99-55539. Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 66587-66588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-55539]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska

CFR Correction

    In Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 600 to End, 
revised as of October 1, 1998, Sec. 679.21 is corrected in paragraph 
(d)(3)(i) by revising ``Aftny'' to read ``After'' and reinstating the 
following text between the words ``After'' and ``weekly''.


Sec. 679.21  Prohibited species bycatch management.

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    (d) * * *
    (3) * * *
    (i) Notification. After consultation with the Council, NMFS will 
publish notification in the Federal Register specifying the proposed 
halibut PSC limit for vessels using trawl gear.
    (ii) Bycatch allowance. The halibut PSC limit specified for vessels 
using trawl gear may be further apportioned as bycatch allowances to 
the fishery categories listed in paragraph (d)(3)(iii) of this section, 
based on each category's proportional share of the anticipated halibut 
bycatch mortality during a fishing year and the need to optimize the 
amount of total groundfish harvest under the halibut PSC limit. The sum 
of all bycatch allowances will equal the halibut PSC limit established 
under this paragraph (d).
    (iii) Trawl fishery categories. For purposes of apportioning the 
trawl halibut PSC limit among fisheries, the following fishery 
categories are specified and defined in terms of round-weight 
equivalents of these GOA groundfish species for which a TAC has been 
specified under Sec. 679.20:

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    (A) Shallow-water species fishery. Fishing with trawl gear during 
any weekly reporting period that results in a retained aggregate catch 
of pollock, Pacific cod, shallow-water flatfish, flathead sole, Atka 
mackerel, and ``other species'' that is greater than the retained 
aggregate amount of other GOA groundfish species or species group.
    (B) Deep-water species fishery. Fishing with trawl gear during any 
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[FR Doc. 99-55539 Filed 11-26-99; 8:45 am]
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