[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 28, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 33364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15867]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 950106003-5070-02; I.D. 062195C]


Pacific Halibut Fisheries; North Washington Coast Sport Fishery

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

ACTION: Inseason action.

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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: 0800, July 1, 1995, through 1800, July 1, 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). 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 6

North Washington Coast Sport Fishery Reopens for 1 Day
    The north Washington coast (waters west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line 
and south to the Queets River) sport halibut harvest that closed May 
27, 1995, fell 11,020 lb (4.99 metric tons (mt)) short of the 71,410 lb 
(32.39 mt) catch limit. Private boat effort during the last week of 
fishing was less than expected, possibly because of the May 25 opening 
date for halibut fishing in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound 
(waters east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line). The average weight of 
halibut landed was also lower than anticipated. Therefore, this area 
will reopen for 1 day, Saturday July 1. The daily bag limit will be one 
halibut per person, with no size limit. If enough catch limit remains 
after July 1, an additional opening may be announced.

    Dated: June 23, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-15867 Filed 6-27-95; 8:45 am]
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