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RIN: 0648-AR77

Publication ID: Spring 2004

Title: ●Amendment 48 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska
Abstract: This action would amend the process by which harvest specifications would be set in future years. It would update descriptions of the fisheries by removing references to foreign fishing, revise the description of the harvest specifications process to provide for 18 months specifications for most target species and biennial harvest specifications for certain Gulf of Alaska species, revise the name of the BSAI FMP to be consistent with the more concise title of the GOA FMP, and update plan team responsibilities in the harvest specifications process. Objectives for the revised process include managing the Alaska groundfish fisheries based on the best available scientific information and providing meaningful opportunity for useful public comment.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 679
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/00/2004
NPRM Comment Period End	08/00/2004

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	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