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.

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.

Subpart F - American Fisheries Act and Aleutian Island Directed Pollock Fishery Management Measures

§ 679.59 - Authority and related regulations.

§ 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.

Table 2 to Part 679 - Species Codes for FMP Species and non-FMP Species

Subpart G - Rockfish Program

§ 679.70 - Definitions.

§ 679.71 - Loan.

§ 679.72 - Fee payment and collection.

§ 679.73 - Fee collection deposits, disbursements, records, and reports.

§ 679.74 - Late charges.

§ 679.75 - Enforcement.

§ 679.76 - Prohibitions and penalties.

§ 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.

Table 1 to Part 679 - Product and Delivery Codes

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

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 - Gulf of Alaska Trawl Economic Data

§ 679.110 - Gulf of Alaska Trawl Economic Data Reports (EDRs).

Table 47a to Part 679 - Percent of the AFA Catcher/Processor Sector's Pollock Allocation, Numbers of Chinook Salmon Used To Calculate the Opt-out Allocation and Annual Threshold Amount, and Percent Used To Calculate IPA Minimum Participation Assigned to Each Catcher/Processor Under § 679.21(f)

Table 47b to Part 679 - Percent of the AFA Mothership Sector's Pollock Allocation, Numbers of Chinook Salmon Used To Calculate the Opt-Out Allocation and Annual Threshold Amount, and Percent Used To Calculate IPA Minimum Participation Assigned to Each Mothership Under § 679.21(f)

Table 47c to Part 679 - Percent of the AFA Inshore Sector's Pollock Allocation, Numbers of Chinook Salmon Used To Calculate the Opt-Out Allocation and Annual Threshold Amount, and Percent Used To Calculate IPA Minimum Participation Assigned to Each Catcher Vessel Under § 679.21(f)

Table 47d to Part 679 - Percent of the CDQ Program's Pollock Allocation, Numbers of Chinook Salmon Used To Calculate the Opt-Out Allocation and Annual Threshold Amount, and Percent Used To Calculate IPA Minimum Participation Assigned to Each CDQ Group Under § 679.21(f)

Subpart K - Halibut Deck Sorting

§ 679.120 - Halibut deck sorting.

§ 679.121 - [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.

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

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

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 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 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 30 to Part 679 - Rockfish Program Retainable Percentages

Table 50 to Part 679

Table 48 to Part 679

Table 10 to Part 679 - Gulf of Alaska Retainable Percentages

Table 11 to Part 679 - BSAI Retainable Percentages

Table 13 to Part 679 - Transfer Form Summary

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 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 29 to Part 679 - Initial Rockfish QS Pools

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

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

Table 47 to Part 679 - [Reserved]

Table 49 to Part 679 - Groundfish Licenses Qualifying for Hook-and-Line Catcher/Processor Endorsement Exemption

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

Table 11 to Part 679 - BSAI Retainable Percentages

Table 50 to Part 679 - [Reserved]

Table 10 to Part 679 - Gulf of Alaska Retainable Percentages

Table 58 to Part 679 - —Amendment 80 Sector Annual BSAI Pacific Halibut PSC Limits

Figure 10 to Part 679 - Pribilof Islands Habitat Conservation Zone (PIHCZ) in the Bering Sea

Figure 12 to Part 679 - Bristol Bay Trawl Closure Area

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

Figure 22 to Part 679

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

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 8 to Part 679 - Aleutian Islands Chinook Salmon Savings Area

Figure 2 to Part 679 - BSAI Catcher Vessel Operational 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 9 to Part 679 - Chum Savings Area (CSSA) of the CVOA

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

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

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 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 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

Figure 22 to Part 679 - [Reserved]

Table 14a to Part 679 - Port of Landing Codes 1, Alaska

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

Table 28a to Part 679 - Qualifying Season Dates for Central GOA Rockfish Primary Species

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

Table 14b to Part 679 - Port of Landing Codes: Non-Alaska

Table 1b to Part 679 - Discard and Disposition Codes

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

Table 28b to Part 679 - Qualifying Season Dates for Central GOA Rockfish Primary Species

Table 14c to Part 679 - At-sea Operation Type Codes To Be Used as Port Codes for Vessels Matching This Type of Operation

Table 1c to Part 679 - Product Type Codes

Table 2c to Part 679 - Species Codes: FMP Forage Fish Species (All Species of the Following Families), Grenadier Species, Squids, and Sculpins

Table 28c to Part 679 - Allocation of Rockfish Secondary Species

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

Tables 47-48 to Part 679

Tables 47-48 to Part 679 - [Reserved]

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

Table 1d to Part 660, Subpart C - Whiting and non-whiting initial issuance allocation percentage for IFQ decided through the harvest specifications, 2011