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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 931235-4107; I.D. 081194F]

 

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: Area 4C: August 5, 1994, through December 31, 1994; 
Area 2A: August 4, 1994, through December 31, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Pennoyer, telephone 907-586-
7221; William W. Stelle, Jr., 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. 14

Area 4C Closed to Halibut Fishing
    Landings from the August 3-4 fishing period in Area 4C totaled 
34,000 lb (15.42 metric tons (mt)). This brings the season total to 
715,000 lb (324.32 mt), slightly exceeding the 700,000 lb (317.51 mt) 
catch limit. Area 4C is now closed to halibut fishing for the remainder 
of 1994.
Area 2A Commercial Halibut Fishery Closed
    The IPHC estimates that the Area 2A catch limit of 178,500 lb 
(80.96 mt) was reached after the August 3 fishing period. Therefore, 
Area 2A is closed to commercial halibut fishing for the remainder of 
1994.
Area 2B Canadian Commercial Fishery Update
    Canadian halibut landings from Area 2B total 7.4 million lb 
((3,356.61 mt) through August 8, leaving 2.6 million lb (1,179.35 mt) 
of the catch limit to be caught. The fishery will continue until all 
individual vessel quotas have been filled, or November 15, whichever is 
earlier.

    Dated: August 15, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-20385 Filed 8-18-94; 8:45 am]
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