Source: https://www.global-regulation.com/law/united-states/56542/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska%253b-reallocation-of-pacific-cod-in-the-bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-management-area.html
Timestamp: 2020-08-10 07:56:15
Document Index: 303120863

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 679', '§ 679', '§ 679', '§ 679', '§ 679', '§ 679']

The 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) specified for vessels using jig gear in the BSAI is 1,463 metric tons (mt) as established by the final 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (77 FR 10669, February 23, 2012). The Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, (Regional Administrator) has determined that jig vessels will not be able to harvest 1,000 mt of the remaining 2012 Pacific cod TAC allocated to those vessels under § 679.20(a)(7)(ii)(A)( 1 ). Therefore, in accordance with § 679.20(a)(7)(iii)(A), NMFS apportions 1,000 mt of Pacific cod to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 meters(m)) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear.
The 2012 Pacific cod TAC specified for catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet LOA using hook-and-line gear in the BSAI is 465 mt as established by the final 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (77 FR 10669, February 23, 2012). The Regional Administrator has determined that catcher vessels greater than or equal to 60 feet LOA using hook-and-line gear will not be able to harvest 435 mt of the remaining 2012 Pacific cod TAC allocated to those vessels under § 679.20(a)(7)(ii)(A)( 3 ). Therefore, in accordance with § 679.20(a)(7)(iii)(A), NMFS apportions 435 mt of Pacific cod to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear.
The 2012 Pacific cod total allowable catch specified for catcher vessels using trawl gear in the BSAI is 51,509 mt as established by the final 2012 and 2013 harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (77 FR 10669, February 23, 2012). The Regional Administrator has determined that catcher vessels using trawl gear will not be able to harvest 500 mt of the 2012 Pacific cod TAC allocated to those vessels under § 679.20(a)(7)(ii)(A)( 9 ). Therefore, in accordance with § 679.20(a)(7)(iii)(A), NMFS reallocates 500 mt of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear to catcher vessels less than 60 feet (18.3 m) LOA using hook-and-line or pot gear.
2007 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area