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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 675

[Docket No. 940249-4049; I.D. 020994D]
RIN 0648-AF47

 

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area

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

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: NMFS issues a technical amendment to the 1994 Pacific cod 
specifications authorized under Amendment 24 to the Fishery Management 
Plan (FMP) for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian 
Islands Area (BSAI) and published with the final rule implementing this 
amendment. This technical amendment is necessary to clarify a table 
that sets forth the 1994 seasonal apportionments of the amount of 
Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) allocated to vessels using 
hook-and-line or pot gear. It is intended to promote management and 
conservation of groundfish and other fish resources and to further the 
goals and objectives contained in the FMP.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan J. Salveson, Fisheries 
Management Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final rule implementing Amendment 24 to 
the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI also specified 1994 
seasonal apportionments of the amount of the 1994 Pacific cod TAC 
allocated to vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear (59 FR 4009, 
January 28, 1994). These specifications were established in Table 2 of 
the preamble to the final rule at 59 FR 4011. This technical amendment 
clarifies Table 2 by adding a footnote that sets forth the intent of 
the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to redistribute any unused 
portions of the first seasonal apportionment to the third season. This 
intent is set forth in the preamble to the proposed rule published in 
the Federal Register on October 27, 1993 (58 FR 57803) but 
inadvertently omitted in the final rule of January 28, 1994 (59 FR 
4009). (See page 57805 in the first column in the first paragraph.)

Classification

    Because this technical amendment makes only minor, non-substantive 
changes to existing regulations, notice and public comment thereon and 
a delay in the effective date would serve no purpose. This rule 
clarifies the intent of the Council with respect to the seasonal 
apportionments of the amount of the 1994 Pacific cod TAC allocated to 
vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear.
    This rule is not subject to review under E.O. 12866.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 675

    Fisheries, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

Technical Amendment

    Accordingly, the final rule published at 59 FR 4009, January 28, 
1994, that specifies the 1994 seasonal allowances of the amount of 
Pacific cod TAC allocated to vessels using hook-and-line or pot gear is 
amended by revising Table 2 in the preamble on page 4011 to include a 
footnote, as follows:

Table 2.--Final 1994 Seasonal Apportionment of the Amount of Pacific Cod
          Allocated to Vessels Using Hook-and-Line or Pot Gear          
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                        Percentage of       Amount of   
               Season                   Pacific cod     Pacific cod (mt)
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January 1-April 30\1\...............  90..............  64,291          
May 1-August 31.....................  10..............  7,143           
September 1-December 31.............  Remainder.......  Remainder       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Any portion of the first season apportionment that is not harvested  
  by the end of the first season will become available on September 1,  
  the beginning of the third season.                                    



    Dated: February 16, 1994.
Charles Karnella,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-4064 Filed 2-23-94; 8:45 am]
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