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Federal Register/Vol. 74, No. 13/Thursday, January 22, 2009/Notices 3993 fishery. In the case of Bering Sea flatfish this vessel, or the amount or species of ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to fisheries, seasons have been cut short by fish caught. comment on this Settlement Agreement the halibut bycatch cap before the The activities that would be should send written comments to the quotas have been reached. Accurately conducted under this EFP are not Comment 09–C0003, Office of the accounting for halibut in NMFS expected to have a significant impact on Secretary, Consumer Product Safety estimates of mortality and assuring that the human environment as detailed in Commission, 4330 East West Highway, each halibut returned to the sea has the the categorical exclusion issued for this Room 502, Bethesda, Maryland 20814– highest possible chance of survival are action (see ADDRESSES). 4408. In accordance with § 679.6, NMFS has therefore high priorities for the IPHC’s, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: determined that the proposal warrants the Council’s, and NMFS’s management Belinda V. Bell, Trial Attorney, Division further consideration and has forwarded goals for both halibut and groundfish. of Compliance, Office of the General Before halibut are discarded at–sea, the application to the Council to initiate Counsel, Consumer Product Safety the catch must first be estimated by at– consultation. The Council will consider sea observers. In order to credibly the EFP ...
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