[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 160 (Friday, August 19, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-20385]
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[Federal Register: August 19, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 301
[Docket No. 931235-4107; I.D. 081194F]
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: Area 4C: August 5, 1994, through December 31, 1994;
Area 2A: August 4, 1994, through December 31, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Pennoyer, telephone 907-586-
7221; William W. Stelle, Jr., telephone 206-526-6140; 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. 14
Area 4C Closed to Halibut Fishing
Landings from the August 3-4 fishing period in Area 4C totaled
34,000 lb (15.42 metric tons (mt)). This brings the season total to
715,000 lb (324.32 mt), slightly exceeding the 700,000 lb (317.51 mt)
catch limit. Area 4C is now closed to halibut fishing for the remainder
of 1994.
Area 2A Commercial Halibut Fishery Closed
The IPHC estimates that the Area 2A catch limit of 178,500 lb
(80.96 mt) was reached after the August 3 fishing period. Therefore,
Area 2A is closed to commercial halibut fishing for the remainder of
1994.
Area 2B Canadian Commercial Fishery Update
Canadian halibut landings from Area 2B total 7.4 million lb
((3,356.61 mt) through August 8, leaving 2.6 million lb (1,179.35 mt)
of the catch limit to be caught. The fishery will continue until all
individual vessel quotas have been filled, or November 15, whichever is
earlier.
Dated: August 15, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-20385 Filed 8-18-94; 8:45 am]
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