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73 FR 158 pgs. 47559-47560 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Correction

Type: RULEVolume: 73Number: 158Pages: 47559 - 47560
Docket number: [Docket No. 071106673-8011-02]
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-18857 Filed 8-13-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 071106673-8011-02]

RIN 0648-XJ59

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Correction

AGENCY:

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION:

Temporary rule; correction.

SUMMARY:

On July 30, 2008, NMFS published a revised Table 4 that reallocated Atka mackerel from the 2008 incidental catch allowance to the B season allowance for the Amendment 80 cooperative in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). Table 4 of that document contains the final 2008 and 2009 BSAI Atka mackerel allocations. That table contained inadvertent calculation errors that are corrected in this rule.

DATES:

Effective August 14, 2008, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Furuness, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal regulations at 50 CFR part 679 implement the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and govern the groundfish fisheries in the BSAI. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) prepared the FMP, and NMFS approved it under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). General regulations governing U.S. fisheries also appear at 50 CFR part 600.

On July 30, 2008 (73 FR 44173) NMFS published a revised Table 4 that reallocated Atka mackerel from the 2008 incidental catch allowance to the B season allowance for the Amendment 80 cooperative in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the BSAI. However, NMFS inadvertently miscalculated the 2008 Amendment 80 Cooperatives total amount as 8,804 metric tons (mt) instead of 8,683 mt and A season amount as 3,812 mt instead of 3,691 mt. NMFS also inadvertently miscalculated the 2009 Amendment 80 sectors amounts in the Eastern Aleutian District and Bering Sea area and the Central Aleutian District. This document corrects the errors and republishes Table 4 in its entirety.

Correction

Accordingly, the revised Table 4 from the temporary rule (FR Doc. E8-17466) published on July 30, 2008, at 73 FR 44173, is corrected as follows:

On page 44174, Table 4, is corrected and republished in its entirety to read as follows:

Sector1 Season2,3 2008 allocation by area Eastern Aleutian District/Bering Sea Central Aleutian District Western Aleutian District 2009 allocation by area Eastern Aleutian District/Bering Sea Central Aleutian District Western Aleutian District
TAC n/a 19,500 24,300 16,900 15,300 19,000 13,200
CDQ reserve Total 2,087 2,600 1,808 1,637 2,033 1,412
HLA4 n/a 1,560 1,085 n/a 1,220 847
ICA Total 100 10 10 1,400 10 10
Jig5 Total 80 0 0 61 0 0
BSAI trawl limited access Total 319 434 0 488 678 0
A 159 217 0 244 339 0
HLA4 n/a 130 0 n/a 203 0
B 159 217 0 244 339 0
HLA4 n/a 130 0 n/a 203 0
Amendment 80 sectors Total 15,615 21,256 15,082 11,714 16,279 11,778
A 7,807 10,628 7,541 5,857 8,139 5,889
HLA4 n/a 6,377 4,525 n/a 4,884 3,533
B 7,807 10,628 7,541 5,857 8,139 5,889
HLA4 n/a 6,377 4,525 n/a 4,884 3,533
Amendment 80 limited access Total 8,232 12,809 9,298 n/a n/a n/a
A 4,116 6,405 4,649 n/a n/a n/a
HLA4 n/a 3,843 2,789 n/a n/a n/a
B 4,116 6,405 4,649 n/a n/a n/a
HLA4 n/a 3,843 2,789 n/a n/a n/a
Amendment 80 cooperatives Total 8,683 8,447 5,784 n/a n/a n/a
A 3,691 4,224 2,892 n/a n/a n/a
HLA4 n/a 2,534 1,735 n/a n/a n/a
B 4,992 4,224 2,892 n/a n/a n/a
HLA4 n/a 2,534 1,735 n/a n/a n/a
1 Section 679.20(a)(8)(ii) allocates the Atka mackerel TACs, after subtraction of the CDQ reserves, jig gear allocation, and ICAs, to the Amendment 80 and BSAI trawl limited access sectors. The allocation of the ITAC for Atka mackerel to the Amendment 80 and BSAI trawl limited access sectors is established in Table 33 to part 679 and § 679.91. The CDQ reserve is 10.7 percent of the TAC for use by CDQ participants (see §§ 679.20(b)(1)(ii)(C) and 679.31).
2 Regulations at §§ 679.20(a)(8)(ii)(A) and 679.22(a) establish temporal and spatial limitations for the Atka mackerel fishery. The A season is January 1 (January 20 for trawl gear) to April 15 and the B season is September 1 to November 1.
3 The seasonal allowances of Atka mackerel are 50 percent in the A season and 50 percent in the B season.
4 Harvest Limit Area (HLA) limit refers to the amount of each seasonal allowance that is available for fishing inside the HLA (see § 679.2). In 2008 and 2009, 60 percent of each seasonal allowance is available for fishing inside the HLA in the Western and Central Aleutian Districts.
5 Section 679.20(a)(8)(i) requires that up to 2 percent of the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea TAC be allocated to jig gear after subtraction of the CDQ reserve and ICA. The amount of this allocation is 0.5 percent. The jig gear allocation is not apportioned by season.

Dated: August 8, 2008.

Alan D. Risenhoover

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. E8-18857 Filed 8-13-08; 8:45 am]

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