[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 2905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-796]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 625
[I.D. 010395A]
Summer Flounder Fishery
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of commercial quota transfer.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the State of Maryland is transferring
50,000 lb (22,680 kg) of commercial summer flounder quota to the State
of New York. NMFS announces the adjustment of these states' quotas.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hannah Goodale, 508-281-9101.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations implementing Amendment 2 to the
Fishery Management Plan for the Summer Flounder Fishery (FMP) are found
at 50 CFR part 625. The regulations require annual specification of a
commercial quota that is apportioned among the coastal states from
North Carolina through Maine. The process used to set the annual
commercial quota, adjust for overages, and the percent allocated to
each state is described in Sec. 625.20.
Transfers of commercial quota are authorized under Amendment 5 to
the FMP (58 FR 65936, December 17, 1993) which allows two or more
states, under mutual agreement and with the concurrence of the
Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, (Regional Director) to transfer or
combine summer flounder commercial quota. The Regional Director is
required to consider the criteria set forth in Sec. 625.20(f)(1) in the
evaluation of requests for quota transfers or combinations.
The Regional Director is further required to publish notification
in the Federal Register advising a state, and notifying Federal vessel
permit and dealer permit holders, that effective upon a specific date,
a portion of a state's commercial quota has been transferred to or
combined with the commercial quota of another state.
The States of Maryland and New York have mutually agreed to
transfer 50,000 lb (22,680 kg) of 1994 commercial quota from Maryland
to New York, and the Regional Director has concurred.
The Regional Director has determined that the criteria set forth in
Sec. 625.20(f) have been met, and publishes this notification of quota
transfer. This action revises the quotas for the calendar year 1994.
Classification
This action is taken under 50 CFR part 625 and is exempt from
review under E.O. 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 6, 1995.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-796 Filed 1-11-94; 8:45 am]
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