[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 169 (Thursday, August 31, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 45392-45393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21568]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 675

[I.D. 082395C]


Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island Area

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of an amendment to a fishery management 
plan and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has 
submitted Amendment 21b to the Fishery Management Plan for the 
Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (FMP) 
for Secretarial review and is requesting comments from the public. 
Copies of the amendment may be obtained from the Council (see 
ADDRESSES).

DATES: Comments on the FMP amendment should be submitted on or before 
October 24, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the FMP amendment should be submitted to Ronald 
J. Berg, Chief, Fisheries Management Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, 
P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802 Attn: Lori Gravel, or delivered to the 
Federal Building, 709 West 9th Street, Juneau, AK. Copies of Amendment 
21b and the environmental assessment/regulatory impact review/initial 
regulatory flexibility analysis prepared for the amendment are 
available from the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, P.O. Box 
103136, Anchorage, AK 99510.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Bibb, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (Magnuson Act) requires that each Regional Fishery 
Management Council submit any fishery management plan or plan amendment 
it 

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prepares to the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) for review and 
approval, disapproval, or partial disapproval. The Magnuson Act also 
requires that the Secretary, upon receiving a fishery management plan 
or amendment, immediately publish a notice that the fishery management 
plan or amendment is available for public review and comment. The 
Secretary will consider the public comments received during the comment 
period in determining whether to approve the FMP or amendment.
    If approved, Amendment 21b would establish the Chinook Salmon 
Savings Areas (CHSSA). The CHSSA would be closed to fishing with trawl 
gear upon attainment of an annual incidental catch of 48,000 chinook 
salmon and remain closed through April 15. These management measures 
are intended to limit chinook salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea and 
Aleutian Islands management area trawl fisheries.


    Dated: August 25, 1995.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-21568 Filed 8-25-95; 3:39 pm]
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