Fisheries of the Northeast Region; Fisheries of the Southeast Region; Highly Migratory Species, 49994-49995 [E8-19666]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
49994
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 165 / Monday, August 25, 2008 / Notices
Dated: August 18, 2008.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import
Administration.
[FR Doc. E8–19663 Filed 8–22–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Federal Consistency Appeal by
Foothill/Eastern Transportation
Corridor Agency
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (Commerce).
ACTION: Notice of stay—closure of
administrative appeals decision record.
AGENCY:
This announcement provides
notice that the Secretary of Commerce
has stayed, for a period of 60 days,
closure of the decision record in an
administrative appeal filed by Foothill/
Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency
and its Board of Directors (TCA).
DATES: The decision record for the
Foothill/Eastern Transportation
Corridor Agency Consistency Appeal
will now close on October 24, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Office of the General
Counsel for Ocean Services, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1305 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Street or Gladys Miles,
Attorney-Advisors, Office of the General
Counsel, via e-mail at
gcos.inquiries@noaa.gov, or at (301)
713–2967.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
February 15, 2008, TCA filed notice of
an appeal with the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary), pursuant to the
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
(CZMA), 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq., and
implementing regulations found at 15
C.F.R. Part 930, Subpart H. TCA
appealed an objection to its construction
of an extension to California State Route
241 in northern San Diego and southern
Orange Counties, California.
Under the CZMA, the Secretary must
close the decision record in an appeal
160 days after the notice of appeal is
published in the Federal Register. 16
U.S.C. 1465. However, the CZMA
authorizes the Secretary to stay closing
the decision record for up to 60 days
when the Secretary determines it
necessary to receive, on an expedited
basis, any supplemental information
specifically requested by the Secretary
ebenthall on PRODPC60 with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
VerDate Aug<31>2005
15:18 Aug 22, 2008
Jkt 214001
to complete a consistency review or any
clarifying information submitted by a
party to the proceeding related to
information in the consolidated record
compiled by the lead Federal permitting
agency. 16 U.S.C. 1465(b)(3).
The decision record is currently
scheduled to close on August 25, 2008.
After reviewing the decision record
developed to date, the Secretary has
decided to solicit supplemental and
clarifying information. In order to allow
receipt of this information, the Secretary
hereby stays closure of the decision
record until October 24, 2008.
Additional information about the TCA
Consistency Appeal and the CZMA
appeals process is available from the
Department of Commerce CZMA
appeals Web site https://
www.ogc.doc.gov/czma.htm.
Dated: August 20, 2008.
Joel La Bissonniere,
Assistant General Counsel for Ocean Services.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog No.
11.419 Coastal Zone Management Program
Assistance.)
[FR Doc. E8–19667 Filed 8–22–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–08–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XJ31
Fisheries of the Northeast Region;
Fisheries of the Southeast Region;
Highly Migratory Species
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of determination of
overfished and overfishing conditions.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This action serves as a notice
that NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary), has determined
that northeast smooth skate, South
Atlantic red snapper, and Gulf of
Mexico gray triggerfish are overfished
and that northeast thorny skate is
subject to overfishing. NMFS notified
the respective regional fishery
management councils (Councils)
responsible for these fisheries of its
determination. The Councils are
required to take action within 1 year
following notification by NMFS that
overfishing is occurring, a stock is
approaching overfishing, a stock is
overfished, a stock is approaching an
overfished condition, or existing
remedial action taken to end overfishing
or rebuild an overfished stock has not
resulted in adequate progress. In
PO 00000
Frm 00013
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
addition, the Secretary has determined
that the highly migratory species
blacknose shark is overfished and
overfishing is occurring.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Seanbob Kelly, telephone: (301) 713–
2341.
Pursuant
to sections 304(e)(2) and (e)(7) of the
Magnuson–Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson–Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C.
1854(e)(2) and (e)(7), and implementing
regulations at 50 CFR 600.310(e)(2),
NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary,
notifies fishery management councils
when overfishing is occurring, a stock is
approaching overfishing, a stock is
overfished, a stock is approaching an
overfished condition, or existing action
taken to end previously identified
overfishing or rebuilding a previously
identified overfished stock or stock
complex has not resulted in adequate
progress.
On June 20, 2008, the NMFS
approved Amendment 30A to the
Fishery Management Plan for the Reef
Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico
and implemented it with a final rule
published in the Federal Register (73
FR 38139; July 3, 2008). Amendment
30A established management targets
and thresholds for Gulf of Mexico gray
triggerfish that were previously
undefined. Based on these new status
determination criteria the NMFS found
that the Gulf of Mexico gray triggerfish
is overfished using an earlier stock
assessment (SEDAR 9, 2006).
Amendment 30A includes a rebuilding
plan for Gulf of Mexico gray triggerfish.
On July 8, 2008, the NMFS Southeast
Regional Administrator sent a letter
notifying the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (South Atlantic
Council) that South Atlantic red
snapper is overfished. The South
Atlantic Council must submit a
rebuilding plan for red snapper within
one year of that notification.
On July 21, 2008, the NMFS Northeast
Regional Administrator sent a letter
notifying the New England Fishery
Management Council (New England
Council) that smooth skate is overfished
and that thorny skate is undergoing
overfishing. Thorny skate is currently
under a rebuilding plan. The New
England Council must therefore ensure
that overfishing is ended and that the
stock rebuilds on schedule. Copies of
the notification letters sent to the fishery
management councils for the
aforementioned determinations are
available at https://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
sfa/statusoffisheries/SOSmain.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
E:\FR\FM\25AUN1.SGM
25AUN1
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 165 / Monday, August 25, 2008 / Notices
ebenthall on PRODPC60 with NOTICES
NMFS previously published the
Secretary’s determination that blacknose
shark is overfished and subject to
overfishing (73 FR 25665; May 7, 2008).
It is included in this notice to provide
complete documentation of the
overfished and overfishing
determinations made between April 1,
2008 and June 30, 2008.
Within 1 year of a notification under
Magnuson–Stevens Act sections
304(e)(2) or (e)(7), the respective
Council must take remedial action in
response to the notification, to end
overfishing if overfishing is occurring;
rebuild an overfished stock or stock
complex to the abundance that can
produce maximum sustainable yield
within an appropriate time frame;
prevent overfishing from occurring if a
stock is approaching overfishing; and/or
prevent a stock from becoming
overfished if it is approaching an
overfished condition (see implementing
VerDate Aug<31>2005
15:18 Aug 22, 2008
Jkt 214001
regulations at 50 CFR 600.310(e)(3)).
Such action must be submitted to NMFS
within 1 year of notification and may be
in the form of a new fishery
management plan (FMP), an FMP
amendment, or proposed regulations.
Dated: August 19, 2008.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8–19666 Filed 8–22–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–22–S
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
[Transmittal Nos. 08–80]
36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification
Department of Defense, Defense
Security Cooperation Agency.
AGENCY:
PO 00000
Frm 00014
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
ACTION:
49995
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is
publishing the unclassified text of a
section 36(b)( 1) arms sales notification.
This is published to fulfill the
requirements of section 155 of Public
Law 104–164 dated 21 July 1996.
Ms.
B. English, DSCA/DBO/CFM, (703) 601–
3740.
The following is a copy of a letter to
the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Transmittals 08–80
with attached transmittal, policy
justification, and Sensitivity of
Technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: August 15, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer,
Department of Defense.
BILLING CODE 5001–06–M
E:\FR\FM\25AUN1.SGM
25AUN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 165 (Monday, August 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49994-49995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19666]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XJ31
Fisheries of the Northeast Region; Fisheries of the Southeast
Region; Highly Migratory Species
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of determination of overfished and overfishing
conditions.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This action serves as a notice that NMFS, on behalf of the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), has determined that northeast smooth
skate, South Atlantic red snapper, and Gulf of Mexico gray triggerfish
are overfished and that northeast thorny skate is subject to
overfishing. NMFS notified the respective regional fishery management
councils (Councils) responsible for these fisheries of its
determination. The Councils are required to take action within 1 year
following notification by NMFS that overfishing is occurring, a stock
is approaching overfishing, a stock is overfished, a stock is
approaching an overfished condition, or existing remedial action taken
to end overfishing or rebuild an overfished stock has not resulted in
adequate progress. In addition, the Secretary has determined that the
highly migratory species blacknose shark is overfished and overfishing
is occurring.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seanbob Kelly, telephone: (301) 713-
2341.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to sections 304(e)(2) and (e)(7) of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1854(e)(2) and (e)(7), and implementing
regulations at 50 CFR 600.310(e)(2), NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary,
notifies fishery management councils when overfishing is occurring, a
stock is approaching overfishing, a stock is overfished, a stock is
approaching an overfished condition, or existing action taken to end
previously identified overfishing or rebuilding a previously identified
overfished stock or stock complex has not resulted in adequate
progress.
On June 20, 2008, the NMFS approved Amendment 30A to the Fishery
Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and
implemented it with a final rule published in the Federal Register (73
FR 38139; July 3, 2008). Amendment 30A established management targets
and thresholds for Gulf of Mexico gray triggerfish that were previously
undefined. Based on these new status determination criteria the NMFS
found that the Gulf of Mexico gray triggerfish is overfished using an
earlier stock assessment (SEDAR 9, 2006). Amendment 30A includes a
rebuilding plan for Gulf of Mexico gray triggerfish.
On July 8, 2008, the NMFS Southeast Regional Administrator sent a
letter notifying the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (South
Atlantic Council) that South Atlantic red snapper is overfished. The
South Atlantic Council must submit a rebuilding plan for red snapper
within one year of that notification.
On July 21, 2008, the NMFS Northeast Regional Administrator sent a
letter notifying the New England Fishery Management Council (New
England Council) that smooth skate is overfished and that thorny skate
is undergoing overfishing. Thorny skate is currently under a rebuilding
plan. The New England Council must therefore ensure that overfishing is
ended and that the stock rebuilds on schedule. Copies of the
notification letters sent to the fishery management councils for the
aforementioned determinations are available at https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/statusoffisheries/SOSmain.htm.
[[Page 49995]]
NMFS previously published the Secretary's determination that
blacknose shark is overfished and subject to overfishing (73 FR 25665;
May 7, 2008). It is included in this notice to provide complete
documentation of the overfished and overfishing determinations made
between April 1, 2008 and June 30, 2008.
Within 1 year of a notification under Magnuson-Stevens Act sections
304(e)(2) or (e)(7), the respective Council must take remedial action
in response to the notification, to end overfishing if overfishing is
occurring; rebuild an overfished stock or stock complex to the
abundance that can produce maximum sustainable yield within an
appropriate time frame; prevent overfishing from occurring if a stock
is approaching overfishing; and/or prevent a stock from becoming
overfished if it is approaching an overfished condition (see
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.310(e)(3)). Such action must be
submitted to NMFS within 1 year of notification and may be in the form
of a new fishery management plan (FMP), an FMP amendment, or proposed
regulations.
Dated: August 19, 2008.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. E8-19666 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-S
