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[FR Doc No: 94-16635]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 675
[Docket No. 931100-4043; I.D. 070594B]
Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Closure.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is closing the directed fishery for yellowfin sole by
vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (BSAI). This action is necessary because the first
seasonal apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch mortality
allowance specified for the trawl yellowfin sole fishery has been
reached.
EFFECTIVE DATES: 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 5, 1994,
until 12 noon, A.l.t., August 3, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew N. Smoker, 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The groundfish fishery in the BSAI exclusive
economic zone is managed by the Secretary of Commerce according to the
Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI (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.
The 1994 Pacific halibut bycatch mortality allowance for the trawl
yellowfin sole fishery, which is defined at
Sec. 675.21(b)(1)(iii)(B)(1), is 592 metric tons (mt). The first
seasonal apportionment of that allowance is 230 mt for the period
January 20, 1994, through August 2, 1994 (59 FR 7656, February 16,
1994).
The Director of the Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined, in
accordance with Sec. 675.21(c)(1)(iii), that the first seasonal
apportionment of the Pacific halibut bycatch mortality allowance for
the trawl yellowfin sole fishery has been reached. Therefore, NMFS is
prohibiting directed fishing for yellowfin sole by vessels using trawl
gear in the BSAI from 12 noon, A.l.t., July 5, 1994, until 12 noon,
A.l.t., August 3, 1994.
Directed fishing standards for applicable gear types may be found
in the regulations at Sec. 675.20(h).
Classification
This action is taken under 50 CFR 675.21 and is exempt from OMB
review under E.O. 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 5, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-16635 Filed 7-5-94; 4:44 pm]
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