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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AN55 Publication ID: Spring 2003 
Title: Amendments 61/61 for BSAI and GOA Groundfish; Amendment 13 for Commercial King and Tanner Crab; and Amendment 8 for Alaska Scallop Fishery 
Abstract: This rule would implement: (1) permitting requirements for AFA pollock catcher vessels, catcher vessel cooperatives, c/p motherships, and shoreside processors; (2) new pollock allocation regime for allocations to catcher vessel cooperatives; (3) new recordkeeping and reporting requirements for vessels and processors; (4) new restrictions on participation of AFA pollock vessels in non-pollock fisheries; and (5) restrictions on ability of AFA pollock processors to process non-pollock groundfish and crab species from the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Other  Statutory  American Fisheries Act requires regulatory implementation prior to January 2000.   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice  11/17/2001  66 FR 59225   
NPRM  12/17/2001  66 FR 65028   
Comment Period End  01/28/2002    
NPRM Comment Period End  01/31/2002    
Final Action  12/30/2002  67 FR 79692   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Governmental Jurisdictions  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
James Balisger
Regional Administrator
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS, P.O. Box 21668,
Juneau, AK 99802
Phone:907 586-7221
Fax:907 586-7249
Email: james.balsiger@noaa.gov