[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 92 (Friday, May 12, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 25623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11734]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 672
[Docket No. 950206041-5041-01; I.D. 050895A]
Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Shallow-Water Fishery
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Closure.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for species that comprise
the shallow-water species fishery by vessels using trawl gear in the
Gulf of Alaska (GOA), except directed fishing for pollock by vessels
using pelagic trawl gear in those portions of the GOA that remain open
to directed fishing for pollock. This action is necessary because the
second seasonal allowance of Pacific halibut prohibited species catch
(PSC) trawl limit apportioned to the shallow-water species complex in
the GOA has been caught.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), May 8, 1995, until
12 noon, A.l.t., July 1, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew N. Smoker, 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The groundfish fishery in the GOA exclusive
economic zone is managed by NMFS according to the Fishery Management
Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council under authority of the Magnuson
Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Fishing by U.S. vessels is
governed by regulations implementing the FMP at 50 CFR parts 620 and
672.
In accordance with Sec. 672.20(f)(3)(i), the shallow-water species
fishery, which is defined at Sec. 672.20(f)(1)(i)(B)(1), was
apportioned 100 mt of Pacific halibut PSC for the second season, the
period April 1, 1995, through 12 noon, A.l.t., July 1, 1995 (60 FR
8470, February 14, 1995).
The Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined, in accordance
with Sec. 672.20(f)(3)(i), that vessels participating in the trawl
shallow-water species fishery in the GOA have caught the second
seasonal allowance of Pacific halibut PSC apportioned to that fishery.
Therefore, NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for each species and
species group that comprise the shallow-water species fishery by
vessels using trawl gear in the GOA, except directed fishing for
pollock by vessels using pelagic trawl gear in those portions of the
GOA that remain open to directed fishing for pollock. The species and
species groups that comprise the shallow-water species fishery are:
Pollock, Pacific cod, shallow-water flatfish, flathead sole, Atka
mackerel, and ``other species.''
Classification
This action is taken under 50 CFR 672.20 and is exempt from review
under E.O. 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 8, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-11734 Filed 5-8-95; 5 pm]
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