[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 14, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 31260-31261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14552]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 950106003-5070-02; I.D. 060895A]
Pacific Halibut Fisheries
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Inseason action; non-treaty commercial fishing period limits in
Area 2A.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, on behalf of
the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes 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 the Pacific halibut stock in
order to help sustain it at an adequate level in the northern Pacific
Ocean and Bering Sea.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 8:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m., July 5, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Pennoyer, 907-586-7221; William
W. Stelle, Jr., 206-526-6140; or Donald McCaughran, 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 NMFS (60 FR
14651, March 20, 1995).
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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
1995 Halibut Landing Report Number 2
Non-Treaty Commercial Fishing Period Limits in Area 2A
The IPHC has determined that fishing period limits will be required
during the 10-hour, July 5, 1995, non-treaty directed commercial
fishing period in Area 2A to avoid exceeding the 91,052 pounds (41.30
metric tons) catch limit. Fishing period limits as indicated in the
following table will be in effect for this opening. Note that the
fishing period limits for the three smallest vessel classes have all
been set at the same level.
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Vessel class Fishing period
----------------------------------------------------- limit (pounds)
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Dressed,
Length Letter Dressed, head
head on off*
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0-25..................................... A 225 200
26-30.................................... B 225 200
31-35.................................... C 225 200
36-40.................................... D 530 465
41-45.................................... E 570 500
46-50.................................... F 675 595
51-55.................................... G 755 665
56+...................................... H 1,135 1,000
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*Weights are after 2 percent has been deducted for ice and slime if fish
are not washed prior to weighing.
The appropriate vessel length class and letter is printed on each
halibut license.
The fishing period limit is shown in terms of dressed, head-off
weight as well as dressed, head-on weight although fishermen are
reminded that regulations require that all halibut from Area 2A be
landed with the head on.
The fishing period limit applies to the vessel, not the individual
fisherman, and any landings over the vessel limit will be subject to
forfeiture and fine.
Dated: June 9, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-14552 Filed 6-13-95; 8:45 am]
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