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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 150 / Monday, August 9, 2021 / Proposed Rules
is classified based on mortalities and serious injuries of a marine mammal stock that are greater than or equal to 50
percent Category I, or greater than 1
percent and less than 50 percent Category II, of a stocks PBR by a 1
after the stocks name.
In Tables 1 and 2, there are several fisheries classified as Category II that have no recent documented mortalities or serious injuries of marine mammals, or fisheries that did not result in a mortality or serious injury rate greater than 1 percent of a stocks PBR level based on known interactions. NMFS has
classified these fisheries by analogy to other Category I or II fisheries that use similar fishing techniques or gear that are known to cause mortality or serious injury of marine mammals, as discussed in the final LOF for 1996 60 FR 67063;
December 28, 1995, and according to factors listed in the definition of a Category II fishery in 50 CFR 229.2
i.e., fishing techniques, gear types, methods used to deter marine mammals, target species, seasons and areas fished, qualitative data from logbooks or fishermen reports, stranding data, and the species and distribution of marine
mammals in the area. NMFS has designated those fisheries listed by analogy in Tables 1 and 2 by adding a 2 after the fisherys name.
There are several fisheries in Tables 1, 2, and 3 in which a portion of the fishing vessels cross the EEZ boundary and therefore operate both within U.S.
waters and on the high seas. These fisheries, though listed separately on Table 1 or 2 and Table 3, are considered the same fisheries on either side of the EEZ boundary. NMFS has designated those fisheries in each table with an asterisk after the fisherys name.

TABLE 1LIST OF FISHERIESCOMMERCIAL FISHERIES IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Estimated number of vessels/
persons
Fishery description
Marine mammal species and/or stocks incidentally killed or injured
CATEGORY I
Longline/Set Line Fisheries:
HI deep-set longline

143

False killer whale, HI Pelagic.1
False killer whale, MHI Insular.
False killer whale, NWHI.
Humpback whale. Central North Pacific.
Rough-toothed dolphin, HI.
Short-finned pilot whale, HI.

CATEGORY II

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Gillnet Fisheries:
CA thresher shark/swordfish drift gillnet 14 in mesh

21

CA halibut/white seabass and other species set gillnet >3.5 in mesh.

39

CA yellowtail, barracuda, and white seabass drift gillnet mesh size 3.5 in and <14 in 2.

20

AK Bristol Bay salmon drift gillnet 2

1,862

AK Bristol Bay salmon set gillnet 2

979

AK Kodiak salmon set gillnet

188

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Bottlenose dolphin, CA/OR/WA offshore.
California sea lion, U.S.
Dalls porpoise, CA/OR/WA.
Gray whale, Eastern North Pacific.
Humpback whale, CA/OR/WA.
Long-beaked common dolphin, CA.
Minke whale, CA/OR/WA.1
Northern elephant seal, CA breeding.
Northern right-whale dolphin, CA/OR/WA.
Pacific white-sided dolphin, CA/OR/WA.
Rissos dolphin, CA/OR/WA.
Short-beaked common dolphin, CA/OR/WA.
Short-finned pilot whale, CA/OR/WA.1
Sperm Whale, CA/OR/WA.1
California sea lion, U.S.
Gray whale, Eastern North Pacific.
Harbor seal, CA.
Humpback whale, CA/OR/WA.1
Long-beaked common dolphin, CA.
Northern elephant seal, CA breeding.
Sea otter, CA.
Short-beaked common dolphin, CA/OR/WA.
California sea lion, U.S.
Long-beaked common dolphin, CA.
Short-beaked common dolphin, CA/OR/WA.
Beluga whale, Bristol Bay.
Gray whale, Eastern North Pacific.
Harbor seal, Bering Sea.
Northern fur seal, Eastern Pacific.
Pacific white-sided dolphin, North Pacific.
Spotted seal, AK.
Steller sea lion, Western U.S.
Beluga whale, Bristol Bay.
Gray whale, Eastern North Pacific.
Harbor seal, Bering Sea.
Northern fur seal, Eastern Pacific.
Spotted seal, AK.
Harbor porpoise, GOA.1
Harbor seal, GOA.

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