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proposed rule and does not repeat it 

here. NMFS received no comments 

regarding this certification. As a result, 

a regulatory flexibility analysis was not 

required and none was prepared. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 665 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Commercial fishing, 

Fisheries, Monuments and memorials, 

Pacific Remote Islands. 

Dated: March 13, 2015. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, NMFS amends 50 CFR part 

665 as follows: 

PART 665—FISHERIES IN THE 

WESTERN PACIFIC 

■ 1. The authority citation for 50 CFR 

part 665 continues to read as follows: 

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

■ 2. Revise § 665.930 to read as follows: 

§ 665.930 Scope and purpose. 

The regulations in this subpart codify 

certain provisions of the Proclamations, 

and govern the administration of fishing 

in the Monument. 

■ 3. In § 665.931, revise paragraphs (a), 

(c), and (d) to read as follows: 

§ 665.931 Boundaries. 

* * * * * 

(a) Wake Island. The Wake Island unit 

of the Monument includes the waters 

and submerged and emergent lands 

around Wake Island to the seaward limit 

of the U.S. EEZ. 

* * * * * 

(c) Jarvis Island. The Jarvis Island unit 

of the Monument includes the waters 

and submerged and emergent lands 

around Jarvis Island to the seaward limit 

of the U.S. EEZ. 

(d) Johnston Atoll. The Johnston Atoll 

unit of the Monument includes the 

waters and submerged and emergent 

lands around Johnston Atoll to the 

seaward limit of the U.S. EEZ. 

* * * * * 

■ 4. In § 665.932, revise the definition of 

‘‘Monument’’, remove the definition of 

‘‘Proclamation’’, and add the definition 

of ‘‘Proclamations’’ in alphabetical order 

to read as follows: 

§ 665.932 Definitions. 

* * * * * 

Monument means the waters and 

submerged and emergent lands of the 

Pacific Remote Islands Marine National 

Monument and the Pacific Remote 

Islands Marine National Monument 

Expansion, as defined in § 665.931. 

Proclamations means Presidential 

Proclamation 8336 of January 6, 2009, 

‘‘Establishment of the Pacific Remote 

Islands Marine National Monument,’’ 

and Presidential Proclamation 9173 of 

September 29, 2014, ‘‘Pacific Remote 

Islands Marine National Monument 

Expansion.’’ 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 141021887–5172–02] 

RIN 0648–XD846 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of 

Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian 

Islands 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is reallocating the 

projected unused amounts of the Aleut 

Corporation pollock directed fishing 

allowance from the Aleutian Islands 

subarea to the Bering Sea subarea. This 

action is necessary to provide 

opportunity for harvest of the 2015 total 

allowable catch of pollock, consistent 

with the goals and objectives of the 

Fishery Management Plan for 

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands Management Area. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), March 25, 2015, through 

2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2015. 

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 (Council) 

under authority of the MagnusonStevens 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. 

In the Aleutian Islands subarea, the 

portion of the 2015 pollock total 

allowable catch (TAC) allocated to the 

Aleut Corporation directed fishing 

allowance (DFA) is 14,700 metric tons 

(mt) as established by the final 2015 and 

2016 harvest specifications for 

groundfish in the BSAI (80 FR 11919, 

March 5, 2015). 

As of March 17, 2015, the 

Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, 

(Regional Administrator) has 

determined that 2,554 mt of the A 

season allowance of the Aleut 

Corporation pollock DFA in the 

Aleutian Islands subarea will not be 

harvested. Therefore, in accordance 

with § 679.20(a)(5)(iii)(B)(4), NMFS 

reallocates 2,554 mt of A season pollock 

DFA from the Aleutian Islands subarea 

to the 2015 Bering Sea subarea DFAs. 

The 2,554 mt of the A season Aleut 

Corporation pollock DFA is added to the 

2015 Bering Sea non-CDQ DFA. As a 

result, the 2015 harvest specifications 

for pollock in the Aleutian Islands 

subarea included in the final 2015 and 

2016 harvest specifications for 

groundfish in the BSAI (80 FR 11919, 

March 5, 2015, and 80 FR 12781, March 

11, 2015) are revised as follows: 12,146 

mt to the annual Aleut Corporation 

pollock DFA and 7,350 mt to the A 

season Aleut Corporation pollock DFA. 

Furthermore, pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5), 

Table 4 of the final 2015 and 2016 

harvest specifications for groundfish in 

the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (80 

FR 11919, March 5, 2015, and 80 FR 

12781, March 11, 2015), is revised to 

make 2015 pollock allocations 

consistent with this reallocation. This 

reallocation results in adjustments to 

the 2015 pollock allocations established 

at § 679.20(a)(5). 


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TABLE 4—FINAL 2015 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 2015 

Allocations 

2015 A season 1 2015 B 

season 1

A season DFA SCA harvest 

limit 2 B season DFA 

Bering Sea subarea TAC 1 .............................................................................. 1,314,454 n/a n/a n/a 

CDQ DFA ......................................................................................................... 132,900 53,160 37,212 79,740 

ICA1 ................................................................................................................. 47,160 n/a n/a n/a 

AFA Inshore ..................................................................................................... 567,197 226,879 158,815 340,318 

AFA Catcher/Processors 3 ............................................................................... 453,758 181,503 127,052 272,255 

Catch by C/Ps .......................................................................................... 415,188 166,075 n/a 249,113 

Catch by CVs 3 ......................................................................................... 38,569 15,428 n/a 23,142 

Unlisted C/P Limit 4 ................................................................................... 2,269 908 n/a 1,361 

AFA Motherships ............................................................................................. 113,439 45,376 31,763 68,064 

Excessive Harvesting Limit 5 ............................................................................ 198,519 n/a n/a n/a 

Excessive Processing Limit 6 ........................................................................... 340,318 n/a n/a n/a 

Total Bering Sea DFA .............................................................................. 1,134,394 453,758 317,630 680,636 

Aleutian Islands subarea ABC ......................................................................... 29,659 n/a n/a n/a 

Aleutian Islands subarea TAC 1 ....................................................................... 14,546 n/a n/a n/a 

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

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

Aleut Corporation ............................................................................................. 12,146 7,350 n/a 4,796 

Area harvest limit 541 ...................................................................................... 8,898 n/a n/a n/a 

542 ............................................................................................................ 4,449 n/a n/a n/a 

543 ............................................................................................................ 1,483 n/a n/a n/a 

Bogoslof District ICA7 ...................................................................................... 100 n/a n/a n/a 

1Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A), the BS subarea pollock, after subtracting the CDQ DFA (10 percent) and the ICA (4.0 percent), 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 BS 

subarea, 40 percent of the DFA is allocated to the A season (January 20–June 10) and 60 percent of the DFA is allocated to the B season (June 

10–November 1). Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(iii)(B)(2)(i) and (ii), the annual AI pollock TAC, after subtracting first for the CDQ directed fishing allowance (10 percent) and second the ICA (2,400 mt), is allocated to the Aleut Corporation for a pollock directed fishery. In the AI subarea, the A 

season is allocated 40 percent of the ABC and the B season is allocated the remainder of the pollock directed fishery. 2 In the BS subarea, no more than 28 percent of each sector’s annual DFA may be taken from the SCA before 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 no more than 30 percent, in 

Area 542 no more than 15 percent, and in Area 543 no more than 5 percent of the Aleutian Islands pollock ABC. 8The Bogoslof District is closed by the final harvest specifications 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 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 Aleutian Island 

subarea pollock. Since the pollock 

fishery is currently underway, it is 

important to immediately inform the 

industry as to the final Bering Sea and 

Aleutian Islands pollock allocations. 

Immediate notification is necessary to 

allow for the orderly conduct and 

efficient operation of this fishery; allow 

the industry to plan for the fishing 

season and avoid potential disruption to 

the fishing fleet as well as processors; 

and provide opportunity to harvest 

increased seasonal pollock allocations 

while value is optimum. NMFS was 

unable to publish a notice providing 

time for public comment because the 

most recent, relevant data only became 

available as March 17, 2015. 

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 required by § 679.20 

and is exempt from review under 

Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: March 20, 2015. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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