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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 | |
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| 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 | |
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Agency Contact: James Balsiger Administrator, Alaska Region Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau, AK 99801 Phone:907 586-7221 Fax:907 586-7465 Email: jim.balsiger@noaa.gov |
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