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DOC/NOAA | RIN: 0648-BM40 | Publication ID: Fall 2023 |
Title: ●Amendment 126 to the Fishery Management Plans for Groundfish of the Bering Sea / Aleutian Islands Management Area and Amendment 114 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska | |
Abstract:
In response to a recommendation by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, this proposed rule would implement electronic monitoring for catcher vessels using pelagic trawl gear to harvest pollock and tender vessels delivering to processing plants in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea. The proposed action would implement a voluntary monitoring option that would allow a vessel to elect to use an electronic monitoring system accompanied by shoreside observers for biological data collections instead of carrying an at-sea observer under the North Pacific Observer Program. The purpose of this action is to advance cost efficiency and compliance monitoring through improved salmon accounting and reduced monitoring costs. This proposed action is needed to modify the current retention and discard requirements to allow participating catcher vessels to maximize retention of all species caught for the use of electronic monitoring as a compliance tool on trawl catcher vessels in the North Pacific Observer Program and meet monitoring objectives on trawl catcher vessels in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. pelagic pollock fisheries. This proposed action will likely affect catcher vessels, tenders, and shoreside processors participating in the directed pelagic trawl pollock fishery in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. For this proposed action, NMFS uses authority under Section 304(b)(1)(A) and Section 313 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The Council and NMFS developed the elements of this rule over several years based on feedback and public involvement in the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Trawl Electronic Monitoring Committee process. NMFS will also hold public hearings in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Alaska to receive additional public input during the comment period on the proposed rule. |
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Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC) | Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant |
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679 | |
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. |
Legal Deadline:
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Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes | Government Levels Affected: None |
Small Entities Affected: Businesses | Federalism: No |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No | |
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes | |
Agency Contact: Jon Kurland Regional Administrator, Alaska Region Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau, AK 99801 Phone:907 586-7638 Email: jon.kurland@noaa.gov |