50 C.F.R. § 679.27 Improved Retention/Improved Utilization Program.
Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 17381, Apr. 6, 2006. (a) Applicability. The owner or operator of a vessel that is required to obtain a Federal fisheries or processor permit under §679.4 must comply with the IR/IU program set out in this section while fishing for groundfish in the GOA or BSAI, fishing for groundfish in waters of the State of Alaska that are shoreward of the GOA or BSAI, or when processing groundfish harvested in the GOA or BSAI. (b) IR/IU species. The following species are defined as “IR/IU species” for the purposes of this section: (1) Pollock. (2) Pacific cod. (3) Shallow-water flatfish species complex in the GOA as defined in the annual harvest specifications for the GOA (beginning January 1, 2003). (c) Minimum retention requirements—(1) Definition of retain on board. Notwithstanding the definition at 50 CFR 600.10, for the purpose of this section, to retain on board means to be in possession of on board a vessel. (2) The following table displays minimum retention requirements by vessel category and directed fishing status: (d) Bleeding codends and shaking longline gear. Any action intended to discard or release an IR/IU species prior to being brought on board the vessel is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to bleeding codends and shaking or otherwise removing fish from longline gear. (e) At-sea discard of product. Any product from an IR/IU species may not be discarded at sea, unless such discarding is necessary to meet other requirements of this part. (f) Discard of fish or product transferred from other vessels. The retention requirements of this section apply to all IR/IU species brought on board a vessel, whether harvested by that vessel or transferred from another vessel. At-sea discard of IR/IU species or products that were transferred from another vessel is prohibited. (g) IR/IU species as bait. IR/IU species may be used as bait provided that the deployed bait is physically secured to authorized fishing gear. Dumping of unsecured IR/IU species as bait (chumming) is prohibited. (h) Previously caught fish. The retention and utilization requirements of this section do not apply to incidental catch of dead or decomposing fish or fish parts that were previously caught and discarded at sea. (i) Minimum utilization requirements. If you own or operate a catcher/processor or mothership, the minimum utilization requirement for an IR/IU species harvested in the BSAI is determined by the directed fishing status for that species according to the following table: [62 FR 63890, Dec. 3, 1997, as amended at 62 FR 65381, Dec. 12, 1997; 68 FR 52144, Sept. 2, 2003; 69 FR 32903, June 14, 2004]
Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 679—FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA
Subpart B—Management Measures
§ 679.27 Improved Retention/Improved Utilization Program.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ you must retain on If you own or operate a ... and ... board until lawful transfer ...------------------------------------------------------------------------(i) Catcher vessel.............. (A) Directed all fish of that fishing for an IR/ species brought IU species is on board the open. vessel. (B) Directed all fish of that fishing for an IR/ species brought IU species is on board the prohibited. vessel up to the MRA for that species. (C) Retention of no fish of that an IR/ IU species species. is prohibited.(ii) Catcher/processor.......... (A) Directed a primary product fishing for an IR/ from all fish of IU species is that species open. brought on board the vessel. (B) Directed a primary product fishing for an IR/ from all fish of IU species is that species prohibited. brought on board the vessel up to the point that the round-weight equivalent of primary products on board equals the MRA for that species. (C) Retention of no fish or product an IR/IU species of that species. is prohibited.(iii) Mothership................ (A) Directed a primary product fishing for an IR/ from all fish of IU species is that species open. brought on board the vessel (B) Directed a primary product fishing for an IR/ from all fish of IU species is that species prohibited. brought on board the vessel up to the point that the round-weight equivalent of primary products on board equals the MRA for that species. (C) Retention of no fish or product an IR/IU species of that species. is prohibited.------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------ then your total weight of retained or lawfully transferred products If... produced from your catch or receipt of that IR/IU species during a fishing trip must...------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) directed fishing for an IR/IU species equal or exceed 15 percent is open, of the round-weight catch or round-weight delivery of that species during the fishing trip.(2) directed fishing for an IR/IU species equal or exceed 15 percent is prohibited, of the round-weight catch or round-weight delivery of that species during the fishing trip or 15 percent of the MRA for that species, whichever is lower.(3) retention of an IR/IU species is equal zero. prohibited,------------------------------------------------------------------------
