[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 120 (Thursday, June 23, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-15301] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: June 23, 1994] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 675 [Docket No. 931100-4043; I.D. 061494A] Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Final 1994 initial specifications of groundfish and associated management measures; amendment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: NMFS issues an amendment to the final 1994 initial specifications of total allowable catches (TACs) for groundfish in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) published in the Federal Register on February 16, 1994 (59 FR 7656). This action is necessary to clarify a table that sets forth the 1994 seasonal apportionments of pollock allocated by season and area to Community Development Plan (CDP) recipients under the pollock Community Development Quota (CDQ) program. It is intended to promote management and conservation of groundfish and other fish resources and to further the objectives contained in the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area. EFFECTIVE DATE: June 22, 1994. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen R. Varosi, Fisheries Management Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, (907) 586-7228. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final 1994 initial specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (59 FR 7656, February 16, 1994) specified seasonal apportionments of the 1994 pollock CDQ reserves for the BSAI subareas and the Bogoslof District. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) intended to apportion seasonally the Bering Sea pollock CDQ, but not the pollock CDQs specified for the Aleutian Islands subarea and Bogoslof District. This intent is consistent with the management of the 1994 pollock allocations specified for the inshore and offshore pollock fishery components. The 1994 inshore and offshore pollock allocations specified for the Aleutian Islands subarea and the Bogoslof District were not seasonally apportioned. However, seasonal apportionments were erroneously published in the Federal Register (59 FR 7656, February 16, 1994) for the pollock CDQ reserve specified for the Aleutian Islands subarea and Bogoslof District. This amendment corrects Table 3 of the final 1994 initial specifications by eliminating these seasonal apportionments, thereby allowing the full harvest of each CDP recipient's pollock allocations specified for the Aleutian Islands subarea and Bogoslof District at any time during 1994. Accordingly, the final 1994 initial specification (February 16, 1994, 59 FR 7656) that specifies the 1994 CDQ approved shares and resulting allocations and seasonal allowances is amended by revising Table 3 on page 7659 to eliminate seasonal apportionments for the Aleutian Islands subarea and Bogoslof District as follows: Table 3.--Approved Shares (%'s) and Resulting Allocations and Seasonal Allowances (Metric Tons) of the 1994 Pollock CDQ Reserve Specified for the Bering Sea (BS) and Aleutian Islands (AI) Subareas, and Bogoslof (BF) District Among Approved CDP Recipients ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1994 CDP Recipient Percent allocation Bering Sea subarea ``A'' season allowance\1\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development Assn.: BS........................... 18 17,955 8,080 AI........................... .............. 764 ............................................. BF........................... .............. 14 ............................................. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total...................... .............. 18,733 ............................................. ============================================================================== Bristol Bay Economic Development Corp.: BS........................... 20 19,950 8,977 AI........................... .............. 849 ............................................. BF........................... .............. 15 ............................................. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total...................... .............. 20,814 ............................................. ============================================================================== Central Bering Sea Fishermen's Assn.: BS........................... 8 7,980 3,591 AI........................... .............. 340 ............................................. BF........................... .............. 6 ............................................. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total...................... .............. 8,326 ............................................. ============================================================================== Coastal Villages Fishing Coop.: BS........................... 27 26,933 12,120 AI........................... .............. 1,146 ............................................. BF........................... .............. 20 ............................................. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total...................... .............. 28,099 ............................................. ============================================================================== Norton Sound Economic Development Corp.: BS........................... 20 19,950 8,977 AI........................... .............. 849 ............................................. BF........................... .............. 15 ............................................. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total...................... .............. 20,814 ............................................. ============================================================================== Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Assn.: BS........................... 7 6,982 3,142 AI........................... .............. 297 ............................................. BF........................... .............. 5 ............................................. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total...................... .............. 7,284 ............................................. ============================================================================== Total...................... 100 104,070 ............................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\No more than 45 percent of a CDP recipient's 1994 pollock allocation specified for the BS subarea may be harvested during the pollock roe season, January 1 through April 15. Classification Because this amendment makes only minor, non-substantive changes to existing regulations, it is unnecessary to provide notice and public comment thereon and a delay in the effective date would serve no purpose. This amendment is exempt from OMB review under E.O. 12866. Dated: June 17, 1994. Henry R. Beasley, Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 94-15301 Filed 6-22-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-P