# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Pollock in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands; Correction
**AGENCY:**
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Temporary rule; correction.
**SUMMARY:**
NMFS is correcting a temporary rule that published on February 29, 2012, reallocating the projected unused amounts of pollock directed fishing allowances from the Aleut Corporation and the Community Development Quota from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea directed fisheries. There are errors in the table for the pollock allocation in the Aleutian Island subarea and the Bogoslof District.
**DATES:**
Effective March 14, 2012 through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2012, and is applicable beginning February 29, 2012.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Steve Whitney, 907-586-7269.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Need for Correction**
NMFS published a reallocation of the projected unused amount of pollock directed fishing allowances from the Aleut Corporation and from the Community Development Quota from the Aleutian Islands subarea to the Bering Sea subarea directed fisheries, in the *Federal Register* on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 (77 FR 12214). In Table 3, titled Final 2012 and 2013 Allocations of Pollock TACS to the Directed Pollock Fisheries and to the CDQ Directed Fishing Allowances, there is an error on page 12215 in row 16 of the third column. The 2012 A season directed fishing allowance for the Aleut Corporation is incorrectly specified as “15,500” metric tons (mt), instead of the correct number of “5,000” mt. This correction is necessary because the incorrectly specified number exceeds the Aleut Corporation's annual 2012 directed fishing allowance of 5,000 mt of pollock.
There is also an error on page 12215, row 17, in columns two and six. The 2012 and 2013 Bogoslof District incidental catch allowances (ICAs) were incorrectly specified as “150” mt instead of the correct “500” mt. These corrections are necessary to provide sufficient ICAs.
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA), finds good cause to waive the requirement to provide prior notice and opportunity for public comment pursuant to the authority set forth at 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is impracticable and contrary to the public interest. This correction notice makes only minor changes and does not change operating practices in the fisheries. Corrections should be made as soon as possible to avoid confusion for participants in the fisheries.
The AA also finds good cause to waive the 30-day delay in the effective date of this action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). This finding is based upon the reasons provided above for waiver of prior notice and opportunity for public comment.
**Correction**
In rule FR Doc. 2012-4836 published on February 29, 2012, (72 FR 12214) make the following corrections:
1. On page 12215, in Table 3, row 16 (the row beginning “Aleut Corporation), column 3, the entry “15,500” is corrected to read “5,000”.
2. Also, in row 17 (the row beginning “Bogoslof District ICA”), in columns two and six, the entry “150” is corrected to read “500”.
The following table is corrected and reprinted in its entirety:
| Area and sector | 2012 | 2012 A season | A season | SCA harvest limit | 2012 | B season | 2013 | 2013 A season | A season | SCA harvest limit | 2013 | B season |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bering Sea subarea | 1,212,400 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,201,900 | n/a | n/a | n/a | | | | |
| CDQ DFA | 121,900 | 48,760 | 34,132 | 73,140 | 120,190 | 48,076 | 33,653 | 72,114 | | | | |
| ICA | 32,400 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 32,451 | n/a | n/a | n/a | | | | |
| AFA Inshore | 529,050 | 211,620 | 148,134 | 317,430 | 524,629 | 209,852 | 146,896 | 314,778 | | | | |
| AFA Catcher/Processors | 423,240 | 169,296 | 118,507 | 253,944 | 419,703 | 167,881 | 117,517 | 251,822 | | | | |
| Catch by C/Ps | 387,265 | 154,906 | n/a | 232,359 | 384,029 | 153,611 | n/a | 230,417 | | | | |
| Catch by CVs | 35,975 | 14,390 | n/a | 21,585 | 35,675 | 14,270 | n/a | 21,405 | | | | |
| Unlisted C/P Limit | 2,116 | 846 | n/a | 1,270 | 2,099 | 839 | n/a | 1,259 | | | | |
| AFA Motherships | 105,810 | 42,324 | 29,627 | 63,486 | 104,926 | 41,970 | 29,379 | 62,956 | | | | |
| Excessive Harvesting Limit | 185,168 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 183,620 | n/a | n/a | n/a | | | | |
| Excessive Processing Limit | 317,430 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 314,778 | n/a | n/a | n/a | | | | |
| Total Bering Sea DFA | 1,058,100 | 423,240 | 296,268 | 634,860 | 1,049,259 | 419,703 | 293,792 | 629,555 | | | | |
| Aleutian Islands subarea | 6,600 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 19,000 | n/a | n/a | n/a | | | | |
| CDQ DFA | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0 | 1,900 | 760 | n/a | 1,140 | | | | |
| ICA | 1,600 | 800 | n/a | 800 | 1,600 | 800 | n/a | 800 | | | | |
| Aleut Corporation | 5,000 | 5,000 | n/a | 0 | 15,500 | 15,500 | n/a | 0 | | | | |
| Bogoslof District ICA | 500 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 500 | n/a | n/a | n/a | | | | |
**Authority:**
16 U.S.C. 1801 *et seq.*
Dated: March 9, 2012.
Steven Thur,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.