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III. Procedural Matters 

A. Paperwork Reduction Act 

8. This document does not contain 

new information collection 

requirements subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Public 

Law 104–13. In addition, therefore, it 

does not contain any new or 

information collection burden for small 

business concerns with fewer than 25 

employees, pursuant to the Small 

Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, 

Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). 

B. Congressional Review Act 

9. The Commission will send a copy 

of this Report and Order to Congress 

and the Government Accountability 

Office pursuant to the Congressional 

Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A). 

IV. Ordering Clauses 

10. Accordingly, it is ordered, 

pursuant to the authority contained in 

sections 1, 4(j), 214, 254, and 405 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(j), 214, 

254, and 405 and § 1.429 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.429, that 

this Order is adopted. 

11. It is further ordered that, pursuant 

to the authority contained in sections 1, 

4(j), 214, 254, and 405 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 151, 154(j), 214, 

254, and 405, and § 1.429 of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.429, the 

Petition for Reconsideration of the 

Commission’s Order, filed by Alaska 

Communications, is denied as discussed 

herein. 

12. It is further ordered that, pursuant 

to the authority contained in § 1.103 of 

the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 1.103, 

this Order shall be effective August 6, 

2018. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14148 Filed 7–5–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 170714670–8561–02] 

RIN 0648–BH05 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Reclassifying Squid 

Species in the BSAI and GOA 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: NMFS issues regulations to 

implement Amendment 117 to the 

Fishery Management Plan for 

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands Management Area 

(BSAI FMP), implement Amendment 

106 to the Fishery Management Plan for 

Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA 

FMP), and update the species code 

tables for octopus. This final rule 

prohibits directed fishing for the squid 

species complex (squids) by Federally 

permitted groundfish fishermen, 

specifies a squid retention limit in the 

Gulf of Alaska (GOA) groundfish 

fisheries consistent with the existing 

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 

Management Area (BSAI) squid 

retention limit, and makes minor 

corrections to the octopus species code 

tables. This action is intended to 

promote the goals and objectives of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, the 

FMPs, and other applicable laws. 

DATES: Effective August 6, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of 

Amendment 117 to the BSAI FMP, 

Amendment 106 to the GOA FMP, and 

the Environmental Assessment/ 

Regulatory Impact Review (collectively 

the ‘‘Analysis’’) prepared for this action 

may be obtained from 

www.regulations.gov. 

Electronic copies of the Initial 

Regulatory Flexibility Analyses for the 

BSAI and GOA Groundfish Harvest 

Specifications for 2018 and 2019 may be 

obtained from www.regulations.gov. 

Written comments regarding the 

burden-hour estimates or other aspects 

of the collection-of-information 

requirements contained in this final rule 

may be submitted by mail to NMFS, 

Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, 

AK 99082–1668, Attn: Ellen Sebastian, 

Records Officer; in person at NMFS, 

Alaska Region, 709 West 9th Street, 

Room 420A, Juneau, AK; by email to 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or by 

fax to (202) 395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan Mackey, (907) 586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority for Action 

NMFS manages the groundfish 

fisheries in the exclusive economic 

zones of the BSAI and GOA under the 

BSAI FMP and GOA FMP (collectively 

the FMPs). The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) 

prepared the FMPs under the authority 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1801 

et seq. Regulations implementing the 

FMPs appear at 50 CFR part 679. 

General regulations governing U.S. 

fisheries appear at 50 CFR part 600. 

This final rule implements 

Amendments 117/106 and updates the 

species code for octopus in several 

tables to 50 CFR part 679. The Council 

submitted Amendments 117/106 for 

review by the Secretary of Commerce, 

and the notice of availability of these 

amendments was published in the 

Federal Register on March 27, 2018, 

with comments invited through May 29, 

2018 (83 FR 13117). NMFS published 

the proposed rule for this action on 

April 11, 2018 (83 FR 15538), with 

comments invited through May 11, 

2018. NMFS received three comment 

letters from three members of the 

public. The comments are summarized 

and responded to under the heading 

‘‘Comments and Responses’’ below. 

A detailed review of the provisions 

and rationale for this action is provided 

in the preamble to the proposed rule 

and is briefly summarized in this final 

rule. 

Background 

In June 2017, the Council voted 

unanimously to recommend FMP 

Amendments 117/106 to reclassify 

squids as non-target ecosystem 

component species, not in need of 

conservation and management. Squids 

are currently classified as target species 

in the FMPs, though as discussed below, 

squids are currently only caught 

incidental to other target fisheries. To 

implement FMP Amendments 117/106, 

NMFS implements regulations to 

prohibit directed fishing for squids by 

Federally permitted groundfish 

fishermen and to specify a squid 

retention limit in the GOA groundfish 

fisheries consistent with the existing 

BSAI squid retention limit. The 

following sections of this preamble 

describe (1) groundfish stock 

classification in FMPs and a brief 


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history of this action; (2) the National 

Standards (NS) guidance for 

determining which species require 

conservation and management; (3) FMP 

Amendments 117/106; (4) the regulatory 

changes made by this final rule; and (5) 

the comments received and NMFS 

responses to those comments. 

Stock Classification in FMPs and a Brief 

History of This Action 

Among other requirements, FMPs 

must comply with the MagnusonStevens Act NS (16 U.S.C. 1851). 

Relevant to this final rule, the NS 

guidelines at 50 CFR 600.305(d)(11), 

(12) and (13) define three classifications 

for stocks in an FMP: (1) Target stocks 

in need of conservation and 

management that fishermen seek to 

catch; (2) non-target stocks in need of 

conservation and management that are 

caught incidentally during the pursuit 

of target stocks; and (3) ecosystem 

component (EC) species that do not 

require conservation and management, 

but may be listed in an FMP in order to 

achieve ecosystem management 

objectives. 

Squids are currently classified as 

target species in the FMPs and directed 

fishing for squids is allowed. For squid, 

NMFS annually establishes an 

overfishing level (OFL) that should not 

be exceeded, an allowable biological 

catch (ABC) that is the maximum 

permissible harvest amount, and a total 

allowable catch (TAC). These terms, and 

the process for establishing the OFL, 

ABC, and TAC for squids, are described 

in the preamble to the proposed rule 

and are not repeated here (April 11, 

2018, 83 FR 15538). The TAC levels 

established annually for squids are too 

low to support a directed fishery in 

either the BSAI or GOA. Directed 

fishing for squids has been closed in the 

BSAI and GOA through the annual 

harvest specifications each year since 

2011. Thus, squids are only harvested 

incidentally in fisheries targeting other 

species. 

Since 2010, the Council’s non-target 

committee, Plan Teams, and Scientific 

and Statistical Committee have 

recommended that the Council explore 

reclassifying squids as EC category 

species because they do not meet the 

target species category classification, 

there is no demand for squid, and squid 

have not been targeted or open to 

directed fishing in either the BSAI or 

GOA for many years (see Section 1.2 of 

the Analysis). Further, there is no 

conservation concern for squids because 

they are extremely short-lived and 

highly productive, the current fishing 

mortality is considered insignificant at a 

population level, and they are unlikely 

to be overfished in the absence of a 

directed fishery (see Section 3.2.5 of the 

Analysis). 

Determining Which Species Require 

Conservation and Management 

Section 302(h)(1) of the MagnusonStevens Act requires a regional fishery 

management council to prepare an FMP 

for each fishery under its authority that 

is in need of conservation and 

management. ‘‘Conservation and 

management’’ is defined in section 3(5) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The NS 

guidelines at § 600.305(c) (revised on 

October 18, 2016, 81 FR 71858), provide 

direction for determining which stocks 

will require conservation and 

management and provide direction to 

regional fishery management councils 

and NMFS for how to consider these 

factors in making this determination. 

Specifically, the guidelines direct 

regional fishery management councils 

and NMFS to consider a non-exhaustive 

list of ten factors when deciding 

whether stocks require conservation and 

management. 

Section 2.2.1 of the Analysis 

considers each of the 10 factors’ 

relevance to squids. The Analysis 

showed that squids are an important 

component of the marine ecosystem, 

particularly due to their importance as 

prey for marine mammals, fish and 

other squids. However, despite being 

classified as a target species, there are 

currently no directed fisheries for 

squids. Squids are not important to 

commercial, recreational, or subsistence 

users, and the fisheries for BSAI and 

GOA squids are not important to the 

National or regional economy. There are 

no developing fisheries for squids in the 

exclusive economic zone off Alaska nor 

in waters of the State of Alaska. In the 

absence of a directed fishery, squids are 

unlikely to become overfished because 

they are short-lived and highly 

productive, and current surveys are 

considered substantial underestimates 

of true squids biomass in both the BSAI 

and GOA. Therefore, maintaining squids 

in the FMPs for conservation and 

management is not likely to improve or 

maintain the condition of the stocks. 

Amendments 117/106 

In June 2017, the Council 

recommended, and NMFS now 

implements, Amendments 117/106 to 

reclassify squids as EC category species 

in the FMPs. Based on a review of the 

scientific information, and after 

considering the revised NS guidelines, 

the Council and NMFS determined that 

squids are not in need of conservation 

and management, and that classifying 

squids in the EC category is an 

appropriate action. 

Though the Council determined, and 

NMFS concurs, that squids are not in 

need of conservation and management, 

squid population status and bycatch 

should be monitored to continually 

assess vulnerability of squids to the 

fishery given their importance in the 

ecosystem. Therefore, this final rule 

retains recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements for squid bycatch. This 

final rule prohibits directed fishing for 

squids to meet the intent of 

Amendments 117/106 that squids are 

not a target species complex. Because 

the definition of directed fishing at 

§ 679.2 is based on a maximum 

retainable amount (MRA), this final rule 

specifies a retention limit for squids so 

that NMFS can implement the 

prohibition on directed fishing to meet 

the intent of Amendments 117/106. 

This Final Rule and the Anticipated 

Effects 

In addition to classifying squids as an 

EC category species in the FMPs under 

Amendments 117/106, NMFS issues 

regulations to limit and monitor the 

catch of squids. This final rule— 

• prohibits directed fishing for squids 

in the BSAI and GOA groundfish 

fisheries; 

• maintains recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements of squids in the 

BSAI and GOA groundfish fisheries, but 

modifies the pertinent regulations for 

clarity; 

• specifies a squids retention limit, or 

MRA, in the GOA Federal groundfish 

fisheries consistent with the existing 

BSAI squids MRA of 20 percent; and 

• revises the species code tables in 

the regulations to indicate octopus is a 

multi-species category by using the 

plural, octopuses. 

To prohibit directed fishing, this final 

rule revises §§ 679.20(i) and 679.22(i) to 

prohibit directed fishing for squids at all 

times in the BSAI and GOA groundfish 

fisheries. 

To clarify definitions and 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements, this final rule adds a 

definition for squids at § 679.2 and adds 

an instruction to § 679.5 to use the 

squids species code in Table 2c to 50 

CFR part 679 (Table 2c) to record and 

report squid catch. These revisions 

maintain NMFS’ ability to monitor the 

catch, retention, and discard of squids. 

The MRA is the proportion or 

percentage of retained catch of a species 

closed for directed fishing (incidental 

catch species) to the retained catch of a 

species open for directed fishing (basis 

species). This final rule moves squids 

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into the incidental catch species 

category consistent with the prohibition 

on directed fishing for squids under this 

final rule. 

In developing this final rule, the 

Council and NMFS considered a range 

of squids MRA percentages: 2 percent, 

10 percent, and the current MRA of 20 

percent. Section 4.6.2 of the Analysis 

discusses that a more constraining MRA 

is more likely to increase discards of 

dead squids rather than discourage 

targeting. There are no conservation 

concerns for squids. Therefore, the 

Council recommended and NMFS is 

specifying an MRA for squids of 20 

percent in the GOA groundfish fisheries 

consistent with the existing MRA for 

squids in the BSAI groundfish fisheries. 

This final rule corrects a minor 

technical inaccuracy in the species code 

for octopus. This correction does not 

affect existing reporting requirements. 

Comments and Responses 

NMFS received three unique 

comments from three members of the 

public on the proposed rule. 

Comment 1: Squid is a target species 

in many market sectors. This regulation 

is not science based and demonstrates 

willful mismanagement of the Federal 

public trust. Do not enact these changes. 

Response: While there are markets for 

squids in some places, squids have 

limited economic value relative to many 

of the BSAI and GOA groundfish and 

therefore are not targeted by 

commercial, recreational, or subsistence 

fishery participants. In addition, the 

preamble to the proposed rule (83 FR 

15538, April 11, 2018), and the Analysis 

state that squids are closed to directed 

fishing and therefore are not directly 

targeted in the North Pacific groundfish 

fisheries. This final rule was developed 

after considering the best available 

scientific information provided in the 

Analysis prepared by the Council and 

NMFS. Specifically, the Analysis 

examined the biological, economic, and 

management implications of classifying 

squids in the EC category. The Analysis 

describes that there are no conservation 

concerns for squids. Squids are shortlived and highly productive. Bottom 

trawl surveys are considered substantial 

underestimates of true squid biomass in 

both the BSAI and GOA. Fishing related 

mortality is extremely low compared 

with the estimated predation mortality 

in food web models. In the absence of 

a directed fishery, squids are very 

unlikely to become overfished. 

Therefore, based on the best scientific 

information available, NMFS 

determined that squids are not in need 

of conservation and management and 

that classifying squids in the EC 

category is an appropriate action. 

Comment 2: The squids retention 

limit should be zero. 

Response: Although squids do not 

require conservation and management, 

it is still appropriate to take measures to 

minimize squids bycatch to the extent 

practicable. This is consistent with NS 

9, which requires that management 

measures, to the extent practicable, 

minimize bycatch and to the extent 

bycatch cannot be avoided, minimize 

bycatch mortality, and the Council’s 

long-standing practice of minimizing 

the bycatch of species such as forage 

fish and grenadiers that are important to 

the ecosystem but that do not require 

conservation and management. The 

preferred alternative maintains the 

current MRA of 20 percent, rather than 

imposing a more stringent MRA because 

a more restrictive MRA does not appear 

necessary. As noted in the response to 

Comment 1 above, there are no 

conservation concerns for squids. 

Further, Section 4.6.2 of the Analysis 

discusses that a more constraining MRA 

is more likely to increase discards of 

dead squids rather than discourage 

targeting. Therefore, a retention limit of 

zero would be unnecessarily 

constraining and would not be likely to 

benefit squids. 

Comment 3: One commenter 

expressed support for this action and 

noted this action provides operational 

relief to the owners and operators of 

trawl catcher vessels that may be 

constrained by a squid OFL in the 

Bering Sea pollock fishery. 

Response: NMFS acknowledges the 

comment. 

Changes From the Proposed Rule 

No changes were made from the 

proposed rule. 

Classification 

The Administrator, Alaska Region, 

NMFS has determined that this final 

rule is necessary to properly classify 

squids in the FMPs based on the best 

available scientific information, and is 

consistent with Amendment 117 to the 

BSAI FMP, Amendment 106 to the GOA 

FMP, other provisions of the MagnusonStevens Act, and other applicable laws. 

This final rule has been determined to 

be not significant for the purposes of 

Executive Order 12866. 

Small Entity Compliance Guide 

Section 212 of the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 

1996 states that, for each rule or group 

of related rules for which an agency is 

required to prepare a final regulatory 

flexibility analysis, the agency shall 

publish one or more guides to assist 

small entities in complying with the 

rule, and shall designate such 

publications as ‘‘small entity 

compliance guides.’’ The preamble to 

the proposed rule and this final rule 

serve as the small entity compliance 

guide. This action does not require any 

additional compliance from small 

entities that is not described in the 

preambles. Copies of the proposed rule 

and this final rule are available from the 

NMFS website at http://

alaskafisheries.noaa.gov. 

Regulatory Impact Review (RIR) 

An RIR was prepared to assess the 

costs and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives. A copy of this analysis is 

available from NMFS (see ADDRESSES). 

The Council recommended 

Amendments 117/106 based on those 

measures that maximized net benefits to 

the Nation. Specific aspects of the 

economic analysis related to the impact 

of this final rule on small entities are 

discussed below. 

Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

(FRFA) 

This section contains the FRFA for 

this final rule. Section 604 of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

requires that, when an agency 

promulgates a final rule under section 

553 of Title 5 of the U.S. Code, after 

being required by that section or any 

other law to publish a general notice of 

proposed rulemaking, the agency shall 

prepare a FRFA. Section 604 describes 

the required contents of a FRFA: (1) A 

statement of the need for and objectives 

of the rule; (2) a statement of the 

significant issues raised by the public 

comments in response to the IRFA, a 

statement of the assessment of the 

agency of such issues, and a statement 

of any changes made in the proposed 

rule as a result of such comments; (3) 

the response of the agency to any 

comments filed by the Chief Counsel for 

Advocacy of the Small Business 

Administration (SBA) in response to the 

proposed rule, and a detailed statement 

of any changes made to the proposed 

rule in the final rule as a result of the 

comments; (4) a description of and an 

estimate of the number of small entities 

to which the rule will apply or an 

explanation of why no such estimate is 

available; (5) a description of the 

projected reporting, recordkeeping, and 

other compliance requirements of the 

rule, including an estimate of the classes 

of small entities that will be subject to 

the requirement and the type of 

professional skills necessary for 

preparation of the report or record; and 

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has taken to minimize the significant 

economic impact on small entities 

consistent with the stated objectives of 

applicable statutes including a 

statement of the factual, policy, and 

legal reasons for selecting the alternative 

adopted in this final rule and why each 

one of the other significant alternatives 

to the rule considered by the agency 

which affect the impact on small 

entities was rejected. 

A description of this final rule and the 

need for and objectives of the rule are 

contained in the preamble to this final 

rule and the preamble to the proposed 

rule (83 FR 15538, April 11, 2018), and 

are not repeated here. 

Public and Chief Counsel for Advocacy 

Comments on the Proposed Rule 

NMFS published the proposed rule on 

April 11, 2018. An IRFA was prepared 

and summarized in the ‘‘Classification’’ 

section of the preamble to the proposed 

rule. The comment period closed on 

May 11, 2018, for the proposed rule and 

on May 29, 2018, for the notice of 

availability for the amendments. NMFS 

received three unique comments from 

three members of the public on the 

proposed rule and Amendments 117/ 

106. The Chief Counsel for Advocacy of 

the SBA did not file any comments on 

the proposed rule. 

NMFS received no comments 

specifically on the IRFA. However, one 

of the comments supported the action 

because it provides operational relief to 

the owners and operators of trawl 

catcher vessels. 

Number and Description of Small 

Entities Regulated by This Final Rule 

This final rule directly regulates any 

vessel operator harvesting squids in the 

Federally managed groundfish fisheries 

in the BSAI and GOA. The thresholds 

applied to determine if an entity or 

group of entities are ‘‘small’’ under the 

RFA depend on the industry 

classification for the entity or entities. 

Businesses classified as primarily 

engaged in commercial fishing are 

considered small entities if they have 

combined annual gross receipts not in 

excess of $11.0 million for all affiliated 

operations worldwide (81 FR 4469; 

January 26, 2016). The most recent 

estimates of the number of fishing 

vessels participating in the BSAI and 

GOA groundfish fisheries that are small 

entities are provided in Table 2 in the 

IRFAs for the BSAI and GOA annual 

harvest specifications for 2018 and 2019 

(see ADDRESSES). In 2016, there were 119 

catcher vessels and 5 catcher/processors 

in the BSAI, and 920 catcher vessels and 

3 catcher/processors in the GOA. These 

estimates likely overstate the number of 

small entities in the groundfish fisheries 

off Alaska because some of these vessels 

are affiliated through common 

ownership or membership in a 

cooperative, and the affiliated vessels 

together would exceed the $11.0 million 

annual gross receipts threshold for small 

entities. 

The only potential adverse economic 

impact that has been identified for this 

final rule is that vessel owners or 

operators who may wish to conduct 

directed fishing for squids in the future, 

and who wish to retain more squids 

than allowed under the 20 percent 

MRA, will not be able to do so. This 

potential adverse impact will not affect 

any current participants relative to 

opportunities available to them in 

recent years, because directed fishing 

for squid has been closed in the BSAI 

and GOA since 2011. Therefore, no 

current participants will lose an 

economic opportunity that is available 

to them today or has been available to 

them in recent years. 

The degree to which this final rule 

could limit current fishery permit 

holders’ future economic activity in the 

BSAI or GOA could be viewed as an 

adverse impact of this final rule. This 

adverse economic impact could affect 

any future participant in these 

groundfish fisheries. Therefore, all 

fishing vessels currently participating in 

the BSAI and GOA groundfish fisheries 

that are small entities could be 

adversely impacted by this final rule in 

the future. However, based on the very 

limited number of vessel operators who 

have expressed interest in conducting 

directed fishing for squids in the past, 

the actual number of small entities that 

will be adversely impacted by this final 

rule is likely zero or very few. Vessel 

operators may continue to catch and 

retain squids in the BSAI and GOA 

groundfish fisheries as long as they 

maintain their catch within the 20 

percent MRA. 

For operators of vessels currently 

participating in these fisheries, the 

economic impacts of this final rule are 

primarily beneficial or neutral. 

Removing squids from the BSAI target 

species category will remove the squids 

TAC from inclusion in the 2 million mt 

optimum yield (OY) cap in the BSAI. 

The amount of the OY cap that has been 

reserved for squids will be available to 

increase the TAC limit or limits for 

other BSAI target species. This effect 

will benefit participants in the BSAI 

fisheries that experience TAC increases 

relative to what the TACs would have 

been without this final rule. Some of the 

entities that experience benefits from 

increased TACs in the future may be 

small entities. The effects on target 

species TACs will be neutral for the 

GOA fisheries, as the OY has not 

constrained TACs in the GOA to date. 

Therefore, removing the squids TAC in 

the GOA will not allow for an increase 

in the TAC for another target species. 

For participants in the Bering Sea 

pollock fishery, moving squids from the 

target species category to the EC 

category will remove the squid OFL as 

a potential constraint for the Bering Sea 

pollock fishery, thereby increasing the 

flexibility of the Bering Sea pollock 

fishery participants to focus on 

minimizing the bycatch of salmon and 

other PSC in the pollock fisheries. 

Removing this constraint will reduce 

the costs associated with trying to 

simultaneously minimize the catch of 

squid and the catch of salmon and other 

PSC. However, none of the directly 

regulated entities in the Bering Sea 

pollock fishery are considered small 

entities because all of them are affiliated 

through either ownership or 

membership in a cooperative and, when 

considered together, have annual gross 

receipts that exceed $11.0 million 

annually. 

Recordkeeping, Reporting, and Other 

Compliance Requirements 

Under this final rule, requirements for 

recording and reporting the catch, 

discard, and production of squid in 

logbooks or on catch or production 

reports will be maintained as they are in 

existing regulations. This final rule 

makes only minor modifications to 

clarify the recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements in § 679.5, Table 2a to 50 

CFR part 679, and Table 2c to 50 CFR 

part 679. Therefore, moving squids from 

the target species category to the EC 

category will not change recordkeeping 

and reporting costs for fishery 

participants or impose any additional or 

new costs on participants. 

Description of Significant Alternatives 

That Minimize Adverse Impacts on 

Small Entities 

The Council and NMFS considered 

three alternatives. Among the three 

alternatives, Alternative 2 Option 3 (the 

preferred alternative) provides the most 

economic benefits to current 

participants in the BSAI and GOA 

groundfish fisheries. The primary 

economic benefit of this final rule is to 

reduce the potential constraints 

imposed by the OFLs, ABCs, and TACs 

for squids on BSAI and GOA groundfish 

fisheries. Among the three options 

considered for the squids MRA (20 

percent, 10 percent, and 2 percent), the 

20 percent MRA that was selected 

minimizes the economic impact on any 

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because it provides the greatest 

opportunity to retain squid as catch in 

other groundfish fisheries. 

Alternative 1 is the no action 

alternative and would have continued to 

classify squids as target species in the 

FMPs. OFLs, ABCs, and TACs would 

have continued to be set for squids as 

a species group in both the BSAI and 

GOA. Relative to Alternative 2, 

Alternative 1 could be considered less 

beneficial to small entities because all 

catch specifications would need to be 

maintained, and current constraints on 

the BSAI and GOA groundfish fisheries 

would continue. However, Alternative 2 

(this final rule) could be considered 

more restrictive to small entities than 

Alternative 1 if the prohibition on 

directed fishing for squids under this 

final rule limits future participants’ 

ability to conduct directed fishing for 

squids more so than would have 

occurred under the status quo. 

Alternative 1 would have allowed 

NMFS to determine annually whether to 

open a directed fishery for squids. 

Alternative 2 classifies squids in the 

BSAI and GOA in the EC category and 

implements a regulation prohibiting 

directed fishing for squids that could 

only be revised through subsequent 

rulemaking. However, the Council 

recommended and NMFS concurs that 

the benefits of this final rule to current 

fishery participants, including small 

entities, outweigh the potential future 

adverse impacts of the prohibition 

against directed fishing for squids. In 

addition, this provision can be reevaluated by the Council and NMFS in 

the future if fishery participants want to 

develop directed fisheries for squids. 

Alternative 3 would have classified 

squids in the FMPs as ‘‘non-target’’ 

species, in which case OFLs and ABCs 

would still have been established but 

TAC would no longer be specified. 

Relative to Alternative 2, Alternative 3 

would have been less beneficial to small 

entities because certain catch 

specifications and their associated 

fishery constraints would still need to 

be maintained. When comparing 

Alternatives 1 and 3, Alternative 3 

would have removed the requirement 

for setting TACs; however, the current 

potential constraints on other 

groundfish fisheries if an OFL or ABC 

for squids were achieved would 

continue. Therefore Alternative 3 would 

have been only slightly more beneficial 

than Alternative 1 to small entities. 

Collection-of-Information Requirements 

This final rule refers to collection-ofinformation (‘‘recordkeeping and 

reporting’’) requirements approved by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA). The relevant information 

collections are approved under OMB 

Control Number 0648–0213 (Alaska 

Region Logbook Family of Forms) and 

OMB Control Number 0648–0515 

(Alaska Interagency Electronic 

Reporting System). This final rule 

makes minor revisions to these 

information collection requirements to 

clarify the location of the species code 

for squids in the tables to 50 CFR part 

679. These revisions do not change the 

public reporting burden of the approved 

information collections or require 

revisions to the currently approved 

supporting statements for these 

collections. 

Send comments on these or any other 

aspects of the collection of information 

to NMFS Alaska Region at the 

ADDRESSES above, by email to OIRA_

Submission@omb.eop.gov, or by fax to 

(202) 395–5806. 

Notwithstanding any other provision 

of the law, no person is required to 

respond to, and no person shall be 

subject to penalty for failure to comply 

with, a collection of information subject 

to the requirements of the PRA, unless 

that collection of information displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

All currently approved NOAA 

collections of information may be 

viewed at http://www.cio.noaa.gov/ 

services_programs/prasubs.html. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 679 

Alaska, Fisheries, Recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements. 

Dated: June 29, 2018. 

Samuel D. Rauch, III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regualtory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, NMFS amends 50 CFR part 

679 as follows: 

PART 679—FISHERIES OF THE 

EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF 

ALASKA 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 679 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.; 1801 et 

seq.; 3631 et seq.; Pub. L. 108–447; Pub. L. 

111–281. 

■ 2. In § 679.2, add a definition for 

‘‘Squids’’ in alphabetical order to read 

as follows: 

§ 679.2 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Squids (see Table 2c to this part and 

§ 679.20(i)). 

* * * * * 

■ 3. In § 679.5, revise paragraph (a)(3) 

introductory text and paragraphs 

(c)(3)(vi)(F) and (c)(4)(vi)(E) to read as 

follows: 

§ 679.5 Recordkeeping and reporting 

(R&R). 

(a) * * * 

(3) Fish to be recorded and reported. 

The operator or manager must record 

and report the following information 

(see paragraphs (a)(3)(i) through (iv) of 

this section) for all groundfish (see 

Table 2a to this part), prohibited species 

(see Table 2b to this part), forage fish 

(see Table 2c to this part), grenadiers 

(see Table 2c to this part), and squids 

(see Table 2c to this part). The operator 

or manager may record and report the 

following information (see paragraphs 

(a)(3)(i) through (iv) of this section) for 

non-groundfish (see Table 2d to this 

part): 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(3) * * * 

(vi) * * * 

(F) Species codes. The operator must 

record and report required information 

for all groundfish (see Table 2a to this 

part), prohibited species (see Table 2b to 

this part), forage fish (see Table 2c to 

this part), grenadiers (see Table 2c to 

this part), and squids (see Table 2c to 

this part). The operator may record and 

report information for non-groundfish 

(see Table 2d to this part). 

* * * * * 

(4) * * * 

(vi) * * * 

(E) Species codes. The operator must 

record and report required information 

for all groundfish (see Table 2a to this 

part), prohibited species (see Table 2b to 

this part), forage fish (see Table 2c to 

this part), grenadiers (see Table 2c to 

this part), and squids (see Table 2c to 

this part). The operator may record and 

report information for non-groundfish 

(see Table 2d to this part). 

* * * * * 

■ 4. In § 679.20, revise paragraph (b)(2) 

introductory text, paragraph (i) subject 

heading, and paragraphs (i)(3) through 

(5) to read as follows: 

§ 679.20 General limitations. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(2) GOA. Initial reserves are 

established for pollock, Pacific cod, 

flatfish, octopuses, sharks, and sculpins, 

which are equal to 20 percent of the 

TACs for these species or species 

groups. 

* * * * * 

(i) Forage fish, grenadiers, and squids. 

* * * * * 

(3) Closure to directed fishing. 

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grenadiers, and squids is prohibited at 

all times in the BSAI and GOA. 

(4) Limits on sale, barter, trade, and 

processing. The sale, barter, trade, or 

processing of forage fish, grenadiers, 

and squids is prohibited, except as 

provided in paragraph (i)(5) of this 

section. 

(5) Allowable fishmeal production. 

Retained catch of forage fish, grenadiers, 

or squids not exceeding the maximum 

retainable amount may be processed 

into fishmeal for sale, barter, or trade. 

* * * * * 

■ 5. In § 679.22, revise paragraph (i) to 

read as follows: 

§ 679.22 Closures. 

* * * * * 

(i) Forage fish, grenadiers, and squids 

closures. See § 679.20(i)(3). 

■ 6. Revise Table 2a to part 679 to read 

as follows: 

TABLE 2a TO PART 679—SPECIES CODES: FMP GROUNDFISH

Species description Code 

Atka mackerel (greenling) .................................................................................................................................................................... 193 

Flatfish, miscellaneous (flatfish species without separate codes) ...................................................................................................... 120 

FLOUNDER: 

Alaska plaice ................................................................................................................................................................................ 133 

Arrowtooth .................................................................................................................................................................................... 121 

Bering ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 116 

Kamchatka .................................................................................................................................................................................... 117 

Starry ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 129 

Octopuses ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 870 

Pacific cod ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 110 

Pollock ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 270 

ROCKFISH: 

Aurora (Sebastes aurora) ............................................................................................................................................................. 185 

Black (BSAI) (S. melanops) ......................................................................................................................................................... 142 

Blackgill (S. melanostomus) ......................................................................................................................................................... 177 

Blue (BSAI) (S. mystinus) ............................................................................................................................................................ 167 

Bocaccio (S. paucispinis) ............................................................................................................................................................. 137 

Canary (S. pinniger) ..................................................................................................................................................................... 146 

Chilipepper (S. goodei) ................................................................................................................................................................. 178 

China (S. nebulosus) .................................................................................................................................................................... 149 

Copper (S. caurinus) .................................................................................................................................................................... 138 

Darkblotched (S. crameri) ............................................................................................................................................................ 159 

Dusky (S. variabilis) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 172 

Greenstriped (S. elongatus) ......................................................................................................................................................... 135 

Harlequin (S. variegatus) .............................................................................................................................................................. 176 

Northern (S. polyspinis) ................................................................................................................................................................ 136 

Pacific Ocean Perch (S. alutus) ................................................................................................................................................... 141 

Pygmy (S. wilsoni) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 179 

Quillback (S. maliger) ................................................................................................................................................................... 147 

Redbanded (S. babcocki) ............................................................................................................................................................. 153 

Redstripe (S. proriger) .................................................................................................................................................................. 158 

Rosethorn (S. helvomaculatus) .................................................................................................................................................... 150 

Rougheye (S. aleutianus) ............................................................................................................................................................. 151 

Sharpchin (S. zacentrus) .............................................................................................................................................................. 166 

Shortbelly (S. jordani) ................................................................................................................................................................... 181 

Shortraker (S. borealis) ................................................................................................................................................................ 152 

Silvergray (S. brevispinis) ............................................................................................................................................................. 157 

Splitnose (S. diploproa) ................................................................................................................................................................ 182 

Stripetail (S. saxicola) ................................................................................................................................................................... 183 

Thornyhead (all Sebastolobus species) ....................................................................................................................................... 143 

Tiger (S. nigrocinctus) .................................................................................................................................................................. 148 

Vermilion (S. miniatus) ................................................................................................................................................................. 184 

Widow (S. entomelas) .................................................................................................................................................................. 156 

Yelloweye (S. ruberrimus) ............................................................................................................................................................ 145 

Yellowmouth (S. reedi) ................................................................................................................................................................. 175 

Yellowtail (S. flavidus) .................................................................................................................................................................. 155 

Sablefish (blackcod) ............................................................................................................................................................................ 710 

Sculpins ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 160 

SHARKS: 

Other (if salmon, spiny dogfish or Pacific sleeper shark—use specific species code) ............................................................... 689 

Pacific sleeper .............................................................................................................................................................................. 692 

Salmon .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 690 

Spiny dogfish ................................................................................................................................................................................ 691 

SKATES: 

Alaska (Bathyraja parmifera) ........................................................................................................................................................ 703 

Aleutian (B. aleutica) .................................................................................................................................................................... 704 

Whiteblotched (B. maculate) ........................................................................................................................................................ 705 

Big (Raja binoculata) .................................................................................................................................................................... 702 

Longnose (R. rhina) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 701 

Other (if Alaska, Aleutian, whiteblotched, big, or longnose skate—use specific species code) ................................................. 700 

SOLE: 

Butter ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 126 


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TABLE 2a TO PART 679—SPECIES CODES: FMP GROUNDFISH—Continued 

Species description Code 

Dover ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 124 

English .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 128 

Flathead ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 122 

Petrale .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 131 

Rex ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 125 

Rock .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 123 

Sand ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 132 

Yellowfin ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 127 

Turbot, Greenland ........................................................................................................................................................................ 134 

■ 7. Revise Table 2c to part 679 to read 

as follows: 

TABLE 2c TO PART 679—SPECIES CODES: FMP FORAGE FISH SPECIES (ALL SPECIES OF THE FOLLOWING FAMILIES), 

GRENADIER SPECIES, AND SQUIDS. 

Species identification Code 

FORAGE FISH: 

Bristlemouths, lightfishes, and anglemouths (family Gonostomatidae) ....................................................................................... 209 

Capelin smelt (family Osmeridae) ................................................................................................................................................ 516 

Deep-sea smelts (family Bathylagidae) ........................................................................................................................................ 773 

Eulachon smelt (family Osmeridae) ............................................................................................................................................. 511 

Gunnels (family Pholidae) ............................................................................................................................................................ 207 

Krill (order Euphausiacea) ............................................................................................................................................................ 800 

Lanternfishes (family Myctophidae) .............................................................................................................................................. 772 

Pacific Sand fish (family Trichodontidae) ..................................................................................................................................... 206 

Pacific Sand lance (family Ammodytidae) .................................................................................................................................... 774 

Pricklebacks, war-bonnets, eelblennys, cockscombs and Shannys (family Stichaeidae) ........................................................... 208 

Surf smelt (family Osmeridae) ...................................................................................................................................................... 515 

GRENADIERS: 

Giant Grenadiers (Albatrossia pectoralis) .................................................................................................................................... 214 

Other Grenadiers .......................................................................................................................................................................... 213 

SQUID: 

Squids ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 875 

■ 8. Revise Table 10 to part 679 to read 

as follows: 


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Table 10 to Part 679-Gulf of Alaska Retainable Percentages. 

BASIS SPECIES INCIDENTAL CATCH SPECIES (for DSR caught on catcher vessels in the SEO, see§ 679.20 G)") 

DSR Aggregated 

DW sw SR!RE SEO Sk

Code Species Pollock Pacific Flat Rex Flathead Flat Arrow- Sablefish Aggregated ERA (C/Ps Atka forage 

cod (2) sole sole (3) tooth rockfish (7) (1) only) mackerel fish<9J 

(5) 

110 Pacific cod 20 n/a(9) 20 20 20 20 35 I 5 (1) 10 20 2 

121 Arrowtooth 5 5 20 20 20 20 n/a 1 5 0 0 20 2 

122 Flathead sole 20 20 20 20 n/a 20 35 7 15 7 I 20 2 125 Rex sole 20 20 20 n/a 20 20 35 7 15 7 1 20 2 136 Northern 20 20 20 20 20 20 35 7 15 7 1 20 2 

ockfish 

141 Pacific ocean 20 20 20 20 20 20 35 7 15 7 1 20 2 

perch 

143 Thorny head 20 20 20 20 20 20 35 7 15 7 I 20 2 

152/ Shortraker/ 20 20 20 20 20 20 35 7 15 n/a 1 20 2 

151 ougheye (l) 193 Atka mackerel 20 20 20 20 20 20 35 1 5 (JJ 10 n/a 2 

270 Pollock n/a 20 20 20 20 20 35 1 5 (1) 10 20 2 

710 Sablefish 20 20 20 20 20 20 35 n/a 15 7 1 20 2 

Flatfish, deep-watel2l 20 20 n/a 20 20 20 35 7 15 7 1 20 2 Flatfish, shallow- 20 20 20 20 20 n/a 35 1 5 (1) 10 20 2 

water(3) 

Rockfish, other \4 J 20 20 20 20 20 20 35 7 15 7 1 20 2 

172 20 20 20 20 20 20 35 7 15 7 1 20 2 

ckfish 

Rockfish, DSR-SEO ('J 20 20 20 20 20 20 35 7 15 7 n/a 20 2 

Skates\'"! 20 20 20 20 20 20 35 1 5 (JJ 10 20 2 

Other species (6) 20 20 20 20 20 20 35 1 5 (1) 10 20 2 

Aggregated amount of non-groundfish 20 20 20 20 20 20 35 1 5 (1) 10 20 2 

species<ll) 

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Notes to Table 10 to Part 679 

1 Shortrak:er/rougheye rockfish 

SR/RE Sebastes borealis (shortrak:er) (152) 

S. aleutianus (rougheye) (151) 

SR/REERA Shortrak:er/rougheye rockfish in the Eastern Regulatory Area (ERA). 

Where an MRA is not indicated, use the MRA for SR/RE included under Aggregated Rockfish 

2 Deep-water flatfish Dover sole (124), Greenland turbot (134), Kamchatka flounder (117), and deep-sea sole 

3 Shallow-water Flatfish not including deep-water flatfish, flathead sole (122), rex sole (125), or arrowtooth flounder (121) 

flatfish 

4 Other rockfish Western Regulatory Area 

Central Regulatory Area means other rockfish and demersal shelf rockfish 

West Y ak:utat District 

Southeast Outside District means other rockfish 

Other rockfish 

S. aurara(aurora)(l85) S. variegates (harlequin)(176) S. brevisS. melanostomus S. wilsoni (pygmy)(179) S. diplop

(blackgill)(177) 

S. paucispinis S. babcocki (redbanded)(153) S. saxico

(bocaccio )(13 7) 

S. goodei S. proriger (redstripe)(158) S. minia

(chilipepper)(178) 

S. crameri S. zacentrus (sharpchin)(166) S. reedi 

(darkblotch)(159) 

S. elongatus S. jordani (shortbelly)(181) (greenstriped)( 13 5) S. entomelas (widow)(156) S. flavidus (yellowtai1)(155) 

In the Eastern Regulatory Area only, Other rockfish also includes S. polyspinis (northe

5 Demersal shelf S. pinniger (canary)(146) S. maliger ( quillback)(14 7) S. ruber

rockfish (DSR) S. nebulosus (china)(149) S. helvomaculatus (rosethorn)(150) 

S. caurinus (copper)(138) S. niwocinctus (tiger)(148) 

DSR-SEO =Demersal shelf rockfish in the Southeast Outside District (SEO). Catcher vessels in the SEO ha

(see § 679.20(j)). 

6 Other species Sculpins (160) I Octopuses (870) I Sharks (689) 
■ 9. Revise Table 11 to part 679 to read 

as follows: 


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7 Aggregated rockfish Aggregated rockfish (see § 679.2) means any species of the genera Sebastes or Sebastolobus except Sebastes 

Sebastes melanops (black rockfish), and Sebastes mystinus (blue rockfish), except in: 

Southeast Outside District where DSR is a separate species group for those species marked with an MRA 

Eastern Regulatory Area where SRIRE is a separate species group for those species marked with an MR

8 n!a Not applicable 

Notes to Table 10 to Part 679 

9 Aggregated forage Bristlemouths, lightfishes, and anglemouths (family Gonostomatidae) 209 

fish (all species of Cape lin smelt (family Osmeridae) 516 

the following taxa) Deep-sea smelts (family Bathylaf!.idae) 773 

Eulachon smelt (family Osmeridae) 511 

Gunnels (family Pholidae) 207 

Krill (order Euphausiacea) 800 

Latemfishes (family Myctophidae) 772 

Pacific Sand fish (family Trichodontidae) 206 

Pacific Sand lance (family Ammodytidae) 774 

Pricklebacks, war-bonnets, eelblennys, cockscombs and shannys (family 208 

Stichaeidae) 

Surf smelt (family Osmeridae) 515 

10 Skates Species and Alaska (Bathyraja. Parm!fera) 703 

Groups Aleutian (B. aleutica) 704 

Whiteblotched (Raja binoculata) 705 

Big Skates (Raja binoculata) 702 

Longnose Skates (R. rhina) 701 

Other Skates (Rathyraja and Raja spp.) 700 

11 Aggregated non- All legally retained species of fish and shellfish, including IFQ halibut, that are not listed as FMP groundfish 

groundfish part. 

12 Grenadiers Giant grenadiers (Albatrossia pectoralis) 214 

Other grenadiers (all grenadiers that are not Giant grenadiers) 213 
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Table 11 to Part 679-BSAI Retainable Percentages. 

BASIS SPECIES INCIDENTAL CATCH SPECIES 

Pacific Atka !Alaska Arrow- Kam- Yellow Other Rock Flathead Green- Sable- Short- Aggregated 

Species Pollock fin land raker/ 

cod mackerel plaice tooth chatka flatfish2 sole sole fish1 rockfish6 7 

sole turbot rougheye 

110 Pacific cod 20 na' 20 20 35 35 20 20 20 20 I I 2 5 20 

121 Arrowtooth 20 20 20 20 na 20 20 20 20 20 7 I 2 5 20 

117 Kamchatka 20 20 20 20 20 na 20 20 20 20 7 I 2 5 20 122 Flathead 20 20 20 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 15 7 15 20 

sole na 

123 Rock sole 20 20 20 35 35 35 35 35 na 35 1 I 2 15 20 

127 Yellowfm 20 20 20 35 35 35 35 35 35 1 I 2 5 20 

sole na 

133 Alaska 20 20 20 35 35 35 35 35 35 1 I 2 5 20 

Plaice na 

134 Greenland 20 20 20 20 35 35 20 20 20 20 15 7 15 20 

turbot na 

136 Northern 20 20 20 20 35 35 20 20 20 20 35 15 7 15 20 

Pacific 

141 Ocean 20 20 20 20 35 35 20 20 20 20 35 15 7 15 20 

perch 

152/ Shortraker/ 20 20 20 20 35 35 20 20 20 20 35 15 5 20 

151 Rougheye na 

193 Atka 20 20 20 35 35 20 20 20 20 1 1 2 5 20 

mackerel na 

270 Pollock na 20 20 20 35 35 20 20 20 20 I I 2 5 20 

710 Sablefish 20 20 20 20 35 35 20 20 20 20 35 na 7 15 20 

Other flatfish" 20 20 20 35 35 35 35 na 35 35 1 I 2 5 20 Other rockfish' 20 20 20 20 35 35 20 20 20 20 35 15 7 15 20 Other species4 20 20 20 20 35 35 20 20 20 20 I I 2 5 20 

Aggregated 

amount 20 20 20 20 35 35 20 20 20 20 I I 2 5 20 

non-groundfish 

species" 

Sablefish: for fixed gear restrictions, see § 679.7(t)(3)(ii) and (t)(ll ). 

2 Other flatfish includes all flatfish species, except for Pacific halibut (a prohibited species), flathead sole, Greenland turbot, rock sole, y

plaice, arrowtooth flounder and Kamchatka flounder. 

3 Other rockfish includes all "rockfish" as defmed at § 679 .2, except for Pacific ocean perch; and northern, shortraker, and rough eye roc

4 The Other species includes sculpins, sharks, skates, and octopuses. 

5 na = not applicable 

6 Aggregated rockfish includes all "rockfish" as defmed at § 679 .2, except shortraker and rougheye rockfish. 

7 Forage fish, grenadiers, and squids are all defmed at Table 2c to this part. 

8 All legally retained species of fish and shellfish, including CDQ halibut and IFQ halibut that are not listed as FMP groundfish in Tables