Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/09/14/07-4587/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-reallocation-of-pollock-in-the-bering-sea-and
Timestamp: 2018-07-18 23:01:23
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§\u2009679', '§\u2009679', '§\u2009679', '§\u2009679', '§\u2009679', '§\u2009679']

Effective September 13, 2007, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), December 31, 2007.
72 FR 52494
07-4587
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/07-4587 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/07-4587
In the Bering Sea subarea, the portion of the 2007 pollock TAC allocated to the ICA is 35,129 mt as established by the 2007 and 2008 final harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (72 FR 9451, March 2, 2007).
As of September 6, 2007, the Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, (Regional Administrator) has determined that the ICA has been set too high: 2,000 mt of the 2007 pollock ICA in the Bering Sea subarea will not be harvested. Therefore, in accordance with § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(1), NMFS reallocates 2,000 mt of the 2007 pollock ICA to the directed fisheries in the Bering Sea subarea.
As a result, in accordance with § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A)(3), (4), and (5), the 2007 harvest specifications for pollock in the Bering Sea subarea included in the harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (72 FR 9451, March 2, 2007) are revised as follows: 33,129 to the pollock ICA, 366,841 to B season AFA catcher vessels harvesting pollock for processing by AFA inshore processors, 293,473 mt to B season AFA catcher processors and AFA catcher vessels delivering pollock to catcher processors, and 73,368 mt to B season AFA catcher vessels harvesting pollock for processing by AFA motherships. Furthermore, pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i), Table 3 of the 2007 and 2008 final harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (72 FR 9451, Start Printed Page 52495March 2, 2007) is revised for 2007 pollock allocations consistent with this reallocation. This reallocation results in adjustments to the 2007 pollock ICA and directed fisheries in the Bering Sea subarea established at § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A).
ICA 33,129 n/a n/a n/a 33,214 n/a n/a n/a
AFA Inshore 609,736 243,894 107,726 366,841 576,493 230,597 161,418 345,896
AFA Catcher/Processors 3 487,788 195,115 136,581 293,473 461,195 184,478 129,134 276,717
AFA Mothership 121,947 48,779 34,145 73,368 115,299 46,119 32,284 69,179
Total Bering Sea DFA 1,358,871 543,548 380,484 817,322 1,284,787 513,914 359,740 770,872
1 Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(A), the Bering Sea subarea pollock, after subtraction for the CDQ DFA −10 percent and the ICA −3.35 percent, is allocated as a DFA as follows: inshore component −50 percent, catcher/processor component −40 percent, and mothership component −10 percent. In the Bering Sea subarea, the A season, January 20-June 10, is allocated 40 percent of the DFA and the B season, June 10-November 1, is allocated 60 percent of the DFA. Pursuant to § 679.20(a)(5)(iii)(B)(2)(i) and (ii), the annual AI pollock TAC, after subtracting first for the CDQ directed fishing allowance −10 percent and second the ICA −1,800 mt, is allocated to the Aleut Corporation for a directed pollock fishery. In the AI subarea, the A season is allocated 40 percent of the ABC and the B season is allocated the remainder of the directed pollock fishery.
[FR Doc. 07-4587 Filed 9-13-07; 8:45 am]