98-28863. Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Notice That Vendor Will Provide 1999 Cage Tags

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57657-57658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28863]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101698C]


Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surf Clam 
and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Notice That Vendor Will Provide 1999 Cage 
Tags

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Authorization of vendor to provide 1999 cage tags.

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SUMMARY: NMFS informs surf clam and ocean quahog allocation owners that 
they will be required to purchase their 1999 cage tags from a vendor.

ADDRESSES: Written inquiries may be sent to Tom Warren, Northeast 
Regional Office, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-3799.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Warren, Fishery Management 
Specialist, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog 
Fisheries regulations at 50 CFR 648.75(b) authorize the Regional 
Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS, to specify in the Federal 
Register a vendor from whom cage tags, required under the management 
plan, shall be purchased. Notification is hereby given that National 
Band and Tag Company of Newport, KY, is the authorized vendor of cage 
tags required for the 1999 Federal surf clam and ocean quahog 
fisheries. Detailed instructions for purchasing these cage tags will be 
provided in a letter to allocation owners within the next several 
weeks.

    Dated: October 22, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-28863 Filed 10-27-98; 8:45 am]
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