[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28389-28390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13263]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 050595D]


Permits; Foreign Fishing

    In accordance with a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary 
of State, the National Marine Fisheries Service publishes for public 
review and comment summaries of applications received by the Secretary 
of State requesting permits for foreign fishing vessels to operate in 
the exclusive [[Page 28390]] economic zone, under provisions of the 
Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson Act, 16 
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). This notice concerns the receipt of an 
application from the Government of Poland requesting authorization to 
conduct a joint venture (JV) in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. The 
application requests 10,000 metric tons (mt) of Atlantic sea herring 
and 5,000 mt of Atlantic mackerel be made available for the JV. The 
freezer trawler MANTA is identified as the vessel that will receive sea 
herring and mackerel from U.S. vessels. Based on receipt of a foreign 
JV application for Atlantic sea herring, and in accordance with section 
201(h) of the Magnuson Act, necessary regulatory actions are being 
effected and a Preliminary Fishery Management Plan (PMP) for Atlantic 
sea herring is being developed. Specifications for the Atlantic 
Mackerel, Squid and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan presently 
include 35,000 mt of Atlantic mackerel as available for JV processing. 
Approvability of the JV's, as proposed in the Polish application, will 
be contingent on development of a PMP for sea herring with 
specifications that include an amount of U.S.-harvested herring for 
such operations, and on other issues that bear on the approval of 
foreign fishing permits. Send comments on this application to:
    NOAA--National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Fisheries 
Conservation and Management, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 
20910 and/or, to one or both of the Regional Fishery Management 
Councils listed below:
    Douglas G. Marshall, Executive Director, New England Fishery 
Management Council, 5 Broadway, Saugus, MA 01906; (617) 231-0422.
    David R. Keifer, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council, Federal Building, Room 2115, 300 South New Street, 
Dover, DE 19901-6790; (302) 674-2331.
    For further information contact Robert A. Dickinson, Office of 
Fisheries Conservation and Management; (301) 713-2337.

    Dated: May 23, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-13263 Filed 5-30-95; 8:45 am]
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