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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 44 / Tuesday, March 9, 2021 / Rules and Regulations Commission IPHC Fishery Regulations 2021.
2. Application 1 These Regulations apply to persons and vessels fishing for Pacific halibut in, or possessing Pacific halibut taken from, the maritime area as defined in Section 3.
2 Sections 3 to 8 and 30 apply generally to all Pacific halibut fishing.
3 Sections 8 to 23 apply to commercial fishing for Pacific halibut.
4 Section 24 applies to Indigenous fisheries in British Columbia.
5 Section 25 applies to customary and traditional fishing in Alaska.
6 Sections 26 to 29 apply to recreational also called sport fishing for Pacific halibut.
7 These Regulations do not apply to fishing operations authorized or conducted by the Commission for research purposes.

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3. Definitions 1 In these Regulations, a authorized officer means any State, Federal, or Provincial officer authorized to enforce these Regulations including, but not limited to, the National Marine Fisheries Service NOAA Fisheries, Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO, Alaska Wildlife Troopers AWT, United States Coast Guard USCG, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife WDFW, the Oregon State Police OSP, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife CDFW;
b authorized clearance personnel means an authorized officer of the United States of America, a representative of the Commission, or a designated fish processor;
c charter vessel outside of Alaska waters means a vessel used for hire in recreational sport fishing for Pacific halibut, but not including a vessel without a hired operator, and in Alaska waters means a vessel used while providing or receiving recreational sport fishing guide services for Pacific halibut;
d commercial fishing means fishing, the resulting catch of which is sold or bartered; or is intended to be sold or bartered, other than i recreational sport fishing; ii treaty Indian ceremonial and subsistence fishing as referred to in section 23, iii Indigenous groups fishing in British Columbia as referred to in section 24;
and iv customary and traditional fishing as referred to in section 25 and defined by and regulated pursuant to NOAA Fisheries regulations published at 50 CFR part 300;

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e Commission or IPHC means the International Pacific Halibut Commission;
f daily bag limit means the maximum number of Pacific halibut a person may take in any calendar day from Convention waters;
g fishing means the taking, harvesting, or catching of fish, or any activity that can reasonably be expected to result in the taking, harvesting, or catching of fish, including specifically the deployment of any amount or component part of gear anywhere in the maritime area;
h fishing period limit means the maximum amount of Pacific halibut that may be retained and landed by a vessel during one fishing period;
i land or offload with respect to Pacific halibut, means the removal of Pacific halibut from the catching vessel;
j license means a Pacific halibut fishing license issued by the Commission pursuant to section 15;
k maritime area, in respect of the fisheries jurisdiction of a Contracting Party, includes without distinction areas within and seaward of the territorial sea and internal waters of that Party;
l net weight of a Pacific halibut means the weight of Pacific halibut that is without gills and entrails, head-off, washed, and without ice and slime. If a Pacific halibut is weighed with the head on or with ice and slime, the required conversion factors for calculating net weight are a 2 percent deduction for ice and slime and a 10 percent deduction for the head;
m operator, with respect to any vessel, means the owner and/or the master or other individual on board and in charge of that vessel;
n overall length of a vessel means the horizontal distance, rounded to the nearest foot, between the foremost part of the stem and the aftermost part of the stern excluding bowsprits, rudders, outboard motor brackets, and similar fittings or attachments;
o person includes an individual, corporation, firm, or association;
p regulatory area means an IPHC
Regulatory Area referred to in section 4;
q setline gear means one or more stationary, buoyed, and anchored lines with hooks attached;
r sport fishing or recreational fishing means all fishing other than i commercial fishing; ii treaty Indian ceremonial and subsistence fishing as referred to in section 23; iii Indigenous groups fishing in British Columbia as referred to in section 24; and iv customary and traditional fishing as referred to in section 25 and defined in and regulated pursuant to NOAA

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Fisheries regulations published in 50
CFR part 300;
s tender means any vessel that buys or obtains fish directly from a catching vessel and transports it to a port of landing or fish processor;
t VMS transmitter means a NOAA
Fisheries-approved vessel monitoring system transmitter that automatically determines a vessels position and transmits it to a NOAA Fisheriesapproved communications service provider.1
2 In these Regulations, all bearings are true and all positions are determined by the most recent charts issued by the United States National Ocean Service or the Canadian Hydrographic Service.
4. IPHC Regulatory Areas The following areas within the IPHC
Convention waters shall be defined as IPHC Regulatory Areas for the purposes of the Convention see Figure 1:
1 IPHC Regulatory Area 2A includes all waters off the states of California, Oregon, and Washington;
2 IPHC Regulatory Area 2B includes all waters off British Columbia;
3 IPHC Regulatory Area 2C includes all waters off Alaska that are east of a line running 340 true from Cape Spencer Light 581156 N latitude, 1363826 W longitude and south and east of a line running 205 true from said light;
4 IPHC Regulatory Area 3A includes all waters between Area 2C and a line extending from the most northerly point on Cape Aklek 574115 N latitude, 1553500 W longitude to Cape Ikolik 571717 N latitude, 1544718 W
longitude, then along the Kodiak Island coastline to Cape Trinity 564450 N
latitude, 1540844 W longitude, then 140 true;
5 IPHC Regulatory Area 3B includes all waters between Area 3A and a line extending 150 true from Cape Lutke 542900 N latitude, 1642000 W
longitude and south of 544900 N
latitude in Isanotski Strait;
6 IPHC Regulatory Area 4A includes all waters in the Gulf of Alaska west of Area 3B and in the Bering Sea west of the closed area defined in section 10
that are east of 1720000 W longitude and south of 562000 N latitude;
7 IPHC Regulatory Area 4B includes all waters in the Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska west of IPHC Regulatory Area 4A and south of 562000 N latitude;
8 IPHC Regulatory Area 4C includes all waters in the Bering Sea north of 1 Call NOAA Enforcement Division, Alaska Region, at 9075867225 between the hours of 0800
and 1600 local time for a list of NOAA Fisheriesapproved VMS transmitters and communications service providers.

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