[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 14, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 31260-31261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14552]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 950106003-5070-02; I.D. 060895A]


Pacific Halibut Fisheries

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

ACTION: Inseason action; non-treaty commercial fishing period limits in 
Area 2A.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, on behalf of 
the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes 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 the Pacific halibut stock in 
order to help sustain it at an adequate level in the northern Pacific 
Ocean and Bering Sea.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 8:00 a.m. through 6:00 p.m., July 5, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Pennoyer, 907-586-7221; William 
W. Stelle, Jr., 206-526-6140; or Donald McCaughran, 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 NMFS (60 FR 
14651, March 20, 1995). 

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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

1995 Halibut Landing Report Number 2

Non-Treaty Commercial Fishing Period Limits in Area 2A

    The IPHC has determined that fishing period limits will be required 
during the 10-hour, July 5, 1995, non-treaty directed commercial 
fishing period in Area 2A to avoid exceeding the 91,052 pounds (41.30 
metric tons) catch limit. Fishing period limits as indicated in the 
following table will be in effect for this opening. Note that the 
fishing period limits for the three smallest vessel classes have all 
been set at the same level.

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                    Vessel class                        Fishing period  
-----------------------------------------------------   limit (pounds)  
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                                                                Dressed,
                  Length                     Letter   Dressed,    head  
                                                       head on    off*  
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0-25.....................................  A               225       200
26-30....................................  B               225       200
31-35....................................  C               225       200
36-40....................................  D               530       465
41-45....................................  E               570       500
46-50....................................  F               675       595
51-55....................................  G               755       665
56+......................................  H             1,135    1,000 
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*Weights are after 2 percent has been deducted for ice and slime if fish
  are not washed prior to weighing.                                     

    The appropriate vessel length class and letter is printed on each 
halibut license.
    The fishing period limit is shown in terms of dressed, head-off 
weight as well as dressed, head-on weight although fishermen are 
reminded that regulations require that all halibut from Area 2A be 
landed with the head on.
    The fishing period limit applies to the vessel, not the individual 
fisherman, and any landings over the vessel limit will be subject to 
forfeiture and fine.

    Dated: June 9, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-14552 Filed 6-13-95; 8:45 am]
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