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Under the fourth action, NMFS revises the definition of a mothership to remove unnecessary formatting without changing the substance of the definition. This final rule is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP), the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP), and other applicable laws.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/10/13/2016-24457.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":902,"title":15},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":679,"title":50}],"citation":"81 FR 70599","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective January 1, 2017.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 160225147-6898-02"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2016-24457","effective_on":"2017-01-01","end_page":70607,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/10/13/2016-24457.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/10/13/2016-24457/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-modifications-to-recordkeeping-and-reporting","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-24457?publication_date=2016-10-13","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-10-13/2016-24457/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":9,"page_views":{"count":182,"last_updated":"2026-09-23 00:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-10-13/pdf/2016-24457.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-24457.pdf?1476276323","publication_date":"2016-10-13","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/10/13/2016-24457.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-BF83":{"issue":"201610","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0648-BF83/regulatory-amendment-to-require-tender-vessel-operators-to-use-tlandings-to-prepare-electronic-landi","title":"Regulatory Amendment to Require Tender Vessel Operators to use \"tLandings\"  to Prepare Electronic Landing Reports in the Groundfish Fisheries off Alaska","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201610&RIN=0648-BF83&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-BF83"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Sept 2016 FRIR BF83","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2016-0021-0006"},{"title":"09/22/16 Categorical Exclusion BF83","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2016-0021-0005"},{"title":"May-2016 Sec Review Draft RIR_IRFA tLandings","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2016-0021-0002"}],"regulatory_plan":{"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0648-BF83/regulatory-amendment-to-require-tender-vessel-operators-to-use-tlandings-to-prepare-electronic-landi","title":"Regulatory Amendment to Require Tender Vessel Operators to use \"tLandings\"  to Prepare Electronic Landing Reports in the Groundfish Fisheries off Alaska"},"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=NOAA-NMFS-2016-0021","supporting_documents_count":3,"docket_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2016-0021","regulation_id_number":"0648-BF83","title":"Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic\nZone off Alaska; Modifications to\nRecordkeeping and Reporting\nRequirements","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2016-11-02T06:00:20Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":70599,"subtype":null,"title":"Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Modifications to Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements","toc_doc":"Modifications to Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements","toc_subject":"Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:","topics":["Alaska","Fisheries","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements"],"type":"Rule","volume":81}