The Federal Register

Export Trade Certificate of Review

Fri, Feb 9 2001 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Commerce has issued an amendment to the Export Trade Certificate of Review granted originally to Spirit Index, Ltd. on November 15, 1996. Notice of issuance of the Certificate was published in the Federal Register on November 21, 1996 (61 FR 59217).

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the Eastern Aleutian District and Bering Sea

Fri, Feb 9 2001 11:00:00 GMT

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Atka mackerel with gears other than jig in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the 2001 total allowable catch (TAC) of Atka mackerel in these areas.

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska

Fri, Feb 9 2001 11:00:00 GMT

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season allowance of the pollock total allowable catch (TAC) for Statistical Area 610 of the GOA.

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Extension of Closed Areas

Fri, Feb 9 2001 11:00:00 GMT

This interim final rule extends the closure of the Hudson Canyon South and Virginia Beach Sea Scallop Closed Areas on an interim basis for 180 days or until such time that a controlled area access program for these two areas can be implemented through Framework 14 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan (FMP), whichever is sooner. This action, which is necessary to reduce overfishing, will help ensure that fishing mortality rates do not exceed the target thresholds established in the FMP.

Southwest Region Vessel Monitoring System Requirements

Fri, Feb 9 2001 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 10413 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

Tag Recapture Card

Fri, Feb 9 2001 11:00:00 GMT

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 10413 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).

NOAA Restoration Center; Request for National and Regional Habitat Restoration Partners

Fri, Feb 9 2001 11:00:00 GMT

The purpose of this document is to invite the public to submit multiyear proposals for establishing innovative partnerships with the NOAA Restoration Center (RC) at a national or regional level to further habitat restoration that will benefit living marine resources including anadromous fish. NOAA envisions working jointly on such partnerships, through its CommunityBased Restoration Program (CRP), to select, competitively fund, and administer projects with substantial community involvement that restore NOAA trust resource habitat.

This document describes the types of habitat restoration partnerships that the RC envisions establishing, and describes criteria under which applications will be evaluated for funding consideration. Partnerships selected through this notice will be implemented through a cooperative agreement mechanism and will involve joint selection and cofunding of multiple communitybased habitat restoration projects. This is not a request for individual communitybased habitat r