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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AY33 Publication ID: Fall 2011 
Title: Amendment 34 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs 
Abstract: Amendment 34 to the FMP amends the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program to exempt additional fishery participants from harvest limits, called sideboards, which apply to some vessels that participate in Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries. Amendment 34 revises the criteria that enable some vessels to operate exempt from sideboards in the Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod fishery. Amendment 34 also establishes criteria to enable certain vessels to operate exempt from sideboards in the Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery. The current sideboards impose an economic burden on some fishery participants that received relatively small amounts of quota share in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program and are dependent on Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod or pollock fisheries. This action is intended to promote the goals of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the FMP, and other applicable laws. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 680   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1862   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice of Availability  03/14/2011  76 FR 13593   
NPRM  03/28/2011  76 FR 17088   
NPRM Comment Period End  04/27/2011    
Final Action  06/20/2011  76 FR 35772   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Robert D. Mecum
Deputy Acting Administrator
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Room 420, 709 West Ninth Street,
Juneau, AK 99802
Phone:907 586-7221
Fax:907 586-7249
Email: robert.mecum@noaa.gov