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50 C.F.R. PART 679--FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA

TITLE 50--Wildlife and Fisheries

CHAPTER VI--FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

PART 679--FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA

Subpart A--GENERAL

�679.1

Purpose and scope.

�679.2

Definitions.

�679.3

Relation to other laws.

�679.4

Permits.

�679.5

Recordkeeping and reporting (R&R).

�679.6

Exempted fisheries.

�679.7

Prohibitions.

�679.8

Facilitation of enforcement.

�679.9

Penalties.

Subpart B--MANAGEMENT MEASURES

�679.20

General limitations.

�679.21

Prohibited species bycatch management.

�679.22

Closures.

�679.23

Seasons.

�679.24

Gear limitations.

�679.25

Inseason adjustments.

�679.26

Prohibited Species Donation Program.

�679.27

Improved Retention/Improved Utilization Program.

�679.28

Equipment and operational requirements.

Subpart C--WESTERN ALASKA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA PROGRAM

�679.30

General CDQ regulations.

�679.31

CDQ reserves.

�679.32

Groundfish and halibut CDQ catch monitoring.

Subpart D--INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTA MANAGEMENT MEASURES

�679.40

Sablefish and halibut QS.

�679.41

Transfer of quota shares and IFQ.

�679.42

Limitations on use of QS and IFQ.

�679.43

Determinations and appeals.

�679.44

Penalties.

�679.45

IFQ cost recovery program.

Subpart E--GROUNDFISH OBSERVER PROGRAM

�679.50

Groundfish Observer Program applicable through December 31, 2007.

Subpart F--AMERICAN FISHERIES ACT AND ALEUTIAN ISLAND DIRECTED POLLOCK FISHERY MANAGEMENT MEASURES

�679.60

Authority and related regulations.

�679.61

Formation and operation of fishery cooperatives.

�679.62

Inshore sector cooperative allocation program.

�679.63

Catch weighing requirements for vessels and processors.

�679.64

Harvesting sideboards limits in other fisheries.

�679.65

[Reserved]

Appendix

Appendix A to Part 679--Performance and Technical Requirements for Scales Used To Weigh Catch at Sea in the Groundfish Fisheries Off Alaska

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Figure 1 to Part 679--Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Statistical and Reporting Areas

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Figure 2 to Part 679--BSAI Catcher Vessel Operational Area

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Figure 3 to Part 679--Gulf of Alaska Statistical and Reporting

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Figure 4 to Part 679--BSAI Herring Savings Areas in the BSAI

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Figure 5 to Part 679--Kodiak Island Areas Closed to Non-Pelagic Trawl Gear

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Figure 6 to Part 679--Length Overall of Vessel

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Figure 7 to Part 679--Location of Trawl Gear Test Areas in the GOA and the BSAI

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Figure 8 to Part 679--Chinook Salmon Savings Areas of the BSAI

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Figure 9 to Part 679--Chum Savings Area (CSSA) of the CVOA

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Figure 10 to Part 679--Pribilof Islands Area Habitat Conservation Zone in the Bering Sea

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Figure 11 to Part 679--Red King Crab Savings Area (RKCSA)

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Figure 12 to Part 679--Nearshore Bristol Bay Trawl Closure Area

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Figure 13 to Part 679--BSAI C. Opilio Tanner Crab Bycatch Limitations Zone

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Figure 14 to Part 679--Sablefish Regulatory Areas

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Figure 15 to Part 679--Regulatory Areas for the Pacific Halibut Fishery

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Figure 16 to Part 679--[Reserved]

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Figure 17 to Part 679--[Reserved]

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Figure 18 to Part 679--Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve

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Figure 19 to Part 679--Shelikof Strait Conservation Area

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Figure 20 to Part 679--Steller sea lion conservation area (SCA) of the Bering Sea

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Figure 21--[Reserved]

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Figure 22 to Part 679--Chiniak Gully Research Area (applicable through December 31, 2010)

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Figure 23 to Part 679--Salmon Management Area (see 679.2)

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Table 1 to Part 679--Product and Delivery Codes

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Table 2 to Part 679--Species Codes: FMP Groundfish

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Table 2 to Part 679--Species Code: FMP Prohibited Species

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Table 2 to Part 679--Species Codes: FMP Forage Fish Species

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Table 2 to Part 679--Species Codes--Non-FMP Species

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Table 3 to Part 679--Product Recovery Rates for Groundfish Species and Conversion Rates for Pacific Halibut

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Table 4 to Part 679--Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pollock Fisheries Restrictions

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Table 5 to Part 679--Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Pacific Cod Fisheries Restrictions

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Table 6 to Part 679--Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas Atka Mackerel Fisheries Restrictions

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Table 7 to Part 679--Communities Determined To Be Eligible To Apply for Community Development Quotas

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Table 8 to Part 679--Harvest Zone Codes for Use With Vessel Activity Reports

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Table 9 to Part 679--Required Logbooks, Reports, Forms and Electronic Logbook and Reports From Participants in the Federal Groundfish Fisheries

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Table 10 to Part 679--Gulf of Alaska Retainable Percentages

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Table 11 to Part 679--BSAI Retainable Percentages

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Table 12 to Part 679--Steller Sea Lion Protection Areas 3nm No Groundfish Fishing Sites

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Table 13 to Part 679--Transfer Form Summary

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Table to Part 679--Port of Landing Codes : Alaska

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Table to Part 679--Port of Landing Codes: Non-Alaska (California, Canada, Oregon, Washington)

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Table At-sea Operation Type Codes To Be Used as Port Codes for Vessels Matching This Type of Operation

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Table 15 to Part 679--Gear Codes, Descriptions, and Use (X indicates where this code is used)

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Table 16 to Part 679--Area Codes and Descriptions for Use With State of Alaska ADF&G Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)

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Table 17 to Part 679--Process Codes for Use With State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)

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Table 18 to Part 679--Required Buying and Production Forms for use With State of Alaska Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)

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Table 19 to Part 679--Seabird Avoidance Gear Codes

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Table 20 to Part 679--Seabird Avoidance Gear Requirements for Vessels, based on Area, Gear, and Vessel Type. (See 679.24(e) for complete seabird avoidance program requirements; see 679.24(e)(1) for applicable fisheries)

Appendix

Table 21 to Part 679--Eligible GOA Communities, Halibut IFQ Regulatory Use Areas, and Community Governing Body that Recommends the Community Quota Entity

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Table 22 to Part 679-- Alaska Seamount Habitat Protection Areas

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Table 23 to Part 679--Aleutian Islands Coral Habitat Protection Areas

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Table 24 to Part 679--Except as Noted, Locations in the Aleutian Islands Habitat Conservation Area Open to Nonpelagic Trawl Fishing

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Table 25 to Part 679--Bowers Ridge Habitat Conservation Zone

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Table 26 to Part 679--Gulf of Alaska Coral Habitat Protection Areas

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Table 27 to Part 679--Gulf of Alaska Slope Habitat Conservation Areas