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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 676

[I.D. 050494A]

 

Limited Access Management of Federal Fisheries In and Off of 
Alaska

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of amendments to fishery management 
plans and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the North Pacific Fishery Management 
Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 30 to the Fishery Management 
Plan (FMP) for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian 
Islands Area (BSAI) and Amendment 34 to the FMP for Groundfish of the 
Gulf of Alaska (GOA) for Secretarial review; comments are requested 
from the public. Amendment 30 would raise the sablefish Community 
Development Quota (CDQ) reserve allocation limit from 12 percent to 33 
percent. This action is intended to allow total allocation of the 
sablefish CDQ reserve.

DATES: Comments on the FMP amendments must be submitted by July 8, 
1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the FMP amendments must be submitted to Ronald 
J. Berg, Chief, Fisheries Management Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, 709 
W. 9th, room 453, Juneau, AK 99801 or P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802, 
Attention: Lori J. Gravel. Copies of the amendments and the regulatory 
impact review prepared for the amendments are available from the 
Council, P.O. Box 103136, Anchorage, AK 99510.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Lepore, Fisheries Regulations 
Specialist, Alaska Region, NMFS, at 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (Magnuson Act) requires that each Regional Fishery 
Management Council submit any fishery management plan or plan amendment 
it prepares to the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) for review and 
approval, disapproval, or partial disapproval. The Magnuson Act also 
requires that the Secretary, upon reviewing the plan or amendment, 
immediately publish a notice that the plan or amendment is available 
for public review and comment. The Secretary will consider the public 
comments received during the comment period in determining whether to 
approve the amendment for implementation.
    Amendment 30 to the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the BSAI 
would raise the allocation limit of sablefish community development 
quota reserve for qualified applicants from 12 percent to 33 percent. 
The 33 percent limit would ensure that NMFS would be able to allocate 
100 percent of the sablefish CDQ reserves to qualified CDQ applicants. 
Implementation of Amendment 30 would not change the amount of sablefish 
available for harvest by fishermen participating in the Pacific halibut 
and sablefish individual fishing quota program. The sablefish CDQ 
reserve, 20 percent of the annual fixed gear total allowable catch of 
sablefish for each management area in the BSAI, would be the same under 
the proposed action as it is under the current FMP text. Amendment 34 
to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA would correct the inadvertent 
inclusion of the CDQ program in that FMP by removing and reserving 
Section 4.4.1.1.8 Community Development Quotas. Copies of the 
amendments may be obtained from the Council (see ADDRESSES).

    Dated: May 6, 1994.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director of Office of Fisheries, Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-11495 Filed 5-9-94; 2:26 pm]
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