[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 33150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15690]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 675
[Docket No. 950206040-5040-01; I.D. 061995E]
Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Atka
Mackerel in the Central Aleutian District
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Modification of a closure.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is opening directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the
Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to use the total
allowable catch (TAC) for Atka mackerel in this area.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 1, 1995,
until 12 midnight, A.l.t., December 31, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew N. Smoker, 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The groundfish fishery in the BSAI exclusive
economic zone is managed by NMFS according to the Fishery Management
Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Area (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 675.
In accordance with Sec. 675.20(a)(7)(ii), the TAC for Atka mackerel
in the Central Aleutian District was established by the final 1995
harvest specifications of groundfish as 50,000 metric tons (mt), as
amended (60 FR 8479, February 14, 1995). The directed fishery for Atka
mackerel was closed on April 25, 1995 in order to reserve amounts
anticipated to be needed for incidental catch in other fisheries (60 FR
20916, April 28, 1995). NMFS has determined that as of June 3, 1995,
4,055 mt remain unharvested.
The Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined that the 1995 TAC
for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian District has not been
reached. Therefore, NMFS is terminating the previous closure and is
opening directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian
District.
All other closures remain in full force and effect.
Classification
This action is taken under Sec. 675.20 and is exempt from review
under E.O. 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 21, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-15690 Filed 6-26-95; 8:45 am]
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