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Dated: January 20, 2010. 

Thomas L. Strickland, 

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and 

Parks. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2230 Filed 2–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–C 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 300 

[Docket No. 100119028–0029–01] 

RIN 0648–AY31 

Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch 

Sharing Plan 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: NMFS proposes to approve 

and implement changes to the Pacific 

Halibut Catch Sharing Plan (Plan) for 

the International Pacific Halibut 

Commission’s (IPHC or Commission) 

regulatory Area 2A off Washington, 

Oregon, and California (Area 2A). NMFS 

proposes to implement the portions of 

the Plan and management measures that 

are not implemented through the IPHC. 

This includes tribal regulations and the 

sport fishery allocations and 

management measures for Area 2A. 

These actions are intended to enhance 

the conservation of Pacific halibut, to 

provide greater angler opportunity 

where available, and to protect 

overfished groundfish species from 

being incidentally caught in the halibut 

fisheries. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

changes to the Plan and on the proposed 

domestic Area 2A halibut management 

measures must be received no later than 

5 p.m., local time on February 19, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Plan and 

Regulatory Impact Review (RIR)/Initial 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) 

are available from Barry Thom, Acting 

Regional Administrator, Northwest 

Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way 

NE, Seattle, WA 98115–0070. Electronic 

copies of the Plan, including proposed 

changes for 2010, and of the draft RIR/ 

IRFA are also available at the NMFS 

Northwest Region website: http:// 

www.nwr.noaa.gov, click on 

‘‘Groundfish & Halibut’’ and then click 

on ‘‘Pacific Halibut’’. 

You may submit comments, identified 

by RIN 0648–AY31, by any one of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov 

• Fax: 206–526–6736, Attn: Sarah 

Williams. 

• Mail: Barry Thom, Acting 

Administrator, Northwest Region, 

NMFS, Attn: Sarah Williams, 7600 Sand 

Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115–0070. 

Instructions: No comments will be 

posted for public viewing until after the 

comment period has closed. All 

comments received are a part of the 

public record and will generally be 

posted to http://www.regulations.gov 

without change. All Personal Identifying 

Information (for example, name, 

address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by 

the commenter may be publicly 

accessible. Do not submit Confidential 

Business Information or otherwise 

sensitive or protected information. 

NMFS will accept anonymous 

comments (enter N/a in the required 

fields if you wish to remain anonymous. 

Attachments to electronic comments 

will be accepted in Microsoft Word, 

Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file 

formats only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Williams, 7600 Sand Point Way 

NE, Seattle, WA, 98115. By phone at 

206–526–4646 or fax at 206–526–6736. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Northern Pacific Halibut Act (Halibut 

Act) of 1982, at 16 U.S.C. 773c, gives the 

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) 

general responsibility for implementing 

the provisions of the Halibut 

Convention between the United States 

and Canada (Halibut Convention). It 

requires the Secretary to adopt 

regulations as may be necessary to carry 

out the purposes and objectives of the 

Halibut Convention and the Halibut Act. 

Section 773c of the Halibut Act 

authorizes the regional fishery 

management councils to develop 

regulations governing the Pacific halibut 

catch in their corresponding U.S. 

Convention waters that are in addition 

to, but not in conflict with, regulations 

of the IPHC. Each year between 1988 

and 1995, the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

developed a catch sharing plan in 

accordance with the Halibut Act to 

allocate the total allowable catch (TAC) 

of Pacific halibut between treaty Indian 

and non-treaty harvesters and among 

non-treaty commercial and sport 

fisheries in Area 2A. 

In 1995, NMFS implemented the 

Pacific Council-recommended long-term 

Plan (60 FR 14651, March 20, 1995). In 

each of the intervening years between 

1995 and the present, minor revisions to 

the Plan have been made to adjust for 

the changing needs of the fisheries. The 

Plan allocates 35 percent of the Area 2A 

TAC to Washington treaty Indian tribes 

in Subarea 2A–1 and 65 percent to nontribal fisheries in Area 2A. 

The allocation to non-tribal fisheries 

is divided into three shares, with the 

Washington sport fishery (north of the 

Columbia River) receiving 36.6 percent, 

the Oregon/California sport fishery 

receiving 31.7 percent, and the 

commercial fishery receiving 31.7 

percent. The commercial fishery is 

further divided into a directed 

commercial fishery that is allocated 85 

percent of the commercial allocation 

and an incidental catch in the salmon 

troll fishery that is allocated 15 percent 

of the commercial allocation. The 

directed commercial fishery in Area 2A 

is confined to southern Washington 

(south of 46° 53.30’ N. lat.), Oregon, and 

California. North of 46° 53.30’ N. lat. (Pt. 

Chehalis), the Plan allows for incidental 

halibut retention in the primary limited 

entry longline sablefish fishery when 

the overall Area 2A TAC is above 

900,000 lb (408.2 mt). The Plan also 

divides the sport fisheries into six 

geographic subareas, each with separate 

allocations, seasons, and bag limits. 

The Area 2A TAC will be set by the 

IPHC at its annual meeting on January 

26–29, 2010, in Seattle, WA. Following 

the annual meeting the IPHC publishes 

the final TAC on their website and 

produces a news release. Through this 

proposed rule NMFS requests public 

comments on the Pacific Council’s 

recommended modifications to the Plan 

and the proposed domestic fishing 

regulations by [insert date of end of 

comment period]. This allows the 

public the opportunity to consider the 

final Area 2A TAC before submitting 

comments on the proposed rule. The 

States of Washington and Oregon will 

conduct public workshops shortly after 

the IPHC meeting to obtain input on the 

sport season dates. After the final Area 

2A TAC is known and after NMFS 

reviews public comments and 

comments from the states, NMFS will 

issue a final rule for Areas 2A, 2C, 3A, 

3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, and 4E, Pacific 

halibut fisheries concurrent with its 

publication of the IPHC regulations for 

the 2010 Pacific halibut fisheries. A 15 

day public comment period is necessary 

with this proposed rule to balance two 

purposes, first to provide the public 

with enough time to comment on the 

proposed rule after the final TAC is 

decided by the IPHC, and second to 

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regulations into the IPHC regulations in 

order to have the combined regulations 

in place as close to March 1 as possible. 

The regulations need to be in effect in 

early March because most commercial 

fishing seasons started on March 21 last 

year. The IPHC may change that date for 

2010, so this information needs to be 

published soon after the IPHC meeting 

to adjust the starting date and notify the 

public of that date so the industry can 

plan for the season. 

Combining the IPHC regulations with 

the domestic regulations for 

Washington, Oregon, California and 

Alaska is in the best interest of the 

public because this publishes all the 

halibut regulations in one Federal 

Register notice. These annual halibut 

regulations are not codified in the CFR, 

so this notice is where the fishermen get 

their information. This reduces 

confusion for fishery participants 

because then they only have to reference 

one document for all Pacific halibut 

regulations on the West Coast and in 

Alaska. Combining these regulations 

also eliminates errors that may occur 

from trying to separate the halibut 

regulations into two different rules. The 

separation could be confusing to the 

public because many of the IPHC 

regulations apply to all West Coast and 

Alaska Pacific halibut fisheries in the 

U.S. therefore requiring many U.S. 

fishermen to refer to two separate 

Federal Register notices for one fishery. 

This proposed rule would also update 

the codified boundaries of the non-trawl 

Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) at 50 

CFR 300.63, to make them consistent 

with the boundaries in groundfish 

regulations at 50 CFR 660 Table 4. The 

RCAs for both fisheries serve the same 

purpose, protection of overfished 

groundfish, and so the boundaries are 

meant to be the same. Most commercial 

halibut fishermen also participate in the 

groundfish fishery, so they are familiar 

with these boundaries. Non-treaty 

commercial vessels operating in the 

directed commercial fishery for halibut 

in Area 2A are required to fish outside 

of the non-trawl RCA, which extends 

along the coast. The eastern and western 

boundaries of the RCA vary along the 

coast. Because the boundaries of the 

RCA are intended to be the same for 

both groundfish and halibut fisheries 

this rule would update the coordinates 

in the halibut regulations for some 

depth contour lines and RCA 

boundaries, to make them consistent 

with the current groundfish regulations 

and RCA boundaries. Between the U.S./ 

Canada border and 46° 16’ N. lat., the 

eastern boundary of the RCA is the 

shoreline. Between 46° 16’ N. lat. and 

43° 00’ N. lat, the RCA is defined along 

an eastern boundary by a line 

approximating the 30 fm (55–m) depth 

contour. Coordinates for the 30 fm (55 

m) boundary are listed at 50 CFR 300.63 

(f), this proposed rule would update 

these coordinates so they are consistent 

with current groundfish regulations at 

50 CFR 660.391(e). Between 43° 00’ N. 

lat and 42° 00’ N. lat., the RCA is 

defined along an eastern boundary line 

approximating the 20 fm (37–m) depth 

contour. Coordinates for the 20 fm (37 

m) boundary line are listed at 50 CFR 

660.391(b), no 20 fm (37m) boundary 

line is currently specified in halibut 

regulations. Therefore this proposed 

rule would insert a cross-reference to 50 

CFR 660.391(b) into 50 CFR 300.63(e) 

which defines the boundary line 

approximating the 20 fm (37 m) depth 

contour between the U.S. Border with 

Canada and 42° 00’ N. lat. Between 42° 

00’ N. lat. and 40° 10’ N. lat., the RCA 

is defined along an eastern boundary by 

the 20 fm (37 m) depth contour. 

Currently in regulations there is no 

boundary line defined for the 20 fm (37 

m) line between these coordinates. 

Between the U.S./Canada border and 

40° 10’ N. lat., the RCA is defined along 

a western boundary approximating the 

100 fm (183 m) depth contour. 

Coordinates for the 100 fm (183 m) 

boundary are listed at 50 CFR 300.63 (g). 

The proposed rule would update these 

coordinates so they are consistent with 

current groundfish regulations at 50 

CFR 660.393(a). 

Incidental Halibut Retention in the 

Primary Sablefish Fishery North of Pt. 

Chehalis, Washington 

Preliminary estimates of the Area 2A 

TAC are lower than the 2009 TAC. The 

preliminary IPHC TAC recommendation 

for area 2A is less than 900,000 lb (408.2 

mt), which results in a Washington 

sport allocation that is less than 214,110 

lb (97.1 mt). According to the catch 

sharing plan, incidental halibut 

retention would not be allowed in the 

primary directed sablefish fishery north 

of Point Chehalis, WA, in 2010 under 

the current preliminary IPHC TAC 

recommendation. While the preliminary 

TAC recommendation for area 2A may 

change following the IPHC annual 

meeting, it is not anticipated that the 

TAC will change enough to allow for 

incidental halibut retention in the 

primary sablefish fishery. 

Pacific Council Recommended Changes 

to the Plan and Domestic Fishing 

Regulations 

Each year, the states (Washington 

Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(WDFW) and Oregon Department of 

Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)) and the 

tribes with treaty fishing rights for 

halibut consider whether changes to the 

Plan are needed or desired by their 

fishery participants. Fishery managers 

from the states hold public meetings 

before both the September and 

November Pacific Council meetings to 

get public input on revisions to the 

Plan. At the September 2009 Pacific 

Council meeting, WDFW and ODFW 

recommended several changes to the 

Plan. The tribes did not submit any 

proposals for revising the Plan in 2010. 

Following the meeting, the states again 

reviewed their proposals with the 

public and drafted their recommended 

revisions for review and 

recommendation by the Pacific Council. 

At its October 31–November 5, 2009, 

meeting in Costa Mesa, CA, the Pacific 

Council considered the results of statesponsored workshops on the proposed 

changes to the Plan and public 

comments, and made final 

recommendations for modifications to 

the Plan and implementing regulations 

as follows: 

1. Specify that the Washington South 

Coast Subarea primary season will be 

open Sunday and Tuesday through the 

third week in May, open on Sunday 

only for the fourth week in May and 

return to Sunday and Tuesday after the 

fourth week in May. Under the statusquo this fishery would be open on 

Sunday and Tuesday for the first two 

weeks of the fishery but would have 

then continued on Sundays only for the 

remainder of the season. The goal of this 

change to the Catch Sharing Plan is to 

provide more opportunity to participate 

in this fishery and to balance weekday 

and weekend fishing, having the fishery 

open on Sunday only for the fourth 

week in May allows managers to tally 

the catch to assess the possibility of 

later openings; 

2. Specify that the Washington South 

Coast subarea nearshore area will be 

open seven days per week. Under the 

status-quo, this fishery was open three 

days per week during the primary 

season in addition to the days that the 

primary fishery was open, and was open 

four days per week after the primary 

season was closed. The goal of this 

change is to allow better access to the 

nearshore quota; 

3. Revise the northern and western 

boundaries of the Washington nearshore 

area. This will align the nearshore area 

with the boundary line approximating 

the 30–fm depth contour as specified in 

Federal regulations at 50 CFR 660.391. 

Under the status-quo a small section of 

the Washington nearshore area was 

outside of the 30–fm line. The goal of 

this change is to promote ease of 

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to the fishermen in this area there are no 

‘‘targetable’’ areas for halibut within the 

area that will be added to the nearshore 

area as a result of this change, so 

impacts to groundfish and halibut are 

not expected to increase; 

4. Specify that lingcod retention is 

allowed in the Washington South Coast 

subarea seaward of the 30–fm line and 

on days when the primary fishery is 

open. The State of Washington will 

prohibit further fishing seaward of the 

30 fm line once the vessel reaches its 

daily bag limit of halibut. Under the 

status quo, Pacific Coast Groundfish 

regulations prohibit fishing for 

groundfish, including lingcod, in the 

recreational fishery seaward of the 30– 

fm line at certain times. The goal of this 

change is to provide lingcod retention 

opportunity for anglers who have 

previously had to discard lingcod while 

fishing seaward of the 30–fm line and 

who would then move shoreward to 

catch smaller lingcod or no lingcod; 

5. Change the open days in the 

Oregon Central Coast subarea all depth 

fishery from three days per week to two 

days per week, Friday and Saturday. 

Under the status-quo this fishery was 

open Friday through Sunday. The goal 

of this change is to extend the season in 

this area, while not impacting the quota 

of the inside 40 fm fishery as happened 

in 2009. 

Proposed Changes to the Plan 

NMFS is proposing to approve the 

Pacific Council recommendations and to 

implement the above-described changes 

by making the following changes to the 

current Plan, which can be found at 

http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/GroundfishHalibut/Pacific-Halibut/Index.cfm : 

In section (f) of the Plan, Sport 

Fisheries, revise section (iii), 

Washington south coast subarea, to read 

as follows: This sport fishery is 

allocated 12.3 percent of the first 

130,845 lb (59.4 mt) allocated to the 

Washington sport fishery, and 32 

percent of the Washington sport 

allocation between 130,845 lb (59.4 mt) 

and 224,110 lb (101.7 mt) (except as 

provided in section (e)(3) of this Plan. 

This subarea is defined as waters south 

of the Queets River (47° 31.70’ N. lat.) 

and north of Leadbetter Point (46° 38.17’ 

N. lat.). The structuring objective for 

this subarea is to maximize the season 

length, while maintaining a quality 

fishing experience. The south coast 

subarea quota will be allocated as 

follows: 10% or 2,000 pounds, 

whichever is less, will be set aside for 

the nearshore fishery with the 

remaining amount allocated to the 

primary fishery. During days open to the 

primary fishery and seaward of the 30– 

fm line lingcod may be taken, retained 

and possessed, when allowed by 

groundfish regulations. The fishery will 

open on the first Sunday in May. The 

primary fishery will be open two days 

per week, Sunday and Tuesday, in all 

areas, except where prohibited. During 

the fourth week in May, the primary 

fishery will be open on Sundays only. 

Beginning the following week, the 

fishery would continue two days per 

week, Sunday and Tuesday, until the 

quota for the primary fishery season is 

reached or September 30, whichever is 

earlier. If there is insufficient quota 

remaining to reopen the primary fishery 

for another fishing day, the remaining 

primary fishery quota will be added to 

the nearshore quota. The nearshore 

fishery takes place, in the area from 47 

31.70’ N. lat. south to 46° 58.00’ N. lat. 

and east of a boundary line 

approximating the 30 fathom depth 

contour as defined by the following 

coordinates: 

(1) 47° 31.70 N. lat, 124° 37.03 W. 

long; 

(2) 47° 25.67 N. lat, 124° 34.79 W. 

long; 

(3) 47° 12.82 N. lat, 124° 29.12 W. 

long; 

(4) 46° 58.00 N. lat, 124° 24.24 W. 

long. 

During the primary season the 

nearshore fishery will be open seven 

days per week. Subsequent to the 

closure of the primary fishery, the 

nearshore fishery will continue seven 

days per week until the remaining quota 

is projected to be taken. If the fishery is 

closed prior to September 30, and there 

is insufficient quota remaining to 

reopen the nearshore areas for another 

fishing day, then any remaining quota 

may be transferred inseason to another 

Washington coastal subarea by NMFS 

via an update to the recreational halibut 

hotline. The daily bag limit is one 

halibut per person, with no size limit. 

Recreational fishing for groundfish 

and halibut is prohibited within two 

YRCA’s off Washington’s southern 

coast. The South Coast Recreational 

YRCA and the Westport Offshore YRCA 

are defined by straight lines connecting 

latitude and longitude coordinates. 

Coordinates for these Recreational 

YRCAs are specified in groundfish 

regulations at 50 CFR 660.390 and will 

be specifically defined annually in 

federal halibut regulations published in 

the Federal Register. 

In section (f) of the Plan, Sport 

Fisheries, (v) Oregon central coast 

subarea, C, revise this section to read as 

follows: The last season is an all-depth 

fishery that begins on the first Friday in 

August and is allocated 23 percent of 

the subarea quota. The fishery will be 

structured to be open every other week 

on Friday and Saturday except that 

week(s) may be skipped to avoid 

adverse tidal conditions. The fishery 

will continue until there is insufficient 

quota remaining to reopen for another 

fishing day or October 31, whichever is 

earlier. The potential open Fridays and 

Saturdays will be identified preseason. 

If after the first scheduled open period, 

the remaining Cape Falcon to Humbug 

Mountain entire season quota 

(combined all-depth and inside 40– 

fathom (73 m) quotas) is 60,000 lb (27.2 

mt) or more, the fishery will re-open on 

every Friday and Saturday (versus every 

other Friday and Saturday), if 

determined to be appropriate through 

joint consultation between IPHC, NMFS, 

and ODFW. The inseason action will be 

announced by NMFS via an update to 

the recreational halibut hotline. If after 

the Labor Day weekend, the remaining 

Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain 

entire season quota (combined all-depth 

and inside 40–fathom (73 m) quotas) is 

30,000 lb (13.6 mt) or more and the 

fishery is not already open every Friday 

and Saturday, the fishery will re-open 

on every Friday and Saturday (versus 

every other Friday and Saturday), if 

determined to be appropriate through 

joint consultation between IPHC, NMFS, 

and ODFW. After the Labor Day 

weekend, the IPHC, NMFS, and ODFW 

will consult to determine whether 

increasing the Oregon Central Coast bag 

limit to two fish is warranted with the 

intent that the quota for the subarea is 

taken by September 30. If the quota is 

not taken by September 30, the season 

will remain open, maintaining the bag 

limit in effect at that time, through 

October 31 or quota attainment, 

whichever is earlier. The inseason 

action will be announced by NMFS via 

an update to the recreational halibut 

hotline. 

Proposed 2010 Sport Fishery 

Management Measures 

NMFS is proposing sport fishery 

management measures that are 

necessary to implement the Plan in 

2010. The annual domestic management 

measures are published each year 

through a final rule. For the 2009 fishing 

season the final rule was published on 

March 19, 2009, (74 FR 11681) and the 

following section numbers refer to 

sections within that final rule. The final 

2010 TAC for Area 2A will be 

determined by the IPHC at its annual 

meeting on January 26–29, 2010, in 

Seattle, WA. Because the final 2010 

TAC has not yet been determined, these 

proposed sport fishery management 

measures use the IPHC staff’s 

preliminary 2010 Area 2A TAC 


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recommendation of 760,000 lb (344.7 

mt) which is lower than the 2009 TAC 

of 950,000 lb (430.9 mt). Where season 

dates are not indicated, those dates will 

be provided in the final rule, following 

determination of the 2010 TAC and 

consultation with the states and the 

public. In Section 8 of the annual 

domestic management measures, 

‘‘Fishing Periods’’, paragraph (2) is 

proposed to read as follows: 

(2) Each fishing period in the Area 2A 

directed fishery shall begin at 0800 

hours and terminate at 1800 hours local 

time on (insert season dates) unless the 

Commission specifies otherwise. 

(3) In Area 2A incidental catch of 

halibut in the primary sablefish fishery 

is not authorized in 2010. 

(4) * * * 

(5) * * * 

(6) * * * 

In section 26 of the annual domestic 

management measures, ‘‘Sport Fishing 

for Halibut,’’ paragraph 1(a)-(b) will be 

updated with 2010 total allowable catch 

limits in the final rule. In section 26 of 

the annual domestic management 

measures, ‘‘Sport Fishing for Halibut’’ 

paragraph (8) is proposed to read as 

follows: 

(8) * * * 

(a) The area in Puget Sound and the 

U.S. waters in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, 

east of a line extending from 48°17.30’ 

N. lat., 124°23.70’ W. long. north to 

48°24.10’ N. lat., 124°23.70’ W. long., is 

not managed in-season relative to its 

quota. This area is managed by setting 

a season that is projected to result in a 

catch of 46,735 lb (21.1 mt). 

(i) The fishing season in eastern Puget 

Sound (east of 123°49.50’ W. long., Low 

Point) is (insert season dates), and the 

fishing season in western Puget Sound 

(west of 123°49.50’ W. long., Low Point) 

is (insert season dates), 5 days a week 

(Thursday through Monday). 

(ii) The daily bag limit is one halibut 

of any size per day per person. 

(b) The quota for landings into ports 

in the area off the north Washington 

coast, west of the line described in 

paragraph (2)(a) of section 26 and north 

of the Queets River (47°31.70’ N. lat.), is 

97, 372 lb (44.1 mt). 

(i) The fishing seasons are: 

(A) Commencing on May 13 and 

continuing 2 days a week (Thursday and 

Saturday) until 97,372 lb (44.1 mt) are 

estimated to have been taken and the 

season is closed by the Commission or 

until May 29. 

(B) If sufficient quota remains the 

fishery will reopen on June 3 in the 

entire north coast subarea, continuing 2 

days per week (Thursday and Saturday) 

until there is not sufficient quota for 

another full day of fishing and the area 

is closed by the Commission. When 

there is insufficient quota remaining to 

reopen the entire north coast subarea for 

another day, then the nearshore areas 

described below will reopen for 2 days 

per week (Thursday and Saturday), until 

the overall quota of 97,372 lb (44.1 mt) 

is estimated to have been taken and the 

area is closed by the Commission, or 

until September 30, whichever is 

earlier. After May 29, any fishery 

opening will be announced on the 

NMFS hotline at 800–662–9825. No 

halibut fishing will be allowed after 

May 29 unless the date is announced on 

the NMFS hotline. The nearshore areas 

for Washington’s North Coast fishery are 

defined as follows: 

(1) WDFW Marine Catch Area 4B, 

which is all waters west of the Sekiu 

River mouth, as defined by a line 

extending from 48°17.30’ N. lat., 

124°23.70’ W. long. north to 48°24.10’ 

N. lat., 124°23.70’ W. long., to the 

Bonilla-Tatoosh line, as defined by a 

line connecting the light on Tatoosh 

Island, WA, with the light on Bonilla 

Point on Vancouver Island, British 

Columbia (at 48°35.73’ N. lat., 

124°43.00’ W. long.) south of the 

International Boundary between the 

U.S. and Canada (at 48°29.62’ N. lat., 

124°43.55’ W. long.), and north of the 

point where that line intersects with the 

boundary of the U.S. territorial sea. 

(2) Shoreward of the recreational 

halibut 30–fm boundary line, a modified 

line approximating the 30–fm depth 

contour from the Bonilla-Tatoosh line 

south to the Queets River. The 

recreational halibut 30–fm boundary 

line is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated: 

(1) 48°24.79’ N. lat., 124°44.07’ W. 

long.; 

(2) 48°24.80’ N. lat., 124°44.74’ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48°23.94’ N. lat., 124°44.70’ W. 

long.; 

(4) 48°23.51’ N. lat., 124°45.01’ W. 

long.; 

(5) 48°22.59’ N. lat., 124°44.97’ W. 

long.; 

(6) 48°21.75’ N. lat., 124°45.26’ W. 

long.; 

(7) 48°21.23’ N. lat., 124°47.78’ W. 

long.; 

(8) 48°20.32’ N. lat., 124°49.53’ W. 

long.; 

(9) 48°16.72’ N. lat., 124°51.58’ W. 

long.; 

(10) 48°10.00’ N. lat., 124°52.58’ W. 

long.; 

(11) 48°05.63’ N. lat., 124°52.91’ W. 

long.; 

(12) 47°53.37’ N. lat., 124°47.37’ W. 

long.; 

(13) 47°40.28’ N. lat., 124°40.07’ W. 

long.; and 

(14) 47°31.70’ N. lat., 124°37.03’ W. 

long. 

(ii) The daily bag limit is one halibut 

of any size per day per person. 

(iii) Recreational fishing for 

groundfish and halibut is prohibited 

within the North Coast Recreational 

Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area 

(YRCA). It is unlawful for recreational 

fishing vessels to take and retain, 

possess, or land halibut taken with 

recreational gear within the North Coast 

Recreational YRCA. A vessel fishing in 

the North Coast Recreational YRCA may 

not be in possession of any halibut. 

Recreational vessels may transit through 

the North Coast Recreational YRCA with 

or without halibut on board. The North 

Coast Recreational YRCA is a C-shaped 

area off the northern Washington coast 

intended to protect yelloweye rockfish. 

The North Coast Recreational YRCA is 

defined by straight lines connecting all 

of the following points in the order 

stated: 

(1) 48°18.00’ N. lat.; 125°18.00’ W. 

long.; 

(2) 48°18.00’ N. lat.; 124°59.00’ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48°11.00’ N. lat.; 124°59.00’ W. 

long.; 

(4) 48°11.00’ N. lat.; 125°11.00’ W. 

long.; 

(5) 48°04.00’ N. lat.; 125°11.00’ W. 

long.; 

(6) 48°04.00’ N. lat.; 124°59.00’ W. 

long.; 

(7) 48°00.00’ N. lat.; 124°59.00’ W. 

long.; 

(8) 48°00.00’ N. lat.; 125°18.00’ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 48°18.00’ N. 

lat.; 125°18.00’ W. long. 

(c) The quota for landings into ports 

in the area between the Queets River, 

WA (47°31.70’ N. lat.) and Leadbetter 

Point, WA (46°38.17’ N. lat.), is 32, 081 

lb (14.5 mt). 

(i) This subarea is divided between 

the all-waters fishery (the Washington 

South coast primary fishery), and the 

incidental nearshore fishery in the area 

from 47 31.70’ N. lat. south to 46 58.00’ 

N. lat. and east of a boundary line 

approximating the 30 fm depth contour. 

This area is defined by straight lines 

connecting all of the following points in 

the order stated as described by the 

following coordinates (the Washington 

South coast, northern nearshore area): 

(1) 47° 31.70 N. lat, 124° 37.03 W. 

long; 

(2) 47° 25.67 N. lat, 124° 34.79 W. 

long; 

(3) 47° 12.82 N. lat, 124° 29.12 W. 

long; 

(4) 46° 58.00 N. lat, 124° 24.24 W. 

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The south coast subarea quota will be 

allocated as follows: 30,081 lb (13.6 mt) 

for the primary fishery and 2,000 lb (0.9 

mt) for the nearshore fishery. The 

primary fishery commences on May 2 

and continues 2 days a week (Sunday 

and Tuesday) until May 18. Beginning 

on May 23 the primary fishery will be 

open 1 day per week (Sunday). 

Beginning on May 30 the primary 

fishery will be open 2 days per week 

(Sunday and Tuesday) until the quota 

for the south coast subarea primary 

fishery is taken and the season is closed 

by the Commission, or until September 

30, whichever is earlier. The fishing 

season in the nearshore area commences 

on May 2 and continues seven days per 

week. Subsequent to closure of the 

primary fishery the nearshore fishery is 

open seven days per week, until 32,081 

lb (14.5 mt) is projected to be taken by 

the two fisheries combined and the 

fishery is closed by the Commission or 

September 30, whichever is earlier. If 

the fishery is closed prior to September 

30, and there is insufficient quota 

remaining to reopen the northern 

nearshore area for another fishing day, 

then any remaining quota may be 

transferred in-season to another 

Washington coastal subarea by NMFS 

via an update to the recreational halibut 

hotline. 

(ii) The daily bag limit is one halibut 

of any size per day per person. 

(iii) Seaward of the boundary line 

approximating the 30–fm depth contour 

and during days open to the primary 

fishery, lingcod may be may be taken, 

retained and possessed when allowed 

by groundfish regulations at 50 CFR 

660.384. 

(iv) Recreational fishing for 

groundfish and halibut is prohibited 

within the South Coast Recreational 

YRCA and Westport Offshore YRCA. It 

is unlawful for recreational fishing 

vessels to take and retain, possess, or 

land halibut taken with recreational gear 

within the South Coast Recreational 

YRCA and Westport Offshore YRCA. A 

vessel fishing in the South Coast 

Recreational YRCA and/or Westport 

Offshore YRCA may not be in 

possession of any halibut. Recreational 

vessels may transit through the South 

Coast Recreational YRCA and Westport 

Offshore YRCA with or without halibut 

on board. The South Coast Recreational 

YRCA and Westport Offshore YRCA are 

areas off the southern Washington coast 

intended to protect yelloweye rockfish. 

The South Coast Recreational YRCA is 

defined by straight lines connecting the 

following specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates in the order 

listed: 

(1) 46°58.00’ N. lat., 124°48.00’ W. 

long.; 

(2) 46°55.00’ N. lat., 124°48.00’ W. 

long.; 

(3) 46°55.00’ N. lat., 124°49.00’ W. 

long.; 

(4) 46°58.00’ N. lat., 124°49.00’ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 46°58.00’ N. 

lat., 124°48.00’ W. long. 

The Westport Offshore YRCA is 

defined by straight lines connecting the 

following specific latitude and 

longitude coordinates in the order 

listed: 

(1) 46°54.30’ N. lat., 124°53.40’ W. 

long.; 

(2) 46°54.30’ N. lat., 124°51.00’ W. 

long.; 

(3) 46°53.30’ N. lat., 124°51.00’ W. 

long.; 

(4) 46°53.30’ N. lat., 124°53.40’ W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 46°54.30’ N. 

lat., 124°53.40’ W. long. 

(d) The quota for landings into ports 

in the area between Leadbetter Point, 

WA (46° 38.17’ N. lat.) and Cape Falcon, 

OR (45°46.00’ N. lat.), is 12,445 lb (5.6 

mt). 

(i) The fishing season commences on 

May 1, and continues 3 days a week 

(Thursday, Friday and Saturday) until 

8,712 lb (3.9 mt) are estimated to have 

been taken and the season is closed by 

the Commission or until July 18, 

whichever is earlier. The fishery will 

reopen on August 6 and continue 3 days 

a week (Friday through Sunday) until 

3,734 lb (1.7 mt) have been taken and 

the season is closed by the Commission, 

or until September 30, whichever is 

earlier. Subsequent to this closure, if 

there is insufficient quota remaining in 

the Columbia River subarea for another 

fishing day, then any remaining quota 

may be transferred in-season to another 

Washington and/or Oregon subarea by 

NMFS via an update to the recreational 

halibut hotline. Any remaining quota 

would be transferred to each state in 

proportion to its contribution. 

(ii) The daily bag limit is one halibut 

of any size per day per person. 

(iii) Pacific Coast groundfish may not 

be taken and retained, possessed or 

landed, except sablefish and Pacific cod 

when allowed by Pacific Coast 

groundfish regulations, when halibut 

are on board the vessel. 

(e) The quota for landings into ports 

in the area off Oregon between Cape 

Falcon (45°46.00’ N. lat.) and Humbug 

Mountain (42°40.50’ N. lat.), is 144,070 

lb (65.3 mt). 

(i) The fishing seasons are: 

(A) The first season (the ‘‘inside 40– 

fm’’ fishery) commences May 1 and 

continues 7 days a week through 

October 31, in the area shoreward of a 

boundary line approximating the 40–fm 

(73–m) depth contour, or until the subquota for the central Oregon ‘‘inside 40– 

fm’’ fishery (11,526 lb(5.2 mt)) or any inseason revised subquota is estimated to 

have been taken and the season is 

closed by the Commission, whichever is 

earlier. The boundary line 

approximating the 40–fm (73–m) depth 

contour between 45°46.00’ N. lat. and 

42°40.50’ N. lat. is defined by straight 

lines connecting all of the following 

points in the order stated: 

(1) 45°46.00’ N. lat., 124°04.49’ W. 

long.; 

(2) 45°44.34’ N. lat., 124°05.09’ W. 

long.; 

(3) 45°40.64’ N. lat., 124°04.90’ W. 

long.; 

(4) 45°33.00’ N. lat., 124°04.46’ W. 

long.; 

(5) 45°32.27’ N. lat., 124°04.74’ W. 

long.; 

(6) 45°29.26’ N. lat., 124°04.22’ W. 

long.; 

(7) 45°20.25’ N. lat., 124°04.67’ W. 

long.; 

(8) 45°19.99’ N. lat., 124°04.62’ W. 

long.; 

(9) 45°17.50’ N. lat., 124°04.91’ W. 

long.; 

(10) 45°11.29’ N. lat., 124°05.20’ W. 

long.; 

(11) 45°05.80’ N. lat., 124°05.40’ W. 

long.; 

(12) 45°05.08’ N. lat., 124°05.93’ W. 

long.; 

(13) 45°03.83’ N. lat., 124°06.47’ W. 

long.; 

(14) 45°01.70’ N. lat., 124°06.53’ W. 

long.; 

(15) 44°58.75’ N. lat., 124°07.14’ W. 

long.; 

(16) 44°51.28’ N. lat., 124°10.21’ W. 

long.; 

(17) 44°49.49’ N. lat., 124°10.90’ W. 

long.; 

(18) 44°44.96’ N. lat., 124°14.39’ W. 

long.; 

(19) 44°43.44’ N. lat., 124°14.78’ W. 

long.; 

(20) 44°42.27’ N. lat., 124°13.81’ W. 

long.; 

(21) 44°41.68’ N. lat., 124°15.38’ W. 

long.; 

(22) 44°34.87’ N. lat., 124°15.80’ W. 

long.; 

(23) 44°33.74’ N. lat., 124°14.44’ W. 

long.; 

(24) 44°27.66’ N. lat., 124°16.99’ W. 

long.; 

(25) 44°19.13’ N. lat., 124°19.22’ W. 

long.; 

(26) 44°15.35’ N. lat., 124°17.38’ W. 

long.; 

(27) 44°14.38’ N. lat., 124°17.78’ W. 

long.; 

(28) 44°12.80’ N. lat., 124°17.18’ W. 

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(29) 44°09.23’ N. lat., 124°15.96’ W. 

long.; 

(30) 44°08.38’ N. lat., 124°16.79’ W. 

long.; 

(31) 44°08.30’ N. lat., 124°16.75’ W. 

long.; 

(32) 44°01.18’ N. lat., 124°15.42’ W. 

long.; 

(33) 43°51.61’ N. lat., 124°14.68’ W. 

long.; 

(34) 43°42.66’ N. lat., 124°15.46’ W. 

long.; 

(35) 43°40.49’ N. lat., 124°15.74’ W. 

long.; 

(36) 43°38.77’ N. lat., 124°15.64’ W. 

long.; 

(37) 43°34.52’ N. lat., 124°16.73’ W. 

long.; 

(38) 43°28.82’ N. lat., 124°19.52’ W. 

long.; 

(39) 43°23.91’ N. lat., 124°24.28’ W. 

long.; 

(40) 43°20.83’ N. lat., 124°26.63’ W. 

long.; 

(41) 43°17.96’ N. lat., 124°28.81’ W. 

long.; 

(42) 43°16.75’ N. lat., 124°28.42’ W. 

long.; 

(43) 43°13.97’ N. lat., 124°31.99’ W. 

long.; 

(44) 43°13.72’ N. lat., 124°33.25’ W. 

long.; 

(45) 43°12.26’ N. lat., 124°34.16’ W. 

long.; 

(46) 43°10.96’ N. lat., 124°32.33’ W. 

long.; 

(47) 43°05.65’ N. lat., 124°31.52’ W. 

long.; 

(48) 42°59.66’ N. lat., 124°32.58’ W. 

long.; 

(49) 42°54.97’ N. lat., 124°36.99’ W. 

long.; 

(50) 42°53.81’ N. lat., 124°38.57’ W. 

long.; 

(51) 42°50.00’ N. lat., 124°39.68’ W. 

long.; 

(52) 42°49.13’ N. lat., 124°39.70’ W. 

long.; 

(53) 42°46.47’ N. lat., 124°38.89’ W. 

long.; 

(54) 42°45.74’ N. lat., 124°38.86’ W. 

long.; 

(55) 42°44.79’ N. lat., 124°37.96’ W. 

long.; 

(56) 42°45.01’ N. lat., 124°36.39’ W. 

long.; 

(57) 42°44.14’ N. lat., 124°35.17’ W. 

long.; 

(58) 42°42.14’ N. lat., 124°32.82’ W. 

long.; and 

(59) 42°40.50’ N. lat., 124°31.98’ W. 

long.; 

(B) The second season (spring season), 

which is for the ‘‘all-depth’’ fishery, is 

open on (insert dates beginning with 

May 1). The projected catch for this 

season is 99,408 lb (45 mt). If sufficient 

unharvested catch remains for 

additional fishing days, the season will 

re-open. Dependent on the amount of 

unharvested catch available, the 

potential season re-opening dates will 

be: (insert dates no later than July 31). 

If NMFS decides in-season to allow 

fishing on any of these re-opening dates, 

notice of the re-opening will be 

announced on the NMFS hotline (206) 

526–6667 or (800) 662–9825. No halibut 

fishing will be allowed on the reopening dates unless the date is 

announced on the NMFS hotline. 

(C) If sufficient unharvested catch 

remains, the third season (summer 

season), which is for the ‘‘all-depth’’ 

fishery, will be open on (insert dates 

beginning with August 6) or until the 

combined spring season and summer 

season quotas in the area between Cape 

Falcon and Humbug Mountain, OR, 

totaling 33,136 lb (15 mt), are estimated 

to have been taken and the area is 

closed by the Commission, or October 

31, whichever is earlier. NMFS will 

announce on the NMFS hotline in July 

whether the fishery will re-open for the 

summer season in August. No halibut 

fishing will be allowed in the summer 

season fishery unless the dates are 

announced on the NMFS hotline. 

Additional fishing days may be opened 

if sufficient quota remains after the last 

day of first scheduled open period 

(insert date following establishment of 

season dates). If after this date, greater 

than or equal to 60,000 lb (27.2 mt) 

remains in the combined all-depth and 

inside 40–fm (73–m) quota, the fishery 

may re-open every Friday and Saturday, 

beginning (insert dates of next possible 

open period as established preseason), 

and ending October 31. If after 

September 6, an amount greater than or 

equal to 30,000 lb (13.6 mt) remains in 

the combined all-depth and inside 40– 

fm (73–m) quota, and the fishery is not 

already open every Friday and Saturday, 

the fishery may re-open every Friday 

and Saturday, beginning September 10 

and 11, and ending October 31. After 

September 10, the bag limit may be 

increased to two fish of any size per 

person, per day. NMFS will announce 

on the NMFS hotline whether the 

summer all-depth fishery will be open 

on such additional fishing days, what 

days the fishery will be open and what 

the bag limit is. 

(ii) The daily bag limit is one halibut 

of any size per day per person, unless 

otherwise specified. NMFS will 

announce on the NMFS hotline any bag 

limit changes. 

(iii) During days open to all-depth 

halibut fishing, no Pacific Coast 

groundfish may be taken and retained, 

possessed or landed, except sablefish 

and Pacific cod, when allowed by 

Pacific Coast groundfish regulations, if 

halibut are on board the vessel. 

(iv) When the all-depth halibut 

fishery is closed and halibut fishing is 

permitted only shoreward of a boundary 

line approximating the 40–fm (73–m) 

depth contour, halibut possession and 

retention by vessels operating seaward 

of a boundary line approximating the 

40–fm (73–m) depth contour is 

prohibited. 

(v) Recreational fishing for groundfish 

and halibut is prohibited within the 

Stonewall Bank YRCA. It is unlawful for 

recreational fishing vessels to take and 

retain, possess, or land halibut taken 

with recreational gear within the 

Stonewall Bank YRCA. A vessel fishing 

in the Stonewall Bank YRCA may not be 

in possession of any halibut. 

Recreational vessels may transit through 

the Stonewall Bank YRCA with or 

without halibut on board. The 

Stonewall Bank YRCA is an area off 

central Oregon, near Stonewall Bank, 

intended to protect yelloweye rockfish. 

The Stonewall Bank YRCA is defined by 

straight lines connecting the following 

specific latitude and longitude 

coordinates in the order listed: 

(1) 44°37.46 N. lat.; 124°24.92 W. 

long.; 

(2) 44°37.46 N. lat.; 124°23.63 W. 

long.; 

(3) 44°28.71 N. lat.; 124°21.80 W. 

long.; 

(4) 44°28.71 N. lat.; 124°24.10 W. 

long.; 

(5) 44°31.42 N. lat.; 124°25.47 W. 

long.; 

and connecting back to 44°37.46 N. 

lat.; 124°24.92 W. long. 

(f) The area south of Humbug 

Mountain, Oregon (42°40.50’ N. lat.) and 

off the California coast is not managed 

in-season relative to its quota. This area 

is managed on a season that is projected 

to result in a catch of 4,698 lb (2.1 mt). 

(i) The fishing season will commence 

on May 1 and continue 7 days a week 

until October 31. 

(ii) The daily bag limit is one halibut 

of any size per day per person. 

Classification 

Regulations governing the U.S. 

fisheries for Pacific halibut are 

developed by the International Pacific 

Halibut Commission (IPHC), the Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, the North 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

(Council), and the Secretary of 

Commerce. Section 5 of the Northern 

Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (Halibut Act, 

16 U.S.C. 773c) provides the Secretary 

of Commerce with the general 

responsibility to carry out the 

Convention between Canada and the 

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Pacific halibut, including the authority 

to adopt regulations as may be necessary 

to carry out the purposes and objectives 

of the Convention and Halibut Act. This 

final rule is consistent with the 

Secretary of Commerce’s authority 

under the Halibut Act. 

This action has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866. 

NMFS has prepared an RIR/IRFA on 

the proposed changes to the Plan and 

annual domestic Area 2A halibut 

management measures. Copies of these 

documents are available from NMFS 

(see ADDRESSES). NMFS prepared an 

IRFA that describes the economic 

impact this proposed rule, if adopted, 

would have on small entities. A 

description of the action, why it is being 

considered, and the legal basis for this 

action are contained at the beginning of 

this section in the preamble and in the 

SUMMARY section of the preamble. The 

IRFA is available from NMFS (see 

ADDRESSES). A summary of the IRFA 

follows: 

A fish-harvesting business is 

considered a ‘‘small’’ business by the 

Small Business Administration (SBA) if 

it has annual receipts not in excess of 

$4.0 million. For related fish-processing 

businesses, a small business is one that 

employs 500 or fewer persons. For 

wholesale businesses, a small business 

is one that employs not more than 100 

people. For marinas and charter/party 

boats, a small business is one with 

annual receipts not in excess of $6.5 

million. All of the businesses that 

would be affected by this action are 

considered small businesses under 

Small Business Administration 

guidance. 

The proposed changes to the Plan, 

which allocates the catch of Pacific 

halibut among users in Washington, 

Oregon and California, would: 

(1)specify that the Washington South 

Coast Subarea primary season will be 

open Sunday and Tuesday through the 

third week in May, open on Sunday 

only for the fourth week in May and 

return to Sunday and Tuesday after the 

fourth week in May. Under the statusquo this fishery would be open on 

Sunday and Tuesday for the first two 

weeks of the fishery but would have 

then continued on Sundays only for the 

remainder of the season. The goal of this 

change to the Catch Sharing Plan is to 

provide more opportunity for this 

fishery and to balance weekday and 

weekend fishing; having the fishery 

open on Sunday only for the fourth 

week in May allows managers to tally 

the catch to assess the possibility of 

later openings; (2)specify that the 

Washington South Coast subarea 

nearshore area will be open seven days 

per week. Under the status-quo, this 

fishery was open three days per week 

during the primary season in addition to 

the days that the primary fishery was 

open, and was open four days per week 

after the primary season was closed. The 

goal of this change is to allow better 

access to the nearshore quota; (3) revise 

the northern and western boundaries of 

the Washington nearshore area. This 

will align the nearshore area with the 

boundary line approximating the 30–fm 

depth contour as specified in Federal 

regulations at 50 CFR 660.391. Under 

the status-quo a small section of the 

Washington nearshore area was outside 

of the 30–fm line. The goal of this 

change is to promote ease of compliance 

and enforcement. According to the 

fishermen in this area there are no 

‘‘targetable’’ areas for halibut within the 

area that will be added to the nearshore 

area as a result of this change, so 

impacts to groundfish and halibut are 

not expected to increase; (4) specify that 

in the Washington South Coast subarea 

seaward of the 30–fm line, on days 

when the primary fishery is open, 

retention of lingcod is allowed. The 

State of Washington will prohibit 

further fishing seaward of the 30 fm line 

once the vessel reaches its daily bag 

limit of halibut. Under the status quo, 

Pacific Coast Groundfish regulations 

prohibit fishing for groundfish, 

including lingcod, in the recreational 

fishery seaward of the 30–fm line at 

certain times. The goal of this change is 

to provide lingcod retention opportunity 

for anglers who have previously had to 

discard lingcod while fishing seaward of 

the 30–fm line and who would then 

move shoreward to catch smaller 

lingcod or no lingcod; (5) Change the 

open days in the Oregon Central Coast 

subarea all depth fishery from three 

days per week to two days per week, 

Friday and Saturday. Under the statusquo this fishery was open Friday 

through Sunday. The goal of this change 

is to extend the season in this area, 

while not impacting the quota of the 

inside 40-fm fishery as happened in 

2009. 

As mentioned in the preamble, 

WDFW and ODFW held public meetings 

and crafted alternatives to adjust 

management of the sport halibut 

fisheries in their states. The states then 

narrowed the alternatives under 

consideration and brought the resulting 

subset of alternatives to the Council at 

the Council’s September and November 

2009 meetings. The range of alternatives 

that were rejected includes alternate 

fishery structures, such as opening the 

sport fisheries on different days of the 

week than the final preferred 

alternative. Generally, by the time the 

alternatives reach the Council, because 

they have been through the state public 

review process, there is not a large 

number of alternatives. Rather, the range 

of alternatives has generally been 

reduced to the proposed action and the 

status quo. However, the Council and 

the States still considered a range of 

alternatives that could have similarly 

improved angler enjoyment of 

participation in the fisheries while 

simultaneously protecting halibut and 

co-occurring groundfish species from 

overharvest. 

In 2009, 510 vessels were issued IPHC 

licenses to retain halibut. IPHC issues 

licenses for: the directed commercial 

fishery in Area 2A, including licenses 

issued to retain halibut caught 

incidentally in the primary sablefish 

fishery (238 licenses in 2009); incidental 

halibut caught in the salmon troll 

fishery (132 licenses in 2009); and the 

charterboat fleet (140 licenses in 2009). 

No vessel may participate in more than 

one of these three fisheries per year. 

Individual recreational anglers and 

private boats are the only sectors that 

are not required to have an IPHC license 

to retain halibut. 

Specific data on the economics of 

halibut charter operations is 

unavailable. However, in January 2004, 

the Pacific States Marine Fisheries 

Commission (PSMFC) completed a 

report on the overall West Coast 

charterboat fleet. In surveying 

charterboat vessels concerning their 

operations in 2000, the PSMFC 

estimated that there were about 315 

charterboat vessels in operation off 

Washington and Oregon. In 2000, the 

IPHC licensed 130 vessels to fish in the 

halibut sport charter fishery. Comparing 

the total charterboat fleet to the 130 and 

142 IPHC licenses in 2000 and 2007, 

respectively, approximately 41 to 45 

percent of the charterboat fleet could 

participate in the halibut fishery. The 

PSMFC has developed preliminary 

estimates of the annual revenues earned 

by this fleet and they vary by size class 

of the vessels and home state. Small 

charterboat vessels range from 15 to 30 

feet and typically carry 5 to 6 

passengers. Medium charterboat vessels 

range from 31 to 49 feet in length and 

typically carry 19 to 20 passengers. 

(Neither state has large vessels of greater 

than 49 feet in their fleet.) Average 

annual revenues from all types of 

recreational fishing, whalewatching and 

other activities ranged from $7,000 for 

small Oregon vessels to $131,000 for 

medium Washington vessels. These data 

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as small entities under the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

The proposed changes to the Plan and 

the proposed 2010 sport management 

measures are authorized under the 

Pacific Halibut Act, implementing 

regulations at 50 CFR 300.60 through 

300.65, and the Pacific Council process 

of annually evaluating the utility and 

effectiveness of Area 2A Pacific halibut 

management under the Plan. The 

proposed sport management measures 

take into account the preliminary 2010 

TAC and implement the Plan by 

managing the recreational fishery to 

meet the differing fishery needs of the 

various areas along the coast according 

to the Plan’s objectives. The measures 

for 2010 will be very similar to last 

year’s management measures. The 

changes to the Plan and domestic 

management measures are minor 

changes and are intended to help 

prolong the halibut season, provide 

increased recreational harvest 

opportunities, or clarify sport fishery 

management for fishermen and 

managers. There are no large entities 

involved in the halibut fisheries; 

therefore, none of these changes to the 

Plan and domestic management 

measures will have a disproportionate 

negative effect on small entities versus 

large entities. 

These changes do not include any 

reporting or recordkeeping 

requirements. These changes will also 

not duplicate, overlap or conflict with 

other laws or regulations. These changes 

to the Plan and annual domestic Area 

2A halibut management measures are 

not expected to meet any of the RFA 

tests of having a ‘‘significant’’ economic 

impact on a ‘‘substantial number’’ of 

small entities because the changes will 

not affect allocations rather they are 

designed to provide the best fishing 

opportunities within the overall TAC. 

Nonetheless, NMFS has prepared an 

IRFA. Through this proposed rule, 

NMFS is requesting comments on these 

conclusions. 

Pursuant to Executive Order 13175, 

the Secretary recognizes the sovereign 

status and co-manager role of Indian 

tribes over shared Federal and tribal 

fishery resources. At section 302(b)(5), 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

establishes a seat on the Pacific Council 

for a representative of an Indian tribe 

with federally recognized fishing rights 

from California, Oregon, Washington, or 

Idaho. 

The U.S. Government formally 

recognizes that the 13 Washington 

Tribes have treaty rights to fish for 

Pacific halibut. In general terms, the 

quantification of those rights is 50 

percent of the harvestable surplus of 

Pacific halibut available in the tribes’ 

usual and accustomed (U and A) fishing 

areas (described at 50 CFR 300.64). Each 

of the treaty tribes has the discretion to 

administer their fisheries and to 

establish their own policies to achieve 

program objectives. Accordingly, tribal 

allocations and regulations, including 

the proposed changes to the Plan, have 

been developed in consultation with the 

affected tribe(s) and, insofar as possible, 

with tribal consensus. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 300 

Fisheries, Fishing, and Indian 

fisheries. 

Dated: January 28, 2010. 

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 300 is proposed 

to be amended as follows: 

PART 300—INTERNATIONAL 

FISHERIES REGULATIONS 

1. The authority citation for part 300 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq. 

2. In § 300.63, paragraphs (e),(f), and 

(g) are revised to read as follows: 

§ 300.63 Catch sharing plan and domestic 

management measures in Area 2A. 

(e) Area 2A Non-Treaty Commercial 

Fishery Closed Areas. Non-treaty 

commercial vessels operating in the 

directed commercial fishery for halibut 

in Area 2A are required to fish outside 

of a closed area, known as the Rockfish 

Conservation Area (RCA), that extends 

along the coast from the U.S./Canada 

border south to 40° 10’ N. lat. Between 

the U.S./Canada border and 46° 16’ N. 

lat., the eastern boundary of the RCA is 

the shoreline. Between 46° 16’ N. lat. 

and 43° 00’ N. lat, the RCA is defined 

along an eastern boundary by a line 

approximating the 30 fm (55–m) depth 

contour. Coordinates for the 30 fm (55 

m) boundary are listed at § 300.63 (f). 

Between 43° 00’ N. lat and 42° 00’ N. 

lat., the RCA is defined along an eastern 

boundary by a line approximating the 

20 fm (37–m) depth contour. 

Coordinates for the 20 fm (37 m) 

boundary are listed at § 660.391(b). 

Between 42° 00’ N. lat. and 40° 10’ N. 

lat., the RCA is defined along an eastern 

boundary by the 20 fm (37 m) depth 

contour. Between the U.S./Canada 

border and 40° 10’ N. lat., the RCA is 

defined along a western boundary 

approximating the 100 fm (183 m) depth 

contour. Coordinates for the 100 fm (183 

m) boundary are listed at § 300.63 (g). 

(f) The 30 fm (55 m) depth contour 

between the U.S. border with Canada 

and 40 10.00’ N. lat. is defined by 

straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated: 

(1) 48° 24.79’ N. lat., 124° 44.07’ W. 

long.; 

(2) 48° 24.80’ N. lat., 124° 44.74’ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48° 23.94’ N. lat., 124° 44.70’ W. 

long.; 

(4) 48° 23.51’ N. lat., 124° 45.01’ W. 

long.; 

(5) 48° 22.59’ N. lat., 124° 44.97’ W. 

long.; 

(6) 48° 21.75’ N. lat., 124° 45.26’ W. 

long.; 

(7) 48° 21.23’ N. lat., 124° 47.78’ W. 

long.; 

(8) 48° 20.32’ N. lat., 124° 49.53’ W. 

long.; 

(9) 48° 16.72’ N. lat., 124° 51.58’ W. 

long.; 

(10) 48°10.00’ N. lat., 124°52.58’ W. 

long.; 

(11) 48°05.63’ N. lat., 124°52.91’ W. 

long.; 

(12) 47°53.37’ N. lat., 124°47.37’ W. 

long.; 

(13) 47°40.28’ N. lat., 124°40.07’ W. 

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(14) 47°31.70’ N. lat., 124°37.03’ W. 

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(15) 47°25.67’ N. lat., 124°34.79’ W. 

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(16) 47°12.82’ N. lat., 124°29.12’ W. 

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(17) 46°52.94’ N. lat., 124°22.58’ W. 

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(18) 46°44.18’ N. lat., 124°18.00’ W. 

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(19) 46°38.17’ N. lat., 124°15.88’ W. 

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(20) 46°29.53’ N. lat., 124°15.89’ W. 

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(21) 46°19.27’ N. lat., 124°14.15’ W. 

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(22) 46°16.00’ N. lat., 124°13.04’ W. 

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(23) 46°07.00’ N. lat., 124°07.01’ W. 

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(24) 45°55.95’ N. lat., 124°02.23’ W. 

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(25) 45°54.53’ N. lat., 124°02.57’ W. 

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(26) 45°50.65’ N. lat., 124°01.62’ W. 

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(27) 45°48.20’ N. lat., 124°02.16’ W. 

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(28) 45°46.00’ N. lat., 124°01.86’ W. 

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(29) 45°43.46’ N. lat., 124°01.28’ W. 

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(30) 45°40.48’ N. lat., 124°01.03’ W. 

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(31) 45°39.04’ N. lat., 124°01.68’ W. 

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(34) 45°27.97’ N. lat., 124°01.90’ W. 

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(35) 45°27.22’ N. lat., 124°02.66’ W. 

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(36) 45°24.20’ N. lat., 124°02.94’ W. 

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(37) 45°20.60’ N. lat., 124°01.74’ W. 

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(38) 45°20.25’ N. lat., 124°01.85’ W. 

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(39) 45°16.44’ N. lat., 124°03.22’ W. 

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(40) 45°13.63’ N. lat., 124°02.69’ W. 

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(41) 45°11.05’ N. lat., 124°03.59’ W. 

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(42) 45°08.55’ N. lat., 124°03.47’ W. 

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(43) 45°03.82’ N. lat., 124°04.43’ W. 

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(44) 45°02.81’ N. lat., 124°04.64’ W. 

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(45) 44°58.06’ N. lat., 124°05.03’ W. 

long.; 

(46) 44°53.97’ N. lat., 124°06.92’ W. 

long.; 

(47) 44°48.89’ N. lat., 124°07.04’ W. 

long.; 

(48) 44°46.94’ N. lat., 124°08.25’ W. 

long.; 

(49) 44°42.72’ N. lat., 124°08.98’ W. 

long.; 

(50) 44°38.16’ N. lat., 124°11.48’ W. 

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(51) 44°33.38’ N. lat., 124°11.54’ W. 

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(52) 44°28.51’ N. lat., 124°12.04’ W. 

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(53) 44°27.65’ N. lat., 124°12.56’ W. 

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(54) 44°19.67’ N. lat., 124°12.37’ W. 

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(55) 44°10.79’ N. lat., 124°12.22’ W. 

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(56) 44°09.22’ N. lat., 124°12.28’ W. 

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(57) 44°08.30’ N. lat., 124°12.30’ W. 

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(58) 44°00.22’ N. lat., 124°12.80’ W. 

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(59) 43°51.56’ N. lat., 124°13.18’ W. 

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(60) 43°44.26’ N. lat., 124°14.50’ W. 

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(61) 43°33.82’ N. lat., 124°16.28’ W. 

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(62) 43°28.66’ N. lat., 124°18.72’ W. 

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(63) 43°23.12’ N. lat., 124°24.04’ W. 

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(64) 43°20.83’ N. lat., 124°25.67’ W. 

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(65) 43°20.48’ N. lat., 124°25.90’ W. 

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(66) 43°16.41’ N. lat., 124°27.52’ W. 

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(67) 43°14.23’ N. lat., 124°29.28’ W. 

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(68) 43°14.03’ N. lat., 124°28.31’ W. 

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(69) 43°11.92’ N. lat., 124°28.26’ W. 

long.; 

(70) 43°11.02’ N. lat., 124°29.11’ W. 

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(71) 43°10.13’ N. lat., 124°29.15’ W. 

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(72) 43°09.26’ N. lat., 124°31.03’ W. 

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(73) 43°07.73’ N. lat., 124°30.92’ W. 

long.; 

(74) 43°05.93’ N. lat., 124°29.64’ W. 

long.; 

(75) 43°01.59’ N. lat., 124°30.64’ W. 

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(76) 42°59.72’ N. lat., 124°31.16’ W. 

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(77) 42°53.75’ N. lat., 124°36.09’ W. 

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(78) 42°50.00’ N. lat., 124°36.41’ W. 

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(79) 42°50.00’ N. lat., 124°38.39’ W. 

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(80) 42°49.37’ N. lat., 124°38.81’ W. 

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(81) 42°46.42’ N. lat., 124°37.69’ W. 

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(82) 42°46.07’ N. lat., 124°38.56’ W. 

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(83) 42°45.29’ N. lat., 124°37.95’ W. 

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(84) 42°45.61’ N. lat., 124°36.87’ W. 

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(85) 42°44.27’ N. lat., 124°33.64’ W. 

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(86) 42°42.75’ N. lat., 124°31.84’ W. 

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(87) 42°40.50’ N. lat., 124°29.67’ W. 

long.; 

(88) 42°40.04’ N. lat., 124°29.20’ W. 

long.; 

(89) 42°38.09’ N. lat., 124°28.39’ W. 

long.; 

(90) 42°36.73’ N. lat., 124°27.54’ W. 

long.; 

(91) 42°36.56’ N. lat., 124°28.40’ W. 

long.; 

(92) 42°35.77’ N. lat., 124°28.79’ W. 

long.; 

(93) 42°34.03’ N. lat., 124°29.98’ W. 

long.; 

(94) 42°34.19’ N. lat., 124°30.58’ W. 

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(95) 42°31.27’ N. lat., 124°32.24’ W. 

long.; 

(96) 42°27.07’ N. lat., 124°32.53’ W. 

long.; 

(97) 42°24.21’ N. lat., 124°31.23’ W. 

long.; 

(98) 42°20.47’ N. lat., 124°28.87’ W. 

long.; 

(99) 42°14.60’ N. lat., 124°26.80’ W. 

long.; 

(100) 42°13.67’ N. lat., 124°26.25’ W. 

long.; 

(101) 42°10.90’ N. lat., 124°24.56’ W. 

long.; 

(102) 42°07.04’ N. lat., 124°23.35’ W. 

long.; 

(103) 42°02.16’ N. lat., 124°22.59’ W. 

long.; 

(104) 42°00.00’ N. lat., 124°21.81’ W. 

long.; 

(105) 41°55.75’ N. lat., 124°20.72’ W. 

long.; 

(106) 41°50.93’ N. lat., 124°23.76’ W. 

long.; 

(107) 41°42.53’ N. lat., 124°16.47’ W. 

long.; 

(108) 41°37.20’ N. lat., 124°17.05’ W. 

long.; 

(109) 41°24.58’ N. lat., 124°10.51’ W. 

long.; 

(110) 41°20.73’ N. lat., 124°11.73’ W. 

long.; 

(111) 41°17.59’ N. lat., 124°10.66’ W. 

long.; 

(112) 41°04.54’ N. lat., 124°14.47’ W. 

long.; 

(113) 40°54.26’ N. lat., 124°13.90’ W. 

long.; 

(114) 40°40.31’ N. lat., 124°26.24’ W. 

long.; 

(115) 40°34.00’ N. lat., 124°27.39’ W. 

long.; 

(116) 40°30.00’ N. lat., 124°31.32’ W. 

long.; 

(117) 40°28.89’ N. lat., 124°32.43’ W. 

long.; 

(118) 40°24.77’ N. lat., 124°29.51’ W. 

long.; 

(119) 40°22.47’ N. lat., 124°24.12’ W. 

long.; 

(120) 40°19.73’ N. lat., 124°23.59’ W. 

long.; 

(121) 40°18.64’ N. lat., 124°21.89’ W. 

long.; 

(122) 40°17.67’ N. lat., 124°23.07’ W. 

long.; 

(123) 40°15.58’ N. lat., 124°23.61’ W. 

long.; 

(124) 40°13.42’ N. lat., 124°22.94’ W. 

long.; 

(125) 40°10.00’ N. lat., 124°16.65’ W. 

long. 

(g) The 100 fm (183 m) depth contour 

used between the U.S. border with 

Canada and 40°10.00’ N. lat. is defined 

by straight lines connecting all of the 

following points in the order stated: 

(1) 48°15.00’ N. lat., 125°41.00’ W. 

long.; 

(2) 48°14.00’ N. lat., 125°36.00’ W. 

long.; 

(3) 48°09.50’ N. lat., 125°40.50’ W. 

long.; 

(4) 48°08.00’ N. lat., 125°38.00’ W. 

long.; 

(5) 48°05.00’ N. lat., 125°37.25’ W. 

long.; 

(6) 48°02.60’ N. lat., 125°34.70’ W. 

long.; 

(7) 47°59.00’ N. lat., 125°34.00’ W. 

long.; 

(8) 47°57.26’ N. lat., 125°29.82’ W. 

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(11) 48°02.08’ N. lat., 125°22.98’ W. 

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(12) 48°02.97’ N. lat., 125°22.89’ W. 

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(13) 48°04.47’ N. lat., 125°21.75’ W. 

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(14) 48°06.11’ N. lat., 125°19.33’ W. 

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(15) 48°07.95’ N. lat., 125°18.55’ W. 

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(16) 48°09.00’ N. lat., 125°18.00’ W. 

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(17) 48°11.31’ N. lat., 125°17.55’ W. 

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(18) 48°14.60’ N. lat., 125°13.46’ W. 

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(19) 48°16.67’ N. lat., 125°14.34’ W. 

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(20) 48°18.73’ N. lat., 125°14.41’ W. 

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(21) 48°19.67’ N. lat., 125°13.70’ W. 

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(22) 48°19.70’ N. lat., 125°11.13’ W. 

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(23) 48°22.95’ N. lat., 125°10.79’ W. 

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(24) 48°21.61’ N. lat., 125°02.54’ W. 

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(25) 48°23.00’ N. lat., 124°49.34’ W. 

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(26) 48°17.00’ N. lat., 124°56.50’ W. 

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(27) 48°06.00’ N. lat., 125°00.00’ W. 

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(28) 48°04.62’ N. lat., 125°01.73’ W. 

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(29) 48°04.84’ N. lat., 125°04.03’ W. 

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(30) 48°06.41’ N. lat., 125°06.51’ W. 

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(31) 48°06.00’ N. lat., 125°08.00’ W. 

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(32) 48°07.08’ N. lat., 125°09.34’ W. 

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(33) 48°07.28’ N. lat., 125°11.14’ W. 

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(34) 48°03.45’ N. lat., 125°16.66’ W. 

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(35) 48°02.35’ N. lat., 125°17.30’ W. 

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(36) 48°02.35’ N. lat., 125°18.07’ W. 

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(37) 48°00.00’ N. lat., 125°19.30’ W. 

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(38) 47°59.50’ N. lat., 125°18.88’ W. 

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(39) 47°58.68’ N. lat., 125°16.19’ W. 

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(40) 47°56.62’ N. lat., 125°13.50’ W. 

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(41) 47°53.71’ N. lat., 125°11.96’ W. 

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(42) 47°51.70’ N. lat., 125°09.38’ W. 

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(43) 47°49.95’ N. lat., 125°06.07’ W. 

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(44) 47°49.00’ N. lat., 125°03.00’ W. 

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(45) 47°46.95’ N. lat., 125°04.00’ W. 

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(46) 47°46.58’ N. lat., 125°03.15’ W. 

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(47) 47°44.07’ N. lat., 125°04.28’ W. 

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(48) 47°43.32’ N. lat., 125°04.41’ W. 

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(49) 47°40.95’ N. lat., 125°04.14’ W. 

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(50) 47°39.58’ N. lat., 125°04.97’ W. 

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(51) 47°36.23’ N. lat., 125°02.77’ W. 

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(52) 47°34.28’ N. lat., 124°58.66’ W. 

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(53) 47°32.17’ N. lat., 124°57.77’ W. 

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(54) 47°30.27’ N. lat., 124°56.16’ W. 

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(55) 47°30.60’ N. lat., 124°54.80’ W. 

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(56) 47°29.26’ N. lat., 124°52.21’ W. 

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(57) 47°28.21’ N. lat., 124°50.65’ W. 

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(58) 47°27.38’ N. lat., 124°49.34’ W. 

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(59) 47°25.61’ N. lat., 124°48.26’ W. 

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(60) 47°23.54’ N. lat., 124°46.42’ W. 

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(61) 47°20.64’ N. lat., 124°45.91’ W. 

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(62) 47°17.99’ N. lat., 124°45.59’ W. 

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(63) 47°18.20’ N. lat., 124°49.12’ W. 

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(64) 47°15.01’ N. lat., 124°51.09’ W. 

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(65) 47°12.61’ N. lat., 124°54.89’ W. 

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(66) 47°08.22’ N. lat., 124°56.53’ W. 

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(67) 47°08.50’ N. lat., 124°57.74’ W. 

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(68) 47°01.92’ N. lat., 124°54.95’ W. 

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(69) 47°01.08’ N. lat., 124°59.22’ W. 

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(70) 46°58.48’ N. lat., 124°57.81’ W. 

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(71) 46°56.79’ N. lat., 124°56.03’ W. 

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(72) 46°58.01’ N. lat., 124°55.09’ W. 

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(73) 46°55.07’ N. lat., 124°54.14’ W. 

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(74) 46°59.60’ N. lat., 124°49.79’ W. 

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(75) 46°58.72’ N. lat., 124°48.78’ W. 

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(76) 46°54.45’ N. lat., 124°48.36’ W. 

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(77) 46°53.99’ N. lat., 124°49.95’ W. 

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(78) 46°54.38’ N. lat., 124°52.73’ W. 

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(79) 46°52.38’ N. lat., 124°52.02’ W. 

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(80) 46°48.93’ N. lat., 124°49.17’ W. 

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(81) 46°41.50’ N. lat., 124°43.00’ W. 

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(82) 46°34.50’ N. lat., 124°28.50’ W. 

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(83) 46°29.00’ N. lat., 124°30.00’ W. 

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(84) 46°20.00’ N. lat., 124°36.50’ W. 

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(85) 46°18.40’ N. lat., 124°37.70’ W. 

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(86) 46°18.03’ N. lat., 124°35.46’ W. 

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(87) 46°17.00’ N. lat., 124°22.50’ W. 

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(88) 46°16.00’ N. lat., 124°20.62’ W. 

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(89) 46°13.52’ N. lat., 124°25.49’ W. 

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(90) 46°12.17’ N. lat., 124°30.74’ W. 

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(91) 46°10.63’ N. lat., 124°37.96’ W. 

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(92) 46°09.29’ N. lat., 124°39.01’ W. 

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(93) 46°02.40’ N. lat., 124°40.37’ W. 

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(94) 45°56.45’ N. lat., 124°38.00’ W. 

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(95) 45°51.92’ N. lat., 124°38.50’ W. 

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(96) 45°47.20’ N. lat., 124°35.58’ W. 

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(97) 45°46.40’ N. lat., 124°32.36’ W. 

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(98) 45°46.00’ N. lat., 124°32.10’ W. 

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(99) 45°41.75’ N. lat., 124°28.12’ W. 

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(100) 45°36.95’ N. lat., 124°24.47’ W. 

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(101) 45°31.84’ N. lat., 124°22.04’ W. 

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(102) 45°27.10’ N. lat., 124°21.74’ W. 

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(103) 45°20.25’ N. lat., 124°18.54’ W. 

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(104) 45°18.14’ N. lat., 124°17.59’ W. 

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(105) 45°11.08’ N. lat., 124°16.97’ W. 

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(106) 45°04.39’ N. lat., 124°18.35’ W. 

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(107) 45°03.83’ N. lat., 124°18.60’ W. 

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(108) 44°58.05’ N. lat., 124°21.58’ W. 

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(109) 44°47.67’ N. lat., 124°31.41’ W. 

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(110) 44°44.54’ N. lat., 124°33.58’ W. 

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(111) 44°39.88’ N. lat., 124°35.00’ W. 

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(112) 44°32.90’ N. lat., 124°36.81’ W. 

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(113) 44°30.34’ N. lat., 124°38.56’ W. 

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(116) 44°17.99’ N. lat., 124°51.04’ W. 

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(117) 44°12.92’ N. lat., 124°56.28’ W. 

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(118) 44°00.14’ N. lat., 124°55.25’ W. 

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(119) 43°57.68’ N. lat., 124°55.48’ W. 

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(120) 43°56.66’ N. lat., 124°55.45’ W. 

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(121) 43°56.47’ N. lat., 124°34.61’ W. 

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(122) 43°42.73’ N. lat., 124°32.41’ W. 

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(123) 43°30.92’ N. lat., 124°34.43’ W. 

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(124) 43°20.83’ N. lat., 124°39.39’ W. 

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(125) 43°17.45’ N. lat., 124°41.16’ W. 

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(126) 43°07.04’ N. lat., 124°41.25’ W. 

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(127) 43°03.45’ N. lat., 124°44.36’ W. 

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(128) 43°03.91’ N. lat., 124°50.81’ W. 

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(129) 42°55.70’ N. lat., 124°52.79’ W. 

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(130) 42°54.12’ N. lat., 124°47.36’ W. 

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(131) 42°50.00’ N. lat., 124°45.33’ W. 

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(132) 42°44.00’ N. lat., 124°42.38’ W. 

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(133) 42°40.50’ N. lat., 124°41.71’ W. 

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(134) 42°38.23’ N. lat., 124°41.25’ W. 

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(135) 42°33.02’ N. lat., 124°42.38’ W. 

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(136) 42°31.90’ N. lat., 124°42.04’ W. 

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(137) 42°30.08’ N. lat., 124°42.67’ W. 

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(138) 42°28.28’ N. lat., 124°47.08’ W. 

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(139) 42°25.22’ N. lat., 124°43.51’ W. 

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(140) 42°19.23’ N. lat., 124°37.91’ W. 

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(141) 42°16.29’ N. lat., 124°36.11’ W. 

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(142) 42°13.67’ N. lat., 124°35.81’ W. 

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(143) 42°05.66’ N. lat., 124°34.92’ W. 

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(144) 42°00.00’ N. lat., 124°35.27’ W. 

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(145) 41°47.04’ N. lat., 124°27.64’ W. 

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(146) 41°32.92’ N. lat., 124°28.79’ W. 

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(147) 41°24.17’ N. lat., 124°28.46’ W. 

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(148) 41°10.12’ N. lat., 124°20.50’ W. 

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(149) 40°51.41’ N. lat., 124°24.38’ W. 

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(150) 40°43.71’ N. lat., 124°29.89’ W. 

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(151) 40°40.14’ N. lat., 124°30.90’ W. 

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(152) 40°37.35’ N. lat., 124°29.05’ W. 

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(153) 40°34.76’ N. lat., 124°29.82’ W. 

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(154) 40°36.78’ N. lat., 124°37.06’ W. 

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(155) 40°32.44’ N. lat., 124°39.58’ W. 

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(156) 40°30.00’ N. lat., 124°38.13’ W. 

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(157) 40°24.82’ N. lat., 124°35.12’ W. 

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(158) 40°23.30’ N. lat., 124°31.60’ W. 

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(159) 40°23.52’ N. lat., 124°28.78’ W. 

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(160) 40°22.43’ N. lat., 124°25.00’ W. 

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(161) 40°21.72’ N. lat., 124°24.94’ W. 

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(162) 40°21.87’ N. lat., 124°27.96’ W. 

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(163) 40°21.40’ N. lat., 124°28.74’ W. 

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(164) 40°19.68’ N. lat., 124°28.49’ W. 

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(165) 40°17.73’ N. lat., 124°25.43’ W. 

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(166) 40°18.37’ N. lat., 124°23.35’ W. 

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(167) 40°15.75’ N. lat., 124°26.05’ W. 

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(168) 40°16.75’ N. lat., 124°33.71’ W. 

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(169) 40°16.29’ N. lat., 124°34.36’ W. 

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(170) 40°10.00’ N. lat., 124°21.12’ W. 

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