Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska, 12952-12953 [2019-06496]
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Chugach communities: Chenega Bay,
Tatitlek):
(i) Season: April 2–May 31 and July
1–August 31.
(ii) Closure: June 1–30.
(2) Prince William Sound Area East
(Harvest area: Game Management Units
6[B]and [C]—Barrier Islands between
Strawberry Channel and Softtuk Bar),
(Eligible Chugach communities:
Cordova, Tatitlek, and Chenega Bay):
(i) Season: April 2–April 30 (hunting);
May 1–May 31 (gull egg gathering).
(ii) Closure: May 1–August 31
(hunting); April 2–30 and June 1–
August 31 (gull egg gathering).
(iii) Species Open for Hunting:
Greater white-fronted goose; snow
goose; gadwall; Eurasian and American
wigeon; blue-winged and green-winged
teal; mallard; northern shoveler;
northern pintail; canvasback; redhead;
ring-necked duck; greater and lesser
scaup; king and common eider;
harlequin duck; surf, white-winged, and
black scoter; long-tailed duck;
bufflehead; common and Barrow’s
goldeneye; hooded, common, and redbreasted merganser; and sandhill crane.
Species open for egg gathering:
glaucous-winged, herring, and mew
gulls.
(iv) Use of Boats/All-Terrain Vehicles:
No hunting from motorized vehicles or
any form of watercraft.
(v) Special Registration: All hunters or
egg gatherers must possess an annual
permit, which is available from the
Cordova offices of the Native Village of
Eyak and the U.S. Forest Service.
(3) Kachemak Bay Area (Harvest area:
Game Management Unit 15[C] South of
a line connecting the tip of Homer Spit
to the mouth of Fox River) (Eligible
Chugach Communities: Port Graham,
Nanwalek):
(i) Season: April 2–May 31 and July
1–August 31.
(ii) Closure: June 1–30.
(k) Cook Inlet (Harvest area: portions
of Game Management Unit 16[B] as
specified below) (Eligible communities:
Tyonek only):
(1) Season: April 2–May 31—That
portion of Game Management Unit 16(B)
south of the Skwentna River and west
of the Yentna River, and August 1–31—
That portion of Game Management Unit
16(B) south of the Beluga River, Beluga
Lake, and the Triumvirate Glacier.
(2) Closure: June 1–July 31.
(l) Southeast Alaska. (1) Community
of Hoonah (Harvest area: National Forest
lands in Icy Strait and Cross Sound,
including Middle Pass Rock near the
Inian Islands, Table Rock in Cross
Sound, and other traditional locations
on the coast of Yakobi Island. The land
and waters of Glacier Bay National Park
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remain closed to all subsistence
harvesting (50 CFR part 100.3(a)):
(i) Season: glaucous-winged gull egg
gathering only: May 15–June 30.
(ii) Closure: July 1–August 31.
(2) Communities of Craig and
Hydaburg (Harvest area: small islands
and adjacent shoreline of western Prince
of Wales Island from Point Baker to
Cape Chacon, but also including
Coronation and Warren islands):
(i) Season: glaucous-winged gull egg
gathering only: May 15–June 30.
(ii) Closure: July 1–August 31.
(3) Community of Yakutat (Harvest
area: Icy Bay (Icy Cape to Point Riou),
and coastal lands and islands bordering
the Gulf of Alaska from Point Manby
southeast to and including Dry Bay):
(i) Season: glaucous-winged gull egg
gathering: May 15–June 30.
(ii) Closure: July 1–August 31.
3. Amend subpart D by adding § 92.32
to read as follows:
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§ 92.32 Emergency regulations to protect
Steller’s eiders.
Upon finding that continuation of
these subsistence regulations would
pose an imminent threat to the
conservation of threatened Steller’s
eiders (Polysticta stelleri), the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service Alaska Regional
Director, in consultation with the Comanagement Council, will immediately
under § 92.21 take action as is necessary
to prevent further take. Regulation
changes implemented could range from
a temporary closure of duck hunting in
a small geographic area to large-scale
regional or statewide long-term closures
of all subsistence migratory bird
hunting. These closures or temporary
suspensions will remain in effect until
the Regional Director, in consultation
with the Co-management Council,
determines that the potential for
additional Steller’s eiders to be taken no
longer exists.
Dated: March 27, 2019.
Margaret E. Everson,
Principal Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Exercising the Authority of
the Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 180831813–9170–02]
RIN 0648–XG935
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical
Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS is prohibiting directed
fishing for pollock in Statistical Area
610 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This
action is necessary to prevent exceeding
the B season allowance of the 2019 total
allowable catch of pollock for Statistical
Area 610 in the GOA.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska
local time (A.l.t.), March 29, 2019,
through 1200 hours, A.l.t., May 31,
2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh
Keaton, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
GOA exclusive economic zone
according to the Fishery Management
Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of
Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North
Pacific Fishery Management 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.
The B season allowance of the 2019
total allowable catch (TAC) of pollock in
Statistical Area 610 of the GOA is 848
metric tons (mt) as established by the
final 2019 and 2020 harvest
specifications for groundfish in the GOA
(84 FR 9416, March 14, 2019). In
accordance with § 679.20(a)(5)(iv)(B),
the Regional Administrator hereby
increases the B seasonal apportionment
for Statistical Area 610 by 54 mt to
account for the underharvest of the TAC
in Statistical Area 630 in the A season.
This increase is in proportion to the
estimated pollock biomass and is not
greater than 20 percent of the B seasonal
apportionment of the TAC in Statistical
Area 610. Therefore, the revised B
seasonal apportionment of pollock TAC
in Statistical Area 610 is 902 mt (848 mt
plus 54 mt).
In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i),
the Regional Administrator has
SUMMARY:
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determined that the B season allowance
of the 2019 TAC of pollock in Statistical
Area 610 of the GOA will soon be
reached. Therefore, the Regional
Administrator is establishing a directed
fishing allowance of 802 mt and is
setting aside the remaining 100 mt as
bycatch to support other anticipated
groundfish fisheries. In accordance with
§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional
Administrator finds that this directed
fishing allowance has been reached.
Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting
directed fishing for pollock in Statistical
Area 610 of the GOA.
While this closure is effective, the
maximum retainable amounts at
§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time
during a trip.
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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 closure of directed fishing for
pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the
GOA. NMFS was unable to publish a
notice providing time for public
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comment because the most recent,
relevant data only became available as
of March 28, 2019.
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 29, 2019.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting 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. 180831813-9170-02]
RIN 0648-XG935
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in
Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in
Statistical Area 610 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is
necessary to prevent exceeding the B season allowance of the 2019 total
allowable catch of pollock for Statistical Area 610 in the GOA.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 29,
2019, through 1200 hours, A.l.t., May 31, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh Keaton, 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the groundfish fishery in the
GOA exclusive economic zone according to the Fishery Management Plan
for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (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 B season allowance of the 2019 total allowable catch (TAC) of
pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the GOA is 848 metric tons (mt) as
established by the final 2019 and 2020 harvest specifications for
groundfish in the GOA (84 FR 9416, March 14, 2019). In accordance with
Sec. 679.20(a)(5)(iv)(B), the Regional Administrator hereby increases
the B seasonal apportionment for Statistical Area 610 by 54 mt to
account for the underharvest of the TAC in Statistical Area 630 in the
A season. This increase is in proportion to the estimated pollock
biomass and is not greater than 20 percent of the B seasonal
apportionment of the TAC in Statistical Area 610. Therefore, the
revised B seasonal apportionment of pollock TAC in Statistical Area 610
is 902 mt (848 mt plus 54 mt).
In accordance with Sec. 679.20(d)(1)(i), the Regional
Administrator has
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determined that the B season allowance of the 2019 TAC of pollock in
Statistical Area 610 of the GOA will soon be reached. Therefore, the
Regional Administrator is establishing a directed fishing allowance of
802 mt and is setting aside the remaining 100 mt as bycatch to support
other anticipated groundfish fisheries. In accordance with Sec.
679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional Administrator finds that this directed
fishing allowance has been reached. Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting
directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the GOA.
While this closure is effective, the maximum retainable amounts at
Sec. 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time during a trip.
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 closure of directed fishing for pollock in Statistical
Area 610 of the GOA. NMFS was unable to publish a notice providing time
for public comment because the most recent, relevant data only became
available as of March 28, 2019.
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 29, 2019.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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