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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 675

[Docket No. 931100-4043; I.D. 062494B]

 

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 Pacific 
ocean perch in the Aleutian Islands subarea (AI) of the Bering Sea and 
Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to 
fully utilize the total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific ocean perch in 
this area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 4, 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.
    In accordance with Sec. 675.20(a)(7)(ii), the Pacific ocean perch 
TAC for the AI was established by the final 1994 initial specifications 
of groundfish (59 FR 7656, February 16, 1994) and later augmented from 
the reserve (59 FR 21673, April 26, 1994) to a total of 10,900 metric 
tons (mt). The directed fishery for Pacific ocean perch was closed on 
April 4, 1994 (59 FR 16570, April 7, 1994). NMFS has determined that as 
of June 11, 1994 2,150 mt remain unharvested.
    The Regional Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined that the 
1994 TAC for Pacific ocean perch in the AI has not been reached. 
Therefore, NMFS is rescinding the April 4, 1994, closure and is 
reopening directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch in the AI, effective 
at 12 noon, A.l.t., July 4, 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 28, 1994.
Joe P. Clem,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-16068 Filed 6-30-94; 8:45 am]
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