97-23253. Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Notice That Vendor Will Provide 1998 Cage Tags

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 46480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23253]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 082597A]


Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surf Clam 
and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Notice That Vendor Will Provide 1998 Cage 
Tags

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of vendor to provide 1998 cage tags.

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SUMMARY: NMFS informs surf clam and ocean quahog allocation owners that 
they will be required to purchase their 1998 cage tags from a vendor.

ADDRESSES: Written inquiries may be sent to Mr. Richard Pearson at: 
National Marine Fisheries Serivce, Northeast Regional Office, One 
Blackburn Drive, Gloucestr, MA 01930-3799.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard A. Pearson, Fishery Policy 
Analyst, 508-281-9279.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean 
Quahog Fisheries regulations at 50 CFR 648.75(b) authorize the Regional 
Administrator of the Northeast Region to specify in the Federal 
Register a vendor from whom cage tags, required under the management 
plan, shall be purchased. Implementation of this program will make the 
surf clam/ocean quahog tag program consistent with other regional tag 
programs, and set the stage for future tag programs that may be 
considered. Notice is hereby given that National Band and Tag Company 
of Newport, KY, is the authorized vendor of cage tags required for the 
1998 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: August 26, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-23253 Filed 9-2-97; 8:45 am]
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