[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 132 (Monday, July 11, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 40628-40644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16608]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 0906261095-1339-03]
RIN 0648-AX97


Groundfish Fisheries of the EEZ Off Alaska; Pacific Halibut 
Fisheries; CDQ Program; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands King and Tanner 
Crab Fisheries; Recordkeeping and Reporting

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

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: NMFS issues this rule to revise recordkeeping and reporting 
regulations and make other miscellaneous revisions. The revisions 
include adding a requirement that the Registered Crab Receiver record 
in eLandings the region in which the stationary floating processor is 
located at time of crab delivery; standardizing reporting time limits 
for recording discard, disposition, product, and other required 
information in the daily fishing logbook, daily cumulative production 
logbook, eLandings, or the electronic logbook so that the information 
corresponds with fishing and processing operations; incorporating 
miscellaneous edits and corrections to regulatory text and tables, 
including standardizing the use of the terms ``recording,'' 
``submitting,'' ``landings,'' and ``landing;'' and reinstating 
regulations that were inadvertently removed in a previous final rule 
about locations where NMFS will conduct scale inspections. This action 
promotes the goals and objectives of the fishery management plans, the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and other 
applicable laws.

DATES: Effective August 10, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of this rule, the Regulatory Impact Review 
(RIR), and the categorical exclusion memorandum prepared for this 
action may be obtained from the Alaska Region Web site at http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov.
    Written comments regarding the burden-hour estimates or other 
aspects of the collection-of-information requirements contained in this 
rule may be submitted by mail to NMFS, Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, AK 99802-1668, Attn: Ellen Sebastian, Records Officer; in 
person at NMFS, Alaska Region, 709 West 9th Street, Room 420A, Juneau, 
Alaska; and by e-mail to [email protected], or by fax to 
202-395-7285.

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

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the U.S. groundfish fisheries 
of the exclusive economic zone off Alaska under the Fishery Management 
Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and the Fishery Management 
Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management 
Area (BSAI FMP). With Federal oversight, the State of Alaska manages 
the commercial king crab and Tanner crab fisheries under the Fishery 
Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands king and Tanner Crabs. 
The fishery management plans (FMPs) were prepared by the North Pacific 
Fishery Management Council and approved by the Secretary of Commerce 
under authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. The FMPs are implemented by 
regulations at 50 CFR parts 679 and 680. General regulations that 
pertain to U.S. fisheries appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600.
    Management of the Pacific halibut fisheries in and off Alaska is 
governed by an international agreement, the ``Convention Between the 
United States of America and Canada for the Preservation of the Halibut 
Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea,'' (Convention) 
which was signed in Ottawa, Canada, on March 2, 1953, and was amended 
by the ``Protocol Amending the Convention,'' signed in Washington, DC, 
on March 29, 1979. The Convention is implemented in the United States 
by the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982.
    The Interagency Electronic Reporting System, with its data entry 
component, eLandings, was implemented with a final rule published March 
2, 2005 (70 FR 10174), for the Crab Rationalization (CR) Program. The 
use of eLandings was implemented for groundfish fisheries and the 
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program through a final rule published 
December 15, 2008 (73 FR 76136).
    Since implementation and use of eLandings, NMFS has identified 
minor regulatory changes needed to improve and update the methods and 
procedures of eLandings, and to improve the flexibility and efficiency 
of recordkeeping and reporting requirements for NMFS Alaska Region 
fishery programs.
    This final rule revises regulations, as follows:
     Standardizes data entry time limits for recording discard, 
disposition, product, and other required information in the daily 
fishing logbook, daily cumulative production logbook, or eLandings to 
correspond with actual fishing operations.
     Sets time limits for recording information in the paper 
catcher vessel daily fishing logbooks (DFLs) and mothership and 
catcher/processor DCPLs.
     Sets time limits to submit landing reports and production 
reports to NMFS through eLandings.
     Sets time limits to submit electronic logbook (ELB) 
information through eLandings.
     Revises information to be recorded or submitted ``by noon 
of the following day'' to read ``by midnight of the following day.''
     Revises ``noon'' and ``midnight'' in Alaska local time 
(A.l.t.) to read 1200 hours, A.l.t., and 2400 hours, A.l.t., 
respectively.
     Changes the deadline for a vessel operator's signature 
entry in the DFLs, DCPLs, and ELBs from noon to midnight.
     Revises the deadline for printing a copy of the ELB 
logsheet from noon to midnight each day.
     Revises the submittal time limit for the delivery ``landed 
scale weight'' entry on SSP or SFP eLandings landing reports.
     Revises the time limit to record scale weights in the DCPL 
for catcher/processors participating in the Central Gulf of Alaska 
Rockfish Program.
     Revises deadlines for recording scale weights and CDQ 
group number in the catcher/processor trawl DCPL.
     Removes the requirement to record the date of landing in 
the SSP or SFP landing report.
     Clarifies extension of time limits for eLandings 
production reports from SSPs or SFPs not taking deliveries over the 
weekend.
     Corrects reporting time limit tables for DCPLs and 
eLandings.
     Adds a requirement that the Registered Crab Receiver 
record the region in which the stationary floating processor is located 
at the time of crab delivery.
     Makes non-substantive clarification edits and corrections 
to regulatory text to include the recording of information in a logbook 
versus submitting information through eLandings, record information 
about crew and observers in eLandings, and the correct use of the terms 
``landings'' and ``landing.''
     Makes non-substantive clarifications to regulatory tables.
     Removes detailed NMFS mail, fax, and delivery addresses 
from regulations and replace them with one paragraph stating that the 
form must be submitted in accordance with instructions on the form.
     Provides separate species codes for Arrowtooth flounder, 
Atheresthes stomias, species code 121, and for Kamchatka flounder, 
Atheresthes evermanni, species code 117.
     Reinstates regulations about scale inspection locations 
that were inadvertently removed in a previous rule.
    These changes are intended to remove inconsistencies in the current 
regulations describing eLandings. These changes will reduce potential 
confusion on the part of industry participants, other interested 
parties, and the public at large. In addition, these changes will 
reduce costs for processors and Registered Crab Receivers using 
eLandings. The fishing industry currently uses eLandings to comply with 
recordkeeping and reporting requirements, so the time and knowledge it 
takes to complete an eLandings data entry is already established. The 
entities upon which these changes are imposed are existing registered 
eLandings users.
    These changes will provide benefits, by clarifying eLandings 
requirements for industry participants and other interested parties, 
and by increasing the efficiency of the eLandings process. The overall 
impact on the fishing industry will be increased operational 
flexibility. There are no economic impacts from these proposed 
regulatory changes.
    NMFS published the proposed rule for this action in the Federal 
Register on February 11, 2011 (76 FR 7788), with a public comment 
period that closed March 14, 2011. No comments were received during 
this comment period.
    The principal elements of this regulatory amendment are described 
and explained in detail in the preamble to the proposed rule and are 
not repeated here.
    NMFS made no changes from the proposed rule to the final rule.

Classification

    The Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, determined that the 
amendment is necessary for the conservation and management of the BSAI 
and GOA groundfish fisheries and that it is consistent with the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and other 
applicable laws.
    This final rule has been determined to be not significant for 
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
    The Chief Counsel for Regulation of the Department of Commerce 
certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business 
Administration during the proposed rule stage that this action will not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities. The factual basis for the certification was published in the

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proposed rule and is not repeated here. No comments were received 
regarding this certification, and no changes have been made from the 
proposed rule. As a result, a regulatory flexibility analysis was not 
required and none was prepared.

Collection-of-Information Requirements

    This final rule contains collection-of-information requirements 
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) and which have been 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Public reporting 
burden estimates per response for these requirements are listed by OMB 
control number.

OMB Control Number 0648-0213

    Public reporting burden is estimated to average per response: 18 
minutes for catcher vessel trawl gear DFL; 28 minutes for catcher 
vessel longline or pot gear DFL; 31 minutes for mothership DCPL; 41 
minutes for catcher/processor longline or pot gear DCPL; and 30 minutes 
for catcher/processor trawl gear DCPL or ELB.

OMB Control Number 0648-0515

    Public reporting burden is estimated to average per response: 15 
minutes for eLandings application processor registration; 35 minutes 
for eLandings landing report; and 20 minutes for catcher/processor or 
mothership eLandings production report.

OMB Control Number 0648-0330

    Public reporting burden is estimated to average per response: 6 
minutes for inspection request for an at-sea scale.
    Public reporting estimates include the time for reviewing 
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the 
collection-of-information.
    Send comments on these or any other aspects of the collection-of-
information to NMFS Alaska Region at the ADDRESSES above, and e-mail to 
[email protected], or fax to 202-395-7285.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is 
required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty 
for failure to comply with, a collection-of-information subject to the 
requirements of the PRA, unless that collection-of-information displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 679

    Alaska, Fisheries, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: June 28, 2011.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 679 is amended 
as follows:

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

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

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


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2. In Sec.  679.5,
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a. Remove paragraphs (c)(3)(i)(C)(2) and (e)(5)(i)(A)(11);
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b. Redesignate paragraph (c)(3)(i)(C)(1) as (c)(3)(i)(C), paragraphs 
(c)(4)(ii)(B)(2) through (6) as paragraphs (c)(4)(ii)(B)(3) through 
(7), and paragraph (e)(5)(i)(A)(12) as (e)(5)(i)(A)(11);
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c. Revise paragraphs (c)(3)(ii)(A) table heading, (c)(3)(ii)(A)(2), 
(c)(3)(ii)(B) introductory text, (c)(3)(ii)(B) table heading, 
(c)(3)(ii)(B)(1), (2), (3), (4), and (5), (c)(4)(ii) heading, 
(c)(4)(ii)(A) table heading, (c)(4)(ii)(A)(2), (c)(4)(ii)(B) 
introductory text, (c)(4)(ii)(B) table heading, (c)(4)(ii)(B)(1), newly 
redesignated (c)(4)(ii)(B)(3) through (6), (c)(6)(ii) heading, 
(c)(6)(ii) introductory text, (c)(6)(ii) table heading, (c)(6)(ii)(A), 
(B), (C), (D), and (E), (e)(2)(ii), (e)(4), (e)(5)(i)(B), (e)(5)(ii), 
(e)(6)(ii), (e)(7)(iii)(C), (e)(8)(iii)(B), (e)(9)(ii), (e)(10)(iv), 
(e)(11)(i), (e)(12), (f)(2)(iii)(B)(1), and (f)(3)(i)(C); and
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d. Add paragraphs (c)(4)(ii)(B)(2) and (e)(8)(iii)(D).
    The additions and revisions read as follows:


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

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (3) * * *
    (ii) * * *
    (A) * * *

       Reporting Time Limits, Catcher Vessel Longline or Pot Gear
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          Required information               Time limit for recording
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                              * * * * * * *
(2) Discard and disposition information  By 2400 hours, A.l.t., each day
                                          to record the previous day's
                                          discard and disposition
                                          information.
 
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     (B) Catcher/processor. The operator of a catcher/processor using 
longline or pot gear must record in the DCPL or submit via eLandings 
the information from the following table for each set within the 
specified time limit:

                          Reporting Time Limits, Catcher/Processor Longline or Pot Gear
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                                                                Submit via
           Required information              Record in DCPL     eLandings          Time limit for reporting
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(1) Set number, time and date gear set,                  X   ...............  Within 2 hours after completion of
 time and date gear hauled, beginning and                                      gear retrieval.
 end positions, CDQ group number, halibut
 CDQ permit number, halibut IFQ permit
 number, sablefish IFQ permit number, crab
 IFQ permit number, FFP number and/or
 Federal crab vessel permit number (if
 applicable), number of pots set, and
 estimated total hail weight for each set.

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(2) Discard and disposition information...  ...............               X   By 2400 hours, A.l.t., each day to
                                                                               record the previous day's discard
                                                                               and disposition information.
(3) Product information...................  ...............               X   By 2400 hours, A.l.t., each day to
                                                                               record the previous day's
                                                                               production information.
(4) All other required information........               X   ...............  By 2400 hours, A.l.t., of the day
                                                                               following completion of
                                                                               production.
(5) Operator sign the completed logsheets.               X   ...............  By 2400 hours, A.l.t., of the day
                                                                               following the week-ending date of
                                                                               the weekly reporting period.
 
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* * * * *
    (4) * * *
    (ii) Reporting time limits.
    (A) * * *

            Reporting Time Limits, Catcher Vessel Trawl Gear
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          Required information               Time limit for recording
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                              * * * * * * *
(2) Discard and disposition information  By 2400 hours, A.l.t., each day
                                          to record the previous day's
                                          discard and disposition
                                          information.
 
                              * * * * * * *
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    (B) Catcher/processor. The operator of a catcher/processor using 
trawl gear must record in the DCPL or submit via eLandings the 
information in the following table for each haul within the specified 
time limit:

                               Reporting Time Limits, Catcher/Processor Trawl Gear
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                                                                Submit via
           Required information              Record in DCPL     eLandings          Time limit for reporting
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(1) Management program, except CDQ                       X   ...............  Within 2 hours after completion of
 Program, haul number, time and date gear                                      gear retrieval.
 set, time and date gear hauled, begin and
 end positions of gear, and, if not
 required to weigh catch on a scale
 approved by NMFS, total estimated hail
 weight for each haul.
(2) CDQ group number (if applicable) and,                X   ...............  Within 2 hours after completion of
 if required to weigh catch on a scale                                         weighing all catch in the haul.
 approved by NMFS, the scale weight of
 total catch for each haul.
(3) Discard and disposition information...  ...............               X   By 2400 hours, A.l.t., each day to
                                                                               record the previous day's discard
                                                                               and disposition information.
(4) Product information...................  ...............               X   By 2400 hours, A.l.t., each day to
                                                                               record the previous day's
                                                                               production information.
(5) All other required information........               X   ...............  By 2400 hours, A.l.t., of the day
                                                                               following completion of
                                                                               production to record all other
                                                                               required information.
(6) Operator sign the completed logsheets.               X   ...............  By 2400 hours, A.l.t., of the day
                                                                               following the week-ending date of
                                                                               the weekly reporting period.
 
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    (6) * * *
    (ii) Reporting time limits. The operator of a mothership must 
record in the DCPL or submit via eLandings the information in the 
following table for each groundfish delivery within the specified time 
limit:

                                        Reporting Time Limits, Mothership
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                                                                Submit via
           Required information              Record in DCPL     eLandings          Time limit for reporting
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(A) All catcher vessel or buying station                 X   ...............  Within 2 hours after completion of
 delivery information.                                                         receipt of each groundfish
                                                                               delivery.

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(B) Product information...................  ...............               X   By 2400 hours, A.l.t., each day to
                                                                               record the previous day's
                                                                               production information.
(C) Discard or disposition information....  ...............               X   By 2400 hours, A.l.t., each day to
                                                                               record the previous day's discard/
                                                                               disposition.
(D) All other required information........               X   ...............  By 2400 hours, A.l.t., of the day
                                                                               following completion of
                                                                               production.
(E) Operator sign the completed logsheets.               X   ...............  By 2400 hours, A.l.t., of the day
                                                                               following the week-ending date of
                                                                               the weekly reporting period.
 
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    (e) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (ii) Upon registration acceptance, the User must print, sign, and 
mail the User Agreement Form to NMFS at the address or fax number shown 
on the form. Confirmation will be e-mailed to indicate that the User is 
registered, authorized to use eLandings, and that the UserID and User's 
account are enabled.
* * * * *
    (4) Information entered automatically for eLandings landing report. 
eLandings autofills the following fields from processor registration 
records (see paragraph (e)(2) of this section): UserID, processor 
company name, business telephone number, e-mail address, port of 
landing, operation type (for catcher/processors, motherships, or SFPs), 
ADF&G processor code, and Federal permit number. The User must review 
the autofilled cells to ensure that they are accurate for the landing 
that is taking place. eLandings assigns a unique landing report number 
and an ADF&G electronic fish ticket number upon completion of data 
entry.
* * * * *
    (5) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (B) Landed scale weight. The User for a shoreside processor or SFP 
must record landed scale weight (to the nearest pound) for all retained 
species from groundfish deliveries by species code and delivery 
condition code. Obtain actual weights for each groundfish species 
received and retained by:
    (1) Sorting according to species codes and direct weighing of that 
species, or
    (2) Weighing the entire delivery and then sorting and weighing the 
groundfish species individually to determine their weights.
* * * * *
    (ii) Submittal time limit. The User for a shoreside processor or 
SFP must submit a landing report containing the information described 
in paragraph (e)(5)(i) of this section for each groundfish delivery 
from a specific vessel by 1200 hours, A.l.t., of the day following 
completion of the delivery. If the landed scale weight required in 
paragraph (e)(5)(i)(C) of this section is not available by this 
deadline, the User must transmit an estimated weight for each species 
by 1200 hours, A.l.t., of the day following completion of the delivery, 
and must submit a revised landing report with the landed scale weight 
for each species by 1200 hours, A.l.t., of the third day following 
completion of the delivery.
* * * * *
    (6) * * *
    (ii) Submittal time limit. The User for a mothership must submit a 
landing report containing the information described at paragraph 
(e)(6)(i) of this section for each groundfish delivery from a specific 
vessel by 2400 hours, A.l.t., of the day following the delivery.
* * * * *
    (7) * * *
    (iii) * * *
    (C) Landing completion. The User for the Registered Buyer must 
submit an IFQ landing report, containing the information described in 
this paragraph (e)(7), within six hours after all IFQ halibut, CDQ 
halibut, and IFQ sablefish are offloaded from a specific vessel and 
prior to shipment or transfer of said fish from the landing site.
* * * * *
    (8) * * *
    (iii) * * *
    (B) Operation type and port code--(1) If a shoreside processor, the 
port code is pre-filled automatically (see Sec.  679.5(e)(4)).
    (2) If a catcher/processor, the at-sea operation type is pre-filled 
automatically.
    (3) If an SFP and crab delivery is received in port, the at-sea 
operation type is pre-filled automatically (see Sec.  679.5(e)(4)) and 
the User must enter the port code from Table 14a to this part.
    (4) If an SFP and crab delivery is received at sea, the at-sea 
operation type is pre-filled automatically (see Sec.  679.5(e)(4)) and 
the User must enter the appropriate crab regional designation (see 
Sec.  680.40(b)(2)), shown below:

                      CR Crab Regional Designations
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N--North Region...................  Landed in the Bering Sea subarea
                                     north of 56[deg]20' N. lat.
S--South Region...................  Landed in any area in Alaska, not in
                                     the North Region.
W--West Region....................  West of 174[deg] W. long. Only
                                     applicable for western Aleutian
                                     Islands golden king crab (WAG).
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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    (D) Crew and observer information--(1) For crew size, enter the 
number of licensed crew aboard the vessel, including the operator.
    (2) Number of observers aboard.
* * * * *
    (9) * * *
    (ii) Submittal time limits--(A) When active pursuant to paragraph 
(c)(5)(ii) of this section, the User for a shoreside processor or SFP 
must submit a production report by 1200 hours, A.l.t., each day to 
record the previous day's production information.
    (B) If a shoreside processor or SFP using eLandings is not taking 
deliveries

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over a weekend, the User or manager may submit the eLandings production 
report from Saturday and Sunday to NMFS by 1200 hours, A.l.t., on the 
following Monday.
    (10) * * *
    (iv) Submittal time limits--(A) Except as described in paragraph 
(e)(10)(iv)(B) of this section, when a mothership is active pursuant to 
paragraph (c)(6)(iv) of this section, a catcher/processor longline or 
pot gear is active pursuant to paragraph (c)(3)(iv)(B) of this section, 
or a catcher/processor trawl gear is active pursuant to paragraph 
(c)(4)(iv)(B) of this section, the User for a mothership or catcher/
processor must submit a production report by 2400 hours, A.l.t., each 
day to record the previous day's production information.
    (B) If a vessel is required to have 100 percent observer coverage 
or more, the User may submit a production report for Friday, Saturday, 
and Sunday no later than 2400 hours, A.l.t., on the following Monday.
    (11) Printing of landing reports, landing receipts, and production 
reports--(i) The User daily must print a paper copy onsite or onboard 
of:
    (A) Each landing report.
    (B) If IFQ halibut, IFQ sablefish, or CDQ halibut, each sablefish/
halibut IFQ landing receipt.
    (C) If IFQ crab, each crab IFQ landing receipt.
    (D) Each production report.
* * * * *
    (12) Retention and inspection of landing reports, landing receipts, 
and production reports--(i) The User daily must retain a printed paper 
copy onsite or onboard of:
    (A) Each landing report.
    (B) If IFQ halibut, IFQ sablefish, or CDQ halibut, each sablefish/
halibut IFQ landing receipt.
    (C) If IFQ crab, each crab IFQ landing receipt.
    (D) Each production report.
    (ii) The User must make available the printed copies upon request 
of NMFS observers and authorized officers as indicated at paragraph 
(a)(5) of this section.
    (f) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (iii) * * *
    (B) * * *
    (1) Recording time limits. The time limits for recording applicable 
information in the ELBs are the same as the recording time limits for 
DFLs and DCPLs in paragraphs (c)(3), (c)(4), and (c)(6) of this 
section.
* * * * *
    (3) * * *
    (i) * * *
    (C) Print a copy of the ELB logsheet for the observer's use, if an 
observer is onboard the vessel, by 2400 hours, A.l.t., each day to 
record the previous day's ELB information.
* * * * *

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3. In Sec.  679.28, paragraph (b)(2)(v) is revised to read as follows.


Sec.  679.28  Equipment and operational requirements.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (v) Where will scale inspections be conducted? Scales inspections 
by inspectors paid by NMFS will be conducted on vessels tied up at 
docks in Kodiak, Alaska; Dutch Harbor, Alaska; and in the Puget Sound 
area of Washington State.


Sec. Sec.  679.5, 679.28, 679.32, 679.40, 679.41, 679.42, 679.45, 
679.80, 679.90, 679.94  [Amended]

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

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                Location                            Remove                        Add                Frequency
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Sec.   679.5(c)(3)(i)(B)(2).............  sablefish landings data...  sablefish landing data....               1
Sec.   679.5(c)(3)(ii) heading..........  Data entry time limits....  Reporting time limits.....               1
Sec.   679.5(c)(4)(i)(B)................  catch-by-haul landings      catch-by-haul landing                    1
                                           information.                information.
Sec.   679.5(c)(4)(iv)(B)(2)............  record in eLandings.......  submit in eLandings.......               1
Sec.   679.5(c)(4)(v)(C)................  noon......................  2400 hours, A.l.t.........               1
Sec.   679.5(e)(1)(i)...................  landings data.............  landing data..............               1
Sec.   679.5(e)(1)(iii) heading.........  Reporting of IFQ crab, IFQ  IFQ manual landing report.               1
                                           halibut, and IFQ
                                           sablefish.
Sec.   679.5(e)(5) heading..............  SFP landings report.......  SFP landing report........               1
Sec.   679.5(e)(5) introductory text....  daily landings report.....  daily landing report......               1
Sec.   679.5(e)(6) heading..............  Mothership landings report  Mothership landing report.               1
Sec.   679.5(e)(6) introductory text....  daily landings report.....  daily landing report......               1
Sec.   679.5(e)(7) heading..............  Registered Buyer landings   Registered Buyer landing                 1
                                           report.                     report.
Sec.   679.5(e)(7) introductory text....  landings reports..........  landing reports...........               1
Sec.   679.5(e)(7)(ii)(A) and (iii)(B)..  groundfish IFQ landing      sablefish/halibut IFQ                    1
                                           receipt.                    landing receipt.
Sec.   679.5(e)(8) heading..............  Registered Crab Receiver    Registered Crab Receiver                 1
                                           (RCR) IFQ crab landings     (RCR) IFQ crab landing
                                           report.                     report.
Sec.   679.5(e)(8)(i) and (ii)..........  landings report...........  landing report............               1
Sec.   679.5(e)(8)(iii).................  must enter the following    must submit information                  1
                                           information (see            described at paragraphs
                                           paragraphs (e)(8)(iii)(A)   (e)(8)(iii)(A) through
                                           through (C) of this         (D) of this section into
                                           section) into eLandings.    eLandings.
Sec.   679.5(e)(8)(vi)(B)...............  noon......................  1200 hours, A.l.t.........               1
Sec.   679.5(f)(3)(i)(A)................  noon......................  2400 hours, A.l.t.........               1
Sec.   679.5(f)(4)(i)...................  noon......................  2400 hours, A.l.t.........               1
Sec.   679.28(d)(8)(i) introductory       http://www.fakr.noaa.gov..  http://alaskafisheries.                  1
 text, Sec.   679.28(i)(3) introductory                                noaa.gov.
 text, Sec.   679.32(c)(1), Sec.
 679.41(m)(3) introductory text, Sec.
 679.42(d)(2)(iii) introductory text,
 Sec.   679.80(e)(2), Sec.
 679.90(b)(2), Sec.   679.90(f)(2), and
 Sec.   679.94(a)(3).
Sec.   679.40(h)(2).....................  groundfish IFQ landing      sablefish/halibut IFQ                    1
                                           receipt.                    landing receipt.
Sec.   679.45(a)(4)(iii)................  http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/   http://alaskafisheries.                  1
                                           ram.                        noaa.gov/ram.
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5. Revise Table 1a to part 679 to read as follows:

       Table 1a to Part 679--Delivery Condition* and Product Codes
                           [General Use Codes]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Description                              Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Belly flaps. Flesh in region of pelvic and pectoral fins              19
 and behind head (ancillary only)..........................
Bled only. Throat, or isthmus, slit to allow blood to drain           03
Bled fish destined for fish meal (includes offsite                    42
 production) DO NOT RECORD ON PTR..........................
Bones (if meal, report as 32) (ancillary only).............           39
Butterfly, no backbone. Head removed, belly slit, viscera             37
 and most of backbone removed; fillets attached............
Cheeks. Muscles on sides of head (ancillary only)..........           17
Chins. Lower jaw (mandible), muscles, and flesh (ancillary            18
 only).....................................................
Fillets, deep-skin. Meat with skin, adjacent meat with                24
 silver lining, and ribs removed from sides of body behind
 head and in front of tail, resulting in thin fillets......
Fillets, skinless/boneless. Meat with both skin and ribs              23
 removed, from sides of body behind head and in front of
 tail......................................................
Fillets with ribs, no skin. Meat with ribs with skin                  22
 removed, from sides of body behind head and in front of
 tail......................................................
Fillets with skin and ribs. Meat and skin with ribs                   20
 attached, from sides of body behind head and in front of
 tail......................................................
Fillets with skin, no ribs. Meat and skin with ribs                   21
 removed, from sides of body behind head and in front of
 tail......................................................
Fish meal. Meal from whole fish or fish parts; includes               32
 bone meal.................................................
Fish oil. Rendered oil from whole fish or fish parts.                 33
 Record only oil destined for sale and not oil stored or
 burned for fuel onboard...................................
Gutted, head on. Belly slit and viscera removed............           04
Gutted, head off. Belly slit and viscera removed (May be              05
 used for halibut personal use)............................
Head and gutted, with roe..................................           06
Headed and gutted, Western cut. Head removed just in front            07
 of the collar bone, and viscera removed...................
Headed and gutted, Eastern cut. Head removed just behind              08
 the collar bone, and viscera removed......................
Headed and gutted, tail removed. Head removed usually in              10
 front of collar bone, and viscera and tail removed........
Heads. Heads only, regardless where severed from body                 16
 (ancillary only)..........................................
Kirimi (Steak). Head removed either in front or behind the            11
 collar bone, viscera removed, and tail removed by cuts
 perpendicular to the spine, resulting in a steak..........
Mantles, octopus or squid. Flesh after removal of viscera             36
 and arms..................................................
Milt. In sacs, or testes (ancillary only)..................           34
Minced. Ground flesh.......................................           31
Other retained product. If product is not listed on this              97
 table, enter code 97 and write a description with product
 recovery rate next to it in parentheses...................
Pectoral girdle. Collar bone and associated bones,                    15
 cartilage and flesh.......................................
Roe. Eggs, either loose or in sacs, or skeins (ancillary              14
 only).....................................................
Salted and split. Head removed, belly slit, viscera                   12
 removed, fillets cut from head to tail but remaining
 attached near tail. Product salted........................
Stomachs. Includes all internal organs (ancillary only)....           35
Surimi. Paste from fish flesh and additives................           30
Whole fish/ or shellfish/food fish.........................           01
Wings. On skates, side fins are cut off next to body.......           13
SHELLFISH ONLY
    Soft shell crab........................................           75
    Bitter crab............................................           76
    Deadloss...............................................           79
    Sections...............................................           80
    Meat...................................................           81
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: When using whole fish code, record round weights rather than
  product weights, even if the whole fish is not used.
* Delivery condition code: Condition of the fish or shellfish at the
  point it is weighed and recorded on the ADF&G fish ticket.


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6. Revise Table 1b to part 679 to read as follows:

         Table 1b to Part 679--Discard and Disposition Codes \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                        Description                              Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Confiscation or seized.....................................           63
Deadloss (crab only).......................................           79
Overage....................................................           62
Retained for future sale...................................           87
Tagged IFQ Fish (Exempt from debit)........................           64
Whole fish/bait, not sold. Used as bait onboard vessel.....           92
Whole fish/bait, sold......................................           61
Whole fish/discard at sea. Whole groundfish and prohibited            98
 species discarded by catcher vessels, catcher/processors,
 motherships, or tenders. DO NOT RECORD ON PTR.............
Whole fish/discard, damaged. Whole fish damaged by                    93
 observer's sampling procedures............................
Whole fish/discard, decomposed. Decomposed or previously              89
 discarded fish............................................
Whole fish/discard, infested. Flea-infested fish, parasite-           88
 infested fish.............................................

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Whole fish/discard, onshore. Discard after delivery and               99
 before processing by shoreside processors, stationary
 floating processors, and buying stations and in-plant
 discard of whole groundfish and prohibited species during
 processing. DO NOT RECORD ON PTR..........................
Whole fish/donated prohibited species. Number of Pacific              86
 salmon or Pacific halibut, otherwise required to be
 discarded, that is donated to charity under a NMFS-
 authorized program........................................
Whole fish/fish meal. Whole fish destined for meal                    41
 (includes offsite production.) DO NOT RECORD ON PTR.......
Whole fish/personal use, consumption. Fish or fish products           95
 eaten on board or taken off the vessel for personal use.
 Not sold or utilized as bait..............................
Whole fish/sold, for human consumption.....................           60
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note: When using whole fish codes, record round weights rather than
  product weights, even if the whole fish is not used.
\1\ Disposition Code: The intended use or disposal of the fish or
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7. Revise Table 2a to part 679 to read as follows:

           Table 2a to Part 679--Species Codes: FMP Groundfish
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    Species description                          Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Atka mackerel (greenling)..................................          193
Flatfish, miscellaneous (flatfish species without separate           120
 codes)....................................................
FLOUNDER
    Alaska plaice..........................................          133
    Arrowtooth.............................................          121
    Bering.................................................          116
    Kamchatka..............................................          117
    Starry.................................................          129
Octopus, North Pacific.....................................          870
Pacific cod................................................          110
Pollock....................................................          270
ROCKFISH
    Aurora (Sebastes aurora)...............................          185
    Black (BSAI) (S. melanops).............................          142
    Blackgill (S. melanostomus)............................          177
    Blue (BSAI) (S. mystinus)..............................          167
    Bocaccio (S. paucispinis)..............................          137
    Canary (S. pinniger)...................................          146
    Chilipepper (S. goodei)................................          178
    China (S. nebulosus)...................................          149
    Copper (S. caurinus)...................................          138
    Darkblotched (S. crameri)..............................          159
    Dusky (S. variabilis)..................................          172
    Greenstriped (S. elongatus)............................          135
    Harlequin (S. variegatus)..............................          176
    Northern (S. polyspinis)...............................          136
    Pacific Ocean Perch (S. alutus)........................          141
    Pygmy (S. wilsoni).....................................          179
    Quillback (S. maliger).................................          147
    Redbanded (S. babcocki)................................          153
    Redstripe (S. proriger)................................          158
    Rosethorn (S. helvomaculatus)..........................          150
    Rougheye (S. aleutianus)...............................          151
    Sharpchin (S. zacentrus)...............................          166
    Shortbelly (S. jordani)................................          181
    Shortraker (S. borealis)...............................          152
    Silvergray (S. brevispinis)............................          157
    Splitnose (S. diploproa)...............................          182
    Stripetail (S. saxicola)...............................          183
    Thornyhead (all Sebastolobus species)..................          143
    Tiger (S. nigrocinctus)................................          148
    Vermilion (S. miniatus)................................          184
    Widow (S. entomelas)...................................          156
    Yelloweye (S. ruberrimus)..............................          145
    Yellowmouth (S. reedi).................................          175
    Yellowtail (S. flavidus)...............................          155
Sablefish (blackcod).......................................          710
Sculpins...................................................          160
SHARKS
    Other (if salmon, spiny dogfish or Pacific sleeper               689
     shark--use specific species code).....................
    Pacific sleeper........................................          692

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    Salmon.................................................          690
    Spiny dogfish..........................................          691
SKATES
    Big....................................................          702
    Longnose...............................................          701
    Other (If longnose or big skate--use specific species            700
     code).................................................
SOLE
    Butter.................................................          126
    Dover..................................................          124
    English................................................          128
    Flathead...............................................          122
    Petrale................................................          131
    Rex....................................................          125
    Rock...................................................          123
    Sand...................................................          132
    Yellowfin..............................................          127
Squid, majestic............................................          875
Turbot, Greenland..........................................          134
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8. Revise Table 2d to part 679 to read as follows:

          Table 2d to Part 679--Species Codes: Non-FMP Species
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               General use
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    Species description                          Code
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arctic char, anadromous....................................          521
Dolly varden, anadromous...................................          531
Eels or eel-like fish......................................          210
Eel, wolf..................................................          217
GREENLING
    Kelp...................................................          194
    Rock...................................................          191
    Whitespot..............................................          192
Grenadier, giant...........................................          214
Grenadier (rattail)........................................          213
Jellyfish (unspecified)....................................          625
Lamprey, pacific...........................................          600
Lingcod....................................................          130
Lumpsucker.................................................          216
Pacific flatnose...........................................          260
Pacific hagfish............................................          212
Pacific hake...............................................          112
Pacific lamprey............................................          600
Pacific saury..............................................          220
Pacific tomcod.............................................          250
Poacher (Family Algonidae).................................          219
Prowfish...................................................          215
Ratfish....................................................          714
Rockfish, black (GOA)......................................          142
Rockfish, blue (GOA).......................................          167
Rockfish, dark.............................................          173
Sardine, Pacific (pilchard)................................          170
Sea cucumber, red..........................................          895
Shad.......................................................          180
Skilfish...................................................          715
Snailfish, general (genus Liparis and genus Careproctus)...          218
Sturgeon, general..........................................          680
Wrymouths..................................................          211
Shellfish
    Abalone, northern (pinto)..............................          860
Clams
    Arctic surf............................................          812
    Cockle.................................................          820
    Eastern softshell......................................          842
    Pacific geoduck........................................          815
    Pacific littleneck.....................................          840
    Pacific razor..........................................          830

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    Washington butter......................................          810
Coral......................................................          899
Mussel, blue...............................................          855
Oyster, Pacific............................................          880
Scallop, weathervane.......................................          850
Scallop, pink (or calico)..................................          851
SHRIMP
    Coonstripe.............................................          864
    Humpy..................................................          963
    Northern (pink)........................................          961
    Sidestripe.............................................          962
    Spot...................................................          965
Snails.....................................................          890
Urchin, green sea..........................................          893
Urchin, red sea............................................          892
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 Table 21 to Part 679--Eligible GOA Communities, Halibut IFQ Regulatory
  Use Areas and Community Governing Body That Recommends the Community
                              Quota Entity
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              Community governing body
          Eligible GOA community               that recommends the CQE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
     May use halibut QS only in halibut IFQ regulatory areas 2C, 3A
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Angoon....................................  City of Angoon.
Coffman Cove..............................  City of Coffman Cove.
Craig.....................................  City of Craig.
Edna Bay..................................  Edna Bay Community
                                             Association.
Elfin Cove................................  Community of Elfin Cove.
Gustavus..................................  Gustavus Community
                                             Association.
Hollis....................................  Hollis Community Council.
Hoonah....................................  City of Hoonah.
Hydaburg..................................  City of Hydaburg.
Kake......................................  City of Kake.
Kasaan....................................  City of Kasaan.
Klawock...................................  City of Klawock.
Metlakatla................................  Metlakatla Indian Village.
Meyers Chuck..............................  N/A.
Pelican...................................  City of Pelican.
Point Baker...............................  Point Baker Community.
Port Alexander............................  City of Port Alexander.
Port Protection...........................  Port Protection Community
                                             Association.
Tenakee Springs...........................  City of Tenakee Springs.
Thorne Bay................................  City of Thorne Bay.
Whale Pass................................  Whale Pass Community
                                             Association.
Akhiok....................................  City of Akhiok.
Chenega Bay...............................  Chenega IRA Village.
Chignik...................................  City of Chignik.
Chignik Lagoon............................  Chignik Lagoon Village
                                             Council.
Chignik Lake..............................  Chignik Lake Traditional
                                             Council.
Halibut Cove..............................  N/A.
Ivanof Bay................................  Ivanof Bay Village Council.
Karluk....................................  Native Village of Karluk.
King Cove.................................  City of King Cove.
Larsen Bay................................  City of Larsen Bay.
Nanwalek..................................  Nanwalek IRA Council.
Old Harbor................................  City of Old Harbor.
Ouzinkie..................................  City of Ouzinkie.
Perryville................................  Native Village of
                                             Perryville.
Port Graham...............................  Port Graham Village Council.
Port Lions................................  City of Port Lions.
Sand Point................................  City of Sand Point.
Seldovia..................................  City of Seldovia.
Tatitlek..................................  Native Village of Tatitlek.
Tyonek....................................  Native Village of Tyonek.
Yakutat...................................  City of Yakutat.
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