[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 27308-27312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13594]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 672

[Docket No. 960228053-6142-02; I.D. 022296E]
RIN 0648-AI56


Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Pollock Seasonal Allowances

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: NMFS issues a final rule to implement Amendment 45 to the 
Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP). 
This rule combines the third and fourth quarterly allowances for 
pollock in the three statistical areas of the combined Western and 
Central (W/C) Regulatory Area into single seasonal allowances that will 
become available on September 1 of each fishing year. Changes to the 
final 1996 harvest specifications of Gulf of Alaska (GOA) pollock are 
also made to reflect the revised seasonal allowances. These measures 
are necessary to address management problems that have been identified 
by the fishing industry. They are intended to further the management 
objectives of the FMP.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 30, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Copies of Amendment 45 and the Environmental Assessment/
Regulatory Impact Review (EA/RIR) prepared for Amendment 45 may be 
obtained from the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 4th 
Ave. Suite #306, Anchorage, AK 99501.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent Lind, (907) 586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The pollock fishery in the exclusive 
economic zone of the GOA is managed by NMFS under the FMP. The FMP was 
prepared by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) 
under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson 
Act) and is implemented by regulations found at 50 CFR part 672. 
General regulations governing U.S. fisheries are also found at 50 CFR 
part 620.

Background

    Amendment 45 removes the requirement that the total allowable catch 
(TAC) specified for pollock in three statistical areas of the W/C 
Regulatory Area be divided into four equal quarterly allowances and 
replaces it with more flexible language requiring that the TACs be 
divided into seasonal allowances rather than quarterly allowances. 
Amendment 45 authorizes NMFS to establish the number and timing of 
seasonal allowances in regulation. The Council's objective in adopting 
Amendment 45 was to allow NMFS to combine by regulatory amendment the 
third quarter (July 1) and fourth quarter (October 1) allowances for 
pollock in the statistical areas of the W/C Regulatory Area into single 
seasonal allowances that would become available in September or 
October.
    The action has the following objectives: (1) Reduced chum salmon 
bycatch, which has been high during the third quarter (July 1) opening; 
(2) reduced scheduling conflicts with summer salmon processing 
activities; (3) reduced operating costs for industry; and (4) reduced 
risk of harvest overruns during extremely short openings. Additional 
information on this action may be found in the preamble to the proposed 
rule published in the Federal Register on March 12, 1996 (61 FR 9972) 
and the EA/RIR prepared for this action. Public comment on the proposed 
action was invited through April 22, 1996. NMFS received 11 written 
letters of comment. The comments are summarized and responded to below 
in the response to comments section.
    The only change from the proposed rule is a modification in the 
opening date for the Western Regulatory Area from October 1 to 
September 1 for the reasons stated below. This change is reflected in 
Sec. 672.23(e), which establishes fishing seasons, and section 4 and 
table 3 of the final 1996 harvest specifications.
    At its January 1996 meeting, the Council considered opening date 
options of September 1, September 15, and October 1 that would apply to 
the third season in both the W/C Regulatory Areas. However, the Council 
subsequently recommended that NMFS implement a modified proposal that 
would establish separate third season opening dates of September 1 in 
the Central Regulatory Area and October 1 in the Western Regulatory 
Area. This modified proposal was submitted to the Council by a 
coalition of Bering Sea-based processors and fishermen with the intent 
of preserving the ability of Bering Sea-based vessels to fish in the 
Western Regulatory Area after the closure of the Bering Sea pollock 
non-roe season. The proposed rule included these separate opening dates 
as recommended by the Council.
    Based on changing circumstances in the pollock fishery and 
information submitted during the comment period on the proposed rule, 
NMFS has changed the final rule from the proposed rule to reflect a 
single opening date of September 1 for both the W/C Regulatory Areas. 
The reasons for this change are as follows: First, the Council at its 
April 1996 meeting made a final recommendation that NMFS delay the 
start of the Bering Sea pollock non-roe season from August 15 to 
September 1 for both the inshore and offshore sectors. If approved, 
this regulatory amendment would become effective for the 1996 pollock 
non-roe season. In 1995 the inshore sector Bering Sea pollock non-roe 
season lasted 39 days and NMFS expects the 1996 season to last 
approximately as long. Delaying the Bering Sea pollock non-roe season 
until September 1 is likely to extend the season into the first or 
second week of October. Consequently, NMFS believes that an October 1 
opening date for the Western Regulatory Area no longer holds any 
particular advantage for the Bering Sea-based fleet, which was the only 
sector of the industry that supported this particular opening date.
    Second, NMFS has received extensive written comments from Western 
Regulatory Area-based fishermen and processors who oppose an October 1 
opening date for the Western Regulatory Area for safety reasons. This 
sector of the industry suggests that because weather conditions are 
likely to be worse in October, an October 1 opening date will pose 
greater safety risks for

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smaller vessels than would a September 1 opening date.
    Third, NMFS has received extensive written comments from Western 
Regulatory Area-based fishermen and processors who believe an October 1 
opening date would cause them to be preempted by larger and more 
numerous Bering Sea-based vessels. Although a delay in the Bering Sea 
pollock non-roe season would largely eliminate these concerns, NMFS 
believes that a compelling reason no longer exists to treat the Western 
Regulatory Area separately from the rest of the GOA.
    Finally, scheduling fisheries in various areas to operate 
simultaneously will disperse effort resulting in more manageable 
fisheries and a more equitable distribution of fishing opportunity. A 
September 1 pollock opening date for the Western Regulatory Area would 
bring the season for this area into line with the rest of the GOA, as 
well as the Bering Sea if the Council's recommendation to delay the 
pollock non-roe season is approved.

Regulatory Changes Made by This Action

    This action combines the third and fourth quarterly allowances of 
pollock TAC for the statistical areas of the W/C Regulatory Area into 
single seasonal allowances equal to 50 percent of the annual pollock 
TAC for each statistical area. This combined seasonal allowance will 
become available on September 1. This action retains the requirements 
that (1) within any fishing year, shortfalls in the harvest of one 
seasonal allowance be proportionately added to subsequent seasonal 
allowances, resulting in a sum for each seasonal allowance not to 
exceed 150 percent of the original seasonal allowance; and (2) harvests 
in excess of a seasonal allowance be deducted proportionately from 
subsequent seasonal allowances.

Response to Comments

    No comments opposed Amendment 45 in general (or supported retaining 
the status quo of four quarterly allowances). Six letters of comment 
from representatives for Western Regulatory Area-based pollock 
fishermen and processors supported a September 1 opening date for this 
area but opposed an October 1 opening date. One letter of comment from 
a representative for Central Regulatory Area-based pollock fishermen 
and processors supported a September 1 opening date for this area but 
was neutral on the Western Regulatory Area opening date. No comments 
were received that favored an October 1 opening date for the Western 
Regulatory Area. The following paragraphs summarize and respond to the 
comments received on the proposed rule.
    Comment 1. Prior to the Council's decision at the January 1996 
meeting to establish separate opening dates, no discussion or analysis 
occurred of separate opening dates for the W/C Regulatory Areas. Both 
the Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee and Advisory Panel 
recommended that the Council establish a September 1 opening date for 
both the W/C Regulatory Areas. In addition, no prior notice was 
provided to the public that the Council was considering separate 
opening dates. As a result, Western Regulatory Area-based fishermen did 
not have adequate opportunity to comment on the effects of an October 1 
opening date on their fleet.
    Response. NMFS has changed the proposed rule to establish a single 
opening date of September 1 for both the W/C Regulatory Areas.
    Comment 2. Considerable support exists within the industry for 
reconsidering the decision to separate the W/C Regulatory Area opening 
dates, as evidenced by the 17 to 2 vote by the Advisory Panel at the 
April 1996 Council meeting, in support of a simultaneous W/C Regulatory 
opening date of September 1.
    Response. See response to comment 1.
    Comment 3. The Council's adoption of different opening dates for 
the W/C Regulatory Areas was extremely unfair to Western Regulatory 
Area fishermen who have sought to increase their involvement in the 
administrative process. The Council's action was taken without any 
public notice, with little or no understanding of potential impacts on 
small boat fishermen and communities, and with no public discussion of 
this unanticipated alternative by Council members or NMFS. This action 
can best be described as a ``sneak attack'' because Western Regulatory 
Area fishermen were not given a reasonable opportunity to defend 
themselves on this issue.
    Response. See response to comment 1.
    Comment 4. When the Council and NMFS make decisions that result in 
allocations among fishermen, both fundamental fairness and the law 
dictate a heightened level of public participation and a strong 
administrative record. This process is necessary so that the Council, 
NMFS, and the Secretary of Commerce are fully informed of the potential 
impacts of the proposed actions. Although case law allows a tainted 
administrative record to be cured by subsequent comments and internal 
Agency analysis of the objections raised, this ``after the fact'' 
procedure does not cure the fundamentally unfair nature of this 
particular decision by the Council. NMFS should not attempt to cure 
this tainted administrative record simply to justify an improperly 
motivated decision.
    Response. This comment is mute in light of NMFS' decision to adopt 
a single opening date of September 1 for both the Western and Central 
Regulatory Areas.
    Comment 5. The EA/RIR did not evaluate the impacts of an October 1 
Western Regulatory Area opening date on resident small-boat fishermen 
or the coastal communities of the Western GOA which are dependent on 
the flow of fish products for employment and local tax revenues. Nor 
did the analysis address the possible loss of the October 1 third 
trimester release to all fishermen if NMFS believes that the vessel 
capacity will exceed the quota. A separate October 1 date for the 
Western Regulatory Area was beyond the scope of the EA/RIR, and we 
seriously question the legality of adopting a measure that was not 
subject to a proper analytical or public review.
    Response. See response to comment 4.
    Comment 6. The proposed October 1 opening date for the Western 
Regulatory Area is a substantial reallocation of the pollock resource, 
which treats local small-boat fishermen unfairly. National standard 4 
requires that any allocation of fishing privileges be done in a manner 
that is fair and equitable to all fishermen. An October 1 opening will 
invite massive participation by the Bering Sea-based pollock fleet to 
the disadvantage of smaller vessels based in the Western Regulatory 
Area. In addition, eliminating the July opening would effectively 
eliminate this small boat fleet's fishery, which has occurred primarily 
in the third quarter and secondarily in the fourth quarter of each 
year. These vessels have traditionally and almost exclusively fished in 
the third quarter (July 1) opening in the Western Regulatory Area and 
will face increased safety risks if required to fish this quota in 
October. If the July allowance is combined with the fourth quarter 
allowance and exposed to the escalating fishing pressure of the entire 
Bering Sea and GOA fleet, the impact will be to reallocate the entire 
third quarter fishery from a resident small-boat fleet to the Dutch 
Harbor and Kodiak fleets. The majority of these small Western 
Regulatory Area-based vessels will be unable to establish Kodiak 
markets to participate in the September 1 Central Regulatory Area

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opening and their small size makes it impossible for them to 
participate in the Bering Sea pollock non-roe season.
    Response. See response to comment 1.
    Comment 7. Delaying the third seasonal allowance in the Western 
Regulatory Area until October 1 when the Bering Sea pollock fishery is 
closed will greatly increase effort in the Western Regulatory Area. 
This will make the fishery more difficult to manage and is in conflict 
with one of the stated objectives of Amendment 45, easing the effort in 
the GOA pollock fisheries. No substantive justification exists for how 
the October 1 opening date satisfies the third and critical objective 
of the proposed amendment.
    Response. The changes made in the final rule which establish a 
single opening date of September 1 for both the Central and Western 
Regulatory Areas and the Council's April 1996 recommendation to delay 
the Bering Sea pollock non-roe season until September 1, if adopted, 
would result in a single opening date of September 1 for both the 
Bering Sea and GOA.
    Comment 8. An October 1 start date in the Western Regulatory Area 
is nothing more than punishment to Sand Point Boats for political 
reasons. These boats are the smallest boats in the pollock fleet. 
Asking operators of these boats to start their fishery on October 1 is 
to invite injuries or worse.
    Response. See response to comment 1.
    Comment 9. The decision to delay the Western Regulatory Area 
opening until October 1 means the difference between a multi-day 
fishery and a fishery that may well be measured in hours. This means 
that local boats will have taken away from them a reasonable 
opportunity to make a living so that bigger Kodiak and Dutch Harbor 
boats can swoop in for a one-tow event.
    Response. See response to comment 1.
    Comment 10. The proposed October 1 opening date for the Western 
Regulatory Area isolates one area and subjects it to uncontrollable 
fishing pressure. The Bering Sea fleet no longer has to choose among 
the entire W/C Regulatory Area during the last release of pollock. The 
Kodiak-based fleet of large trawl vessels will be able to fish in the 
Central Regulatory Area in September and then shift to the Western 
Regulatory Area in October. The Western Regulatory Area will face not 
only the local small-boat trawl fleet in October but the combined 
Bering Sea and Kodiak-based trawl fleet as well. Whenever possible, 
fisheries in various areas should be scheduled to operate in the same 
time period to disperse effort. This makes for more manageable 
fisheries and a more equitable distribution of opportunity.
    Response. NMFS concurs. See response to comment 7.
    Comment 11. If the October 1 opening date is approved, operators of 
Western GOA plants estimate they will lose from 11 percent to 15 
percent of the pollock that has traditionally been delivered to them. 
Under the status quo, most of the third quarter pollock fishery in 
Statistical Areas 610 and 620 was delivered to Western GOA plants. If 
this opening is shifted to October 1, much of this quota will be 
harvested instead by Bering Sea-based vessels and delivered to Bering 
Sea-based plants.
    Response. See response to comment 1. Changes to 1996 Harvest 
Specifications
    Final 1996 harvest specifications for GOA pollock were published in 
the Federal Register on February 5, 1996 (61 FR 4304). The change from 
quarterly allowances to three seasonal allowances of pollock TAC 
amounts specified for the statistical areas of the W/C Regulatory Area 
requires that the final 1996 specifications be amended. First, footnote 
2 to Table 1 is revised to read as follows: ``Pollock is apportioned to 
three statistical areas in the combined Western/Central Regulatory 
Area, each of which is further divided into three seasonal allowances 
(Table 3). In the Eastern Regulatory Area, pollock is not divided into 
seasonal allowances.''
    Second, page 4308 of the final 1996 specifications, section 4, 
``Apportionments of Pollock TAC Among Regulatory Areas, Season, and 
Between Inshore and Offshore Components,'' and Table 3 is amended as 
follows to reflect the new seasonal allowances of pollock:

4. Apportionments of Pollock TAC Among Regulatory Areas, Seasons, and 
Between Inshore and Offshore Components

    In the GOA, pollock is apportioned by area, season, and inshore/
offshore components. Regulations at Sec. 672.20(a)(2)(iv) require that 
the TAC for pollock in the combined W/C GOA be apportioned among 
statistical areas; Shumagin (610), Chirikof (620), and Kodiak (630) in 
proportion to known distributions of the pollock biomass. This measure 
was intended to provide spatial distribution of the pollock harvest as 
a sea lion protection measure. Each statistical area apportionment 
would be further divided into three seasonal allowances (Table 3). 
Within any fishing year, any unharvested amount of any seasonal 
allowance of pollock TAC would be added in equal proportions to the 
subsequent seasonal allowances, resulting in a sum for each seasonal 
allowance that does not exceed 150 percent of the original seasonal 
allowance. Similarly, harvests in excess of a seasonal allowance of TAC 
would be deducted in equal proportions from the remaining seasonal 
allowances of that fishing year. Directed fishing for pollock in the W/
C Regulatory Area (Statistical Areas 610, 620, and 630) may be 
authorized in seasonal allowances beginning on January 1, June 1, and 
September 1. The Eastern Regulatory Area pollock TAC of 2,810 metric 
tons (mt) is not allocated among smaller areas or seasonal allowances.
    Regulations at Sec. 672.20(a)(2)(v)(A) require that the domestic 
annual processing (DAP) apportionment for pollock in all regulatory 
areas and all seasonal allowances thereof be divided into inshore and 
offshore components. One hundred percent of the pollock DAP in each 
regulatory area is apportioned to the inshore component after 
subtraction of amounts that are determined by the Director, Alaska 
Region, NMFS (Regional Director) to be necessary to support the bycatch 
needs of the offshore component in directed fisheries for other 
groundfish species. The amount of pollock available for harvest by 
vessels in the offshore component is that amount actually taken as 
bycatch during directed fishing for groundfish species other than 
pollock, up to the maximum retainable bycatch amounts allowed under 
regulations at Sec. 672.20(g).

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 Table 3.--Distribution of Pollock in the Western and Central Regulatory Areas of the Gulf of Alaska (W/C GOA). 
   ABC for the W/C GOA is 52,000 mt. Biomass Distribution is Based on 1993 Survey Data. TACs are Equal to ABC.  
   Inshore and Offshore Allocations of Pollock are not Shown. ABCs and TACs are Rounded to the Nearest 10 mt.   
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                                                                                    Seasonal allowances \1\     
                  Statistical Area                      Biomass    1996 TAC  -----------------------------------
                                                        percent                  First      Second       Third  
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Shumagin (610)......................................        49.0      25,480       6,370       6,370      12,740
Chirikof (620)......................................        24.7      12,840       3,210       3,210       6,420
Kodiak (630)........................................        26.3      13,680       3,420       3,420       6,840
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................................       100.0      52,000      13,000      13,000     26,000 
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\1\ As established under paragraphs (e) and (f) of Sec.  672.23, the first, second, and third seasonal          
  allowances of W/C Regulatory Area pollock TAC amounts are available January 1 and June 1, and September 1,    
  respectively.                                                                                                 

Classification

    The Regional Director has determined that Amendment 45 is necessary 
for the conservation and management of the groundfish fishery of the 
GOA and that it is consistent with the Magnuson Act and other 
applicable laws.
    This rule has been determined to be not significant for the 
purposes of E.O. 12866.
    The Assistant General Counsel for Legislation and Regulation of the 
Department of Commerce certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of 
the Small Business Administration when this rule was proposed that this 
rule would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities. The reasons were published in the notice of 
proposed rulemaking. As a result, a regulatory flexibility analysis was 
not prepared.
    Because NMFS would like to incorporate the text of this rule into a 
comprehensive consolidation of the Federal regulations implementing the 
Alaska fishery management plans expected to be published as a final 
rule in the near future, NMFS is making this rule immediately 
effective. This rule will not have any substantive impact until July 1, 
1996. Consequently, under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), it is unnecessary to 
delay the effectiveness of it for 30 days.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 672

    Fisheries, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: May 23, 1996.
Gary Matlock,
Program Management Officer, National Marine Fisheries Serivce.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 672 is amended 
as follows:

PART 672--GROUNDFISH OF THE GULF OF ALASKA

    1. The authority citation for part 672 continues to read as 
follows:

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

General Amendments

    2. In Sec. 672.20, paragraph (a)(2)(iv); the first sentence of 
paragraph (a)(2)(v)(A); and paragraph (c)(2) (i) and (ii) are revised 
to read as follows:


Sec. 672.20  General limitations.

    (a) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (iv) The TAC for pollock in the combined Western and Central 
Regulatory Areas will be apportioned among Statistical Areas 610, 620, 
and 630 in proportion to the distribution of the pollock biomass as 
determined by the most recent NMFS surveys. Each apportionment will be 
divided into three seasonal allowances of 25 percent, 25 percent, and 
50 percent of the apportionment, respectively, corresponding to the 
three fishing seasons defined at paragraph (e) of Sec. 672.23. Within 
any fishing year, any unharvested amount of any seasonal allowance will 
be added proportionately to all subsequent seasonal allowances, 
resulting in a sum for each allowance not to exceed 150 percent of the 
initial seasonal allowance. Within any fishing year, harvests in excess 
of a seasonal allowance will be deducted proportionately from all 
subsequent seasonal allowances.
    (v) * * * (A) The DAP apportionment of pollock in all regulatory 
areas will be allocated entirely to vessels catching pollock for 
processing by the inshore component after subtraction of an amount that 
is projected by the Regional Director to be caught by, or delivered to, 
the offshore component incidental to directed fishing for other 
groundfish species. * * *
* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (2) * * * (i) Applicable after December 31, 1998. If the Regional 
Director determines that the amount of a target species or ``other 
species'' category apportioned to a fishery is likely to be reached, 
the Regional Director may establish a directed fishing allowance for 
that species or species group. The amount of a species or species group 
apportioned to a fishery is the amount identified in the notice of 
specifications as provided in paragraph (c)(1) of this section as these 
amounts are revised by inseason adjustments, for that species or 
species group, as identified by regulatory area, district or 
statistical area and as further identified according to any allocation 
of total allowable level of fishing level (TALFF), the apportionment 
for joint venture processing (JVP), the apportionment for DAP, the 
seasonal allowance of pollock and, if applicable, as further identified 
by gear type. In establishing a directed fishing allowance, the 
Regional Director shall consider the amount of that species or species 
group or seasonal allowance of pollock that will be taken as incidental 
catch in directed fishing for other species in the same regulatory area 
or district. If the Regional Director establishes a directed fishing 
allowance and that allowance is, or will be, reached before the end of 
the fishing year or, with respect to pollock, before the end of the 
season, NMFS will prohibit directed fishing for that species or species 
group in the specified regulatory area, district or statistical area. 
If directed fishing for a species or species group is prohibited, any 
amount of that species or species group greater than the maximum 
retainable bycatch amount, as calculated under paragraph (g) of this 
section, may not be retained and must be treated as a prohibited 
species under paragraph (e) of this section.
    (ii) Applicable through December 31, 1998. If the Regional Director 
determines that the amount of a target species or ``other species'' 
category apportioned to a fishery is likely to be reached, the Regional 
Director may establish a directed fishing allowance for that species or 
species group. The

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amount of a species or species group apportioned to a fishery is the 
amount identified in the specifications as provided in paragraph (c)(1) 
of this section. These amounts are revised by inseason adjustments, for 
a given species or species group, as identified by regulatory area, 
district or statistical area, and as further identified according to 
any allocation of TALFF, the apportionment for JVP, the apportionment 
for DAP, the seasonal allowance of pollock or, with respect to Pacific 
cod, to an allocation to the inshore or offshore component and, if 
applicable, as further identified by gear type. In establishing a 
directed fishing allowance, the Regional Director should consider the 
amount of that species group, seasonal allowance of pollock, or 
allocation of Pacific cod to the inshore or offshore component that 
will be taken as incidental catch in directed fishing for other species 
in the same regulatory area, district or statistical area. If the 
Regional Director establishes a directed fishing allowance and that 
allowance is or will be reached before the end of the fishing year or, 
with respect to pollock, before the end of the season, NMFS will 
prohibit directed fishing for the species or species group in the 
specified regulatory area, district or statistical area. If directed 
fishing for a species or species group is prohibited, any amount of 
that species or species group greater than the maximum retainable 
bycatch amount, as calculated under paragraph (g) of this section, may 
not be retained and must be treated as a prohibited species under 
paragraph (e) of this section.
* * * * *
    3. In Sec. 672.23, paragraph (e) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 672.23  Seasons.

* * * * *
    (e) Subject to other provisions of this part, directed fishing for 
pollock in the Western and Central Regulatory Areas of the Gulf of 
Alaska is authorized only during the three seasons:
    (1) From 0001, A.l.t., January 1 through 12 noon, A.l.t., April 1;
    (2) From 1200, A.l.t., June 1 through 1200, A.l.t., July 1; and
    (3) From 1200, A.l.t., September 1 through 2359 A.l.t., December 
31.

Nomenclature Amendments


Sec. 672.20  [Amended]

    4. In addition to the amendments set out above, in Sec. 672.20, in 
paragraph (c)(1), remove all occurrences of the word ``quarterly'' and 
add in their place the word ``seasonal''.

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