CHAPTER II-NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE EDITORIAL NOTE: In order to implement the provisions of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1970, the following organizational names appearing in this chapter are changed as follows: Chapter II, formerly entitled "Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior," is retitled as "National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce." See 35 F.R. 18455, Dec. 4, 1970. Part 201 210 SUBCHAPTER A-GENERAL PROVISIONS Field organization. SUBCHAPTER B- -NORTH PACIFIC COMMERCIAL FISHERIES SUBCHAPTER C-AQUATIC MAMMALS OTHER THAN WHALES 215 Administration of the Pribilof Islands. 255 256 257 Notice and hearing on subsidies. 258 Fishing vessel mortgage insurance procedures. Fishing vessel construction differential subsidy procedures. Fishermen's Protective Act procedures. 259 Capital construction fund. SUBCHAPTER G -PROCESSED FISHERY PRODUCTS, PROCESSED PRODUCTS THEREOF, AND CERTAIN OTHER PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS 260 261 Inspection and certification. United States standards for grades of frozen fried fish sticks. 66-115-72- -8 Part 262 263 United States standards for grades of frozen raw breaded shrimp. 264 United States standards for grades of frozen haddock fillets. 265 United States standards for grades of frozen halibut steaks. 266 United States standards for grades of frozen raw breaded fish portions. United States standards for grades of frozen cod fillets. 267 268 269 270 271 United States standards for grades of frozen salmon steaks. United States standards for grades of frozen ocean-perch fillets and frozen United States standards for grades of frozen fried scallops. United States standards for grades of frozen headless dressed whiting. 272 United States standards for grades of frozen raw headless shrimp. 273 United States standards for grades of frozen raw scallops. 274 276 277 279 280 281 290 295 United States standards for grades of frozen flounder and sole fillets. SUBCHAPTER H-EASTERN PACIFIC TUNA FISHERIES Restrictions on tuna imports. SUBCHAPTER I—FISHERY MARKETING COOPERATIVES Issuance of cease and desist orders by the Government. SUBCHAPTER J-CONTINENTAL SHELF Living organisms of the continental shelf. SUBCHAPTER A-GENERAL PROVISIONS PART 201-FIELD ORGANIZATION Sec. 201.1 Regional and Area Offices. 201.2 Locations of Regional and Area Offices. AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 201 issued under 5 U.S.C. 301. SOURCE: The provisions of this Part 201 appear at 31 F.R. 16037, Dec. 15, 1966, unless otherwise noted. § 201.1 Regional and Area Offices. Program operations of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries are performed at various field installations. Such installations provide activities relating to the following: (a) Marine fisheries. The Bureau conducts biological research on commercially important species of fish, shellfish and mammals off all coasts of the United States, in the high seas and in waters adjacent to territories and possessions. (b) Inland fisheries. The Bureau conducts programs for the maintenance of inland fisheries which are designed to discover ways and means, and make recommendations, on measures for developing the fisheries of the Great Lakes and inland waters in conjunction with the conservation and management of commercial fishery resources. (c) Services for commercial fisheries. The Bureau provides the following services to aid commercial fisheries. (1) Conducts a market news service for collection and publication of current market information of fishery commodities. (2) Provides an educational service to encourage the flow of domestic fishery products in commerce. (3) Provides economic research on cost, employment, labor and prices in the fishing industry. (4) Collects data on the activities of fishery cooperatives to insure their conformity with the provisions of the Fishery Cooperative Marketing Act. (5) Conducts surveys to collect, analyze, and disseminate statistics on production, processing, storage, and marketing of fishery products. (6) Studies the composition, properties and nutritive value of fishery products, byproducts, and development of fish cookery and home-canning methods. (7) Explores fishing operations to determine the character, extent and availability of resources and to test, devise and demonstrate most effective gear and vessel types. (8) Conducts investigations to improve and develop methods for handling, processing, preserving, and transporting fishery products and byproducts and otherwise assisting the fishing industry in problems of production and distribution. (9) Develops voluntary U.S. standards for fishery products and the performance of inspection services to determine adherence to the standards. (10) Administers a fishery loan fund for the financing and refinancing of operations, maintenance, replacement, repair and equipment of fishing gear and vessels. (11) Administers a fishing vessel mortgage insurance program which provides for the insurance of loans and mortgages made in connection with the construction, reconstruction, or reconditioning of fishing vessels. (12) Provides assistance in cooperaation with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in the development of vocational training for the benefit of the fisheries industry. (13) Provides Federal financial assistance to the States in carrying out projects in research and development of the commercial fisheries resources of the Nation. (14) Provides funds for States and other non-Federal interests to finance anadromous fishery resources for up to 50 percent of the cost of projects such as stream improvement and construction of fishways, spawning channels, hatcheries, and research. (d) International agreements and fursealing. The Bureau is responsible for conducting activities relating to international agreements concerning fishery resources. The Bureau is also responsible for activities relating to whales and certain other sea mammals, including the fur-sealing operation, and activities relating to the administration of the Pribilof Islands and their native population. (e) Enforcement. The Bureau has responsibilities in connection with the administration and enforcement of the laws and regulations relating to international agreements. (f) Field Supervision. Field installations are supervised by either a Regional or Area Director who has jurisdiction over Bureau activities in the States encompassed by his Region or Area, unless otherwise stated for a particular matter in the regulations. All persons may secure from the Regional or Area Offices information or make submittals or requests as well as obtain forms and instructions as to the scope and content of papers or reports required of the public. The addresses and geographic jurisdictions of the Regional and Area Offices of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries are as follows: (a) Pacific Northwest Region-Region 1 (comprising States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming). Address: Regional Director, 6116 Arcade Building, Seattle 1, Wash. 98101. (b) Gulf and South Atlantic Region-Region 2 (comprising the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina). Address: Regional Director, Don Ce-Sar Federal Center, Box 6245, St. Petersburg Beach, Fla. 33736. (c) North Atlantic Region-Region 3 (comprising the States of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine). Address: Regional Director, Post Office Building, Gloucester, Mass. 01930. (d) Great Lakes and Central Region— Region 4 (comprising the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan). Address: Regional Director, 5 Research Drive, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48103. (e) Alaska Region-Region 5 (comprised of the State of Alaska). Address: Regional Director, Federal Building, P.O. Box 1668, Juneau, Alaska 99801. (f) Pacific Southwest Region-Region 6 (comprising the States of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico). Address: Regional Director, California Area, 101 Seaside Avenue, Terminal Island, Calif. 90731. (g) Hawaii Area (comprised of the State of Hawaii and waters of the Pacific Ocean). Address: Area Director, Hawaii Area, Box 3830, 2570 Dole Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96812. SUBCHAPTER B-NORTH PACIFIC COMMERCIAL FISHERIES PART 210-NORTH PACIFIC AREA entrances, and (3) from any island or groups of islands, including the islands of the Alexander Archipelago, and the waters between such groups of islands and the mainland. (b) The exclusive waters adjacent to Alaska shall be those in which salmon net fishing is permitted under State of Alaska regulations. Federal salmon net fishing regulations in exclusive waters outside of State waters shall be the same as regulations promulgated by the State of Alaska for its citizens. AUTHORITY: The provisions of this Part 215 issued under secs. 101, 201, 207, 403, 80 Stat. 1091; 16 U.S.C. 1151. SOURCE: The provisions of the Part 215 appear at 34 F.R. 13371, Aug. 19, 1969, unless otherwise noted. § 215.1 Visits to seal rookeries. From June 1 to October 15 of each year no person, except those authorized by the Bureau of Commerical Fisheries, or accompanied by an authorized employee of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, shall approach any fur seal rookery or hauling grounds nor pass beyond any posted sign forbidding passage. § 215.2 Dogs prohibited. In order to prevent molestation of the fur seal herds, the landing of any dogs. at the Pribilof Islands is prohibited. § 215.3 Importation of birds and mammals. No mammals or birds, except household cats, canaries and parakeets, shall be imported to the Pribilof Islands without the permission of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. § 215.4 Reindeer and foxes. The reindeer herd on St. Paul Island is Government-owned. When it is determined that a surplus exists, hunting will be allowed to the extent of the surplus. A drawing will be held under local rules. Foxes may be hunted or trapped when prime during the months of December |