[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 33150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15690]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 675

[Docket No. 950206040-5040-01; I.D. 061995E]


Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Atka 
Mackerel in the Central Aleutian District

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 Atka mackerel in the 
Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to use the total 
allowable catch (TAC) for Atka mackerel in this area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 1, 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.
    In accordance with Sec. 675.20(a)(7)(ii), the TAC for Atka mackerel 
in the Central Aleutian District was established by the final 1995 
harvest specifications of groundfish as 50,000 metric tons (mt), as 
amended (60 FR 8479, February 14, 1995). The directed fishery for Atka 
mackerel was closed on April 25, 1995 in order to reserve amounts 
anticipated to be needed for incidental catch in other fisheries (60 FR 
20916, April 28, 1995). NMFS has determined that as of June 3, 1995, 
4,055 mt remain unharvested.
    The Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined that the 1995 TAC 
for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian District has not been 
reached. Therefore, NMFS is terminating the previous closure and is 
opening directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the Central Aleutian 
District.
    All other closures remain in full force and effect.

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: June 21, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-15690 Filed 6-26-95; 8:45 am]
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