[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 1994)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 701-702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-204]


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[Federal Register: January 6, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 676

[Docket No. 921114-3183; I.D. 123093A]

 

Limited Access Management of Fisheries off Alaska

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notification of application period.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces an application period for individuals and other 
persons to apply for Quota Share (QS) under the Individual Fishing 
Quota (IFQ) program for Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries off 
Alaska. The IFQ program was developed under the authority of the 
Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson Act) and the 
Northern Pacific Halibut Act (Halibut Act). This action is necessary to 
provide potential applicants with notice of an opportunity to apply for 
QS under the IFQ program. Individuals and other persons thought to be 
eligible to apply have been so informed by NMFS; all others are hereby 
notified that they must submit a Request for Application prior to being 
sent an individualized application form by NMFS. The intended effect of 
this action is to formally announce the application period for QS under 
the IFQ program for Pacific Halibut and sablefish fisheries off Alaska.

DATES: Applications must be received during the application period 
beginning January 17, 1994, and ending at close of business on July 15, 
1994.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be sent to NMFS, Restricted Access 
Management, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 or 709 W. 9th, room 
413, Juneau, AK 99801. Applications and copies of the regulations that 
implement the IFQ program for Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries 
off Alaska may be obtained from NMFS at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Phillip J. Smith, Chief, Restricted Access Management Division, Alaska 
Region, NMFS, at 907-586-7344.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IFQ program is a regulatory regime 
intended by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to promote the 
conservation and management of halibut and sablefish resources and to 
further the objectives of the Magnuson Act and the Halibut Act. The 
regulations implementing the IFQ program were approved by the Secretary 
of Commerce (Secretary) and became effective on December 9, 1993 (58 FR 
59375, November 9, 1993).
    Under 50 CFR 676.20(d), the Director, Alaska Region, NMFS (Regional 
Director), must provide to any person, on request, an application form 
for an initial allocation of QS. The application form sent to the 
person requesting a QS allocation will include all data on that 
person's vessel ownership and catch history of halibut and sablefish 
that can be released to the applicant under current state and Federal 
confidentiality rules, and that are available to the Regional Director 
at the time of the request. The Regional Director must also provide for 
an application period, of no less than 180 days, for the submission of 
applications for initial allocation of QS. The Regional Director is 
directed to provide notice of the application period in the Federal 
Register and other information sources that the Regional Director deems 
appropriate.
    This notification is intended to comply with the requirements of 50 
CFR 676.20(d). Persons thought to be eligible to apply for QS have been 
so informed by NMFS by mail. All others are hereby notified that they 
must submit a Request for Application prior to being sent an 
individualized application form by NMFS. The application period to 
submit applications for initial allocation of QS begins on January 17, 
1994, and extends for 180 days, ending at the close of business on July 
15, 1994. Incomplete applications will be returned to the applicant 
with specific kinds of information identified that are necessary to 
make it complete. Applications for initial allocation of QS received 
after the close of business on July 15, 1994, will not be considered.

Classification

    This action is taken under 50 CFR 676.20.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 676

    Fisheries, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq. and 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: December 30, 1993.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries, Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-204 Filed 1-5-94; 8:45 am]
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