[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51436-51437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25208]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 092496B]


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 economic zone under provisions of the Magnuson Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). This notice 
concerns the receipt of an application from the Government of the 
Russian Federation requesting authorization for three vessels to 
conduct joint venture operations in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean for 
Atlantic mackerel. The large stern trawler/processors KOKAND, SADKO and 
ZUND are identified as the vessels that will receive Atlantic mackerel 
from U.S. vessels. Send comments on this application to:
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 1315 East-West 
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; and/or to one or both of the Regional 
Fishery Management Councils listed below:
    Chris Kellogg, Acting 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 
Sustainable Fisheries, (301) 713-2337.


[[Page 51437]]


    Dated: September 25, 1996.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-25208 Filed 10-1-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-F