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[FR Doc No: 94-20819]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 675

[Docket No. 931100-4043; I.D. 081994A]

 

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area

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

ACTION: Prohibition.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting fishing with trawl gear in the salmon 
savings area in the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian 
Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent 
exceeding the 1994 limit of non-chinook salmon caught by vessels using 
trawl gear in the catcher vessel operational area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 20, 1994, 
until 12 noon, A.l.t., November 12, 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.
    The Director of the Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined, in 
accordance with Sec. 675.22(h), that vessels using trawl gear in the 
catcher vessel operational area (which is defined at Sec. 675.22(g)) 
have caught 42,000 non-chinook salmon. Therefore, NMFS is prohibiting 
fishing with trawl gear in the area defined by straight lines 
connecting the following coordinates in the order listed:
    56 deg.00'N., 167 deg.00'W.;
    56 deg.00'N., 165 deg.00'W.;
    55 deg.30'N., 165 deg.00'W.;
    55 deg.30'N., 164 deg.00'W.;
    55 deg.00'N., 164 deg.00'W.;
    55 deg.00'N., 167 deg.00'W.;
    56 deg.00'N., 167 deg.00'W.
    from 12 noon, A.l.t., August 20, 1994, until 12 noon, A.l.t., 
November 12, 1994.

Classification

    This action is taken under Sec. 675.22 and is exempt from OMB 
review under E.O. 12866.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 19, 1994
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-20819 Filed 8-19-94; 2:52 pm]
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