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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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