[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13787-13788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: C1-2015-05041]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 141021887-5172-02]
RIN 0648-XD587


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea 
and Aleutian Islands; 2015 and 2016 Harvest Specifications for 
Groundfish

Correction

    In rule document 2015-05041 beginning on page 11919 in the issue of 
Thursday, March 5, 2015, make the following correction(s):
    On page 11921, Table 1 should read:

     Table 1-Final 2015 Overfishing Level (OFL), Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC), Total Allowable Catch (TAC), Initial Tac (ITAC), and CDQ Reserve
                                                        Allocation of Groundfish in the BSAI \1\
                                                              [Amounts are in metric tons]
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                                                                                                               2015
                  Species                               Area             -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                OFL             ABC             TAC          ITAC \2\         CDQ \3\
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Pollock \4\...............................  BS..........................       3,330,000       1,637,000       1,310,000       1,179,000         131,000
                                            AI..........................          36,005          29,659          19,000          17,100           1,900
                                            Bogoslof....................          21,200          15,900             100             100               0
Pacific cod \5\...........................  BS..........................         346,000         255,000         240,000         214,320          25,680
                                            AI..........................          23,400          17,600           9,422           8,414           1,008
Sablefish.................................  BS..........................           1,575           1,333           1,333             567             183
                                            AI..........................           2,128           1,802           1,802             383             304
Yellowfin sole............................  BSAI........................         266,400         248,800         149,000         133,057          15,943
Greenland turbot..........................  BSAI........................           3,903           3,172           2,648           2,251             n/a
                                            BS..........................             n/a           2,448           2,448           2,081             262
                                            AI..........................             n/a             724             200             170               0
Arrowtooth flounder.......................  BSAI........................          93,856          80,547          22,000          18,700           2,354
Kamchatka flounder........................  BSAI........................          10,500           9,000           6,500           5,525               0
Rock sole.................................  BSAI........................         187,600         181,700          69,250          61,840           7,410
Flathead sole \6\.........................  BSAI........................          79,419          66,130          24,250          21,655           2,595
Alaska plaice.............................  BSAI........................          54,000          44,900          18,500          15,725               0
Other flatfish \7\........................  BSAI........................          17,700          13,250           3,620           3,077               0
Pacific ocean perch.......................  BSAI........................          42,558          34,988          32,021          28,250             n/a
                                            BS..........................             n/a           8,771           8,021           6,818               0
                                            EAI.........................             n/a           8,312           8,000           7,144             856
                                            CAI.........................             n/a           7,723           7,000           6,251             749
                                            WAI.........................             n/a          10,182           9,000           8,037             963
Northern rockfish.........................  BSAI........................          15,337          12,488           3,250           2,763               0
Rougheye rockfish \8\.....................  BSAI........................             560             453             349             297               0
                                            BS/EAI......................             n/a             149             149             127               0
                                            CAI/WAI.....................             n/a             304             200             170               0
Shortraker rockfish.......................  BSAI........................             690             518             250             213               0
Other rockfish \9\........................  BSAI........................           1,667           1,250             880             748               0
                                            BS..........................             n/a             695             325             276               0
                                            AI..........................             n/a             555             555             472               0
Atka mackerel.............................  BSAI........................         125,297         106,000          54,500          48,669           5,832
                                            BS/EAI......................             n/a          38,492          27,000          24,111           2,889
                                            CAI.........................             n/a          33,108          17,000          15,181           1,819
                                            WAI.........................             n/a          34,400          10,500           9,377           1,124
Skates....................................  BSAI........................          49,575          41,658          25,700          21,845               0
Sculpins..................................  BSAI........................          52,365          39,725           4,700           3,995               0
Sharks....................................  BSAI........................           1,363           1,022             125             106               0
Squids....................................  BSAI........................           2,624           1,970             400             340               0
Octopuses.................................  BSAI........................           3,452           2,589             400             340               0
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    TOTAL                                                                      4,769,174       2,848,454       2,000,000       1,789,278         197,038
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\1\ These amounts apply to the entire BSAI management area unless otherwise specified. With the exception of pollock, and for the purpose of these
  harvest specifications, the Bering Sea (BS) subarea includes the Bogoslof District.
\2\ Except for pollock, the portion of the sablefish TAC allocated to hook-and-line and pot gear, and Amendment 80 species, 15 percent of each TAC is
  put into a reserve. The ITAC for these species is the remainder of the TAC after the subtraction of these reserves. For pollock and Amendment 80
  species, ITAC is the non-CDQ allocation of TAC (see footnotes 3 and 5).

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\3\ For the Amendment 80 species (Atka mackerel, flathead sole, rock sole, yellowfin sole, Pacific cod, and Aleutian Islands Pacific ocean perch), 10.7
  percent of the TAC is reserved for use by CDQ participants (see Sec.  Sec.   679.20(b)(1)(ii)(C) and 679.31). Twenty percent of the sablefish TAC
  allocated to hook-and-line gear or pot gear, 7.5 percent of the sablefish TAC allocated to trawl gear, and 10.7 percent of the TACs for Bering Sea
  Greenland turbot and arrowtooth flounder are reserved for use by CDQ participants (see Sec.   679.20(b)(1)(ii)(B) and (D)). Aleutian Islands Greenland
  turbot, ``other flatfish,'' Alaska plaice, Bering Sea Pacific ocean perch, northern rockfish, shortraker rockfish, rougheye rockfish, ``other
  rockfish,'' skates, sculpins, sharks, squids, and octopuses are not allocated to the CDQ program.
\4\ Under Sec.   679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(1), the annual BS subarea pollock TAC after subtracting first for the CDQ directed fishing allowance (10 percent)
  and second for the incidental catch allowance (4.0 percent), is further allocated by sector for a pollock directed fishery as follows: Inshore--50
  percent; catcher/processor--40 percent; and motherships--10 percent. Under Sec.   679.20(a)(5)(iii)(B)(2)(i) and (ii), the annual Aleutian Islands
  subarea pollock TAC, after subtracting first for the CDQ directed fishing allowance (10 percent) and second for the incidental catch allowance (2,400
  mt) is allocated to the Aleut Corporation for a pollock directed fishery.
\5\ The BS Pacific cod TAC is reduced by 3 percent from the combined BSAI ABC to account for the State of Alaska's (State) guideline harvest level in
  State waters of the Bering Sea subarea. The AI Pacific cod TAC is reduced by 3 percent from the combined BSAI ABC to account for the State guideline
  harvest level in State waters of the Aleutian Islands subarea.
\6\ ``Flathead sole'' includes Hippoglossoides elassodon (flathead sole) and Hippoglossoides robustus (Bering flounder).
\7\ ``Other flatfish'' includes all flatfish species, except for halibut (a prohibited species), flathead sole, Greenland turbot, rock sole, yellowfin
  sole, arrowtooth flounder, Kamchatka flounder, and Alaska plaice.
\8\ ``Rougheye rockfish'' includes Sebastes aleutianus (rougheye) and Sebastes melanostictus (blackspotted).
\9\ ``Other rockfish'' includes all Sebastes and Sebastolobus species except for Pacific ocean perch, northern rockfish, dark rockfish, shortraker
  rockfish, and rougheye rockfish.
Note: Regulatory areas and districts are defined at Sec.   679.2 (BS=Bering Sea subarea, AI=Aleutian Islands subarea, EAI=Eastern Aleutian district,
  CAI=Central Aleutian district, WAI=Western Aleutian district.)


[FR Doc. C1-2015-05041 Filed 3-16-15; 8:45 am]
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