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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 675

[Docket No. 931100-4043; I.D. 092194D]

 

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area

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

ACTION: Modification of a closure.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch and 
the ``other red rockfish'' species group in the Bering Sea subarea (BS) 
of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This 
action is necessary to utilize fully the total allowable catches (TACs) 
of Pacific ocean perch and the ``other red rockfish'' species group in 
that subarea.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), September 30, 
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 Bering Sea 
and Aleutian Islands Area (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 fisheries for Pacific ocean perch and the ``other red 
rockfish'' species group were closed under Sec. 675.20(a)(8) in the 
final 1994 initial specifications of groundfish harvest (59 FR 7656, 
February 16, 1994) in order to reserve amounts anticipated to be needed 
for incidental catch by other fisheries.
    The Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined that the 
remaining 1994 TACs for Pacific ocean perch and the ``other red 
rockfish'' species group in the BS are in excess of the amounts 
necessary as incidental catch for other groundfish fisheries. 
Therefore, NMFS is terminating those closures and is opening directed 
fishing for Pacific ocean perch and the ``other red rockfish'' species 
group in the BS, effective from 12 noon, A.l.t., September 30, 1994, 
until 12 midnight, A.l.t., December 31, 1994.
    All other closures remain in full force and effect.

Classification

    This action is taken under Sec. 675.20 and is exempt from review 
under E.O. 12866.

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

    Dated: September 23, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-24134 Filed 9-28-94; 8:45 am]
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