Pacific Island Fisheries; 2018 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Harvest Guideline, 3099 [2018-01064]
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RIN 0648–XF881
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2018
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Lobster Harvest Guideline
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2. Amend § 17.11(h) by removing the
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Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361–1407; 1531–
1544; and 4201–4245, unless otherwise
noted.
§ 17.11
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of lobster harvest
guideline.
AGENCY:
NMFS establishes the annual
harvest guideline for the commercial
lobster fishery in the Northwestern
Hawaiian Islands for calendar year 2018
at zero lobsters.
DATES: January 23, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob
Harman, NMFS PIR Sustainable
Fisheries, tel. 808–725–5170.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the Northwestern Hawaiian
SUMMARY:
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Islands (NWHI) commercial lobster
fishery under the Fishery Ecosystem
Plan for the Hawaiian Archipelago. The
regulations at 50 CFR 665.252(b) require
NMFS to publish an annual harvest
guideline for lobster Permit Area 1,
comprised of Federal waters around the
NWHI.
Regulations governing the
Papahanaumokuakea Marine National
Monument in the NWHI prohibit the
unpermitted removal of monument
resources (50 CFR 404.7), and establish
a zero annual harvest guideline for
lobsters (50 CFR 404.10(a)).
Accordingly, NMFS establishes the
harvest guideline for the NWHI
commercial lobster fishery for calendar
year 2018 at zero lobsters. Harvest of
NWHI lobster resources is not allowed.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 17, 2018.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 665
RIN 0648-XF881
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2018 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Lobster Harvest Guideline
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of lobster harvest guideline.
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SUMMARY: NMFS establishes the annual harvest guideline for the
commercial lobster fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands for
calendar year 2018 at zero lobsters.
DATES: January 23, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Harman, NMFS PIR Sustainable
Fisheries, tel. 808-725-5170.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands (NWHI) commercial lobster fishery under the Fishery Ecosystem
Plan for the Hawaiian Archipelago. The regulations at 50 CFR 665.252(b)
require NMFS to publish an annual harvest guideline for lobster Permit
Area 1, comprised of Federal waters around the NWHI.
Regulations governing the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National
Monument in the NWHI prohibit the unpermitted removal of monument
resources (50 CFR 404.7), and establish a zero annual harvest guideline
for lobsters (50 CFR 404.10(a)). Accordingly, NMFS establishes the
harvest guideline for the NWHI commercial lobster fishery for calendar
year 2018 at zero lobsters. Harvest of NWHI lobster resources is not
allowed.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 17, 2018.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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