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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 625
[Docket No. 930615-3215; I.D. # 010594B]
 

Summer Flounder Fishery
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notification of commercial quota transfer.

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SUMMARY: NMFS issues this notification to announce that 250,000 pounds 
(113,399 kg) of summer flounder commercial quota available to the State 
of North Carolina has been transferred to the State of New Jersey. This 
transfer will be applied solely to New Jersey's 1993 quota overage. 
This notification advises the public that the quota adjustment has been 
made and that the adjusted 1993 commercial quota for the State of North 
Carolina is 2,871,750 pounds (1,302,617 kg), and the commercial quota 
for the State of New Jersey is 2,323,354 pounds (1,053,866 kg).

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 1993.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hannah Goodale, Fishery Policy Analyst, 508-281-9101.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations implementing the Fishery 
Management Plan for the Summer Flounder Fishery are found at 50 CFR 
part 625. The regulations require the annual specification of a 
commercial quota that is apportioned among the coastal states from 
North Carolina through Maine. The process to set the annual commercial 
quota and the percent allocated to each state are described in 
Sec. 625.20.
    The commercial quota for summer flounder for the 1993 calendar year 
was set equal to 12.35 million pounds (5.6 million kg), with 3,435,214 
(1,558,203 kg) allocated to North Carolina, and 2,092,992 pounds 
(949,375 kg) allocated to New Jersey (January 22, 1993, 58 FR 5658). 
Each state's allocation was adjusted by Amendment 4 to the Fishery 
Management Plan for the Summer Flounder Fishery (September 24, 1993, 58 
FR 49937), with a revised New Jersey quota of 2,065,539 pounds (936,922 
kg), and a revised North Carolina quota of 3,389,565 pounds (1,537,497 
kg).
    An emergency interim rule published August 26, 1993, (58 FR 45075) 
and extended on November 29, 1993 (58 FR 62556), allows two or more 
states, under mutual agreement and with the concurrence of the 
Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, (Regional Director), to transfer or 
combine summer flounder commercial quota. The Regional Director is 
required to consider the criteria set forth in Sec. 625.20 in the 
evaluation of requests for quota transfers or combinations.
    Further, the Regional Director is required to publish notification 
in the Federal Register advising a state, and notifying Federal vessel 
permit and dealer permit holders that, effective upon a specific date, 
a portion of a state's commercial quota has been transferred to or 
combined with the commercial quota of another state.
    Since the emergency interim rule, four transfers of summer flounder 
quota have been approved and made effective. In all four cases, the 
donor state was North Carolina. The recipient states were: Virginia--
125,000 pounds (56,700 kg) (November 8, 1993, 58 FR 59196); New 
Jersey--7,815 pounds (3,545 kg) (November 23, 1993, 58 FR 61844); 
Virginia--125,000 pounds (56,700 kg) (November 24, 1993, 58 FR 62050); 
and Rhode Island--10,000 pounds (4,536 kg) (January 4, 1994, 59 FR 
257).
    North Carolina and New Jersey have agreed on the transfer of 
250,000 pounds (113,399 kg) from North Carolina's commercial quota to 
New Jersey. The Regional Director has determined that the criteria set 
forth in Sec. 625.20 have been met, and publishes this notification of 
quota transfer. The revised quotas for the calendar year 1993 are: 
North Carolina--2,871,750 pounds (1,302,617 kg), New Jersey--2,323,354 
pounds (1,053,866 kg).

Classification

    This action is required by 50 CFR part 625.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 625

    Fisheries, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: January 18, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-1477 Filed 1-19-94; 4:15 pm]
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