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(bb) Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, 

Aquinnah, Massachusetts (Tribal 

Members Only). 

Teal 

Season Dates: Open October 8, 2018, 

through February 16, 2019. 

Daily Bag Limits: 10 teal. 

Ducks 

Season Dates: Open October 8, 2018, 

through February 16, 2019. 

Daily Bag Limits: Six ducks, including 

no more than four hen mallards, six 

black ducks, four mottled ducks, one 

fulvous whistling duck, four 

mergansers, three scaup, two hooded 

merganser, three wood ducks, one 

canvasback, two redheads, and two 

pintail. The season is closed for 

harlequin ducks. 

Sea Ducks 

Season Dates: Open October 1, 2018, 

through February 16, 2019. 

Daily Bag Limits: Seven ducks 

including no more than four of any one 

species (only one of which may be a hen 

eider). 

Woodcock 

Season Dates: Open October 8 

through November 24, 2018. 

Daily Bag Limits: Three woodcock. 

Canada Geese 

Season Dates: Open September 3 

through 15, 2018, and open October 22, 

2018, through February 16, 2019. 

Daily Bag Limits: Eight Canada geese. 

Snow Geese 

Season Dates: Open September 3 

through 13, 2018, and open November 

19, 2018, through February 16, 2019. 

Daily Bag Limits: 15 snow geese. 

Sora and Virginia Rails 

Season Dates: Open September 3 

through November 3, 2018. 

Daily Bag Limits: 5 sora and 10 

Virginia rails. 

Snipe 

Season Dates: Open September 3 

through December 8, 2018. 

Daily Bag Limits: Eight snipe. 

General Conditions: Shooting hours 

are one-half hour before sunrise to 

sunset. Nontoxic shot is required. All 

other basic Federal migratory bird 

hunting regulations contained in 50 CFR 

part 20 will be observed. 

(cc) White Earth Band of Ojibwe, 

White Earth, Minnesota (Tribal 

Members Only). 

Ducks 

Season Dates: Open September 8 

through December 16, 2018. 

Daily Bag Limit for Ducks: 10 ducks, 

including no more than 2 female 

mallards, 2 pintail, and 2 canvasback. 

Mergansers 

Season Dates: Open September 8 

through December 16, 2018. 

Daily Bag Limit for Mergansers: Five 

mergansers, including no more than two 

hooded mergansers. 

Geese 

Season Dates: Open September 1 

through December 15, 2018. 

Daily Bag Limit: 10 geese through 

September 221, and 5 thereafter. 

Coots 

Season Dates: Open September 1 

through November 30, 2018. 

Daily Bag Limit: 20 coots. 

Snipe 

Season Dates: Open September 1 

through November 30, 2018. 

Daily Bag Limit: 10 snipe. 

Mourning Dove 

Season Dates: Open September 1 

through November 30, 2018. 

Daily Bag Limit: 25 mourning dove. 

Woodcock 

Season Dates: Open September 1 

through November 30, 2018. 

Daily Bag Limit: 10 woodcock. 

Rail 

Season Dates: Open September 1 

through November 30, 2018. 

Daily Bag Limit: 25 rail. 

General Conditions: Shooting hours 

are one-half hour before sunrise to onehalf hour after sunset. Nontoxic shot is 

required. All other basic Federal 

migratory bird hunting regulations 

contained in 50 CFR part 20 will be 

observed. 

Dated: August 17, 2018. 

Andrea Travnicek, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Water 

and Science, Exercising the Authority of the 

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and 

Parks . 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 170817779–8161–02] 

RIN 0648–XG444 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of 

Pollock in the Bering Sea Subarea 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; reallocation. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is reallocating 

projected unused amounts of Bering Sea 

subarea pollock from the incidental 

catch allowance to the directed 

fisheries. This action is necessary to 

allow the 2018 total allowable catch 

(TAC) of pollock to be harvested. 

DATES: Effective August 21, 2018, until 

2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Whitney, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

BSAI exclusive economic zone 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea 

and Aleutian Islands Management Area 

(FMP) prepared by the North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council under 

authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act. Regulations governing fishing by 

U.S. vessels in accordance with the FMP 

appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600 

and 50 CFR part 679. 

The 2018 pollock incidental catch 

allowance in the Bering Sea subarea was 

established as 47,888 metric tons (mt) 

by the 2018 and 2019 final harvest 

specifications for groundfish in the 

BSAI (83 FR 8365, February 27, 2018), 

and as adjusted by reallocations (83 FR 

9235, March 5, 2018), in accordance 

with § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(1) and the 

American Fisheries Act (AFA) (Pub. L. 

105–277, Division C, Title II). 

As of August 16, 2018, the 

Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, 

has determined that approximately 

19,700 (mt) of pollock remain in the 

incidental catch allowance. Based on 

projected harvest rates of other 

groundfish species and the expected 

incidental catch of pollock in those 

fisheries, the Regional Administrator 

has determined that 2,500 mt of pollock 

specified in the incidental catch 

allowance will not be necessary as 

incidental catch. Therefore, NMFS is 


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apportioning the projected unused 

amount, 2,500 mt, of pollock from the 

incidental catch allowance to the 

directed fishing allowances established 

pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A). 

Pursuant to the pollock allocation 

requirements set forth in 

§ 679.20(a)(5)(i), this transfer will 

increase the allocation to catcher vessels 

harvesting pollock for processing by the 

inshore component by 1,250 mt, to 

catcher/processors and catcher vessels 

harvesting pollock for processing by 

catcher/processors in the offshore 

component by 1,000 mt, and to catcher 

vessels harvesting pollock for 

processing by motherships in the 

offshore component by 250 mt. Pursuant 

to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(4)(ii), 8.5 percent 

of the 915 mt allocated to catcher/ 

processors in the offshore component, 

85 mt, will be available for harvest only 

by eligible catcher vessels delivering to 

listed catcher/processors. Pursuant to 

§ 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(4)(iii), an additional 

5 mt or 0.5 percent of the catcher/ 

processor sector allocation of pollock 

will be available to unlisted AFA 

catcher/processors. 

Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A), Table 

5 of the 2018 and 2019 final harvest 

specifications for groundfish in the 

BSAI are revised as follows: 

TABLE 5—FINAL 2018 ALLOCATIONS OF POLLOCK TACS TO THE DIRECTED POLLOCK FISHERIES AND TO THE CDQ 

DIRECTED FISHING ALLOWANCES (DFA) 1

[Amounts are in metric tons] 

Area and sector 2018 Allocations 

2018 A season 1 2018 B season 1

A season DFA SCA harvest 

limit 2 B season DFA 

Bering Sea subarea TAC 1 .............................................................. 1,378,441 n/a n/a n/a 

CDQ DFA ......................................................................................... 138,334 62,250 38,734 76,084 

ICA1 ................................................................................................. 45,388 n/a n/a n/a 

Total Bering Sea non-CDQ DFA ..................................................... 1,194,719 537,624 334,521 657,095 

AFA Inshore ..................................................................................... 597,359 268,812 167,261 328,548

AFA Catcher/Processors 3 ............................................................... 477,888 215,049 133,809 262,838 

Catch by C/Ps .......................................................................... 437,267 196,770 n/a 240,497 

Catch by CVs 3 ......................................................................... 40,620 18,279 n/a 22,341 

Unlisted C/P Limit 4 ................................................................... 2,389 1,075 n/a 1,314 

AFA Motherships ............................................................................. 119,472 53,762 33,452 65,710 

Excessive Harvesting Limit 5 ............................................................ 209,076 n/a n/a n/a 

Excessive Processing Limit 6 ........................................................... 358,416 n/a n/a n/a 

Aleutian Islands subarea ABC ......................................................... 40,788 n/a n/a n/a 

Aleutian Islands subarea TAC 1 ....................................................... 4,900 n/a n/a n/a 

CDQ DFA ......................................................................................... 0 0 n/a 0 

ICA ................................................................................................... 2,400 1,200 n/a 1,200 

Aleut Corporation ............................................................................. 2,500 2,500 n/a 0 

Area harvest limit 7 ........................................................................... n/a n/a n/a n/a 

541 ............................................................................................ 12,236 n/a n/a n/a 

542 ............................................................................................ 6,118 n/a n/a n/a 

543 ............................................................................................ 2,039 n/a n/a n/a 

Bogoslof District ICA8 ...................................................................... 450 n/a n/a n/a 

1Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A), the Bering Sea subarea pollock, after subtracting the CDQ DFA (10 percent) and the ICA (45,388 mt), is allocated as a DFA as follows: Inshore sector—50 percent, catcher/processor sector (C/P)—40 percent, and mothership sector—10 percent. In the 

Bering Sea subarea, 45 percent of the DFA is allocated to the A season (January 20–June 10) and 55 percent of the DFA is allocated to the B 

season (June 10–November 1). Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(iii)(B)(2)(i) through (iii), the annual Aleutian Islands pollock TAC, after subtracting first 

for the CDQ directed fishing allowance (10 percent) and second for the ICA (2,400 mt), is allocated to the Aleut Corporation for a pollock directed 

fishery. In the Aleutian Islands subarea, the A season is allocated up to 40 percent of the ABC and the B season is allocated the remainder of 

the pollock directed fishery. 2 In the Bering Sea subarea, pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(C), no more than 28 percent of each sector’s annual DFA may be taken from the 

SCA before noon, April 1. 3Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(4), not less than 8.5 percent of the DFA allocated to listed catcher/processors shall be available for harvest 

only by eligible catcher vessels delivering to listed catcher/processors. 4Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(4)(iii), the AFA unlisted catcher/processors are limited to harvesting not more than 0.5 percent of the catcher/ 

processors sector’s allocation of pollock. 5Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(6), NMFS establishes an excessive harvesting share limit equal to 17.5 percent of the sum of the non-CDQ 

pollock DFAs. 6Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(7), NMFS establishes an excessive processing share limit equal to 30.0 percent of the sum of the non-CDQ 

pollock DFAs. 7Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(iii)(B)(6), NMFS establishes harvest limits for pollock in the A season in Area 541 of no more than 30 percent, in 

Area 542 of no more than 15 percent, and in Area 543 of no more than 5 percent of the Aleutian Islands pollock ABC. 8Pursuant to § 679.22(a)(7)(i)(B), the Bogoslof District is closed to directed fishing for pollock. The amounts specified are for ICA only and are 

not apportioned by season or sector. 

Note: Seasonal or sector apportionments may not total precisely due to rounding. 

Classification 

This action responds to the best 

available information recently obtained 

from the fishery. 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 a requirement 

is impracticable and contrary to the 

public interest. This requirement is 

impracticable and contrary to the public 

interest as it would prevent NMFS from 

responding to the most recent fisheries 

data in a timely fashion and would 

delay the reallocation of projected 

unused amounts of Bering Sea subarea 


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pollock from the incidental catch 

allowance to the directed fisheries. 

NMFS was unable to publish a notice 

providing time for public comment 

because the most recent, relevant data 

only became available as of August 16, 

2018. 

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. 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

679.20, and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: August 21, 2018. 

Margo B. Schulze-Haugen, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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