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 Rules and Regulations D09002ee1be007bbb D09002ee1be007c2c 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 regulations implementing Amendment 40 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (FMP) as recommended by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council). The implementing regulations establish a prohibited species catch (PSC) limit for Chionoecetes opilio, a crab species, in a new C. opilio Bycatch Limitation Zone (COBLZ) of the Bering Sea. Upon attainment of a C. opilio bycatch allowance apportioned to a particular trawl fishery category, the COBLZ will be closed to directed fishing for species in that trawl fishery category. This measure is necessary to further protect the stocks of Bering Sea C. opilio by limiting the incidental take of this species thereby mitigating the potential adverse effects of trawl fishing activities on the C. opilio stock. This measure is intended to accomplish the objectives of the FMP with respect to the management of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) groundfish fishery. 62 FR 66829 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-12-22/97-33302 97-33302 fr22de97-12 RIN 0648-AJ45 3510-22-F Docket No. 970801188-7288-02 I.D. 070797C https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-12-22/97-33302 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-12-22/html/97-33302.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-12-22/pdf/97-33302.pdf 3 p. 66829 66831 62 FR 66829 Title 50 Part 679 50 CFR Part 679 RIN 0648-AJ45 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Prohibited Species Catch Limit for Chionoecetes opilio; Federal Register Vol. 62, Issue RULE 97-33302 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1998-01-21 Docket No. 970801188-7288-02 I.D. 070797C 3510-22-F 97-33302 Final rule.

NMFS issues regulations implementing Amendment 40 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (FMP) as recommended by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council). The implementing regulations establish a prohibited species catch (PSC) limit for Chionoecetes opilio, a crab species, in a new C. opilio Bycatch Limitation Zone (COBLZ) of the Bering Sea. Upon attainment of a C. opilio bycatch allowance apportioned to a particular trawl fishery category, the COBLZ will be closed to directed fishing for species in that trawl fishery category. This measure is necessary to further protect the stocks of Bering Sea C. opilio by limiting the incidental take of this species thereby mitigating the potential adverse effects of trawl fishing activities on the C. opilio stock. This measure is intended to accomplish the objectives of the FMP with respect to the management of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI) groundfish fishery.

Effective January 21, 1998. ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Chief, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802, Attn: Lori J. Gravel, or delivered to the Federal Building, 709 West 9th Street, Juneau, AK. Copies of the Environmental Assessment/Regulatory Impact Review/Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (EA/RIR/FRFA) prepared for the amendment may be obtained from the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 West 4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252; telephone: 907-271-2809. Kim S. Rivera, 907-586-7228. Vol. 62, no. 245 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1997-12-22 continuing daily deposited born digital 173 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-12-22 P0b002ee180a43918 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr22de97 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-12-22 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-12-22/pdf/FR-1997-12-22.pdf fdlp 66813 66971 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1997-12-22 machine generated eng FR FR-1997-12-22 62 245