[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 19, 1994)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 931235-4107; I.D. 071194A]

 

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 
U.S. 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 27, 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 (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. 8

Area 4C Closes on June 30
    The IPHC estimates that the 700,000 lb (317.5 mt) catch limit for 
Area 4C, the waters surrounding the Pribilof Islands, will be obtained 
by June 30. Area 4C will be closed to halibut fishing at 12:00 noon 
Alaska Daylight Time on that date until further notice.
Area 4B Commercial Fishery
    Landings through June 25 from Area 4B total nearly 100,000 lb (45.4 
mt). Vessel operators intending to fish in this area are reminded that 
the vessel clearances required prior to fishing, and prior to unloading 
and/or departing from Area 4B, can only be obtained at Nazan Bay on 
Atka Island. A 10,000 lb (4.5 mt) fishing period limit will apply to 
each 12-hour fishing period in Area 4B. After 15 percent (315,000 lb 
(142.9 mt)) of the Area 4B catch limit has been taken, the area will be 
closed until August 15, when it will reopen for a 96-hour fishing 
period without fishing period limits.

    Dated: July 12, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
Mational Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-17434 Filed 7-18-94; 8:45 am]
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