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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 32 / Friday, February 19, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
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TABLE 3FINAL 2021 DISTRIBUTION OF POLLOCK IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL REGULATORY AREAS OF THE GULF OF
ALASKA; AREA APPORTIONMENTS; AND SEASONAL ALLOWANCES OF ANNUAL TACContinued Values are rounded to the nearest metric ton 1
Shumigan Area 610

Season 2
Annual Total

18,477

Chirikof Area 620
54,870

Kodiak Area 630
24,320

Total 3
97,667

1 Area
apportionments and seasonal allowances may not total precisely due to rounding.
established by 679.23d2, the A and B season allowances are available from January 20 through May 31 and September 1 through November 1, respectively. The amounts of pollock for processing by the inshore and offshore components are not shown in this table.
3 The West Yakutat and Southeast Outside District pollock TACs are not allocated by season and are not included in the total pollock TACs shown in this table.
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TABLE 4FINAL 2022 DISTRIBUTION OF POLLOCK IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL REGULATORY AREAS OF THE GULF OF
ALASKA; AREA APPORTIONMENTS; AND SEASONAL ALLOWANCES OF ANNUAL TAC
Values are rounded to the nearest metric ton 1
Shumigan Area 610

Season 2

Chirikof Area 620

Kodiak Area 630

Total 3

A January 20May 31
B September 1November 1

695
15,372

36,294
11,420

5,476
15,672

42,465
42,465

Annual Total

16,067

47,714

21,149

84,929

1 Area
apportionments and seasonal allowances may not total precisely due to rounding.
established by 679.23d2, the A and B season allowances are available from January 20 through May 31 and September 1 through November 1, respectively. The amounts of pollock for processing by the inshore and offshore components are not shown in this table.
3 The West Yakutat and Southeast Outside District pollock TACs are not allocated by season and are not included in the total pollock TACs shown in this table.
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Annual and Seasonal Apportionments of Pacific Cod TAC
Pursuant to 679.20a12i, NMFS
seasonally allocates the 2021 and 2022
Pacific cod TACs in the Western and Central Regulatory Areas of the GOA
among gear and operational sectors. In the Western and Central Regulatory Areas, a portion of the annual TAC is apportioned to the A season for hookand-line, pot, and jig gear from January 1 through June 10, and for trawl gear from January 20 through June 10, and a portion of the annual TAC is apportioned to the B season for jig gear from June 10 through December 31, for hook-and-line and pot gear from September 1 through December 31, and for trawl gear from September 1 through November 1 679.20a12 and 679.23d3. NMFS also allocates the Pacific cod TACs annually between the inshore 90 percent and offshore 10
percent components in the Eastern Regulatory Area of the GOA
679.20a6ii.
In the Central GOA, the Pacific cod TAC is apportioned seasonally first to vessels using jig gear, and then among CVs less than 50 feet in length overall using hook-and-line gear, CVs equal to or greater than 50 feet in length overall using hook-and-line gear, catcher/
processors CPs using hook-and-line gear, CVs using trawl gear, CPs using trawl gear, and vessels using pot gear 679.20a12iB. In the Western
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GOA, the Pacific cod TAC is apportioned seasonally first to vessels using jig gear, and then among CVs using hook-and-line gear, CPs using hook-and-line gear, CVs using trawl gear, CPs using trawl gear, and vessels using pot gear 679.20a12iA.
Excluding seasonal apportionments to the jig sector, the seasonal apportionments of the annual TAC
among the non-jig sectors in the Western GOA are 63.84 percent to the A season and 36.16 percent to the B
season, and in the Central GOA are 64.16 percent to the A season and 35.84
percent to the B season.
Under 679.20a12ii, any overage or underage of the Pacific cod season allowance from the A season may be subtracted from, or added to, the subsequent B season allowance. In addition, any portion of the hook-andline, trawl, pot, or jig sector allocations that is determined by NMFS as likely to go unharvested by a sector may be reallocated to other sectors for harvest during the remainder of the fishery year.
Pursuant to 679.20a12iA and B, a portion of the annual Pacific cod TACs in the Western and Central GOA
will be allocated to vessels with a Federal fisheries permit that use jig gear before the TACs are apportioned among other non-jig sectors. In accordance with the FMP, the annual jig sector allocations may increase to up to 6
percent of the annual Western and Central GOA Pacific cod TACs,
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depending on the annual performance of the jig sector see Table 1 of Amendment 83 to the FMP for a detailed discussion of the jig sector allocation process 76 FR 74670, December 1, 2011. Jig sector allocation increases are established for a minimum of two years.
NMFS has evaluated the historical harvest performance of the jig sector in the Western and Central GOA, and is establishing the 2021 and 2022 Pacific cod apportionments to this sector based on its historical harvest performance through 2019. NMFS did not evaluate the 2020 performance of the jig sectors in the Western and Central GOA: Since NMFS prohibited directed fishing for all Pacific cod sectors in 2020, the catch for the jig sectors could not reach 90
percent of the initial allocation required for a performance increase 84 FR
70438, December 23, 2019. For 2021
and 2022, NMFS allocates the jig sector 3.5 percent of the annual Pacific cod TAC in the Western GOA. The 2021 and 2022 allocations consist of a base allocation of 1.5 percent of the Western GOA Pacific cod TAC, and prior additional performance increases of 2.0
percent. For 2021 and 2022, NMFS
allocates the jig sector 1.0 percent of the annual Pacific cod TAC in the Central GOA. The 2021 and 2022 allocations consist of a base allocation of 1.0
percent of the Central GOA Pacific cod TAC, and no additional performance increase in the Central GOA.

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