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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 38 / Monday, March 1, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
If you own or operate a catcher vessel and fish for groundfish with trawl gear in the

You are prohibited from subsequently deploying trawl gear in the

1 BSAI while pollock or Pacific cod is open to directed fishing in the BSAI.

Western and Central GOA regulatory areas.

6. In 679.80 revise the paragraph a subject heading and remove and reserve paragraph a2.
The revision reads as follows:

679.80 Allocation and transfer of rockfish QS.

a Applicable areas and seasons

7. In 679.81, remove and reserve paragraph f4iD3, remove paragraphs i3xxv and xxvi, and add paragraph j.
The addition reads as follows:
679.81 Rockfish Program annual harvester privileges.

j ReallocationsAnnual reallocation of Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish species 1 Pacific cod. After the Rockfish Program fisheries close on November 15, the Regional Administrator may reallocate any unused amount of Pacific cod from the Rockfish Program to other sectors through notification in the Federal Register consistent with regulations at 679.20a12ii.
2 Rockfish ICAsi General. The Regional Administrator may reallocate a portion of a Central GOA rockfish ICAs to rockfish cooperatives if the amounts assigned to the Central GOA rockfish ICAs are projected not to be harvested or used. The timing of a reallocation will be at the discretion of the Regional Administrator.
ii Reallocation of Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish ICA species. If, during a fishing year, the Regional Administrator determines that a reallocation of a portion of the ICAs of Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish species to rockfish cooperatives is appropriate, the Regional Administrator will issue a revised CQ permit to reallocate that amount of Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish species to rockfish cooperatives according to the following:
A Catcher vessel rockfish cooperatives will be given priority for reallocation; and
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1200 hours A.l.t. on the third day after the date of landing or transfer of all groundfish on board the vessel harvested in the BSAI, unless you are engaged in directed fishing for Pacific cod in the GOA for processing by the offshore component or if checked-in and participating in a CGOA Rockfish Program cooperative.

B The amount of additional CQ
issued to each rockfish cooperative =
Amount of Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish species available for reallocation to rockfish cooperatives
Amount of CQ for that Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish species initially assigned to that rockfish cooperative/S
CQ for that Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish species initially assigned to all rockfish cooperatives in the respective sector.
8. In 679.82:
a. Add paragraph a1vi;
b. In paragraphs d3 and e2, remove the words pelagic shelf rockfish and add in their place the words dusky rockfish; and c. Revise paragraphs e4 and e9iii.
The addition and revisions read as follows:
679.82 Rockfish Program use caps and sideboard limits.

a
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vi Any transfer of reallocated rockfish ICA as authorized under 679.81j2 or catcher/processor CQ
to a catcher vessel cooperative does not apply to catcher vessel ownership, cooperative, harvester CQ, or shoreside processor CQ use caps.

e
4 West Yakutat District rockfish sideboard ratios. The rockfish sideboard ratio for each rockfish fishery in the West Yakutat District is an established percentage of the TAC for catcher/
processors in the directed fishery for dusky rockfish and Pacific ocean perch.
These percentages are confidential.

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iii A rockfish cooperative may not exceed any deep-water or shallow-water halibut PSC sideboard limits assigned to that cooperative when directed fishing for species other than rockfish.

9. In 679.84, revise paragraph f1
to read as follows:

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679.84 Rockfish Program recordkeeping, permits, monitoring, and catch accounting.

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1 Catch monitoring and control plan CMCP. The owner or operator of a shoreside processor receiving deliveries from a catcher vessel described in 679.51a2 must ensure the shoreside processor complies with the CMCP
requirements described in 679.28g except the requirements for an observer workstation and communication with observer as specified in 679.28g7vii and viii.

10. In 679.85, add paragraph g to read as follows:
679.85

Cost recovery.

g Annual report. Each year, NMFS
will publish a report describing the rockfish program cost recovery fee program.
PART 680SHELLFISH FISHERIES OF
THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE
OFF ALASKA
11. The authority citation for part 680
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1862; Pub. L. 109
241; Pub. L. 109479.

12. In 680.22, revise paragraph a1
introductory text to read as follows:

680.22 Sideboard protections for GOA
groundfish fisheries.

a
1 Vessels subject to GOA groundfish sideboard directed fishing closures. Any vessel that NMFS has determined meets one or both of the following criteria is subject to GOA groundfish sideboard directed fishing closures issued under paragraph e of this section except when participating in the Rockfish Program authorized under part 679, subpart G, of this chapter.

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