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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 111207737–2141–02]
RIN 0648–XC543
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.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS is reallocating the
projected unused amounts of the Aleut
Corporation’s pollock directed fishing
allowance and the Community
Development Quota from the Aleutian
Islands subarea to the Bering Sea
subarea directed fisheries. These actions
are necessary to provide opportunity for
harvest of the 2013 total allowable catch
of pollock, consistent with the goals and
objectives of the Fishery Management
Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands Management Area.
DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local
time (A.l.t.), March 8, 2013, until 2400
hrs, December 31, 2013, Alaska local
time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Whitney, 907–586–7269.
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 (Council)
under authority of the MagnusonStevens 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
portion of the 2013 pollock total
allowable catch (TAC) allocated to the
Aleut Corporation’s directed fishing
allowance (DFA) is 15,500 metric tons
(mt) and the Community Development
Quota (CDQ) is 1,900 mt as established
by the final 2013 and 2014 harvest
specifications for groundfish in the
BSAI (78 FR 13813, March 1, 2013).
As of March 1, 2013, the
Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS,
(Regional Administrator) has
determined that 10,500 mt of Aleut
Corporation’s DFA and 1,900 mt of
pollock CDQ in the Aleutian Islands
subarea will not be harvested.
Therefore, in accordance with
§ 679.20(a)(5)(iii)(B)(4), NMFS
reallocates 10,500 mt of Aleut
Corporation’s DFA and 1,900 mt of
pollock CDQ from the Aleutian Islands
subarea to the 2013 Bering Sea subarea
allocations. The 1,900 mt of pollock
CDQ is added to the 2013 Bering Sea
CDQ DFA. The remaining 10,500 mt of
pollock is apportioned to the AFA
Inshore sector (50 percent), AFA
catcher/processor sector (40 percent),
and the AFA mothership sector (10
percent). The 2013 pollock incidental
catch allowance remains at 33,699 mt.
As a result, the harvest specifications for
pollock in the Aleutian Islands subarea
included in the final 2013 and 2014
harvest specifications for groundfish in
the BSAI (78 FR 13813, March 1, 2013)
are revised as follows: 5,000 mt to Aleut
Corporation’s DFA and 0 mt to CDQ
pollock. Furthermore, pursuant to
§ 679.20(a)(5), Table 3 of the final 2013
and 2014 harvest specifications for
groundfish in the BSAI (78 FR 13813,
March 1, 2013) is revised to make 2013
pollock allocations consistent with this
reallocation. This reallocation results in
adjustments to the 2013 Aleut
Corporation and CDQ pollock
allocations established at § 679.20(a)(5).
TABLE 3—FINAL 2013 AND 2014 ALLOCATIONS OF POLLOCK TACS TO THE DIRECTED POLLOCK FISHERIES AND TO THE
CDQ DIRECTED FISHING ALLOWANCES (DFA) 1
[Amounts are in metric tons]
2013 A
season 1
2013
Allocations
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Area and sector
Bering Sea subarea ..............................................................
CDQ DFA ..............................................................................
ICA1 .......................................................................................
AFA Inshore ..........................................................................
AFA Catcher/Processors 3 ....................................................
Catch by C/Ps .......................................................................
Catch by CVs 3 ......................................................................
Unlisted C/P Limit 4 ...............................................................
AFA Motherships ...................................................................
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1,259,400
126,600
33,699
549,551
439,640
402,271
37,369
2,198
109,910
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A season
DFA
n/a
50,640
n/a
219,820
175,856
160,908
14,948
879
43,964
Fmt 4700
2013 B
season 1
SCA
harvest
limit 2
n/a
35,448
n/a
153,874
123,099
n/a
n/a
n/a
30,775
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B season
DFA
n/a
75,960
n/a
329,730
263,784
241,363
22,422
1,319
65,946
2014 A
season 1
2014
Allocations
1,247,000
124,700
33,669
544,316
435,452
398,439
37,013
2,177
108,863
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A season
DFA
n/a
49,880
n/a
217,726
174,181
159,376
14,805
871
43,545
SCA
harvest
limit 2
n/a
34,916
n/a
152,408
121,927
n/a
n/a
n/a
30,482
2014 B
season 1
B season
DFA
n/a
74,820
n/a
326,589
261,271
239,063
22,208
1,306
65,318
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TABLE 3—FINAL 2013 AND 2014 ALLOCATIONS OF POLLOCK TACS TO THE DIRECTED POLLOCK FISHERIES AND TO THE
CDQ DIRECTED FISHING ALLOWANCES (DFA) 1—Continued
[Amounts are in metric tons]
2013
Allocations
Area and sector
A season
DFA
SCA
harvest
limit 2
2014 B
season 1
2014 A
season 1
2013 B
season 1
2013 A
season 1
2014
Allocations
B season
DFA
A season
DFA
SCA
harvest
limit 2
B season
DFA
Excessive Harvesting Limit 5 .................................................
Excessive Processing Limit 6 ................................................
Total Bering Sea DFA ...........................................................
192,343
329,730
1,099,101
n/a
n/a
439,640
n/a
n/a
307,748
n/a
n/a
659,461
190,510
326,589
1,088,631
n/a
n/a
435,452
n/a
n/a
304,817
n/a
n/a
653,179
Aleutian Islands subarea 1 ....................................................
CDQ DFA ..............................................................................
ICA ........................................................................................
Aleut Corporation ..................................................................
6,600
0
1,600
5,000
n/a
0
800
5,000
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
0
800
0
19,000
1,900
1,600
15,500
n/a
760
800
14,360
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
1,140
800
1,140
Bogoslof District ICA 7 ...........................................................
100
n/a
n/a
n/a
100
n/a
n/a
n/a
1 Pursuant
to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A), the BS subarea pollock, after subtracting the CDQ DFA (10 percent) and the ICA (3 percent), is allocated as a DFA as follows:
Inshore sector—50 percent, catcher/processor sector (C/P)—40 percent, and mothership sector—10 percent. In the BS subarea, 40 percent of the DFA is allocated to
the A season (January 20–June 10) and 60 percent of the DFA is allocated to the B season (June 10–November 1). 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 (1,600 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 BS 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 less than 28 percent of the annual DFA is taken inside the
SCA before April 1, the remainder will be available to be taken inside the SCA after April 1.
3 Pursuant 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.
4 Pursuant 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.
5 Pursuant 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 non-CDQ pollock DFAs.
6 Pursuant 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 non-CDQ 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.
Note: Seasonal or sector apportionments may not total precisely due to rounding.
Classification
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This action responds to the best
available information recently obtained
from the fishery. The Acting 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 AI pollock.
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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 seasonal pollock allocations
while value is optimum. NMFS was
unable to publish a notice providing
time for public comment because the
most recent, relevant data only became
available as of March 1, 2013.
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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.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 5, 2013.
Kara Meckley,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 111207737-2141-02]
RIN 0648-XC543
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.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of the Aleut
Corporation's pollock directed fishing allowance and the Community
Development Quota from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea
subarea directed fisheries. These actions are necessary to provide
opportunity for harvest of the 2013 total allowable catch of pollock,
consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan
for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.
DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 8, 2013,
until 2400 hrs, December 31, 2013, Alaska local time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Whitney, 907-586-7269.
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
(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 portion of the 2013 pollock
total allowable catch (TAC) allocated to the Aleut Corporation's
directed fishing allowance (DFA) is 15,500 metric tons (mt) and the
Community Development Quota (CDQ) is 1,900 mt as established by the
final 2013 and 2014 harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI
(78 FR 13813, March 1, 2013).
As of March 1, 2013, the Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS,
(Regional Administrator) has determined that 10,500 mt of Aleut
Corporation's DFA and 1,900 mt of pollock CDQ in the Aleutian Islands
subarea will not be harvested. Therefore, in accordance with Sec.
679.20(a)(5)(iii)(B)(4), NMFS reallocates 10,500 mt of Aleut
Corporation's DFA and 1,900 mt of pollock CDQ from the Aleutian Islands
subarea to the 2013 Bering Sea subarea allocations. The 1,900 mt of
pollock CDQ is added to the 2013 Bering Sea CDQ DFA. The remaining
10,500 mt of pollock is apportioned to the AFA Inshore sector (50
percent), AFA catcher/processor sector (40 percent), and the AFA
mothership sector (10 percent). The 2013 pollock incidental catch
allowance remains at 33,699 mt. As a result, the harvest specifications
for pollock in the Aleutian Islands subarea included in the final 2013
and 2014 harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (78 FR
13813, March 1, 2013) are revised as follows: 5,000 mt to Aleut
Corporation's DFA and 0 mt to CDQ pollock. Furthermore, pursuant to
Sec. 679.20(a)(5), Table 3 of the final 2013 and 2014 harvest
specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (78 FR 13813, March 1, 2013)
is revised to make 2013 pollock allocations consistent with this
reallocation. This reallocation results in adjustments to the 2013
Aleut Corporation and CDQ pollock allocations established at Sec.
679.20(a)(5).
Table 3--Final 2013 and 2014 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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2013 A season \1\ 2013 B 2014 A season \1\ 2014 B
---------------------- season ---------------------- season
2013 \1\ 2014 \1\
Area and sector Allocations A season SCA ----------- Allocations A season SCA ----------
DFA harvest B season DFA harvest B season
limit \2\ DFA limit \2\ DFA
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Bering Sea subarea........................................ 1,259,400 n/a n/a n/a 1,247,000 n/a n/a n/a
CDQ DFA................................................... 126,600 50,640 35,448 75,960 124,700 49,880 34,916 74,820
ICA\1\.................................................... 33,699 n/a n/a n/a 33,669 n/a n/a n/a
AFA Inshore............................................... 549,551 219,820 153,874 329,730 544,316 217,726 152,408 326,589
AFA Catcher/Processors \3\................................ 439,640 175,856 123,099 263,784 435,452 174,181 121,927 261,271
Catch by C/Ps............................................. 402,271 160,908 n/a 241,363 398,439 159,376 n/a 239,063
Catch by CVs \3\.......................................... 37,369 14,948 n/a 22,422 37,013 14,805 n/a 22,208
Unlisted C/P Limit \4\.................................... 2,198 879 n/a 1,319 2,177 871 n/a 1,306
AFA Motherships........................................... 109,910 43,964 30,775 65,946 108,863 43,545 30,482 65,318
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Excessive Harvesting Limit \5\............................ 192,343 n/a n/a n/a 190,510 n/a n/a n/a
Excessive Processing Limit \6\............................ 329,730 n/a n/a n/a 326,589 n/a n/a n/a
Total Bering Sea DFA...................................... 1,099,101 439,640 307,748 659,461 1,088,631 435,452 304,817 653,179
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Aleutian Islands subarea \1\.............................. 6,600 n/a n/a n/a 19,000 n/a n/a n/a
CDQ DFA................................................... 0 0 n/a 0 1,900 760 n/a 1,140
ICA....................................................... 1,600 800 n/a 800 1,600 800 n/a 800
Aleut Corporation......................................... 5,000 5,000 n/a 0 15,500 14,360 n/a 1,140
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Bogoslof District ICA \7\................................. 100 n/a n/a n/a 100 n/a n/a n/a
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\1\ Pursuant to Sec. 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A), the BS subarea pollock, after subtracting the CDQ DFA (10 percent) and the ICA (3 percent), is allocated as a
DFA as follows: Inshore sector--50 percent, catcher/processor sector (C/P)--40 percent, and mothership sector--10 percent. In the BS subarea, 40
percent of the DFA is allocated to the A season (January 20-June 10) and 60 percent of the DFA is allocated to the B season (June 10-November 1).
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 (1,600 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 BS 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 less than 28 percent of the annual
DFA is taken inside the SCA before April 1, the remainder will be 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 non-CDQ
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 non-CDQ
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.
Note: Seasonal or sector apportionments may not total precisely due to rounding.
Classification
This action responds to the best available information recently
obtained from the fishery. The Acting 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 AI 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 seasonal pollock allocations while value is optimum.
NMFS was unable to publish a notice providing time for public comment
because the most recent, relevant data only became available as of
March 1, 2013.
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: March 5, 2013.
Kara Meckley,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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