[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 222 (Friday, November 17, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57695-57696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28360]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 655
[I.D. 110995B]
Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Notice of
Availability of Amendment 5
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: NMFS issues this notice that the Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 5 to the Fishery
Management Plan for Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries
(FMP) for Secretarial review and is requesting comments from the
public. The amendment would revise the management program for Atlantic
mackerel, squid, and butterfish. Copies of the amendment may be
obtained from the Council (see ADDRESSES).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 8, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Dr. Andrew Rosenberg, Regional Director,
National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Regional Office, 1
Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-3799. Mark the outside of the
envelope ``Comments on Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Plan.''
Copies of Amendment 5, the environmental impact statement, and the
regulatory impact review are available from David R. Keifer, Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Room 2115 Federal
Building, 300 S. New Street, Dover, DE 19904-6790.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myles Raizin, Fishery Policy Analyst,
508-281-9104.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) (Magnuson Act) requires that
each fishery management council submit any fishery management plan or
plan amendment it prepares to the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) for
review and approval, disapproval, or partial disapproval. The Magnuson
Act also requires that the Secretary, upon receiving the plan or
amendment, immediately make a preliminary evaluation of whether the
amendment is sufficient to warrant continued review, and publish a
notice that the plan or amendment is available for public review and
comment. The Secretary will consider the public comments in determining
whether to approve the amendment.
Amendment 5 would eliminate joint ventures and directed foreign
fishing for Illex and Loligo squid (squids) and butterfish; establish a
moratorium on new entrants to the directed fisheries for the squids and
butterfish; establish new permit requirements; establish a quota-
setting process that includes recommendations made by a Technical
Monitoring Committee; establish minimum mesh requirements for the
Loligo fishery with exemptions for the sea herring fishery and the
summer Illex fishery occurring outside the 50-fathom curve; require
mandatory reporting for permitted vessels and dealers; revise certain
biological reference points for Atlantic mackerel and Loligo squid; and
specify conditions under which annual seasonal quotas may be
established for the Loligo fishery.
The receipt date for this amendment was November 8, 1995. Proposed
regulations to implement this amendment are scheduled to be published
within 15 days of the receipt date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 13, 1995.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-28360 Filed 11-13-95; 4:39 pm]
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