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  <title><![CDATA[DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-08-03-30393</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ This final rule codifies joint counterpart regulations for 
consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (ESA), to streamline consultation on 
proposed projects that support the National Fire Plan (NFP), an 
interagency strategy approved in 2000 to reduce risks of catastrophic 
wildland fires and restore fireadapted ecosystems. These counterpart 
regulations were developed, as part of the President's Healthy Forests 
Initiative announced in August 2002, by the U.S. Department of the 
Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S. Department of 
Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National 
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (singly or jointly, Service), in 
cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service  (FS) and the Department of<br/> [[Page 68255]]<br/>
Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM), and National Park Service (NPS). These counterpart regulations, 
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  <title><![CDATA[  Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea  and Aleutian Islands Area; Interim 2004 Harvest]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-08-03-30380</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ NMFS issues interim 2004 total allowable catch (TAC) amounts 
for each category of groundfish, Community Development Quota (CDQ) 
reserve amounts, American Fisheries Act (AFA) pollock allocations and 
sideboard amounts, and prohibited species catch (PSC) allowances and 
prohibited species quota (PSQ) reserves for the groundfish fisheries of 
the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). The 
intended effect is to conserve and manage the groundfish resources in 
the BSAI.
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  <title><![CDATA[  Draft Strategic Plan for Fisheries Research (2004) ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-08-03-30381</link>
  <description><![CDATA[  NMFS announces the availability of and seeks public comment 
on the draft NMFS Strategic Plan for Fisheries Research (2004). The 
MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSFCMA) 
requires the Secretary of Commerce to develop, triennially, a strategic 
plan for fisheries research for the subsequent years. Any written 
comments on the draft plan will be considered by NMFS in the 
development of the final NMFS Strategic Plan for Fisheries Research 
(2004).
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