Alaska Fisheries Regulations and Notices
Federal Fisheries Regulations
50 CFR Part 679: Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska
Table of Contents
- 50 CFR Part 679
- Subparts:
- Appendix
- Figures
- Tables
- Updates
| Date last updated | Section | Paragraph |
|---|---|---|
| 50 CFR PART 679 | ||
| 04/27/09 | 50 CFR 679: Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska | One file: All subparts, figures and tables in 50 CFR 679 |
| SUBPART A - GENERAL | ||
| 01/14/09 | 679.1 Purpose and scope |
(a) Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (b) Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (c) [Reserved] (d) IFQ Program for Sablefish and Halibut (e) Western Alaska CDQ Program (f) Groundfish Observer Program (g) Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (h) Fishery Management Plan for the Scallop Fishery off Alaska (i) Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the EEZ off the Coast of Alaska (Salmon FMP) (j) License Limitation Program (LLP) (k) American Fisheries Act Measures |
| 01/30/09 | 679.2 Definitions | |
| 04/01/05 | 679.3 Relation to other laws |
(a) Foreign Fishing for Groundfish (b) Domestic Fishing for Groundfish (c) Halibut (d) King and Tanner Crabs (e) Incidental Catch of Marine Mammals (f) Domestic Fishing for Salmon (g) Scallops |
| 01/14/09 | 679.4 Permits |
(a) Requirements (b) Federal Fisheries permit (c) [Reserved] (d) IFQ permits, IFQ hired master permits, and Registered Buyer permits (e) Halibut CDQ permits and CDQ hired master permits (f) Federal processor permit (g) Scallop LLP (h) Salmon permit (i) Exempted fisheries permit (see 679.6) (j) Prohibited species donation program permit (see 679.26(a)(3)) (k) Licenses for license limitation groundfish or crab species (l) AFA permits (m) Participation in the AI directed pollock fishery (n) Rockfish program (o) Amendment 80 Program |
| 01/14/09 | 679.5 Recordkeeping and reporting |
(a) General R&R requirements (b) Representative (c) Logbooks (d) Buying station report (BSR) (e) Interagency Electronic Reporting System (IERS) and eLandings (f) Electronic logbooks (ELBs) (g) Product transfer report (PTR) (h) Check-in/check-out report (i) Weekly production report (WPR) (j) [Reserved] (k) U.S. vessel activity report (VAR) (l) IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, IFQ sablefish, or CR crab R&R (m) [Reserved] (n) Groundfish CDQ fisheries (o) Catcher vessel cooperative pollock catch report (p) Commercial Operator’s Annual Report (COAR) (q) AI directed pollock fishery catch reports (r) Rockfish program (s) Amendment 80 Program |
| 05/02/02 | 679.6 Exempted fisheries | (a) General (b) Application (c) Review procedure (d) Notifying the applicant (e) Terms and conditions (f) Effectiveness (g) Recordkeeping and reporting requirements |
| 01/14/09 | 679.7 Prohibitions | (a) Groundfish of the GOA and BSAI (b) Prohibitions specific to GOA (c) Prohibitions specific to BSAI (d) CDQ (e) [Reserved] (f) IFQ fisheries (g) Groundfish observer program (h) Salmon fisheries (i) License limitation program (j) [Reserved] (k) Prohibitions specific to AFA (l) Prohibitions specific to the AI directed pollock fishery (m) Prohibitions specific to GRS (n) Rockfish program (o) Amendment 80 program |
| 01/28/02 | 679.8 Facilitation of enforcement | |
| 12/30/97 | 679.9 Penalties | |
| SUBPART B - MANAGEMENT MEASURES | ||
| 04/27/09 | 679.20 General limitations |
(a) Harvest limits (b) Reserves (c) Annual specifications (d) Fishery closures (e) Maximum retainable amounts (f) Directed fishing calculations and determinations (g) Allowable retention of pollock roe (h) Standard product types and standard PRRs (i) Forage fish (j) Full retention of Demersal Shelf Rockfish (DSR) in the Southeast Outside District of the GOA (SEO) |
| 04/01/09 | 679.21 Prohibited species bycatch management |
(a) Applicability (b) General (c) Salmon taken in BSAI trawl fishery (d) GOA halibut PSC limits (e) BSAI PSC limits (f) [Reserved] (g) Requirements for vessels participating in a salmon bycatch reduction ICA |
| 01/14/09 | 679.22 Closures |
(a) BSAI
(b) GOA
(c) Directed fishing closures (see § 679.20(d) and § 679.20(i)) |
| 10/15/07 | 679.23 Seasons |
(a) Groundfish, general (b) Time of groundfish openings and closures (c) GOA and BSAI trawl groundfish (d) GOA groundfish seasons (e) BSAI groundfish seasons (f) IFQ halibut (g) IFQ sablefish (h) Stand down requirements for trawl catcher vessels transiting between the BSAI and GOA (i) Catcher vessel exclusive fishing seasons for pollock |
| 04/27/09 | 679.24 Gear limitations | (a) Marking of hook-and-line, longline pot, and pot-and-line gear (b) Gear restrictions (c) Gear restrictions for sablefish (d) Trawl gear test areas (e) Seabird avoidance program for vessels fishing with hook-and-line gear |
| 10/28/03 | 679.25 Inseason adjustments |
(a) General (b) Data (c) Procedure |
| 09/27/04 | 679.26 Prohibited Species Donation Program |
(a) Authorized species (b) Authorized distributors (c) Reporting and recordkeeping requirements (d) Processing, handling, and distribution |
| 01/14/09 | 679.27 Improved Retention/Improved Utilization Program |
(a) Applicability (b) IR/IU species (c) Minimum retention requirements (d) Bleeding codends and shaking longline gear (e) At-sea discard of product (f) Discard of fish or product transferred from other vessels (g) IR/IU species as bait (h) Previously caught fish (i) Minimum utilization requirements (j) Groundfish retention standard |
| 02/20/09 | 679.28 Equipment and operational requirements | (a) Applicability (b) Scales used to weigh catch at sea (c) Scales approved by State of Alaska (d) Observer sampling station (e) Certified bins for volumetric estimates of catch weight (f) Vessel monitoring system (VMS) requirements (g) Catch monitoring and control plan requirements (CMCP) (h) [reserved] (i) Bin monitoring |
| SUBPART C - WESTERN ALASKA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA PROGRAM | ||
| 04/25/05 | 679.30 General CDQ regulations | (a) Application procedure (b) Public hearings on CDQ application (c) Council consultation (d) Review and approval of proposed CDPs (e) Transfer (f) CDQ group responsibilities (g) Monitoring of CDPs (h) Suspension or termination of a CDP |
| 05/13/08 | 679.31 CDQ and PSQ reserves | (a) CDQ and PSQ reserves (b) [reserved] |
| 10/15/07 | 679.32 Groundfish and halibut CDQ catch monitoring | (a) Applicability (b) PSQ catch (c) Vessels eligible for groundfish and halibut CDQ fisheries (d) Requirements for vessels and processors (e) Recordkeeping and reporting (f) Halibut CDQ |
| SUBPART D - INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTA MANAGEMENT MEASURES | ||
| 01/14/09 | 679.40 Sablefish and halibut QS |
(a) Initial allocation of QS (b) Annual allocation of IFQ (c) Calculation of annual IFQ allocation (d) Ten-percent adjustment policy (e) Underages (f) Harvesting privilege (g) External research tags for halibut and sablefish |
| 01/14/09 | 679.41 Transfer of Quota Shares and IFQ |
(a) General (b) Transfer procedure (c) Application for transfer approval criteria (d) Eligibility to receive QS or IFQ by transfer (e) Transfers of QS blocks (f) Transfer of QS or IFQ with restrictions (g) Transfer restrictions (h) Transfer of IFQ (i) Transfer across catcher vessel categories (j) Compensation for CDQ allocations (k) Survivorship transfer privileges (l) Transfer of QS to CQEs (m)Temporary military transfers |
| 01/14/09 | 679.42 Limitations on use of QS and IFQ |
(a) IFQ regulatory area and vessel category (b) Gear (c) Requirements and deductions (d) Emergency waiver (e) Sablefish QS use (f) Halibut QS use (g) Limitations on QS blocks (h) Vessel limitations (i) Use of IFQ resulting from QS assigned to vessel categories B, C, or D by individuals (j) Use of IFQ resulting from QS assigned to vessel categories B, C, or D by corporations and partnerships (k) Sablefish vessel clearance requirements |
| 05/02/05 | 679.43 Determinations appeals | (a) General (b) Who may appeal (c) Submission of appeals (d) Timing of appeals (e) Address of record (f) Statement of reasons for appeals (g) Hearings (h) Types of hearings (i) Authority of the appellate officer (j) Evidence (k) Appellate officers’ decisions (l) Disqualification of an appellate officer (m) Written hearing (n) Oral hearing (o) Review of the Regional Administrator (p) Issuance of a non-transferable license |
| 01/29/97 | 679.44 Penalties | |
| 09/05/06 | 679.45 IFQ Cost Recovery Program |
(a) Cost recovery fees (b) IFQ ex-vessel value determination and use (c) IFQ standard ex-vessel value determination and use (d) IFQ fee percentage (e) Non-payment of fee (f) Underpayment of IFQ fee (g) Over payment (h) Appeals and requests for reconsideration (i) Annual report |
| SUBPART E - GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM | ||
| 01/14/09 | 679.50 Groundfish Observer Program |
(a) General (b) Purpose (c) Observer requirements for vessels (d) Observer requirements for shoreside processors or stationary floating processors (e) NMFS staff observers (f) Inseason adjustments in observer coverage requirements (g) Responsibilities (h) Procurement of observer services (i) Observer provider permitting and responsibilities (j) Observer certification and responsibilities (k) Release of observer data to the public |
| SUBPART F - AMERICAN FISHERIES ACT AND ALEUTIAN ISLAND DIRECTED POLLOCK FISHERY MANAGEMENT MEASURES | ||
| 03/03/05 | 679.60 Authority and related regulations | |
| 01/14/09 | 679.61 Formation and operation of fishery cooperatives |
(a) Who is liable for violations by a fishery cooperative and cooperative members? (b) Who must comply with this section? (c) Designated representative and agent for service of process (d) Annual filing requirements (e) What are the required elements in a cooperative contract? (f) Annual reporting requirement (g) Landing tax payment deadline |
| 03/03/05 | 679.62 Inshore sector cooperative allocation program | (a) How will inshore sector cooperative allocations be made? (b) What are the restrictions on fishing under an inshore cooperative fishing permit? (c) Contract fishing by non-member vessels |
| 03/22/04 | 679.63 Catch weighing requirements for vessels and processors |
(a) What are the requirements for listed AFA catcher/processors and AFA motherships? (b) What are the requirements for unlisted AFA catcher/processors? (c) What are the requirements for AFA inshore processors? |
| 02/18/08 | 679.64 Harvesting sideboards limits in other fisheries |
(a) Harvesting sideboards for listed AFA catcher/processors (b) Harvesting sideboards for AFA catcher vessels |
| 679.65 (see 680) [reserved] | ||
| 679.70 through 679.76 have been relocated to 50 CFR 600.1101, per 69 FR 53359 | ||
| SUBPART G - ROCKFISH PROGRAM | ||
| 11/17/08 | 679.80 Initial allocation of rockfish QS | (a) Applicable areas and duration (b) Eligibility for harvesters to participate in the Rockfish Program (c) Eligibility for processors to participate in the Rockfish Program (d) Official Rockfish Program record (e) Application to participate in the Rockfish Program (f) Rockfish QS allocation |
| 12/20/06 | 679.81 Rockfish Program annual harvester and processor privileges | (a) Sector and LLP license allocations of primary rockfish Species (b) Sector and LLP license allocations of secondary species (c) Sector and LLP license allocations of rockfish halibut PSC (d) Assigning rockfish QS to a Rockfish Program fishery (e) Applications for a Rockfish Program fishery (f) Transfer applications (g) Transfer of processor eligibility (h) Maximum retainable amount (MRA) limits (i) Rockfish cooperative |
| 08/10/07 | 679.82 Rockfish Program use caps and sideboard limits | (a) Use caps (b) Rockfish limited access fishery (c) Opt-out fishery (d) Sideboard limitations (e) Sideboard provisions for catcher vessels (f) Sideboard provision--catcher/processor rockfish cooperative Provisions (g) Sideboard provisions--catcher/processor limited access Provisions (h) Sideboard provisions--catcher/processor optout provisions |
| 08/10/07 | 679.83 Rockfish Program entry level fishery | (a) Rockfish entry level fishery (b) [Reserved] |
| 01/14/09 | 679.84 Rockfish Program recorkdeeping, permits, monitoring, and catch accounting | (a) Recordkeeping and reporting. See § 679.5(r) (b) Permits. See § 679.4(m) (c) Catch monitoring requirements for catcher/processors assigned to a rockfish cooperative or rockfish limited access fishery (d) Catch monitoring requirements for catcher/processors assigned to the opt-out fishery (e) Catch monitoring requirements for catcher vessels (f) Catch monitoring requirements for shoreside and stationary floating processors (g) Catch accounting |
| SUBPART H - AMENDMENT 80 PROGRAM | ||
| 01/23/08 | 679.90 Allocations, use, and transfer of Amendment 80 QS permit | (a) Issuance of Amendment 80 QS permits (b) Application for Amendment 80 QS (c) Amendment 80 official record (d) Assigning an Amendment 80 QS permit to an Amendment 80 QS holder (e) Transfers of Amendment 80 QS Permits (f) Application to transfer an Amendment 80 QS permit |
| 10/15/07 | 679.91 Amendment 80 Program annual harvester privileges | (a) Assigning an Amendment 80 QS permit to an Amendment 80 cooperative or Amendment 80 limited access fishery (b) Application for CQ and Application for the Amendment 80 limited access fishery (c) Allocations of Amendment 80 species (d) Allocations of halibut PSC (e) Allocations of crab PSC (f) Rollover--Annual reallocation of an Amendment 80 species ICA or ITAC, crab PSC, and halibut PSC from the BSAI trawl limited access sector to Amendment 80 cooperatives (g) CQ transfer applications (h) Amendment 80 cooperative |
| 10/15/07 | 679.92 Amendment 80 Program use caps and sideboard limits |
(a) Use caps (b) GOA sideboard limits (c) Sideboard restrictions applicable to Amendment 80 vessels directed fishing for flatfish in the GOA (d) Sideboard restrictions applicable to the fishing vessel GOLDEN FLEECE |
| 10/15/07 | 679.93 Amendment 80 Program recordkeeping, permits, monitoring and catch accounting | (a) Recordkeeping and reporting |
| 10/15/07 | 679.94 Economic data report (EDR) for the Amendment 80 sector | (a) Amendment 80 EDR |
| APPENDIX A | ||
| 06/28/00 | Performance and Technical Requirements for Scales Used to Weigh Catch At Sea in the Groundfish Fisheries off Alaska | |
| ANNEX TO APPENDIX A | ||
| 10/28/03 | Influence Quantity and Disturbance Tests | |
| FIGURES | ||
| TABLES | ||
UPDATES
- 50 CFR 679 & 50 CFR 680 update log from June 1, 2004 to present
- 50 CFR 679 update log - changes made from 1996 through May 24, 2004
- Update log for regulatory actions published in 50 CFR 671-677 from 11/1980 to 12/1995 (50 CFR 671-677 regulations were consolidated in 1996 to 50 CFR 679)
AUTHORITY
16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.,
16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.,
16 U.S.C. 3631 et seq.
16 U.S.C. 1540(f)
Title II of Division C, Pub. L. 105-277
Sec. 3027, Pub. L. 106-31, 113 Stat. 57
Sec. 209, Pub. L. 106-554
FEDERAL REGISTER
Additional Fishery Regulations
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