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RIN: 0648-BF39

Publication ID: Fall 2016

Title: Revisions to Scale Regulations for At-Sea Processing Vessels and First Receivers in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Abstract: This action revised scale requirements for mothership vessels, catcher/processor vessels, and Shorebased Individual Fishery Quota Program first receivers. For motherships and catcher/processors that weigh fish at sea, the action required: the use of updated scale technology, enhanced daily scale testing for flow scales, and the use of video to monitor the flow scale and the area around the flow scale. For shorebased Individual Fishery Quota Program first receivers, it added criteria for inseason flow scale tests. In addition, the action included housekeeping changes that were intended to better align the regulations with defined terms, and to provide clarity and consistency between paragraphs. It is necessary to provide precise and accurate catch estimates and to reduce the likelihood that vessels will under-report harvests.
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 660
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	01/19/2016	81 FR 2831
NPRM Comment Period End	02/18/2016
Final Action	05/05/2016	81 FR 27006
Final Action Effective	06/06/2016

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: William Stelle Jr. Regional Administrator, West Coast Region Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 7600 Sand Point Way Northeast, Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115 Phone:206 526-6150 Email: will.stelle@noaa.gov