50 CFR Part 679
PART 679—FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA
- PART 679—FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA
- Chapter VI—Fishery Conservation and Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
- Subpart A—General
- § 679.1 Purpose and scope.
- § 679.2 Definitions.
- § 679.3 Relation to other laws.
- § 679.4 Permits.
- § 679.5 Recordkeeping and reporting (R&R).
- § 679.6 Exempted fisheries.
- § 679.7 Prohibitions.
- § 679.8 Facilitation of enforcement.
- § 679.9 Penalties.
- Subpart B—Management Measures
- § 679.20 General limitations.
- § 679.21 Prohibited species bycatch management.
- § 679.22 Closures.
- § 679.23 Seasons.
- § 679.24 Gear limitations.
- § 679.25 Inseason adjustments.
- § 679.26 Prohibited Species Donation Program.
- § 679.27 Improved Retention/Improved Utilization Program.
- § 679.28 Equipment and operational requirements.
- Subpart C—Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program
- § 679.30 [Reserved]
- § 679.31 CDQ and PSQ reserves, allocations, and transfers.
- § 679.32 Groundfish and halibut CDQ catch monitoring.
- § 679.33 CDQ cost recovery.
- Subpart D—Individual Fishing Quota Management Measures
- § 679.40 Sablefish and halibut QS.
- § 679.41 Transfer of quota shares and IFQ.
- § 679.42 Limitations on use of QS and IFQ.
- § 679.43 Determinations and appeals.
- § 679.44 Penalties.
- § 679.45 IFQ cost recovery program.
- § 679.46 Recreational Quota Entity (RQE) Program fee collection.
- Subpart E—North Pacific Observer Program
- § 679.50 Applicability.
- § 679.51 Observer and Electronic Monitoring System requirements for vessels and plants.
- § 679.52 Observer provider permitting and responsibilities.
- § 679.53 Observer certification and responsibilities.
- § 679.54 Release of observer data to the public.
- § 679.55 Observer fees.
- § 679.56 Full coverage trawl Electronic Monitoring category fee.
- § 679.57 Trawl EM incentive plan agreements.
- Subpart F—American Fisheries Act and Aleutian Island Directed Pollock Fishery Management Measures
- § 679.60 Authority and related regulations.
- § 679.61 Formation and operation of fishery cooperatives.
- § 679.62 Inshore sector cooperative allocation program.
- § 679.63 Catch weighing requirements for vessels and processors.
- § 679.64 Harvesting sideboard limits in other fisheries.
- § 679.65 Bering Sea Chinook Salmon Bycatch Management Program Economic Data Report (Chinook salmon EDR program).
- § 679.66 AFA cost recovery.
- § 679.67 Aleutian Islands pollock cost recovery.
- Subpart G—Rockfish Program
- § 679.80 Allocation and transfer of rockfish QS.
- § 679.81 Rockfish Program annual harvester privileges.
- § 679.82 Rockfish Program use caps and sideboard limits.
- § 679.83 Rockfish Program entry level longline fishery.
- § 679.84 Rockfish Program recordkeeping, permits, monitoring, and catch accounting.
- § 679.85 Cost recovery.
- Subpart H—Amendment 80 Program
- § 679.90 Allocation, use, and transfer of Amendment 80 QS permits.
- § 679.91 Amendment 80 Program annual harvester privileges.
- § 679.92 Amendment 80 Program use caps and sideboard limits.
- § 679.93 Amendment 80 Program recordkeeping, permits, monitoring, and catch accounting.
- § 679.94 Economic data report (EDR) for the Amendment 80 sector.
- § 679.95 Amendment 80 Program cost recovery.
- Subpart I—Additional Equipment and Operational Requirements for Motherships and Catcher/Processors
- § 679.100 Longline Catcher/Processor Subsector.
- § 679.101 Catcher/processors using pot gear for groundfish fishing.
- § 679.102 Halibut deck sorting.
- Subpart J—Salmon Fishery Management
- § 679.110 Applicability.
- §§ 679.111-679.113 [Reserved]
- § 679.114 Permits.
- § 679.115 Recordkeeping and reporting.
- § 679.116 [Reserved]
- § 679.117 Salmon fisheries prohibitions.
- § 679.118 Management measures.
- § 679.119 Recreational salmon fisheries.
- Subpart K [Reserved]
- Subpart L—Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative Program
- § 679.130 Allocation, use, and transfer of PCTC Program QS permits.
- § 679.131 PCTC Program annual harvester privileges.
- § 679.132 Aleutian Islands CQ set-aside provisions in the PCTC Program.
- § 679.133 PCTC Program ownership caps, use caps, and sideboard limits.
- § 679.134 PCTC Program permits, catch monitoring, catch accounting, and recordkeeping and reporting.
- § 679.135 PCTC Program cost recovery.
- Appendix A to Part 679—Performance and Technical Requirements for Scales Used To Weigh Catch at Sea in the Groundfish Fisheries Off Alaska
- Figure 1 to Part 679—Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Statistical and Reporting Areas
- Figure 2 to Part 679—BSAI Catcher Vessel Operational Area
- Figure 3 to Part 679—Gulf of Alaska Reporting Areas
- Figure 4 to Part 679—BSAI Herring Savings Areas
- Figure 5 to Part 679—Kodiak Island Type 1, 2, and 3 Nonpelagic Trawl Closure Status and Marmot Bay Tanner Crab Protection Area
- Figure 6 to Part 679—Length Overall of Vessel
- Figure 7 to Part 679—Location of Trawl Gear Test Areas in the GOA and the BSAI
- Figure 8 to Part 679—Aleutian Islands Chinook Salmon Savings Area
- Figure 9 to Part 679—Chum Savings Area (CSSA) of the CVOA
- Figure 10 to Part 679—Pribilof Islands Habitat Conservation Zone (PIHCZ) in the Bering Sea
- Figure 11 to Part 679—Red King Crab Savings Area (RKCSA)
- Figure 12 to Part 679—Bristol Bay Trawl Closure Area
- Figure 13 to Part 679—BSAI C. Opilio Tanner Crab Bycatch Limitations Zone
- Figure 14 to Part 679—Sablefish Regulatory Areas
- Figure 15 to Part 679—Regulatory Areas for the Pacific Halibut Fishery
- Figure 16 to Part 679—Bering Sea Habitat Conservation Area
- Figure 17 to Part 679—Northern Bering Sea Research Area and Saint Lawrence Island Habitat Conservation Area (HCA)
- Figure 18 to Part 679—Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve
- Figure 19 to Part 679—Shelikof Strait Conservation Area
- Figure 20 to Part 679—Steller sea lion conservation area (SCA) of the Bering Sea
- Figure 21 to Part 679—Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and Kuskokwim Bay Habitat Conservation Area
- Figure 22 to Part 679—Cook Inlet EEZ Area
- Figure 23 to Part 679—Salmon Management Area (see § 679.2)
- Figure 24 to Part 679—Arctic Management Area
- Figure 25 to Part 679—Elevating Device Clearance Measurement Locations for Modified Nonpelagic Trawl Gear
- Figure 26 to Part 679—Modified Nonpelagic Trawl Gear
- Figure 27 to Part 679—Locations for Measuring Maximum Cross Sections of Line Material (shown as A) and Supporting Material (shown as B) for Modified Nonpelagic Trawl Gear
- Table 1a to Part 679—Delivery Condition* and Product Codes
- Table 1b to Part 679—Discard and Disposition Codes 1
- Table 1c to Part 679—Product Type Codes
- Table 2a to Part 679—Species Codes: FMP Groundfish
- Table 2b to Part 679—Species Codes: FMP Prohibited Species and CR Crab
- Table 2c to Part 679—Species Codes: FMP Forage Fish Species (All Species of the Following Families), Grenadier Species, Squids, and Sculpins
- Table 2d to Part 679—Species Codes: Non-FMP Species
- Table 3 to Part 679—Product Recovery Rates for Groundfish Species and Conversion Rates for Pacific Halibut
- Table 4 to Part 679—Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pollock Fisheries Restrictions
- Table 5 to Part 679—Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pacific Cod Fisheries Restrictions
- Table 6 to Part 679—Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Atka Mackerel Fisheries Restrictions
- Table 7 to Part 679—Community Development Quota Groups and Communities Eligible To Participate in the CDQ Program
- Table 8 to Part 679—Harvest Zone Codes for Use With Vessel Activity Reports
- Table 9 to Part 679—Groundfish LLP Licenses Eligible for Use in the BSAI Longline Catcher/Processor Subsector, Column A. X Indicates Whether Column B or Column C Applies.
- Table 10 to Part 679—Gulf of Alaska Retainable Percentage
- Table 11 to Part 679—BSAI Retainable Percentage
- Table 12 to Part 679—Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas, 3nm No Groundfish Fishing Sites
- Table 13 to Part 679—Transfer Form Summary
- Table 14a to Part 679—Port of Landing Codes 1, Alaska
- Table 14b to Part 679—Port of Landing Codes: Non-Alaska
- Table 14c to Part 679—At-sea Operation Type Codes To Be Used as Port Codes for Vessels Matching This Type of Operation
- Table 15 to Part 679—Gear Codes, Descriptions, and Use
- Table 16 to Part 679—Area Codes and Descriptions for Use With State of Alaska ADF&G Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
- Table 17 to Part 679—Process Codes for Use With State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
- Table 18 to Part 679—Required Buying and Production Forms for use With State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
- Table 19 to Part 679—Seabird Avoidance Gear Codes
- Table 20 to Part 679—Seabird Avoidance Gear Requirements for Vessels, based on Area, Gear, and Vessel Type. (See § 679.24(e) for complete seabird avoidance program requirements; see 679.24(e)(1) for applicable fisheries)
- Table 21 to Part 679—Eligible Communities, Halibut IFQ Regulatory Area Location, Community Governing Body That Recommends the CQE, and the Fishing Programs and Associated Areas Where a CQE Representing an Eligible Community May Be Permitted To Participate
- Table 22 to Part 679—Alaska Seamount Habitat Protection Areas
- Table 23 to Part 679—Aleutian Islands Coral Habitat Protection Areas
- Table 24 to Part 679—Except as Noted, Locations in the Aleutian Islands Habitat Conservation Area Open to Nonpelagic Trawl Fishing
- Table 25 to Part 679—Bowers Ridge Habitat Conservation Zone
- Table 26 to Part 679—Gulf of Alaska Coral Habitat Protection Areas
- Table 27 to Part 679—Gulf of Alaska Slope Habitat Conservation Areas
- Table 28a to Part 679—Qualifying Season Dates for Central GOA Rockfish Primary Species
- Table 28b to Part 679—Qualifying Season Dates for Central GOA Rockfish Primary Species
- Table 28c to Part 679—Allocation of Rockfish Secondary Species
- Table 28d to Part 679—Allocation of Halibut PSC under the Central GOA Rockfish Program
- Table 28e to Part 679—Rockfish Entry Level Longline Fishery Allocations
- Table 29 to Part 679—Initial Rockfish QS Pools
- Table 30 to Part 679—Rockfish Program Retainable Percentages
- Table 31 to Part 679—List of Amendment 80 Vessels and LLP Licenses Originally Assigned to an Amendment 80 Vessel
- Table 32 to Part 679—Amendment 80 Initial QS Pool
- Table 33 to Part 679—Annual Apportion of Amendment 80 Species ITAC Between the Amendment 80 and BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors (Except Yellowfin Sole)
- Table 34 to Part 679—Annual Apportionment of BSAI Yellowfin Sole Between the Amendment 80 and BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors
- Table 35 to Part 679—Apportionment of Crab PSC and Halibut PSC Between the Amendment 80 and BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors
- Table 36 to Part 679—Percentage of Crab and Halibut PSC Limit Assigned to Each Amendment 80 Species
- Table 37 to Part 679— GOA Amendment 80 Sideboard Limit for Groundfish for the Amendment 80 Sector
- Table 38 to Part 679—GOA Amendment 80 Sideboard Limit for Halibut PSC for the Amendment 80 Sector
- Table 39 to Part 679—Amendment 80 Vessels That May Be Used to Directed Fish for Flatfish in the GOA
- Table 40 to Part 679—BSAI Halibut PSC Sideboard Limits for AFA Catcher/Processors and AFA Catcher Vessels
- Table 41 to Part 679—BSAI Crab PSC Sideboard Limits for AFA Catcher/Processors and AFA Catcher Vessels
- Table 42 to Part 679—Bering Sea Habitat Conservation Area
- Table 43 to Part 679—Northern Bering Sea Research Area
- Table 44 to Part 679—Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and Kuskokwim Bay Habitat Conservation Area
- Table 45 to Part 679—St. Lawrence Island Habitat Conservation Area
- Table 46 to Part 679—St. Matthew Island Habitat Conservation Area
- Tables 47-48 to Part 679 [Reserved]
- Table 49 to Part 679—Groundfish Licenses Qualifying for Hook-and-Line Catcher/Processor Endorsement Exemption
- Table 50 to Part 679 [Reserved]
- Table 51 to Part 679—Modified Gear Trawl Zone
- Table 52 to Part 679—Groundfish LLP Licenses Eligible for a BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sector Yellowfin Sole Directed Fishery Endorsement
- Table 53 to Part 679—Groundfish LLP Licenses That Require Qualified Landings Assignment To Be Eligible for a BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sector Yellowfin Sole Directed Fishery Endorsement
- Table 54 to Part 679—BSAI Species and Species Groups for Which Directed Fishing for Sideboard Limits by Listed AFA Catcher/Processors and Catcher/Processors Designated on Listed AFA Catcher/Processor Permits is Prohibited
- Table 55 to Part 679—BSAI Species and Species Groups for Which Directed Fishing for Sideboard Limits by Non-Exempt AFA Catcher Vessels is Prohibited
- Table 56 to Part 679—GOA Species and Species Groups for Which Directed Fishing for Sideboard Limits by Non-Exempt AFA Catcher Vessels is Prohibited
- Table 57 to Part 679—Groundfish LLP Licenses With Bering Sea or Aleutian Islands Area and Catcher/Processor Operation Endorsements Eligible for a BSAI Pacific Cod Trawl Mothership Endorsement
- Table 58 to Part 679—Amendment 80 Sector Annual BSAI Pacific Halibut PSC Limits