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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AV33 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Amending Regulations for the Pacific Halibut, Sablefish, and Pollock Fisheries Conducted Under the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program 
Abstract: NMFS proposes to amend regulations that govern fisheries managed under the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. These revisions are needed to comply with certain changes made to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) in 2006. Proposed changes include revising regulations associated with recordkeeping, vessel licensing, catch retention requirements, and fisheries observer requirements to ensure that they are no more restrictive than the regulations in effect for comparable non-CDQ fisheries managed under individual fishing quotas or cooperative allocations. In addition, NMFS proposes to remove CDQ Program regulations that now are inconsistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Act, including regulations associated with the CDQ allocation process, transfer of groundfish CDQ and halibut prohibited species quota, and the oversight of CDQ groups' expenditures. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679    50 CFR 680   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq    16 USC 773 et seq    16 USC 3631 et seq    PL 108-447   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  07/13/2010  75 FR 39892   
NPRM Comment Period End  08/12/2010    
Final Rule  07/00/2011    
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:
Robert D. Mecum
Deputy Acting Administrator
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Room 420, 709 West Ninth Street,
Juneau, AK 99802
Phone:907 586-7221
Fax:907 586-7249
Email: robert.mecum@noaa.gov