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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 675

[Docket No. 931100-4043; I.D. 110194D]

 

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area

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

ACTION: Closure.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is closing the Herring Savings Areas of the Bering Sea 
and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) to directed fishing for 
pollock by vessels using trawl gear. This action is necessary because 
the 1994 trawl bycatch allowance of Pacific herring specified for the 
midwater pollock fishery category in the BSAI has been reached.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), November 4, 1994, 
through 12 noon, A.l.t., March 1, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael L. Sloan, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The groundfish fishery in the BSAI exclusive 
economic zone is managed by NMFS 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 1994 trawl bycatch allowance for Pacific herring specified for 
the midwater pollock fishery category, which is defined at 
Sec. 675.21(b)(1)(iii)(A), was established as 1,419 metric tons by the 
final 1994 initial specifications (59 FR 7656, February 16, 1994).
    The Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined, in accordance 
with Sec. 675.21(c)(2)(i), that the trawl bycatch allowance of Pacific 
herring specified for the midwater pollock fishery category has been 
reached. Therefore, NMFS is closing the Herring Savings Areas of the 
BSAI to directed fishing for pollock by vessels using trawl gear from 
12 noon, A.l.t., November 4, 1994, through 12 noon, A.l.t., March 1, 
1995.
    Directed fishing standards for applicable gear types may be found 
in the regulations at Sec. 675.20(h).

Classification

    This action is taken under 50 CFR 675.20 and is exempt from review 
under E.O. 12866.

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

    Dated: November 3, 1994
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-27733; Filed 11-4-94; 11:59 am]
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