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50 CFR Table 16 to Part 679: Table 16 to Part 679—Area Codes and Descriptions for Use With State of Alaska ADF&G Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)

COAR: Name (Code) Species ADF&G Fisheries Management Areas Area Description in ADF&G Regulations
Alaska Peninsula South Peninsula (MS) North Peninsula (MN) King Crab: AK Peninsula/Aleutian Islands Salmon M M M 5 AAC 34.500 5 AAC 12.100 (Aleutians) 5 AAC 09.100 (AK Peninsula)
Herring M 5 AAC 27.600
Bering Sea: Pribilof Island (Q1) St. Matthew Island Q2) St. Lawrence Island (Q4) Bering Sea King Crab Bering Sea/Kotzebue Herring Q Q 5 AAC 34.900 5 AAC 27.900
Bristol Bay (T) King Crab Salmon Herring T T T 5 AAC 34.800 5 AAC 06.100 5 AAC 27.800
Chignik (L) Groundfish Herring Salmon L L L 5 AAC 28.500 5 AAC 27.550 5 AAC 15.100
Cook Inlet: Lower Cook Inlet (HL) Upper Cook Inlet (HU) Groundfish Herring Cook Inlet Shrimp Outer Cook Inlet Shrimp Dungeness Crab King Crab Tanner Crab Miscellaneous Shellfish Salmon H H H H H H H H H 5 AAC 28.300 5 AA 27.400 5 AAC 31.300 5 AA 31.400 5 AA 32.300 5 AA 34.300 5 AA 35.400 5 AA 38.300 5 AA 21.100
Dutch Harbor (O) Aleutian Islands King Crab O 5 AA 34.600
EEZ (Federal waters of BSAI (FB) Groundfish n/a n/a
GOA (FG) Atka-Amlia Islands Salmon n/a 5 AAC 11.1010
Kodiak (western GOA) (K) Groundfish Herring King Crab Salmon Shrimp Dungeness Crab Tanner Crab Miscellaneous Shellfish K K K K J J J J 5 AAC 28.400 5 AAC 27.500 5 AAC 34.400 5 AAC 18.100 5 AAC 31.500 5 AAC 32.400 5 AAC 35.500 5 AAC 38.400
Kotzebue (X) Salmon X 5 AAC 03.100
Kuskokwim: Kuskokwim River/Bay (W1) Security Cove (W2) Goodnews Bay (W3) Nelson Island (W4) Ninivak Island (W5) Cape Avinof (W6) Salmon Herring W W 5 AAC 07.100 5AAC 27.870
Norton Sound (Z) Norton Sound-Port Clarence Salmon Norton Sound-Port Clarence King Crab Z 5 AAC 04.100
Prince William Sound (E) Groundfish Herring Shrimp Dungeness Crab King Crab Tanner Crab Miscellaneous Shellfish Salmon E E E E E E E E 5 AAC 28.200 5 AAC 27.300 5 AAC 31.200 5 AAC 32.200 5 AAC 34.200 5 AAC 35.300 5 AAC 38.200 5 AAC 24.100
Southeast: Juneau/Haines (A1) Yakutat (A2) Ketchikan/Craig (B) Petersburg/Wrangell (C) Sitka/Pelican (D) Groundfish Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Herring Yakutat Herring Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Shrimp Yakutat Shrimp Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Dungeness Crab Yakutat Dungeness Crab Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Dungeness, King Crab Yakutat King Crab Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Tanner Crab Yakutat Tanner Crab Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Miscellaneous Shellfish Yakutat Miscellaneous Shellfish Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Salmon Yakutat Salmon A A D A D A D A D A D A D A D 5 AAC 28.100 5 AAC 27.100 5 AAC 27.200 5 AAC 31.100 5 AAC 31.150 5 AAC 32.100 5 AAC 32.155 5 AAC 34.100 5 AAC 34.160 5 AAC 35.100 5 AAC 35.160 5 AAC 38.100 5 AAC 38.160 5 AAC 33.100 5 AAC 29.010 5 AAC 30.100
Yukon River: Lower Yukon (YL) Upper Yukon (YU) Yukon-Northern Salmon Y 5 AAC 05.100

Where this section sits in the code

Title 50—Wildlife and Fisheries
CHAPTER VI—FISHERY CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PART 679—FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA

COAR: Name (Code) Species ADF&G Fisheries Management Areas Area Description in ADF&G Regulations

Alaska Peninsula South Peninsula (MS) North Peninsula (MN) King Crab: AK Peninsula/Aleutian Islands Salmon M M M 5 AAC 34.500 5 AAC 12.100 (Aleutians) 5 AAC 09.100 (AK Peninsula)

Herring M 5 AAC 27.600

Bering Sea: Pribilof Island (Q1) St. Matthew Island Q2) St. Lawrence Island (Q4) Bering Sea King Crab Bering Sea/Kotzebue Herring Q Q 5 AAC 34.900 5 AAC 27.900

Bristol Bay (T) King Crab Salmon Herring T T T 5 AAC 34.800 5 AAC 06.100 5 AAC 27.800

Chignik (L) Groundfish Herring Salmon L L L 5 AAC 28.500 5 AAC 27.550 5 AAC 15.100

Cook Inlet: Lower Cook Inlet (HL) Upper Cook Inlet (HU) Groundfish Herring Cook Inlet Shrimp Outer Cook Inlet Shrimp Dungeness Crab King Crab Tanner Crab Miscellaneous Shellfish Salmon H H H H H H H H H 5 AAC 28.300 5 AA 27.400 5 AAC 31.300 5 AA 31.400 5 AA 32.300 5 AA 34.300 5 AA 35.400 5 AA 38.300 5 AA 21.100

Dutch Harbor (O) Aleutian Islands King Crab O 5 AA 34.600

EEZ (Federal waters of BSAI (FB) Groundfish n/a n/a

GOA (FG) Atka-Amlia Islands Salmon n/a 5 AAC 11.1010

Kodiak (western GOA) (K) Groundfish Herring King Crab Salmon Shrimp Dungeness Crab Tanner Crab Miscellaneous Shellfish K K K K J J J J 5 AAC 28.400 5 AAC 27.500 5 AAC 34.400 5 AAC 18.100 5 AAC 31.500 5 AAC 32.400 5 AAC 35.500 5 AAC 38.400

Kotzebue (X) Salmon X 5 AAC 03.100

Kuskokwim: Kuskokwim River/Bay (W1) Security Cove (W2) Goodnews Bay (W3) Nelson Island (W4) Ninivak Island (W5) Cape Avinof (W6) Salmon Herring W W 5 AAC 07.100 5AAC 27.870

Norton Sound (Z) Norton Sound-Port Clarence Salmon Norton Sound-Port Clarence King Crab Z 5 AAC 04.100

Prince William Sound (E) Groundfish Herring Shrimp Dungeness Crab King Crab Tanner Crab Miscellaneous Shellfish Salmon E E E E E E E E 5 AAC 28.200 5 AAC 27.300 5 AAC 31.200 5 AAC 32.200 5 AAC 34.200 5 AAC 35.300 5 AAC 38.200 5 AAC 24.100

Southeast: Juneau/Haines (A1) Yakutat (A2) Ketchikan/Craig (B) Petersburg/Wrangell (C) Sitka/Pelican (D) Groundfish Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Herring Yakutat Herring Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Shrimp Yakutat Shrimp Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Dungeness Crab Yakutat Dungeness Crab Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Dungeness, King Crab Yakutat King Crab Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Tanner Crab Yakutat Tanner Crab Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Miscellaneous Shellfish Yakutat Miscellaneous Shellfish Southeast (w/o Yakutat) Salmon Yakutat Salmon A A D A D A D A D A D A D A D 5 AAC 28.100 5 AAC 27.100 5 AAC 27.200 5 AAC 31.100 5 AAC 31.150 5 AAC 32.100 5 AAC 32.155 5 AAC 34.100 5 AAC 34.160 5 AAC 35.100 5 AAC 35.160 5 AAC 38.100 5 AAC 38.160 5 AAC 33.100 5 AAC 29.010 5 AAC 30.100

Yukon River: Lower Yukon (YL) Upper Yukon (YU) Yukon-Northern Salmon Y 5 AAC 05.100

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