17512 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 66 / Thursday, April 6, 1995 / Proposed Rules

10. Tuesday, April 25, 1995—Larose

Regional Park, Versailles Room, 2001

East 5th Street, Larose, LA 70373.

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Julie Krebs (see

ADDRESSES) by April 10, 1995.

Dated: March 31, 1995.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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Groundfish of the Bering Sea and

Aleutian Island Area; Chum Salmon

Savings Area

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability of an

amendment to a fishery management

plan; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) has

submitted Amendment 35 to the Fishery

Management Plan (FMP) for the

Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea

and Aleutian Islands Area for

Secretarial review and is requesting

comments from the public. Copies of the

amendment may be obtained from the

Council (see ADDRESSES).

DATES: Comments on the FMP

amendment should be submitted on or

before May 30, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the FMP

amendment should be submitted to

Ronald J. Berg, Chief, Fisheries

Management Division, Alaska Region,

NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK

99802 Attn: Lori Gravel, or delivered to

the Federal Building, 709 West 9th

Street, Juneau, AK. Copies of

Amendment 35 and the environmental

assessment/regulatory impact review/

initial regulatory flexibility analysis

prepared for the amendment are

available from the North Pacific Fishery

Management Council, P.O. Box 103136,

Anchorage, AK 99510; telephone, 907–

271–2809.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaja

Brix, 907–586–7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Magnuson Fishery Conservation and

Management Act (Magnuson Act)

requires that each Regional Fishery

Management Council submit any FMP

or amendment it prepares to NMFS for

review and approval, disapproval, or

partial disapproval. The Magnuson Act

also requires that NMFS, upon receiving

an FMP or amendment, immediately

publish a document that the FMP or

amendment is available for public

review and comment. NMFS will

consider the public comments received

during the comment period in

determining whether to approve the

FMP or amendment.

If approved, Amendment 35 would

establish an area closed to fishing with

trawl gear from August 1 through

August 31, and after August 31, upon

attainment of a 42,000 nonchinook

salmon limit, through October 14. This

area, the Chum Salmon Savings Area, is

in the Bristol Bay area of the Bering Sea.

It is intended to reduce nonchinook

(chum) salmon bycatch in the Bering

Sea nonroe pollock fishery.

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

Dated: March 31, 1995.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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