0648-BF54 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Amendment 113 to the FMP for Groundfish of the BSAI to Establish a Catcher Vessel Fishing Period and Shoreside Processing Delivery Requirements for Aleutian Islands Pacific Cod

This rule would restrict participation in the Aleutian Islands Pacific cod fishery. This action is necessary to provide stability to catcher vessels that participate in the Aleutian Islands Pacific cod fishery and the shoreside processors to which they deliver, and to the communities in which these processors are located. Specifically, this rule would establish catch limits for Pacific cod in the Aleutian Islands and the Bering Sea. The revised allocation is intended to provide catcher vessels with a sufficient opportunity to harvest Pacific cod in an inshore fishery by restricting participation in the fisheries by catcher processors that can harvest significantly larger volumes of Pacific cod further offshore. This rule may include provisions to relieve the restrictions on catcher processor participation if catcher vessels would not be able to harvest the allocation or Aleutian Islands shoreside processors would not be able to process catcher vessel harvests of Pacific cod.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 50 CFR 679 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. No Notice of Availability 07/19/2016 81 FR 46883 NPRM 08/01/2016 81 FR 50444 NPRM Comment Period End 08/31/2016 Final Action 11/00/2016 Yes Businesses None No No Yes No James Balsiger Regional Administrator, Alaska Region 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 907 586-7221 jim.balsiger@noaa.gov 709 West Ninth Street, Juneau AK 99801