[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 165 (Friday, August 23, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 43518-43519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21517]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 648
[I.D. 081696D]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Amendment 9 to the
Fishery Management Plan for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Fisheries; Resubmission of Disapproved Measure
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 to advise that the Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council (Council) has resubmitted a modification of
the previously disapproved commercial quota measure contained in
Amendment 9 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Summer Flounder,
Scup and Black Sea Bass Fisheries (FMP), for Secretarial approval and
to request comments from the public.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 19, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Dr. Andrew A. Rosenberg, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Northeast Regional Office, 1 Blackburn Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930-3799. Mark the outside of the envelope ``Comments
on the Resubmitted Black Sea Bass Measure.''
Copies of the resubmission portion of Amendment 9 and other
supporting documents 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: Regina L. Spallone, Fishery Policy
Analyst, 508-281-9221.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson Act)(16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) requires each
regional fishery management council to submit any fishery management
plan or plan amendment it prepares to the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) for review and approval or disapproval. The Magnuson Act
also requires the Secretary, upon receiving the plan or amendment, to
publish immediately notification 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 plan or
amendment.
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On July 19, 1996, NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary, upon
preliminary evaluation of Amendment 9, as authorized in section
304(a)(1)(A) of the Magnuson Act, disapproved the provision proposed in
Amendment 9 that would have implemented a state by state commercial
quota for black sea bass in 1998. The Council has revised this
provision and, under section 304(b)(3)(A) of the Magnuson Act,
submitted for Secretarial review, a proposed measure that would
implement a quarterly coastwide quota with trip limits that would be
allocated to the commercial black sea bass fishery from Maine through
North Carolina.
Day 1 of this rule is August 16, 1996. Proposed regulations for
this provision are scheduled to be published within 15 days.
Authority: 18 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 19, 1996.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-21517 Filed 8-20-96; 3:17 pm]
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