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	Ben's Guide to U.S. Government

e-CFR Data is current as of February 4, 2010

TITLE 50--Wildlife and Fisheries

CHAPTER VI--FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

PART 679--FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA

Purpose and scope.

Definitions.

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.

Closures.

Seasons.

Gear limitations.

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

General CDQ regulations.

§679.31

CDQ and PSQ reserves.

§679.32

Groundfish and halibut CDQ catch monitoring.

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.

Subpart E--GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM

§679.50

Groundfish Observer Program.

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

[Reserved]

Subpart G--ROCKFISH PROGRAM

§679.80

Initial allocation of rockfish QS.

§679.81

Rockfish Program annual harvester and processor privileges.

§679.82

Rockfish Program use caps and sideboard limits.

§679.83

Rockfish Program entry level fishery.

§679.84

Rockfish Program recordkeeping, permits, monitoring, and catch accounting.

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.

Appendix

Appendix A to Part 679 --Performance and Technical Requirements for Scales Used To Weigh Catch at Sea in the Groundfish Fisheries Off Alaska

Appendix

Figure 1 to Part 679 --Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Statistical and Reporting Areas

Appendix

Figure 2 to Part 679 --BSAI Catcher Vessel Operational Area

Appendix

Figure 3 to Part 679 --Gulf of Alaska Reporting Areas

Appendix

Figure 4 to Part 679 --BSAI Herring Savings Areas in the BSAI

Appendix

Figure 5 to Part 679 --Kodiak Island Closure Status for Vessels Using Non-pelagic Trawl Gear

Appendix

Figure 6 to Part 679 --Length Overall of Vessel

Appendix

Figure 7 to Part 679 --Location of Trawl Gear Test Areas in the GOA and the BSAI

Appendix

Figure 8 to Part 679 --Chinook Salmon Savings Areas of the BSAI

Appendix

Figure 9 to Part 679 --Chum Savings Area (CSSA) of the CVOA

Appendix

Figure 10 to Part 679 --Pribilof Islands Area Habitat Conservation Zone in the Bering Sea

Appendix

Figure 11 to Part 679 --Red King Crab Savings Area (RKCSA)

Appendix

Figure 12 to Part 679 --Bristol Bay Trawl Closure Area

Appendix

Figure 13 to Part 679 --BSAI C. Opilio Tanner Crab Bycatch Limitations Zone

Appendix

Figure 14 to Part 679 --Sablefish Regulatory Areas

Appendix

Figure 15 to Part 679 --Regulatory Areas for the Pacific Halibut Fishery

Appendix

Figure 16 to part 679 --Bering Sea Habitat Conservation Area

Appendix

Figure 17 to part 679 --Northern Bering Sea Research Area and St. Lawrence Island Habitat Conservation Area

Appendix

Figure 18 to Part 679 --Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve

Appendix

Figure 19 to Part 679 --Shelikof Strait Conservation Area

Appendix

Figure 20 to Part 679 --Steller sea lion conservation area (SCA) of the Bering Sea

Appendix

Figure 21 to Part 679 --Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and Kuskokwim Bay Habitat Conservation Area

Appendix

Figure 22 to Part 679 --Chiniak Gully Research Area (applicable through December 31, 2010)

Appendix

Figure 23 to Part 679 --Salmon Management Area (see 679.2)

Appendix

Figure 24 to Part 679 --Arctic Management Area

Appendix

Table 1to Part 679 --Delivery Condition and Product Codes

Appendix

Table 1to Part 679 --Discard and Disposition Codes

Appendix

Table 1to Part 679 --Product Tyoe Codes

Appendix

Table 2to Part 679 --Species Codes: FMP Groundfish

Appendix

Table 2to Part 679 --Species Codes: FMP Prohibited Species and CR Crab

Appendix

Table 2to Part 679 --Species Codes: FMP Forage Fish Species (all species of the following families)

Appendix

Table 2to Part 679 --Species Codes--Non-FMP Species

Appendix

Table 3 to Part 679 --Product Recovery Rates for Groundfish Species and Conversion Rates for Pacific Halibut

Appendix

Table 4 to Part 679 --Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pollock Fisheries Restrictions

Appendix

Table 5 to Part 679 --Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pacific Cod Fisheries Restrictions

Appendix

Table 6 to Part 679 --Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Atka Mackerel Fisheries Restrictions

Appendix

Table 7 to Part 679 --Communities Determined To Be Eligible To Apply for Community Development Quotas

Appendix

Table 8 to Part 679 --Harvest Zone Codes for Use With Vessel Activity Reports

Appendix

Table 9 to Part 679 --[Reserved]

Appendix

Table 10 to Part 679 --Gulf of Alaska Retainable Percentages

Appendix

Table 11 to Part 679 --BSAI Retainable Percentages

Appendix

Table 12 to Part 679 --Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas, 3nm No Groundfish Fishing Sites

Appendix

Table 13 to Part 679 --Transfer Form Summary

Appendix

Tableto Part 679 --Port of Landing Codes , Alaska

Appendix

Tableto Part 679 --Port of Landing Codes: Non-Alaska

Appendix

Table --At-sea Operation Type Codes To Be Used as Port Codes for Vessels Matching This Type of Operation

Appendix

Table 15 to Part 679 --Gear Codes, Descriptions, and Use

Appendix

Table 16 to Part 679 --Area Codes and Descriptions for Use With State of Alaska ADF&G Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)

Appendix

Table 17 to Part 679 --Process Codes for Use With State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)

Appendix

Table 18 to Part 679 --Required Buying and Production Forms for use With State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)

Appendix

Table 19 to Part 679 --Seabird Avoidance Gear Codes

Appendix

Table 20 to Part 679 --Seabird Avoidance Gear Requirements for Vessels, based on Area, Gear, and Vessel Type. (See 679.24() for complete seabird avoidance program requirements; see 679.24()(1) for applicable fisheries)

Appendix

Table 21 to Part 679 --Eligible GOA Communities, Halibut IFQ Regulatory Use Areas, and Community Governing Body that Recommends the Community Quota Entity

Appendix

Table 22 to Part 679 -- Alaska Seamount Habitat Protection Areas

Appendix

Table 23 to Part 679 --Aleutian Islands Coral Habitat Protection Areas

Appendix

Table 24 to Part 679 --Except as Noted, Locations in the Aleutian Islands Habitat Conservation Area Open to Nonpelagic Trawl Fishing

Appendix

Table 25 to Part 679 --Bowers Ridge Habitat Conservation Zone

Appendix

Table 26 to Part 679 --Gulf of Alaska Coral Habitat Protection Areas

Appendix

Table 27 to Part 679 --Gulf of Alaska Slope Habitat Conservation Areas

Appendix

Table 28 to Part 679 --Qualifying Season Dates in the Central GOA Primary Rockfish Species

Appendix

Table 29 to Part 679 --Initial Rockfish QS Pools

Appendix

Table 30 to Part 679 --Rockfish Program Retainable Percentages (in round wt. equivalent)

Appendix

Table 31 to Part 679 -- List of Amendment 80 Vessels and LLP Licenses Originally Assigned to an Amendment 80 Vessel

Appendix

Table 32 to Part 679 -- Amendment 80 Initial QS Pool

Appendix

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)

Appendix

Table 34 to Part 679 -- Annual Apportionment of BSAI Yellowfin Sole Between the Amendment 80 and BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors

Appendix

Table 35 to Part 679 --Apportionment of Crab PSC and Halibut PSC Between the Amendment 80 and BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors

Appendix

Table 36 to Part 679 -- Percentage of Crab and Halibut PSC Limit Assigned to Each Amendment 80 Species

Appendix

Table 37 to Part 679 -- GOA Amendment 80 Sideboard Limit for Groundfish for the Amendment 80 Sector

Appendix

Table 38 to Part 679 -- GOA Amendment 80 Sideboard Limit for Halibut PSC for the Amendment 80 Sector

Appendix

Table 39 to Part 679 -- Amendment 80 Vessels That May Be Used to Directed Fish for Flatfish in the GOA

Appendix

Table 40 to Part 679 --BSAI Halibut PSC Sideboard Limits for AFA Catcher/Processors and AFA Catcher Vessels

Appendix

Table 41 to Part 679 --BSAI Crab PSC Sideboard Limits for AFA Catcher/Processors and AFA Catcher Vessels

Appendix

Table 42 to Part 679 --Bering Sea Habitat Conservation Area

Appendix

Table 43 to Part 679 --Northern Bering Sea Research Area

Appendix

Table 44 to Part 679 --Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and Kuskokwim Bay Habitat Conservation Area

Appendix

Table 45 to Part 679 --St. Lawrence Island Habitat Conservation Area

Appendix

Table 46 to Part 679 --St. Matthew Island Habitat Conservation Area