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[FR Doc 05-3788] 1. Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Proposed Information
NMFS issues a final rule that implements Amendment 82 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). Amendment 82 establishes a framework for the management of the Aleutian Islands subarea (AI) directed pollock fishery. This action is necessary to implement provisions of the Consolidated
Published: 2005-03-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc 05-3934] 2. Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Prohibiting Directed
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by specified sectors in the Western and Central Regulatory Areas of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2005 A season allowances of the Pacific code total allowable catch (TAC) specified for Pacific cod in the GOA.
Published: 2005-03-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc 05-3933] 3. Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processor vessels using hookandline gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2005 A season allowance of the Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod specified for catcher/ processor vessels using
Published: 2005-03-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc 05-3935] 4. Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Sablefish Managed Under
NMFS is opening directed fishing for sablefish with fixed gear managed under the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program. The season will open 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 27, 2005, and will close 1200 hrs, A.l.t., November 15, 2005. This period is the same as the 2005 IFQ and Community Development Quota season for Pacific halibut
Published: 2005-03-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc 05-3941] 5. Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal
NMFS reduces the trip limit in the commercial hook-and-line fishery for king mackerel in the southern Florida west coast subzone to 500 lb (227 kg) of king mackerel per day in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This trip limit reduction is necessary to protect the Gulf king mackerel resource.
Published: 2005-03-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc 05-3937] 6. Availability of Grants Funds for Fiscal Year 2005/ Extension of Application
The NMFS publishes this notice to extend the solicitation period on the following four initiatives originally announced in the Federal Register on February 1, 2005: Alaska Marine Resources Educational Partnership Program; Chesapeake Bay Integrated Research Program Fisheries; Chesapeake Bay Integrated Research Program Submerged Aquatic Vegetation;
Published: 2005-03-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc 05-3938] 7. Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for
The Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Section to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) announces its spring meeting with its Species Working Group Technical Advisors on March 78, 2005. The Committee will meet to discuss matters relating to ICCAT, including, the results from the 2004 ICCAT meeting; the
Published: 2005-03-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc 05-3943] 8. Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its MagnusonStevens Act (MSA) Reauthorization Committee; its Ecosystems Committee; its Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee; its Executive Committee; its Research SetAside Committee; and, its Tilefish Committee will hold public meetings.
Published: 2005-03-01 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc 05-3939] 9. North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Non- Target Species Committee will meet at the Alaska Fishery Science Center (AFSC).
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[FR Doc 05-3940] 10. North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Gulf Rationalization Community Committee will meet in Anchorage, AK.
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[FR Doc 05-3944] 11. Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold its 126th meeting to consider and take actions on fishery management issues in the Western Pacific Region.
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[FR Doc 05-3942] 12. Marine Mammals; Permits No. 782-1719-00 and 774-1714-00
Notice is hereby given that the following organizations have applied in due form for a permit amendment to take marine mammals for purposes of scientific research:
Permit No. 782171900 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML), 7600 Sand Point Way, N.E. Seattle, WA 98115; and
Permit No. 774171400
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