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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AH65 Publication ID: Spring 1999 
Title: Amendment 39 to the FMP for Groundfish Fishery of BSAI, Amendment 41 to the FMP for Groundfish of the GOA and Amendment 5 to the FMP for Commercial King & Tanner Crab Fisheries of the BSAI 
Abstract: This rule would implement (1) a License Limitation Program intended to halt the increase in fishing vessels and limit their fishing capacity, (2) a multi-species Community Development Quota program for certain western Alaska communities, and a BS/AT Crab Community Development (CDQ) program, CDQ reserves for the multi-species program, and a no-trawl zone in the eastern Gulf of Alaska. 
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 679   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Statutory  Final regulations to be published within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.   
Final  Statutory  Final regulations to be published within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period. Final regulations to be published within 30 days of the end of the comment period on the proposed rule.   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/15/1997  62 FR 43866   
NPRM Comment Period End  09/29/1997    
Final Action  10/01/1998  63 FR 52642   
Final Action Effective  01/01/2000    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
James Balisger
Regional Administrator
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS, P.O. Box 21668,
Juneau, AK 99802
Phone:907 586-7221
Fax:907 586-7249
Email: james.balsiger@noaa.gov