Title 50

PART 679

Part 679 - Fisheries Of The Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska

PART 679 - FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA Authority:16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.; 1801 et seq.; 3631 et seq.; Pub. L. 108-447; Pub. L. 111-281. Editorial Note:Nomenclature changes to part 679 appear at 61 FR 56438, Nov. 1, 1996; 62 FR 2047, Jan. 15, 1997; 66 FR 27909, May 21, 2001; 67 FR 79739, Dec. 30, 2002; and 77 FR 6502, Feb. 8, 2012.

• Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.; 1801 et seq.; 3631 et seq.; Pub. L. 108-447; Pub. L. 111-281.

50:13.0.1.1.3.1	SUBPART A	Subpart A - General
50:13.0.1.1.3.1.1.1	SECTION 679.1	679.1 Purpose and scope.
50:13.0.1.1.3.1.1.2	SECTION 679.2	679.2 Definitions.
50:13.0.1.1.3.1.1.3	SECTION 679.3	679.3 Relation to other laws.
50:13.0.1.1.3.1.1.4	SECTION 679.4	679.4 Permits.
50:13.0.1.1.3.1.1.5	SECTION 679.5	679.5 Recordkeeping and reporting (R&R).
50:13.0.1.1.3.1.1.6	SECTION 679.6	679.6 Exempted fisheries.
50:13.0.1.1.3.1.1.7	SECTION 679.7	679.7 Prohibitions.
50:13.0.1.1.3.1.1.8	SECTION 679.8	679.8 Facilitation of enforcement.
50:13.0.1.1.3.1.1.9	SECTION 679.9	679.9 Penalties.
50:13.0.1.1.3.2	SUBPART B	Subpart B - Management Measures
50:13.0.1.1.3.2.1.1	SECTION 679.20	679.20 General limitations.
50:13.0.1.1.3.2.1.2	SECTION 679.21	679.21 Prohibited species bycatch management.
50:13.0.1.1.3.2.1.3	SECTION 679.22	679.22 Closures.
50:13.0.1.1.3.2.1.4	SECTION 679.23	679.23 Seasons.
50:13.0.1.1.3.2.1.5	SECTION 679.24	679.24 Gear limitations.
50:13.0.1.1.3.2.1.6	SECTION 679.25	679.25 Inseason adjustments.
50:13.0.1.1.3.2.1.7	SECTION 679.26	679.26 Prohibited Species Donation Program.
50:13.0.1.1.3.2.1.8	SECTION 679.27	679.27 Improved Retention/Improved Utilization Program.
50:13.0.1.1.3.2.1.9	SECTION 679.28	679.28 Equipment and operational requirements.
50:13.0.1.1.3.3	SUBPART C	Subpart C - Western Alaska Community Development Quota Program
50:13.0.1.1.3.3.1.1	SECTION 679.30	679.30 [Reserved]
50:13.0.1.1.3.3.1.2	SECTION 679.31	679.31 CDQ and PSQ reserves, allocations, and transfers.
50:13.0.1.1.3.3.1.3	SECTION 679.32	679.32 Groundfish and halibut CDQ catch monitoring.
50:13.0.1.1.3.3.1.4	SECTION 679.33	679.33 CDQ cost recovery.
50:13.0.1.1.3.4	SUBPART D	Subpart D - Individual Fishing Quota Management Measures
50:13.0.1.1.3.4.1.1	SECTION 679.40	679.40 Sablefish and halibut QS.
50:13.0.1.1.3.4.1.2	SECTION 679.41	679.41 Transfer of quota shares and IFQ.
50:13.0.1.1.3.4.1.3	SECTION 679.42	679.42 Limitations on use of QS and IFQ.
50:13.0.1.1.3.4.1.4	SECTION 679.43	679.43 Determinations and appeals.
50:13.0.1.1.3.4.1.5	SECTION 679.44	679.44 Penalties.
50:13.0.1.1.3.4.1.6	SECTION 679.45	679.45 IFQ cost recovery program.
50:13.0.1.1.3.5	SUBPART E	Subpart E - North Pacific Observer Program
50:13.0.1.1.3.5.1.1	SECTION 679.50	679.50 Applicability.
50:13.0.1.1.3.5.1.2	SECTION 679.51	679.51 Observer and Electronic Monitoring System requirements for vessels and plants.
50:13.0.1.1.3.5.1.3	SECTION 679.52	679.52 Observer provider permitting and responsibilities.
50:13.0.1.1.3.5.1.4	SECTION 679.53	679.53 Observer certification and responsibilities.
50:13.0.1.1.3.5.1.5	SECTION 679.54	679.54 Release of observer data to the public.
50:13.0.1.1.3.5.1.6	SECTION 679.55	679.55 Observer fees.
50:13.0.1.1.3.6	SUBPART F	Subpart F - American Fisheries Act and Aleutian Island Directed Pollock Fishery Management Measures
50:13.0.1.1.3.6.1.1	SECTION 679.60	679.60 Authority and related regulations.
50:13.0.1.1.3.6.1.2	SECTION 679.61	679.61 Formation and operation of fishery cooperatives.
50:13.0.1.1.3.6.1.3	SECTION 679.62	679.62 Inshore sector cooperative allocation program.
50:13.0.1.1.3.6.1.4	SECTION 679.63	679.63 Catch weighing requirements for vessels and processors.
50:13.0.1.1.3.6.1.5	SECTION 679.64	679.64 Harvesting sideboard limits in other fisheries.
50:13.0.1.1.3.6.1.6	SECTION 679.65	679.65 Bering Sea Chinook Salmon Bycatch Management Program Economic Data Report (Chinook salmon EDR program).
50:13.0.1.1.3.6.1.7	SECTION 679.66	679.66 AFA cost recovery.
50:13.0.1.1.3.6.1.8	SECTION 679.67	679.67 Aleutian Islands pollock cost recovery.
50:13.0.1.1.3.7	SUBPART G	Subpart G - Rockfish Program
50:13.0.1.1.3.7.1.1	SECTION 679.80	679.80 Allocation and transfer of rockfish QS.
50:13.0.1.1.3.7.1.2	SECTION 679.81	679.81 Rockfish Program annual harvester privileges.
50:13.0.1.1.3.7.1.3	SECTION 679.82	679.82 Rockfish Program use caps and sideboard limits.
50:13.0.1.1.3.7.1.4	SECTION 679.83	679.83 Rockfish Program entry level longline fishery.
50:13.0.1.1.3.7.1.5	SECTION 679.84	679.84 Rockfish Program recordkeeping, permits, monitoring, and catch accounting.
50:13.0.1.1.3.7.1.6	SECTION 679.85	679.85 Cost recovery.
50:13.0.1.1.3.8	SUBPART H	Subpart H - Amendment 80 Program
50:13.0.1.1.3.8.1.1	SECTION 679.90	679.90 Allocation, use, and transfer of Amendment 80 QS permits.
50:13.0.1.1.3.8.1.2	SECTION 679.91	679.91 Amendment 80 Program annual harvester privileges.
50:13.0.1.1.3.8.1.3	SECTION 679.92	679.92 Amendment 80 Program use caps and sideboard limits.
50:13.0.1.1.3.8.1.4	SECTION 679.93	679.93 Amendment 80 Program recordkeeping, permits, monitoring, and catch accounting.
50:13.0.1.1.3.8.1.5	SECTION 679.94	679.94 Economic data report (EDR) for the Amendment 80 sector and Gulf of Alaska Trawl Catcher/Processors.
50:13.0.1.1.3.8.1.6	SECTION 679.95	679.95 Amendment 80 Program cost recovery.
50:13.0.1.1.3.9	SUBPART I	Subpart I - Equipment and Operational Requirements for the Longline Catcher/Processor Subsector
50:13.0.1.1.3.9.1.1	SECTION 679.100	679.100 Applicability.
50:13.0.1.1.3.10	SUBPART J	Subpart J - Gulf of Alaska Trawl Economic Data
50:13.0.1.1.3.10.1.1	SECTION 679.110	679.110 Gulf of Alaska Trawl Economic Data Reports (EDRs).
50:13.0.1.1.3.11	SUBPART K	Subpart K - Halibut Deck Sorting
50:13.0.1.1.3.11.1.1	SECTION 679.120	679.120 Halibut deck sorting.
50:13.0.1.1.3.11.1.2	SECTION 679.121	679.121 [Reserved]
50:13.0.1.1.3.12	SUBPART 0
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.21	APPENDIX Appendix A	Appendix A to Part 679 - Performance and Technical Requirements for Scales Used To Weigh Catch at Sea in the Groundfish Fisheries Off Alaska
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.22	APPENDIX	Figure 1 to Part 679 - Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Statistical and Reporting Areas
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.23	APPENDIX	Figure 2 to Part 679 - BSAI Catcher Vessel Operational Area
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.24	APPENDIX	Figure 3 to Part 679 - Gulf of Alaska Reporting Areas
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.25	APPENDIX	Figure 4 to Part 679 - BSAI Herring Savings Areas
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.26	APPENDIX	Figure 5 to Part 679 - Kodiak Island Type 1, 2, and 3 Nonpelagic Trawl Closure Status and Marmot Bay Tanner Crab Protection Area
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.27	APPENDIX	Figure 6 to Part 679 - Length Overall of Vessel
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.28	APPENDIX	Figure 7 to Part 679 - Location of Trawl Gear Test Areas in the GOA and the BSAI
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.29	APPENDIX	Figure 8 to Part 679 - Aleutian Islands Chinook Salmon Savings Area
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.30	APPENDIX	Figure 9 to Part 679 - Chum Savings Area (CSSA) of the CVOA
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.31	APPENDIX	Figure 10 to Part 679 - Pribilof Islands Habitat Conservation Zone (PIHCZ) in the Bering Sea
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.32	APPENDIX	Figure 11 to Part 679 - Red King Crab Savings Area (RKCSA)
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.33	APPENDIX	Figure 12 to Part 679 - Bristol Bay Trawl Closure Area
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.34	APPENDIX	Figure 13 to Part 679 - BSAI C. Opilio Tanner Crab Bycatch Limitations Zone
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.35	APPENDIX	Figure 14 to Part 679 - Sablefish Regulatory Areas
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.36	APPENDIX	Figure 15 to Part 679 - Regulatory Areas for the Pacific Halibut Fishery
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.37	APPENDIX	Figure 16 to Part 679 - Bering Sea Habitat Conservation Area
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.38	APPENDIX	Figure 17 to Part 679 - Northern Bering Sea Research Area and Saint Lawrence Island Habitat Conservation Area (HCA)
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.39	APPENDIX	Figure 18 to Part 679 - Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.40	APPENDIX	Figure 19 to Part 679 - Shelikof Strait Conservation Area
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.41	APPENDIX	Figure 20 to Part 679 - Steller sea lion conservation area (SCA) of the Bering Sea
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.42	APPENDIX	Figure 21 to Part 679 - Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and Kuskokwim Bay Habitat Conservation Area
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.43	APPENDIX	Figure 22 to Part 679 [Reserved]
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.44	APPENDIX	Figure 23 to Part 679 - Salmon Management Area (see § 679.2)
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.45	APPENDIX	Figure 24 to Part 679 - Arctic Management Area
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.46	APPENDIX	Figure 25 to Part 679 - Elevating Device Clearance Measurement Locations for Modified Nonpelagic Trawl Gear
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.47	APPENDIX	Figure 26 to Part 679 - Modified Nonpelagic Trawl Gear
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.48	APPENDIX	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
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.49	APPENDIX	Table 1a to Part 679 - Delivery Condition* and Product Codes
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.50	APPENDIX	Table 1b to Part 679 - Discard and Disposition Codes 1
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.51	APPENDIX	Table 1c to Part 679 - Product Type Codes
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.52	APPENDIX	Table 2a to Part 679 - Species Codes: FMP Groundfish
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.53	APPENDIX	Table 2b to Part 679 - Species Codes: FMP Prohibited Species and CR Crab
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.54	APPENDIX	Table 2c to Part 679 - Species Codes: FMP Forage Fish Species (All Species of the Following Families), Grenadier Species, Squids, and Sculpins
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.55	APPENDIX	Table 2d to Part 679 - Species Codes: Non-FMP Species
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.56	APPENDIX	Table 3 to Part 679 - Product Recovery Rates for Groundfish Species and Conversion Rates for Pacific Halibut
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.57	APPENDIX	Table 4 to Part 679 - Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pollock Fisheries Restrictions
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.58	APPENDIX	Table 5 to Part 679 - Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pacific Cod Fisheries Restrictions
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.59	APPENDIX	Table 6 to Part 679 - Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Atka Mackerel Fisheries Restrictions
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.60	APPENDIX	Table 7 to Part 679 - Community Development Quota Groups and Communities Eligible To Participate in the CDQ Program
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.61	APPENDIX	Table 8 to Part 679 - Harvest Zone Codes for Use With Vessel Activity Reports
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.62	APPENDIX	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.
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.63	APPENDIX	Table 10 to Part 679 - Gulf of Alaska Retainable Percentages
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.64	APPENDIX	Table 11 to Part 679 - BSAI Retainable Percentages
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.65	APPENDIX	Table 12 to Part 679 - Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas, 3nm No Groundfish Fishing Sites
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.66	APPENDIX	Table 13 to Part 679 - Transfer Form Summary
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.67	APPENDIX	Table 14a to Part 679 - Port of Landing Codes 1, Alaska
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.68	APPENDIX	Table 14b to Part 679 - Port of Landing Codes: Non-Alaska
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.69	APPENDIX	Table 14c to Part 679 - At-sea Operation Type Codes To Be Used as Port Codes for Vessels Matching This Type of Operation
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.70	APPENDIX	Table 15 to Part 679 - Gear Codes, Descriptions, and Use
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.71	APPENDIX	Table 16 to Part 679 - Area Codes and Descriptions for Use With State of Alaska ADF&G Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.72	APPENDIX	Table 17 to Part 679 - Process Codes for Use With State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.73	APPENDIX	Table 18 to Part 679 - Required Buying and Production Forms for use With State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.74	APPENDIX	Table 19 to Part 679 - Seabird Avoidance Gear Codes
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.75	APPENDIX	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)
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.76	APPENDIX	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
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.77	APPENDIX	Table 22 to Part 679 - Alaska Seamount Habitat Protection Areas
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.78	APPENDIX	Table 23 to Part 679 - Aleutian Islands Coral Habitat Protection Areas
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.79	APPENDIX	Table 24 to Part 679 - Except as Noted, Locations in the Aleutian Islands Habitat Conservation Area Open to Nonpelagic Trawl Fishing
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.80	APPENDIX	Table 25 to Part 679 - Bowers Ridge Habitat Conservation Zone
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.81	APPENDIX	Table 26 to Part 679 - Gulf of Alaska Coral Habitat Protection Areas
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.82	APPENDIX	Table 27 to Part 679 - Gulf of Alaska Slope Habitat Conservation Areas
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.83	APPENDIX	Table 28a to Part 679 - Qualifying Season Dates for Central GOA Rockfish Primary Species
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.84	APPENDIX	Table 28b to Part 679 - Qualifying Season Dates for Central GOA Rockfish Primary Species
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.85	APPENDIX	Table 28c to Part 679 - Allocation of Rockfish Secondary Species
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.86	APPENDIX	Table 28d to Part 679 - Allocation of Halibut PSC under the Central GOA Rockfish Program
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.87	APPENDIX	Table 28e to Part 679 - Rockfish Entry Level Longline Fishery Allocations
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.88	APPENDIX	Table 29 to Part 679 - Initial Rockfish QS Pools
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.89	APPENDIX	Table 30 to Part 679 - Rockfish Program Retainable Percentages
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.90	APPENDIX	Table 31 to Part 679 - List of Amendment 80 Vessels and LLP Licenses Originally Assigned to an Amendment 80 Vessel
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.91	APPENDIX	Table 32 to Part 679 - Amendment 80 Initial QS Pool
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.92	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)
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.93	APPENDIX	Table 34 to Part 679 - Annual Apportionment of BSAI Yellowfin Sole Between the Amendment 80 and BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.94	APPENDIX	Table 35 to Part 679 - Apportionment of Crab PSC and Halibut PSC Between the Amendment 80 and BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sectors
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.95	APPENDIX	Table 36 to Part 679 - Percentage of Crab and Halibut PSC Limit Assigned to Each Amendment 80 Species
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.96	APPENDIX	Table 37 to Part 679 - GOA Amendment 80 Sideboard Limit for Groundfish for the Amendment 80 Sector
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.97	APPENDIX	Table 38 to Part 679 - GOA Amendment 80 Sideboard Limit for Halibut PSC for the Amendment 80 Sector
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.98	APPENDIX	Table 39 to Part 679 - Amendment 80 Vessels That May Be Used to Directed Fish for Flatfish in the GOA
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.99	APPENDIX	Table 40 to Part 679 - BSAI Halibut PSC Sideboard Limits for AFA Catcher/Processors and AFA Catcher Vessels
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.100	APPENDIX	Table 41 to Part 679 - BSAI Crab PSC Sideboard Limits for AFA Catcher/Processors and AFA Catcher Vessels
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.101	APPENDIX	Table 42 to Part 679 - Bering Sea Habitat Conservation Area
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.102	APPENDIX	Table 43 to Part 679 - Northern Bering Sea Research Area
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.103	APPENDIX	Table 44 to Part 679 - Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and Kuskokwim Bay Habitat Conservation Area
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.104	APPENDIX	Table 45 to Part 679 - St. Lawrence Island Habitat Conservation Area
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.105	APPENDIX	Table 46 to Part 679 - St. Matthew Island Habitat Conservation Area
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.106	APPENDIX	Tables 47-48 to Part 679 [Reserved]
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.107	APPENDIX	Table 49 to Part 679 - Groundfish Licenses Qualifying for Hook-and-Line Catcher/Processor Endorsement Exemption
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.108	APPENDIX	Table 50 to Part 679 [Reserved]
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.109	APPENDIX	Table 51 to Part 679 - Modified Gear Trawl Zone
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.110	APPENDIX	Table 52 to Part 679 - Groundfish LLP Licenses Eligible for a BSAI Trawl Limited Access Sector Yellowfin Sole Directed Fishery Endorsement
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.111	APPENDIX	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
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.112	APPENDIX	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
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.113	APPENDIX	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
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.114	APPENDIX	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
50:13.0.1.1.3.13.1.1.115	APPENDIX	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

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