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Under the fourth action, NMFS would revise the definition of a mothership to remove unnecessary formatting without changing the substance of the definition. This proposed rule is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP), the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA FMP), and other applicable laws.","action":"Proposed rule; request for comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/08/01/2016-18110.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":679,"title":50}],"citation":"81 FR 50436","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2016-08-31","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Submit comments on or before August 31, 2016.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 160225147-6147-01"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Sept 2016 FRIR BF83","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2016-0021-0006"},{"title":"09/22/16 Categorical Exclusion BF83","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2016-0021-0005"},{"title":"May-2016 Sec Review Draft RIR_IRFA tLandings","document_id":"NOAA-NMFS-2016-0021-0002"}],"agency_name":"NOAA","documents":[{"comment_count":1,"comment_start_date":"2016-08-01","updated_at":"2023-03-01T01:02:12.472-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/NOAA-NMFS-2016-0021-0001","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"NOAA-NMFS-2016-0021-0001","comment_end_date":"2016-09-01","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":3,"id":"NOAA-NMFS-2016-0021","title":"Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic\nZone off Alaska; 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