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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BB18 Publication ID: Fall 2011 
Title: ●Amendment 97 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island Management Area 
Abstract: If approved, Amendment 97 to the BSAI FMP would allow owners of original qualifying Amendment 80 trawl catcher/processor vessels not listed under the American Fisheries Act to replace a vessel with another vessel for any purpose. Only one replacement vessel may be used at any given time (one-for-one replacement). This action would limit the size of a replacement vessel, not to exceed an LOA of 295 feet (89.9 m). A replacement vessel that replaces an Amendment 80 vessel eligible to direct fish for flatfish in the GOA will continue to be allowed to directed fish in the GOA flatfish fishery. A replacement vessel cannot enter an Amendment 80 fishery without quota share (QS) being assigned to that vessel or the associated permit. Persons holding a QS permit associated with a vessel that is permanently ineligible to re-enter US fisheries is eligible to replace the vessel associated with its QS permit. Any vessel replaced under this program may be used to replace other 80 vessels. Vessels not assigned to the Amendment 80 fishery would have a sideboard limit of zero in the BSAI and GOA groundfish fisheries. Vessels must be classed and loadlined or meet the requirements of ACSA to be used to replace other Amendment 80 vessels. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice of Availability  12/00/2011    
NPRM  01/00/2012    
Final Rule  03/00/2012    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
James Balsiger
Regional Administrator, Alaska Region
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
709 West Ninth Street,
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone:907 586-7221
Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov