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.

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