[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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