Pacific Island Fisheries; 2019 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Harvest Guideline, 5378 [2019-02986]
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commercial quota under § 648.102(c)(2).
The Regional Administrator is required
to consider the criteria in
§ 648.102(c)(2)(i)(A) through (C) in the
evaluation of requests for quota transfers
or combinations.
North Carolina is transferring 3,270 lb
(1,483 kg) of summer flounder
commercial quota to New Jersey through
mutual agreement of the states. This
transfer was requested to repay landings
made by a North Carolina-permitted
vessel in New Jersey under a safe harbor
agreement. Based on the initial quotas
published in the 2019 Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Specifications, the revised summer
flounder quotas for fishing year 2019 are
now: North Carolina, 1,827,368 lb
(828,880 kg); and New Jersey, 1,118,827
lb (507,491 kg).
Classification
This action is taken under 50 CFR
part 648 and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
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Dated: February 15, 2019.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting 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–XG797
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2019
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Lobster Harvest Guideline
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 (NWHI) for calendar
year 2019 at zero lobsters.
DATES: February 21, 2019.
SUMMARY:
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Bob
Harman, NMFS PIR Sustainable
Fisheries, tel 808–725–5170.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 15, 2019.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019–02986 Filed 2–20–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 665
RIN 0648-XG797
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2019 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 (NWHI)
for calendar year 2019 at zero lobsters.
DATES: February 21, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Harman, NMFS PIR Sustainable
Fisheries, tel 808-725-5170.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the 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: February 15, 2019.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-02986 Filed 2-20-19; 8:45 am]
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