[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 1995)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 2905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-796]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 625

[I.D. 010395A]


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 Maryland is transferring 
50,000 lb (22,680 kg) of commercial summer flounder quota to the State 
of New York. NMFS announces the adjustment of these states' quotas.

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 (FMP) 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 used to set the annual 
commercial quota, adjust for overages, and the percent allocated to 
each state is described in Sec. 625.20.
    Transfers of commercial quota are authorized under Amendment 5 to 
the FMP (58 FR 65936, December 17, 1993) which 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.
    The Regional Director is further 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.
    The States of Maryland and New York have mutually agreed to 
transfer 50,000 lb (22,680 kg) of 1994 commercial quota from Maryland 
to New York, and the Regional Director has concurred.
    The Regional Director has determined that the criteria set forth in 
Sec. 625.20(f) have been met, and publishes this notification of quota 
transfer. This action revises the quotas for the calendar year 1994.

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: January 6, 1995.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-796 Filed 1-11-94; 8:45 am]
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