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73. The rules adopted herein will 

become effective January 22, 2015, 

except for §§ 73.3700(b)(1)(iv)(B), 

73.3700(b)(2)(i) introductory text, and 

73.3700(b)(2)(ii) of the rules which 

contain new or modified information 

collection requirements subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, that are not 

effective until approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

Federal Communications Commission 

will publish a document in the Federal 

Register announcing OMB approval and 

the effective date of this rule. 

74. The Commission’s Consumer and 

Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference 

Information Center, shall send a copy of 

this Second Report and Order in GN 

Docket No. 12–268, including the Final 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis, to the 

Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small 

Business Administration. 

75. The Commission shall send a copy 

of this Second Report and Order in GN 

Docket No. 12–268 in a report to be sent 

to Congress and the Government 

Accountability Office pursuant to the 

Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A). 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Communications equipment, 

Education, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

Final Rules 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission amends 47 CFR part 73 as 

follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336, 

and 339. 

■ 2. Section 73.3700 is amended by 

revising paragraphs (b)(1)(iv), (b)(2)(i) 

introductory text, and (b)(2)(ii) to read 

as follows: 

§ 73.3700 Post-incentive auction licensing 

and operation. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(iv) Priority filing window. (A) The 

licensee of a reassigned station, a UHFto-VHF station, or a High-VHF-to-LowVHF station that, for reasons beyond its 

control, is unable to construct facilities 

that meet the technical parameters 

specified in the Channel Reassignment 

Public Notice, or the permissible 

contour coverage variance from those 

technical parameters specified in 

paragraph (b)(1)(ii) or (iii) of this 

section, may request a waiver of the 

construction permit application 

deadline specified in paragraph (b)(1)(i) 

no later than 30 days prior to the 

deadline. If its waiver request is granted, 

the licensee will be afforded an 

opportunity to submit an application for 

a construction permit pursuant to 

paragraph (b)(2)(i) or (ii) of this section 

in a priority filing window to be 

announced by the Media Bureau by 

public notice. 

(B) The licensee of any broadcast 

television station that the Commission 

makes all reasonable efforts to preserve 

pursuant to section 6403(b)(2) of the 

Spectrum Act that is predicted to 

experience aggregate new interference to 

population served in excess of one 

percent as a result of the repacking 

process will be afforded an opportunity 

to submit an application for a 

construction permit pursuant to 

paragraph (b)(2)(i) or (ii) of this section 

in the priority filing window required 

by paragraph (b)(1)(iv)(A). 

* * * * * 

(2) * * * 

(i) Alternate channels. The licensee of 

a reassigned station, a UHF-to-VHF 

station, a High-VHF-to-Low-VHF 

station, or a broadcast television station 

described in paragraph (b)(1)(iv)(B) of 

this section will be permitted to file a 

major change application for a 

construction permit for an alternate 

channel on FCC Form 301, 301–CA, or 

340 during a filing window to be 

announced by the Media Bureau by 

public notice, provided that: 

* * * * * 

(ii) Expanded facilities. The licensee 

of a reassigned station, a UHF-to-VHF 

station, a High-VHF-to-Low-VHF 

station, or a broadcast television station 

described in paragraph (b)(1)(iv)(B) of 

this section will be permitted to file a 

minor change application for a 

construction permit on FCC Form 301, 

301–CA, or 340 during a filing window 

to be announced by the Media Bureau 

by public notice, in order to request a 

change in the technical parameters 

specified in the Channel Reassignment 

Public Notice (or, in the case of a 

broadcast television station described in 

paragraph (b)(1)(iv)(B) that is not 

reassigned to a new channel, a change 

in its authorized technical parameters) 

with respect to height above average 

terrain (HAAT), effective radiated power 

(ERP), or transmitter location that would 

be considered a minor change under 

§§ 73.3572(a)(1),(2) or 74.787(b) of this 

chapter. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 600 

[Docket No. 130904784–4999–02] 

RIN 0648–BD67 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; List 

of Authorized Fisheries and Gear 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This action updates the 

Federal list of authorized fisheries and 

gear issued under section 305(a) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(‘‘List of Fisheries’’). The List of 

Fisheries includes a description of 

fisheries that operate in the U.S. West 

Coast Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), 

the Pacific Fishery Management 

Council’s (Council’s) geographic area of 

authority. This action is necessary 

because the current list is outdated and 

either includes several fisheries that no 

longer occur, or does not include 

fisheries that do occur, within the U.S. 

West Coast EEZ. This rule would bring 

the list up to date with current West 

Coast fisheries and fishery management 

plans (FMPs). 

DATES: Effective January 22, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Additional requests for 

information regarding this action may 

be obtained by contacting the 

Sustainable Fisheries Division, NMFS 

West Coast Region, 7600 Sand Point 

Way NE., Seattle, WA 98115. This final 

rule also is accessible via the Internet at 

the Federal eRulemaking portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yvonne deReynier, 206–526–6129, (fax) 

206–526–6736, 

Yvonne.deReynier@noaa.gov; Joshua 

Lindsay, 562–980–4034, 562–980–4047, 

Joshua.Lindsay@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

305(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(MSA) requires that the Secretary of 

Commerce maintain a list of all fisheries 

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gear used in such fisheries (16 U.S.C. 

1855(a)). This section of the MSA 

further prohibits any person or vessel 

from employing fishing gear or engaging 

in a fishery not included on the List of 

Fisheries ‘‘without giving 90 days 

advance written notice to the 

appropriate Council.’’ Fishery 

management councils are authorized to 

submit changes to the list to the 

Secretary of Commerce as each council 

deems appropriate, after which the 

Secretary must publish a revised list 

after providing notice of the changes to 

the public and after providing an 

opportunity for public comment on 

those changes (16 U.S.C. 1855(a)(4)). On 

August 7, 2014 (79 FR 46214), NMFS 

published a proposed rule to update 50 

CFR 600.725(v), Section VI, the section 

of the List of Fisheries that applies to 

fisheries occurring within the U.S. West 

Coast EEZ. The Council recommended 

revising and updating the List of 

Fisheries at its September 2013 meeting, 

after reviewing all of the fisheries 

occurring within the West Coast EEZ 

and after taking comments from West 

Coast states, tribes and members of the 

public. Through this final rule, NMFS 

implements the Council’s recommended 

revisions to the List of Fisheries, with 

no changes or edits. The regulatory text 

published in the proposed rule for this 

action has not been changed for this 

final rule. 

Comments and Responses 

In the proposed rule, NMFS solicited 

public comment through September 8, 

2014. During the comment period, 

NMFS received two letters of comment. 

One letter of comment, received from a 

member of the public, requested that the 

Council update the northern anchovy 

stock assessment. The proposed rule to 

update the List of Fisheries does not 

address the northern anchovy stock 

assessment; therefore, that letter is not 

relevant to this action. 

Comment: NMFS received a letter 

from an environmental non-government 

entity providing qualified support for 

the rule, but expressing concern that 

with the proposed revisions, the List of 

Fisheries is still not narrow enough to 

ensure that the Council will be notified 

if anyone attempts to develop a new 

fishery on currently unfished squid 

species (Line 10 of Section VI at 50 CFR 

600.725(v)) or on those finfish and 

invertebrate not explicitly listed in 

Lines 1–18 of Section VI (See Line 19 of 

Section VI at 50 CFR 600.725(v)). This 

commenter also suggested that the 

Council review and update the List of 

Fisheries on a regular basis, as part of 

its reviews of its Fishery Ecosystem 

Plan. 

Response: The Council’s 

recommended revisions to the List of 

Fisheries, published in the proposed 

rule and implemented in this final rule, 

update the previously broad and 

outdated List of Fisheries. NMFS 

disagrees with the commenter’s 

assertion that the revised List of 

Fisheries is overly broad at Lines 10 and 

19. Line 10, which addresses squid 

species other than market squid 

(Doryteuthis opalescens) and octopus, is 

intended to include all existing fisheries 

for those species groups. There are some 

West Coast cephalopod harvests other 

than in the market squid fishery, 

particularly in those years that 

populations of certain squid species 

(e.g. Dosidicus gigas, Humboldt squid) 

appear in the EEZ in unpredictably 

significant quantities. Without Line 10 

of Section VI at 50 CFR 600.725(v), the 

List of Fisheries could exclude existing 

cephalopod fisheries, which would be 

contrary to the purpose of the List of 

Fisheries to include existing fisheries. 

Line 19 of Section VI at 50 CFR 

600.725(v) covers all finfish and 

invertebrate fisheries not listed in the 

rest of the table at Section VI and not 

otherwise prohibited. Line 19 is to be 

read in the context of the rest of Section 

VI of the List of Fisheries, which details 

all of the major federal and state 

fisheries that occur within the West 

Coast EEZ. To prepare this rulemaking, 

the Council, NMFS, and West Coast 

states and tribes, carefully reviewed 

recent and historic commercial landings 

data from the Pacific States Marine 

Fisheries Commission’s Pacific 

Fisheries Information Network (PacFIN), 

as well as Federal and state recreational 

fisheries gear requirements and data. As 

explained in the preamble to the 

proposed rule for this action, the 

Council’s intent in developing its 

revisions to the List of Fisheries was to 

define existing fisheries in as narrow 

terms as possible, but the Council did 

not intend to eliminate any existing 

fisheries, including fisheries that might 

only occur during years when West 

Coast climate conditions were 

conducive to certain species occurring 

in greater than usual amounts. Lines 1 

through 18 of the table at Section VI 

provide a significantly detailed list of 

West Coast existing commercial and 

recreational fisheries. Line 19 ensures 

that existing small or intermittent 

commercial and recreational fisheries 

are not unintentionally thwarted by 

failure to include them on the List of 

Fisheries. 

The MSA does not intend the List of 

Fisheries as a tool to prohibit fishing, 

but rather as a tool to ensure that the 

Council is formally notified by fisheries 

participants intending to begin new 

fisheries. The Council is in the process 

of developing a comprehensive, multiFMP amendment to prohibit the 

development of commercial fisheries for 

a broad group of currently unfished 

forage fish species, including those 

squid species mentioned by the 

commenter. Should anyone begin 

targeting and landing currently unfished 

forage species between now and the 

completion of the comprehensive FMP 

amendment, the West Coast state, tribal, 

and federal agencies and the Council 

will be notified via PacFIN landings 

data. 

NMFS appreciates the commenter’s 

suggestion that Section VI of the List of 

Fisheries be reviewed and updated on a 

regular basis and as a part of the 

Council’s FEP review process. The 

Council is next scheduled to begin 

reviewing and updating the FEP in 2018 

and NMFS will both pass that 

suggestion on to the Council and will 

preserve the commenter’s suggestion in 

the agency’s planning file for that 

review process. 

Classification 

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

MSA, the NMFS Assistant 

Administrator has determined that this 

final rule is consistent with the four 

U.S. West Coast FMPs, other provisions 

of the MSA, and other applicable law. 

This final rule has been determined to 

be not significant for purposes of 

Executive Order 12866. 

The Chief Counsel for Regulation of 

the Department of Commerce certified 

to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the 

Small Business Administration during 

the proposed rule stage that this action 

would not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. The factual basis for the 

certification was published in the 

proposed rule and is not repeated here. 

No comments were received regarding 

this certification. As a result, a 

regulatory flexibility analysis was not 

required and none was prepared. 

This final rule was developed after 

meaningful collaboration, through the 

Council process, with the tribal 

representative on the Council. NMFS is 

not aware of any Treaty Indian tribe or 

subsistence fisheries in the EEZ other 

than those listed in § 600.725(v). This 

action does not supersede or otherwise 

affect exemptions that exist for Treaty 

Indian fisheries. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 600 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Fisheries, Fishing vessels, 

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Dated: December 16, 2014. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, 50 CFR part 600 is amended 

as follows: 

PART 600—MAGNUSON-STEVENS 

ACT PROVISIONS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 600 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 561 and 16 U.S.C. 

1801 et seq. 

■ 2. In § 600.725, in paragraph (v), 

Section VI of the table is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 600.725 General prohibitions. 

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(v) * * * 

Fishery Authorized gear types 

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VI. Pacific Fishery Management Council 

1. Pacific Coast Salmon Fisheries (FMP): 

A. Commercial ................................................................................................ A. Hook and line. 

B. Recreational ............................................................................................... B. Hook and line.

2. Pacific Coast Groundfish Fisheries (FMP): 

A. Commercial ................................................................................................ A. Trawl, hook and line, pot/trap, demersal seine, set net, 

spear, and hand collection. 

B. Recreational ............................................................................................... B. Hook and line, spear. 

3. Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries (FMP): 

A. Commercial ................................................................................................ A. Purse seine, lampara net, brail net, dip net, cast net, hook 

and line. 

B. Recreational ............................................................................................... B. Hook and line, spear, pot/trap, dip net, cast net, hand harvest, rake, harpoon, bow and arrow. 

4. Highly Migratory Species Fisheries (FMP): 

A. Commercial ................................................................................................ A. Hook and line, gillnet, harpoon, purse seine. 

B. Recreational ............................................................................................... B. Hook and line, spear, harpoon, bow and arrow. 

5. Pacific Halibut Fisheries (Non-FMP): 

A. Commercial ................................................................................................ A. Hook and line. 

B. Recreational ............................................................................................... B. Hook and line, spear. 

6. Dungeness Crab Fisheries (Non-FMP): 

A. Commercial ................................................................................................ A. Pot/trap. 

B. Recreational North of 46°15′ N. lat ........................................................... B. Pot/trap, dip net, hand harvest. 

C. Recreational South of 46°15′ N. lat. and North of 42° N. lat ................... C. Pot/trap, hook and line, dip net, hand harvest, rake, crab 

loop. 

D. Recreational South of 42° N. lat ............................................................... D. Pot/trap, hand harvest, hoop net, crab loop. 

7. Crab Fisheries for Species other than Dungeness crab (Non-FMP): 

A. Commercial Pot/Trap Fisheries South of 46°15′ N. lat ............................. A. Pot/trap. 

B. Recreational North of 46°15′ N. lat ........................................................... B. Pot/trap, dip net, hand harvest. 

C. Recreational South of 46°15′ N. lat. and North of 42° N. lat ................... C. Pot/trap, hook and line, dip net, hand harvest, rake, crab 

loop. 

D. Recreational South of 42° N. lat ............................................................... D. Pot/trap, hand harvest, hoop net, crab loop. 

8. Shrimp and Prawn Fisheries (Non-FMP): 

A. Commercial spot prawn ............................................................................. A. Pot/trap. 

B. Commercial pink shrimp North of 46°15′ N. lat ........................................ B. Trawl. 

C. Commercial pink shrimp South of 46°15′ N. lat ....................................... C. Pot/trap, trawl. 

D. Commercial coonstripe shrimp South of 46°15′ N. lat ............................. D. Pot/trap. 

E. Commercial ridgeback prawn South of 42° N. lat ..................................... E. Trawl. 

F. Recreational North of 46°15′ N. lat ........................................................... F. Pot/trap, dip net, hand harvest. 

G. Recreational South of 46°15′ N. lat. and North of 42° N. lat ................... G. Pot/trap, hook and line, dip net, hand harvest, rake. 

H. Recreational South of 42° N. lat ............................................................... H. Pot/trap, hand harvest, dip net. 

9. Hagfish Commercial Fisheries (Non-FMP) ....................................................... Pot/trap. 

10. Squid, all spp. except market squid or not otherwise prohibited, and Octopus Fisheries (Non-FMP): 

A. Commercial ................................................................................................ A. Hook and line, pot/trap, dip net, seine, trawl, set net, spear, 

hand harvest. 

B. Recreational Squid North of 42° N. lat ...................................................... B. Hook and line, cast net, dip net, hand harvest. 

C. Recreational Octopus North of 42° N. lat ................................................. C. Hook and line, pot/trap, dip net, hand harvest. 

D. Recreational South of 42° N. lat ............................................................... D. Hook and line, dip net, hand harvest. 

11. White Sturgeon Fisheries (Non-FMP): 

A. Commercial South of 46°15′ N. lat. and North of 42° N. lat ..................... A. Trawl, pot/trap, hook and line, seine, dip net, spear. 

B. Recreational North of 42° N. lat ................................................................ B. Hook and line. 

C. Recreational South of 42° N. lat ............................................................... C. Hook and line, spear. 

12. Sea Cucumber Fishery (Non-FMP): 

A. Commercial hand harvest fishery South of 46°15′ N. lat ......................... A. Hand harvest. 

B. Commercial trawl South of 42° N. lat ........................................................ B. Trawl. 

13. Minor Finfish Commercial Fisheries South of 46°15′ N. lat. and North of 42° 

N. lat. for: Salmon shark, Pacific pomfret, slender sole, wolf-eel, eelpout species, Pacific sandfish, skilfish, and walleye pollock Fisheries (Non-FMP).

Trawl, pot/trap, hook and line, seine, dipnet, spear. 

14. Weathervane Scallop Commercial Fishery South of 46°15′ N. lat. and North 

of 42° N. lat. (Non-FMP).

Trawl. 


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Fishery Authorized gear types 

15. California Halibut, White Seabass Commercial Fisheries South of 42° N. 

lat. (Non-FMP): 

A. California halibut trawl ............................................................................... A. Trawl. 

B. California halibut and white seabass set net ............................................ B. Gillnet, trammel net. 

C. California halibut hook and line ................................................................. C. Hook and line. 

D. White seabass hook and line .................................................................... D. Hook and line. 

16. California Barracuda, White Seabass, and Yellowtail Drift-Net Commercial 

Fishery South of 42° N. lat. (Non-FMP).

Gillnet. 

17. Pacific Bonito Commercial Net Fishery South of 42° N. lat. (Non-FMP) ....... Purse seine. 

18. Lobster Commercial Pot and Trap Fishery South of 42° N. lat. (Non-FMP) Pot/trap. 

19. Finfish and Invertebrate Fisheries Not Listed Above and Not Otherwise 

Prohibited (Non-FMP): 

A. Commercial South of 46°15′ N. lat ........................................................... A. Hook and line, pot/trap, spear. 

B. Recreational ............................................................................................... B. Hook and line, spear, pot/trap, dip net, cast net, hand harvest, rake, harpoon, bow and arrow. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 121009528–2729–02] 

RIN 0648–XD656 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Summer Flounder Fishery; 

Quota Transfer 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the 

State of Maine is transferring a portion 

of its 2014 commercial summer flounder 

quota to the State of Connecticut. NMFS 

is adjusting the quotas and announcing 

the revised commercial quota for each 

state involved. 

DATES: Effective December 18, 2014, 

through December 31, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reid 

Lichwell, Fishery Management 

Specialist, 978–281–9112. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulations governing the summer 

flounder fishery are in 50 CFR part 648, 

and require annual specification of a 

commercial quota that is apportioned 

among the coastal states from North 

Carolina through Maine. The process to 

set the annual commercial quota and the 

percent allocated to each state are 

described in § 648.102. 

The final rule implementing 

Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder, 

Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery 

Management Plan, which was published 

on December 17, 1993 (58 FR 65936), 

provided a mechanism for summer 

flounder quota to be transferred from 

one state to another. Two or more states, 

under mutual agreement and with the 

concurrence of the Administrator, 

Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS 

(Regional Administrator), can transfer or 

combine summer flounder commercial 

quota under § 648.102(c)(2). The 

Regional Administrator is required to 

consider the criteria in § 648.102(c)(2)(i) 

to evaluate requests for quota transfers 

or combinations. 

Maine has agreed to transfer 4,900 lb 

(2,222.6 kg) of its 2014 commercial 

quota to Connecticut. The quota transfer 

from Maine to Connecticut was 

prompted by the diligent efforts of state 

officials in Connecticut not to exceed 

the commercial summer flounder quota. 

This quota transfer is conditioned. In 

the event that landings of summer 

flounder occur in Maine during the 

remaining months of 2014 resulting in 

an overage of Maine’s summer flounder 

commercial quota as a result of this 

transfer, Connecticut has agreed to 

transfer 2015 summer flounder quota to 

Maine sufficient to cover the overage. 

The Regional Administrator has 

determined that the criteria set forth in 

§ 648.102(c)(2)(i) have been met. The 

revised summer flounder commercial 

quotas for calendar year 2014 are: 

Maine, 98 lb (44.45 kg); and 

Connecticut, 242,106 lb (109,817.4 kg). 

Classification 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

part 648 and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: December 18, 2014. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 130925836–4174–02] 

RIN 0648–XD654 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by 

Catcher Vessels Using Hook-and-Line 

Gear in the Central Regulatory Area of 

the Gulf of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels 

less than 50 feet (15.2 meters (m)) length 

overall (LOA) using hook-and-line gear 

in the Central Regulatory Area of the 

Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is 

necessary to prevent exceeding the 2014 

Pacific cod total allowable catch 

apportioned to catcher vessels less than 

50 feet (15.2 m) LOA using hook-andline gear in the Central Regulatory Area 

of the GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska 

local time (A.l.t.), December 18, 2014, 

through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Obren Davis, 907–586–7228. 


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