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[FR Doc No: 94-22376]
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[Federal Register: September 12, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 675
[Docket No. 931100-4043; I.D. 090694A]
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 prohibiting directed fishing for pollock by trawl
vessels using non-pelagic trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent
exceeding the BSAI bycatch allowance of halibut specified for the trawl
pollock/Atka mackerel/``other species'' fishery category.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 6, 1994,
until 12 midnight, A.l.t., December 31, 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 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.
The 1994 bycatch allowance of halibut specified for the trawl
pollock/Atka mackerel/``other species'' fishery category which is
defined at Sec. 675.21(b)(1)(iii)(F), was established as 957 metric
tons by the final 1994 initial specifications (59 FR 7656, February 16,
1994).
The Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined, in accordance
with Sec. 675.21(c)(1)(iii), that the bycatch allowance of halibut
specified for the trawl pollock/Atka mackerel/``other species'' fishery
category has been reached. Therefore, NMFS is prohibiting directed
fishing for pollock by trawl vessels using non-pelagic trawl gear in
the BSAI from 12 noon, A.l.t., September 6, 1994, until 12 midnight,
A.l.t., December 31, 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 675.20 and is exempt from review
under E.O. 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 6, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-22376 Filed 9-6-94; 4:05 pm]
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