[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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