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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 675

[Docket No. 931100-4043: I.D. 081994B]

 

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 closures

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SUMMARY: NMFS is rescinding the closures to directed fishing for 
pollock by vessels catching pollock for processing by the inshore 
component and vessels catching pollock for processing by the offshore 
component in the Aleutian Islands subarea (AI) of the Bering Sea and 
Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to 
fully utilize the allowances of the total allowable catch (TAC) of 
pollock for the inshore and offshore components in the AI.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 25, 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.
    The directed fishery for pollock in the AI by vessels catching 
pollock for processing by the inshore component closed on March 18, 
1994 (59 FR 13662, March 23, 1994).
    The directed fishery for pollock in the AI by vessels catching 
pollock for processing by the offshore component closed on March 1, 
1994 (59 FR 10082, March 3, 1994).
    The Regional Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined that the 
allowances of the TAC of pollock allocated to the inshore and offshore 
components in the AI have not been reached.
    Therefore, NMFS is rescinding those closures and is reopening 
directed fishing for pollock in the AI by vessels catching pollock for 
processing by the inshore component or the offshore component effective 
at 12 noon, A.l.t., August 25, 1994, until 12 midnight, A.l.t., 
December 31, 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: August 19, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Serivce.
[FR Doc. 94-20973 Filed 8-24-94; 8:45 am]
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