[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 228 (Monday, November 25, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 59857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30043]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 648
[I.D. 110796F]
RIN 0648-AF01
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel,
Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Revised Measures for 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 announces that the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (Council) has revised and resubmitted for Secretarial approval
three measures that were originally disapproved in the Secretarial
review of Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Atlantic
Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries (FMP). NMFS is requesting
comments from the public; copies of the revised measures for Amendment
5, and Amendment 5 itself, may be obtained from the Council (see
ADDRESSES).
DATES: Comments on the revised measures of Amendment 5 that have been
resubmitted must be received on or before January 24, 1997.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be sent to Dr. Andrew A. Rosenberg,
Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast
Regional Office, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-3799. Mark
the outside of the envelope ``Comments on Resubmitted SMB 5''.
Copies of the revised measures that were disapproved earlier in
Amendment 5, the environmental assessment, 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-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) requires that each Regional
Fishery Management Council submit any FMP or FMP amendment it prepares
to the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) for review and approval,
disapproval, or partial disapproval. The Magnuson-Stevens Act also
requires that the Secretary, upon receiving the FMP or FMP amendment,
immediately make them available for public review and comment. The
Secretary will consider the public comments in determining whether to
approve the FMP or FMP amendment.
The revised measures would establish: (1) A revised overfishing
definition for Atlantic mackerel that would restrict allowable
biological catch (ABC) to a fishing mortality rate of F0.1 and
would cap ABC at 405,000 mt for 1 year, (2) a moratorium vessel permit
for Illex squid with a 5-year sunset provision, and (3) a 5,000-lb
(2.26-mt) incidental catch permit for Illex squid. The transmit date
for this Amendment is November 6, 1996.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 20, 1996.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-30043 Filed 11-20-96; 2:33 pm]
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