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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 36 / Thursday, February 25, 2021 / Rules and Regulations apportionments of halibut and crab PSC
amounts for the BSAI trawl limited access and non-trawl sectors in order to maximize the ability of the fleet to harvest the available groundfish TAC
and to minimize bycatch. The factors to be considered are 1 seasonal distribution of prohibited species, 2
seasonal distribution of target groundfish species relative to prohibited species distribution, 3 PSC bycatch needs on a seasonal basis relevant to prohibited species biomass and expected catches of target groundfish
will not be known until eligible participants apply for participation in the program by November 1, 2021.
Section 679.21e3iB requires that NMFS, after consultation with the Council, apportion each trawl PSC limit for crab and herring not assigned to CDQ PSQ reserves or Amendment 80
cooperatives into PSC bycatch allowances for seven specified fishery categories in 679.21e3iv.
Sections 679.21b2 and e5
authorize NMFS, after consulting with the Council, to establish seasonal
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species, 4 expected variations in bycatch rates throughout the year, 5
expected changes in directed groundfish fishing seasons, 6 expected start of fishing effort, and 7 economic effects of establishing seasonal prohibited species apportionments on segments of the target groundfish industry. Based on this criteria, the Council recommended and NMFS approves the seasonal PSC
apportionments in Tables 16 and 17 to maximize harvest among gear types, fisheries, and seasons while minimizing bycatch of PSC.

TABLE 14FINAL 2021 AND 2022 APPORTIONMENT OF PROHIBITED SPECIES CATCH ALLOWANCES TO NON-TRAWL GEAR, THE CDQ PROGRAM, AMENDMENT 80, AND THE BSAI TRAWL LIMITED ACCESS SECTORS
PSC species and area and zone 1

Total PSC

Halibut mortality mt BSAI
Herring mt BSAI
Red king crab animals Zone 1
C. opilio animals COBLZ
C. bairdi crab animals Zone 1
C. bairdi crab animals Zone 2

Trawl PSC
remaining after CDQ PSQ

CDQ PSQ
reserve 2

Non-trawl PSC

Amendment 80 sector 3

BSAI trawl limited access sector
BSAI PSC
limits not allocated 3

3,515
2,723

710
n/a
315
n/a
n/a n/a
1,745
n/a
745
n/a

97,000

n/a
10,379

86,621

43,293

26,489

16,839

7,191,840

n/a
769,527

6,422,313

3,156,567

2,064,131

1,201,615

980,000

n/a
104,860

875,140

368,521

411,228

95,390

2,970,000

n/a
317,790

2,652,210

627,778

1,241,500

782,932

1 Refer
to 679.2 for definitions of areas and zones.
PSQ reserve for crab species is 10.7 percent of each crab PSC limit.
Amendment 80 program reduced apportionment of the trawl PSC limits for crab below the total PSC limit. These reductions are not apportioned to other gear types or sectors.
2 The 3 The
TABLE 15FINAL 2021 AND 2022 HERRING AND RED KING CRAB SAVINGS SUBAREA PROHIBITED SPECIES CATCH
ALLOWANCES FOR ALL TRAWL SECTORS
Herring mt BSAI

Fishery categories Yellowfin sole
Rock sole/flathead sole/Alaska plaice/other flatfish 1
Greenland turbot/arrowtooth flounder/Kamchatka flounder/sablefish
Rockfish
Pacific cod
Midwater trawl pollock
Pollock/Atka mackerel/other species 2 3
Red king crab savings subarea non-pelagic trawl gear 4
Total trawl PSC

Red king crab animals Zone 1

118
58
8 8
14
2,472
45
n/a 2,723

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 24,250
97,000

1 Other flatfish for PSC monitoring 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.
2 Pollock other than midwater trawl pollock, Atka mackerel, and other species fishery category.
3 Other species for PSC monitoring includes skates, sharks, and octopuses.
4 In December 2020, the Council recommended and NMFS approves that the red king crab bycatch limit for non-pelagic trawl fisheries within the RKCSS be limited to 25 percent of the red king crab PSC allowance see 679.21e3iiB2.
Note: Species allowances may not total precisely due to rounding.

TABLE 16FINAL 2021 AND 2022 PROHIBITED SPECIES BYCATCH ALLOWANCES FOR THE BSAI TRAWL LIMITED ACCESS
SECTOR
Prohibited species and area and zone 1
BSAI trawl limited access fisheries
Yellowfin sole
Rock sole/flathead sole/Alaska plaice/other flatfish 2

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Red king crab animals Zone 1

C. opilio animals COBLZ

Zone 1

Zone 2

265

23,338

1,945,831

346,228

1,185,500

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