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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
CFR Citation: 50 CFR Part 648
Docket ID: [Docket No. 061020273-6321-02]
RIN ID: RIN 0648-XC70
NOTICE: RULES
ACTION: Fishery conservation and management:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Scup Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for 2007 Summer Period
DATES: Effective 0001 hours, September 21, 2007, through October 31, 2007.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: NMFS announces the closure of the scup commercial coastwide fishery from Maine through North Carolina for the Summer Period. Regulations governing the scup fishery require publication of this notification to advise the coastal states from Maine through North Carolina that this quota has been harvested and to advise Federal vessel permit holders and Federal dealer permit holders that no commercial quota is available for landing scup in these states. Federally permitted commercial vessels may not land scup in these states for the remainder of the 2007 Summer quota period (through October 31, 2007).
SUMMARY: Scup,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Regulations governing the scup fishery are found at 50 CFR part 648. The regulations at 50 CFR 648.121 require the Regional Administrator to monitor the commercial scup quota for each quota period and, based upon dealer reports, state data, and other available information, to determine when the commercial quota for a period has been harvested. NMFS is required to publish a notification in the Federal Register advising and notifying commercial vessels and dealer permit holders that, effective upon a specific date, the scup commercial quota has been harvested and no commercial quota is available for landing scup for the remainder of the Summer Period. Based upon recent projections, the Regional Administrator anticipates that the Federal commercial quota of 3,464,914 lb (1,572 mt) for the 2007 Summer Period will be fully harvested by or before October 31, 2007. To maintain the integrity of the 2008 Summer Period quota by avoiding or minimizing quota overages, the commercial scup fishery will close for the remainder of the Summer Period (through October 31, 2007) in Federal waters.In 50 CFR 648.4(b) provides that Federal scup moratorium permit holders agree as a condition of the permit not to land scup in any state after NMFS has published a notification in the Federal Register stating that the commercial quota for the period has been harvested and that no commercial quota for scup is available. Therefore, effective 0001 hours, September 21, 2007, further landings of scup by vessels holding Federal scup moratorium permits are prohibited through October 31, 2007. Effective 0001 hours, September 21, 2007, federally permitted dealers are also advised that they may not purchase scup from federally permitted vessels that land in coastal states from Maine through North Carolina for the remainder of the Summer Period (through October 31, 2007). The Winter II Period for commercial scup harvest will open on November 1, 2007.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 17, 2007.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 074698 Filed 91807; 2:26 pm]
BILLING CODE 351022S
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Emily Bryant, Fishery Management Specialist, (978) 2819244.
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