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[FR Doc No: 94-15301]
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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.
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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
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1994
CDP Recipient Percent allocation Bering Sea subarea ``A'' season allowance\1\
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Aleutian Pribilof Island
Community Development Assn.:
BS........................... 18 17,955 8,080
AI........................... .............. 764 .............................................
BF........................... .............. 14 .............................................
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Total...................... .............. 18,733 .............................................
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Bristol Bay Economic Development
Corp.:
BS........................... 20 19,950 8,977
AI........................... .............. 849 .............................................
BF........................... .............. 15 .............................................
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Total...................... .............. 20,814 .............................................
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Central Bering Sea Fishermen's
Assn.:
BS........................... 8 7,980 3,591
AI........................... .............. 340 .............................................
BF........................... .............. 6 .............................................
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Total...................... .............. 8,326 .............................................
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Coastal Villages Fishing Coop.:
BS........................... 27 26,933 12,120
AI........................... .............. 1,146 .............................................
BF........................... .............. 20 .............................................
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Total...................... .............. 28,099 .............................................
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Norton Sound Economic Development
Corp.:
BS........................... 20 19,950 8,977
AI........................... .............. 849 .............................................
BF........................... .............. 15 .............................................
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Total...................... .............. 20,814 .............................................
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Yukon Delta Fisheries Development
Assn.:
BS........................... 7 6,982 3,142
AI........................... .............. 297 .............................................
BF........................... .............. 5 .............................................
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Total...................... .............. 7,284 .............................................
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Total...................... 100 104,070 .............................................
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\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]
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