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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 675

[I.D. 092694A]

 

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of an amendment to a Fishery Management 
Plan (FMP) and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the North Pacific Fishery Management 
Fishery Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 21a to the 
FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
Area (BSAI) for Secretarial review and is requesting comments from the 
public. The amendment would establish an area around the Pribilof 
Islands closed to trawl fishing to protect crab, seabird and marine 
mammal populations.

DATES: Comments on the FMP amendment should be submitted by November 
29, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the FMP amendment should be submitted to Ronald 
J. Berg, Chief, Fisheries Management Division, Alaska Region, NMFS., 
P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802 Attn: Lori Gravel, or delivered to the 
Federal Building, 709 West 9th Street, Juneau, AK. Copies of Amendment 
21a and the environmental assessment/regulatory impact review prepared 
for the amendment are available from the North Pacific Fishery 
Management Council, P.O. Box 103136, Anchorage, AK 99510.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen R. Varosi, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (Magnuson Act) requires that each Regional Fishery 
Management Council submit any FMP or amendment it prepares to the 
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) for review and approval, disapproval, 
or partial disapproval. The Magnuson Act also requires that the 
Secretary, upon receiving an FMP or amendment, immediately publish a 
notice that the FMP or amendment is available for public review and 
comment. The Secretary will consider the public comments received 
during the comment period in determining whether to approve the FMP or 
amendment.
    If approved, Amendment 21a would establish an area closed to 
fishing with trawl gear. The area surrounds the waters off St. Paul, 
St. George, Walrus and Otter Islands (the Pribilof Islands in the 
BSAI), to protect habitat areas of importance to blue king and Korean 
hair crab, seabird and marine mammal populations.

    Dated: September 29, 1994
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-24683 Filed 9-30-94; 4:11 pm]
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