Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations, 58051 [2012-23171]
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 182 / Wednesday, September 19, 2012 / Rules and Regulations
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 32
Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sport
Fishing Regulations
CFR Correction
In Title 50 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, Parts 18 to 199, revised as
of October 1, 2011, on page 410, in
§ 32.44, the entry for Middle Mississippi
River National Wildlife Refuge is
reinstated to read as follows:
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§ 32.44
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Missouri.
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Middle Mississippi River National
Wildlife Refuge
Refer to § 32.32 Illinois for
regulations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 120201086–2418–02]
RIN 0648–XC236
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Bluefish Fishery; Commercial
Quota Harvested for the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
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NMFS announces that the
2012 bluefish commercial quota
allocated to the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts has been harvested.
Vessels issued a commercial Federal
fisheries permit for the bluefish fishery
may not land bluefish in Massachusetts
for the remainder of calendar year 2012,
unless additional quota becomes
available through a transfer from
another state. Regulations governing the
bluefish fishery require publication of
this notification to advise Massachusetts
that the quota has been harvested and to
advise vessel permit holders and dealer
permit holders that no Federal
commercial quota is available for
landing bluefish in Massachusetts.
DATES: Effective at 0001 hr local time,
September 19, 2012, through 2400 hr
local time December 31, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carly Bari, (978) 281–9224, or
Carly.Bari@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations governing the bluefish
fishery are found at 50 CFR part 648.
The regulations require annual
specification of a commercial quota that
is apportioned on a percentage basis
among the coastal states from Florida
through Maine. The process to set the
annual commercial quota and the
percent allocated to each state is
described in § 648.162.
The initial total commercial quota for
bluefish for the 2012 fishing year is
10,317,362 lb (4,679,878 kg) (77 FR
25100, April 27, 2012). The percent
allocated to vessels landing bluefish in
Massachusetts is 6.7167 percent,
resulting in a commercial quota of
692,986 lb (314,333 kg) after deduction
of research set-aside.
The Administrator, Northeast Region,
NMFS (Regional Administrator),
monitors the state commercial quotas
and determines when a state’s
commercial quota has been harvested.
SUMMARY:
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NMFS is required to publish
notification in the Federal Register
advising and notifying commercial
vessels and dealer permit holders that,
effective upon a specific date, the state’s
commercial quota has been harvested
and no commercial quota is available for
landing bluefish in that state. The
Regional Administrator has determined,
based upon dealer reports and other
available information, that
Massachusetts has harvested its quota
for 2012.
Section 648.4(b) provides that Federal
permit holders agree, as a condition of
the permit, not to land bluefish in any
state that the Regional Administrator
has determined no longer has
commercial quota available. Therefore,
effective 0001 hours, September 19,
2012, landings of bluefish in
Massachusetts by vessels holding
Federal commercial bluefish permits are
prohibited for the remainder of the 2012
calendar year, unless additional quota
becomes available through a transfer
and is announced in the Federal
Register. Effective 0001 hours,
September 19, 2012, federally permitted
dealers are also notified that they may
not purchase bluefish from federally
permitted vessels that land in
Massachusetts for the remainder of the
calendar year, or until additional quota
becomes available through a transfer
from another state.
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 14, 2012.
Lindsay Fullenkamp,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 32
Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations
CFR Correction
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In Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 18 to 199,
revised as of October 1, 2011, on page 410, in Sec. 32.44, the entry
for Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge is reinstated to
read as follows:
Sec. 32.44 Missouri.
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Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
Refer to Sec. 32.32 Illinois for regulations.
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