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Note 4 to § 73.3555: 

Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section 

will not be applied so as to require 

divestiture, by any licensee, of existing 

facilities, and will not apply to 

applications for assignment of license or 

transfer of control filed in accordance 

with § 73.3540(f) or § 73.3541(b), or to 

applications for assignment of license or 

transfer of control to heirs or legatees by 

will or intestacy, or to FM or AM 

broadcast minor modification 

applications for intra-market 

community of license changes, if no 

new or increased concentration of 

ownership would be created among 

commonly owned, operated or 

controlled broadcast stations. 

Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section 

will apply to all applications for new 

stations, to all other applications for 

assignment or transfer, to all 

applications for major changes to 

existing stations, and to all other 

applications for minor changes to 

existing stations that seek a change in an 

FM or AM radio station’s community of 

license or create new or increased 

concentration of ownership among 

commonly owned, operated or 

controlled broadcast stations. 

Commonly owned, operated or 

controlled broadcast stations that do not 

comply with paragraphs (a) and (b) of 

this section may not be assigned or 

transferred to a single person, group or 

entity, except as provided in this Note, 

the Report and Order in Docket No. 02– 

277, released July 2, 2003 (FCC 02–127), 

or the Second Report and Order in MB 

Docket No. 14–50, FCC 16–107 (released 

August 25, 2016). 

Note 5 to § 73.3555: 

Paragraphs (b) and (e) of this section 

will not be applied to cases involving 

television stations that are ‘‘satellite’’ 

operations. Such cases will be 

considered in accordance with the 

analysis set forth in the Report and 

Order in MM Docket No. 87–8, FCC 91– 

182 (released July 8, 1991), in order to 

determine whether common ownership, 

operation, or control of the stations in 

question would be in the public interest. 

An authorized and operating ‘‘satellite’’ 

television station, the digital noise 

limited service contour of which 

overlaps that of a commonly owned, 

operated, or controlled ‘‘non-satellite’’ 

parent television broadcast station may 

subsequently become a ‘‘non-satellite’’ 

station under the circumstances 

described in the aforementioned Report 

and Order in MM Docket No. 87–8. 

However, such commonly owned, 

operated, or controlled ‘‘non-satellite’’ 

television stations may not be 

transferred or assigned to a single 

person, group, or entity except as 

provided in Note 4 of this section. 

Note 6 to § 73.3555: 

Requests submitted pursuant to 

paragraph (b)(2) of this section will be 

considered in accordance with the 

analysis set forth in the Order on 

Reconsideration in MB Docket Nos. 14– 

50, et al. (FCC 17–156). 

Note 7 to § 73.3555: 

The Commission will entertain 

applications to waive the restrictions in 

paragraph (b) of this section (the local 

television ownership rule) on a case-bycase basis. In each case, we will require 

a showing that the in-market buyer is 

the only entity ready, willing, and able 

to operate the station, that sale to an 

out-of-market applicant would result in 

an artificially depressed price, and that 

the waiver applicant does not already 

directly or indirectly own, operate, or 

control interest in two television 

stations within the relevant DMA. One 

way to satisfy these criteria would be to 

provide an affidavit from an 

independent broker affirming that active 

and serious efforts have been made to 

sell the permit, and that no reasonable 

offer from an entity outside the market 

has been received. 

We will entertain waiver requests as 

follows: 

1. If one of the broadcast stations 

involved is a ‘‘failed’’ station that has 

not been in operation due to financial 

distress for at least four consecutive 

months immediately prior to the 

application, or is a debtor in an 

involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency 

proceeding at the time of the 

application. 

2. If one of the television stations 

involved is a ‘‘failing’’ station that has 

an all-day audience share of no more 

than four per cent; the station has had 

negative cash flow for three consecutive 

years immediately prior to the 

application; and consolidation of the 

two stations would result in tangible 

and verifiable public interest benefits 

that outweigh any harm to competition 

and diversity. 

3. If the combination will result in the 

construction of an unbuilt station. The 

permittee of the unbuilt station must 

demonstrate that it has made reasonable 

efforts to construct but has been unable 

to do so. 

* * * * * 

Note 9 to § 73.3555 

Paragraph (a)(1) of this section will 

not apply to an application for an AM 

station license in the 1605–1705 kHz 

band where grant of such application 

will result in the overlap of the 5 mV/ 

m groundwave contours of the proposed 

station and that of another AM station 

in the 535–1605 kHz band that is 

commonly owned, operated or 

controlled. 

* * * * * 

■ 3. Amend § 73.3613 by revising 

paragraph (d)(2) to read as follows: 

§ 73.3613 Filing of contracts. 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * 

(2) Joint sales agreements: Joint sales 

agreements involving radio stations 

where the licensee (including all parties 

under common control) is the brokering 

entity, the brokering and brokered 

stations are both in the same market as 

defined in the local radio multiple 

ownership rule contained in 

§ 73.3555(a), and more than 15 percent 

of the advertising time of the brokered 

station on a weekly basis is brokered by 

that licensee. Confidential or 

proprietary information may be redacted 

where appropriate but such information 

shall be made available for inspection 

upon request by the FCC. 

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[FR Doc. 2017–28329 Filed 1–5–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 170627602–7999–02] 

RIN 0648–BG98 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; 

Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 

Pacific Whiting; Pacific Coast 

Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; 

Amendment 21–3; Trawl 

Rationalization Program 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this final rule to 

change the management of the Pacific 

whiting at-sea sectors’ (i.e., the 

Mothership [MS] and Catcher/Processor 

[C/P] sectors) allocations for 

darkblotched rockfish and Pacific ocean 

perch (POP) by managing the allocations 

as set-asides rather than as total catch 

limits, under the authority of the Pacific 

Coast Groundfish Fishery Management 

Plan (FMP), and the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). This rule 

revises regulations in accordance with 


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Amendment 21–3 to the FMP (see 

electronic access under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION) so that higher than 

anticipated harvest of darkblotched 

rockfish or POP that exceeds a sector’s 

initial distribution of those species will 

not require automatic closure of one or 

more of the Pacific whiting at-sea 

sectors. This action is intended to 

reduce the risk of the Pacific whiting atsea sectors not attaining their respective 

Pacific whiting allocations due to the 

incidental catch of darkblotched 

rockfish or POP causing early closure of 

those sectors. This action does not 

change or increase the risk of exceeding 

darkblotched rockfish or POP ACLs, 

because it also allows NMFS to close 

one or both of the Pacific whiting at-sea 

sectors via automatic action if the 

species-specific set-aside amounts plus 

the available reserve for unforeseen 

catch events, known colloquially as the 

‘‘buffer,’’ are anticipated to be exceeded. 

This rule will ensure that the Pacific 

whiting fishery is managed in 

accordance with the goals and 

objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 

the FMP, and other applicable laws. 

DATES: Effective February 7, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank Lockhart (West Coast Region, 

NMFS), phone: 206–526–6140 and 

email: Frank.Lockhart@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

This final rule is accessible via the 

internet at the Office of the Federal 

Register website at https://

www.federalregister.gov. Background 

information and documents are 

available at the NMFS West Coast 

Region website at http://

www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

fisheries/management/whiting/pacific_

whiting.html and at the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s website at http:// 

www.pcouncil.org/groundfish/fisherymanagement-plan/groundfishamendments-in-development. 

Background information and 

documents are available at the NMFS 

West Coast Region website at http://

www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/ 

fisheries/groundfish/index.html and at 

the Pacific Fishery Management 

Council’s website at http://

www.pcouncil.org/groundfish/fisherymanagement-plan/groundfishamendments-in-development/. 

Background 

Pacific Whiting Fishery 

Bycatch of rockfish species in the 

Pacific whiting fishery occurs at very 

low rates, but sporadically and 

unpredictably. Regulations at 50 CFR 

660.55 address the allocation of these 

rockfish. Darkblotched rockfish and 

POP are caught almost exclusively by 

vessels in the shorebased Individual 

Fishing Quota (IFQ) and at-sea Pacific 

whiting sectors of the groundfish 

fishery. NMFS declared both species 

overfished in 2000 and 1999, 

respectively, and both stocks have been 

managed under rebuilding plans as a 

result. Populations of both species have 

shown dramatic improvement in recent 

years. Darkblotched rockfish and POP 

were both declared rebuilt in 2017. 

Darkblotched rockfish and POP are both 

currently managed as allocations, and 

NMFS automatically closes a fishery 

sector when it has reached its allocation 

of either species. 

In recent years, both at-sea sectors of 

the Pacific whiting fishery have 

exceeded their initial annual allocation 

of darkblotched rockfish (C/P sector in 

2011, and the MS sector in 2014). The 

latter resulted in an emergency Pacific 

Fishery Management Council (Council) 

meeting in order to re-open the fishery. 

Without implementation of this rule, the 

risk of an inseason closure of these 

sectors remains high, although the ACLs 

of these rockfish are far from being 

reached. For example, the most recent 

fishing mortality estimates by NMFS’ 

Northwest Fisheries Science Center 

indicate that 42 percent of both the 

darkblotched rockfish and POP ACLs 

were caught in 2016. While harvest of 

these species at a level below the ACL 

may have helped to rebuild stocks more 

quickly, there is a negative 

socioeconomic impact from preventing 

harvest of Pacific whiting, as intended 

in the FMP. 

Current Allocations Under 

Amendment 21 

The Council established allocations of 

darkblotched rockfish and POP for the 

Pacific whiting at-sea sectors in 

Amendment 21 to the FMP. When the 

Council considered allocation of these 

species, the analysis only incorporated 

data on catch through 2005, and took 

the overfished status of the species into 

account. Ten years of additional data on 

bycatch in the at-sea sectors are now 

available. Additionally, six full years of 

the Shorebased IFQ Program (which was 

implemented in 2011, 75 FR 60868) 

fishery information is available. This 

new information indicates that the 

stocks of both species are currently 

much healthier than they were at the 

time Amendment 21 was implemented, 

and they are no longer overfished. 

The Council’s Amendment 21 

allocation recommendation was based, 

in part, on the idea that the C/P and MS 

sectors could avoid early closures by 

moving to areas of lower rockfish 

encounter rates if they were 

approaching a bycatch allocation. 

However, experience has shown that 

this assumption was likely too 

simplistic. Despite the mitigating 

measures enacted by the C/P and MS 

coops, darkblotched rockfish bycatch 

remains particularly variable, with the 

potential for rapid accumulation. The 

2014 closure of the MS sector provides 

an illustration: Closure occurred after 

six hauls caught 4.5 mt of darkblotched 

rockfish, which was nearly 75 percent of 

their 2014 allocation, with the most of 

that catch coming from three of the 

hauls. Some of the largest hauls were 

delivered to motherships so closely in 

time that feedback on the size of the 

catches from observers came too late for 

the MS coop to effectively respond. 

Prior to this ‘‘lightning strike’’ event, the 

sector had made 969 hauls and caught 

only 2.5 mt of darkblotched rockfish. 

After the sector was re-opened by an 

emergency meeting of the Council, the 

sector made 330 additional hauls that 

brought in over 14,500 mt of Pacific 

whiting and only 0.1 mt of additional 

darkblotched rockfish. The C/P sector 

has experienced even more rapid 

accumulations of darkblotched rockfish 

bycatch, and would have been closed 

late in the 2011 season if unused 

allocation had not been available from 

the MS sector, which had already 

completed fishing for the year. These 

events indicate that the current 

management structure may be adversely 

impacting the at-sea sectors to a greater 

degree than was anticipated when the 

Council adopted the current allocation 

structure under Amendment 21, due to 

unpredictability and high volume of 

bycatch events. 

Amendment 21–3 

The Council has discussed a variety of 

solutions to reduce the risk of closure of 

the Pacific whiting at-sea sectors prior 

to attainment of their Pacific whiting 

allocations, such as allowing the 

transfer of rockfish quota between 

sectors, but it determined that those 

solutions were too complex to be 

analyzed and implemented in a timely 

manner. At its September 2016 meeting, 

the Council recommended the interim 

measure of amending the FMP and 

implementing revised regulations, so 

that the amounts of darkblotched 

rockfish and POP allocated to the C/P 

and MS sectors are managed as setasides rather than as total catch limits. 

The Council also recommended giving 

NMFS inseason authority to 

automatically close one or both of the 

C/P and MS sectors in the event the 

species-specific set-aside amounts plus 


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the available reserve for unforeseen 

catch events, known colloquially as the 

‘‘buffer,’’ are anticipated to be exceeded. 

This action does not revise allocations 

between sectors, which were set by 

Amendment 21 to the FMP, and is 

intended to be an interim solution to 

address the immediate needs of the 

C/P and MS sectors. Long-term 

solutions are being reviewed by the 

Council as part of the 5-year review of 

the trawl rationalization program. A 

long-term solution to address the needs 

of the Pacific whiting at-sea sectors 

should focus specifically on fairly and 

equitably revising the allocation 

between the trawl sectors, and among 

all the groundfish fishery sectors, while 

leaving any applicable stock rebuilding 

plans unaffected. 

Intent of the Action 

This action is intended to 

substantially reduce the risk of the 

Pacific whiting at-sea sectors not 

attaining their respective Pacific whiting 

allocations based on the incidental 

catch of darkblotched rockfish or POP, 

when allowing the sector(s) to remain 

open would not exceed ACLs for these 

rebuilding stocks. It revises regulations 

so that higher than anticipated harvest 

of darkblotched rockfish or POP that 

exceeds the initial distribution of those 

species to the at-sea sectors will not 

require automatic closure of one or more 

of the at-sea sectors. 

The rule also allows NMFS to close 

one or both of the C/P and MS sectors 

of the Pacific whiting fishery via 

automatic action when the set-aside for 

that sector, plus the available reserve for 

unforeseen catch events, is reached or is 

expected to be reached for either 

darkblotched rockfish or POP. Because 

of near real-time monitoring by the 

C/P and MS Coop Programs, and the 

ability of those programs to respond 

quickly to changing fishery conditions, 

closures will occur before allocations to 

other fisheries or the ACLs are reached, 

thus limiting the potential effects and 

precluding potential negative biological 

and socioeconomic impacts of this 

action. 

Comments and Responses 

NMFS published a notice of 

availability of Amendment 21–3 to the 

FMP (82 FR 44984) on September 27, 

2017, and a proposed rule for this action 

(82 FR 50106) on October 30, 2017. The 

comment periods for the FMP 

amendment and the proposed rule 

closed on November 27, 2017. NMFS 

received one public comment in support 

of the proposed action. No changes were 

made from the proposed rule or 

proposed FMP amendment based on 

public comments. 

Classification 

The Administrator, West Coast Region 

Region, NMFS, determined that FMP 

Amendment 21–3 is necessary for the 

conservation and management of the 

West Coast Groundfish fishery and that 

it is consistent with the MagnusonStevens Act and other applicable laws. 

This final rule has been determined to 

be not significant for purposes of 

Executive Order 12866. 

The Chief Counsel for Regulation of 

the Department of Commerce certified 

to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the 

Small Business Administration during 

the proposed rule stage that this action 

would not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. The factual basis for the 

certification was published in the 

proposed rule and is not repeated here. 

No comments were received regarding 

this certification. As a result, a 

regulatory flexibility analysis was not 

required and none was prepared. 

NMFS determined that this rule will 

be implemented in a manner that is 

consistent, to the maximum extent 

practicable, with the enforceable 

policies of the approved coastal 

management programs of Washington, 

Oregon, and California programs. This 

determination was submitted for review 

by the responsible state agencies under 

section 307 of the CZMA. The state 

agencies agreed with this determination. 

There are no reporting or 

recordkeeping requirements associated 

with this final rule. No Federal rules 

have been identified that duplicate, 

overlap, or conflict with this action. 

Pursuant to Executive Order 13175, 

this final rule was developed after 

meaningful collaboration with tribal 

officials from the area covered by the 

FMP. Consistent with the MagnusonStevens Act at 16 U.S.C. 1852(b)(5), one 

of the voting members of the Council is 

a representative of an Indian tribe with 

federally recognized fishing rights from 

the area of the Council’s jurisdiction. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660 

Fisheries, Fishing, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: January 3, 2018. 

Samuel D. Rauch, III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, 50 CFR part 660 is amended 

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 § 660.55, revise paragraphs 

(c)(1)(i) introductory text and (c)(1)(i)(A) 

and (B) to read as follows: 

§ 660.55 Allocations. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(i) Trawl fishery allocation. The 

allocation for the limited entry trawl 

fishery is derived by applying the trawl 

allocation percentage by species/species 

group and area as specified in paragraph 

(c) of this section and as specified 

during the biennial harvest 

specifications process to the fishery 

harvest guideline for that species/ 

species group and area. For IFQ species 

other than-darkblotched rockfish, 

Pacific ocean perch, and widow 

rockfish, the trawl allocation will be 

further subdivided among the trawl 

sectors (MS, C/P, and IFQ) as specified 

in §§ 660.140, 660.150, and 660.160 of 

subpart D. For darkblotched rockfish, 

Pacific ocean perch, and widow 

rockfish, the trawl allocation is further 

subdivided among the trawl sectors 

(MS, C/P, and IFQ) as follows: 

(A) Darkblotched rockfish. Distribute 

9 percent or 25 mt, whichever is greater, 

of the total trawl allocation of 

darkblotched rockfish to the Pacific 

whiting fishery (MS sector, C/P sector, 

and Shorebased IFQ sectors). The 

distribution of allocation of 

darkblotched rockfish to each of these 

sectors will be done pro rata relative to 

the sector’s allocation of the commercial 

harvest guideline for Pacific whiting. 

Darkblotched rockfish distributed to the 

MS sector and C/P sector are managed 

as set-asides at Table 2d, subpart C. The 

allocation of darkblotched rockfish to 

the Pacific whiting IFQ fishery 

contributes to the Shorebased IFQ 

allocation. After deducting allocations 

for the Pacific whiting fishery, the 

remaining trawl allocation is allocated 

to the Shorebased IFQ Program. 

(B) Pacific Ocean Perch (POP). 

Distribute 17 percent or 30 mt, 

whichever is greater, of the total trawl 

allocation of POP to the Pacific whiting 

fishery (MS sector, C/P sector, and 

Shorebased IFQ sector). The distribution 

of POP to each sector will be done pro 

rata relative to the sector’s allocation of 

the commercial harvest guideline for 

Pacific whiting. POP distributed to the 

MS sector and C/P sector are managed 


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as set-asides, at Table 2d, subpart C. The 

allocation of POP to the Pacific whiting 

IFQ fishery contributes to the 

Shorebased IFQ allocation. After 

deducting allocations for the Pacific 

whiting fishery, the remaining trawl 

allocation is allocated to the Shorebased 

IFQ Program. 

* * * * * 

■ 3. In § 660.60, add paragraph 

(d)(1)(vii) to read as follows: 

§ 660.60 Specifications and management 

measures. 

* * * * * 

(d) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(vii) Close one or both the MS or 

C/P sector when the set-aside for that 

sector, described in Table 2d, subpart C, 

plus the available reserve for unforeseen 

catch events, described in Table 2a, 

subpart C, combined, is reached or is 

expected to be reached for either 

darkblotched rockfish or Pacific ocean 

perch. 

* * * * * 

■ 4. In subpart C, revise Table 2b to Part 

660 to read as follows: 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–C ■ 5. In subpart C, revise Table 2d to Part 

660 to read as follows: 

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Table 2b. to Part 660, Subpart C - 2018, and Beyond, Allocations by Species or Species 

Group (Weight in Metric Tons) 

.. i 'i'' , , , :~''•• :::''8~~!: ((Y'•····• .. , i1;. ,.l:'r '" n5.'•;Mt:;;,~:i f~' Mt•.• 

BOCACCIO a/ S. of 40°10' N. lat. 725.6 39 283.3 61 442.3 

COW COD alb/ S. of 40°10' N. lat. 4.0 36 1.4 64 2.6 

DARKBLOTCHED ROCKFISH c/ Coastwide 575.8 95 547.0 5 28.8 

PACIFIC OCEAN PERCH d/ N. of 40°10' N. lat. 231.6 95 220.0 5 11.6 

YELLOWEYE ROCKFISH a/ Coastwide 14.0 NA 1.1 NA 12.9 

Arrowtooth flounder Coastwide 11,644.9 95 11,062.6 5 582.2 

Big skate a/ Coastwide 436.6 95 414.8 5 21.8 

Canary rockfish aiel Coastwide 1,466.6 NA 1,060.1 NA 406.5 

Chilipepper S. of 40°10' N. lat. 2,461.1 75 1,845.8 25 615.3 

Dover sole Coastwide 48,406.3 95 45,986.0 5 2,420.3 

English sole Coastwide 7,324.2 95 6,958.0 5 366.2 

Lingcod N. of 40°10' N. lat. 2,831.8 45 1,274.3 55 1,557.5 

Lingcod S. of 40°10' N. lat. 1,135.0 45 510.8 55 624.3 

Longnose skate a/ Coastwide 1,853.0 90 1,667.7 10 185.3 

Longspine thomyhead N. of 34°27' N. lat. 2,700.2 95 2,565.2 5 135.0 

Pacific cod Coastwide 1,091.0 95 1,036.4 5 54.5 

Pacific whiting Coastwide TBD 100 TBD 0 TBD 

Petrale sole Coastwide 2,772.1 95 2,633.5 5 138.6 

Sable fish N. of 36° N. lat. N/A See Table 2c 

Sable fish S. of36°N. lat. 1,939.0 42 814.4 58 1,124.6 

Shortspine thomyhead N. of 34°27' N. lat. 1,639.0 95 1,557.0 5 81.9 

Shortspine thomyhead S. of34"27' N. lat. 855.7 NA 50.0 NA 805.7 

Splitnose rockfiSh S. of 40°10' N. lat. 1,750.3 95 1,662.8 5 87.5 

Stary flounder Coastwide 1,271.7 50 635.9 50 635.9 

Widow rockfiSh f/ Coastwide 12,437.3 91 11,317.9 9 1,119.4 

Yellowtail rockfiSh N. of 40°10' N. lat. 4,972.1 88 4,375.4 12 596.6 

Minor Shelf RockfiSh a/ N. of 40°10' N. lat. 1,963.2 60 1,181.8 40 781.4 

Minor Slope RockfiSh N. of 40°10' N. lat. 1,688.9 81 1,368.0 19 320.9 

Minor Shelf RockfiSh a/ S. of 40°10' N. lat. 1,576.8 12 192.37 88 1,384.4 

Minor Slope RockfiSh S. of 40°10' N. lat. 688.8 63 433.9 37 254.9 

Other FlatfiSh Coastwide 7,077.0 90 6,369.3 10 707.7 

a/ Allocations decided through the biennial specification process. I 

I lb/ Th~~owcod fJShery harvest guideline IS further reduced to an ACT of 4.0 mt. . , 

c/ Consistent with regulations at §660.55( c), 9 percent ( 49.2 mt) of the total trawl allocation for darkblotched rockfiSh is allocated to 1 

the Pacific whiting fJShery, as follows: 20.7 mt for the Shore based IFQ Program, 11.8 mt is managed as a set-aside for the MS sector, II 

and 16.7 mt is Inanaged as a set-aside for the C/P sector. The tonnage calculated here for the PacifiC whiting IFQ fiShery contributes 

~to::...th:::e;:...:.:to=ta=.l::.:sh=or:.:e;;:.ba=s:.=.ed=tr~wl allocation, which is found at §660.140(d2(1)(ii)(D). ___ J 

ld/ Consistent with regulations at §660.55(c ), 17 percent (37.4 mt) of the total trawl allocation for POP is allocated to the Pacific 1 

I whiting fJShery, as follows: 15.7 mt for the Shore based IFQ Program, 9.0 mt is managed as a set-aside the MS sector, and 12.7 mt is !I 

managed as a set-aside for the C/P sector. The tonnage calculated here for the Pacific whiting IFQ fiShery contributes to the total 

shore based trawl allocation, which is found at §660.140(d)(l)(ii)(D). 

je/ Canary rockfiSh is allocated approximately 72 percent to trawl and 28 percent to non-trawl 46 mt of the total trawl allocation of 

I canary rockfiSh is allocated to the MS and~ C/P sectors, as follows: 30 mt for the MS sector, and 16 mt for the C/P sector. ~· 

f/ Consistent with regulations at §660.55(c), 10 percent (1,131.8 mt) of the total trawl allocation for widow rockfiSh is allocated to the 

ific whiting fiShery, as follows: 475.4 mt for the Shore based IFQ Program, 271.6 mt for the MS sector, and 384.8 mt for the C/P I 

tor. The tonnage calculated here for the Pacific whiting IFQ fJShery contributes to the total shore based trawl allocation, which is 1 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–C ■ 6. In § 660.150, revise paragraphs 

(c)(1)(i) and (ii) to read as follows: 

§ 660.150 Mothership (MS) Coop Program. 

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Table 2d. To Part 660, Subpart C -At-Sea Whiting Fishery Annual Set-Asides, 2018 and 

Beyond 

Species or Species Complex Area Set Aside (mt) 

BOCACCIO S. of 40°10 N. lat. NA 

COWCOD S. of 40°10 N. lat. NA 

DARKBLOTCHED ROCKFISH a/ Coastwide 28.5 

PACIFIC OCEAN PERCH b/ N. of40°10N.lat. 21.7 

YELLOWEYE ROCKFISH Coastwide 0 

Arrowtooth flounder Coastwide 70 

Canary rockf"ISh c/ Coastwide Allocation 

Chilipepper S. of 40°10 N. lat. NA 

Dover sole Coastwide 5 

English sole Coastwide 5 

Lingcod N. of 40°10 N. lat. 15 

Lingcod S. of 40°10 N. lat. NA 

Longnose skate Coastwide 5 

Longspine thomyhead N. of34°27N.lat. 5 

Longspine thomyhead S. of34°27N. lat. NA 

Minor Nearshore Rockf"ISh N. of40°10N.lat. NA 

Minor Nearshore Rockf"ISh S. of 40°10 N. lat. NA 

Minor Shelf Rockf"ISh N. of 40°10 N. lat. 35 

Minor Shelf Rockf"ISh S. of 40°10 N. lat. NA 

Minor Slope Rockf"ISh N. of40°10N.lat. 100 

Minor Slope Rockf"ISh S. of 40°10 N. lat. NA 

Other Fish Coastwide NA 

Other FlatfiSh Coastwide 20 

Pacific cod Coastwide 5 

Pacific Hahbut d/ Coastwide 10 

P ac ifJC Whiting Coastwide Allocation 

Petrale sole Coastwide 5 

Sablef"ISh N. of36° N. lat. 50 

Sablef"ISh S. of36° N. lat. NA 

Shortspine thomyhead N. of34°27N.lat. 20 

Shortspine thomyhead S. of34°27N.lat. NA 

Starry flounder Coastwide 5 

Widow Rockf"ISh c/ Coastwide Allocation 

Yellowtail rockf"ISh N. of40°10N.lat. 300 

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a/ Darkblotched rockf"ISh will be managed as set-asides for the MS and C/P sectors based on prolrata distribution described at §660.55(c)(1)(i)(A), resulting in a set-aside of ll.8 mt for the MS 

sector, and a set-aside of and 16.7 mt for C/P sector. - - - b/ POP will be managed as set-asides for the MS and C/P sectors based on pro-rata distribution 

described at §660.55(c)(1)(i)(B), resulting in a set-aside of 9.0 mt for the MS sector, and a setaside of and 12.7 mt for the C/P sector. 

c/ See Table Lb., to :Subpart C, for the at-sea rhitm!::', allocations for these species. 

d/ As stated in §660.55 (m), the Pacific hahbut set-aside is 10 mt, to accommodate bycatch in the 

at-sea Pacific whiting f"ISheries and in the shorebased trawl sector south of 40°10 N. lat. (estimated 

to be app•' ~hi 5 mt each). 
Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 5 / Monday, January 8, 2018 / Rules and Regulations 763 

(c) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(i) Species with formal allocations to 

the MS Coop Program are Pacific 

whiting, canary rockfish, and widow 

rockfish; 

(ii) Species with set-asides for the MS 

and C/P Coop Programs, as described in 

Table 2d, subpart C. 

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■ 7. In § 660.160, revise paragraphs 

(c)(1)(i) and (ii) to read as follows: 

§ 660.160 Catcher/processor (C/P) Coop 

Program. 

* * * * * 

(c) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(i) Species with formal allocations to 

the C/P Coop Program are Pacific 

whiting, canary rockfish, and widow 

rockfish; 

(ii) Species with set-asides for the MS 

and C/P Programs, as described in Table 

2d, subpart C. 

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[FR Doc. 2018–00135 Filed 1–5–18; 8:45 am] 

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