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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AK70 Publication ID: Spring 2002 
Title: Amendment 54 to FMP for Groundfish Fishery of Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area and Amendment 54 to FMP for Groundfish of Gulf of Alaska 
Abstract: These FMP amendments would change sablefish use limits from percentages to quota share units; add a leasing provision to allow initial recipients of quota shares to lease 10 percent of their individual fishing quota pooled across all areas, with an option to restrict this allowance to the Bering Sea; and modify plan language to allow an individual who holds an initial allocation of quota share to hire a skipper to fish individual IFQ on a collectively owned vessel. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  Final regulations to be published within 30 days of the end of NPRM comment period.   
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/12/2001  66 FR 52090   
NPRM Comment Period End  11/26/2001    
Final Action  05/00/2002    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations  Federalism: No 
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