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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 931235-4107; I.D. 062394B]

 

Pacific Halibut Fisheries

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

ACTION: Notice of inseason action.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, on behalf of 
the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes notice 
of this inseason action pursuant to IPHC regulations approved by the 
United States Government to govern the Pacific halibut fishery. This 
action is intended to enhance the conservation of Pacific halibut 
stocks in order to help sustain them at an adequate level in the 
northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Pennoyer, telephone 907-586-
7221; Gary Smith, telephone 206-526-6140; or Donald McCaughran, 
telephone 206-634-1838.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IPHC, under the Convention between the 
United States of America and Canada for the Preservation of the Halibut 
Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea (signed at Ottawa, 
Ontario, on March 2, 1953), as amended by a Protocol Amending the 
Convention (signed at Washington, DC, on March 29, 1979), has issued 
this inseason action pursuant to IPHC regulations governing the Pacific 
halibut fishery. The regulations have been approved by the Secretary of 
State of the United States of America (59 FR 22522, May 2, 1994). On 
behalf of the IPHC, this inseason action is published in the Federal 
Register to provide additional notice of its effectiveness, and to 
inform persons subject to the inseason action of the restrictions and 
requirements established therein.

Inseason Action:

1994 Halibut Landing Report No. 4

    Southeastern Area 4E to Close June 15
    IPHC estimates that nearly 50,000 lb (22.7 mt) have been landed 
from the Bristol Bay portion of Regulatory Area 4E. As this total has 
exceeded the 30,000 lb (13.7 mt) catch limit by 20,000 lb (9.1 mt), 
that portion of Area 4E that is south and east of a line from 
58 deg.21'25''N., 163 deg.0'00''W. to Cape Newenham (58 deg.39'00''N., 
162 deg.10'25'') shall be closed to commercial halibut fishing 
effective at 12:00 Noon, Alaska Daylight Time, on June 15, 1994.
    The northwestern portion of Regulatory Area 4E (Nunivak Island/
Nelson Island) will remain open to halibut fishing on the schedule 
published in the 1994 Pacific Halibut Fishery.

    Dated: June 24, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-15882 Filed 6-29-94; 8:45 am]
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