[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 197 (Thursday, October 13, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-25281]
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[Federal Register: October 13, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 9312335-4107; I.D. 100494A]
Pacific Halibut Fisheries
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of inseason action.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, on behalf of
the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes notice
of this inseason action pursuant to IPHC regulations approved by the
U.S. Government to govern the Pacific halibut fishery. This action is
intended to enhance the conservation of Pacific halibut stocks in order
to help sustain them at an adequate level in the northern Pacific Ocean
and Bering Sea.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Areas 2C, 3A, and 3B: September 14, 1994, 12:00 noon,
Alaska Daylight Time, through December 31, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Pennoyer, telephone 907-586-
7221; William W. Stelle, Jr., telephone 206-526-6150; or Donald
McCaughran, telephone 206-634-1838.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IPHC, under the Convention between the
United States of America and Canada for the Preservation of the Halibut
Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea (signed at Ottawa,
Ontario, on March 2, 1953), as amended by a Protocol Amending the
Convention (signed at Washington, DC, on March 29, 1979), has issued
this inseason action pursuant to IPHC regulations governing the Pacific
halibut fishery. The regulations have been approved by the Secretary of
State (59 FR 22522, May 2, 1994). On behalf of the IPHC, this inseason
action is published in the Federal Register to provide additional
notice of its effectiveness, and to inform persons subject to the
inseason action of the restrictions and requirements established
therein.
Inseason Action
1994 Halibut Landing Report No. 16
Areas 2C, 3A, and 3B Closed to Halibut Fishing
Preliminary tabulation of catch figures for the September 12-14,
1994, fishing period in Areas 2C, 3A, and 3B indicates that the
season's catch in all three areas are close to their respective catch
limits. While exact numbers are not yet available, it is apparent that
not enough halibut will be available in any of the areas to allow an
October fishing period. Therefore, all fishing in U.S. waters is now
closed to halibut fishing for the remainder of 1994.
Dated: October 5, 1994.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-25281 Filed 10-12-94; 8:45 am]
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