Fishery Conservation and Management § 679.22 regulatory area to directed fishing for (7) Steller sea lion protection areas, Ber- . ing Sea subarea—(i) Bogoslof area—(A) The Bogoslof area consists [61 FR 31230, June 19, 1996] Boundaries. of all waters of area 518 as described in EDITORIAL NOTE: For FEDERAL REGISTER ci- Figure 1 of this part south of a straight tations affecting § 679.21, see the List of CFR line connecting 55°00′ N lat./170°00′ W Sections Affected, which appears in the ° ′ ° ′ ′ Finding Aids section of the printed volume long., and 55 00 N lat./168 11 4.75 W and at www.fdsys.gov. long.; (B) Fishing prohibition. All waters § 679.22 Closures. within the Bogoslof area are closed to (a) BSAI—(1) Zone 1 (512) closure to directed fishing for pollock, Pacific trawl gear. No fishing with trawl gear is cod, and Atka mackerel by vessels allowed at any time in reporting Area named on a Federal Fisheries Permit 512 of Zone 1 in the subarea. under § 679.4(b), except as provided in (2) Zone 1 (516) closure to trawl gear. paragraph (a)(7)(i)(C) of this section. No fishing with trawl gear is allowed at (C) Bogoslof exemption area. any time in reporting Area 516 of Zone (1) All catcher vessels less than 60 ft 1 in the Bering Sea Subarea during the (18.3 m) LOA using jig or hook-and-line period March 15 through June 15. gear for directed fishing for Pacific cod (3) Red King Crab Savings Area are exempt from the Pacific cod fishing (RKCSA). Directed fishing for ground- prohibition as described in paragraph by vessels using trawl gear other (a)(7)(i)(B) of this section in the por- than pelagic trawl gear is prohibited at tion of the Bogoslof area south of a line all times, except as provided at connecting a point 3 nm north of § 679.21(e)(3)(ii)(B), in that part of the Bishop Point (54°01′25″ N lat./166°57′00″ Bering Sea subarea defined as RKCSA W long.) to Cape Tanak (53°33′50″ N lat./ in Figure 11 to this part. 168°00′00″ W long.), not including waters (4) Walrus protection areas. From of the Bishop Point Pacific cod fishing April 1 through September 30 of any closures as described in Table 5 of this fishing year, vessels with a Federal part. fisheries permit under § 679.4 are pro- (2) If the Regional Administrator de- hibited in that part of the Bering Sea termines that 113 mt of Pacific cod subarea between 3 and 12 nm seaward have been caught by catcher vessels of the baseline used to measure the ter- less than 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA using jig or ritorial sea around islands named hook-and-line gear in the exemption Round Island and The Twins, as shown area described in paragraph on National Ocean Survey Chart 16315, (a)(7)(i)(C)(1) of this section, the Re- and around Cape Pierce (58°33′ N. lat., gional Administrator will prohibit di- 161°43′ W. long.). rected fishing for Pacific cod by catch- (5) Catcher Vessel Operational Area er vessels less than 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA (CVOA)—(i) Definition. The CVOA is de- using jig or hook-and-line gear in the fined as that part of the BSAI that is exemption area by notification pub- south of 56°00′ N lat. and between 163°00′ lished in the FEDERAL REGISTER. W long. and 167°30′ W long., and north (ii) Bering Sea Pollock Restriction Area. of the Aleutian Islands (Figure 2 to (A) Boundaries. The Bering Sea Pollock part 679). Restriction Area consists of all waters (ii) Catcher/processor restrictions. A of the Bering Sea subarea south of a catcher/processor vessel authorized to line connecting the points 163°0′00″ W fish for BSAI pollock under § 679.4 is long./55°46′30″ N lat., 165°08′00″ W long./ prohibited from conducting directed 54°42′9″ N lat., 165°40′00″ W long./54°26′30″ fishing for pollock in the CVOA during N lat., 166°12′00″ W long./54°18′40″ N lat., the B pollock season defined at and 167°0′00″ W long./54°8′50″ N lat. § 679.23(e)(2)(ii), unless it is directed (B) Fishing prohibition. All waters fishing for Pollock CDQ. within the Bering Sea Pollock Restric- (6) Pribilof Island Area Habitat Con- tion Area are closed during the A sea- servation Zone. Trawling is prohibited son, as defined at § 679.23(e)(2), to di- at all times in the area defined in Fig- rected fishing for pollock by vessels ure 10 to this part as the Pribilof Island named on a Federal Fisheries Permit Area Habitat Conservation Zone. under § 679.4(b).

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(iii) Groundfish closures. Directed tion will take effect when the Regional fishing for groundfish by vessels named Administrator determines that the on a Federal Fisheries Permit under harvest limit for pollock within the § 679.4(b) is prohibited within 3 nm of SCA, as specified in § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(C) is selected sites. These sites are listed in reached before April 1. The Regional Table 12 of this part and are identified Administrator shall prohibit directed by ‘‘Bering Sea’’ in column 2. fishing for pollock in the SCA by noti- (iv) Pollock closures. Directed fishing fication published in the FEDERAL REG- for pollock by vessels named on a Fed- ISTER. eral Fisheries Permit under § 679.4(b) is (2) Inshore catcher vessels greater than prohibited within pollock no-fishing 99 ft (30.2 m) LOA. The Regional Admin- zones around selected sites. These sites istrator will prohibit directed fishing are listed in Table 4 of this part and for pollock by vessels greater than 99 ft are identified by ‘‘Bering Sea’’ in col- (30.2 m) LOA, catching pollock for umn 2. processing by the inshore component (v) Pacific cod closures. Directed fish- before reaching the inshore SCA har- ing for Pacific cod by vessels named on vest limit before April 1 to accommo- a Federal Fisheries Permit under date fishing by vessels less than or § 679.4(b) and using trawl, hook-and- equal to 99 ft (30.2 m) inside the SCA line, or pot gear is prohibited within until April 1. The Regional Adminis- the Pacific cod no-fishing zones around trator will estimate how much of the selected sites. These sites and gear inshore seasonal allowance is likely to types are listed in Table 5 of this part be harvested by catcher vessels less and are identified by ‘‘BS’’ in column 2. than or equal to 99 ft (30.2 m) LOA and (vi) Atka mackerel closures. Directed reserve a sufficient amount of the fishing for Atka mackerel by vessels inshore SCA allowance to accommo- named on a Federal Fisheries Permit date fishing by such vessels after the under § 679.4(b) and using trawl gear is closure of the SCA to inshore vessels prohibited within the Bering Sea sub- greater than 99 ft (30.2 m) LOA. The Re- area. gional Administrator will prohibit di- (vii) Steller sea lion conservation area rected fishing for all inshore catcher (SCA)—(A) General. Directed fishing for vessels within the SCA when the har- pollock by vessels catching pollock for vest limit specified in § 679.20(a)(5)(i)(C) processing by the inshore component, has been met before April 1. catcher/processors in the offshore com- (8) Steller sea lion protection areas, ponent, motherships in the offshore Aleutian Islands subarea—(i) Seguam component, or directed fishing for CDQ Foraging area. (A) The Seguam foraging pollock, is prohibited within the SCA area is all waters within the area be- until April 1 when the Regional Admin- tween 52° N lat. and 53° N lat. and be- istrator announces, by notification in tween 173°30′ W long. and 172°30′ W long. the FEDERAL REGISTER, that the cri- (B) Directed fishing for pollock, Pa- teria set out in paragraph (a)(7)(vii)(C) cific cod, and Atka mackerel by vessels of this section have been met by that named on a Federal Fisheries Permit industry component. under § 679.4(b) is prohibited in the (B) Boundaries. The SCA consists of Seguam Foraging area as described in the area of the Bering Sea subarea be- paragraph (a)(8)(i)(A) of this section. tween 170°00′ W long. and 163°00′ W (ii) Pollock Closure. Directed fishing long., south of straight lines con- for pollock by vessels named on a Fed- necting the following points in the eral Fisheries Permit under § 679.4(b) is order listed: prohibited within the pollock no-fish- 55°00′ N lat. 170°00′ W long.; ing zones around selected sites. These 55°00′ N lat. 168°00′ W long.; sites are listed in Table 4 of this part 55°30′ N lat. 168°00′ W long.; and are identified by ‘‘Aleutian I.’’ in 55°30′ N lat. 166°00′ W long.; column 2. 56°00′ N lat. 166°00′ W long.; and, (iii) Groundfish closures. Directed 56°00′ N lat. 163°00′ W long. fishing for groundfish by vessels named (C) Criteria for closure—(1) General. on a Federal Fisheries Permit under The directed fishing closures identified § 679.4(b) is prohibited within 3 nm of in paragraph (a)(7)(vii)(A) of this sec- selected sites. These sites are listed in

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Table 12 of this part and are identified Habitat Protection Areas, as described by ‘‘Aleutian Islands’’ in column 2. in Table 23 to this part. (iv) Pacific cod closures. Directed fish- (14) Aleutian Islands Habitat Conserva- ing for Pacific cod required to be de- tion Area. Except within those areas ducted from the Federal TAC specified identified as opened to nonpelagic at § 679.20 by vessels named on a Fed- trawl gear fishing in Table 24 to this eral Fisheries Permit under § 679.4(b) part, no federally permitted vessel may using trawl, hook-and-line, jig, or pot fish with nonpelagic trawl gear in the gear is prohibited within the Pacific Aleutian Islands Habitat Conservation cod no-fishing zones around selected Area, as described in Table 24 to this sites. These sites and gear types are de- part. scribed in Table 5 of this part and its (15) Bowers Ridge Habitat Conservation footnotes and are identified by ‘‘AI’’ in Zone. No federally permitted vessel column 2. may fish with mobile bottom contact (v) Atka mackerel closures. Directed gear in the Bowers Ridge Habitat Con- fishing for Atka mackerel by vessels servation Zone, as described in Table 25 named on a Federal Fisheries Permit to this part. under § 679.4(b) and using trawl gear is (16) Bering Sea Habitat Conservation prohibited within Atka mackerel no- Area. No federally permitted vessel fishing zones around selected sites. may fish with nonpelagic trawl gear in These sites are listed in Table 6 of this the Bering Sea Habitat Conservation part and are identified by ‘‘Aleutian Is- Area specified at Table 42 and Figure 16 lands’’ in column 2. to this part. (9) Nearshore Bristol Bay Trawl Clo- (17) Northern Bering Sea Research sure. Directed fishing for groundfish by Area. No federally permitted vessel vessels using trawl gear in Bristol Bay, may fish with nonpelagic trawl gear in as described in the current edition of the Northern Bering Sea Research Area NOAA chart 16006, is closed at all times specified at Table 43 and Figure 17 to in the area east of 162°00′ W. long., ex- this part. cept that the Nearshore Bristol Bay (18) Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and Trawl Area defined in Figure 12 to this Kuskokwim Bay Habitat Conservation part is open to trawling from 1200 hours Area. No federally permitted vessel A.l.t., April 1 to 1200 hours A.l.t., June may fish with nonpelagic trawl gear in 15 of each year. the Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and (10) Chum Salmon Savings Area. Di- Kuskokwim Bay Habitat Conservation rected fishing for pollock by vessels Area specified at Table 44 and Figure 21 using trawl gear is prohibited from Au- to this part. gust 1 through August 31 in the Chum (19) St. Lawrence Island Habitat Con- Salmon Savings Area defined at Figure servation Area. No federally permitted 9 to this part (see also vessel may fish with nonpelagic trawl § 679.21(e)(7)(vii)). Vessels directed fish- gear in the St. Lawrence Island Habi- ing for pollock in the BS, including tat Conservation Area specified at pollock CDQ, and operating under a Table 45 to this part. non-Chinook salmon bycatch reduction (20) St. Matthew Island Habitat Con- ICA approved under § 679.21(g) are ex- servation Area. No federally permitted empt from closures in the Chum Salm- vessel may fish with nonpelagic trawl on Savings Area. gear in the St. Matthew Island Habitat (11) [Reserved] Conservation Area specified at Table 46 (12) Alaska Seamount Habitat Protec- to this part. tion Areas. No federally permitted ves- (21) Modified Gear Trawl Zone. No ves- sel may fish with bottom contact gear sel required to be federally permitted in the Alaska Seamount Habitat Pro- may fish with nonpelagic trawl gear in tection Areas, as described in Table 22 the Modified Gear Trawl Zone specified to this part. at Table 51 to this part, except for fed- (13) Aleutian Islands Coral Habitat Pro- erally permitted vessels that are di- tection Areas. No federally permitted rected fishing for groundfish using vessel may fish with bottom contact modified nonpelagic trawl gear that gear in the Aleutian Islands Coral meets the standards at § 679.24(f).

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(b) GOA—(1) Kodiak Island, trawls directed fishing for pollock using pe- other than pelagic trawls —(i) Type I clo- lagic trawl gear. sures. No person may trawl in waters of (4) Southeast Outside District, gear the EEZ within the vicinity of Kodiak other than nontrawl. Use of any gear Island, as shown in Figure 5 to this other than nontrawl gear is prohibited part as Type I areas, from a vessel hav- at all times in Southeast Outside Dis- ing any trawl other than a pelagic trict defined at Figure 3 to this part. trawl either attached or on board. (5) Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve.(i) (ii) Type II closures. From February 15 No FFP holder may fish for groundfish to June 15, no person may trawl in wa- in the Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve, ters of the EEZ within the vicinity of and no vessel named on an FFP may be Kodiak Island, as shown in Figure 5 to anchored in the Sitka Pinnacles Ma- this part as Type II areas, from a vessel rine Reserve, as described in Figure 18 having any trawl other than a pelagic to this part. trawl either attached or on board. (ii) No person fishing under an IFQ (iii) Type III closures. Type III areas permit may fish for halibut and are open unless otherwise closed to no person fishing under an IFQ sable- trawling. fish permit may fish for sablefish in (2) Steller sea lion protection areas—(i) the Sitka Pinnacles Marine Reserve; Groundfish closures. Directed fishing for and no vessel with an IFQ permit hold- groundfish by vessels named on a Fed- er or IFQ hired master permit holder eral Fisheries Permit under § 679.4(b) is onboard may be anchored in the Sitka prohibited within 3 nm of selected Pinnacles Marine Reserve, as described sites. These sites are listed in Table 12 in Figure 18 to this part. of this part and are identified by ‘‘Gulf (6) [Reserved] of Alaska’’ in column 2. (7) Cook Inlet. No person may use a (ii) Pollock closures. Directed fishing non-pelagic trawl in waters of the EEZ for pollock by vessels named on a Fed- of Cook Inlet north of a line from Cape eral Fisheries Permit under § 679.4(b) is Douglas (58°51.10′ N. lat.) to Point prohibited within pollock no-fishing Adam (59°15.27′ N. lat.). zones around selected sites. These sites (8) Alaska Seamount Habitat Protection are listed in Table 4 of this part and Areas. No federally permitted vessel are identified by ‘‘Gulf of Alaska’’ in may fish with bottom contact gear in column 2. the Alaska Seamount Habitat Protec- (iii) Pacific cod closures. Directed fish- tion Areas, as described in Table 22 to ing for Pacific cod by vessels named on this part. a Federal Fisheries Permit under (9) Gulf of Alaska Coral Habitat Protec- § 679.4(b) and using trawl, hook-and- tion Areas. No federally permitted ves- line, or pot gear in the federally man- sel may fish with bottom contact gear aged Pacific cod or State of Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska Coral Habitat parallel groundfish fisheries, as defined Protection Areas, as described in Table in Alaska Administrative Code (5 AAC 26 to this part. 28.087(c), January 3, 2002), is prohibited (10) Gulf of Alaska Slope Habitat Con- within Pacific cod no-fishing zones servation Areas. No federally permitted around selected sites. These sites and vessel may fish with nonpelagic trawl gear types are listed in Table 5 of this gear in the Gulf of Alaska Slope Habi- part and are identified by ‘‘GOA’’ in tat Conservation Areas, as described in column 2. Table 27 to this part. (iv) Atka mackerel closure. Directed (c) Directed fishing closures. See fishing for Atka mackerel by vessels § 679.20(d) and § 679.20(i). named on a Federal Fisheries Permit (d) Groundfish as prohibited clo- under § 679.4(b) within the Gulf of Alas- sures. See § 679.20(d). ka subarea is prohibited at all times. (e) Overfishing closures. See § 679.20(d). (3) Marmot Bay Tanner Crab Protection (f) Prohibited species closures. See Area. No federally permitted vessel § 679.21. may fish with trawl gear in the (g) [Reserved] Marmot Bay Tanner Crab Protection (h) CDQ fisheries closures. See Area, as described in Figure 5 to this § 679.7(d)(5) for time and area closures part, except federally permitted vessels that apply to the CDQ fisheries once

656 Fishery Conservation and Management § 679.23 the non-Chinook salmon PSQ and crab line or pot gear in the Western and PSQ amounts have been reached. Central GOA Regulatory Areas is au- thorized only during the following two [61 FR 31230, June 19, 1996] seasons: EDITORIAL NOTE: For FEDERAL REGISTER ci- (A) A season. From 0001 hours, A.l.t., tations affecting § 679.22, see the List of CFR January 1 through 1200 hours, A.l.t., Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume June 10; and and at www.fdsys.gov. (B) B season. From 1200 hours, A.l.t., September 1 through 2400 hours, A.l.t., § 679.23 Seasons. December 31. (a) Groundfish, general. Fishing for (ii) Trawl gear. Subject to other pro- groundfish in the GOA and BSAI is au- visions of this part, directed fishing for thorized from 0001 hours, A.l.t., Janu- Pacific cod with trawl gear in the ary 1, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., De- Western and Central Regulatory Areas cember 31, subject to the other provi- is authorized only during the following sions of this part, except as provided in two seasons: paragraph (c) of this section. (A) A season. From 1200 hours, A.l.t., (b) Time of groundfish openings and January 20 through 1200 hours, A.l.t., closures. The time of all openings and June 10; and closures of fishing seasons, other than (B) B season. From 1200 hours, A.l.t., the beginning and end of the calendar September 1 through 1200 hours, A.l.t., fishing year, is 1200 hours, A.l.t. November 1. (c) GOA and BSAI trawl groundfish. (iii) Jig gear. Subject to other provi- Notwithstanding other provisions of sions of this part, directed fishing for this part, fishing for groundfish with Pacific cod with jig gear in the Western trawl gear in the GOA and BSAI is pro- and Central GOA Regulatory Areas is hibited from 0001 hours, A.l.t., January authorized only during the following 1, through 1200 hours, A.l.t., January two seasons: 20. (A) A season. From 0001 hours, A.l.t., (d) GOA groundfish seasons—(1) Di- January 1 through 1200 hours, A.l.t., rected fishing for trawl rockfish. Directed June 10 or when the jig A season allo- fishing for rockfish with trawl gear is cation is reached, whichever occurs authorized from 1200 hours, A.l.t., on first; the first day of the third quarterly re- (B) B season. From 1200 hours, A.l.t., porting period of a fishing year June 10 through 2400 hours, A.l.t., De- through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, cember 31 or when the jig B season al- subject to other provisions of this part. location is reached, whichever occurs (2) Directed fishing for pollock. Subject first. to other provisions of this part, di- (4) [Reserved] rected fishing for pollock in the West- (5) Directed fishing for Pacific cod. Di- ern and Central Regulatory Areas is rected fishing for Pacific cod in the authorized only during the following Western and Central Regulatory Areas four seasons: is prohibited. (i) A season. From 1200 hours, A.l.t., (e) BSAI groundfish seasons—(1) Di- January 20 through 1200 hours, A.l.t., rected fishing for arrowtooth , March 10; Kamchatka flounder, and Greenland (ii) B season. From 1200 hours, A.l.t., . Directed fishing for arrowtooth March 10 through 1200 hours, A.l.t., flounder, Kamchatka flounder, and May 31; Greenland turbot in the BSAI is au- (iii) C season. From 1200 hours, A.l.t., thorized from 1200 hours, A.l.t., May 1 August 25 through 1200 hours, A.l.t., through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, October 1; and subject to the other provisions of this (iv) D season. From 1200 hours, A.l.t., part. October 1 through 1200 hours, A.l.t., (2) Directed fishing for pollock in the November 1. Bering Sea subarea by inshore, offshore (3) Directed fishing for Pacific cod (i) catcher/processor, and mothership compo- Hook-and-line or pot gear. Subject to nents, in the AI directed pollock fishery, other provisions of this part, directed and pollock CDQ fisheries. Subject to fishing for Pacific cod with hook-and- other provisions of this part, directed

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