authority and general responsibility to carry out the requirements 
of the Convention and the Halibut Act. The Regional Fishery Management 
Councils may develop and the Secretary may implement regulations 
governing harvesting privileges among U.S. fishermen in U.S. waters 
that are in addition to, and not in conflict with approved IPHC 
regulations. The NPFMC has exercised this authority most notably in 
developing a suite of halibut management programs that correspond to 
the three fisheries that harvest halibut in Alaska--the subsistence, 
sport, and commercial fisheries. In 2009/2010, these programs were 
revised by regulations recommended by the NPFMC. Criteria for 
qualifying as a rural resident to participate in subsistence fishing 
for halibut in Area 2C through 4E were changed December 4, 2009 (74 FR 
57105), by expanding the boundaries of rural areas and some rural 
communities. More extensive regulations were implemented for sport 
halibut fisheries. Effective June 5, 2009, in Area 2, harvest of 
halibut by charter vessel anglers was limited to one halibut per day, 
charter vessel guide and crew were prohibited from harvesting halibut, 
and the number of fishing lines used was limited to the number of 
vessel anglers on board not to exceed six lines (74 FR 21194). A 
limited access system for guided charter vessels (75 FR 554) was also 
established January 5, 2010, for Areas 2C and 3A (75 FR 554) based on a 
licensed charter fishing business owner's past participation in the 
charter halibut fishery. Changes in subsistence and sport halibut 
fishery management measures are codified at 50 CFR 300. Commercial 
halibut fisheries in Alaska operate within the Individual Fishing Quota 
(IFQ) Program and Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program (50 CFR 
part 679) and through area-specific catch sharing plans. Regulations 
for a commercial and sport fishery Halibut CSP are being developed 
pursuant to the NPFMC authority under the Halibut Act. The PFMC also 
exercises authority in a CSP among groups of halibut fishermen in Area 
2A; Washington, Oregon, and California. The CSP allocates the Area 2A 
catch limit among treaty Indian and non-Indian harvesters, and non-
Indian commercial and sport harvesters. The treaty Indian group may 
include tribal commercial and tribal ceremonial and subsistence 
fisheries.
    The structure of each Council's CSP affects how each plan is 
promulgated. The Secretary implemented the Area 2A CSP recommended by 
the PFMC in 1995. Each year between 1995 and the present, the PFMC has 
adopted minor revisions to the plan to account for needs of the 
fisheries. These revisions are implemented in regulations for the Area 
2A CSP through annual rule making and annual IPHC review and 
recommendation of management measures for Secretarial review. The Area 
2A CSP regulations are part of the IPHC annual management measures and 
are superseded each year by new implementing regulations.
    The NPFMC implemented a CSP among commercial IFQ and CDQ halibut 
fisheries in IPHC Areas 4C, 4D and 4E (Area 4) through rulemaking and 
the Secretary approved the plan on March 20, 1996 (61 FR 11337). The 
Area 4 CSP regulations were codified in the Code of Federal Regulations 
(50 CFR 300.65) and amended through rule making on March 17, 1998 (63 
FR 13000). New annual regulations pertaining to the Area 4 CSP also may 
be implemented through IPHC review and recommendation for Secretarial 
review.
    Publication of this final rule announces that the U.S. Secretary of 
State has accepted the annual management measures recommended by the 
IPHC, implements Area 2A regulations supporting annual management 
measures recommended by IPHC, and implements the Area 2A CSP. The 
proposed rule for the Area 2A CSP was published on February 4, 2010 (75 
FR 5745).
    Pursuant to regulations at 50 CFR 300.62, the approved IPHC 
regulations setting forth the 2010 IPHC annual management measures are 
published in the Federal Register to provide notice of their immediate 
regulatory effect, and to inform persons subject to the regulations of 
the restrictions and requirements. NMFS could implement more 
restrictive regulations for the sport fishery for halibut or components 
of it; therefore, anglers are advised to check the current federal or 
IPHC regulations prior to fishing.
    The IPHC held its annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, January 
26-29, 2010, and adopted regulations for 2010. The changes to the 
previous IPHC regulations (74 FR 11681, March 19, 2009) include:
    1. New halibut catch limits in all regulatory areas;
    2. New commercial halibut fishery opening dates;
    3. Revisions to the CSP and 2010 recreational management measures 
for Area 2A;
    4. Changes to the regulations regarding 2A license requirements for 
persons fishing in Subarea 2A-1 as treaty Indian tribal fishers;
    5. Changes to vessel number recording requirements on state fish 
tickets in Washington; and
    6. Correction to the Cape Spencer Light coordinates to match the 
U.S. Coast Guard Light List.

Catch Limits

    The IPHC recommended to the governments of Canada and the United 
States catch limits for 2010 totaling 50,670,000 pounds (22,983 mt), a 
6.3 percent reduction from the 2009 catch limit. The decline in the 
catch limit is attributed to the exceptionally strong 1987 and 1988 
year classes passing out of the fishery. The 1999 and 2000 year classes 
are estimated to be above average but the lower growth rates of fish in 
recent years means that these year classes are recruiting to the 
exploitable stock very slowly.
    The IPHC staff reported on the 2009 assessment of the Pacific 
halibut stock that estimated coastwide biomass, with apportionment to 
regulatory biomass based on the data from the annual IPHC assessment 
survey. The total of the IPHC staff catch limit recommendations was 
accepted, although the Commissioners' area apportionment differed 
slightly.
    The IPHC recommended a 20 percent harvest rate for Areas 2A through 
Area 3A and a harvest rate of 15 percent for Areas 3B, 4A, 4B and 4CDE. 
The harvest rate for area 3B was reduced from 20 percent to 15 percent 
because of concern over continued decline in catch rates. Catch limits 
adopted by the IPHC for 2010 were lower as compared to 2009 for most 
regulatory areas except: Areas 4B and 4CDE where the IPHC, with advice 
from its advisory bodies, recommended catch limits that are 
approximately 15 percent and 3 percent higher, respectively, than in 
2009.

Commercial Halibut Fishery Opening Dates

    The opening date for the tribal commercial fishery in Area 2A and 
for the commercial halibut fisheries in Areas 2B through 4E is March 6, 
2010. The date takes into account a number of factors including tides, 
timing of halibut migration and spawning, marketing for seasonal 
holidays, and interest in getting product in to the processing plants 
before the herring season opens.

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The closing date for the halibut fisheries is November 15, 2010.
    In the Area 2A directed fishery, each fishing period shall begin at 
0800 hours and terminate at 1800 hours local time on June 30, July 14, 
July 28, August 11, August 25, September 8, and September 22, 2010, 
unless the IPHC specifies otherwise. These 10-hour openings will occur 
until the quota is taken and the fishery is closed.

Area 2A Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) Coordinate Updates

    Updates to the coordinates for the codified boundaries of the non-
trawl Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) at 50 CFR 300.63, are necessary 
to make them consistent with the RCA boundaries in the groundfish 
regulations at 50 CFR 660 Table 4. The RCAs for both fisheries serve 
the same purpose, protection of overfished groundfish, and so the 
boundaries are meant to be the same. Most commercial halibut fishermen 
also participate in the groundfish fishery, so they are familiar with 
these boundaries. Non-treaty commercial vessels operating in the 
directed commercial fishery for halibut in Area 2A are required to fish 
outside of the non-trawl RCA, which extends along the coast. The 
eastern and western boundaries of the RCA vary along the coast. Because 
the boundaries of the RCA are intended to be the same for both 
groundfish and halibut fisheries, this rule updates the coordinates in 
the halibut regulations for some depth contour lines and RCA boundaries 
to make them consistent with the current groundfish regulations and RCA 
boundaries.

Incidental Halibut Retention in the Primary Sablefish Fishery North of 
Pt. Chehalis, Washington

    According to the Area 2A CSP, incidental halibut retention will not 
be allowed in the primary directed sablefish fishery north of Point 
Chehalis, WA, unless the Area 2A TAC is at least 900,000 lb (408.2 mt). 
Because the Area 2A TAC for 2010 is 810,000 lb (367.4 mt), this 
incidental retention is not permitted. Regulations to prohibit halibut 
retention in the primary sablefish fishery will be addressed by the 
PFMC at its March 2010 meeting and implemented by NMFS through an 
inseason adjustment on or before May 1, 2010. It is necessary to 
implement any changes to the groundfish regulations on or before May 1, 
2010, because this is when the current groundfish regulations, which 
permit halibut retention in the primary sablefish fishery, would become 
effective, therefore allowing retention when there is no quota.

Catch Sharing Plan (CSP) and 2010 Recreational Management Measures for 
Area 2A

    For 2010 and beyond, the PFMC recommended changes to the Federal 
regulations and the CSP to modify the Pacific halibut fisheries in Area 
2A to:
    1. Specify that the Washington South Coast Subarea primary season 
will be open Sunday and Tuesday through the third week in May, open on 
Sunday only for the fourth week in May and return to Sunday and Tuesday 
after the fourth week in May;
    2. Specify that the Washington South Coast Subarea nearshore area 
will be open seven days per week;
    3. Revise the northern and western boundaries of the Washington 
nearshore area;
    4. Specify that lingcod retention is allowed in the Washington 
South Coast Subarea seaward of the 30-fm line and on days when the 
primary fishery is open; and
    5. Change the open days in the Oregon Central Coast Subarea summer 
all depth fishery from three days per week to two days per week, Friday 
and Saturday.
    NMFS published a proposed rule on February 4, 2010 (75 FR 5745), to 
implement the PFMC's recommended changes to the Federal regulations and 
the CSP, and to implement the 2010 Area 2A sport fishing season 
regulations.
    This final rule publishes the Annual Management Measures for the 
2010 Pacific Halibut Fisheries, approves the Catch Sharing Plan for 
Area 2A, and implements changes to the Area 2A Catch Sharing Plan and 
Federal regulations. These halibut management measures are effective 
until superseded by the 2011 halibut management measures, which will be 
published in the Federal Register.

Comments and Responses

    NMFS accepted comments through February 19, 2010, on the proposed 
rule to the Area 2A CSP and received four public comments. One letter 
from an individual suggested opening dates for the halibut sport 
fishery in Washington; one letter from the Department of Interior 
stated they had no comments; and one comment letter each from 
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and Oregon Department 
of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) recommended season dates for halibut sport 
fisheries in each state.
    Comment 1: The WDFW held a public meeting following the final TAC 
recommendations by the IPHC, to review the results of the 2009 Puget 
Sound halibut fishery, and to develop season dates for the 2010 sport 
halibut fishery. Based on the 2010 Area 2A total allowable catch of 
810,000 pounds (367.4 mt), the halibut quota for the Puget Sound sport 
fishery is 50,542 lb (22.9 mt). Because the catch in this area exceeded 
the quota in 2008 and 2009 WDFW used a new method to estimate the 
season dates. The new method examined the average weight, catch per day 
and the highest catch per day for the last five years to estimate the 
season dates for 2010. WDFW recommends that the regions within the 
Puget Sound sport halibut fishery will be open: in the Eastern Region 
from May 1-22, Thursday through Saturday and May 28-30, Friday through 
Sunday; in the Western Region from May 28-30, Friday through Sunday, 
and from June 3-19, Thursday through Saturday.
    Response: NMFS agrees with WDFW's recommended Puget Sound season 
dates. These dates will help keep this area within its quota, while 
providing for angler enjoyment and participation. Therefore, NMFS 
implements the dates with this final rule.
    Comment 2: ODFW held a public meeting following the final TAC 
decision by the IPHC, to gather comments on the open dates for the 
recreational all-depth fishery in Oregon's Central Coast Sub-area. 
Since 2004, the number of open fishing days that could be accommodated 
in the spring fishery has been roughly constant. The catch limit for 
this sub-area's spring season will be 105,948 lb (48.05 mt) in 2010, 
based on the IPHC's 2010 TAC for Area 2A. Because of the reduced TAC 
for 2010, ODFW recommends setting a Central Coast all-depth fishery of 
9 days, the 2009 fishery was scheduled for 12 days, with 12 additional 
back-up dates, in case the sub-area's spring quota is not taken in the 
initial 9 days. ODFW recommends the following days for the spring 
fishery, within this sub-area's parameters for a Thursday-Saturday 
season and with weeks of adverse tidal conditions skipped: Regular open 
days of May 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, and 22, and June 3, 4, and 5; back-up 
open days of June 17, 18, and 19, and July 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 29, 30, 
and 31. For the summer fishery in this sub-area, ODFW recommended 
following the CSP's parameters of opening the first Friday in August, 
with open days to occur every other Friday-Sunday, unless modified in-
season within the parameters of the CSP. Under the CSP, the 2010 summer 
all-depth fishery in Oregon's Central Coast Sub-area would occur: 
August 6, 7, 20, and 21, and September 3, 4, 17, and 18, and October 1, 
2, 15, 16, 29, and 30.

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    Response: NMFS agrees with ODFW's recommended Central Coast season 
dates. These dates will help keep this area too within its quota, while 
providing for angler enjoyment and participation. NMFS, therefore 
implements the dates via this final rule.
    Comment 3: The commenter suggested that the opening date of the 
sport fishery in the Puget Sound Western egion should be May 20 because 
this is historically the date the area has opened, people may have 
already planned for this date and the tides on this date are more 
favorable than the tides the following week.
    Response: In their public comments, WDFW recommended an opening 
date of May 28 in the Western Region of Puget Sound rather than May 20. 
Because the Puget Sound Subarea quota has been exceeded in recent 
years, for 2010 WDFW has taken a new approach for estimating the 
fishing days needed to attain full access to the subarea quota. The 
goal of the dates recommended by WDFW is to provide the longest season 
possible while still providing quality fishing opportunities. NMFS 
agrees with WDFW recommendations for a May 28 opening date in this 
subarea.
    Comment 4: The U.S. Department of Interior submitted one comment 
letter stating they had no comments.
    Response: Because there was no comment made NMFS does not have a 
response.

Changes From the Proposed Rule

    On February 4, 2010, NMFS published a proposed rule on changes to 
the CSP and recreational management measures for Area 2A (75 FR 5745). 
The final catch limits and total allowable catch numbers were not 
available until January 29, 2010, which was after the proposed rule 
needed to be drafted and routed to the Office of the Federal Register 
for timely publication. The proposed rule, therefore, was issued based 
on the preliminary estimate of the 2A TAC of 760,000 pounds. The final 
2A TAC is 810,000 pounds which is higher than the preliminary estimate 
for 2010, but lower than the 2009 2A TAC of 950,000 pounds. Most of the 
changes in this final rule are updates to subarea catch limits based on 
the final TAC. There are no other substantive changes from the proposed 
rule.

Annual Halibut Management Measures

    The following annual management measures for the 2010 Pacific 
halibut fishery are those recommended by the IPHC and accepted by the 
Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary. The sport 
fishing regulations for Area 2A, included in paragraph 26, are 
consistent with the measures adopted by the IPHC and approved by the 
Secretary of State, but were developed by the Pacific Fishery 
Management Council and promulgated by the United States under the 
Halibut Act.

1. Short Title

    These regulations may be cited as the Pacific Halibut Fishery 
Regulations.

2. Application

    (1) These Regulations apply to persons and vessels fishing for 
halibut in, or possessing halibut taken from, the maritime area as 
defined in Section 3.
    (2) Sections 3 to 6 apply generally to all halibut fishing.
    (3) Sections 7 to 20 apply to commercial fishing for halibut.
    (4) Section 21 applies to tagged halibut caught by any vessel.
    (5) Section 22 applies to the United States treaty Indian fishery 
in Subarea 2A-1.
    (6) Section 23 applies to customary and traditional fishing in 
Alaska.
    (7) Section 24 applies to Aboriginal groups fishing for food, 
social and ceremonial purposes in British Columbia.
    (8) Sections 25 to 28 apply to sport fishing for halibut.
    (9) These Regulations do not apply to fishing operations authorized 
or conducted by the Commission for research purposes.

3. Interpretation

    (1) In these Regulations,
    (a) ``authorized officer'' means any State, Federal, or Provincial 
officer authorized to enforce these regulations including, but not 
limited to, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Canada's 
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Alaska Wildlife Troopers 
(AWT), United States Coast Guard (USCG), Washington Department of Fish 
and Wildlife (WDFW), and the Oregon State Police (OSP);
    (b) ``authorized clearance personnel'' means an authorized officer 
of the United States, a representative of the Commission, or a 
designated fish processor;
    (c) ``charter vessel'' means a vessel used for hire in sport 
fishing for halibut, but not including a vessel without a hired 
operator;
    (d) ``commercial fishing'' means fishing, the resulting catch of 
which is sold or bartered; or is intended to be sold or bartered, other 
than (i) sport fishing, (ii) treaty Indian ceremonial and subsistence 
fishing as referred to in section 22, (iii) customary and traditional 
fishing as referred to in section 23 and defined by and regulated 
pursuant to NMFS regulations published at 50 CFR Part 300, and (iv) 
Aboriginal groups fishing in British Columbia as referred to in section 
24;
    (e) ``Commission'' means the International Pacific Halibut 
Commission;
    (f) ``daily bag limit'' means the maximum number of halibut a 
person may take in any calendar day from Convention waters;
    (g) ``fishing'' means the taking, harvesting, or catching of fish, 
or any activity that can reasonably be expected to result in the 
taking, harvesting, or catching of fish, including specifically the 
deployment of any amount or component part of setline gear anywhere in 
the maritime area;
    (h) ``fishing period limit'' means the maximum amount of halibut 
that may be retained and landed by a vessel during one fishing period;
    (i) ``land'' or ``offload'' with respect to halibut, means the 
removal of halibut from the catching vessel;
    (j) ``license'' means a halibut fishing license issued by the 
Commission pursuant to section 4;
    (k) ``maritime area'', in respect of the fisheries jurisdiction of 
a Contracting Party, includes without distinction areas within and 
seaward of the territorial sea and internal waters of that Party;
    (l) ``net weight'' of a halibut means the weight of halibut that is 
without gills and entrails, head-off, washed, and without ice and 
slime. If a halibut is weighed with the head on or with ice and slime, 
the required conversion factors for calculating net weight are a 2% 
deduction for ice and slime and a 10% deduction for the head.
    (m) ``operator'', with respect to any vessel, means the owner and/
or the master or other individual on board and in charge of that 
vessel;
    (n) ``overall length'' of a vessel means the horizontal distance, 
rounded to the nearest foot, between the foremost part of the stem and 
the aftermost part of the stern (excluding bowsprits, rudders, outboard 
motor brackets, and similar fittings or attachments);
    (o) ``person'' includes an individual, corporation, firm, or 
association;
    (p) ``regulatory area'' means an area referred to in section 6;
    (q) ``setline gear'' means one or more stationary, buoyed, and 
anchored lines with hooks attached;
    (r) ``sport fishing'' means all fishing other than (i) commercial 
fishing, (ii) treaty Indian ceremonial and subsistence fishing as 
referred to in section 22, (iii) customary and traditional fishing as 
referred to in

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section 23 and defined in and regulated pursuant to NMFS regulations 
published in 50 CFR Part 300, and (iv) Aboriginal groups fishing in 
British Columbia as referred to in section 24;
    (s) ``tender'' means any vessel that buys or obtains fish directly 
from a catching vessel and transports it to a port of landing or fish 
processor;
    (t) ``VMS transmitter'' means a NMFS-approved vessel monitoring 
system transmitter that automatically determines a vessel's position 
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    (2) In these Regulations, all bearings are true and all positions 
are determined by the most recent charts issued by the United States 
National Ocean Service or the Canadian Hydrographic Service.

4. Licensing Vessels for Area 2A

    (1) No person shall fish for halibut from a vessel, nor possess 
halibut on board a vessel, used either for commercial fishing or as a 
charter vessel in Area 2A, unless the Commission has issued a license 
valid for fishing in Area 2A in respect of that vessel.
    (2) A license issued for a vessel operating in Area 2A shall be 
valid only for operating either as a charter vessel or a commercial 
vessel, but not both.
    (3) A vessel with a valid Area 2A commercial license cannot be used 
to sport fish for Pacific halibut in Area 2A.
    (4) A license issued for a vessel operating in the commercial 
fishery in Area 2A shall be valid for one of the following, but not 
both
    (a) the directed commercial fishery during the fishing periods 
specified in paragraph (2) of section 8; or
    (b) the incidental catch fishery during the salmon troll fishery 
specified in paragraph (3) of section 8.
    (5) A license issued in respect of a vessel referred to in 
paragraph (1) of this section must be carried on board that vessel at 
all times and the vessel operator shall permit its inspection by any 
authorized officer.
    (6) The Commission shall issue a license in respect of a vessel, 
without fee, from its office in Seattle, Washington, upon receipt of a 
completed, written, and signed ``Application for Vessel License for the 
Halibut Fishery'' form.
    (7) A vessel operating in the directed commercial fishery in Area 
2A must have its ``Application for Vessel License for the Halibut 
Fishery'' form postmarked no later than 11:59 PM on April 30, or on the 
first weekday in May if April 30 is a Saturday or Sunday.
    (8) A vessel operating in the incidental commercial fishery during 
the salmon troll season in Area 2A must have its ``Application for 
Vessel License for the Halibut Fishery'' form postmarked no later than 
11:59 PM on March 31, or the first weekday in April if March 31 is a 
Saturday or Sunday.
    (9) Application forms may be obtained from any authorized officer 
or from the Commission.
    (10) Information on ``Application for Vessel License for the 
Halibut Fishery'' form must be accurate.
    (11) The ``Application for Vessel License for the Halibut Fishery'' 
form shall be completed and signed by the vessel owner.
    (12) Licenses issued under this section shall be valid only during 
the year in which they are issued.
    (13) A new license is required for a vessel that is sold, 
transferred, renamed, or the documentation is changed.
    (14) The license required under this section is in addition to any 
license, however designated, that is required under the laws of the 
United States or any of its States.
    (15) The United States may suspend, revoke, or modify any license 
issued under this section under policies and procedures in Title 15, 
CFR Part 904.

5. In-Season Actions

    (1) The Commission is authorized to establish or modify regulations 
during the season after determining that such action:
    (a) will not result in exceeding the catch limit established 
preseason for each regulatory area;
    (b) is consistent with 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, and applicable domestic law of 
either Canada or the United States; and
    (c) is consistent, to the maximum extent practicable, with any 
domestic catch sharing plans or other domestic allocation programs 
developed by the United States or Canadian governments.
    (2) In-season actions may include, but are not limited to, 
establishment or modification of the following:
    (a) closed areas;
    (b) fishing periods;
    (c) fishing period limits;
    (d) gear restrictions;
    (e) recreational bag limits;
    (f) size limits; or
    (g) vessel clearances.
    (3) In-season changes will be effective at the time and date 
specified by the Commission.
    (4) The Commission will announce in-season actions under this 
section by providing notice to major halibut processors; Federal, 
State, United States treaty Indian, and Provincial fishery officials; 
and the media.

6. Regulatory Areas

    The following areas shall be regulatory areas (see Figure 1) for 
the purposes of the Convention:
    (1) Area 2A includes all waters off the states of California, 
Oregon, and Washington;
    (2) Area 2B includes all waters off British Columbia;
    (3) Area 2C includes all waters off Alaska that are east of a line 
running 340[deg] true from Cape Spencer Light (58[deg]11'56'' N. 
latitude, 136[deg]38'26'' W. longitude) and south and east of a line 
running 205[deg] true from said light;
    (4) Area 3A includes all waters between Area 2C and a line 
extending from the most northerly point on Cape Aklek (57[deg]41'15'' 
N. latitude, 155[deg]35'00'' W. longitude) to Cape Ikolik 
(57[deg]17'17'' N. latitude, 154[deg]47'18'' W. longitude), then along 
the Kodiak Island coastline to Cape Trinity (56[deg]44'50'' N. 
latitude, 154[deg]08'44'' W. longitude), then 140[deg] true;
    (5) Area 3B includes all waters between Area 3A and a line 
extending 150[deg] true from Cape Lutke (54[deg]29'00'' N. latitude, 
164[deg]20'00'' W. longitude) and south of 54[deg]49'00'' N. latitude 
in Isanotski Strait;
    (6) Area 4A includes all waters in the Gulf of Alaska west of Area 
3B and in the Bering Sea west of the closed area defined in section 10 
that are east of 172[deg]00'00'' W. longitude and south of 
56[deg]20'00'' N. latitude;
    (7) Area 4B includes all waters in the Bering Sea and the Gulf of 
Alaska west of Area 4A and south of 56[deg]20'00'' N. latitude;
    (8) Area 4C includes all waters in the Bering Sea north of Area 4A 
and north of the closed area defined in section 10 which are east of 
171[deg]00'00'' W. longitude, south of 58[deg]00'00'' N. latitude, and 
west of 168[deg]00'00'' W. longitude;
    (9) Area 4D includes all waters in the Bering Sea north of Areas 4A 
and 4B, north and west of Area 4C, and west of 168[deg]00'00'' W. 
longitude;
    (10) Area 4E includes all waters in the Bering Sea north and east 
of the closed area defined in section 10, east of 168[deg]00'00'' W. 
longitude, and south of 65[deg]34'00'' N. latitude.

7. Fishing in Regulatory Area 4E and 4D

    (1) Section 7 applies only to any person fishing, or vessel that is 
used to fish for, Area 4E Community

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Development Quota (CDQ) or Area 4D CDQ halibut provided that the total 
annual halibut catch of that person or vessel is landed at a port 
within Area 4E or 4D.
    (2) A person may retain halibut taken with setline gear in Area 4E 
CDQ and 4D CDQ fishery that are smaller than the size limit specified 
in section 13, provided that no person may sell or barter such halibut.
    (3) The manager of a CDQ organization that authorizes persons to 
harvest halibut in the Area 4E or 4D CDQ fisheries must report to the 
Commission the total number and weight of undersized halibut taken and 
retained by such persons pursuant to section 7, paragraph (2). This 
report, which shall include data and methodology used to collect the 
data, must be received by the Commission prior to November 1 of the 
year in which such halibut were harvested.

8. Fishing Periods

    (1) The fishing periods for each regulatory area apply where the 
catch limits specified in section 11 have not been taken.
    (2) Each fishing period in the Area 2A directed commercial 
fishery2 3 shall begin at 0800 hours and terminate at 1800 
hours local time on June 30, July 14, July 28, August 11, August 25, 
September 8, and September 22 unless the Commission specifies 
otherwise.
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    \2\ The directed fishery is restricted to waters that are south 
of Point Chehalis, Washington (46[deg]53'18'' N. latitude) under 
regulations promulgated by NMFS and published in the Federal 
Register.
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    (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), and paragraph (7) of section 11, 
an incidental catch fishery is authorized during salmon troll seasons 
in Area 2A in accordance with regulations promulgated by NMFS.
    (4) The fishing period in Areas 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, and 
4E shall begin at 1200 hours local time on March 6 and terminate at 
1200 hours local time on November 15, unless the Commission specifies 
otherwise.
    (5) All commercial fishing for halibut in Areas 2A, 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B, 
4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, and 4E shall cease at 1200 hours local time on November 
15.

9. Closed Periods

    (1) No person shall engage in fishing for halibut in any regulatory 
area other than during the fishing periods set out in section 8 in 
respect of that area.
    (2) No person shall land or otherwise retain halibut caught outside 
a fishing period applicable to the regulatory area where the halibut 
was taken.
    (3) Subject to paragraphs (7), (8), (9), and (10) of section 19, 
these Regulations do not prohibit fishing for any species of fish other 
than halibut during the closed periods.
    (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), no person shall have halibut in 
his/her possession while fishing for any other species of fish during 
the closed periods.
    (5) No vessel shall retrieve any halibut fishing gear during a 
closed period if the vessel has any halibut on board.
    (6) A vessel that has no halibut on board may retrieve any halibut 
fishing gear during the closed period after the operator notifies an 
authorized officer or representative of the Commission prior to that 
retrieval.
    (7) After retrieval of halibut gear in accordance with paragraph 
(6), the vessel shall submit to a hold inspection at the discretion of 
the authorized officer or representative of the Commission.
    (8) No person shall retain any halibut caught on gear retrieved 
referred to in paragraph (6).
    (9) No person shall possess halibut aboard a vessel in a regulatory 
area during a closed period unless that vessel is in continuous transit 
to or within a port in which that halibut may be lawfully sold.

10. Closed Area

    All waters in the Bering Sea north of 55[deg]00[min]00[sec] N. 
latitude in Isanotski Strait that are enclosed by a line from Cape 
Sarichef Light (54[deg]36[min]00[sec] N. latitude, 
164[deg]55[min]42[sec] W. longitude) to a point at 
56[deg]20[min]00[sec] N. latitude, 168[deg]30[min]00[sec] W. longitude; 
thence to a point at 58[deg]21[min]25[sec] N. latitude, 
163[deg]00[min]00[sec] W. longitude; thence to Strogonof Point 
(56[deg]53[min]18[sec] N. latitude, 158[deg]50[min]37[sec] W. 
longitude); and then along the northern coasts of the Alaska Peninsula 
and Unimak Island to the point of origin at Cape Sarichef Light are 
closed to halibut fishing and no person shall fish for halibut therein 
or have halibut in his/her possession while in those waters except in 
the course of a continuous transit across those waters. All waters in 
Isanotski Strait between 55[deg]00[min]00[sec] N. latitude and 
54[deg]49[min]00[sec] N. latitude are closed to halibut fishing.

11. Catch Limits

    (1) The total allowable catch of halibut to be taken during the 
halibut fishing periods specified in section 8 shall be limited to the 
net weights expressed in pounds or metric tons shown in the following 
table.

 
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                                                 Catch limit
          Regulatory area          -------------------------------------
                                          Pounds          Metric tons
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2A: Directed commercial, and                  166,900               75.7
 incidental commercial during
 salmon troll fishery.............
2B \4\............................          7,500,000            3,401.4
2C................................          4,400,000            1,995.5
3A................................         19,990,000            9,065.8
3B................................          9,900,000            4,489.8
4A................................          2,330,000            1,056.7
4B................................          2,160,000              979.6
4C................................          1,625,000              737.0
4D................................          1,625,000              737.0
4E................................            330,000              149.7
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\4\ Area 2B includes combined commercial and sport catch limits which
  will be allocated by DFO.

     (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), regulations pertaining to the 
division of the Area 2A catch limit between the directed commercial 
fishery and the incidental catch fishery as described in paragraph (3) 
of section 8 will be promulgated by NMFS and published in the Federal 
Register.
    (3) The Commission shall determine and announce to the public the 
date on which the catch limit for Area 2A will be taken.

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    (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), Area 2B will close only when all 
Individual Vessel Quotas (IVQs) assigned by DFO are taken, or November 
15, whichever is earlier.
    (5) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), Areas 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 
4D, and 4E will each close only when all IFQs and all CDQs issued by 
NMFS have been taken, or November 15, whichever is earlier.
    (6) If the Commission determines that the catch limit specified for 
Area 2A in paragraph (1) would be exceeded in an unrestricted 10-hour 
fishing period as specified in paragraph (2) of section 8, the catch 
limit for that area shall be considered to have been taken unless 
fishing period limits are implemented.
    (7) When under paragraphs (2), (3), and (6) the Commission has 
announced a date on which the catch limit for Area 2A will be taken, no 
person shall fish for halibut in that area after that date for the rest 
of the year, unless the Commission has announced the reopening of that 
area for halibut fishing.
    (8) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the total allowable catch of 
halibut that may be taken in the Area 4E directed commercial fishery is 
equal to the combined annual catch limits specified for the Area 4D and 
Area 4E CDQ fisheries. The annual Area 4D CDQ catch limit will decrease 
by the equivalent amount of halibut CDQ taken in Area 4E in excess of 
the annual Area 4E CDQ catch limit.
    (9) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the total allowable catch of 
halibut that may be taken in the Area 4D directed commercial fishery is 
equal to the combined annual catch limits specified for the Area 4C and 
Area 4D. The annual Area 4C catch limit will decrease by the equivalent 
amount of halibut taken in Area 4D in excess of the annual Area 4D 
catch limit.

12. Fishing Period Limits

    (1) It shall be unlawful for any vessel to retain more halibut than 
authorized by that vessel's license in any fishing period for which the 
Commission has announced a fishing period limit.
    (2) The operator of any vessel that fishes for halibut during a 
fishing period when fishing period limits are in effect must, upon 
commencing an offload of halibut to a commercial fish processor, 
completely offload all halibut on board said vessel to that processor 
and ensure that all halibut is weighed and reported on State fish 
tickets.
    (3) The operator of any vessel that fishes for halibut during a 
fishing period when fishing period limits are in effect must, upon 
commencing an offload of halibut other than to a commercial fish 
processor, completely offload all halibut on board said vessel and 
ensure that all halibut are weighed and reported on State fish tickets.
    (4) The provisions of paragraph (3) are not intended to prevent 
retail over-the-side sales to individual purchasers so long as all the 
halibut on board is ultimately offloaded and reported.
    (5) When fishing period limits are in effect, a vessel's maximum 
retainable catch will be determined by the Commission based on
    (a) the vessel's overall length in feet and associated length 
class;
    (b) the average performance of all vessels within that class; and
    (c) the remaining catch limit.
    (6) Length classes are shown in the following table:

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              Overall length  (in feet)                   Vessel class
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1-25.................................................                 A
26-30................................................                 B
31-35................................................                  C
36-40................................................                 D
41-45................................................                 E
46-50................................................                 F
51-55................................................                 G
56+..................................................                 H
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    (7) Fishing period limits in Area 2A apply only to the directed 
halibut fishery referred to in paragraph (2) of section 8.

13. Size Limits

    (1) No person shall take or possess any halibut that
    (a) with the head on, is less than 32 inches (81.3 cm) as measured 
in a straight line, passing over the pectoral fin from the tip of the 
lower jaw with the mouth closed, to the extreme end of the middle of 
the tail, as illustrated in Figure 2; or
    (b) with the head removed, is less than 24 inches (61.0 cm) as 
measured from the base of the pectoral fin at its most anterior point 
to the extreme end of the middle of the tail, as illustrated in Figure 
2.
    (2) No person on board a vessel fishing for, or tendering, halibut 
caught in Area 2A shall possess any halibut that has had its head 
removed.

14. Careful Release of Halibut

    (1) All halibut that are caught and are not retained shall be 
immediately released outboard of the roller and returned to the sea 
with a minimum of injury by
    (a) hook straightening;
    (b) cutting the gangion near the hook; or
    (c) carefully removing the hook by twisting it from the halibut 
with a gaff.
    (2) Except that paragraph (1) shall not prohibit the possession of 
halibut on board a vessel that has been brought aboard to be measured 
to determine if the minimum size limit of the halibut is met and, if 
sublegal-sized, is promptly returned to the sea with a minimum of 
injury.

15. Vessel Clearance in Area 4

    (1) The operator of any vessel that fishes for halibut in Areas 4A, 
4B, 4C, or 4D must obtain a vessel clearance before fishing in any of 
these areas, and before the landing of any halibut caught in any of 
these areas, unless specifically exempted in paragraphs (10), (13), 
(14), (15), or (16).
    (2) An operator obtaining a vessel clearance required by paragraph 
(1) must obtain the clearance in person from the authorized clearance 
personnel and sign the IPHC form documenting that a clearance was 
obtained, except that when the clearance is obtained via VHF radio 
referred to in paragraphs (5), (8), and (9), the authorized clearance 
personnel must sign the IPHC form documenting that the clearance was 
obtained.
    (3) The vessel clearance required under paragraph (1) prior to 
fishing in Area 4A may be obtained only at Nazan Bay on Atka Island, 
Dutch Harbor or Akutan, Alaska, from an authorized officer of the 
United States, a representative of the Commission, or a designated fish 
processor.
    (4) The vessel clearance required under paragraph (1) prior to 
fishing in Area 4B may only be obtained at Nazan Bay on Atka Island or 
Adak, Alaska, from an authorized officer of the United States, a 
representative of the Commission, or a designated fish processor.
    (5) The vessel clearance required under paragraph (1) prior to 
fishing in Area 4C and 4D may be obtained only at St. Paul or St. 
George, Alaska, from an authorized officer of the United States, a 
representative of the Commission, or a designated fish processor by VHF 
radio and allowing the person contacted to confirm visually the 
identity of the vessel.
    (6) The vessel operator shall specify the specific regulatory area 
in which fishing will take place.
    (7) Before unloading any halibut caught in Area 4A, a vessel 
operator may obtain the clearance required under paragraph (1) only in 
Dutch Harbor or Akutan, Alaska, by contacting an authorized officer of 
the United States, a representative of the Commission, or a designated 
fish processor.
    (8) Before unloading any halibut caught in Area 4B, a vessel 
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obtain the clearance required under paragraph (1) only in Nazan Bay on 
Atka Island or Adak, by contacting an authorized officer of the United 
States, a representative of the Commission, or a designated fish 
processor by VHF radio or in person.
    (9) Before unloading any halibut caught in Area 4C and 4D, a vessel 
operator may obtain the clearance required under paragraph (1) only in 
St. Paul, St. George, Dutch Harbor, or Akutan, Alaska, either in person 
or by contacting an authorized officer of the United States, a 
representative of the Commission, or a designated fish processor. The 
clearances obtained in St. Paul or St. George, Alaska, can be obtained 
by VHF radio and allowing the person contacted to confirm visually the 
identity of the vessel.
    (10) Any vessel operator who complies with the requirements in 
section 18 for possessing halibut on board a vessel that was caught in 
more than one regulatory area in Area 4 is exempt from the clearance 
requirements of paragraph (1) of this section, provided that:
    (a) the operator of the vessel obtains a vessel clearance prior to 
fishing in Area 4 in either Dutch Harbor, Akutan, St. Paul, St. George, 
Adak, or Nazan Bay on Atka Island by contacting an authorized officer 
of the United States, a representative of the Commission, or a 
designated fish processor. The clearance obtained in St. Paul, St. 
George, Adak, or Nazan Bay on Atka Island can be obtained by VHF radio 
and allowing the person contacted to confirm visually the identity of 
the vessel. This clearance will list the Areas in which the vessel will 
fish; and
    (b) before unloading any halibut from Area 4, the vessel operator 
obtains a vessel clearance from Dutch Harbor, Akutan, St. Paul, St. 
George, Adak, or Nazan Bay on Atka Island by contacting an authorized 
officer of the United States, a representative of the Commission, or a 
designated fish processor. The clearance obtained in St. Paul or St. 
George can be obtained by VHF radio and allowing the person contacted 
to confirm visually the identity of the vessel. The clearance obtained 
in Adak or Nazan Bay on Atka Island can be obtained by VHF radio.
    (11) Vessel clearances shall be obtained between 0600 and 1800 
hours, local time.
    (12) No halibut shall be on board the vessel at the time of the 
clearances required prior to fishing in Area 4.
    (13) Any vessel that is used to fish for halibut only in Area 4A 
and lands its total annual halibut catch at a port within Area 4A is 
exempt from the clearance requirements of paragraph (1).
    (14) Any vessel that is used to fish for halibut only in Area 4B 
and lands its total annual halibut catch at a port within Area 4B is 
exempt from the clearance requirements of paragraph (1).
    (15) Any vessel that is used to fish for halibut only in Areas 4C 
or 4D or 4E and lands its total annual halibut catch at a port within 
Areas 4C, 4D, 4E, or the closed area defined in section 10, is exempt 
from the clearance requirements of paragraph (1).
    (16) Any vessel that carries a transmitting VMS transmitter while 
fishing for halibut in Area 4A, 4B, 4C, or 4D and until all halibut 
caught in any of these areas is landed is exempt from the clearance 
requirements of paragraph (1) of this section, provided that:
    (a) the operator of the vessel complies with NMFS' vessel 
monitoring system regulations published at 50 CFR sections 
679.28(f)(3), (4) and (5); and
    (b) the operator of the vessel notifies NOAA Fisheries Office for 
Law Enforcement at 800-304-4846 (select option 1 to speak to an 
Enforcement Data Clerk) between the hours of 0600 and 0000 (midnight) 
local time within 72 hours before fishing for halibut in Area 4A, 4B, 
4C, or 4D and receives a VMS confirmation number.

16. Logs

    (1) The operator of any U.S. vessel fishing for halibut that has an 
overall length of 26 feet (7.9 meters) or greater shall maintain an 
accurate log of halibut fishing operations. The operator of a vessel 
fishing in waters in and off Alaska must use one of the following 
logbooks: the Groundfish/IFQ Daily Fishing Longline and Pot Gear 
Logbook provided by NMFS; the Alaska hook-and-line logbook provided by 
Petersburg Vessel Owners Association or Alaska Longline Fisherman's 
Association; the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) longline-
pot logbook; or the logbook provided by IPHC. The operator of a vessel 
fishing in Area 2A must use either the Washington Department of Fish 
and Wildlife (WDFW) Voluntary Sablefish Logbook, or the logbook 
provided by IPHC.
    (2) The logbook referred to in paragraph (1) must include the 
following information:
    (a) the name of the vessel and the state (ADF&G, WDFW, Oregon 
Department of Fish and Wildlife, or California Department of Fish and 
Game) vessel number;
    (b) the date(s) upon which the fishing gear is set or retrieved;
    (c) the latitude and longitude or loran coordinates or a direction 
and distance from a point of land for each set or day;
    (d) the number of skates deployed or retrieved, and number of 
skates lost; and
    (e) the total weight or number of halibut retained for each set or 
day.
    (3) The logbook referred to in paragraph shall be
    (a) maintained on board the vessel;
    (b) updated not later than 24 hours after midnight local time for 
each day fished and prior to the offloading or sale of halibut taken 
during that fishing trip;
    (c) retained for a period of two years by the owner or operator of 
the vessel;
    (d) open to inspection by an authorized officer or any authorized 
representative of the Commission upon demand; and
    (e) kept on board the vessel when engaged in halibut fishing, 
during transits to port of landing, and until the offloading of all 
halibut is completed.
    (4) The log referred to in paragraph (1) does not apply to the 
incidental halibut fishery during the salmon troll season in Area 2A 
defined in paragraph (4) of section 8.
    (5) The operator of any Canadian vessel fishing for halibut shall 
maintain an accurate log recorded in the British Columbia Integrated 
Groundfish Fishing Log provided by DFO.
    (6) The logbook referred to in paragraph (5) must include the 
following information:
    (a) the name of the vessel and the DFO vessel number;
    (b) the date(s) upon which the fishing gear is set or retrieved;
    (c) the latitude and longitude or loran coordinates or a direction 
and distance from a point of land for each set or day;
    (d) the number of skates deployed or retrieved, and number of 
skates lost; and
    (e) the total weight or number of halibut retained for each set or 
day.
    (7) The logbook referred to in paragraph (5) shall be
    (a) maintained on board the vessel;
    (b) retained for a period of two years by the owner or operator of 
the vessel;
    (c) open to inspection by an authorized officer or any authorized 
representative of the Commission upon demand;
    (d) kept on board the vessel when engaged in halibut fishing, 
during transits to port of landing, and until the offloading of all 
halibut is completed;
    (e) mailed to the DFO (white copy) within seven days of offloading; 
and
    (f) mailed to the Commission (yellow copy) within seven days of the 
final offload if not collected by a Commission employee.
    (8) No person shall make a false entry in a log referred to in this 
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17. Receipt and Possession of Halibut

    (1) No person shall receive halibut caught in Area 2A from a United 
States vessel that does not have on board the license required by 
section 4.
    (2) No person shall possess on board a vessel a halibut other than 
whole or with gills and entrails removed. Except that this paragraph 
shall not prohibit the possession on board a vessel of:
    (a) halibut cheeks cut from halibut caught by persons authorized to 
process the halibut on board in accordance with NMFS regulations 
published at 50 CFR Part 679;
    (b) fillets from halibut offloaded in accordance with section 17 
that are possessed on board the harvesting vessel in the port of 
landing up to 1800 hours local time on the calendar day following the 
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    (c) halibut with their heads removed in accordance with section 13.
    (3) No person shall offload halibut from a vessel unless the gills 
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    (4) It shall be the responsibility of a vessel operator who lands 
halibut to continuously and completely offload at a single offload site 
all halibut on board the vessel.
    (5) A registered buyer (as that term is defined in regulations 
promulgated by NMFS and codified at 50 CFR Part 679) who receives 
halibut harvested in IFQ and CDQ fisheries in Areas 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 
4C, 4D, and 4E, directly from the vessel operator that harvested such 
halibut must weigh all the halibut received and record the following 
information on federal catch reports: date of offload; name of vessel; 
vessel number (State, Tribal or Federal, not IPHC vessel number); scale 
weight obtained at the time of offloading, including the scale weight 
(in pounds) of halibut purchased by the registered buyer, the scale 
weight (in pounds) of halibut offloaded in excess of the IFQ or CDQ, 
the scale weight of halibut (in pounds) retained for personal use or 
for future sale, and the scale weight (in pounds) of halibut discarded 
as unfit for human consumption.
    (6) The first recipient, commercial fish processor, or buyer in the 
United States who purchases or receives halibut directly from the 
vessel operator that harvested such halibut must weigh and record all 
halibut received and record the following information on state fish 
tickets: the date of offload; vessel number (State, Tribal or Federal, 
not IPHC vessel number); total weight obtained at the time of offload 
including the weight (in pounds) of halibut purchased; the weight (in 
pounds) of halibut offloaded in excess of the IFQ, CDQ, or fishing 
period limits; the weight of halibut (in pounds) retained for personal 
use or for future sale; and the weight (in pounds) of halibut discarded 
as unfit for human consumption.
    (7) The individual completing the state fish tickets for the Area 
2A fisheries as referred to in paragraph (6) must additionally record 
whether the halibut weight is of head-on or head-off fish.
    (8) For halibut landings made in Alaska, the requirements as listed 
in paragraph (5) and (6) can be met by recording the information in the 
Interagency Electronic Reporting Systems, eLandings.
    (9) The master or operator of a Canadian vessel that was engaged in 
halibut fishing must weigh and record all halibut on board said vessel 
at the time offloading commences and record on Provincial fish tickets 
or Federal catch reports the date; locality; name of vessel; the 
name(s) of the person(s) from whom the halibut was purchased; and the 
scale weight obtained at the time of offloading of all halibut on board 
the vessel including the pounds purchased, pounds in excess of IVQs, 
pounds retained for personal use, and pounds discarded as unfit for 
human consumption.
    (10) No person shall make a false entry on a State or Provincial 
fish ticket or a Federal catch or landing report referred to in 
paragraphs (5), (6), and (9) of section 17.
    (11) A copy of the fish tickets or catch reports referred to in 
paragraphs (5), (6), and (9) shall be
    (a) retained by the person making them for a period of three years 
from the date the fish tickets or catch reports are made; and
    (b) open to inspection by an authorized officer or any authorized 
representative of the Commission.
    (12) No person shall possess any halibut taken or retained in 
contravention of these Regulations.
    (13) When halibut are landed to other than a commercial fish 
processor, the records required by paragraph (6) shall be maintained by 
the operator of the vessel from which that halibut was caught, in 
compliance with paragraph (9).
    (14) No person shall tag halibut unless the tagging is authorized 
by IPHC permit or by a Federal or State agency.

18. Fishing Multiple Regulatory Areas

    (1) Except as provided in this section, no person shall possess at 
the same time on board a vessel halibut caught in more than one 
regulatory area.
    (2) Halibut caught in more than one of the Regulatory Areas 2C, 3A, 
or 3B may be possessed on board a vessel at the same time provided the 
operator of the vessel:
    (a) has a NMFS-certified observer on board when required by NMFS 
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halibut than the IFQ for the area that is being fished, even if some 
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    (b) can identify the regulatory area in which each halibut on board 
was caught by separating halibut from different areas in the hold, 
tagging halibut, or by other means.
    (3) Halibut caught in more than one of the Regulatory Areas 4A, 4B, 
4C, or 4D may be possessed on board a vessel at the same time provided 
the operator of the vessel:
    (a) has a NMFS-certified observer on board the vessel as required 
by NMFS regulations published at 50, CFR Section 679.7(f)(4); or has an 
operational Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) on board actively 
transmitting in all regulatory areas fished and does not possess at any 
time more halibut on board the vessel than the IFQ permit holders on 
board the vessel have cumulatively available for any single Area 4 
regulatory area fished; and
    (b) can identify the regulatory area in which each halibut on board 
was caught by separating halibut from different areas in the holds, 
tagging halibut, or by other means.
    (4) If halibut from Area 4 are on board the vessel, the vessel can 
have halibut caught in Regulatory Areas 2C, 3A, and 3B on board if in 
compliance with paragraph (2).

19. Fishing Gear

    (1) No person shall fish for halibut using any gear other than hook 
and line gear, except that vessels licensed to catch sablefish in Area 
2B using sablefish trap gear as defined in the Condition of Sablefish 
Licence can retain halibut caught as bycatch under regulations 
promulgated by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
    (2) No person shall possess halibut taken with any gear other than 
hook and line gear, except that vessels licensed to catch sablefish in 
Area 2B using sablefish trap gear as defined by the Condition of 
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retain halibut caught as bycatch under regulations promulgated by the 
Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
    (3) No person shall possess halibut while on board a vessel 
carrying any trawl nets or fishing pots capable of catching halibut, 
except that in Areas 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, or 4E, halibut heads, 
skin, entrails, bones or fins for use as bait may be possessed on board 
a vessel carrying pots capable of catching halibut, provided that a 
receipt documenting purchase or transfer of these halibut parts is on 
board the vessel.
    (4) All setline or skate marker buoys carried on board or used by 
any United States vessel used for halibut fishing shall be marked with 
one of the following
    (a) the vessel's state license number; or
    (b) the vessel's registration number.
    (5) The markings specified in paragraph (4) shall be in characters 
at least four inches in height and one-half inch in width in a 
contrasting color visible above the water and shall be maintained in 
legible condition.
    (6) All setline or skate marker buoys carried on board or used by a 
Canadian vessel used for halibut fishing shall be
    (a) floating and visible on the surface of the water; and
    (b) legibly marked with the identification plate number of the 
vessel engaged in commercial fishing from which that setline is being 
operated.
    (7) No person on board a vessel used to fish for any species of 
fish anywhere in Area 2A during the 72-hour period immediately before 
the fishing period for the directed commercial fishery shall catch or 
possess halibut anywhere in those waters during that halibut fishing 
period unless, prior to the start of the halibut fishing period, the 
vessel has removed its gear from the water and has either
    (a) made a landing and completely offloaded its catch of other 
fish; or
    (b) submitted to a hold inspection by an authorized officer.
    (8) No vessel used to fish for any species of fish anywhere in Area 
2A during the 72-hour period immediately before the fishing period for 
the directed commercial fishery may be used to catch or possess halibut 
anywhere in those waters during that halibut fishing period unless, 
prior to the start of the halibut fishing period, the vessel has 
removed its gear from the water and has either
    (a) made a landing and completely offloaded its catch of other 
fish; or
    (b) submitted to a hold inspection by an authorized officer
    (9) No person on board a vessel from which setline gear was used to 
fish for any species of fish anywhere in Areas 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 
4C, 4D, or 4E during the 72-hour period immediately before the opening 
of the halibut fishing season shall catch or possess halibut anywhere 
in those areas until the vessel has removed all of its setline gear 
from the water and has either
    (a) made a landing and completely offloaded its entire catch of 
other fish; or
    (b) submitted to a hold inspection by an authorized officer.
    (10) No vessel from which setline gear was used to fish for any 
species of fish anywhere in Areas 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, or 4E 
during the 72-hour period immediately before the opening of the halibut 
fishing season may be used to catch or possess halibut anywhere in 
those areas until the vessel has removed all of its setline gear from 
the water and has either
    (a) made a landing and completely offloaded its entire catch of 
other fish; or
    (b) submitted to a hold inspection by an authorized officer.
    (11) Notwithstanding any other provision in these regulations, a 
person may retain, possess and dispose of halibut taken with trawl gear 
only as authorized by Prohibited Species Donation regulations of NMFS.

20. Supervision of Unloading and Weighing

    The unloading and weighing of halibut may be subject to the 
supervision of authorized officers to assure the fulfillment of the 
provisions of these Regulations.

21. Retention of Tagged Halibut

    (1) Nothing contained in these Regulations prohibits any vessel at 
any time from retaining and landing a halibut that bears a Commission 
external tag at the time of capture, if the halibut with the tag still 
attached is reported at the time of landing and made available for 
examination by a representative of the Commission or by an authorized 
officer.
    (2) After examination and removal of the tag by a representative of 
the Commission or an authorized officer, the halibut:
    (a) may be retained for personal use; or
    (b) may be sold only if the halibut is caught during commercial 
halibut fishing and complies with the other commercial fishing 
provisions of these regulations.
    (3) Externally tagged fish must count against commercial IVQs, 
CDQs, IFQs, or daily bag or possession limits unless otherwise exempted 
by state, provincial, or federal regulations.

22. Fishing by United States Treaty Indian Tribes

    (1) Halibut fishing in Subarea 2A-1 by members of United States 
treaty Indian tribes located in the State of Washington shall be 
regulated under regulations promulgated by NMFS and published in the 
Federal Register.
    (2) Subarea 2A-1 includes all waters off the coast of Washington 
that are north of 46[deg]53'18'' N. latitude and east of 
125[deg]44'00'' W. longitude, and all inland marine waters of 
Washington.
    (3) Section 13 (size limits), section 14 (careful release of 
halibut), section 16 (logs), section 17 (receipt and possession of 
halibut) and section 19 (fishing gear), except paragraphs (7) and (8) 
of section 19, apply to commercial fishing for halibut in Subarea 2A-1 
by the treaty Indian tribes.
    (4) Regulations in paragraph (3) of this section that apply to 
state fish tickets apply to tribal tickets that are authorized by 
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
    (5) Section 4 (Licensing Vessels for Area 2A) does not apply to 
commercial fishing for halibut in Subarea 2A-1 by the treaty Indian 
tribes.
    (6) Commercial fishing for halibut in Subarea 2A-1 is permitted 
with hook and line gear from March 6 through November 15, or until 
253,072 pounds (114.8 metric tons) net weight is taken, whichever 
occurs first.
    (7) Ceremonial and subsistence fishing for halibut in Subarea 2A-1 
is permitted with hook and line gear from January 1 through December 
31, and is estimated to take 30,428 pounds (13.8 metric tons) net 
weight.

23. Customary and Traditional Fishing in Alaska

    (1) Customary and traditional fishing for halibut in Regulatory 
Areas 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, and 4E shall be governed pursuant to 
regulations promulgated by NMFS and published in 50 CFR Part 300.
    (2) Customary and traditional fishing is authorized from January 1 
through December 31.

24. Aboriginal Groups Fishing for Food, Social and Ceremonial Purposes 
in British Columbia

    (1) Fishing for halibut for food, social and ceremonial purposes by 
Aboriginal groups in Regulatory Area 2B shall be governed by the 
Fisheries Act of Canada and regulations as amended from time to time.

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25. Sport Fishing for Halibut--General

    (1) No person shall engage in sport fishing for halibut using gear 
other than a single line with no more than two hooks attached; or a 
spear.
    (2) Any minimum overall size limit promulgated under IPHC or NMFS 
regulations shall be measured in a straight line passing over the 
pectoral fin from the tip of the lower jaw with the mouth closed, to 
the extreme end of the middle of the tail.
    (3) Any halibut brought aboard a vessel and not immediately 
returned to the sea with a minimum of injury will be included in the 
daily bag limit of the person catching the halibut.
    (4) No person may possess halibut on a vessel while fishing in a 
closed area.
    (5) No halibut caught by sport fishing shall be offered for sale, 
sold, traded, or bartered.
    (6) No halibut caught in sport fishing shall be possessed onboard a 
vessel when other fish or shellfish aboard said vessel are destined for 
commercial use, sale, trade, or barter.
    (7) The operator of a charter vessel shall be liable for any 
violations of these regulations committed by a passenger aboard said 
vessel.

26. Sport Fishing for Halibut--Area 2A

    (1) The total allowable catch of halibut shall be limited to
    (a) 192,699 pounds (87.4 metric tons) net weight in waters off 
Washington and
    (b) 166,901 pounds (75.7 metric tons) net weight in waters off 
California and Oregon;
    (2) The Commission shall determine and announce closing dates to 
the public for any area in which the catch limits promulgated by NMFS 
are estimated to have been taken.
    (3) When the Commission has determined that a subquota under 
paragraph (8) of this section is estimated to have been taken, and has 
announced a date on which the season will close, no person shall sport 
fish for halibut in that area after that date for the rest of the year, 
unless a reopening of that area for sport halibut fishing is scheduled 
in accordance with the Catch Sharing Plan for Area 2A, or announced by 
the Commission.
    (4) In California, Oregon, or Washington, no person shall fillet, 
mutilate, or otherwise disfigure a halibut in any manner that prevents 
the determination of minimum size or the number of fish caught, 
possessed, or landed.
    (5) The possession limit on a vessel for halibut in the waters off 
the coast of Washington is the same as the daily bag limit. The 
possession limit on land in Washington for halibut caught in U.S. 
waters off the coast of Washington is two halibut.
    (6) The possession limit on a vessel for halibut caught in the 
waters off the coast of Oregon is the same as the daily bag limit. The 
possession limit for halibut on land in Oregon is three daily bag 
limits.
    (7) The possession limit on a vessel for halibut caught in the 
waters off the coast of California is one halibut. The possession limit 
for halibut on land in California is one halibut.
    (8) The sport fishing subareas, subquotas, fishing dates, and daily 
bag limits are as follows, except as modified under the in-season 
actions in 50 CFR 300.63(c). All sport fishing in Area 2A is managed on 
a ``port of landing'' basis, whereby any halibut landed into a port 
counts toward the quota for the area in which that port is located, and 
the regulations governing the area of landing apply, regardless of the 
specific area of catch.
    (a) The area in Puget Sound and the U.S. waters in the Strait of 
Juan de Fuca, east of a line extending from 48[deg]17.30' N. lat., 
124[deg]23.70' W. long. north to 48[deg]24.10' N. lat., 124[deg]23.70' 
W. long., is not managed in-season relative to its quota. This area is 
managed by setting a season that is projected to result in a catch of 
50,542 lb (22.9 mt).
    (i) The fishing season in eastern Puget Sound (east of 
123[deg]49.50' W. long., Low Point) is open May 1-22, 3 days per week 
(Thursday, Friday and Saturday), May 28-30, 3 days per week (Friday, 
Saturday and Sunday). The fishing season in western Puget Sound (west 
of 123[deg]49.50' W. long., Low Point) is open May 28-30, 3 days per 
week (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) and open June 3-19, 3 days per week 
(Thursday, Friday and Saturday).
    (ii) The daily bag limit is one halibut of any size per day per 
person.
    (b) The quota for landings into ports in the area off the north 
Washington coast, west of the line described in paragraph (2)(a) of 
section 26 and north of the Queets River (47[deg]31.70' N. lat.), is 
101,179 lb (45.9 mt).
    (i) The fishing seasons are:
    (A) Commencing on May 13 and continuing 2 days a week (Thursday and 
Saturday) until 101,179 lb (45.9 mt) are estimated to have been taken 
and the season is closed by the Commission or until May 29.
    (B) If sufficient quota remains the fishery will reopen on June 3 
in the entire north coast subarea, continuing 2 days per week (Thursday 
and Saturday) until there is not sufficient quota for another full day 
of fishing and the area is closed by the Commission. When there is 
insufficient quota remaining to reopen the entire north coast subarea 
for another day, then the nearshore areas described below will reopen 
for 2 days per week (Thursday and Saturday), until the overall quota of 
101,179 lb (45.9 mt) is estimated to have been taken and the area is 
closed by the Commission, or until September 30, whichever is earlier. 
After May 29, any fishery opening will be announced on the NMFS hotline 
at 800-662-9825. No halibut fishing will be allowed after May 29 unless 
the date is announced on the NMFS hotline. The nearshore areas for 
Washington's North Coast fishery are defined as follows:
    (1) WDFW Marine Catch Area 4B, which is all waters west of the 
Sekiu River mouth, as defined by a line extending from 48[deg]17.30' N. 
lat., 124[deg]23.70' W. long. north to 48[deg]24.10' N. lat., 
124[deg]23.70' W. long., to the Bonilla-Tatoosh line, as defined by a 
line connecting the light on Tatoosh Island, WA, with the light on 
Bonilla Point on Vancouver Island, British Columbia (at 48[deg]35.73' 
N. lat., 124[deg]43.00' W. long.) south of the International Boundary 
between the U.S. and Canada (at 48[deg]29.62' N. lat., 124[deg]43.55' 
W. long.), and north of the point where that line intersects with the 
boundary of the U.S. territorial sea.
    (2) Shoreward of the recreational halibut 30-fm boundary line, a 
modified line approximating the 30-fm depth contour from the Bonilla-
Tatoosh line south to the Queets River. The recreational halibut 30-fm 
boundary line is defined by straight lines connecting all of the 
following points in the order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]24.79' N. lat., 124[deg]44.07' W. long.;
    (2) 48[deg]24.80' N. lat., 124[deg]44.74' W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]23.94' N. lat., 124[deg]44.70' W. long.;
    (4) 48[deg]23.51' N. lat., 124[deg]45.01' W. long.;
    (5) 48[deg]22.59' N. lat., 124[deg]44.97' W. long.;
    (6) 48[deg]21.75' N. lat., 124[deg]45.26' W. long.;
    (7) 48[deg]21.23' N. lat., 124[deg]47.78' W. long.;
    (8) 48[deg]20.32' N. lat., 124[deg]49.53' W. long.;
    (9) 48[deg]16.72' N. lat., 124[deg]51.58' W. long.;
    (10) 48[deg]10.00' N. lat., 124[deg]52.58' W. long.;
    (11) 48[deg]05.63' N. lat., 124[deg]52.91' W. long.;
    (12) 47[deg]53.37' N. lat., 124[deg]47.37' W. long.;
    (13) 47[deg]40.28' N. lat., 124[deg]40.07' W. long.; and

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    (14) 47[deg]31.70' N. lat., 124[deg]37.03' W. long.
    (ii) The daily bag limit is one halibut of any size per day per 
person.
    (iii) Recreational fishing for groundfish and halibut is prohibited 
within the North Coast Recreational Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation 
Area (YRCA). It is unlawful for recreational fishing vessels to take 
and retain, possess, or land halibut taken with recreational gear 
within the North Coast Recreational YRCA. A vessel fishing in the North 
Coast Recreational YRCA may not be in possession of any halibut. 
Recreational vessels may transit through the North Coast Recreational 
YRCA with or without halibut on board. The North Coast Recreational 
YRCA is a C-shaped area off the northern Washington coast intended to 
protect yelloweye rockfish. The North Coast Recreational YRCA is 
defined by straight lines connecting all of the following points in the 
order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]18.00' N. lat.; 125[deg]18.00' W. long.;
    (2) 48[deg]18.00' N. lat.; 124[deg]59.00' W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]11.00' N. lat.; 124[deg]59.00' W. long.;
    (4) 48[deg]11.00' N. lat.; 125[deg]11.00' W. long.;
    (5) 48[deg]04.00' N. lat.; 125[deg]11.00' W. long.;
    (6) 48[deg]04.00' N. lat.; 124[deg]59.00' W. long.;
    (7) 48[deg]00.00' N. lat.; 124[deg]59.00' W. long.;
    (8) 48[deg]00.00' N. lat.; 125[deg]18.00' W. long.; and connecting 
back to 48[deg]18.00' N. lat.; 125[deg]18.00' W. long.
    (c) The quota for landings into ports in the area between the 
Queets River, WA (47[deg]31.70' N. lat.) and Leadbetter Point, WA 
(46[deg]38.17' N. lat.), is 35,887 lb (16.2 mt).
    (i) This subarea is divided between the all-waters fishery (the 
Washington South coast primary fishery), and the incidental nearshore 
fishery in the area from 47[deg]31.70' N. lat. south to 46[deg]58.00' 
N. lat. and east of a boundary line approximating the 30 fm depth 
contour. This area is defined by straight lines connecting all of the 
following points in the order stated (the Washington South coast, 
northern nearshore area):
    (1) 47[deg]31.70' N.lat, 124[deg]37.03' W. long;
    (2) 47[deg]25.67' N. lat, 124[deg]34.79' W. long;
    (3) 47[deg]12.82' N. lat, 124[deg]29.12' W. long;
    (4) 46[deg]58.00' N. lat, 124[deg]24.24' W. long.
    The south coast subarea quota will be allocated as follows: 33,887 
lb (15.3 mt) for the primary fishery and 2,000 lb (0.9 mt) for the 
nearshore fishery. The primary fishery commences on May 2 and continues 
2 days a week (Sunday and Tuesday) until May 18. Beginning on May 23 
the primary fishery will be open 1 day per week (Sunday). Beginning on 
May 30 the primary fishery will be open 2 days per week (Sunday and 
Tuesday) until the quota for the south coast subarea primary fishery is 
taken and the season is closed by the Commission, or until September 
28, whichever is earlier. The fishing season in the nearshore area 
commences on May 2 and continues seven days per week. Subsequent to 
closure of the primary fishery the nearshore fishery is open seven days 
per week, until 35,887 lb (16.2 mt) is projected to be taken by the two 
fisheries combined and the fishery is closed by the Commission or 
September 30, whichever is earlier. If the fishery is closed prior to 
September 30, and there is insufficient quota remaining to reopen the 
northern nearshore area for another fishing day, then any remaining 
quota may be transferred in-season to another Washington coastal 
subarea by NMFS via an update to the recreational halibut hotline.
    (ii) The daily bag limit is one halibut of any size per day per 
person.
    (iii) Seaward of the boundary line approximating the 30-fm depth 
contour and during days open to the primary fishery, lingcod may be may 
be taken, retained and possessed when allowed by groundfish regulations 
at 50 CFR 660.384.
    (iv) Recreational fishing for groundfish and halibut is prohibited 
within the South Coast Recreational YRCA and Westport Offshore YRCA. It 
is unlawful for recreational fishing vessels to take and retain, 
possess, or land halibut taken with recreational gear within the South 
Coast Recreational YRCA and Westport Offshore YRCA. A vessel fishing in 
the South Coast Recreational YRCA and/or Westport Offshore YRCA may not 
be in possession of any halibut. Recreational vessels may transit 
through the South Coast Recreational YRCA and Westport Offshore YRCA 
with or without halibut on board. The South Coast Recreational YRCA and 
Westport Offshore YRCA are areas off the southern Washington coast 
intended to protect yelloweye rockfish. The South Coast Recreational 
YRCA is defined by straight lines connecting the following specific 
latitude and longitude coordinates in the order listed:
    (1) 46[deg]58.00' N. lat., 124[deg]48.00' W. long.;
    (2) 46[deg]55.00' N. lat., 124[deg]48.00' W. long.;
    (3) 46[deg]55.00' N. lat., 124[deg]49.00' W. long.;
    (4) 46[deg]58.00' N. lat., 124[deg]49.00' W. long.; and connecting 
back to 46[deg]58.00' N. lat., 124[deg]48.00' W. long.
    The Westport Offshore YRCA is defined by straight lines connecting 
the following specific latitude and longitude coordinates in the order 
listed:
    (1) 46[deg]54.30' N. lat., 124[deg]53.40' W. long.;
    (2) 46[deg]54.30' N. lat., 124[deg]51.00' W. long.;
    (3) 46[deg]53.30' N. lat., 124[deg]51.00' W. long.;
    (4) 46[deg]53.30' N. lat., 124[deg]53.40' W. long.; and connecting 
back to 46[deg]54.30' N. lat., 124[deg]53.40' W. long.
    (d) The quota for landings into ports in the area between 
Leadbetter Point, WA (46[deg]38.17' N. lat.) and Cape Falcon, OR 
(45[deg]46.00' N. lat.), is 13,436 lb (6.1 mt).
    (i) The fishing season commences on May 1, and continues 3 days a 
week (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) until 9,405 lb (4.29 mt) are 
estimated to have been taken and the season is closed by the Commission 
or until July 17, whichever is earlier. The fishery will reopen on 
August 6 and continue 3 days a week (Friday through Sunday) until 4,031 
lb (1.8 mt) have been taken and the season is closed by the Commission, 
or until September 26, whichever is earlier. Subsequent to this 
closure, if there is insufficient quota remaining in the Columbia River 
subarea for another fishing day, then any remaining quota may be 
transferred in-season to another Washington and/or Oregon subarea by 
NMFS via an update to the recreational halibut hotline. Any remaining 
quota would be transferred to each state in proportion to its 
contribution.
    (ii) The daily bag limit is one halibut of any size per day per 
person.
    (iii) Pacific Coast groundfish may not be taken and retained, 
possessed or landed, except sablefish and Pacific cod when allowed by 
Pacific Coast groundfish regulations, when halibut are on board the 
vessel.
    (e) The quota for landings into ports in the area off Oregon 
between Cape Falcon (45[deg]46.00' N. lat.) and Humbug Mountain 
(42[deg]40.50' N. lat.), is 153,548 lb (69.6 mt).
    (i) The fishing seasons are:
    (A) The first season (the ``inside 40-fm'' fishery) commences May 1 
and continues 7 days a week through October 31, in the area shoreward 
of a boundary line approximating the 40-fm (73-m) depth contour, or 
until the sub-quota for the central Oregon ``inside 40-fm'' fishery 
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to have been taken and the season is closed by the Commission, 
whichever is earlier. The boundary line approximating the 40-fm (73-m) 
depth contour between 45[deg]46.00' N. lat. and 42[deg]40.50' N. lat. 
is defined by straight lines connecting all of the following points in 
the order stated:
    (1) 45[deg]46.00' N. lat., 124[deg]04.49' W. long.;
    (2) 45[deg]44.34' N. lat., 124[deg]05.09' W. long.;
    (3) 45[deg]40.64' N. lat., 124[deg]04.90' W. long.;
    (4) 45[deg]33.00' N. lat., 124[deg]04.46' W. long.;
    (5) 45[deg]32.27' N. lat., 124[deg]04.74' W. long.;
    (6) 45[deg]29.26' N. lat., 124[deg]04.22' W. long.;
    (7) 45[deg]20.25' N. lat., 124[deg]04.67' W. long.;
    (8) 45[deg]19.99' N. lat., 124[deg]04.62' W. long.;
    (9) 45[deg]17.50' N. lat., 124[deg]04.91' W. long.;
    (10) 45[deg]11.29' N. lat., 124[deg]05.20' W. long.;
    (11) 45[deg]05.80' N. lat., 124[deg]05.40' W. long.;
    (12) 45[deg]05.08' N. lat., 124[deg]05.93' W. long.;
    (13) 45[deg]03.83' N. lat., 124[deg]06.47' W. long.;
    (14) 45[deg]01.70' N. lat., 124[deg]06.53' W. long.;
    (15) 44[deg]58.75' N. lat., 124[deg]07.14' W. long.;
    (16) 44[deg]51.28' N. lat., 124[deg]10.21' W. long.;
    (17) 44[deg]49.49' N. lat., 124[deg]10.90' W. long.;
    (18) 44[deg]44.96' N. lat., 124[deg]14.39' W. long.;
    (19) 44[deg]43.44' N. lat., 124[deg]14.78' W. long.;
    (20) 44[deg]42.27' N. lat., 124[deg]13.81' W. long.;
    (21) 44[deg]41.68' N. lat., 124[deg]15.38' W. long.;
    (22) 44[deg]34.87' N. lat., 124[deg]15.80' W. long.;
    (23) 44[deg]33.74' N. lat., 124[deg]14.44' W. long.;
    (24) 44[deg]27.66' N. lat., 124[deg]16.99' W. long.;
    (25) 44[deg]19.13' N. lat., 124[deg]19.22' W. long.;
    (26) 44[deg]15.35' N. lat., 124[deg]17.38' W. long.;
    (27) 44[deg]14.38' N. lat., 124[deg]17.78' W. long.;
    (28) 44[deg]12.80' N. lat., 124[deg]17.18' W. long.;
    (29) 44[deg]09.23' N. lat., 124[deg]15.96' W. long.;
    (30) 44[deg]08.38' N. lat., 124[deg]16.79' W. long.;
    (31) 44[deg]08.30' N. lat., 124[deg]16.75' W. long.;
    (32) 44[deg]01.18' N. lat., 124[deg]15.42' W. long.;
    (33) 43[deg]51.61' N. lat., 124[deg]14.68' W. long.;
    (34) 43[deg]42.66' N. lat., 124[deg]15.46' W. long.;
    (35) 43[deg]40.49' N. lat., 124[deg]15.74' W. long.;
    (36) 43[deg]38.77' N. lat., 124[deg]15.64' W. long.;
    (37) 43[deg]34.52' N. lat., 124[deg]16.73' W. long.;
    (38) 43[deg]28.82' N. lat., 124[deg]19.52' W. long.;
    (39) 43[deg]23.91' N. lat., 124[deg]24.28' W. long.;
    (40) 43[deg]20.83' N. lat., 124[deg]26.63' W. long.;
    (41) 43[deg]17.96' N. lat., 124[deg]28.81' W. long.;
    (42) 43[deg]16.75' N. lat., 124[deg]28.42' W. long.;
    (43) 43[deg]13.97' N. lat., 124[deg]31.99' W. long.;
    (44) 43[deg]13.72' N. lat., 124[deg]33.25' W. long.;
    (45) 43[deg]12.26' N. lat., 124[deg]34.16' W. long.;
    (46) 43[deg]10.96' N. lat., 124[deg]32.33' W. long.;
    (47) 43[deg]05.65' N. lat., 124[deg]31.52' W. long.;
    (48) 42[deg]59.66' N. lat., 124[deg]32.58' W. long.;
    (49) 42[deg]54.97' N. lat., 124[deg]36.99' W. long.;
    (50) 42[deg]53.81' N. lat., 124[deg]38.57' W. long.;
    (51) 42[deg]50.00' N. lat., 124[deg]39.68' W. long.;
    (52) 42[deg]49.13' N. lat., 124[deg]39.70' W. long.;
    (53) 42[deg]46.47' N. lat., 124[deg]38.89' W. long.;
    (54) 42[deg]45.74' N. lat., 124[deg]38.86' W. long.;
    (55) 42[deg]44.79' N. lat., 124[deg]37.96' W. long.;
    (56) 42[deg]45.01' N. lat., 124[deg]36.39' W. long.;
    (57) 42[deg]44.14' N. lat., 124[deg]35.17' W. long.;
    (58) 42[deg]42.14' N. lat., 124[deg]32.82' W. long.; and
    (59) 42[deg]40.50' N. lat., 124[deg]31.98' W. long.;
    (B) The second season (spring season), which is for the ``all-
depth'' fishery, is open on May 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 and June 3, 4, 
5. The projected catch for this season is 105,948 lb (48 mt). If 
sufficient unharvested catch remains for additional fishing days, the 
season will re-open. Dependent on the amount of unharvested catch 
available, the potential season re-opening dates will be: June 17, 18, 
19 and July 1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 29, 30, 31. If NMFS decides in-season 
to allow fishing on any of these re-opening dates, notice of the re-
opening will be announced on the NMFS hotline (206) 526-6667 or (800) 
662-9825. No halibut fishing will be allowed on the re-opening dates 
unless the date is announced on the NMFS hotline.
    (C) If sufficient unharvested catch remains, the third season 
(summer season), which is for the ``all-depth'' fishery, will be open 
on August 6, 7, 20, 21, and September 3, 4, 17, 18, and October 1, 2, 
15, 16, 29, 30, or until the combined spring season and summer season 
quotas in the area between Cape Falcon and Humbug Mountain, OR, 
totaling 141,265 lb (64 mt), are estimated to have been taken and the 
area is closed by the Commission, or October 31, whichever is earlier. 
NMFS will announce on the NMFS hotline in July whether the fishery will 
re-open for the summer season in August. No halibut fishing will be 
allowed in the summer season fishery unless the dates are announced on 
the NMFS hotline. Additional fishing days may be opened if a certain 
amount of quota remains after August 7. If after this date, an amount 
greater than or equal to 60,000 lb (27.2 mt) remains in the combined 
all-depth and inside 40-fm (73-m) quota, the fishery may re-open every 
Friday and Saturday, beginning August 13 and ending October 31. If 
after September 6, an amount greater than or equal to 30,000 lb (13.6 
mt) remains in the combined all-depth and inside 40-fm (73-m) quota, 
and the fishery is not already open every Friday and Saturday, the 
fishery may re-open every Friday and Saturday, beginning September 10, 
and ending October 30. After September 6 the bag limit may be increased 
to two fish of any size per person, per day. NMFS will announce on the 
NMFS hotline whether the summer all-depth fishery will be open on such 
additional fishing days, what days the fishery will be open and what 
the bag limit is.
    (ii) The daily bag limit is one halibut of any size per day per 
person, unless otherwise specified. NMFS will announce on the NMFS 
hotline any bag limit changes.
    (iii) During days open to all-depth halibut fishing, no Pacific 
Coast groundfish may be taken and retained, possessed or landed, except 
sablefish and Pacific cod, when allowed by Pacific Coast groundfish 
regulations, if halibut are on board the vessel.
    (iv) When the all-depth halibut fishery is closed and halibut 
fishing is permitted only shoreward of a boundary line approximating 
the 40-fm (73-m) depth contour, halibut possession and retention by 
vessels operating seaward of a boundary line approximating the

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40-fm (73-m) depth contour is prohibited.
    (v) Recreational fishing for groundfish and halibut is prohibited 
within the Stonewall Bank YRCA. It is unlawful for recreational fishing 
vessels to take and retain, possess, or land halibut taken with 
recreational gear within the Stonewall Bank YRCA. A vessel fishing in 
the Stonewall Bank YRCA may not be in possession of any halibut. 
Recreational vessels may transit through the Stonewall Bank YRCA with 
or without halibut on board. The Stonewall Bank YRCA is an area off 
central Oregon, near Stonewall Bank, intended to protect yelloweye 
rockfish. The Stonewall Bank YRCA is defined by straight lines 
connecting the following specific latitude and longitude coordinates in 
the order listed:
    (1) 44[deg]37.46 N. lat.; 124[deg]24.92 W. long.;
    (2) 44[deg]37.46 N. lat.; 124[deg]23.63 W. long.;
    (3) 44[deg]28.71 N. lat.; 124[deg]21.80 W. long.;
    (4) 44[deg]28.71 N. lat.; 124[deg]24.10 W. long.;
    (5) 44[deg]31.42 N. lat.; 124[deg]25.47 W. long.;
    and connecting back to 44[deg]37.46 N. lat.; 124[deg]24.92 W. long.
    (f) The area south of Humbug Mountain, Oregon (42[deg]40.50' N. 
lat.) and off the California coast is not managed in-season relative to 
its quota. This area is managed on a season that is projected to result 
in a catch of 5,007 lb (2.2 mt).
    (i) The fishing season will commence on May 1 and continue 7 days a 
week until October 31.
    (ii) The daily bag limit is one halibut of any size per day per 
person.

27. Sport Fishing for Halibut--Area 2B

    (1) In all waters off British Columbia \8\
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    \8\ DFO could implement more restrictive regulations for the 
sport fishery, therefore anglers are advised to check the current 
federal or provincial regulations prior to fishing.
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    (a) The sport fishing season is from February 1 to December 31;
    (b) The daily bag limit is two halibut of any size per day per 
person.
    (2) In British Columbia, no person shall fillet, mutilate, or 
otherwise disfigure a halibut in any manner that prevents the 
determination of minimum size or the number of fish caught, possessed, 
or landed.
    (3) The possession limit for halibut in the waters off the coast of 
British Columbia is three halibut.

28. Sport Fishing for Halibut--Areas 2C, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E

    (1) In waters in and off Alaska \9\
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    \9\ NMFS could implement more restrictive regulations for the 
sport fishery or components of it, therefore, anglers are advised to 
check the current federal or state regulations prior to fishing.
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    (a) The sport fishing season is from February 1 to December 31;
    (b) The daily bag limit is two halibut of any size per day per 
person unless a more restrictive bag limit applies in federal 
regulations at 50 CFR 300.65; and
    (c) No person may possess more than two daily bag limits.
    (2) In Convention waters in and off Alaska, no person shall possess 
on board a vessel, including charter vessels and pleasure craft used 
for fishing, halibut that has been filleted, mutilated, or otherwise 
disfigured in any manner, except that
    (a) Each halibut may be cut into no more than 2 ventral pieces, 2 
dorsal pieces, and 2 cheek pieces, with skin on all pieces; and
    (b) Halibut in excess of the possession limit in paragraph (1)(c) 
of this section may be possessed on a vessel that does not contain 
sport fishing gear, fishing rods, hand lines, or gaffs.

29. Previous Regulations Superseded

    These regulations shall supersede all previous regulations of the 
Commission, and these regulations shall be effective each succeeding 
year until superseded.
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Classification

    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 (Halibut Act, 16 U.S.C. 
773c) allows the Regional Council having authority for a particular 
geographical area to develop regulations

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governing the allocation and catch of halibut in U.S. Convention waters 
as long as those regulations do not conflict with IPHC regulations. 
This action is consistent with the Council's authority to allocate 
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.

IPHC Regulations

    These IPHC annual management measures implement an agreement 
between the United States and Canada and are published in the Federal 
Register to provide notice of their effectiveness and content. The 
notice-and-comment and delay-in-effectiveness date provisions of the 
Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 553, are inapplicable to 
IPHC management measures because this regulation involves a foreign 
affairs function of the United States, 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1). Furthermore, 
no other law requires prior notice and public comment for this rule. 
Because prior notice and an opportunity for public comment are not 
required to be provided for these portions of this rule by 5 U.S.C. 
553, or any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., are not applicable. Accordingly, 
no Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is required for this portion of the 
rule and none has been prepared.

2010 Area 2A Catch Sharing Plan, Annual Management Measures and Federal 
Regulations

    As explained above in the preamble, the recreational management 
measures for Area 2A are promulgated through a different process than 
the process for the IPHC regulations themselves. NMFS proposed these 
management measures on February 4, 2010 (75 FR 5745).
    NMFS prepared an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) in 
association with the proposed rule for this action. A final regulatory 
flexibility analysis (FRFA) incorporates the IRFA, a summary of the 
significant issues raised by the public comments in response to the 
IRFA, if any, and NMFS responses to those comments, and a summary of 
the analyses completed to support the action. NMFS received no comments 
on the IRFA. A copy of the FRFA is available from the NMFS Northwest 
Region (see ADDRESSES) and a summary of the FRFA follows:
    The main management objective for the Pacific halibut fishery in 
Area 2A is to manage fisheries to remain within the TAC for Area 2A, 
while also allowing each commercial, recreational (sport), and tribal 
fishery to target halibut in the manner that is appropriate to meet 
both the conservation requirements for species that co-occur with 
Pacific halibut and the needs of fishery participants in particular 
fisheries and fishing areas.
    The proposed changes to the Catch Sharing Plan, which allocates the 
catch of Pacific halibut among users in Washington, Oregon and 
California, would: (1) Revise openings in the Washington South Coast 
Subarea and, allow better access to the nearshore quota; (2) Revise the 
northern and western boundaries of the Washington nearshore area to 
promote ease of compliance and enforcement; (3) Specify circumstances 
when retention of lingcod is allowed in the Washington South Coast 
Subarea; (4) Change the open days in the Oregon Central Coast Subarea 
``all depth'' fishery to extend the season in this area, while not 
exceeding the quota of the inside 40 fm fishery as happened in 2009.
    Specific data on the economics of halibut charter operations is 
unavailable. However, in January 2004, the Pacific States Marine 
Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) completed a report on the overall West 
Coast charterboat fleet. In surveying charterboat vessels concerning 
their operations in 2000, the PSMFC estimated that there were about 315 
charterboat vessels in operation off Washington and Oregon. The 
Washington charter boat fleet was estimated at approximately 165 
vessels and yielded 15 survey responses. The charterboat vessels 
associated with the survey responses fished for groundfish including 
halibut, about 25 percent of their trips, for salmon 60 percent of 
their trips, and the remaining trips were attributed to tuna fishing or 
public nature watching trips. Relative to other charterboats, eight of 
the fifteen respondents were classified as ``medium size'' vessels and 
average $131,000 in total sales receipts. The remaining seven 
respondents were classified as ``small'' vessels and averaged $20,000 
in receipts.
    In 2000, IPHC licensed 130 vessels to fish in the halibut sport 
charter fishery. Comparing the total charterboat fleet to the 130 and 
142 IPHC licenses in 2000 and 2007, respectively, approximately 41 to 
45 percent of the charterboat fleet could participate in the halibut 
fishery. Average annual revenues from all types of recreational 
fishing, whale watching, and other activities ranged from $7,000 for 
small Oregon vessels to the $131,000 for medium Washington vessels. 
These data confirm that charterboat vessels qualify as small entities 
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
    NOAA Fisheries cannot exempt small entities or change the reporting 
requirements for small entities. Thus, there are no other alternatives 
to the rule that minimize the impacts on small entities. The major 
economic effect on the fishery is from a change in the TAC which is set 
by international agreement. Given the TAC, the sport management 
measures implement the plan by managing the recreational fishery to 
meet the differing fishery needs of the various areas along the coast 
according to the plan's objectives. The measures will be very similar 
to last year's management measures.
    Section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness 
Act of 1996 states that, for each rule or group of related rules for 
which an agency is required to prepare a FRFA, the agency shall publish 
one or more guides to assist small entities in complying with the rule, 
and shall designate such publications as ``small entity compliance 
guides.'' The agency shall explain the actions a small entity is 
required to take to comply with a rule or group of rules. As part of 
halibut management in Area 2A, NMFS maintains a toll-free telephone 
hotline where members of the public may call in to receive current 
information on seasons and requirements to participate in the halibut 
fisheries in Area 2A. This hotline also serves as small entity 
compliance guide. Copies of this final rule are available from the NMFS 
Northwest Regional Office upon request (see ADDRESSES). To hear the 
small entity compliance guide associated with this final rule, call the 
NMFS hotline at 800-662-9825.
    Pursuant to Executive Order 13175, the Secretary recognizes the 
sovereign status and co-manager role of Indian tribes over shared 
Federal and tribal fishery resources. At section 302(b)(5), the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act establishes a 
seat on the Pacific Council for a representative of an Indian tribe 
with federally recognized fishing rights from California, Oregon, 
Washington, or Idaho. The U.S. government formally recognizes that 13 
Washington Tribes have treaty rights to fish for Pacific halibut. In 
general terms, the quantification of those rights is 50 percent of the 
harvestable surplus of Pacific halibut available in the tribes' usual 
and accustomed fishing areas (described at 50 CFR 300.64). Each of the 
treaty tribes has the discretion to administer their fisheries and to 
establish their own policies to achieve program objectives. 
Accordingly, tribal

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allocations and regulations, including the changes to the CSP, have 
been developed in consultation with the affected tribe(s) and, insofar 
as possible, with tribal consensus.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 300

    Fisheries, Fishing, Indian fisheries, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Treaties.

    Dated: March 12, 2010.
    ----------------------
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.

0
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 300 is amended as 
follows:

PART 300--INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES REGULATIONS

0
1. The authority citation for part 300 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.

0
2. In Sec.  300.63, paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) are revised to read as 
follows:


Sec.  300.63  Catch sharing plan and domestic management measures in 
Area 2A.

* * * * *
    (e) Area 2A Non-Treaty Commercial Fishery Closed Areas. Non-treaty 
commercial vessels operating in the directed commercial fishery for 
halibut in Area 2A are required to fish outside of a closed area, known 
as the Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA), that extends along the coast 
from the U.S./Canada border south to 40[deg]10[min] N. lat. Between the 
U.S./Canada border and 46[deg]16[min] N. lat., the eastern boundary of 
the RCA, is the shoreline. Between 46[deg]16[min] N. lat. and 
43[deg]00[min] N. lat., the RCA is defined along an eastern boundary by 
a line approximating the 30-fm (55-m) depth contour. Coordinates for 
the 30-fm (55-m) boundary are listed at Sec.  300.63(f). Between 
43[deg]00[min] N. lat. and 42[deg]00[min] N. lat., the RCA is defined 
along an eastern boundary by a line approximating the 20-fm (37-m) 
depth contour. Coordinates for the 20-fm (37-m) boundary are listed at 
Sec.  660.391(b). Between 42[deg]00[min] N. lat. and 40[deg]10[min] N. 
lat., the RCA is defined along an eastern boundary by the 20-fm (37-m) 
depth contour. Between the U.S./Canada border and 40[deg]10[min] N. 
lat., the RCA is defined along a western boundary approximating the 
100-fm (183-m) depth contour. Coordinates for the 100-fm (183-m) 
boundary are listed at Sec.  300.63(g).
    (f) The 30-fm (55-m) depth contour between the U.S. border with 
Canada and 40[deg]10.00[min] N. lat. is defined by straight lines 
connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]24.79[min] N. lat., 124[deg]44.07[min] W. long.;
    (2) 48[deg]24.80[min] N. lat., 124[deg]44.74[min] W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]23.94[min] N. lat., 124[deg]44.70[min] W. long.;
    (4) 48[deg]23.51[min] N. lat., 124[deg]45.01[min] W. long.;
    (5) 48[deg]22.59[min] N. lat., 124[deg]44.97[min] W. long.;
    (6) 48[deg]21.75[min] N. lat., 124[deg]45.26[min] W. long.;
    (7) 48[deg]21.23[min] N. lat., 124[deg]47.78[min] W. long.;
    (8) 48[deg]20.32[min] N. lat., 124[deg]49.53[min] W. long.;
    (9) 48[deg]16.72[min] N. lat., 124[deg]51.58[min] W. long.;
    (10) 48[deg]10.00[min] N. lat., 124[deg]52.58[min] W. long.;
    (11) 48[deg]05.63[min] N. lat., 124[deg]52.91[min] W. long.;
    (12) 47[deg]53.37[min] N. lat., 124[deg]47.37[min] W. long.;
    (13) 47[deg]40.28[min] N. lat., 124[deg]40.07[min] W. long.;
    (14) 47[deg]31.70[min] N. lat., 124[deg]37.03[min] W. long.;
    (15) 47[deg]25.67[min] N. lat., 124[deg]34.79[min] W. long.;
    (16) 47[deg]12.82[min] N. lat., 124[deg]29.12[min] W. long.;
    (17) 46[deg]52.94[min] N. lat., 124[deg]22.58[min] W. long.;
    (18) 46[deg]44.18[min] N. lat., 124[deg]18.00[min] W. long.;
    (19) 46[deg]38.17[min] N. lat., 124[deg]15.88[min] W. long.;
    (20) 46[deg]29.53[min] N. lat., 124[deg]15.89[min] W. long.;
    (21) 46[deg]19.27[min] N. lat., 124[deg]14.15[min] W. long.;
    (22) 46[deg]16.00[min] N. lat., 124[deg]13.04[min] W. long.;
    (23) 46[deg]07.00[min] N. lat., 124[deg]07.01[min] W. long.;
    (24) 45[deg]55.95[min] N. lat., 124[deg]02.23[min] W. long.;
    (25) 45[deg]54.53[min] N. lat., 124[deg]02.57[min] W. long.;
    (26) 45[deg]50.65[min] N. lat., 124[deg]01.62[min] W. long.;
    (27) 45[deg]48.20[min] N. lat., 124[deg]02.16[min] W. long.;
    (28) 45[deg]46.00[min] N. lat., 124[deg]01.86[min] W. long.;
    (29) 45[deg]43.46[min] N. lat., 124[deg]01.28[min] W. long.;
    (30) 45[deg]40.48[min] N. lat., 124[deg]01.03[min] W. long.;
    (31) 45[deg]39.04[min] N. lat., 124[deg]01.68[min] W. long.;
    (32) 45[deg]35.48[min] N. lat., 124[deg]01.90[min] W. long.;
    (33) 45[deg]29.81[min] N. lat., 124[deg]02.45[min] W. long.;
    (34) 45[deg]27.97[min] N. lat., 124[deg]01.90[min] W. long.;
    (35) 45[deg]27.22[min] N. lat., 124[deg]02.66[min] W. long.;
    (36) 45[deg]24.20[min] N. lat., 124[deg]02.94[min] W. long.;
    (37) 45[deg]20.60[min] N. lat., 124[deg]01.74[min] W. long.;
    (38) 45[deg]20.25[min] N. lat., 124[deg]01.85[min] W. long.;
    (39) 45[deg]16.44[min] N. lat., 124[deg]03.22[min] W. long.;
    (40) 45[deg]13.63[min] N. lat., 124[deg]02.69[min] W. long.;
    (41) 45[deg]11.05[min] N. lat., 124[deg]03.59[min] W. long.;
    (42) 45[deg]08.55[min] N. lat., 124[deg]03.47[min] W. long.;
    (43) 45[deg]03.82[min] N. lat., 124[deg]04.43[min] W. long.;
    (44) 45[deg]02.81[min] N. lat., 124[deg]04.64[min] W. long.;
    (45) 44[deg]58.06[min] N. lat., 124[deg]05.03[min] W. long.;
    (46) 44[deg]53.97[min] N. lat., 124[deg]06.92[min] W. long.;
    (47) 44[deg]48.89[min] N. lat., 124[deg]07.04[min] W. long.;
    (48) 44[deg]46.94[min] N. lat., 124[deg]08.25[min] W. long.;
    (49) 44[deg]42.72[min] N. lat., 124[deg]08.98[min] W. long.;
    (50) 44[deg]38.16[min] N. lat., 124[deg]11.48[min] W. long.;
    (51) 44[deg]33.38[min] N. lat., 124[deg]11.54[min] W. long.;
    (52) 44[deg]28.51[min] N. lat., 124[deg]12.04[min] W. long.;
    (53) 44[deg]27.65[min] N. lat., 124[deg]12.56[min] W. long.;
    (54) 44[deg]19.67[min] N. lat., 124[deg]12.37[min] W. long.;
    (55) 44[deg]10.79[min] N. lat., 124[deg]12.22[min] W. long.;
    (56) 44[deg]09.22[min] N. lat., 124[deg]12.28[min] W. long.;
    (57) 44[deg]08.30[min] N. lat., 124[deg]12.30[min] W. long.;
    (58) 44[deg]00.22[min] N. lat., 124[deg]12.80[min] W. long.;
    (59) 43[deg]51.56[min] N. lat., 124[deg]13.18[min] W. long.;
    (60) 43[deg]44.26[min] N. lat., 124[deg]14.50[min] W. long.;
    (61) 43[deg]33.82[min] N. lat., 124[deg]16.28[min] W. long.;
    (62) 43[deg]28.66[min] N. lat., 124[deg]18.72[min] W. long.;
    (63) 43[deg]23.12[min] N. lat., 124[deg]24.04[min] W. long.;
    (64) 43[deg]20.83[min] N. lat., 124[deg]25.67[min] W. long.;
    (65) 43[deg]20.48[min] N. lat., 124[deg]25.90[min] W. long.;
    (66) 43[deg]16.41[min] N. lat., 124[deg]27.52[min] W. long.;
    (67) 43[deg]14.23[min] N. lat., 124[deg]29.28[min] W. long.;
    (68) 43[deg]14.03[min] N. lat., 124[deg]28.31[min] W. long.;
    (69) 43[deg]11.92[min] N. lat., 124[deg]28.26[min] W. long.;

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    (70) 43[deg]11.02[min] N. lat., 124[deg]29.11[min] W. long.;
    (71) 43[deg]10.13[min] N. lat., 124[deg]29.15[min] W. long.;
    (72) 43[deg]09.26[min] N. lat., 124[deg]31.03[min] W. long.;
    (73) 43[deg]07.73[min] N. lat., 124[deg]30.92[min] W. long.;
    (74) 43[deg]05.93[min] N. lat., 124[deg]29.64[min] W. long.;
    (75) 43[deg]01.59[min] N. lat., 124[deg]30.64[min] W. long.;
    (76) 42[deg]59.72[min] N. lat., 124[deg]31.16[min] W. long.;
    (77) 42[deg]53.75[min] N. lat., 124[deg]36.09[min] W. long.;
    (78) 42[deg]50.00[min] N. lat., 124[deg]36.41[min] W. long.;
    (79) 42[deg]50.00[min] N. lat., 124[deg]38.39[min] W. long.;
    (80) 42[deg]49.37[min] N. lat., 124[deg]38.81[min] W. long.;
    (81) 42[deg]46.42[min] N. lat., 124[deg]37.69[min] W. long.;
    (82) 42[deg]46.07[min] N. lat., 124[deg]38.56[min] W. long.;
    (83) 42[deg]45.29[min] N. lat., 124[deg]37.95[min] W. long.;
    (84) 42[deg]45.61[min] N. lat., 124[deg]36.87[min] W. long.;
    (85) 42[deg]44.27[min] N. lat., 124[deg]33.64[min] W. long.;
    (86) 42[deg]42.75[min] N. lat., 124[deg]31.84[min] W. long.;
    (87) 42[deg]40.50[min] N. lat., 124[deg]29.67[min] W. long.;
    (88) 42[deg]40.04[min] N. lat., 124[deg]29.20[min] W. long.;
    (89) 42[deg]38.09[min] N. lat., 124[deg]28.39[min] W. long.;
    (90) 42[deg]36.73[min] N. lat., 124[deg]27.54[min] W. long.;
    (91) 42[deg]36.56[min] N. lat., 124[deg]28.40[min] W. long.;
    (92) 42[deg]35.77[min] N. lat., 124[deg]28.79[min] W. long.;
    (93) 42[deg]34.03[min] N. lat., 124[deg]29.98[min] W. long.;
    (94) 42[deg]34.19[min] N. lat., 124[deg]30.58[min] W. long.;
    (95) 42[deg]31.27[min] N. lat., 124[deg]32.24[min] W. long.;
    (96) 42[deg]27.07[min] N. lat., 124[deg]32.53[min] W. long.;
    (97) 42[deg]24.21[min] N. lat., 124[deg]31.23[min] W. long.;
    (98) 42[deg]20.47[min] N. lat., 124[deg]28.87[min] W. long.;
    (99) 42[deg]14.60[min] N. lat., 124[deg]26.80[min] W. long.;
    (100) 42[deg]13.67[min] N. lat., 124[deg]26.25[min] W. long.;
    (101) 42[deg]10.90[min] N. lat., 124[deg]24.56[min] W. long.;
    (102) 42[deg]07.04[min] N. lat., 124[deg]23.35[min] W. long.;
    (103) 42[deg]02.16[min] N. lat., 124[deg]22.59[min] W. long.;
    (104) 42[deg]00.00[min] N. lat., 124[deg]21.81[min] W. long.;
    (105) 41[deg]55.75[min] N. lat., 124[deg]20.72[min] W. long.;
    (106) 41[deg]50.93[min] N. lat., 124[deg]23.76[min] W. long.;
    (107) 41[deg]42.53[min] N. lat., 124[deg]16.47[min] W. long.;
    (108) 41[deg]37.20[min] N. lat., 124[deg]17.05[min] W. long.;
    (109) 41[deg]24.58[min] N. lat., 124[deg]10.51[min] W. long.;
    (110) 41[deg]20.73[min] N. lat., 124[deg]11.73[min] W. long.;
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    (112) 41[deg]04.54[min] N. lat., 124[deg]14.47[min] W. long.;
    (113) 40[deg]54.26[min] N. lat., 124[deg]13.90[min] W. long.;
    (114) 40[deg]40.31[min] N. lat., 124[deg]26.24[min] W. long.;
    (115) 40[deg]34.00[min] N. lat., 124[deg]27.39[min] W. long.;
    (116) 40[deg]30.00[min] N. lat., 124[deg]31.32[min] W. long.;
    (117) 40[deg]28.89[min] N. lat., 124[deg]32.43[min] W. long.;
    (118) 40[deg]24.77[min] N. lat., 124[deg]29.51[min] W. long.;
    (119) 40[deg]22.47[min] N. lat., 124[deg]24.12[min] W. long.;
    (120) 40[deg]19.73[min] N. lat., 124[deg]23.59[min] W. long.;
    (121) 40[deg]18.64[min] N. lat., 124[deg]21.89[min] W. long.;
    (122) 40[deg]17.67[min] N. lat., 124[deg]23.07[min] W. long.;
    (123) 40[deg]15.58[min] N. lat., 124[deg]23.61[min] W. long.;
    (124) 40[deg]13.42[min] N. lat., 124[deg]22.94[min] W. long.;
    (125) 40[deg]10.00[min] N. lat., 124[deg]16.65[min] W. long.
    (g) The 100-fm (183-m) depth contour used between the U.S. border 
with Canada and 40[deg]10.00[min] N. lat. is defined by straight lines 
connecting all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]15.00[min] N. lat., 125[deg]41.00[min] W. long.;
    (2) 48[deg]14.00[min] N. lat., 125[deg]36.00[min] W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]09.50[min] N. lat., 125[deg]40.50[min] W. long.;
    (4) 48[deg]08.00[min] N. lat., 125[deg]38.00[min] W. long.;
    (5) 48[deg]05.00[min] N. lat., 125[deg]37.25[min] W. long.;
    (6) 48[deg]02.60[min] N. lat., 125[deg]34.70[min] W. long.;
    (7) 47[deg]59.00[min] N. lat., 125[deg]34.00[min] W. long.;
    (8) 47[deg]57.26[min] N. lat., 125[deg]29.82[min] W. long.;
    (9) 47[deg]59.87[min] N. lat., 125[deg]25.81[min] W. long.;
    (10) 48[deg]01.80[min] N. lat., 125[deg]24.53[min] W. long.;
    (11) 48[deg]02.08[min] N. lat., 125[deg]22.98[min] W. long.;
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    (13) 48[deg]04.47[min] N. lat., 125[deg]21.75[min] W. long.;
    (14) 48[deg]06.11[min] N. lat., 125[deg]19.33[min] W. long.;
    (15) 48[deg]07.95[min] N. lat., 125[deg]18.55[min] W. long.;
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    (17) 48[deg]11.31[min] N. lat., 125[deg]17.55[min] W. long.;
    (18) 48[deg]14.60[min] N. lat., 125[deg]13.46[min] W. long.;
    (19) 48[deg]16.67[min] N. lat., 125[deg]14.34[min] W. long.;
    (20) 48[deg]18.73[min] N. lat., 125[deg]14.41[min] W. long.;
    (21) 48[deg]19.67[min] N. lat., 125[deg]13.70[min] W. long.;
    (22) 48[deg]19.70[min] N. lat., 125[deg]11.13[min] W. long.;
    (23) 48[deg]22.95[min] N. lat., 125[deg]10.79[min] W. long.;
    (24) 48[deg]21.61[min] N. lat., 125[deg]02.54[min] W. long.;
    (25) 48[deg]23.00[min] N. lat., 124[deg]49.34[min] W. long.;
    (26) 48[deg]17.00[min] N. lat., 124[deg]56.50[min] W. long.;
    (27) 48[deg]06.00[min] N. lat., 125[deg]00.00[min] W. long.;
    (28) 48[deg]04.62[min] N. lat., 125[deg]01.73[min] W. long.;
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    (32) 48[deg]07.08[min] N. lat., 125[deg]09.34[min] W. long.;
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    (34) 48[deg]03.45[min] N. lat., 125[deg]16.66[min] W. long.;
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    (37) 48[deg]00.00[min] N. lat., 125[deg]19.30[min] W. long.;
    (38) 47[deg]59.50[min] N. lat., 125[deg]18.88[min] W. long.;
    (39) 47[deg]58.68[min] N. lat., 125[deg]16.19[min] W. long.;
    (40) 47[deg]56.62[min] N. lat., 125[deg]13.50[min] W. long.;
    (41) 47[deg]53.71[min] N. lat., 125[deg]11.96[min] W. long.;
    (42) 47[deg]51.70[min] N. lat., 125[deg]09.38[min] W. long.;
    (43) 47[deg]49.95[min] N. lat., 125[deg]06.07[min] W. long.;
    (44) 47[deg]49.00[min] N. lat., 125[deg]03.00[min] W. long.;
    (45) 47[deg]46.95[min] N. lat., 125[deg]04.00[min] W. long.;
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    (53) 47[deg]32.17[min] N. lat., 124[deg]57.77[min] W. long.;
    (54) 47[deg]30.27[min] N. lat., 124[deg]56.16[min] W. long.;
    (55) 47[deg]30.60[min] N. lat., 124[deg]54.80[min] W. long.;
    (56) 47[deg]29.26[min] N. lat., 124[deg]52.21[min] W. long.;
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    (58) 47[deg]27.38[min] N. lat., 124[deg]49.34[min] W. long.;
    (59) 47[deg]25.61[min] N. lat., 124[deg]48.26[min] W. long.;
    (60) 47[deg]23.54[min] N. lat., 124[deg]46.42[min] W. long.;
    (61) 47[deg]20.64[min] N. lat., 124[deg]45.91[min] W. long.;
    (62) 47[deg]17.99[min] N. lat., 124[deg]45.59[min] W. long.;
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    (68) 47[deg]01.92[min] N. lat., 124[deg]54.95[min] W. long.;
    (69) 47[deg]01.08' N. lat., 124[deg]59.22' W. long.;
    (70) 46[deg]58.48' N. lat., 124[deg]57.81' W. long.;
    (71) 46[deg]56.79' N. lat., 124[deg]56.03' W. long.;
    (72) 46[deg]58.01' N. lat., 124[deg]55.09' W. long.;
    (73) 46[deg]55.07' N. lat., 124[deg]54.14' W. long.;
    (74) 46[deg]59.60' N. lat., 124[deg]49.79' W. long.;
    (75) 46[deg]58.72' N. lat., 124[deg]48.78' W. long.;
    (76) 46[deg]54.45' N. lat., 124[deg]48.36' W. long.;
    (77) 46[deg]53.99' N. lat., 124[deg]49.95' W. long.;
    (78) 46[deg]54.38' N. lat., 124[deg]52.73' W. long.;
    (79) 46[deg]52.38' N. lat., 124[deg]52.02' W. long.;
    (80) 46[deg]48.93' N. lat., 124[deg]49.17' W. long.;
    (81) 46[deg]41.50' N. lat., 124[deg]43.00' W. long.;
    (82) 46[deg]34.50' N. lat., 124[deg]28.50' W. long.;
    (83) 46[deg]29.00' N. lat., 124[deg]30.00' W. long.;
    (84) 46[deg]20.00' N. lat., 124[deg]36.50' W. long.;
    (85) 46[deg]18.40' N. lat., 124[deg]37.70' W. long.;
    (86) 46[deg]18.03' N. lat., 124[deg]35.46' W. long.;
    (87) 46[deg]17.00' N. lat., 124[deg]22.50' W. long.;
    (88) 46[deg]16.00' N. lat., 124[deg]20.62' W. long.;
    (89) 46[deg]13.52' N. lat., 124[deg]25.49' W. long.;
    (90) 46[deg]12.17' N. lat., 124[deg]30.74' W. long.;
    (91) 46[deg]10.63' N. lat., 124[deg]37.96' W. long.;
    (92) 46[deg]09.29' N. lat., 124[deg]39.01' W. long.;
    (93) 46[deg]02.40' N. lat., 124[deg]40.37' W. long.;
    (94) 45[deg]56.45' N. lat., 124[deg]38.00' W. long.;
    (95) 45[deg]51.92' N. lat., 124[deg]38.50' W. long.;
    (96) 45[deg]47.20' N. lat., 124[deg]35.58' W. long.;
    (97) 45[deg]46.40' N. lat., 124[deg]32.36' W. long.;
    (98) 45[deg]46.00' N. lat., 124[deg]32.10' W. long.;
    (99) 45[deg]41.75' N. lat., 124[deg]28.12' W. long.;
    (100) 45[deg]36.95' N. lat., 124[deg]24.47' W. long.;
    (101) 45[deg]31.84' N. lat., 124[deg]22.04' W. long.;
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    (114) 44[deg]30.04' N. lat., 124[deg]42.31' W. long.;
    (115) 44[deg]26.84' N. lat., 124[deg]44.91' W. long.;
    (116) 44[deg]17.99' N. lat., 124[deg]51.04' W. long.;
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    (124) 43[deg]20.83' N. lat., 124[deg]39.39' W. long.;
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    (128) 43[deg]03.91' N. lat., 124[deg]50.81' W. long.;
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    (160) 40[deg]22.43' N. lat., 124[deg]25.00' W. long.;
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    (164) 40[deg]19.68' N. lat., 124[deg]28.49' W. long.;
    (165) 40[deg]17.73' N. lat., 124[deg]25.43' W. long.;
    (166) 40[deg]18.37' N. lat., 124[deg]23.35' W. long.;
    (167) 40[deg]15.75' N. lat., 124[deg]26.05' W. long.;
    (168) 40[deg]16.75' N. lat., 124[deg]33.71' W. long.;
    (169) 40[deg]16.29' N. lat., 124[deg]34.36' W. long.; and
    (170) 40[deg]10.00' N. lat., 124[deg]21.12' W. long.
* * * * *
[FR Doc. 2010-5892 Filed 3-15-10; 11:15 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P