[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-1478]


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[Federal Register: January 21, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 630

[Docket No. 931078-3278; I.D. 011394A]

 

Atlantic Swordfish Fishery

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

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that it is extending the comment period from 
January 24, 1994, through January 31, 1994, on the proposed rule to 
implement, on an experimental basis, a voluntary, pilot program that 
would allow retention of undersized swordfish in excess of the trip 
allowance for donation, through charitable organizations, to needy 
individuals.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule are extended from January 24, 
1994, through January 31, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the petition should be directed to: Richard H. 
Schaefer, Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910 (Attention: Richard Stone- F/CM4). Please indicate in 
your letter if your comments are in regard to the proposed rule or on 
information collection requirements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard B. Stone, 301/713-2347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Federal Register document issuing the 
proposed rule, and requesting public comment over a 30-day comment 
period, was published on December 23, 1993, at 58 FR 68109. In order to 
allow the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to convene, and 
provide additional time for written comments, NMFS is extending the 
comment period on the proposed rule. Comments will continue to be 
solicited on the proposed rule to implement, on an experimental basis, 
a voluntary, pilot program that would allow retention of undersized 
swordfish in excess of the trip allowance for donation, through 
charitable organizations, to needy individuals. Further information is 
available from the Federal Register proposed rule on the Atlantic 
Swordfish Fishery (58 FR 68109, December 23, 1993).

    Dated: January 14, 1994.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-1478 Filed 1-19-94; 4:15 pm]
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