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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AY48 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Amendments 95/96/87 for the BSAI and GOA Groundfish FMPs for BSAI Skates and Groundfish Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures  
Abstract: Amendments 96/87 to the fishery management plans (FMPs) for groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska would revise the FMPs to conform with the national standard 1 guidelines for annual catch limits and accountability measures. Revisions to the FMPs also include housekeeping measures that provide further explanation in the FMPs of current practices for setting annual catch limits and accountability measures. These FMP amendments would remove species groups (sharks, sculpins, octopus in the BSAI and sharks, sculpins, octopus, and squid in the Gulf of Alaska) from the other species complex and manage these groups separately in the target species category. The regulatory amendment would revise the regulations to be consistent with the changes made to the FMPs regarding harvest specifications for groups removed from the other species category. Amendment 95 to the FMP for Groundfish of the BSAI would move skates from the other species category into the target species category. 
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 773 et seq    PL 108-447    PL 106-31    PL 106-554    PL 109-479    PL 105-277    16 USC 1801    16 USC 1540   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NOA  05/03/2010    
Notice of Availability  07/02/2010  75 FR 38454   
NOA Comment Period End  07/06/2010    
Proprosed Rule  07/16/2010  75 FR 41424   
Proposed Rule Comment Period End  08/30/2010    
Notice of Availability Comment Period End  08/31/2010    
Final Rule  10/06/2010  75 FR 61639   
Final Rule Effective  11/05/2010    
Additional Information: The action was originally submitted as BSAI FMP 95 in December 2009.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
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