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Secretariat of non-government

institutions and associations authorized

to validate Bluefin Tuna Statistical

Documents.

§ 285.204 Ports of entry.

The Assistant Administrator shall

monitor the importation of bluefin tuna

into the United States. If the Assistant

Administrator determines that the

diversity of handling practices at certain

ports at which bluefin tuna is being

imported into the United States allow

for circumvention of the Bluefin Tuna

Statistical Document requirement, he/

she may designate, after consultation

with the U.S. Customs Service, those

ports at which Pacific or Atlantic

bluefin tuna may be imported into the

United States. The Assistant

Administrator shall announce in the

Federal Register the names of ports so

designated and the effective dates of

entry restrictions.

§ 285.205 Prohibitions.

It is unlawful for any person to do any

of the following:

(a) Import or attempt to import any

bluefin tuna into the United States

without an accompanying original form

of an approved Bluefin Tuna Statistical

Document correctly completed with the

appropriate certification and

government validation.

(b) Import any bluefin tuna into the

United States from a country that

requires all such tuna to be tagged,

without said tag accompanying the

bluefin tuna.

(c) Remove a tag from any bluefin

tuna imported into the United States

accompanied by a tag, prior to its being

cut into portions for a destination in the

United States or for export.

(d) Fail to write legibly and indelibly

the tag number and the issuing country

on the outside of any package

containing a part or parts of a bluefin

tuna that was imported into the United

States accompanied by said tag.

(e) Export or re-export from the

United States any bluefin tuna without

an accompanying original approved

Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document

correctly completed with the

appropriate certification and, if

applicable, validated by a designated

official of the United States government

or an official of an institution

authorized by the Regional Director

pursuant to § 285.203(c) to validate such

documents.

(f) Fail to provide in a timely manner

any originals or copies of Bluefin Tuna

Statistical Documents required to be

submitted to the Regional Director

pursuant to § 285.201.

(g) Write false information on or

modify any information previously

written on any Bluefin Tuna Statistical

Document required by this subpart or to

validate such document if not

authorized to do so by the Regional

Director.

(h) Fail to maintain copies of

completed Bluefin Tuna Statistical

Documents as required under § 285.201.

(i) Import any bluefin tuna in a

manner inconsistent with any ports of

entry designated by the Assistant

Administrator pursuant to § 285.204.

(j) Reuse, or transfer to another dealer,

any numbered Bluefin Tuna Statistical

Document issued to a dealer under this

subpart.

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50 CFR Part 672

[Docket No. 950206041–5041–01; I.D.

031095E]

Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska;

Pacific Cod in the Central Regulatory

Area

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Closure.

SUMMARY: NMFS is closing the directed

fishery for Pacific cod by vessels

catching Pacific cod for processing by

the offshore component in the Central

Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska

(GOA). This action is necessary to

prevent exceeding the allocation of

Pacific cod for the offshore component

in this area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local

time (A.l.t.), March 13, 1995, until 12

midnight, A.l.t., December 31, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew N. Smoker, 907–586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

groundfish fishery in the GOA exclusive

economic zone is managed by NMFS

according to the Fishery Management

Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of

Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North

Pacific Fishery Management Council

under authority of the Magnuson

Fishery Conservation and Management

Act. Fishing by U.S. vessels is governed

by regulations implementing the FMP at

50 CFR parts 620 and 672.

In accordance with

§ 672.20(c)(1)(ii)(B), the allocation of

Pacific cod for the offshore component

in the Central Regulatory Area was

established by the final groundfish

specifications (60 FR 8470, February 14,

1995), as 4,565 metric tons (mt).

The Director, Alaska Region, NMFS

(Regional Director), has determined, in

accordance with § 672.20(c)(2)(ii), that

the allocation of Pacific cod total

allowable catch for the offshore

component in the Central Regulatory

Area soon will be reached. The Regional

Director established a directed fishing

allowance of 3,565 mt, with

consideration that 1,000 mt will be

taken as incidental catch in directed

fishing for other species in the Central

Regulatory Area. The Regional Director

has determined that the directed fishing

allowance has been reached.

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting

directed fishing for Pacific cod by

operators of vessels catching Pacific cod

for processing by the offshore

component in the Central Regulatory

Area.

Directed fishing standards for

applicable gear types may be found in

the regulations at § 672.20(g).

Classification

This action is taken under 50 CFR

672.20 and is exempt from review under

E.O. 12866.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: March 13, 1995.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

50 CFR Part 675

[Docket No. 950206040–5040–01; I.D.

031095F]

Groundfish of the Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands Area; Offshore

Component Pollock in the Aleutian

Islands Subarea

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Closure.

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed

fishing for pollock by vessels catching

pollock for processing by the offshore

component in the Aleutian Islands

subarea (AI) of the Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands management area

(BSAI). This action is necessary to

prevent exceeding the ‘‘A’’ season

allowance of pollock for the offshore

component in the Aleutian Islands

subarea.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: 12 noon, Alaska local

time (A.l.t.), March 13, 1995, until 12

midnight, A.l.t., December 31, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew N. Smoker, 907–586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

groundfish fishery in the BSAI exclusive

economic zone is managed by NMFS

according to the Fishery Management

Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the

Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area

(FMP) prepared by the North Pacific

Fishery Management Council under

authority of the Magnuson Fishery

Conservation and Management Act.

Fishing by U.S. vessels is governed by

regulations implementing the FMP at 50

CFR parts 620 and 675.

The allowance of pollock TAC for

vessels catching pollock for processing

by the offshore component in the AI was

established by the final 1995 initial

groundfish specifications (60 FR 8479,

February 14, 1995) as 31,272 metric tons

(mt).

The Director, Alaska Region, NMFS

(Regional Director), determined, in

accordance with § 675.20(a)(8), that the

allowance of pollock TAC for the

offshore component in the AI soon will

be reached. Therefore, the Regional

Director established a directed fishing

allowance of 29,272 mt after

determining that 2,000 mt will be taken

as incidental catch in directed fishing

for other species in the AI.

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting

directed fishing for pollock by operators

of vessels catching pollock for

processing by the offshore component in

the AI.

Directed fishing standards for

applicable gear types may be found in

the regulations at § 675.20(h).

Classification

This action is taken under § 675.20

and is exempt from review under E.O.

12866.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: March 13, 1995.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–6548 Filed 3–13–95; 4:33 pm]

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