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the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801.
21. Fisheries of the Exclusive
Economic Zone Off Alaska; Individual
Fishing Quota Program, RIN 0648-AK70
(67 FR 20915, Apr. 29, 2002). NMFS
issued this final rule to implement
Amendment 54 to the FMP for the
Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI,
Amendment 54 to the FMP for
Groundfish of the GOA (Amendments
54/54), and an amendment to the Pacific
halibut commercial fishery regulations
for waters in and off Alaska. These
amendments made three changes in the
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program
to: (1) Allow a quota share (QS) holder's
indirect ownership or affiliation to a
vessel, through corporate or other
collective ties, to substitute for vessel
ownership in the QS holder's own name
for purposes of hiring a skipper to fish
the QS holder's IFQ; (2) revise the
definition of "a change in the
corporation or partnership" to include
language that explicitly specifies the
point at which estates holding initial
allocations of QS must transfer the QS
to a qualified individual; and (3) revise
sablefish use limits to be expressed in
QS units rather than as percentages of
the QS pool. This action was intended
to improve the effectiveness of the IFQ
Program. This action was issued under
the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801, and the Halibut
Act, 16 U.S.C. 773.
22. Sea Turtle Conservation Measures
for the Pound Net Fishery in Virginia
Waters, RIN 0648-AP81 (67 FR 41196,
June 17, 2002). NMFS prohibited the
use of all pound net leaders measuring
12 inches (30.5 cm) and greater
stretched mesh and all pound net
leaders with stringers in the Virginia
waters of the mainstem Chesapeake Bay
effective immediately through June 30
and then from May 8 to June 30 each
year. The affected area includes all
Chesapeake Bay waters between the
Maryland and Virginia State line
(approximately 380N. lat.) and the
COLREGS line at the mouth of the
Chesapeake Bay, and the waters of the
James River, York River, and
Rappahannock River downstream of the
first bridge in each tributary. NMFS also
imposed year round reporting and,
when requested, monitoring
requirements for the Virginia pound net
fishery. This action was necessary to
conserve sea turtles listed as threatened
or endangered and to enable the agency
to gather further information about sea
turtle interactions in the pound net
fishery. This rule was issued under the
authority of the ESA, 16 U.S.C. 1531.
23. Endangered and ThreatenedSpecies; Take of Four Threatened
Evolutionarily Significant Units of West
Coast Salmon; 4(d) Rule, RIN 0648-
AP17 (67 FR 1116, Jan. 10, 2002). Under
the ESA, the Secretary of Commerce
issues regulations as necessary and
advisable for the conservation of species
listed as "threatened." This rule was
issued to conserve four salmonid
"evolutionarily significant units" or
ESUs in California: California Central
Valley Chinook, California Coastal
Chinook, Central California Coast Coho
and Northern California steelhead. The
rule prohibited "take" of these four
ESUs, subject to a number of exceptions.
This rule was issued under the authority
of the ESA, 16 U.S.C. 1531.
24. Atlantic Large Whale 2002
Seasonal Area Management (SAM)
Program, RIN 0648-AP68 (67 FR 1142,
Jan. 9 2002). NMFS issued this interim
final rule to amend the regulations that
implement the Atlantic Large Whale
Take Reduction Plan to provide further
protection for large whales, with an
emphasis on North Atlantic right
whales, through a Seasonal Area
Management (SAM) program. The SAM
program defines two areas based on the
annual predictable presence of North
Atlantic right whales in which gear
restrictions for lobster trap and
anchored gillnet gear are required. This
action was necessary due to the critical
status of the North Atlantic right whale
population. The intent of the action was
to reduce interactions between North
Atlantic right whales and fishing gear
and to reduce serious injury and
mortality of North Atlantic right whales
due to entanglement in fishing gear.
This rule was issued under the authority
of the MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361.
25. Regulations Governing the
Approach to Humpback Whales in
Alaska, RIN 0648-AN29 (66 FR 29502,
May 31, 2001). This rule established
measures to protect humpback whales
in waters within 200 nautical miles of
Alaska. Under these regulations it is
unlawful for a person subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States to
approach, by any means, with some
exceptions, within 100 yards of a
humpback whale. The primary objective
of limiting approaches around
humpback whales was to minimize
disturbance that could adversely affect
the individual animal and to manage the
threat to these animals caused by whale
watching activities. The humpback
whale is listed as endangered under the
ESA. This rule was issued under the
authority of the ESA, 16 U.S.C. 1531,
and the MMPA, 16 U.S.C. 1361.
26. Fisheries of the Exclusive
Economic Zone Off Alaska; Improved
Individual Fishing Quota Program, RIN0648-AK50 (66 FR 27908, May 14,
2001). This rule amended regulations
implementing the IFQ Program for the
Pacific halibut and sablefish fixed gear
fisheries in and off Alaska. NMFS
identified parts of the program that
needed further refinement or correction
for effective management of the affected
fixed gear fisheries. This action effected
those refinements and was necessary to
further the objectives of the Magnuson-
Stevens Act with respect to the IFQ
fisheries. This rule was issued under the
authority of the Halibut Act, 16 U.S.C.
773, and the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 16
U.S.C. 1801.
27. Fisheries of the Exclusive
Economic Zone off Alaska; Western
Alaska Community Development Quota
Program, RIN 0648-AM72 (66 FR 13672,
Mar. 7, 2001). This final rule
implemented Amendment 66 to the
FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the
BSAI. Amendment 66 removed the
allocation of squid to the Western
Alaska CDQ Program to prevent the
catch of squid from limiting the catch of
pollock CDQ. The regulatory
amendment defining directed fishing for
pollock CDQ implemented the intent of
the AFA that only pollock caught while
directed fishing for pollock CDQ accrue
against the pollock CDQ allocation. This
rule was issued under the authority of
the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 16 U.S.C.
1801.
28. Fisheries of the Exclusive
Economic Zone off Alaska; Revisions to
Definition of Length Overall of a Vessel,
RIN 0648-AN23 (66 FR 47416, Sept. 12,
2001). This final rule clarified the
definition of length overall (LOA) of a
vessel for the purposes of the
regulations governing the groundfish
fisheries in the EEZ off Alaska. The
action was intended to prevent any
misunderstanding or equivocation by
vessel owners in determining a vessel's
LOA, and to further the goals and
objectives of the FMP for Groundfish of
the GOA and the FMP for the
Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI. This
rule was issued under the authority of
the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 16 U.S.C.
1801.
29. Fisheries of the Exclusive
Economic Zone off Alaska; License
Limitation Program, RIN 0648-AL95 (66
FR 48813, Sept. 24, 2001). This final
rule implemented Amendment 60 to the
FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the
BSAI, Amendment 58 to the FMP for
Groundfish of the GOA, and
Amendment 10 to the FMP for the
Commercial King and Tanner Crab
Fisheries in the BSAI. This rule was
necessary to implement changes to the
License Limitation Program made by
these amendments and was intended tofurther the objectives of the Magnuson-
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