[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58706-58707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28714]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081597D]
Continental Shelf Fishery Resources
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of determinations.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary
of State, finds that Arctic surfclams (Mactromeris polynyma), Icelandic
scallops (Chlamys islandica), Greenland cockles (Serripes
groenlandicus), Propellor clams (Cyrtodaria siliqua), and Sea cucumbers
(Cucumbaria frondosa) are continental shelf fishery resources. This
finding extends coastal State authority for conservation and management
of said species to areas of the continental shelf beyond its exclusive
economic zone.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathon Krieger, (301) 713-2276.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act)(16 U.S.C. 1802 Section 3 (7))
states ``If the Secretary determines, after consultation with the
Secretary of State, that living organisms of any other sedentary
species are, at the harvestable stage, either--
(A) immobile on or under the seabed, or
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(B) unable to move except in constant physical contact with the
seabed or subsoil, of the Continental Shelf which appertains to the
United States, and publishes notices of such determination in the
Federal Register, such sedentary species shall be considered to be
added to the foregoing list and included in such term for purposes of
this Act.''
The Government of Canada notified the Government of the United
States through the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization that it
had identified 12 sedentary species. Five of those species are already
listed in section 3 (7) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (i.e., Snow crabs
(Chionoecetes opilio), Spiny Crabs (Lithodes maja), Red crabs (Chaceon
quinquedens), American Lobster (Homarus americanus), and Ocean quahaug
(Arctica islandica). Two are deemed not sedentary (i.e., Spiny crabs
(Neolithodes grimaldii), and Razor clams (Ensis directus).
The other five are considered sedentary, and they are: Arctic
surfclams (Mactromeris polynyma), Icelandic scallops (Chlamys
islandica), Greenland cockles (Serripes groenlandicus), Propellor clams
(Cyrtodaria siliqua), and Sea cucumbers (Cucumbaria frondosa).
Dated: October 23, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-28714 Filed 10-29-97; 8:45 am]
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