[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 17512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8391]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 675

[I.D. 033095A]


Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island Area; Chum 
Salmon Savings 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; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has 
submitted Amendment 35 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the 
Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area for 
Secretarial review and is requesting comments from the public. Copies 
of the amendment may be obtained from the Council (see ADDRESSES).

DATES: Comments on the FMP amendment should be submitted on or before 
May 30, 1995.

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 
35 and the environmental assessment/regulatory impact review/initial 
regulatory flexibility analysis prepared for the amendment are 
available from the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, P.O. Box 
103136, Anchorage, AK 99510; telephone, 907-271-2809.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaja Brix, 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 NMFS for 
review and approval, disapproval, or partial disapproval. The Magnuson 
Act also requires that NMFS, upon receiving an FMP or amendment, 
immediately publish a document that the FMP or amendment is available 
for public review and comment. NMFS will consider the public comments 
received during the comment period in determining whether to approve 
the FMP or amendment.
    If approved, Amendment 35 would establish an area closed to fishing 
with trawl gear from August 1 through August 31, and after August 31, 
upon attainment of a 42,000 nonchinook salmon limit, through October 
14. This area, the Chum Salmon Savings Area, is in the Bristol Bay area 
of the Bering Sea. It is intended to reduce nonchinook (chum) salmon 
bycatch in the Bering Sea nonroe pollock fishery.

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

    Dated: March 31, 1995.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-8391 Filed 3-31-95; 4:09 pm]
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