66 FR 212 pgs. 55123-55128 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Alaska Commercial Operator’s Annual Report; Correction

Type: RULEVolume: 66Number: 212Pages: 55123 - 55128
Docket number: [Docket No. 001114320-1191-02; I.D. 080400B]
FR document: [FR Doc. 01-27402 Filed 10-31-01: 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 001114320-1191-02; I.D. 080400B]

RIN 0648-AN01

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report; Correction

AGENCY:

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION:

Final rule; correcting amendments.

SUMMARY:

This document contains corrections to the final rule for the Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) that was published in the Federal Register on August 20, 2001.

DATES:

Effective November 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7008.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A final rule was published in the Federal Register on 66 FR 43524 (August 20, 2001), to require groundfish motherships and catcher/processors to submit annually to the State of Alaska, Department of Fish Game (ADFG), a COAR.

Several errors were made in Tables 14A, 15, 16, and 18 to 50 CFR part 679. These tables are corrected and reprinted as follows:

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 679

Alaska, Fisheries, Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

Accordingly, 50 CFR part 679 is amended by making the following corrections:

PART 679-FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA

1. The authority citation for part 679 continues to read as follows:

Authority:

16 U.S.C. 773 et seq. , 1801 et seq. , and 3631 et seq.

Table 14A to Part 679 [Corrected]

1. Beginning on page 43527, Table 14A is corrected to read as follows:

Port Name NMFS Code ADFG Code CDQ/IFQ Primary Ports for Vessel Clearance (X indicates an authorized IFQ port; see § 679.5 (l)(5)(vi)) CDQ/IFQ North Latitude West Longitude
Adak 186 ADA
Akutan 101 AKU X 54°08'05? 165°46'20?
Akutan Bay 102
Alitak 103 ALI
Anchor Point 104
Anchorage 105 ANC
Angoon 106 ANG
Aniak ANI
Anvik ANV
Atka 107 ATK
Auke Bay 108
Baranof Warm Springs 109
Beaver Inlet 110
Bethel BET
Captains Bay 112
Chefornak 189
Chignik 113 CHG
Chinitna Bay 114
Cordova 115 COR X 60°33'00? 145°45'00?
Craig 116 CRG X 55°28'30? 133°09'00?
Dillingham 117 DIL
Douglas 118
Dutch Harbor/Unalaska 119 DUT X 53°53'27? 166°32'05?
Edna Bay 121
Egegik 122 EGE
Ekuk EKU
Elfin Cove 123 ELF
Emmonak EMM
Excursion Inlet 124 XIP
False Pass 125 FSP
Fairbanks FBK
Galena GAL
Glacier Bay GLB
Glennallen GLN
Gustavus 127 GUS
Haines 128 HNS
Halibut Cove 130
Hollis 131
Homer 132 HOM X 59°38'40? 151°33'00?
Hoonah 133 HNH
Hooper Bay 188
Hydaburg HYD
Hyder 134 HDR
Ikatan Bay 135
Juneau 136 JNU
Kake 137 KAK
Kaltag KAL
Kasilof 138 KAS
Kenai 139 KEN
Kenai River 140
Ketchikan 141 KTN X 55°20'30? 131°38'45?
King Cove 142 KCO X 55°03'20? 162°19'00?
King Salmon 143 KNG
Kipnuk 144
Klawock 145 KLA
Kodiak 146 KOD
Kotzebue KOT
La Conner LAC
Mekoryuk 147
Metlakatla 148 MET
Moser Bay MOS
Naknek 149 NAK
Nenana NEN
Nikiski (or Nikishka) 150 NIK
Ninilchik 151 NIN
Nome 152 NOM
Nunivak Island NUN
Old Harbor 153 OLD
Other1 499 UNK
Pelican 155 PEL X 57°57'30? 136°13'30?
Petersburg 156 PBG X 56°48'10? 132°58'00?
Point Baker 157
Port Alexander 158 PAL
Port Armstrong PTA
Port Bailey 159 PTB
Port Graham 160 GRM
Port Lions LIO
Port Moller MOL
Port Protection 161
Portage Bay (Petersburg) 162
Quinhagak 187
Resurrection Bay 163
Sand Point 164 SPT X 55°20'15? 160°30'00?
Savoonga 165
Seldovia 166 SEL
Seward 167 SEW X 60°06'30? 149°26'30?
Sitka 168 SIT X 57°03' 135°20'
Skagway 169 SKG
Soldotna SOL
St. George 170 STG
St. Lawrence 171
St. Mary STM
St. Paul 172 STP X 57°07'20? 170°16'30?
Tee Harbor 173
Tenakee Springs 174 TEN
Thorne Bay 175
Togiak 176 TOG
Toksook Bay 177
Tununak 178
Ugadaga Bay 179
Ugashik UGA
Unalakleet UNA
Valdez 181 VAL
Wasilla WAS
West Anchor Cove 182
Whittier 183 WHT
Wrangell 184 WRN
Yakutat 185 YAK X 59°33' 139°44'
1 To report a landing at a location not currently assigned a location code number: Use the code for "Other" for the state or country at which the landing occurs and notify NMFS of the actual location so that the list may be updated. For example, to report a landing for Levelock, Alaska if there is currently no code assigned, use "499," "Other," AK."

2. On page 43530, Table 15 is corrected to read as follows:

Name of Gear NMFS Logbooks and Forms1 Electronic WPR Check-in/out Code1 Gear Code, Numeric Use Numeric Code to Complete the Following: Shoreside Electronic Logbook (SPELR) IFQ Terminal Forms ADFG COAR
Diving OTH 11 X X
Dredge OTH 22 X X
Dredge, hydro/mechanical OTH 23 X X
Fish wheel OTH 08 X X
Gillnet, drift OTH 03 X X
Gillnet, herring OTH 34 X X
Gillnet, set OTH 04 X X
Gillnet, sunken OTH 41 X X
Hand line/jig/troll (IFQ name: hand troll) (1) 05 X X X
Handpicked OTH 12 X X
Hatchery n/a 77 X X
Hook-and-line X HAL 61 X X X
Jig, mechanical (IFQ name: jigs) X JIG 26 X X X
Net,dip OTH 13 X X
Net,ring OTH 10 X X
Other/specify X OTH 99 X X
Pair Trawl 37 X
Pot X POT 91 X X X
Pound OTH 21 X X
Seine,purse OTH 01 X X
Seine,beach OTH 02 X X
Shovel OTH 18 X X
Trap OTH 90 X X
Trawl, beam (1) 17 X X
Trawl, double otter (1) 27 X X
Trawl, nonpelagic/bottom X NPT 07 X X
Trawl, pelagic/midwater X PTR 47 X X
Troll, dinglebar X TROLL 25 X X X
Troll, power gurdy X TROLL 15 X X X
Weir OTH 14 X X
1 For logbooks, forms, electronic WPR, electronic check-in/out reports: all trawl gear must be reported as either nonpelagic or pelagic trawl

3. On page 43531, Table 16 is corrected to read as follows:

COAR: Name (Code) Species ADFG Fisheries Management Areas Area Description in ADFG Regulations
Alaska Peninsula South Peninsula (MS) North Peninsula (MN) King Crab: AK Peninsula/Aleutian Islands Salmon M M M 5 AAC 34.500 5 AAC 12.100 (Aleutians) 5 AAC 09.100 (AK Peninsula)
Herring M 5 AAC 27.600
Bering Sea: Pribilof Island (Q1) St. Matthew Island Q2) St. Lawrence Island (Q4) Bering Sea King Crab Bering Sea/Kotzebue Herring Q Q 5 AAC 34.900 5 AAC 27.900
Bristol Bay (T) King Crab Salmon Herring T T T 5 AAC 34.800 5 AAC 06.100 5 AAC 27.800
Chignik (L) Groundfish Herring Salmon L L L 5 AAC 28.500 5 AAC 27.550 5 AAC 15.100
Cook Inlet: Lower Cook Inlet (HL) Upper Cook Inlet (HU) Groundfish Herring Cook Inlet Shrimp Outer Cook Inlet Shrimp Dungeness Crab King Crab Tanner Crab Miscellaneous Shellfish Salmon H H H H H H H H H 5 AAC 28.300 5 AA 27.400 5 AAC 31.300 5 AA 31.400 5 AA 32.300 5 AA 34.300 5 AA 35.400 5 AA 38.300 5 AA 21.100
Dutch Harbor (O) Aleutian Islands King Crab O 5 AA 34.600
EEZ (Federal waters of BSAI (FB) Groundfish n/a n/a
GOA (FG) Atka-Amlia Islands Salmon n/a 5 AAC 11.1010
Kodiak (western GOA) (K) Groundfish Herring King Crab Salmon Shrimp Dungeness Crab Tanner Crab Miscellaneous Shellfish K K K K J J J J 5 AAC 28.400 5 AAC 27.500 5 AAC 34.400 5 AAC 18.100 5 AAC 31.500 5 AAC 32.400 5 AAC 35.500 5 AAC 38.400
Kotzebue (X) Salmon X 5 AAC 03.100
Kuskokwim: Kuskokwim River/Bay (W1) Security Cove (W2) Goodnews Bay (W3) Nelson Island (W4) Ninivak Island (W5) Cape Avinof (W6) Salmon Herring W W 5 AAC 07.100 5AAC 27.870
Norton Sound (Z) Norton Sound-Port Clarence Salmon Norton Sound-Port Clarence King Crab Z 5 AAC 04.100
Prince William Sound (E) Groundfish Herring Shrimp Dungeness Crab King Crab Tanner Crab Miscellaneous Shellfish Salmon E E E E E E E E 5 AAC 28.200 5 AAC 27.300 5 AAC 31.200 5 AAC 32.200 5 AAC 34.200 5 AAC 35.300 5 AAC 38.200 5 AAC 24.100
Southeast: Juneau/Haines (A1) Yakutat (A2) Ketchikan/Craig (B) Petersburg/Wrangell (C) Sitka/Pelican (D) Groundfish Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Herring Yakutat Herring Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Shrimp Yakutat Shrimp Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Dungeness Crab Yakutat Dungeness Crab Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Dungeness, King Crab Yakutat King Crab Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Tanner Crab Yakutat Tanner Crab Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Miscellaneous Shellfish Yakutat Miscellaneous Shellfish Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Salmon Yakutat Salmon A A D A D A D A D A D A D A D 5 AAC 28.100 5 AAC 27.100 5 AAC 27.200 5 AAC 31.100 5 AAC 31.150 5 AAC 32.100 5 AAC 32.155 5 AAC 34.100 5 AAC 34.160 5 AAC 35.100 5 AAC 35.160 5 AAC 38.100 5 AAC 38.160 5 AAC 33.100 5 AAC 29.010 5 AAC 30.100
Yukon River: Lower Yukon (YL) Upper Yukon (YU) Yukon-Northern Salmon Y 5 AAC 05.100

4. On page 43533, Table 18 is corrected to read as follows:

Fishery Form Number and Name
Salmon Salmon Buying (A)(1) Seine gear (A)(1) Gillnet gear (A)(2) Troll gear (A)(2) Hatchery (A)(3) Miscellaneous gear King Salmon Production (B)(1) Production (B)(1) Canned Production Sockeye Salmon Production : (B)(2)(i) Production (B)(2)(ii) Canned Production Coho Salmon Production (B)(3)(i) Production (B)(3)(ii) Canned Production Pink Salmon Production (B)(4)(i) Production (B)(4)(ii) Canned Production Chum Salmon Production (B)(5)(i) Production (B)(5)(ii) Canned Production Salmon Roe Byproduct Production (B)(6)(i) Roe (B)(6)(ii) Byproduct Production
Herring Herring Buying (C)(1)(i) Seine gear (C)(1)(ii) Gillnet gear (C)(2)(i) Gillnet gear (C)(2)(ii) Pound gear (C)(2)(iii) Hand-pick gear
Herring Production (D)(1)(i) Production (D)(1)(ii) Byproduct Production
Crab (E) Crab Buying (F) Crab Production
Shrimp/Miscellaneous Shellfish (G) Shrimp/Misc.Shellfish Buying (G)(1)(i) Trawl gear (G)(1)(ii) Pot gear (G)(1)(iii) Diving/picked gear (G)(1)(iv) Other gear (specify) (H) Shrimp/Misc. Shellfish/Finfish Production
Groundfish (I)(1) Groundfish Buying (I)(2) Groundfish Buying (J)(1) Groundfish Production (J)(2) Groundfish Production
Halibut (K) Halibut Buying Production
Custom Production Custom Production (L)(1) Associated Processors (L)(1)(i) Custom Fresh/Frozen (L)(1)(ii) Misc. production (L)(1)(iii) Custom Canned Production (L)(2) (additional sheet)
PRICES NOT FINAL (M)(1) Fish Buying Retro Payments (M)(2) Post-season Adjustments

October 24, 2001.

William T. Hogarth,

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries

[FR Doc. 01-27402 Filed 10-31-01: 8:45 am]

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