Federal Register - February 25, 2021
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 36 / Thursday, February 25, 2021 / Rules and Regulations published a final rule 84 FR 2723 that implemented regulations to prohibit non-exempt AFA C/Vs from directed fishing for a majority of the groundfish species or species groups subject to sideboard limits see 679.20d1ivD and Table 55 to 50
CFR part 679. Section 679.64b6
exempts AFA CVs from a yellowfin sole
sideboard limit because the 2021 and 2022 aggregate ITAC of yellowfin sole assigned to the Amendment 80 sector and BSAI trawl limited access sector is greater than 125,000 mt. The remainder of the sideboard limits for non-exempt AFA C/Vs are in Table 21.
Section 679.64b3 and b4
establish formulas for setting AFA CV
groundfish and halibut and crab PSC
11469
sideboard limits for the BSAI. The basis for these sideboard limits is described in detail in the final rules implementing the major provisions of the AFA 67 FR
79692, December 30, 2002 and Amendment 80 72 FR 52668, September 14, 2007. Table 21 lists the final 2021 and 2022 AFA CV groundfish sideboard limits.
TABLE 21FINAL 2021 AND 2022 BSAI PACIFIC COD SIDEBOARD LIMITS FOR AMERICAN FISHERIES ACT CATCHER
VESSELS CVS
Amounts are in metric tons Ratio of 19951997
AFA CV catch to 19951997
TAC
Fishery by area/gear/season
BSAI
Trawl gear CV
Jan 20Apr 1
Apr 1Jun 10
Jun 10Nov 1
2021 initial TAC
n/a n/a 0.8609
0.8609
0.8609
n/a n/a 18,281
2,717
3,706
2021 AFA
catcher vessel sideboard limits n/a n/a 15,738
2,339
3,190
2022 initial TAC
n/a n/a 15,896
2,363
3,222
2022 AFA
catcher vessel sideboard limits n/a n/a 13,685
2,034
2,774
Note: Section 679.64b6 exempts AFA catcher vessels from a yellowfin sole sideboard limit because the 2021 and 2022 aggregate ITAC of yellowfin sole assigned to the Amendment 80 sector and BSAI trawl limited access sector is greater than 125,000 mt.
Halibut and crab PSC limits listed in Table 22 that are caught by AFA CVs participating in any groundfish fishery other than pollock will accrue against the 2021 and 2022 PSC sideboard limits for the AFA CVs. Sections 679.21b4iii, e3v, and e7
authorize NMFS to close directed fishing for groundfish other than pollock for AFA CVs once a final 2021
and 2022 PSC sideboard limit listed in Table 22 is reached. Pursuant to 679.21b1iiC and e3iiC, halibut or crab PSC by AFA CVs while
fishing for pollock in the BS will accrue against the PSC allowances annually specified for the pollock/Atka mackerel/
other species fishery categories under 679.21b1iiB and e3iv.
TABLE 22FINAL 2021 AND 2022 AMERICAN FISHERIES ACT CATCHER VESSEL PROHIBITED SPECIES CATCH SIDEBOARD
LIMITS FOR THE BSAI 1
AFA catcher vessel PSC
sideboard limit ratio
PSC species and area 1
Target fishery category 2
Halibut
Pacific cod trawl
Pacific cod hook-and-line or pot
Yellowfin sole total
Rock sole/flathead sole/Alaska plaice/other flatfish 4.
Greenland turbot/arrowtooth/Kamchatka/sablefish.
Rockfish
Pollock/Atka mackerel/other species 5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Red king crab Zone 1
C. opilio COBLZ
C. bairdi Zone 1
C. bairdi Zone 2
2021 and 2022
PSC limit after subtraction of PSQ
reserves 3
n/a n/a n/a n/a
n/a n/a n/a n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a n/a 0.2990
0.1680
0.3300
0.1860
n/a n/a 86,621
6,422,313
875,140
2,652,210
2021 and 2022
AFA catcher vessel PSC
sideboard limit 3
887
2
101
228
2
5
25,900
1,078,949
288,796
493,311
1 Refer
to 679.2 for definitions of areas.
trawl fishery categories are defined at 679.21b1iiB and e3iv.
3 Halibut amounts are in metric tons of halibut mortality. Crab amounts are in numbers of animals.
4 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.
5 Other species for PSC monitoring includes skates, sharks, and octopuses.
2 Target
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