[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17028-17029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8185]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 675

[Docket No. 950206040-5040-01; I.D. 032995A]


Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Inshore 
Component Pollock in the Aleutian Islands Subarea

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

ACTION: Closure.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock by vessels 
catching pollock for processing by the inshore component in the 
Aleutian Islands subarea (AI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding 
the pollock roe season allowance of pollock for the inshore component 
in the Aleutian Islands subarea.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), March 30, 1995, 
until 12 midnight, A.l.t., December 31, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew N. Smoker, 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 allowance of pollock TAC for vessels catching pollock for 
processing by the inshore component in the AI was established by the 
final 1995 initial groundfish specifications (60 FR 8479, February 14, 
1995) as 16,838 metric tons (mt).
    The Director, Alaska Region, NMFS (Regional Director), determined, 
in accordance with Sec. 675.20(a)(8), that the [[Page 17029]] allowance 
of pollock TAC for the inshore component in the AI soon will be 
reached. Therefore, the Regional Director established a directed 
fishing allowance of 15,838 mt after determining that 1,000 mt will be 
taken as incidental catch in directed fishing for other species in the 
AI. Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock by 
operators of vessels catching pollock for processing by the inshore 
component in the AI.
    Directed fishing standards for applicable gear types may be found 
in the regulations at Sec. 675.20(h).

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: March 29, 1995.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-8185 Filed 3-30-95; 3:55 pm]
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