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14 Regulate Pollock Roe Stripping, Seasonal Allowance Schedule for Pollock

The amendment implemented rules that regulated the practice of stripping roe (eggs) from female pollock and discarding female and male pollock carcasses without further processing, and seasonally allocated the TAC of pollock.

G19 Regulate Pollock Roe Stripping, Seasonal Allowance Schedule for Pollock

The amendment implemented rules that regulated the practice of stripping roe (eggs) from female pollock and discarding female and male pollock carcasses without further processing, and seasonally allocated the TAC of pollock.

13 Observer Program, Sablefish Gear Allocations, Walrus Island Closure, Reporting Requirements

Since foreign fishing had been curtailed, NMFS needed to augment the fisheries observer program to cover the domestic fishery. The purpose of a comprehensive data collection program for the domestic groundfish fishery is to provide adequate and reliable data.

12a Revised Crab and Halibut Prohibited Species Catch Limits, Modify Bristol Bay Crab and Halibut Protection Zone

BSAI Amendment 12A replaced Amendment 10 and established a bycatch control procedure to limit the incidental take of C. bairdi Tanner crab, red king crab, and halibut in groundfish fisheries.

12 Permit Requirements, Prohibited Species Catch Limit Framework, Establish Rock Sole as Separate Target Species

G17 Permit Requirements, Prohibited Species Catch Limit Framework, Establish Rock Sole as Separate Target Species

This amendment required all vessels receiving groundfish harvested in the U.S. exclusive economic zone adjacent to Alaska to hold a federal permit and comply with federal reporting requirements.

G18 Domestic Observer Program, Renew Kodiak Bottom Trawl Closures, Establish Shelikof District, Reporting Requirements

This amendment authorized a comprehensive domestic fishery observer program. It also: established Shelikof Strait area as a management district closed areas around Kodiak Island to bottom trawl gear established for one year, interim Pacific halibut PSC limits for fixed gear (750 mt) and trawl gear (2,000 mt) deleted fishing season dates from the plan but retained them in regulation clarified authority to recommend TACs for additional or fewer target species within the “target species” category.

11a Catcher Processor Reporting Requirements

G16 Catcher Processor Reporting Requirements

11 Apportionment of Pollock for Joint Venture Vessels

Amendment 11 was proposed in response to concerns that the domestic annual harvest was being dominated by the joint venture processing fishery (domestic catcher vessels delivering to foreign processing vessels).

G14 Sablefish Gear, Area and Seasonal Allocation, Demersal Shelf Rockfish Management, Optimum Yield Reductions, Halibut Prohibited Species Catch Framework, Habitat Policy, Catcher/Processor Reporting Requirements

This amendment established gear/area restrictions and OY apportionments to gear types for sablefish, established a Central Southeast Outside District with 600 mt OY for demersal shelf rockfish, and changed OYs for pollock, Pacific Ocean perch, other rockfish, Atka mackerel, and other species. It also revised the reporting system for catcher/processors, implemented a framework procedure for setting and revising halibut PSC limits, and implemented NMFS habitat policy. Finally, it set seasons for hook and longline and pot sablefish fisheries and defined directed fishing.

9 Reporting Requirements, Habitat Protection Policy

Rapid growth of the domestic groundfish fleet led to the development of reporting requirements of catch information by vessels that process their catch at sea. While fish tickets collected catch data from vessels landing at shore-based processing facilities, the action was aimed at collecting necessary and timely catch information from at-sea processors on extended trips.

G13 Increase Pollock Optimum Yield, Adjust Pollock Management Areas

This amendment adjusted the management of the pollock resource by combining the Western and Central Regulatory Areas of the Gulf of Alaska for management and increasing the optimum yield of pollock for the combined area from 200,000 metric tons (mt) to 400,000 mt. The intent is to allow both the harvest of the increased surplus production of the pollock resource and the distribution of fishing effort according to pollock availability. It made permanent regulations implemented by an emergency Interim rule that became effective March 20, 1983.

Optimum Yield and TAC Framework, Modify Domestic Area Restrictions

These actions are necessary to promote management and conservation of groundfish and other living marine resources. They are intended to further the goals and objectives contained in the fishery management plan that governs these fisheries.

G11 Adjust Pollock and Sablefish Optimum Yield, Create Sablefish Management Districts in Eastern Gulf of Alaska, DAP/JVP Framework Adjustments

This amendment adjusted the management of the pollock resource by increasing the optimum yield in the Central Regulatory Area and reducing the sum of the optimal yields for sablefish.

7 Relax Foreign Longline Restrictions in Winter Halibut Savings Area

This amendment allowed the foreign longline fleet to fish in the shallow waters of the Winter Halibut Savings Area so as to allow them to catch their allocation of Pacific cod. However, the depth restriction would be re-imposed if the foreign longline fleet in the entire BSAI caught 105 metric tons of halibut as bycatch during the 12 month period of June 1 through May 31.

3 Specification of Halibut, Crab, and Salmon Prohibited Species Catch Limits for Foreign Fleet

This amendment established a management system to reduce the incidental catch of salmon, Pacific halibut, king crab, and Tanner crab in the foreign trawl fishery. This action was intended to reduce the incidental catch and unnecessary mortality of these species in foreign groundfish operations while still allowing the foreign fisheries an opportunity to harvest their groundfish allocations. This management system was proposed in response to a growing concern that the general prohibition against taking and retaining prohibited species had not reduced their incidental catch in the foreign trawl fishery, which adversely affected the domestic target fisheries that fully utilized salmon, Pacific halibut, king crab, and Tanner crab.

8 1984 and 1985 Salmon Prohibited Species Catch Limits for Foreign Trawl

Established 1984 and 1985 salmon PSCs for the foreign trawl fishery. This amendment was a regulatory amendment which fell within the purview of Amendment 3 and did not require formal Secretarial approval.

G10 Reduce Pacific Ocean Perch Catch, Foreign Trawl Closures in Southeast Alaska

This amendment reduced Pacific Ocean Perch catch and closed southeast Alaska to foreign trawl.

2 Increase Allocation to Domestic Fleet