[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 207 (Thursday, October 26, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 54818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26619]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 301

[Docket No. 950106003; I.D. 102095A]


Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Close Area 2A to Non-treaty Commercial 
Fishing

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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 6 p.m., local time, September 26, 1995 through December 
31, 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 No. 16

Area 2A Non-treaty Commercial Halibut Fishery Closed
    The IPHC estimates that the Area 2A catch limit of 105,000 lb 
(47.62 metric tons (mt)) was reached after the September 26 fishing 
period. This catch limit includes approximately 14,000 lb (6.35 mt) 
that was ``rolled-over'' from the incidental commercial catch of 
halibut allocated to the salmon troll fishery. Therefore, Area 2A is 
closed to commercial halibut fishing for the remainder of 1995.

    Dated: October 23, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-26619 Filed 10-25-95; 8:45 am]
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