# Recreational fishery management measures.
**AGENCY:**
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Inseason adjustments to groundfish management measures; request for comments.
**SUMMARY:**
NMFS announces changes to management measures in the commercial and recreational Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries. These actions, which are authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), are intended to allow fisheries to access more abundant groundfish stocks while protecting overfished and depleted stocks.
**DATES:**
Effective 0001 hours (local time) October 1, 2006. Comments on this rule will be accepted through November 2, 2006.
**ADDRESSES:**
You may submit comments, identified by I.D. 092106A by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: *[email protected]* . Include I.D. 092106A in the subject line of the message.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: *www.regulations.gov* . Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: D. Robert Lohn, Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS, Attn: Jamie Goen, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-0070.
• Fax: 206-526-6736, Attn: Jamie Goen.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Jamie Goen (Northwest Region, NMFS), phone: 206-526-6150; fax: 206-526-6736; or e-mail: *[email protected]* .
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Electronic Access**
This *Federal Register* document is available on the Government Printing Office's website at: *www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html* .
Background information and documents are available at the Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Pacific Council's) website at: *www.pcouncil.org* .
**Background**
The Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP and its implementing regulations at Title 50 in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 660, subpart G, regulate fishing for over 80 species of groundfish off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. Groundfish specifications and management measures are developed by the Pacific Council, and are implemented by NMFS. The specifications and management measures for 2005-2006 were codified in the CFR (50 CFR part 660, subpart G). They were published in the *Federal Register* as a proposed rule on September 21, 2004 (69 FR 56550), and as a final rule on December 23, 2004 (69 FR 77012). The final rule was subsequently amended on March 18, 2005 (70 FR 13118); March 30, 2005 (70 FR 16145); April 19, 2005 (70 FR 20304); May 3, 2005 (70 FR 22808); May 4, 2005 (70 FR 23040); May 5, 2005 (70 FR 23804); May 16, 2005 (70 FR 25789); May 19, 2005 (70 FR 28852); July 5, 2005 (70 FR 38596); August 22, 2005 (70 FR 48897); August 31, 2005 (70 FR 51682); October 5, 2005 (70 FR 58066); October 20, 2005 (70 FR 61063); October 24, 2005 (70 FR 61393); November 1, 2005 (70 FR 65861); and December 5, 2005 (70 FR 723850). Longer-term changes to the 2006 specifications and management measures were published in the *Federal Register* as a proposed rule on December 19, 2005 (70 FR 75115), and as a final rule on February 17, 2006 (71 FR 8489). The final rule was subsequently amended on March 27, 2006 (71 FR 10545), April 11, 2006 (71 FR 18227), April 26, 2006 (71 FR 24601), May 11, 2006 (71 FR 27408), May 22, 2006 (71 FR 29257), June 1, 2006 (71 FR 31104), July 3, 2006 (71 FR 37839), August 7, 2006 (71 FR 44590), and August 22, 2006 (71 FR 48824).
The changes to current groundfish management measures implemented by this action were recommended by the Pacific Council, in consultation with Pacific Coast Treaty Indian Tribes and the States of Washington, Oregon, and California, at its September 11-15, 2006, meeting in Foster City, CA. At that meeting, the Pacific Council recommended: (1) increasing the widow rockfish bycatch limit and decreasing the canary rockfish bycatch limit for the commercial limited entry non-tribal primary whiting fishery; (2) increasing the limited entry trawl trip limits coastwide in Period 6 (November-December) for sablefish and petrale sole; (3) closing the open access daily trip limit (DTL) fishery for sablefish north of 36° N. lat. beginning October 1; (4) increasing the limited entry fixed gear and open access DTL fishery for sablefish south of 36° N. lat. beginning October 1; and (5) prohibiting retention of vermilion rockfish by boat anglers in the recreational fishery seaward of the state of Oregon. In addition, NMFS is correcting an error in the footnote for yelloweye rockfish in Table 2b to part 660, subpart G. Pacific Coast groundfish landings will be monitored throughout the year and further adjustments to trip limits or management measures will be made as necessary to allow achievement of, or to avoid exceeding, optimum yields (OYs).
**Limited Entry Trawl Non-tribal Whiting Fishery Bycatch Limits for Widow and Canary Rockfish**
The Pacific Council considered adjusting the bycatch limits for widow rockfish and canary rockfish in the non-tribal whiting fisheries. An increase in the widow bycatch limit for the non-tribal whiting fishery would buffer against the possibility of a disaster tow that might shut down the fishery before the whiting quota is achieved. A decrease in the canary bycatch limit would provide a precautionary adjustment to the projected total mortality of canary rockfish for all fisheries (commercial, recreational, EFP, and research) while still allowing the whiting quota to be achieved, based on current information about the fishery's bycatch rates.
The Pacific Council considered whether to increase the bycatch limits for widow rockfish in the non-tribal whiting fishery above the 200 mt specified in regulation. Bycatch of widow rockfish in the whiting fishery was estimated in NMFS Whiting Report #12 to be at 186.47 mt through September 5, 2006. The whiting fishery is nearing the end of its seasons for the various sectors. The shorebased fishery has already closed. The mothership fishery has approximately 5,000 mt (approximately 9 percent of allocation) remaining, and the catcher/processor fishery has approximately 15,000 mt (approximately 20 percent of allocation) remaining. Catch of widow rockfish in the non-tribal whiting fishery is expected to remain low through the remainder of the season. However, widow rockfish tends to be taken sporadically and in infrequent but large amounts. This makes widow rockfish bycatch rates difficult to predict, and there have been past unexpectedly high tows upwards of 20 mt. Therefore, while catch of widow rockfish is expected to remain low, the Pacific Council considered increasing the widow bycatch limit enough to cover an unexpectedly high tow of approximately 20 mt. Increasing the bycatch limit from 200 mt to 220 mt should provide enough widow rockfish to allow the whiting fisheries to catch their whiting allocations without the threat of a single large widow tow shutting non-tribal whiting fisheries down early. In addition, an increase in the widow rockfish bycatch limit to 220 mt is still well within the projected total mortality of widow rockfish (258 mt projected total mortality for all fisheries out of a 289 mt widow rockfish OY).
The Pacific Council also considered a decrease in the canary rockfish bycatch limit to provide a precautionary adjustment to the projected total mortality of canary rockfish for all fisheries (commercial, recreational, EFP, and research). Catch of canary rockfish by research vessels is higher than projected for 2006. Previously, an advisory body to the Pacific Council, the Groundfish Management Team (GMT), had projected 3 mt of canary rockfish would be taken as 2006 research catch in their bycatch scorecard. The bycatch scorecard is a tool used by the GMT to track estimated and projected total mortality of overfished species for the year.
Based on preliminary information from research vessels to date, the 2006 research catch is now 7.5 mt (7.2 mt from the NMFS triennial trawl survey and 0.3 mt from research off Oregon). Additional catch of canary rockfish is likely to occur as the NMFS triennial trawl survey continues from Eureka to San Diego, California. The GMT reviewed historical survey trend data from 2003-2005 and estimated that an additional 0.3 mt should cover the remainder of the research catch for that area. However, the survey vessel is conducting its survey in the area between 41° N. latitude and 40°10′ N. latitude (off of Eureka), which is a known “hot spot” area for canary rockfish. While more than 90 percent of the canary rockfish take in the historical triennial trawl survey occurs north of Eureka, there is the potential for an unexpectedly high tow of canary rockfish. Therefore, the GMT suggested increasing the potential additional research catch from 0.3 mt to 1.0 mt, which should buffer against the potential for a high tow of canary rockfish. Thus, the total projection for canary rockfish mortality from research in the bycatch scorecard will be increased to 8.5 mt through the end of the year (7.5 mt current total mortality plus 1.0 mt projected total mortality for research during the remainder of the year).
Because the mortality of canary rockfish from research is estimated to be much higher in 2006 than estimated in pre-season projections, the Pacific Council reviewed the bycatch scorecard for estimated mortality of canary rockfish in other fisheries. Some ongoing fisheries are tracking behind their projected take of canary rockfish. The non-tribal whiting fisheries have taken 2.5 mt out of their 4.7 mt canary rockfish bycatch limit. The tribal whiting fishery has taken 0.3 mt through August out of a projected 1.6 mt canary mortality, and the tribal midwater trawl fishery is also tracking behind in the bycatch scorecard. In addition, recreational fisheries are tracking behind their estimated take of canary rockfish at this time. Thus, there is the potential for canary rockfish total mortality to come in below the bycatch scorecard projections for the year.
Even with many fisheries tracking behind their projected canary rockfish take for the year, the Pacific Council recommended reducing the canary rockfish bycatch limit in the non-tribal whiting fishery from 4.7 mt to 4.0 mt in regulation, as a precautionary measure. The non-tribal whiting fishery is estimated to have taken 2.5 mt out of their 4.7 mt canary rockfish bycatch limit, as of September 5, 2006. As a comparison, the non-tribal whiting fishery took 3.3 mt of canary rockfish in its 2005 season. Given other updates to the bycatch scorecard, the non-tribal whiting bycatch limit would need to be reduced to 4.0 mt, to ensure that estimates within the scorecard remain within the 2006 OY for canary rockfish. With the shorebased fishery closed and limited amounts of the whiting allocation remaining for the mothership and catcher/processor sector, the non-tribal whiting fishery will likely remain within the lower 4.0 mt canary rockfish bycatch limit.
With all of the updates to the bycatch scorecard, projected total mortality of canary rockfish for the year in the bycatch scorecard is 47.1 mt, equivalent to the OY for 2006, while widow rockfish is projected to be 278 mt, below the OY of 289 mt. However, as mentioned previously, many fisheries are expected to come in below their projections of canary rockfish take for the year. The Pacific Council's GMT anticipates updating the bycatch scorecard with new inseason information at the Council's November 13-17, 2006, meeting.
Therefore, the Pacific Council recommended and NMFS is implementing a reduction in the canary rockfish bycatch limit from 4.7 mt to 4.0 mt, and an increase in the widow rockfish bycatch limit from 200 mt to 220 mt.
**Limited Entry Trawl Trip Limits**
Catch of petrale sole and sablefish in the limited entry bottom trawl fisheries is tracking behind projections. The Pacific Council considered increasing trip limits in Period 6 (November-December) to 70,000 lb (31,752 kg) per 2 months for petrale sole and to 20,000 lb (9,072 kg) per 2 months for sablefish to provide some increase in fishing opportunity while staying within the OYs for these species. North of 40°10′ N. lat., these increases would only apply seaward of the trawl rockfish conservation area (RCA). The Pacific Council also considered whether increased catches of these species could be accommodated without increasing impacts on overfished species beyond what is projected to remain within the OY. These trip limit changes would increase the estimated mortality of the following overfished species: bocaccio, darkblotched rockfish and Pacific Ocean perch (POP). However, the estimated impacts on these overfished species as a result of the trip limit adjustments, combined with all estimated mortality, are within the 2006 OYs for those species.
Therefore, the Pacific Council recommended and NMFS is implementing trip limit adjustments for the limited entry bottom trawl fishery in Period 6 (November-December) as follows: (1) north of 40°10′ N. lat., increase petrale sole trip limits from 60,000 lb (27,216 kg) per 2 months to 70,000 lb (31,752 kg) per 2 months for large and small footrope trawl gear; (2) north of 40°10′ N. lat., increase sablefish trip limits from 14,000 lb (6.350 kg) per 2 months to 20,000 lb (9,072 kg) per 2 months for large and small footrope trawl gear; (3) south of 40°10′ N. lat., increase petrale sole trip limits from 60,000 lb (27,216 kg) per 2 months to 70,000 lb (31,752 kg) per 2 months; and (4) south of 40°10′ N. lat., increase sablefish trip limits from 17,000 lb (7,711 kg) per 2 months to 20,000 lb (9,072 kg) per 2 months.
**Open Access DTL Fishery for Sablefish North of 36° N. lat.**
Catch of sablefish in the open access (OA) DTL fishery continues to be higher than in previous years. To slow the catch of sablefish earlier in the year, NMFS reduced the OA sablefish daily trip limit, or DTL, fishery cumulative trip limit north of 36° N. lat. from 5,000 lb (2,268 kg) per 2 months to 3,000 lb (1,361 kg) per 2 months (71 FR 24601, April 26, 2006). The Council recommended this reduction in anticipation of a large influx of fishing effort into the sablefish DTL fishery from vessels unable to participate in this year's highly restricted salmon fishery. Reducing the cumulative limit was intended to provide for a longer season, which was thought to most benefit fishers who have historically participated in the year-round fishery.
To date, the catch of OA sablefish is higher in 2006 than catch projected from historical data. This supports the assumptions that restrictions in the salmon fishery may have led to increased effort in the OA sablefish DTL fishery. PacFIN estimates the OA sablefish DTL catch through August to be 524 mt, out of a 613 mt harvest guideline north of 36° N. lat. Given that this sector has caught an average of 70-80 mt of sablefish per month since March, the OA DTL fishery is expected to attain their sablefish allocation in early October.
Therefore, the Pacific Council recommended and NMFS is implementing a reduction in the OA sablefish DTL fishery trip limits north of 36° N. lat. beginning October 1 from “300 lb (136 kg) per day, or 1 landing per week of up to 1,000 lb (454 kg), not to exceed 3,000 lb (1,361 kg) per 2 months” to “closed.”
**Limited Entry Fixed Gear & Open Access DTL Fishery for Sablefish South of 36° N. lat.**
While OA DTL fisheries north of 36° N. lat. are tracking ahead of schedule, limited entry fixed gear and OA sablefish DTL fisheries south of 36° N. lat. are tracking behind schedule. PacFIN data through the end of August estimates that 52 mt out of a 271-mt total catch OY have been taken south of 36° N. lat. There is not an allocation between limited entry or open access sablefish fisheries in this area.
Because sablefish fisheries south of 36° N. lat. are tracking behind schedule, the Pacific Council discussed increasing trip limits for the limited entry fixed gear and OA sablefish DTL fisheries south of 36° N. lat. from 350 lb (159 kg) per day to 500 lb (227 kg) per day beginning October 1, leaving the weekly limit the same. Leaving the weekly limit the same is intended to discourage increased effort from shifting from waters north of 36° N. lat., which will close October 1. This action would not increase estimated impacts on overfished species, including canary rockfish, because estimated mortality for overfished species for the year assume that this sector will achieve its allocation.
Therefore, the Pacific Council recommended and NMFS is implementing an increase in the limited entry fixed gear and OA sablefish DTL fishery trip limits south of 36° N. lat. beginning October 1 from “350 lb (159 kg) per day, or 1 landing per week of up to 1,050 lb (476 kg)” to “500 lb (227 kg) per day, or 1 landing per week of up to 1,050 lb. (476 kg).”
**Oregon Recreational Fishery**
Vermilion rockfish is a federally-managed species under the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP. However, the state of Oregon has more restrictive state harvest limits for vermilion rockfish than the federal limits. The federal and state governments work cooperatively to manage the OYs for Pacific Coast groundfish species, such as vermilion rockfish, from 0-200 nm.
In the Oregon recreational groundfish fishery, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) manages vermilion rockfish under a state harvest limit as part of the “other nearshore rockfish” aggregate, which also includes brown, china, copper, grass, quillback, and tiger rockfishes). In June, the catch rate of the “other nearshore rockfish” aggregate was tracking higher than expected and projections showed that without action, the harvest limit would be prematurely attained. Vermilion rockfish represented approximately half of the landings in the “other nearshore rockfish” aggregate. ODFW took management action specific to vermilion rockfish to prevent the “other nearshore rockfish” aggregate from reaching the Oregon state harvest limit. Effective June 24, 2006, ODFW prohibited the retention of vermilion rockfish in the recreational ocean and estuary boat fisheries.
Therefore, in order to conform recreational management measures for Federal waters (3-200 nm) to management measures for Oregon state waters (0-3 nm), the Pacific Council recommended and NMFS is implementing a prohibition on the retention of vermilion rockfish by boat anglers in Federal recreational regulations off Oregon.
**Yelloweye Rockfish Recreational Harvest Guideline Boundary Correction**
NMFS is correcting an error in the footnote for yelloweye rockfish in Table 2b to part 660, subpart G. Table 2b is part of the acceptable biological catch (ABC)/OY tables. Footnote aa/ for yelloweye rockfish was revised on May 22, 2006 (71 FR 29257). In the preamble for this revision, NMFS explained that the recreational harvest guideline is divided north and south of the Oregon/California border, at 42° N. lat., as recommended by the Pacific Council and as analyzed in the Environmental Impact Statement for the 2005-2006 groundfish specifications and management measures. However, the footnote in the table divided the recreational harvest guideline at the wrong place, at 40°10′ N. lat. Therefore, NMFS is correcting footnote aa/ for yelloweye rockfish to break the recreational harvest guideline at 42° N. lat. (Oregon/California border) instead of 40°10′ N. lat. The recreational harvest guideline of 6.7 mt is managed jointly by Oregon and Washington north of 42° N. lat., and the recreational harvest guideline of 3.7 mt is managed by California south of 42° N. lat. This correction is necessary for the states to be able to manage their respective state harvest guidelines consistent with the record and intent for this fishery.
**Classification**
These actions are taken under the authority of 50 CFR 660.370(c) and are exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
These actions are authorized by the Pacific Coast groundfish FMP and its implementing regulations, and are based on the most recent data available. The aggregate data upon which these actions are based are available for public inspection at the Office of the Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS, (see *ADDRESSES* ) during business hours.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there is good cause to waive prior notice and opportunity for public comment on this action, as notice and comment would be impracticable. The data upon which these recommendations were based was provided to the Pacific Council, and the Pacific Council made its recommendations at its September 11-15, 2006, meeting in Foster City, CA. There was not sufficient time after that meeting to draft this notice and undergo proposed and final rulemaking before these actions need to be in effect. For the actions to be implemented in this notice, prior notice and opportunity for comment would be impracticable because affording the time necessary for prior notice and opportunity for public comment would impede the Agency's function of managing fisheries using the best available science to approach without exceeding the OYs for federally managed species. The adjustments to management measures in this document affect commercial and recreational groundfish fisheries. Changes to the limited entry non-whiting trawl fishery must be implemented in a timely manner by November 1, 2006, to allow fishermen an opportunity to harvest higher trip limits for stocks tracking behind their projected OY and within projected mortality for overfished species. The reduction to the canary rockfish bycatch limit for the limited entry non-tribal whiting trawl fishery must be implemented in a timely manner by October 1, 2006, to keep mortality of canary rockfish, an overfished species, within its projection for the year. The increase to the widow rockfish bycatch limit for the limited entry non-tribal whiting trawl fishery must be implemented in a timely manner by October 1, 2006, to allow the take of the whiting allocation while keeping mortality of widow rockfish, an overfished species, within its projection for the year. Changes to the open access sablefish fishery north of 36° N. lat. must be implemented in a timely manner by October 1, 2006, to keep harvest of sablefish within the allocation for this fishery. Changes to the limited entry fixed gear and open access sablefish fishery south of 36° N. lat. must be implemented in a timely manner by October 1, 2006, to allow fishermen an opportunity to harvest higher trip limits for stocks tracking behind their projected OY and within projected mortality for overfished species. Changes to the recreational fishery must be implemented by October 1, 2006, in order to conform to existing state regulations and to keep recreational harvest within state harvest limits. Changes to the yelloweye rockfish recreational harvest guideline boundary must be implemented by October 1, 2006, to allow the states to take management action should a yelloweye rockfish recreational harvest guideline be reached before the end of the year. Delaying any of these changes would keep management measures in place that are not based on the best available data, which could risk fisheries exceeding their OY, or deny fishermen access to available harvest. This would impair managing fisheries to stay within the OYs for the year, or would impair achievement of one of the Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP objectives of providing for year-round harvest opportunities or extending fishing opportunities as long as practicable during the fishing year.
For these reasons, good cause also exists to waive the 30 day delay in effectiveness requirement under 5 U.S.C. 553 (d)(3).
**List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660**
Fisheries, Fishing, Indian fisheries.
Dated: September 27, 2006.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
**50 CFR Part 660**
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 660 is amended as follows:
**PART 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES**
1. The authority citation for part 660 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
16 U.S.C. 1801 *et seq.*
**50 CFR Part 660**
2. In § 660.373, paragraph (b)(4) is revised to read as follows:
§ 660.373
(b) * * *
(4) *2005 2006 bycatch limits in the whiting fishery.* The bycatch limits for the whiting fishery may be used inseason to close a sector or sectors of the whiting fishery to achieve the rebuilding of an overfished or depleted stock, under routine management measure authority at § 660.370 (c)(1)(ii). These limits are routine management measures under § 660.370 (c) and, as such, may be adjusted inseason or may have new species added to the list of those with bycatch limits. For 2005, the whiting fishery bycatch limits for the sectors identified § 660.323(a) are 4.7 mt of canary rockfish and 212 mt of widow rockfish. For 2006, the whiting fishery bycatch limits are 4.0 mt of canary rockfish, 220 mt of widow rockfish, and 25 mt of darkblotched rockfish.
**50 CFR Part 660**
3. In § 660.384, paragraph (c)(2)(iii) is revised to read as follows:
§ 660.384
(c) * * *
(2) * * *
(iii) *Bag limits, size limits.* The bag limits for each person engaged in recreational fishing in the EEZ seaward of Oregon are two lingcod per day, which may be no smaller than 24 in (61 cm) total length; and 6 marine fish per day, which excludes Pacific halibut, salmonids, tuna, perch species, sturgeon, sanddabs, lingcod, striped bass, hybrid bass, offshore pelagic species and baitfish (herring, smelt, anchovies and sardines), but which includes rockfish, greenling, cabezon and other groundfish species. In the Pacific halibut fisheries, retention of groundfish is governed in part by annual management measures for Pacific halibut fisheries, which are published in the *Federal Register* . Between the Oregon border with Washington and Cape Falcon, when Pacific halibut are onboard the vessel, groundfish may not be taken and retained, possessed or landed, except sablefish and Pacific cod. Between Cape Falcon and Humbug Mountain, during days open to the Oregon Central Coast “all-depth” sport halibut fishery, when Pacific halibut are onboard the vessel, no groundfish may be taken and retained, possessed or landed, except sablefish. “All-depth” season days are established in the annual management measures for Pacific halibut fisheries, which are published in the *Federal Register* and are announced on the NMFS halibut hotline, 1 800 662 9825. The minimum size limit for cabezon retained in the recreational fishery is 16 in (41 cm) and for greenling is 10 in (26 cm). Taking and retaining canary rockfish and yelloweye rockfish is prohibited at all times and in all areas. From October 1 through December 31, 2006, taking and retaining vermilion rockfish is prohibited in all areas by boat anglers.
**50 CFR Part 660**
4. In part 660, subpart G, Table 2b is revised to read as follows:
**Table 2b to Part 660, Subpart G—2006, and Beyond, OYs for Minor Rockfish by Depth Subgroups (Weights in Metric Tons)**
| Species | Total Catch ABC | OY (Total Catch) | Total Catch OY | Recreational Estimate | Commercial HG for minor rockfish and depth sub-groups | Harvest Guidelines (total catch) | Limited Entry | Mt | % | Open Access | Mt | % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Minor Rockfish north cc/ | 3,680 | 2,250 | 78 | 2,172 | 1,992 | 91.7 | 180 | 8.3 | | | | |
| Nearshore | | 122 | 68 | 54 | | | | | | | | |
| Shelf | | 968 | 10 | 958 | | | | | | | | |
| Slope | | 1,160 | 0 | 1,160 | | | | | | | | |
| Minor Rockfish south dd/ | 3,412 | 1,968 | 443 | 1,390 | 774 | 55.7 | 616 | 44.3 | | | | |
| Nearshore ii/ | | 615 | 383 | 97 | | | | | | | | |
| Shelf | | 714 | 60 | 654 | | | | | | | | |
| Slope | | 639 | 0 | 639 | | | | | | | | |
**50 CFR Part 660**
5. In part 660, subpart G, Table 3 (North) and Table 3 (South) are revised to read as follows:
**Table 3 (North) to Part 660, Subpart G—2006 Trip Limits for Limited Entry Trawl Gear North of 40°10′ N. Lat.**
**Table 3 (South) to Part 660, Subpart G—2006 Trip Limits for Limited Entry Trawl Gear South of 40°10′ N. Lat.**
**50 CFR Part 660**
6. In part 660, subpart G, Table 4 (South) is revised to read as follows:
**Table 4 (South) to Part 660, Subpart G—2006 Trip Limits for Limited Entry Fixed Gear South of 40°10′ N. Lat.**
**50 CFR Part 660**
7. In part 660, subpart G, Table 5 (North) and Table 5 (South) are revised to read as follows:
**Table 5 (North) to Part 660, Subpart G—2006 Trip Limits for Open Access Gears North of 40°10′ N. Lat.**
**Table 5 (South) to Part 660, Subpart G—2006 Trip Limits for Open Access Gears South of 40°10′ N. Lat.**