[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 136 (Monday, July 17, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 36364-36365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17464]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 950106003-5070-02; I.D. 071095H]


Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Central Oregon Sport Fishery; 
Southwest Washington Sport Fishery; and Non-treaty Area 2A Commercial 
Fishery

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

ACTION: Inseason actions.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, on behalf of 
the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC), publishes inseason 
actions 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 DATES: Closures: 11:59 p.m., July 4, 1995, through December 
31, 1995. Opening: 8 a.m. July 5, 1995, through 6 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 
these inseason actions 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, these inseason 
actions are published in the Federal Register to provide additional 
notice of their effectiveness, and to inform persons subject to the 
inseason actions of the restrictions and requirements established 
therein.

Inseason Actions

1995 Halibut Landing Report Number 8

Central Oregon Sport Fishery Closes July 4, 1995
    The preliminary catch estimate for the 1995 sport halibut fishery 
inside the 30-

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fathom curve nearest to the coastline from Cape Falcon (45 deg.46'00'' 
N. lat.) to the Florence North Jetty (Siuslaw River, 44 deg.01'08'' N. 
lat.) indicates the 3,314 lb (1.50 metric ton (mt)) catch limit will be 
reached on July 4. Therefore, the sport halibut fishery in this area 
will close at 11:59 p.m. on July 4, 1995, through December 31, 1995.
Southwest Washington Sport Fishery Closes July 4, 1995
    The preliminary catch estimate for the 1995 sport halibut fishery 
in southwest Washington waters from the Queets River (47 deg.31'42'' N. 
lat.) south to Leadbetter Point (46 deg.38'10'' N. lat.) indicates the 
15,222 lb (6.90 mt) catch limit will be reached on July 4. Therefore, 
the sport halibut fishery in this area will close at 11:59 p.m. on July 
4, 1995, through December 31, 1995.
Nontreaty Area 2A Commercial Opening
    The directed commercial Area 2A fishery has fishing period limits 
and is restricted to waters that are south of Point Chehalis, WA 
(46 deg.53'18'' N. lat.) under regulations promulgated by NMFS and 
published in the Federal Register. The fishing period limits were 
announced in Halibut Landing Report Number 2. The fishery on July 5, 
1995, shall begin at 8 a.m. and end at 6 p.m. local time.

    Dated: July 11, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-17464 Filed 7-14-95; 8:45 am]
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