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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 675

[Docket No. 931100-4043; I.D. 052794E]

 

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area

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

ACTION: Recision of a closure.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is rescinding the closure to directed fishing for 
Greenland turbot in the Aleutian Islands subarea (AI) of the Bering Sea 
and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary 
to fully utilize the 1994 total allowable catch (TAC) for Greenland 
turbot in this area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), June 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 BSAI (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 directed fishery for Greenland turbot in the AI was prohibited 
on May 4, 1994, under Sec. 675.20(a)(8), (59 FR 22762, May 3, 1994) to 
prevent exceeding the Greenland turbot TAC in that subarea.
    The Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined that 517 metric 
tons remain in the directed fishing allowance for Greenland turbot in 
this area as of May 14, 1994. Therefore, NMFS is rescinding the May 4, 
1994, closure and is reopening directed fishing for Greenland turbot in 
the AI effective from 12 noon, A.l.t., June 6, 1994, until 12 midnight, 
A.l.t., December 31, 1994.
    Other closures remain in full force and effect, including the 
closure to directed fishing for aggregate species in the Greenland 
turbot/arrowtooth flounder/sablefish trawl fishery category by vessels 
using trawl gear in the BSAI (59 FR 27246, May 26, 1994).

Classification

    This action is taken under Sec. 675.20 and is exempt from OMB 
review under E.O. 12866.

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

    Dated: June 6, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-14083 Filed 6-6-94; 2:52 pm]
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