National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration March 12, 2012 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer
Document Number: 2012-5921
Type: Rule
Date: 2012-03-12
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is transferring a portion of its 2012 commercial summer flounder quota to the Commonwealth of Virginia. By this action, NMFS adjusts the quotas and announces the revised commercial quota for each state involved.
Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals
Document Number: 2012-5920
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-03-12
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS, (Assistant Administrator) has granted an affirmative finding 2-year renewal to the Government of Ecuador under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). This affirmative finding renewal will allow yellowfin tuna harvested in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) in compliance with the International Dolphin Conservation Program (IDCP) by Ecuadorian-flag purse seine vessels or purse seine vessels operating under Ecuadorian jurisdiction to be imported into the United States. The affirmative finding renewal was based on review of documentary evidence submitted by the Government of Ecuador and obtained from the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC).
New England Fishery Management Council (Council); Notice of Intent (NOI) To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS); Reopening of Comment Period
Document Number: 2012-5919
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-03-12
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This action reopens the comment period of a notice published on December 21, 2011. The original comment period on the notice closed at 5 p.m., E.S.T., March 1, 2012; however, the Council's Executive Committee voted to reopen the comment period an additional 60 days. This notice reopens the comment period to 5 p.m., E.S.T., April 30, 2012.
Marine Recreational Fisheries of the United States; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meetings
Document Number: 2012-5810
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-03-12
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
SEDAR and NOAA Fisheries Service will convene a workshop to consider calibration methods for the MRFSS and MRIP estimates of marine recreational fisheries harvest.
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Gear-Marking Requirement for Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan
Document Number: 2012-5800
Type: Notice
Date: 2012-03-12
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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.
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