Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2005/01/24/05-1238/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-atka-mackerel-lottery-in-areas-542-and-543
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A Rule by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 01/24/2005
Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 21, 2005, until 1200 hrs, A.l.t., April 15, 2005.
I.D. 011305B
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/05-1238 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/05-1238
NMFS is notifying the owners and operators of registered vessels of their assignments for the A season Atka mackerel fishery in harvest limit area (HLA) 542 and/or 543 of the Aleutian Islands subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the harvest of the A season HLA limits established for area 542 and area 543 pursuant to the interim 2005 harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI.
Andy Smoker, 907-586-7228.
NMFS manages the groundfish fishery in the BSAI exclusive economic zone according to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP) prepared by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council under authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Regulations governing fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600 and 50 CFR part 679.
In accordance with § 679.20(a)(8)(iii)(A), owners and operators of vessels using trawl gear for directed fishing for Atka mackerel in the HLA are required to register with NMFS. Six vessels have registered with NMFS to fish in the A season HLA fisheries in areas 542 and/or 543. In order to reduce the amount of daily catch in the HLA by about half and to disperse the fishery over time and in accordance with § 679.20(a)(8)(iii)(B), the Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, has randomly assigned each vessel to the HLA directed fishery for Atka mackerel for which they have registered and is now notifying each vessel of its assignment.
Vessels authorized to participate in the first HLA directed fishery in area 542 and/or in the second HLA directed fishery in area 543 in accordance with § 679.20(a)(8)(iii) are as follows: Federal Fishery Permit number (FFP) 4093 Alaska Victory, FFP 2443 Alaska Juris, and FFP 3400 Alaska Ranger.
Vessels authorized to participate in the first HLA directed fishery in area 543 and/or the second HLA directed fishery in area 542 in accordance with § 679.20(a)(8)(iii) are as follows: FFP Start Printed Page 33113819 Alaska Spirit, FFP 3835 Seafisher, and FFP 3423 Alaska Warrior.
This action is required by § § 679.20 and 679.22 and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.