[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 33149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15688]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 672

[Docket No. 950509041-5041-01; I.D. 061995C]


Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Pacific Ocean Perch in the 
Central Regulatory Area

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

ACTION: Modification of a closure.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is opening directed fishing for Pacific ocean perch (POP) 
in the Central Regulatory Area in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action 
is necessary to use the total allowable catch (TAC) for POP in this 
area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 3, 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 GOA exclusive 
economic zone is managed by NMFS according to the Fishery Management 
Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (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 
672.
    In accordance with Sec. 672.20(c)(1)(ii)(B), the annual TAC for POP 
in the Central Regulatory Area was established by the final 1995 
harvest specifications of groundfish (60 FR 8470, February 14, 1995) as 
2,702 metric tons (mt). At the same time, the directed fishery for POP 
in the Central Regulatory Area was closed under Sec. 672.20(c)(2)(ii) 
in order to reserve amounts anticipated to be needed for incidental 
catch in other fisheries (60 FR 8470, February 14, 1995). NMFS has 
determined that as of June 3, 1995, 2,376 mt remain unharvested.
    The Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined that the 1995 TAC 
for POP in the Central Regulatory Area has not been reached. Therefore, 
NMFS is terminating the previous closure and is opening directed 
fishing for POP in the Central Regulatory Area.
    All other closures remain in full force and effect.

Classification

    This action is taken under Sec. 672.20 and is exempt from review 
under E.O. 12866.

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

    Dated: June 21, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-15688 Filed 6-26-95; 8:45 am]
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