United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1997_register executive 2010-09-24 article Part IV Proposed Rules D09002ee1be0141c2 D09002ee1be0142d1 United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency NMFS issues a proposed rule that would implement Amendment 39 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI), Amendment 41 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), and Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Commercial King and Tanner Crab Fisheries in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BS/AI). These amendments submitted by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) would establish a License Limitation Program (LLP) and expand the Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. The LLP would limit the number, size, and specific operation of vessels that may be used in fisheries for groundfish, other than demersal shelf rockfish east of 140 deg. W. long. and sablefish managed under the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program for Pacific halibut and sablefish, in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Alaska. The LLP also would limit the number, size, and specific operation of vessels that may be used in fisheries for crab species managed pursuant to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Commercial King and Tanner Crab Fisheries of BS/AI. The CDQ program would be expanded by including in CDQ allocations a percentage of the total allowable catch (TAC) of groundfish in the BSAI and crab species in the BS/AI that is not currently included in the existing CDQ programs for pollock, halibut, and sablefish. 62 FR 43866 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-08-15/97-21169 97-21169 fr15au97-27 RIN 0648-AH65 3510-22-P Docket No. 970703166-7166-01 I.D. 060997A https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-08-15/97-21169 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-08-15/html/97-21169.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-08-15/pdf/97-21169.pdf 33 p. 43866 43898 62 FR 43866 Title 50 Part 679 50 CFR Part 679 RIN 0648-AH65 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; License Limitation Program; Community Development Quota Program; Federal Register Vol. 62, Issue PRORULE 97-21169 IV DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1997-09-29 Docket No. 970703166-7166-01 I.D. 060997A 3510-22-P 97-21169 Proposed rule; request for comments.

NMFS issues a proposed rule that would implement Amendment 39 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI), Amendment 41 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), and Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Commercial King and Tanner Crab Fisheries in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BS/AI). These amendments submitted by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) would establish a License Limitation Program (LLP) and expand the Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. The LLP would limit the number, size, and specific operation of vessels that may be used in fisheries for groundfish, other than demersal shelf rockfish east of 140 deg. W. long. and sablefish managed under the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program for Pacific halibut and sablefish, in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Alaska. The LLP also would limit the number, size, and specific operation of vessels that may be used in fisheries for crab species managed pursuant to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Commercial King and Tanner Crab Fisheries of BS/AI. The CDQ program would be expanded by including in CDQ allocations a percentage of the total allowable catch (TAC) of groundfish in the BSAI and crab species in the BS/AI that is not currently included in the existing CDQ programs for pollock, halibut, and sablefish.

Comments must be received by September 29, 1997. John Lepore, 907-586-7228. Vol. 62, no. 158 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1997-08-15 continuing daily deposited born digital 299 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-08-15 P0b002ee180a3e3a9 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr15au97 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-08-15 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-08-15/pdf/FR-1997-08-15.pdf fdlp 43629 43916 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1997-08-15 machine generated eng FR FR-1997-08-15 62 158