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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 611 and 658

[I.D. 080194C]

 

Foreign Fishing; Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of an amendment to a fishery management 
plan; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 
Council (Council) has submitted Amendment 7 to the Fishery Management 
Plan for the Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP) for review by 
the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary). Written comments are requested 
from the public.

DATES: Written comments must be received by September 29, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be sent to Michael E. Justen, Southeast 
Regional Office, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 
33702.
    Requests for copies of Amendment 7, which includes a regulatory 
impact review and an environmental assessment, should be sent to the 
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, Lincoln Center, Suite 331, 
5401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33609-2486, FAX 813-225-7015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael E. Justen, 813-893-3161.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act (Magnuson Act) requires that a fishery management plan 
or amendment prepared by a fishery management council be submitted to 
the Secretary for review and approval, disapproval, or partial 
disapproval. The Magnuson Act also requires that the Secretary, upon 
receiving the document, immediately publish a notice that the amendment 
is available for public review and comment. The Secretary will consider 
public comment in determining approvability of the amendment.
    Amendment 7 proposes to: (1) Increase the domestic quota for royal 
red shrimp harvested from the exclusive economic zone of the Gulf of 
Mexico and eliminate the total allowable level of foreign fishing for 
royal red shrimp from that area; (2) revise the definition of 
overfishing for royal red shrimp and provide a procedure for updating 
maximum sustainable yield of royal red shrimp; (3) define overfishing 
for white shrimp; (4) establish procedures for revising the overfishing 
indices for brown, white, and pink shrimp when new data become 
available; and (5) specify actions to be taken if overfishing for 
brown, white, pink, or royal red shrimp occurs.
    Proposed regulations to implement Amendment 7 are scheduled for 
publication within 15 days.

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

    Dated: August 1, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-19034 Filed 8-1-94; 3:43 pm]
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