[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11194-11195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4476]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 030105G]


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Notice of 
Crab Rationalization Program Quota Share and Processor Quota Share 
Application Period

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

ACTION: Notice of application period.

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SUMMARY: NMFS will accept applications to receive quota share (QS) and 
processor quota share (PQS) for the Crab Rationalization Program 
(Program) from participants in the Bering Sea and

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Aleutian Islands (BSAI) king and Tanner crab fisheries through June 3, 
2005, consistent with the regulations implementing the program. Any 
applications received by NMFS after this date will be considered 
untimely and will be denied.

DATES: Applications to receive QS and PQS under the Crab 
Rationalization Program will be accepted by NMFS from April 4, 2005, 
through 5 p.m. Alaska local time (A.l.t) on June 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: An application to receive crab QS or PQS may be submitted by 
mail to NMFS, Alaska Region, Restricted Access Management, P.O. Box 
21668, Juneau, AK 99802, by facsimile (907-586-7354), or by hand 
delivery to the NMFS, 709 West 9\th\ Street, room 713, Juneau, AK.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS published a final rule implementing the 
Crab Rationalization Program (Program) as authorized under Amendments 
18 and 19 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian 
Islands King and Tanner Crabs March 2, 2005 (70 FR 10173).
    Section 680.20(f)(1)(iii) of the final rule notes that NMFS will 
specify the application period for crab QS and PQS in the Federal 
Register and any applications received after this date will be 
considered untimely and denied. This notice specifies A 60-day 
application period. This 60-day application period was referenced in 
the proposed rule published on October 29, 2004, to implement the 
Program (69 FR 63223). This 60-day application period is consistent 
with the intent of the final rule to provide adequate time for 
participants in the crab fisheries to review the final rule and prepare 
materials necessary for the application process specified in Sec.  
680.40(f)(2). This application period will provide NMFS with sufficient 
time to process applications and issue QS and PQS for crab fisheries 
occurring later in 2005.
    Applications to receive QS or PQS may be received by contacting 
NMFS (see ADDRESSES) or by downloading at http://www.fakr.noaa.gov.

    Dated: March 2, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-4476 Filed 3-7-05; 8:45 am]
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