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[FR Doc 04-12433] 1. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; Sea Turtle Conservation Requirements
NMFS is amending the turtle excluder device (TED) regulations that require most shrimp trawlers to use TEDs in the southeastern Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico to reduce the incidental capture of endangered and threatened sea turtles during shrimp trawling. Specifically, NMFS is allowing the use of a double cover flap TED with a modified flap
Published: 2004-06-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc 04-12436] 2. Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reduction to a Harvest
NMFS issues a proposed rule that would remove a harvest restriction on participants in the harvest limit area (HLA) Atka mackerel fishery in the Aleutian Islands subarea. If approved, the regulatory amendments would allow participants assigned to an HLA fishery to harvest Atka mackerel outside of the HLA during the first HLA fishery in each
Published: 2004-06-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc E4-1240] 3. Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Public Meeting
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting.
Published: 2004-06-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FR Doc 04-12437] 4. Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish Fisheries
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) has
submitted for Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) review Amendment 81 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the
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Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI)
and Amendment 74 to the FMP for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA).
If approved, the
Published: 2004-06-02 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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