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TABLE 1 OF § 19.4—CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS—Continued 

U.S. Code citation Environmental statute 

Statutory civil monetary 

penalties for violations 

that occur or occurred 

after November 2, 2015, 

where penalties are 

assessed on or after 

December 27, 2023 

Statutory civil monetary 

penalties for violations 

that occurred after 

November 2, 2015, 

where penalties were 

assessed on or after 

January 6, 2023, but 

before December 27, 

2023 

Statutory civil monetary 

penalties, as enacted 

42 U.S.C. 11045(b)(2) ...................... EPCRA ........................................................... 69,733/209,202 67,544/202,635 25,000/75,000

42 U.S.C. 11045(b)(3) ...................... EPCRA ........................................................... 69,733/209,202 67,544/202,635 25,000/75,000

42 U.S.C. 11045(c)(1) ...................... EPCRA ........................................................... 69,733 67,544 25,000

42 U.S.C. 11045(c)(2) ...................... EPCRA ........................................................... 27,894 27,018 10,000

42 U.S.C. 11045(d)(1) ...................... EPCRA ........................................................... 69,733 67,544 25,000

42 U.S.C. 14304(a)(1) ...................... MERCURY-CONTAINING AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY MANAGEMENT 

ACT (BATTERY ACT).

19,437 18,827 10,000

42 U.S.C. 14304(g) .......................... BATTERY ACT ............................................... 19,437 18,827 10,000 

1 Note that 7 U.S.C. 136l(a)(2) contains three separate statutory maximum civil penalty provisions. The first mention of $1,000 and the $500 statutory maximum civil 

penalty amount were originally enacted in 1978 (Pub. L. 95–396), and the second mention of $1,000 was enacted in 1972 (Pub. L. 92–516). 

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[FR Doc. 2023–28555 Filed 12–26–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 231219–0311] 

RIN 0648–BM60 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; 

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 

Management Plan; 2024 Specifications 

and Management Measures 

Corrections 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule corrects 2024 

harvest specifications for several species 

of groundfish where the numerical 

values were mathematically calculated 

incorrectly and do not accurately reflect 

the harvest policy recommendations of 

the Pacific Fishery Management Council 

(Council). These harvest specifications 

are for groundfish caught in the U.S. 

exclusive economic zone seaward of 

Washington, Oregon, and California, 

consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the 

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 

Management Plan (PCGFMP). This rule 

revises harvest limits or allocations that 

were previously calculated based on 

incorrect annual catch limits (ACLs). 

This action implements corrected 

numerical values that align with the 

Council’s intended harvest policy 

decisions and considers the most recent 

fishery information available at the time 

those policies were recommended. 

DATES: This final rule is effective 

December 27, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: This rule is accessible via 

the internet at the Office of the Federal 

Register website at https://

www.federalregister.gov/. Background 

information and documents including 

an analysis for the policy decisions 

underpinning this action (Analysis), 

which addresses the statutory 

requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act are available from the Council’s 

website at https://www.pcouncil.org. 

The final 2022 Stock Assessment and 

Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report for 

Pacific Coast groundfish, as well as the 

SAFE reports for previous years, are 

available from the Council’s website at 

https://www.pcouncil.org. The final 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

Regulatory Impact Review from the 

2023–2024 harvest specifications is 

available from the NMFS website at 

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/region/ 

west-coast. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gretchen Hanshew, Fishery 

Management Specialist, at 206–526– 

6147 or gretchen.hanshew@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This final rule corrects the numerical 

values of harvest specifications and 

resulting harvest target management 

measures for six species or stock 

complexes for 2024. The harvest 

policies by which these numerical 

values are derived were recommended 

by the Council at its April and June 

2022 meetings and published in a 

proposed rule on October 14, 2022 (87 

FR 62676) and final rule on December 

16, 2022 (87 FR 77007). Hereafter, these 

proposed and final rules for the 2023– 

2024 harvest specifications and 

management measures will be referred 

to as the ‘‘original’’ proposed and final 

rules. In the original proposed and final 

rules, numerical values were 

miscalculated for a small subset (six 

species or stock complexes) of those 

harvest specifications and harvest target 

management measures regulations for 

127 groundfish stocks or management 

units. Numerical values were either too 

high (increasing risk of overfishing) or 

too low (increasing risk of not achieving 

optimum yield). Specific details on the 

errors and corrected values for each 

species or stock complex are discussed 

in detail in the proposed rule for this 

action (88 FR 73810, October 27, 2023). 

The harvest policies used to calculate 

the numerical values of the corrected 

harvest specifications and harvest target 

management measures in this rule are 

not revised from those described in the 

original proposed and final rules for the 

2023–2024 harvest specifications and 

management measures. The Council 

recommended these corrections at its 

September 2023 meeting. 

Corrections to Harvest Specifications 

and Harvest Targets 

As described in the proposed rule (88 

FR 73810, October 27, 2023) a few 

species and stock complex harvest 

specifications, which are numerical 

values of the harvestable surplus and 

include overfishing limits (OFLs), 

annual biological catch (ABCs), and 

ACLs, were calculated in error. 

Subsequent harvest target calculations 

that stem from the ACLs were also 

erroneous. This final rule corrects the 

numerical values of harvest 

specifications and applies the same 

sharing agreements to corrected ACLs to 

recalculate harvest targets. The OFLs, 


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ABCs, and ACLs in this rule are based 

on the best available biological data, 

including projected biomass trends, 

information on assumed distribution of 

stock biomass, and technical methods 

used to calculate stock biomass and 

apportion that biomass within the 

allocation structure of the PCGFMP. 

This rule corrects errors in the original 

proposed and final rules for the 2023– 

2024 harvest specifications and 

management measures, as 

recommended by the Council at its 

September 7–14, 2023 meeting. 

Due to the timing of being made 

aware of these mistakes, and that the 

2023 fishing season was more than 75 

percent complete by the time the 

Council considered this issue at its 

September 2023 meeting, we are only 

implementing corrections for 2024. This 

action includes correctly calculated 

numerical values for 2024 that are 

representative of the Councilrecommended harvest control rules and 

that incorporate fishery and other 

scientific information that was 

inadvertently omitted. This action does 

not revise static numerical values 

deducted from the ACLs, such as setasides for tribal fisheries or scientific 

research, except for sablefish north as 

described in the proposed rule (88 FR 

73810, October 27, 2023). All other 

deductions from the ACLs remain the 

same as those described in the original 

proposed rule. 

The Stock Assessment and Fishery 

Evaluation (SAFE) document for 2022, 

includes a detailed description of the 

scientific basis for all of the Council’s 

Science and Statistical Committeerecommended OFLs implemented in 

this rule, and is available at the 

Council’s website, https://

www.pcouncil.org. 

For all species described in the 

proposed rule (88 FR 73810, October 27, 

2023), revised 2024 OFLs, ABCs, ACLs 

and fishery harvest guidelines are 

revised at table 2a to subpart C, and in 

some cases other necessary adjustments 

to numerical harvest target management 

measures in footnotes to that table are 

also revised. For all species described 

below, except sablefish north, 2024 

trawl or non-trawl allocations are 

revised at table 2b to subpart C. Also, for 

all species described in the proposed 

rule, 2024 shorebased IFQ allocations 

are revised at § 660.140(d)(1)(ii)(D). Any 

additional species-specific regulatory 

changes are described in the proposed 

rule (88 FR 73810, October 27, 2023). 

Summary 

NMFS is correcting the harvest 

specifications and harvest targets for six 

species and complexes for 2024 as 

described in the proposed rule (88 FR 

73810, October 27, 2023) and as 

summarized in table 1. The 2024 fishing 

season begins on January 1, 2024. 

TABLE 1—PROPOSED REVISED 2024 OFLS, ABCS, ACLS, AND FISHERY HARVEST GUIDELINES (HGS) FOR 6 SPECIES OR

COMPLEXES

Stock/complex Area OFL 

(mt) 

ABC 

(mt) 

ACL 

(mt) 

Fishery HG 

(mt) 

YELLOWEYE ROCKFISH ............ Coastwide ..................................... 91.2 75.9 53.3 42.6 

Canary Rockfish ............................ Coastwide ..................................... 1,434 1,296 1,296 1,227.4 

Darkblotched Rockfish .................. Coastwide ..................................... 857 782 782 758.7 

Sablefish ....................................... N of 36° N lat ...............................

S of 36° N lat ...............................

1 10,670 1 9,923 7,730 

2,193 

Not Applicable 2

2,165.6 

Yellowtail Rockfish ........................ N of 40°10′ N lat .......................... 5,795 5,291 5,291 4,263.3 

Minor Shelf Rockfish South .......... S of 40°10′ N lat .......................... 1,833 1,464 1,464 1,331.4 

Note: Rebuilding stocks are capitalized. 1Values are the same as those in the 2023–2024 original proposed and final rules and are not revised in this final rule. 

2Sablefish north of 36° N lat. has a different long-term allocation framework in the PCGFMP than the other species in this rule. Numerical values following this framework under the new, lower, proposed ACL are found in table 2c to subpart C. 

Comments and Responses 

The proposed rule had a public 

comment period open from October 27, 

2023 through November 13, 2023 and 

received no public comments. 

Changes From the Proposed Rule 

There are no changes from the 

proposed rule. 

Classification 

Pursuant to section 304 (b)(1)(A) of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the NMFS 

Assistant Administrator has determined 

that this final rule is consistent with the 

PCGFMP, other provisions of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, and other 

applicable law. 

The errors were discovered in August 

2023 and the recommendations from the 

Council to correct these errors were 

transmitted to NMFS on September 20, 

2023. NMFS immediately prepared and 

published a proposed rule with a 

comment period open from the date of 

publication on October 27, 2023 through 

November 13, 2023, the final rule was 

submitted to DOC OGC for review and 

clearance on December 12, 2023, and 

the errors need to be corrected by the 

start of the fishing year on January 1, 

2024. This timeline necessitates that 

NMFS waive the 30-day delay in 

effective date of this final rule so that 

the corrected, calculated values can be 

in effect by the start of the fishing year. 

Failure to implement the revised harvest 

specifications as soon as possible leaves 

harvest specifications in place that are 

inconsistent with the best scientific 

information available and the Council’s 

recommended harvest policies and 

would cause unnecessary restrictions to 

industry. 

Therefore, NMFS finds that waiving 

the 30-day delay in effectiveness is 

warranted under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(1) 

because delaying the effective date on 

these corrective measures beyond 

January 1, 2024 to allow for a 30-day 

delay in effectiveness will restrict 

fisheries by delaying the issuance of 

some 2024 quota pounds for the subject 

species and stock complexes. If the 2024 

quotas calculated and released by NMFS 

based on the corrected 2024 harvest 

specifications in this rule are delayed, 

shareholders for those quotas effectively 

receive zero pounds for the start of the 

year and will be unable to begin fishing. 

Making this final rule effective upon 

publication in the Federal Register 

would relieve restrictions on the 

amounts of quota pounds that can be 

issued (and potentially fished) at the 

start of the fishing year. Therefore, 

NMFS finds reason to waive the 30-day 

delay in effectiveness pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 553(d)(1) so that this final rule 

may become effective upon publication 

in the Federal Register. 

Additionally, a 30-day delay in 

effectiveness would confuse the 

industry as to what quota pounds NMFS 

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2024. This could negatively impact 

vessels because they could end up 

planning fishing operations under two 

different quota pound scenarios for 

2024. Failure to implement the revised 

harvest specifications by the start of the 

fishing year on January 1, 2024 will 

keep harvest specifications in place that 

were not calculated to be consistent 

with harvest policies adopted by the 

Council and NMFS, and will cause 

confusion for the regulated public. This 

outcome runs contrary to the public 

interest. 

Pursuant to Executive Order 13175, 

this final rule was developed after 

meaningful consultation and 

collaboration with tribal officials from 

the area covered by the PCGFMP. Under 

the Magnuson-Stevens Act at 16 U.S.C. 

1852(b)(5), one of the voting members of 

the Pacific Council must be a 

representative of an Indian tribe with 

federally recognized fishing rights from 

the area of the Council’s jurisdiction. 

This rule revises the numerical values of 

the sablefish north ACL to correctly 

apply the harvest control rules 

recommended by the Council. As a 

result, the regulations that implement 

the long-term allocation and sharing 

agreements for sablefish north in the 

PCGFMP, including the numerical 

calculation of the 10 percent tribal 

share, must be recalculated and revised 

in this rule. No other tribal management 

measures are revised in this rule. The 

regulations at 50 CFR 660.50 direct 

NMFS to develop tribal allocations and 

regulations in consultation with the 

affected tribes. In this instance, no 

change to harvest policies was 

proposed, and therefore additional tribal 

consultation was not required and none 

was conducted. 

This rule has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

NMFS prepared documentation for 

the original proposed and final rules, 

which address the statutory 

requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act, Executive Order 12866, and the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. The full suite 

of alternatives analyzed by the Council 

can be found on the Council’s website 

at https://www.pcouncil.org. NMFS 

addressed the statutory requirements of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

through preparation of an 

environmental impact statement (EIS). 

NMFS prepared an EIS for the 2015– 

2016 biennial harvest specifications and 

management measures and is available 

from NMFS (see ADDRESSES) and tiered 

environmental analyses (EA) every 

biennium since then. This EIS and 

subsequent EAs examined the harvest 

specifications and management 

measures for 2015–2016 and 10-year 

projections for routinely adjusted 

harvest specifications and management 

measures. The 10-year projections 

evaluated the impacts of the ongoing 

implementation of harvest 

specifications and management 

measures and to evaluate the impacts of 

the routine adjustments that are the 

main component of each biennial cycle. 

This final rule corrects the numerical 

values that result from the application 

of best scientific information available 

and default harvest control rules 

analyzed in that EIS. There are no 

environmental effects expected from 

this rule beyond those evaluated in the 

EIS and the Environmental Assessment 

for the 2023–2024 harvest specifications 

and management measures. The harvest 

levels for all six species or complexes 

have not been fully attained in recent 

years, so minor adjustments to the ACLs 

implemented in this rule are likely to 

result in no discernable difference to the 

fishery or communities. 

The Chief Counsel for Regulation of 

the Department of Commerce certified 

to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the 

Small Business Administration that the 

2023–2024 harvest specifications and 

management measures in the original 

proposed and final rules would not have 

a significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The Chief Counsel for Regulation of the 

Department of Commerce certified to 

the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the 

Small Business Administration that the 

proposed rule, if adopted, would not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

This final rule implements the proposed 

rule unchanged, making minor, 

corrective adjustments to harvest 

specifications and related allocations 

and harvest targets that are unlikely to 

make any appreciable difference to the 

expected harvests in this mixed-stock 

fishery because the six species and 

complexes with corrected numerical 

values are not constraining access to cooccurring species. This action affects 

only a small number of species, and in 

a mixed stock fishery the affected 

entities for these few species cannot be 

differentiated from those described in 

the original proposed rule. The same 

small entities identified in the original 

proposed rule are the same parties that 

would be subject to the minor regulatory 

corrections in this rule. Additional 

information about the affected entities 

and expected impacts, in the context of 

the entire fishery and all species, can be 

found in the original proposed rule (87 

FR 62676, October, 14, 2022). No 

environmental or socioeconomic 

impacts are expected from the changes 

in this rule, nor does the action diverge 

from the harvest policies considered in 

that certification. The corrections in this 

final rule do not change the overall 

framework and management measures 

from the original proposed and final 

rules and would affect large and small 

entities similarly. As a result, an initial 

regulatory flexibility analysis is not 

required and none has been prepared. 

This rule contains no new 

information collection burden under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660 

Fisheries, Fishing, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: December 19, 2023. 

Samuel D. Rauch, III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, NOAA amends 50 CFR part 

660 as follows: 

PART 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST 

COAST STATES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 660 

continues to read as follows: 

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

773 et seq., and 16 U.S.C. 7001 et seq. 

■ 2. In § 660.50, revise paragraph 

(f)(2)(ii) to read as follows: 

§ 660.50 Pacific Coast treaty Indian 

fisheries. 

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(f) * * * 

(2) * * * 

(ii) The Tribal allocation is 849 mt in 

2023 and 773 mt in 2024 per year. This 

allocation is, for each year, 10 percent 

of the Monterey through Vancouver area 

(North of 36° N lat.) ACL. The Tribal 

allocation is reduced by 1.7 percent for 

estimated discard mortality. 

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■ 3. Revise tables 2a, 2b, and 2c to 

subpart C to read as follows: 

Table 2a. to Part 660, Subpart C—2024, 

and Beyond, Specifications of OFL, 

ABC, ACL, ACT and Fishery Harvest 

Guidelines 


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TABLE 2a. TO PART 660, SUBPART C—2024, AND BEYOND, SPECIFICATIONS OF OFL, ABC, ACL, ACT AND FISHERY

HARVEST GUIDELINES

[(Weights in metric tons). Capitalized stocks are overfished.] 

Stocks Area OFL ABC ACL a Fishery HG b

YELLOWEYE ROCKFISH c .............. Coastwide ......................................... 91 76 53.3 42.6 

Arrowtooth Flounder d ....................... Coastwide ......................................... 20,459 14,178 14,178 12,083 

Big Skate e ........................................ Coastwide ......................................... 1,492 1,267 1,267 1,207.2 

Black Rockfish f ................................. California (S of 42° N lat.) ................ 364 329 329 326.6 

Black Rockfish g ................................ Washington (N of 46°16′ N lat.) ....... 319 289 289 270.5 

Bocaccio h ......................................... S of 40°10′ N lat ............................... 2,002 1,828 1,828 1,779.9 

Cabezon i ........................................... California (S of 42° N lat.) ................ 185 171 171 169.4 

California Scorpionfish j ..................... S of 34°27′ N lat ............................... 280 252 252 248 

Canary Rockfish k .............................. Coastwide ......................................... 1,434 1,296 1,296 1,227.4 

Chilipepperl ....................................... S of 40°10′ N lat ............................... 2,346 2,121 2,121 2,023.4 

Cowcod m .......................................... S of 40°10′ N lat ............................... 112 79 79 67.8 

Cowcod ...................................... (Conception) ..................................... 93 67 NA NA 

Cowcod ...................................... (Monterey) ........................................ 19 12 NA NA 

Darkblotched Rockfish n .................... Coastwide ......................................... 857 782 782 758.7 

Dover Sole o ...................................... Coastwide ......................................... 55,859 51,949 50,000 48,402.9 

English Sole p .................................... Coastwide ......................................... 11,158 8,960 8,960 8,700.5 

Lingcod q ........................................... N of 40°10′ N lat .............................. 4,455 3,854 3,854 3,574.4 

Lingcod r ............................................ S of 40°10′ N lat ............................... 855 740 722 706.5 

Longnose Skate s .............................. Coastwide ......................................... 1,955 1,660 1,660 1,408.7 

Longspine Thornyhead t .................... N of 34°27′ N lat .............................. 4,433 2,846 2,162 2,108.3 

Longspine Thornyhead u ................... S of 34°27′ N lat ............................... 683 680.8 

Pacific Cod v ...................................... Coastwide ......................................... 3,200 1,926 1,600 1,094 

Pacific Ocean Perch w ....................... N of 40°10′ N lat .............................. 4,133 3,443 3,443 3,297.5 

Pacific Whiting x ................................ Coastwide ......................................... (x) (x) (x) (x) 

Petrale Sole y .................................... Coastwide ......................................... 3,563 3,285 3,285 2,898.8 

Sablefish z ......................................... N of 36° N lat ................................... 10,670 9,923 7,730 See table 2c 

Sablefish aa ........................................ S of 36° N lat ................................... 2,193 2,165.6 

Shortspine Thornyhead bb ................. N of 34°27′ N lat .............................. 3,162 2,030 1,328 1,249.7 

Shortspine Thornyhead cc ................. S of 34°27′ N lat ............................... 702 695.3 

Spiny Dogfish dd ................................ Coastwide ......................................... 1,883 1,407 1,407 1,055.5 

Splitnose ee ........................................ S of 40°10′ N lat ............................... 1,766 1,553 1,553 1,534.3 

Starry Flounderff ............................... Coastwide ......................................... 652 392 392 343.7 

Widow Rockfish gg ............................. Coastwide ......................................... 12,453 11,482 11,482 11,243.7 

Yellowtail Rockfish hh ........................ N of 40°10′ N lat .............................. 5,795 5,291 5,291 4,263.3 

Stock Complexes 

Blue/Deacon/Black Rockfish ii ........... Oregon ............................................. 671 594 594 592.2 

Cabezon/Kelp Greenling jj ................. Washington ...................................... 22 17 17 15 

Cabezon/Kelp Greenling kk ............... Oregon ............................................. 198 180 180 179.2 

Nearshore Rockfish North ll ............... N of 40°10′ N lat .............................. 109 91 91 87.7 

Nearshore Rockfish South mm ........... S of 40°10′ N lat ............................... 1,097 902 891 886.5 

Other Fish nn ...................................... Coastwide ......................................... 286 223 223 201.8 

Other Flatfish oo ................................. Coastwide ......................................... 7,946 4,874 4,874 4,653.2 

Shelf Rockfish North pp ..................... N of 40°10′ N lat .............................. 1,610 1,278 1,278 1,207 

Shelf Rockfish South qq ..................... S of 40°10′ N lat ............................... 1,833 1,464 1,464 1,331.4 

Slope Rockfish North rr ...................... N of 40°10′ N lat .............................. 1,797 1,516 1,516 1,450.6 

Slope Rockfish South ss .................... S of 40°10′ N lat ............................... 868 697 697 658.1 

aAnnual catch limits (ACLs), annual catch targets (ACTs) and harvest guidelines (HGs) are specified as total catch values. 

bFishery HGs means the HG or quota after subtracting Pacific Coast treaty Indian tribes allocations and projected catch, projected research 

catch, deductions for fishing mortality in non-groundfish fisheries, and deductions for EFPs from the ACL or ACT. cYelloweye rockfish. The 53.3 mt ACL is based on the current rebuilding plan with a target year to rebuild of 2029 and an SPR harvest rate of 

65 percent. 10.7 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (5 mt), EFP fishing (0.12 mt), research catch (2.92 mt), and incidental open access mortality (2.66 mt) resulting in a fishery HG of 42.6 mt. The non-trawl HG is 39.2 mt. The combined non-nearshore/nearshore HG is 8.2 mt. Recreational HGs are: 10 mt (Washington); 9.1 mt (Oregon); and 11.8 mt (California). In addition, the non-trawl ACT is 30.7, 

and the combined non-nearshore/nearshore ACT is 6.4 mt. Recreational ACTs are: 7.9 mt (Washington), 7.2 (Oregon), and 9.3 mt (California). dArrowtooth flounder. 2,094.98 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (2,041 mt), research catch (12.98 mt) and incidental open access mortality (41 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 12,083 mt. eBig skate. 59.8 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (15 mt), research catch (5.49 mt), and incidental open access 

mortality (39.31 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 1,207.2 mt. fBlack rockfish (California). 2.26 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate EFP fishing (1.0 mt), research catch (0.08 mt), and incidental 

open access mortality (1.18 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 326.6 mt. gBlack rockfish (Washington). 18.1 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (18 mt) and research catch (0.1 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 270.5 mt. hBocaccio south of 40°10′ N lat. Bocaccio are managed with stock-specific harvest specifications south of 40°10′ N lat. and within the Minor 

Shelf Rockfish complex north of 40°10′ N lat. 48.12 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate EFP fishing (40 mt), research catch (5.6 mt), 

and incidental open access mortality (2.52 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 1,779.9 mt. The California recreational fishery south of 40°10′ N lat. 

has an HG of 749.7 mt. i Cabezon (California). 1.63 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate EFP fishing (1 mt), research catch (0.02 mt), and incidental open 

access mortality (0.61 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 169.4 mt. 

j California scorpionfish south of 34°27′ N lat. 3.89 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate research catch (0.18 mt) and incidental open 

access mortality (3.71 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 248 mt. 


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k Canary rockfish. 68.91 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (50 mt), EFP fishing (6 mt), research catch (10.08 

mt), and incidental open access mortality (2.83 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 1,227.4 mt. The combined nearshore/non-nearshore HG is 122.4 

mt. Recreational HGs are: 41.8 mt (Washington); 62.9 mt (Oregon); and 112.9 mt (California). l Chilipepper rockfish south of 40°10′ N lat. Chilipepper are managed with stock-specific harvest specifications south of 40°10′ N lat. and within 

the Minor Shelf Rockfish complex north of 40°10′ N lat. 97.7 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate EFP fishing (70 mt), research catch 

(14.04 mt), incidental open access mortality (13.66 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 2,023.4 mt. m Cowcod south of 40°10′ N lat. Cowcod are managed with stock-specific harvest specifications south of 40°10′ N lat. and within the Minor 

Shelf Rockfish complex north of 40°10′ N lat. 11.17 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate EFP fishing (1 mt), research catch (10 mt), 

and incidental open access mortality (0.17 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 67.8 mt. n Darkblotched rockfish. 23.76 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (5 mt), EFP fishing (0.5 mt), research catch 

(8.46 mt), and incidental open access mortality (9.8 mt) resulting in a fishery HG of 758.7 mt. o Dover sole. 1,597.11 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (1,497 mt), research catch (50.84 mt), and incidental 

open access mortality (49.27 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 48,402.9 mt. pEnglish sole. 259.52 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (200 mt), research catch (17 mt), and incidental open 

access mortality (42.52 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 8,700.5 mt. q Lingcod north of 40°10′ N lat. 279.63 mt is deducted from the ACL for the Tribal fishery (250 mt), research catch (17.71 mt), and incidental 

open access mortality (11.92 mt) resulting in a fishery HG of 3,574.4 mt. r Lingcod south of 40°10′ N lat. 15.5 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate EFP fishing (4 mt), research catch (3.19 mt), and incidental 

open access mortality (8.31 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 706.5 mt. s Longnose skate. 251.3 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (220 mt), and research catch (12.46 mt), and incidental open access mortality (18.84 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 1,408.7 mt. t Longspine thornyhead north of 34°27′ N lat. 53.71 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (30 mt), research catch 

(17.49 mt), and incidental open access mortality (6.22 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 2,108.3 mt. u Longspine thornyhead south of 34°27′ N. lat. 2.24 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate research catch (1.41 mt) and incidental 

open access mortality (0.83 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 680.8 mt. vPacific cod. 506 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (500 mt), research catch (5.47 mt), and incidental open access mortality (0.53 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 1,094 mt. w Pacific ocean perch north of 40°10′ N lat. Pacific ocean perch are managed with stock-specific harvest specifications north of 40°10′ N. lat. 

and within the Minor Slope Rockfish complex south of 40°10′ N lat. 145.48 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (130 

mt), EFP fishing, research catch (5.39 mt), and incidental open access mortality (10.09 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 3,297.5 mt. xPacific whiting. Pacific whiting are assessed annually. The final specifications will be determined consistent with the U.S.-Canada Pacific 

Whiting Agreement and will be announced in 2024. yPetrale sole. 386.24 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (350 mt), EFP fishing (1 mt), research catch (24.14 mt), 

and incidental open access mortality (11.1 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 2,898.8 mt. zSablefish north of 36° N lat. The sablefish coastwide ACL value is not specified in regulations. The sablefish coastwide ACL value is apportioned north and south of 36° N lat., using the rolling 5-year average estimated swept area biomass from the NMFS NWFSC trawl survey, with 

77.9 percent apportioned north of 36° N lat. and 22.1 percent apportioned south of 36° N lat. The northern ACL is 7,730 mt and is reduced by 

773 mt for the Tribal allocation (10 percent of the ACL north of 36° N lat.). The 773 mt Tribal allocation is reduced by 1.7 percent to account for 

discard mortality. Detailed sablefish allocations are shown in table 1c. aaSablefish south of 36° N lat. The ACL for the area south of 36° N lat. is 2,193 mt (22.1 percent of the calculated coastwide ACL value). 27.4 

mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate research catch (2.40 mt) and the incidental open access fishery (25 mt), resulting in a fishery HG 

of 2,165.6 mt. bbShortspine thornyhead north of 34°27′ N lat. 78.3 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (50 mt), research catch 

(10.48 mt), and incidental open access mortality (17.82 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 1,249.7 mt for the area north of 34°27′ N lat. ccShortspine thornyhead south of 34°27′ N lat. 6.71 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate research catch (0.71 mt) and incidental 

open access mortality (6 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 695.3 mt for the area south of 34°27′ N lat. ddSpiny dogfish. 351.48 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (275 mt), EFP fishing (1 mt), research catch (41.85 

mt), and incidental open access mortality (33.63 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 1,055.5 mt. eeSplitnose rockfish south of 40°10′ N lat. Splitnose rockfish in the north is managed in the Slope Rockfish complex and with stock-specific 

harvest specifications south of 40°10′ N lat. 18.42 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate EFP fishing (1.5 mt), research catch (11.17 mt), 

and incidental open access mortality (5.75 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 1,534.3 mt. ffStarry flounder. 48.28 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (2 mt), research catch (0.57 mt), and incidental open 

access mortality (45.71 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 343.7 mt. ggWidow rockfish. 238.32 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (200 mt), EFP fishing (18 mt), research catch (17.27 

mt), and incidental open access mortality (3.05 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 11,243.7 mt. hhYellowtail rockfish north of 40°10′ N lat. Yellowtail rockfish are managed with stock-specific harvest specifications north of 40°10′ N lat. and 

within the Minor Shelf Rockfish complex south of 40°10′ N lat. 1,027.55 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (1,000 

mt), research catch (20.55 mt), and incidental open access mortality (7 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 4,263.3 mt. 

jjBlack rockfish/Blue rockfish/Deacon rockfish (Oregon). 1.82 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate research catch (0.08 mt), and incidental open access mortality (1.74 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 592.2 mt. 

jj Cabezon/kelp greenling (Washington). 2 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery, resulting in a fishery HG is 15 mt. 

kk Cabezon/kelp greenling (Oregon). 0.79 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate research catch (0.05 mt) and incidental open access 

mortality (0.74 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 179.2 mt. ll Nearshore Rockfish north of 40°10′ N lat. 3.27 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (1.5 mt), research catch (0.47 

mt), and incidental open access mortality (1.31 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 87.7 mt. State-specific HGs are 17.2 mt (Washington), 30.9 mt 

(Oregon), and 39.9 mt (California). The ACT for copper rockfish (California) is 6.99 mt. The ACT for quillback rockfish (California) is 0.96 mt. mm Nearshore Rockfish south of 40°10′ N lat. 4.54 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate research catch (2.68 mt) and incidental open 

access mortality (1.86 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 886.5 mt. The ACT for copper rockfish is 87.73 mt. The ACT for quillback rockfish is 0.97 

mt. nnOther Fish. The Other Fish complex is comprised of kelp greenling off California and leopard shark coastwide. 21.24 mt is deducted from 

the ACL to accommodate research catch (6.29 mt) and incidental open access mortality (14.95 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 201.8 mt. ooOther Flatfish. The Other Flatfish complex is comprised of flatfish species managed in the PCGFMP that are not managed with stock-specific OFLs/ABCs/ACLs. Most of the species in the Other Flatfish complex are unassessed and include: butter sole, curlfin sole, flathead sole, Pacific sanddab, rock sole, sand sole, and rex sole. 220.79 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (60 mt), research catch 

(23.63 mt), and incidental open access mortality (137.16 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 4,653.2 mt. ppShelf Rockfish north of 40°10′ N lat. 70.94 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (30 mt), research catch (15.32 

mt), and incidental open access mortality (25.62 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 1,207.1 mt. qqShelf Rockfish south of 40°10′ N lat. 132.77 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate EFP fishing (50 mt), research catch (15.1 mt), 

and incidental open access mortality (67.67 mt) resulting in a fishery HG of 1,331.4 mt. rrSlope Rockfish north of 40°10′ N lat. 65.39 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate the Tribal fishery (36 mt), research catch (10.51 

mt), and incidental open access mortality (18.88 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 1,450.6 mt. ssSlope Rockfish south of 40°10′ N lat. 38.94 mt is deducted from the ACL to accommodate EFP fishing (1 mt), research catch (18.21 mt), 

and incidental open access mortality (19.73 mt), resulting in a fishery HG of 658.1 mt. Blackgill rockfish has a stock-specific HG for the entire 

groundfish fishery south of 40°10′ N lat. set equal to the species’ contribution to the 40–10-adjusted ACL. Harvest of blackgill rockfish in all 

groundfish fisheries south of 40°10′ N lat. counts against this HG of 169.9 mt. 


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Table 2b to Part 660, Subpart C—2024, 

and Beyond, Allocations by Species or 

Species Group 

TABLE 2b. TO PART 660, SUBPART C—2024, AND BEYOND, ALLOCATIONS BY SPECIES OR SPECIES GROUP

[Weight in metric tons] 

Stocks/stock complexes Area Fishery HG 

or ACT 

Trawl Non-Trawl 

% Mt % Mt 

YELLOWEYE ROCKFISH a ............................ Coastwide ................... 42.6 8 3.41 92 39.2 

Arrowtooth flounder ......................................... Coastwide ................... 12,083 95 11,478.9 5 604.2 

Big skate a ....................................................... Coastwide ................... 1,207.2 95 1,146.8 5 60.4 

Bocaccio a ........................................................ S of 40°10′ N lat ........ 1,779.9 39.04 694.9 60.96 1,085 

Canary rockfish a ............................................. Coastwide ................... 1,227.4 72.3 887.4 27.7 340 

Chilipepper rockfish ........................................ S of 40°10′ N lat ........ 2,023.4 75 1,517.6 25 505.9 

Cowcod a b ....................................................... S of 40°10′ N lat ........ 67.8 36 24.4 64 43.4 

Darkblotched rockfish ..................................... Coastwide ................... 758.7 95 720.8 5 37.9 

Dover sole ....................................................... Coastwide ................... 4,8402.9 95 45,982.7 5 2,420.1 

English sole ..................................................... Coastwide ................... 8,700.5 95 8265.5 5 435 

Lingcod ............................................................ N of 40°10′ N lat ........ 3,574.4 45 1,608.5 55 1,965.9 

Lingcod a .......................................................... S of 40°10′ N lat ........ 706.5 40 282.6 60 423.9 

Longnose skate a ............................................. Coastwide ................... 1,408.7 90 1,267.8 10 140.9 

Longspine thornyhead .................................... N of 34°27′ N lat ........ 2,108.3 95 2,002.9 5 105.4 

Pacific cod ....................................................... Coastwide ................... 1,094 95 1,039.3 5 54.7 

Pacific ocean perch ........................................ N of 40°10′ N lat ........ 3,297.5 95 3,132.6 5 164.9 

Pacific whiting c ............................................... Coastwide ................... TBD 100 TBD 0 0 

Petrale sole a ................................................... Coastwide ................... 2898.8 .................... 2,868.8 .................... 30 

Sablefish ......................................................... N of 36° N lat ............. NA See table 2c 

Sablefish ......................................................... S of 36° N lat ............. 2,165.6 42 909.6 58 1,256.0 

Shortspine thornyhead .................................... N of 34°27′ N lat ........ 1,249.7 95 1,187.2 5 62.5 

Shortspine thornyhead .................................... S of 34°27′ N lat ........ 695.3 .................... 50 .................... 645.3 

Splitnose rockfish ............................................ S of 40°10′ N lat ........ 1,534.3 95 1,457.6 5 76.7 

Starry flounder ................................................ Coastwide ................... 343.7 50 171.9 50 171.9 

Widow rockfish a .............................................. Coastwide ................... 11,243.7 .................... 10,843.7 .................... 400 

Yellowtail rockfish ........................................... N of 40°10′ N lat ........ 4,263.3 88 3,751.7 12 511.6 

Other Flatfish .................................................. Coastwide ................... 4,653.2 90 4,187.9 10 465.3 

Shelf Rockfish a ............................................... N of 40°10′ N lat ........ 1,207.1 60.2 726.7 39.8 480.4 

Shelf Rockfish a ............................................... S of 40°10′ N lat ........ 1,331.4 12.2 162.43 87.8 1,169.0 

Slope Rockfish ................................................ N of 40°10′ N lat ........ 1,450.6 81 1,175.0 19 275.6 

Slope Rockfish a .............................................. S of 40°10′ N lat ........ 658.1 63 414.6 37 243.5 

aAllocations decided through the biennial specification process. 

bThe cowcod non-trawl allocation is further split 50:50 between the commercial and recreational sectors. This results in a sector-specific ACT 

of 21.7 mt for the commercial sector and 21.7 mt for the recreational sector. c Consistent with regulations at § 660.55(i)(2), the commercial harvest guideline for Pacific whiting is allocated as follows: 34 percent for the C/ 

P Coop Program; 24 percent for the MS Coop Program; and 42 percent for the Shorebased IFQ Program. No more than 5 percent of the 

Shorebased IFQ Program allocation may be taken and retained south of 42° N lat. before the start of the primary Pacific whiting season north of 

42° N lat. 

Table 2c to Part 660, Subpart C— 

Sablefish North of 36≥ N Lat. 

Allocations, 2024 and Beyond 

TABLE 2c. TO PART 660, SUBPART C—SABLEFISH NORTH OF 36° N LAT. ALLOCATIONS, 2024 AND BEYOND

[Weights in metric tons] 

Year ACL 

Set-asides 

Recreational 

estimate 

Exempted 

fishing 

permit 

Commercial 

harvest 

guideline 

(HG) 

Limited entry HG Open access HG 

Tribal a Research Percent mt Percent m b

2024 ...................... 7,730 773 30.7 6 1 6,919 90.6 6,269 9.4 650 

Year LE all Limited entry (LE) trawl c LE fixed gear (FG) d

All trawl At-sea whiting Shorebased IFQ All FG Primary Daily trip limit 

2024 ...................... 6,269 3,636 100 3,536 2,633 2,238 395 

aThe tribal allocation is further reduced by 1.7 percent for discard mortality resulting in 759.9 mt in 2024. 

bThe open access HG is taken by the incidental OA fishery and the directed OA fishery. 

cThe trawl allocation is 58 percent of the limited entry HG. 

dThe limited entry fixed gear allocation is 42 percent of the limited entry HG. 


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■ 4. In § 660.140, revise table 1 to 

paragraph (d)(1)(ii)(D) to read as 

follows: 

§ 660.140 Shorebased IFQ Program. 

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(d) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(ii) * * * 

(D) * * * 

TABLE 1 TO PARAGRAPH (d)(1)(ii)(D)—SHOREBASED TRAWL ALLOCATIONS FOR 2023 AND 2024 

IFQ species Area 

2023 Shorebased 

trawl allocation 

(mt) 

2024 Shorebased 

trawl allocation 

(mt) 

YELLOWEYE ROCKFISH .................................... Coastwide ............................................................. 4.42 3.41 

Arrowtooth flounder .............................................. Coastwide ............................................................. 15,640.17 11,408.87 

Bocaccio ............................................................... S of 40°10′ N lat ................................................... 700.33 694.87 

Canary rockfish ..................................................... Coastwide ............................................................. 842.50 851.42 

Chilipepper ............................................................ S of 40°10′ N lat ................................................... 1,563.80 1517.60 

Cowcod ................................................................. S of 40°10′ N lat ................................................... 24.80 24.42 

Darkblotched rockfish ........................................... Coastwide ............................................................. 646.78 644.34 

Dover sole ............................................................ Coastwide ............................................................. 45,972.75 45,972.75 

English sole .......................................................... Coastwide ............................................................. 8,320.56 8,265.46 

Lingcod ................................................................. N of 40°10′ N lat ................................................... 1,829.27 1,593.47 

Lingcod ................................................................. S of 40°10′ N lat ................................................... 284.20 282.60 

Longspine thornyhead .......................................... N of 34°27′ N lat ................................................... 2,129.23 2,002.88 

Pacific cod ............................................................ Coastwide ............................................................. 1,039.30 1,039.30 

Pacific halibut (IBQ) a ............................................ N of 40°10′ N lat ................................................... TBD TBD 

Pacific ocean perch .............................................. N of 40°10′ N lat ................................................... 2,956.14 2,832.64 

Pacific whiting b ..................................................... Coastwide ............................................................. 159,681.38 TBD 

Petrale sole ........................................................... Coastwide ............................................................. 3,063.76 2,863.76 

Sablefish ............................................................... N of 36° N lat ....................................................... 3,893.50 3,535.91 

Sablefish ............................................................... S of 36° N lat ........................................................ 970.00 909.55 

Shortspine thornyhead ......................................... N of 34°27′ N lat ................................................... 1,146.67 1,117.22 

Shortspine thornyhead ......................................... S of 34°27′ N lat ................................................... 50 50 

Splitnose rockfish ................................................. S of 40°10′ N lat ................................................... 1,494.70 1,457.60 

Starry flounder ...................................................... Coastwide ............................................................. 171.86 171.86 

Widow rockfish ..................................................... Coastwide ............................................................. 11,509.68 10,367.68 

Yellowtail rockfish ................................................. N of 40°10′ N lat ................................................... 3,761.84 3,431.69 

Other Flatfish complex ......................................... Coastwide ............................................................. 4,142.09 4,152.89 

Shelf Rockfish complex ........................................ N of 40°10′ N lat ................................................... 694.70 691.65 

Shelf Rockfish complex ........................................ S of 40°10′ N lat ................................................... 163.02 162.43 

Slope Rockfish complex ....................................... N of 40°10′ N lat ................................................... 894.43 874.99 

Slope Rockfish complex ....................................... S of 40°10′ N lat ................................................... 417.1 414.58 

aPacific halibut IBQ is set according to 50 CFR 660.55(m). 

b Managed through an international process. This allocation will be updated when announced. 

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■ 5. In § 660.231, revise paragraph 

(b)(3)(i) to read as follows: 

§ 660.231 Limited entry fixed gear 

sablefish primary fishery. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(3) * * * 

(i) A vessel participating in the 

primary season will be constrained by 

the sablefish cumulative limit 

associated with each of the permits 

registered for use with that vessel. 

During the primary season, each vessel 

authorized to fish in that season under 

paragraph (a) of this section may take, 

retain, possess, and land sablefish, up to 

the cumulative limits for each of the 

permits registered for use with that 

vessel (i.e., stacked permits). If multiple 

limited entry permits with sablefish 

endorsements are registered for use with 

a single vessel, that vessel may land up 

to the total of all cumulative limits 

announced in this paragraph for the 

tiers for those permits, except as limited 

by paragraph (b)(3)(ii) of this section. 

Up to 3 permits may be registered for 

use with a single vessel during the 

primary season; thus, a single vessel 

may not take and retain, possess or land 

more than 3 primary season sablefish 

cumulative limits in any one year. A 

vessel registered for use with multiple 

limited entry permits is subject to per 

vessel limits for species other than 

sablefish, and to per vessel limits when 

participating in the daily trip limit 

fishery for sablefish under § 660.232. In 

2023, the following annual limits are in 

effect: Tier 1 at 72,904 lb (33,069 kg), 

Tier 2 at 33,138 lb (15,031 kg), and Tier 

3 at 18,936 lb (8,589 kg). In 2024 and 

beyond, the following annual limits are 

in effect: Tier 1 at 66,377lb (30,108 kg), 

Tier 2 at 30,171 lb (13,685 kg), and Tier 

3 at 17,241lb (7,820 kg). 

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[FR Doc. 2023–28339 Filed 12–26–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 230224–0053; RTID 0648– 

XD567] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of 

Pacific Cod in the Central Regulatory 

Area of the Gulf of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; reallocation. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is reallocating the 

projected unused amount of Pacific cod 

from catcher vessels using trawl gear to 

vessels using jig gear, catcher/processors 

using trawl gear, and catcher vessels 

greater than or equal to 50 feet (15.2 

meters (m)) length overall using hookand-line gear in the Central Regulatory 


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