[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 197 (Thursday, October 13, 1994)]
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[Federal Register: October 13, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 9312335-4107; I.D. 100494A]

 

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: Areas 2C, 3A, and 3B: September 14, 1994, 12:00 noon, 
Alaska Daylight Time, through December 31, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Pennoyer, telephone 907-586-
7221; William W. Stelle, Jr., telephone 206-526-6150; 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. 16

Areas 2C, 3A, and 3B Closed to Halibut Fishing
    Preliminary tabulation of catch figures for the September 12-14, 
1994, fishing period in Areas 2C, 3A, and 3B indicates that the 
season's catch in all three areas are close to their respective catch 
limits. While exact numbers are not yet available, it is apparent that 
not enough halibut will be available in any of the areas to allow an 
October fishing period. Therefore, all fishing in U.S. waters is now 
closed to halibut fishing for the remainder of 1994.

    Dated: October 5, 1994.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-25281 Filed 10-12-94; 8:45 am]
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