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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 060216045–6045–01; I.D.
081506A]
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of
Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; reallocation.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS is reallocating the
projected unused amounts of
Community Development Quota (CDQ)
and non-CDQ pollock from the Aleutian
Islands subarea to the Bering Sea
subarea and Bering Sea subarea pollock
from the incidental catch allowance to
the directed fisheries. These actions are
necessary to provide opportunity for
harvest of the 2006 total allowable catch
(TAC) of pollock, consistent with the
goals and objectives of the Fishery
Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (FMP).
DATES: Effective August 16, 2006,
through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time
(A.l.t.), December 31, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh
Keaton, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
BSAI according to the FMP prepared by
the North Pacific Fishery Management
Council under authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act.
Regulations governing fishing by U.S.
vessels in accordance with the FMP
appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600
and 50 CFR part 679.
In the Aleutian Islands subarea, the
2006 TAC of non-CDQ pollock is 9,500
metric tons (mt) and the CDQ pollock is
1,140 mt as established by the 2006 and
2007 final harvest specifications for
groundfish in the BSAI (71 FR 10894,
March 3, 2006) and the reallocation on
March 3, 2006 (71 FR 11541, March 8,
2006).
As of August 10, 2006, the
Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS,
(Regional Administrator) has
determined that the following amounts
of pollock in the Aleutian Islands
subarea will not be harvested: 4,000 mt
of non-CDQ pollock and 1,140 mt of
CDQ pollock. Therefore, in accordance
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with § 679.20(a)(5)(iii)(B)(4), NMFS
proportionally reallocates 4,000 mt of
non-CDQ pollock and 1,140 mt of CDQ
pollock from the Aleutian Islands
subarea to the 2006 Bering Sea subarea
B season allocations, as listed in Tables
3 and 10 of the 2006 and 2007 final
harvest specifications for groundfish in
the BSAI (71 FR 11541, March 8, 2006).
The harvest specifications for pollock
in the Aleutian Islands subarea included
in the harvest specifications for
groundfish in the BSAI (71 FR 11541,
March 8, 2006) are revised as follows:
5,500 mt to non-CDQ pollock and 0 mt
to CDQ pollock.
The 2006 pollock incidental catch
allowance in the BS was established as
44,967 mt by the 2006 and 2007 final
harvest specifications for groundfish in
the BSAI (71 FR 10894, March 3, 2006),
in accordance with
§ 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(1) and the American
Fisheries Act (AFA) (Public Law 105
277, Division C, Title II).
As of August 10, 2006, the
Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS,
has determined that approximately
20,072 mt of pollock remain in the
incidental catch allowance. Based on
projected harvest rates of other
groundfish species and the expected
incidental catch of pollock in those
fisheries, the Regional Administrator
has determined that 14,000 mt of
pollock specified in the incidental catch
allowance will not be necessary as
incidental catch. Therefore, NMFS is
apportioning the projected unused
amount, 14,000 mt, of pollock from the
incidental catch allowance to the
directed fishing allowances established
pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A).
Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5), Tables 3
and 10 of the 2006 and 2007 final
harvest specifications for groundfish in
the BSAI (71 FR 11541, March 8, 2006)
are revised for 2006 non-CDQ pollock
and CDQ pollock allocations consistent
with this reallocation. This reallocation
results in proportional adjustments to
the 2006 B season non-CDQ pollock
directed fishery allocation (DFA)
established at § 679.20(a)(5).
TABLE 3—2006 AND 2007 ALLOCATIONS OF POLLOCK TACS TO THE DIRECTED POLLOCK FISHERIES AND
TO THE CDQ DIRECTED FISHING ALLOWANCES (DFA)1
[Amounts are in metric tons]
2006 A season1
Area and sector
Bering Sea subarea
CDQ DFA
ICA
AFA Inshore
AFA Catcher/Processors3
Catch by C/Ps
Catch by CVs3
Unlisted C/P Limit4
AFA Motherships
Excessive Harvesting Limit5
Excessive Processing Limit6
Total Bering Sea DFA
2006 Allocations
2006 B
season1
A season
DFA
SCA harvest limit2
B season
DFA
1,496,700
150,400
30,967
657,666
526,133
481,412
44,721
2,631
131,533
256,503
439,720
1,465,733
n/a
60,160
n/a
261,148
208,918
191,160
17,758
1,045
52,230
n/a
n/a
582,456
n/a
41,793
n/a
181,626
145,301
n/a
n/a
n/a
36,325
n/a
n/a
405,045
n/a
90,240
n/a
396,518
317,215
290,252
26,963
1,586
79,304
n/a
n/a
883,277
6,160
0
1,800
5,500
n/a
n/a
1,200
4,000
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
10
n/a
n/a
Aleutian Islands subarea1
CDQ DFA
ICA
Aleut Corporation
Bogoslof District ICA7
2007 A season1
2007 Allocations
A season
DFA
SCA harvest limit2
B season
DFA
1,500,000
149,670
45,236
652,547
522,038
477,664
44,373
2,610
130,509
228,391
391,528
1,454,764
n/a
59,868
n/a
261,019
208,815
191,066
17,749
1,044
52,204
n/a
n/a
581,906
n/a
41,908
n/a
182,713
146,171
n/a
n/a
n/a
36,543
n/a
n/a
407,334
n/a
89,802
n/a
391,528
313,223
286,599
26,624
1,566
78,306
n/a
n/a
872,858
n/a
0
600
1,500
19,000
1,900
1,800
15,300
n/a
760
1,200
9,800
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
1,140
600
5,500
n/a
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
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2007 B
season1
to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A), the Bering Sea subarea pollock, after subtraction for the CDQ DFA - 10 percent and the ICA - 3.35 percent,
is allocated as a DFA as follows: inshore component - 50 percent, catcher/processor component - 40 percent, and mothership component - 10
percent. In the Bering Sea subarea, the A season, January 20 - June 10, is allocated 40 percent of the DFA and the B season, June 10 - November 1, is allocated 60 percent of the DFA. Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(iii)(B)(2)(i) and (ii), the annual AI pollock TAC, after subtracting first for
the CDQ directed fishing allowance - 10 percent and second the ICA - 1,800 mt, is allocated to the Aleut Corporation for a directed pollock fishery. In the AI subarea, the A season is allocated 40 percent of the ABC and the B season is allocated the remainder of the directed pollock fishery.
2In the Bering Sea subarea, no more than 28 percent of each sector’s annual DFA may be taken from the SCA before April 1. The remaining
12 percent of the annual DFA allocated to the A season may be taken outside of SCA before April 1 or inside the SCA after April 1. If 28 percent
of the annual DFA is not taken inside the SCA before April 1, the remainder is available to be taken inside the SCA after April 1.
3Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(4), not less than 8.5 percent of the DFA allocated to listed catcher/processors shall be available for harvest
only by eligible catcher vessels delivering to listed catcher/processors.
4Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(4)(iii), the AFA unlisted catcher/processors are limited to harvesting not more than 0.5 percent of the catcher/
processors sector’s allocation of pollock.
5Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(6) NMFS establishes an excessive harvesting share limit equal to 17.5 percent of the sum of the pollock
DFAs.
6Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(7) NMFS establishes an excessive processing share limit equal to 30.0 percent of the sum of the pollock
DFAs.
7The Bogoslof District is closed by the final harvest specifications to directed fishing for pollock. The amounts specified are for ICA only, and
are not apportioned by season or sector.
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TABLE 10—2006 AND 2007 BERING SEA SUBAREA INSHORE COOPERATIVE ALLOCATIONS
[Amounts are in metric tons]
Sum of member vessel’s
official catch
histories1 (mt)
2006 Annual
cooperative
allocation (mt)
2007 Annual
cooperative
allocation (mt)
31.145
204830
203,186
Arctic Enterprise Association
1.146
7,535
7,476
Northern Victor Fleet Cooperative
8.412
55,326
54,879
Peter Pan Fleet Cooperative
2.876
18,916
18,763
Unalaska Cooperative
12.191
80,173
79,533
UniSea Fleet Cooperative
25.324
166,549
165,211
Westward Fleet Cooperative
18.906
124,336
123,340
0
0
0
100
657,666
652,388
Cooperative name and member vessels
Percentage of
inshore sector
allocation
Akutan Catcher Vessel Association
Open access AFA vessels
Total inshore allocation
875,572
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to regulations at § 679.62(e)(1), the individual catch history for each vessel is equal to the vessel’s best 2 of 3 years inshore pollock
landings from 1995 through 1997 and includes landings to catcher/processors for vessels that made 500 or more mt of landings to catcher/processors from 1995 through 1997.≤
Classification
This action responds to the best
available information recently obtained
from the fishery. The Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA
(AA), finds good cause to waive the
requirement to provide prior notice and
opportunity for public comment
pursuant to the authority set forth at 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest. This requirement is
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest as it would prevent NMFS from
responding to the most recent fisheries
data in a timely fashion and would
delay the reallocation of Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands pollock. Since the
pollock fishery is currently open, it is
important to immediately inform the
industry as to the final Bering Sea
subarea pollock allocations. Immediate
notification is necessary to allow for the
orderly conduct and efficient operation
of this fishery; allow the industry to
plan for the fishing season and avoid
potential disruption to the fishing fleet
as well as processors; and provide
opportunity to harvest increased B
season pollock allocations while value
is optimum.
The AA also finds good cause to
waive the 30-day delay in the effective
date of this action under 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3). This finding is based upon
the reasons provided above for waiver of
prior notice and opportunity for public
comment.
This action is required by § 679.20
and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
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Dated: August 15, 2006.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 060216045–6045–01; I.D.
081406C]
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closures and
openings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed
fishing for Atka mackerel with gears
other than jig gear in the Eastern
Aleutian District and the Bering Sea
subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands management area (BSAI). This
action is necessary to prevent exceeding
the 2006 total allowable catch (TAC) of
Atka mackerel in these areas. NMFS is
also announcing the opening and
closing dates of the first and second
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directed fisheries within the harvest
limit area (HLA) in Statistical Areas 542
and 543. These actions are necessary to
prevent exceeding the HLA limits
established for the Central (area 542)
and Western (area 543) Aleutian
Districts pursuant to the 2006 Atka
mackerel TAC.
DATES: The effective dates are provided
in Table 1 under the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section of this temporary
action.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Hogan, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
BSAI exclusive economic zone
according to the Fishery Management
Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands Management Area
(FMP) prepared by the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council under
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act. Regulations governing fishing by
U.S. vessels in accordance with the FMP
appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600
and 50 CFR part 679.
The 2006 TAC of Atka mackerel
specified for other gear in the Eastern
Aleutian District and the Bering Sea
subarea was established as 6,868 metric
tons (mt) by the 2006 and 2007 final
harvest specifications for groundfish in
the BSAI (71 FR 10899, March 3, 2006).
See § 679.20(a)(8)(ii) and (c)(3)(iii).
In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i)
and (d)(1)(ii)(B), the Acting
Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS
(Regional Administrator), has
determined that 500 mt of the 2006 Atka
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50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 060216045-6045-01; I.D. 081506A]
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation
of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; reallocation.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of Community
Development Quota (CDQ) and non-CDQ pollock from the Aleutian Islands
subarea to the Bering Sea subarea and Bering Sea subarea pollock from
the incidental catch allowance to the directed fisheries. These actions
are necessary to provide opportunity for harvest of the 2006 total
allowable catch (TAC) of pollock, consistent with the goals and
objectives of the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering
Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP).
DATES: Effective August 16, 2006, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time
(A.l.t.), December 31, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh Keaton, 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the groundfish fishery in the
BSAI according to the FMP prepared by the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council under authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act. Regulations governing fishing by U.S.
vessels in accordance with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part
600 and 50 CFR part 679.
In the Aleutian Islands subarea, the 2006 TAC of non-CDQ pollock is
9,500 metric tons (mt) and the CDQ pollock is 1,140 mt as established
by the 2006 and 2007 final harvest specifications for groundfish in the
BSAI (71 FR 10894, March 3, 2006) and the reallocation on March 3, 2006
(71 FR 11541, March 8, 2006).
As of August 10, 2006, the Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS,
(Regional Administrator) has determined that the following amounts of
pollock in the Aleutian Islands subarea will not be harvested: 4,000 mt
of non-CDQ pollock and 1,140 mt of CDQ pollock. Therefore, in
accordance
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with Sec. 679.20(a)(5)(iii)(B)(4), NMFS proportionally reallocates
4,000 mt of non-CDQ pollock and 1,140 mt of CDQ pollock from the
Aleutian Islands subarea to the 2006 Bering Sea subarea B season
allocations, as listed in Tables 3 and 10 of the 2006 and 2007 final
harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (71 FR 11541, March
8, 2006).
The harvest specifications for pollock in the Aleutian Islands
subarea included in the harvest specifications for groundfish in the
BSAI (71 FR 11541, March 8, 2006) are revised as follows: 5,500 mt to
non-CDQ pollock and 0 mt to CDQ pollock.
The 2006 pollock incidental catch allowance in the BS was
established as 44,967 mt by the 2006 and 2007 final harvest
specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (71 FR 10894, March 3, 2006),
in accordance with Sec. 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(1) and the American
Fisheries Act (AFA) (Public Law 105 277, Division C, Title II).
As of August 10, 2006, the Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, has
determined that approximately 20,072 mt of pollock remain in the
incidental catch allowance. Based on projected harvest rates of other
groundfish species and the expected incidental catch of pollock in
those fisheries, the Regional Administrator has determined that 14,000
mt of pollock specified in the incidental catch allowance will not be
necessary as incidental catch. Therefore, NMFS is apportioning the
projected unused amount, 14,000 mt, of pollock from the incidental
catch allowance to the directed fishing allowances established pursuant
to Sec. 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A).
Pursuant to Sec. 679.20(a)(5), Tables 3 and 10 of the 2006 and
2007 final harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (71 FR
11541, March 8, 2006) are revised for 2006 non-CDQ pollock and CDQ
pollock allocations consistent with this reallocation. This
reallocation results in proportional adjustments to the 2006 B season
non-CDQ pollock directed fishery allocation (DFA) established at Sec.
679.20(a)(5).
TABLE 3--2006 AND 2007 ALLOCATIONS OF POLLOCK TACS TO THE DIRECTED POLLOCK FISHERIES AND TO THE CDQ DIRECTED FISHING ALLOWANCES (DFA)\1\
[Amounts are in metric tons]
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2006 A season\1\ 2006 B 2007 A season\1\ 2007 B
---------------------- season\1\ ---------------------- season\1\
Area and sector 2006 SCA ----------- 2007 SCA ----------
Allocations A season harvest B season Allocations A season harvest B season
DFA limit\2\ DFA DFA limit\2\ DFA
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Bering Sea subarea 1,496,700 n/a n/a n/a 1,500,000 n/a n/a n/a
CDQ DFA 150,400 60,160 41,793 90,240 149,670 59,868 41,908 89,802
ICA 30,967 n/a n/a n/a 45,236 n/a n/a n/a
AFA Inshore 657,666 261,148 181,626 396,518 652,547 261,019 182,713 391,528
AFA Catcher/Processors\3\ 526,133 208,918 145,301 317,215 522,038 208,815 146,171 313,223
Catch by C/Ps 481,412 191,160 n/a 290,252 477,664 191,066 n/a 286,599
Catch by CVs\3\ 44,721 17,758 n/a 26,963 44,373 17,749 n/a 26,624
Unlisted C/P Limit\4\ 2,631 1,045 n/a 1,586 2,610 1,044 n/a 1,566
AFA Motherships 131,533 52,230 36,325 79,304 130,509 52,204 36,543 78,306
Excessive Harvesting Limit\5\ 256,503 n/a n/a n/a 228,391 n/a n/a n/a
Excessive Processing Limit\6\ 439,720 n/a n/a n/a 391,528 n/a n/a n/a
Total Bering Sea DFA 1,465,733 582,456 405,045 883,277 1,454,764 581,906 407,334 872,858
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Aleutian Islands subarea\1\ 6,160 n/a n/a n/a 19,000 n/a n/a n/a
CDQ DFA 0 n/a n/a 0 1,900 760 n/a 1,140
ICA 1,800 1,200 n/a 600 1,800 1,200 n/a 600
Aleut Corporation 5,500 4,000 n/a 1,500 15,300 9,800 n/a 5,500
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Bogoslof District ICA\7\ 10 n/a n/a n/a 10 n/a n/a n/a
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\1\Pursuant to Sec. 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A), the Bering Sea subarea pollock, after subtraction for the CDQ DFA - 10 percent and the ICA - 3.35 percent, is
allocated as a DFA as follows: inshore component - 50 percent, catcher/processor component - 40 percent, and mothership component - 10 percent. In the
Bering Sea subarea, the A season, January 20 - June 10, is allocated 40 percent of the DFA and the B season, June 10 - November 1, is allocated 60
percent of the DFA. Pursuant to Sec. 679.20(a)(5)(iii)(B)(2)(i) and (ii), the annual AI pollock TAC, after subtracting first for the CDQ directed
fishing allowance - 10 percent and second the ICA - 1,800 mt, is allocated to the Aleut Corporation for a directed pollock fishery. In the AI subarea,
the A season is allocated 40 percent of the ABC and the B season is allocated the remainder of the directed pollock fishery.
\2\In the Bering Sea subarea, no more than 28 percent of each sector's annual DFA may be taken from the SCA before April 1. The remaining 12 percent of
the annual DFA allocated to the A season may be taken outside of SCA before April 1 or inside the SCA after April 1. If 28 percent of the annual DFA
is not taken inside the SCA before April 1, the remainder is available to be taken inside the SCA after April 1.
\3\Pursuant to Sec. 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(4), not less than 8.5 percent of the DFA allocated to listed catcher/processors shall be available for harvest
only by eligible catcher vessels delivering to listed catcher/processors.
\4\Pursuant to Sec. 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(4)(iii), the AFA unlisted catcher/processors are limited to harvesting not more than 0.5 percent of the catcher/
processors sector's allocation of pollock.
\5\Pursuant to Sec. 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(6) NMFS establishes an excessive harvesting share limit equal to 17.5 percent of the sum of the pollock DFAs.
\6\Pursuant to Sec. 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(7) NMFS establishes an excessive processing share limit equal to 30.0 percent of the sum of the pollock DFAs.
\7\The Bogoslof District is closed by the final harvest specifications to directed fishing for pollock. The amounts specified are for ICA only, and are
not apportioned by season or sector.
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TABLE 10--2006 AND 2007 BERING SEA SUBAREA INSHORE COOPERATIVE ALLOCATIONS
[Amounts are in metric tons]
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Sum of member
vessel's official Percentage of 2006 Annual 2007 Annual
Cooperative name and member vessels catch histories\1\ inshore sector cooperative cooperative
(mt) allocation allocation (mt) allocation (mt)
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Akutan Catcher Vessel Association ................... 31.145 204830 203,186
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Arctic Enterprise Association ................... 1.146 7,535 7,476
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Northern Victor Fleet Cooperative ................... 8.412 55,326 54,879
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Peter Pan Fleet Cooperative ................... 2.876 18,916 18,763
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Unalaska Cooperative ................... 12.191 80,173 79,533
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UniSea Fleet Cooperative ................... 25.324 166,549 165,211
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Westward Fleet Cooperative ................... 18.906 124,336 123,340
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Open access AFA vessels ................... 0 0 0
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Total inshore allocation 875,572 100 657,666 652,388
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\1\According to regulations at Sec. 679.62(e)(1), the individual catch history for each vessel is equal to the
vessel's best 2 of 3 years inshore pollock landings from 1995 through 1997 and includes landings to catcher/
processors for vessels that made 500 or more mt of landings to catcher/processors from 1995 through 1997.>
Classification
This action responds to the best available information recently
obtained from the fishery. The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
NOAA (AA), finds good cause to waive the requirement to provide prior
notice and opportunity for public comment pursuant to the authority set
forth at 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is impracticable and
contrary to the public interest. This requirement is impracticable and
contrary to the public interest as it would prevent NMFS from
responding to the most recent fisheries data in a timely fashion and
would delay the reallocation of Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
pollock. Since the pollock fishery is currently open, it is important
to immediately inform the industry as to the final Bering Sea subarea
pollock allocations. Immediate notification is necessary to allow for
the orderly conduct and efficient operation of this fishery; allow the
industry to plan for the fishing season and avoid potential disruption
to the fishing fleet as well as processors; and provide opportunity to
harvest increased B season pollock allocations while value is optimum.
The AA also finds good cause to waive the 30-day delay in the
effective date of this action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). This finding is
based upon the reasons provided above for waiver of prior notice and
opportunity for public comment.
This action is required by Sec. 679.20 and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 15, 2006.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 06-7052 Filed 8-16-06; 2:14 pm]
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