[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 1757]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-32337]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 625

[I.D. 122794C]


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 announces that the State of North Carolina is 
transferring 150,000 lb (68,040 kg) of commercial summer flounder quota 
to the State of New York. NMFS adjusted the quotas and announces the 
revised commercial quota for each state involved.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 30, 1994.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations implementing Amendment 2 to the 
Fishery Management Plan for the Summer Flounder Fishery are found at 50 
CFR part 625. The regulations require 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 is described in 
Sec. 625.20.
    The final rule implementing Amendment 5 to the FMP was published 
December 17, 1993 (58 FR 65936), and allows two or more states, under 
mutual agreement and with the concurrence of the Director, Northeast 
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(f)(1), 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.
    North Carolina has agreed to transfer 150,000 lb (68,040 kg) of 
commercial quota to New York. The Regional Director has determined that 
the criteria set forth in Sec. 625.20(f) have been met, and publishes 
this notification of quota transfers.

Classification

    This action is taken under 50 CFR part 625 and is exempt from 
review under E.O. 12866.

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

    Dated: December 30, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office Of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-32337 Filed 12-30-94; 11:39 am]
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