[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-1477]
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[Federal Register: January 21, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 625
[Docket No. 930615-3215; I.D. # 010594B]
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 issues this notification to announce that 250,000 pounds
(113,399 kg) of summer flounder commercial quota available to the State
of North Carolina has been transferred to the State of New Jersey. This
transfer will be applied solely to New Jersey's 1993 quota overage.
This notification advises the public that the quota adjustment has been
made and that the adjusted 1993 commercial quota for the State of North
Carolina is 2,871,750 pounds (1,302,617 kg), and the commercial quota
for the State of New Jersey is 2,323,354 pounds (1,053,866 kg).
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 1993.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hannah Goodale, Fishery Policy Analyst, 508-281-9101.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations implementing the Fishery
Management Plan for the Summer Flounder Fishery are found at 50 CFR
part 625. The regulations require the annual specification of a
commercial quota that is apportioned among the coastal states from
North Carolina through Maine. The process to set the annual commercial
quota and the percent allocated to each state are described in
Sec. 625.20.
The commercial quota for summer flounder for the 1993 calendar year
was set equal to 12.35 million pounds (5.6 million kg), with 3,435,214
(1,558,203 kg) allocated to North Carolina, and 2,092,992 pounds
(949,375 kg) allocated to New Jersey (January 22, 1993, 58 FR 5658).
Each state's allocation was adjusted by Amendment 4 to the Fishery
Management Plan for the Summer Flounder Fishery (September 24, 1993, 58
FR 49937), with a revised New Jersey quota of 2,065,539 pounds (936,922
kg), and a revised North Carolina quota of 3,389,565 pounds (1,537,497
kg).
An emergency interim rule published August 26, 1993, (58 FR 45075)
and extended on November 29, 1993 (58 FR 62556), allows two or more
states, under mutual agreement and with the concurrence of the
Director, Northwest 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 in the
evaluation of requests for quota transfers or combinations.
Further, the Regional Director is 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.
Since the emergency interim rule, four transfers of summer flounder
quota have been approved and made effective. In all four cases, the
donor state was North Carolina. The recipient states were: Virginia--
125,000 pounds (56,700 kg) (November 8, 1993, 58 FR 59196); New
Jersey--7,815 pounds (3,545 kg) (November 23, 1993, 58 FR 61844);
Virginia--125,000 pounds (56,700 kg) (November 24, 1993, 58 FR 62050);
and Rhode Island--10,000 pounds (4,536 kg) (January 4, 1994, 59 FR
257).
North Carolina and New Jersey have agreed on the transfer of
250,000 pounds (113,399 kg) from North Carolina's commercial quota to
New Jersey. The Regional Director has determined that the criteria set
forth in Sec. 625.20 have been met, and publishes this notification of
quota transfer. The revised quotas for the calendar year 1993 are:
North Carolina--2,871,750 pounds (1,302,617 kg), New Jersey--2,323,354
pounds (1,053,866 kg).
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part 625.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 625
Fisheries, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 18, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-1477 Filed 1-19-94; 4:15 pm]
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