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by U.S. Coast Guard Notice to Mariners 

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2182 kHz. 

Classification 

The Assistant Administrator for 

Fisheries, NOAA (AA), finds that good 

cause exists for this notification to be 

issued without affording prior notice 

and opportunity for public comment 

under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) because such 

notification would be impracticable. As 

previously noted, actual notice of the 

regulatory actions was provided to 

fishers through telephone hotline and 

radio notification. These actions comply 

with the requirements of the annual 

management measures for ocean salmon 

fisheries (75 FR 24482, May 5, 2010), 

the West Coast Salmon Plan, and 

regulations implementing the West 

Coast Salmon Plan 50 CFR 660.409 and 

660.411. Prior notice and opportunity 

for public comment was impracticable 

because NMFS and the state agencies 

had insufficient time to provide for 

prior notice and the opportunity for 

public comment between the time the 

fishery catch and effort data were 

collected to determine the extent of the 

fisheries, and the time the fishery 

modifications had to be implemented in 

order to ensure that fisheries are 

managed based on the best available 

scientific information, thus allowing 

fishers access to the available fish at the 

time the fish were available while 

ensuring that quotas are not exceeded. 

The AA also finds good cause to waive 

the 30-day delay in effectiveness 

required under U.S.C. 553(d)(3), as a 

delay in effectiveness of these actions 

would allow fishing at levels 

inconsistent with the goals of the 

Salmon Fishery Management Plan and 

the current management measures. 

These actions are authorized by 50 

CFR 660.409 and 660.411 and are 

exempt from review under Executive 

Order 12866. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: March 23, 2011. 

Margo Schulze-Haugen, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7242 Filed 3–25–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 101126521–0640–02] 

RIN 0648–XZ90 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands; Final 2011 and 2012 

Harvest Specifications for Groundfish; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule; closures; correction. 

SUMMARY: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) is correcting a 

final rule that published on March 1, 

2011, implementing the final 2011 and 

2012 harvest specifications and 

prohibited species catch allowances for 

the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea 

and Aleutian Islands Management Area 

(BSAI). Two tables within the document 

contained errors. 

DATES: Effective from 1200 hrs, Alaska 

local time (A.l.t.), March 1, 2011, 

through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Whitney, 907–586–7269. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Need for Correction 

NMFS published the Final 2011 and 

2012 BSAI Harvest Specifications in the 

Federal Register on Tuesday, March 1, 

2011 (76 FR 11139). Tables providing 

information on 2011 and 2012 Directed 

Fishing Closures (Table 10) and the 

Final 2011 and 2012 American Fisheries 

Act Catcher Vessel BSAI Groundfish 

Sideboard Limits (Table 13) contained a 

number of minor errors. In Table 10 on 

page 11154, NMFS inadvertently listed 

an incidental catch allowance (ICA) of 

rock sole at ‘‘10,000’’ metric tons (mt), 

instead of the correct number of ‘‘5,000’’ 

mt. In addition, Federal Register 

formatting issues caused misalignment 

in Tables 10 and 13 and affected the 

information contained in those tables. In 

Table 10 on page 11154, the Federal 

Register listed the phrase ‘‘ICA rock 

sole’’ in the ‘‘sector’’ column rather than 

the ‘‘species’’ column. In Table 13 on 

page 11156, the Federal Register shifted 

seven lines upward by one row in the 

following columns: ‘‘Ratio of 1995–1997 

TAC’’; ‘‘2011 initial TAC’’; ‘‘2011 AFA 

catcher vessel sideboard limits’’; ‘‘2012 

initial TAC’’; and ‘‘2012 AFA catcher 

vessel sideboard limits’’. As a result of 

this error, Table 13 contains incorrect 

information on Pacific cod sideboard 

limits for the following gears and 

seasons: ‘‘Jig gear’’; ‘‘Hook and line 

Catcher Vessels (CV)’’ for ‘‘Jan 1–Jun 10’’; 

‘‘Pot gear CV’’ for ‘‘Jan 1–Jun 10’’; and 

‘‘Trawl gear CV’’ for ‘‘Jan 20–Apr 1’’. 

Table 13 also contains incorrect 

information on Atka mackerel sideboard 

limits for the following areas and 

seasons: ‘‘Eastern AI/BS’’ for ‘‘Jan 1–Jun 

10’’; ‘‘Central AI’’ for ‘‘Jan 1–Jun 10’’; and 

‘‘Central AI’’ for ‘‘Jan 1–Jun 10’’. NMFS’ 

corrections to Table 10 and Table 13 are 

listed below. 

The Assistant Administrator for 

Fisheries, NOAA (AA), finds good cause 

to waive the requirement to provide 

prior notice and opportunity for public 

comment pursuant to the authority set 

forth at 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such 

requirement is impracticable and 

contrary to the public interest. This 

correction notice makes only minor 

changes and does not change operating 

practices in the fisheries. Corrections 

should be made as soon as possible to 

avoid confusion for participants in the 

fisheries. 

The AA also finds good cause to 

waive the 30-day delay in the effective 

date of this action under 5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3). This finding is based upon 

the reasons provided above for waiver of 

prior notice and opportunity for public 

comment. 

Correction 

On pages 11153, 11154, and 11156, 

Tables 10 and 13 are corrected to read 

as follows: 

TABLE 10—2011 AND 2012 DIRECTED FISHING CLOSURES 1

[Groundfish and halibut amounts are in metric tons. Crab amounts are in number of animals] 

Area Sector Species 2011 Incidental 

catch allowance 

2012 Incidental 

catch allowance 

Bogoslof District ........................... All ............................................... Pollock ....................................... 150 150 

Aleutian Islands subarea ............. All ............................................... ICA pollock ................................ 1,600 1,600 

‘‘Other rockfish’’ ......................... 425 425 

Eastern Aleutian District/Bering 

Sea.

Non-amendment 80 and BSAI 

trawl limited access.

ICA Atka mackerel .................... 75 75 


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TABLE 10—2011 AND 2012 DIRECTED FISHING CLOSURES 1—Continued 

[Groundfish and halibut amounts are in metric tons. Crab amounts are in number of animals] 

Area Sector Species 2011 Incidental 

catch allowance 

2012 Incidental 

catch allowance 

Eastern Aleutian District/Bering 

Sea.

All ............................................... Rougheye rockfish ..................... 234 240 

Eastern Aleutian District .............. Non-amendment 80 and BSAI 

trawl limited access.

ICA Pacific ocean perch ............ 100 100 

Central Aleutian District ............... Non-amendment 80 and BSAI 

trawl limited access.

ICA Atka mackerel .................... 75 75 

ICA Pacific ocean perch ............ 75 75 

Western Aleutian District ............. Non-amendment 80 and BSAI 

trawl limited access.

ICA Atka mackerel .................... 40 40 

ICA Pacific ocean perch ............ 10 10 

Central and Western Aleutian 

Districts.

All ............................................... Rougheye rockfish ..................... 220 225 

Bering Sea subarea ..................... All ............................................... Pacific ocean perch ................... 4,854 4,854 

‘‘Other rockfish’’ ......................... 500 500 

ICA pollock ................................ 45,072 45,132 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands All ............................................... Northern rockfish ....................... 4,000 4,000 

Shortraker rockfish .................... 393 393 

Squids ........................................ 361 361 

Skates ........................................ 14,025 14,025 

Sharks ....................................... 43 43 

Octopuses ................................. 128 128 

Sculpins ..................................... 4,420 4,420 

Hook-and-line and pot gear ...... ICA Pacific cod .......................... 500 500 

Non-amendment 80 ................... ICA flathead sole ....................... 5,000 5,000 

ICA rock sole ............................. 5,000 .......................................... 5,000 

Non-amendment 80 and BSAI 

trawl limited access.

ICA yellowfin sole ...................... 2,000 2,000 

BSAI trawl limited access .......... Rock sole/flathead sole/other 

flatfish—halibut mortality, red 

king crab zone 1, C. opilio 

COBLZ, C. bairdi Zone 1 and 

2.

0 0 

Turbot/arrowtooth/sablefish— 

halibut mortality, red king crab 

zone 1, C. opilio COBLZ, C. 

bairdi Zone 1 and 2.

0 0 

Rockfish—red king crab zone 1 0 0 

1 Maximum retainable amounts may be found in Table 11 to 50 CFR part 679. 

TABLE 13—FINAL 2011 AND 2012 AMERICAN FISHERIES ACT CATCHER VESSEL BSAI GROUNDFISH SIDEBOARD LIMITS

[Amounts are in metric tons] 

Species Fishery by area/gear/season 

Ratio of 

1995–1997 

AFA CV 

catch to 

1995–1997 

TAC 

2011 initial 

TAC 1

2011 AFA 

catcher 

vessel 

sideboard 

limits 

2012 initial 

TAC 1

2012 AFA 

catcher 

vessel 

sideboard 

limits 

Pacific cod ...................................................... BSAI 

Jig gear ................................................. 0 n/a 0 n/a 0 

Hook-and-line CV 

Jan 1–Jun 10 ................................. 0.0006 207 0 208 0 

Jun 10–Dec 31 .............................. 0.0006 199 0 200 0 

Pot gear CV 

Jan 1–Jun 10 ................................. 0.0006 8,685 5 8,749 5 

Sept 1–Dec 31 ............................... 0.0006 8,345 5 8,406 5 

CV < 60 feet LOA using hook-and-line 

or pot gear.

0.0006 4,055 2 4,084 2 

Trawl gear CV 

Jan 20–Apr 1 ................................. 0.8609 33,290 28,659 33,532 28,868 

Apr 1–Jun 10 ................................. 0.8609 4,949 4,261 4,985 4,292 

Jun 10–Nov 1 ................................ 0.8609 6,748 5,809 6,797 5,852 

Sablefish ......................................................... BS trawl gear ............................................... 0.0906 1,211 110 1,109 100 

AI trawl gear ................................................. 0.0645 404 26 370 24 

Atka mackerel ................................................ Eastern AI/BS 

Jan 1–Jun 10 ........................................ 0.0032 17,994 58 16,431 53 

Jun 10–Nov 1 ........................................ 0.0032 17,994 58 16,431 53 

Central AI 

Jan 1–Jun 10 ........................................ 0.0001 5,037 1 4,596 0 

Jun 10–Nov 1 ........................................ 0.0001 5,037 1 4,596 0 

Western AI 

Jan 1–Jun 10 ........................................ 0 n/a 0 n/a 0 


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TABLE 13—FINAL 2011 AND 2012 AMERICAN FISHERIES ACT CATCHER VESSEL BSAI GROUNDFISH SIDEBOARD LIMITS— 

Continued 

[Amounts are in metric tons] 

Species Fishery by area/gear/season 

Ratio of 

1995–1997 

AFA CV 

catch to 

1995–1997 

TAC 

2011 initial 

TAC 1

2011 AFA 

catcher 

vessel 

sideboard 

limits 

2012 initial 

TAC 1

2012 AFA 

catcher 

vessel 

sideboard 

limits 

Jun 10–Nov 1 ........................................ 0 n/a 0 n/a 0 

Rock sole ....................................................... BSAI ............................................................. 0.0341 75,905 2,588 75,905 2,588 

Greenland turbot ............................................ BS ................................................................. 0.0645 2,975 192 2,975 192 

AI .................................................................. 0.0205 1,318 27 1,233 25 

Arrowtooth flounder ........................................ BSAI ............................................................. 0.069 22,015 1,519 22,015 1,519 

Kamchatka flounder ....................................... BSAI ............................................................. 0.069 15,045 1,038 15,045 1,038 

Alaska plaice .................................................. BSAI ............................................................. 0.0441 13,600 600 13,600 600 

Other flatfish ................................................... BSAI ............................................................. 0.0441 2,550 112 2,550 112 

Flathead sole .................................................. BS trawl gear ............................................... 0.0505 37,102 1,874 37,102 1,874 

Pacific ocean perch ........................................ BS ................................................................. 0.1 4,854 485 4,854 485 

Eastern AI .................................................... 0.0077 5,054 39 5,054 39 

Central AI ..................................................... 0.0025 4,429 11 4,429 11 

Western AI ................................................... 0 n/a 0 n/a 0 

Northern rockfish ............................................ BSAI ............................................................. 0.0084 4,000 34 4,000 34 

Shortraker rockfish ......................................... BSAI ............................................................. 0.0037 393 1 393 1 

Rougheye rockfish ......................................... EBS/EAI ....................................................... 0.0037 234 1 240 1 

CAI/WAI ........................................................ 0.0037 220 1 225 1 

Other rockfish ................................................. BS ................................................................. 0.0048 500 2 500 2 

AI .................................................................. 0.0095 425 4 425 4 

Squids ............................................................ BSAI ............................................................. 0.3827 361 138 361 138 

Skates ............................................................ BSAI ............................................................. 0.0541 14,025 759 14,025 759 

Sharks ............................................................ BSAI ............................................................. 0.0541 43 2 43 2 

Octopuses ...................................................... BSAI ............................................................. 0.0541 128 7 128 7 

Sculpins .......................................................... BSAI ............................................................. 0.0541 4,420 239 4,420 239 

1Aleutian Islands Pacific ocean perch, and BSAI Atka mackerel, flathead sole, and rock sole are multiplied by the remainder of the TAC of that species after the 

subtraction of the CDQ reserve under § 679.20(b)(1)(ii)(C). 

Dated: March 23, 2011. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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