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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 36 / Thursday, February 25, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
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TABLE 1FINAL 2021 OVERFISHING LEVEL OFL, ACCEPTABLE BIOLOGICAL CATCH ABC, TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH
TAC, INITIAL TAC ITAC, CDQ RESERVE ALLOCATION, AND NON-SPECIFIED RESERVE OF GROUNDFISH IN THE
BSAI 1Continued Amounts are in metric tons 2021
Species
Area
Total

ITAC 2

OFL

ABC

TAC

3,945,315

2,747,727

2,000,000

Nonspecified reserves
CDQ 3

1,790,634

195,466

13,900

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, BS 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 Atka mackerel, yellowfin sole, rock sole, flathead sole, Pacific cod, and AI Pacific ocean perch, 15 percent of each TAC is put into a non-specified 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 4.
3 For the Amendment 80 species Atka mackerel, flathead sole, rock sole, yellowfin sole, Pacific cod, and AI Pacific ocean perch, 10.7 percent of the TAC is reserved for use by CDQ participants see 679.20b1iiC 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 BS Greenland turbot and arrowtooth flounder are reserved for use by CDQ participants see 679.20b1iiB and D. AI Greenland turbot, other flatfish, Alaska plaice, BS Pacific ocean perch, northern rockfish, shortraker rockfish, blackspotted/rougheye rockfish, Kamchatka flounder, other rockfish, skates, sharks, and octopuses are not allocated to the CDQ program.
4 Under 679.20a5iA, the annual BS pollock TAC, after subtracting first for the CDQ directed fishing allowance 10 percent and second for the incidental catch allowance 4 percent, is further allocated by sector for a pollock directed fishery as follows: Inshore50 percent; catcher/
processor40 percent; and motherships10 percent. Under 679.20a5iiiB2, the annual AI pollock TAC, after subtracting first for the CDQ directed fishing allowance 10 percent and second for the incidental catch allowance 2,500 mt, is allocated to the Aleut Corporation for a pollock directed fishery.
5 The BS Pacific cod TAC is set to account for the 10 percent, plus 45 mt, of the BS ABC for the State of Alaskas State guideline harvest level in State waters of the BS. The AI Pacific cod TAC is set to account for 39 percent of the AI ABC for the State guideline harvest level in State waters of the AI, except 39 percent of the AI ABC exceeds the State guideline harvest level of 15 million pounds 6,804 mt, in which case the TAC is set to account for the State guideline harvest level of 6,804 mt.
6 The sablefish OFL and ABC is Alaska-wide and includes the Gulf of Alaska.
7 Rock sole includes Lepidopsetta polyxystra Northern rock sole and L. bilineata Southern rock sole.
8 Flathead sole includes Hippoglossoides elassodon flathead sole and H. robustus Bering flounder.
9 Other flatfish includes all flatfish species, except for halibut a prohibited species, Alaska plaice, arrowtooth flounder, flathead sole, Greenland turbot, Kamchatka flounder, rock sole, and yellowfin sole.
10 Blackspotted/Rougheye rockfish includes Sebastes melanostictus blackspotted and S. aleutianus rougheye.
11 Other rockfish includes all Sebastes and Sebastolobus species except for dark rockfish, Pacific ocean perch, northern rockfish, blackspotted/rougheye rockfish, and shortraker rockfish.
Note: Regulatory areas and districts are defined at 679.2 BSAI=Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area, BS=Bering Sea subarea, AI=Aleutian Islands subarea, EAI=Eastern Aleutian district, CAI=Central Aleutian district, WAI=Western Aleutian district.

TABLE 1ACOMPARISON OF FINAL 2021 AND 2022 WITH PROPOSED 2021 AND 2022 TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH IN THE
BSAI
Amounts are in metric tons
2021 final TAC

Species
Area 1

Pollock

BS
AI
Bogoslof
BS
AI
BS
AI
BSAI
BS
AI
BSAI
BSAI
BSAI
BSAI
BSAI
BSAI
BS
EAI
CAI
WAI
BSAI
BS/EAI

1,375,000
19,000
250
111,380
13,796
3,396
4,717
200,000
5,125
900
15,000
8,982
54,500
25,000
24,500
6,500
10,782
8,419
6,198
10,500
13,000
313

CAI/WAI
BSAI
BS
AI
EAI/BS
CAI

169
500
522
394
25,760
15,450

Pacific cod
Sablefish
Yellowfin sole
Greenland turbot
Arrowtooth flounder ..
Kamchatka flounder ..
Rock sole
Flathead sole
Alaska plaice
Other flatfish
Pacific ocean perch ..

Northern rockfish
Blackspotted and Rougheye rockfish.
Shortraker rockfish
Other rockfish
Atka mackerel

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2021
difference from proposed
2021
percentage difference from proposed
1,450,000
19,000
75
92,633
13,796
2,865
2,500
168,900
5,125
670
10,000
7,116
49,000
24,000
24,000
5,000
13,600
10,619
7,817
10,000
10,000
100

75,000
175
18,747
531
2,217
31,100
230
5,000
1,866
5,500
1,000
500
1,500
2,818
2,200
1,619
500
3,000
213

5.2
233.3
20.2
18.5
88.7
18.4
34.3
50.0
26.2
11.2
4.2
2.1
30.0
20.7
20.7
20.7
5.0
30.0
213.0

1,400,000
19,000
100
95,053
13,796
4,863
5,061
200,000
5,125
900
15,000
8,982
54,500
25,000
22,500
6,500
10,298
8,041
5,919
10,500
13,000
150

339
375
700
388
22,540
13,524

170
125
178
6 3,220
1,926

50.1
33.3
25.4
1.5
14.3
14.2

176
225
300
394
23,880
14,330

2021
proposed TAC

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2022
difference from proposed
2022
percentage difference from proposed
1,450,000
19,000
75
92,633
13,796
2,865
2,500
168,900
5,125
670
10,000
7,116
49,000
24,000
24,000
5,000
13,600
10,619
7,817
10,000
10,000
100

50,000
25
2,420
1,998
2,561
31,100
230
5,000
1,866
5,500
1,000
1,500
1,500
3,302
2,578
1,898
500
3,000
50

3.4
33.3
2.6
69.7
102.4
18.4
34.3
50.0
26.2
11.2
4.2
6.3
30.0
24.3
24.3
24.3
5.0
30.0
50.0

339
375
700
388
22,540
13,524

163
150
400
6 1,340
806

48.1
40.0
57.1
1.5
5.9
6.0

2022
proposed TAC

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