{"abstract":"NMFS issues regulations to implement Amendment 116 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). Amendment 116 and this final rule limit access to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Trawl Limited Access Sector (TLAS) yellowfin sole directed fishery by vessels that deliver their catch of yellowfin sole to motherships for processing. This final rule establishes eligibility criteria based on historical participation in the BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole directed fishery; issues an endorsement to those groundfish License Limitation Program (LLP) licenses that meet the eligibility criteria; and authorizes delivery of BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole to motherships by only those vessels designated on a groundfish LLP license that is endorsed for the BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole directed fishery. This action is necessary to prevent increased catcher vessel (CV) participation from reducing the benefits the fishery provides to historic and recent participants, mitigate the risk that a \"race for fish\" could develop, and help to maintain the consistently low rates of halibut bycatch in the BSAI TLAS yellowfin sole directed fishery. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Amendment 116, the BSAI 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/2018/10/04/2018-21632.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":902,"title":15},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":679,"title":50}],"citation":"83 FR 49994","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This rule is effective November 5, 2018.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 170630613-8749-02"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2018-21632","effective_on":"2018-11-05","end_page":50003,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2018/10/04/2018-21632.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/10/04/2018-21632/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-yellowfin-sole-management-in-the-groundfish","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2018-21632?publication_date=2018-10-04","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2018-10-04/2018-21632/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":10,"page_views":{"count":343,"last_updated":"2026-08-23 22:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-10-04/pdf/2018-21632.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2018-21632.pdf?1538570725","publication_date":"2018-10-04","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2018/10/04/2018-21632.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-BH02":{"issue":"201810","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0648-BH02/amendment-116-to-the-fishery-management-plan-for-groundfish-of-the-bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-m","title":"Amendment 116 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201810&RIN=0648-BH02&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-BH02"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"08-09-18 FONSI BH02","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2017-0083-0016"},{"title":"AMD 116 YFS TLAS 2018 FINAL EA/RIR","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2017-0083-0015"},{"title":"Amd 116 Proposed Rule","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2017-0083-0006"},{"title":"BSAI 116 EA-RIR","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2017-0083-0005"},{"title":"Amd 116 BSAI Groundfish FMP text","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2017-0083-0003"},{"title":"April 27, 2018 Sec Review Draft bsai-116-yfs-tlas-ea-rir","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2017-0083-0002"}],"regulatory_plan":{"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0648-BH02/amendment-116-to-the-fishery-management-plan-for-groundfish-of-the-bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-m","title":"Amendment 116 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area"},"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=NOAA-NMFS-2017-0083","supporting_documents_count":6,"docket_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2017-0083","regulation_id_number":"0648-BH02","title":"Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic\nZone Off Alaska; Yellowfin Sole\nManagement in the Groundfish\nFisheries of the Bering Sea and\nAleutian Islands ; FMP  BSAI 116","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2018-10-24T10:00:15Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":49994,"subtype":null,"title":"Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Yellowfin Sole Management in the Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands","toc_doc":"Yellowfin Sole Management in the Groundfish Fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands","toc_subject":"Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska:","topics":["Alaska","Fisheries","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements"],"type":"Rule","volume":83}