[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 218 (Friday, November 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 57850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28709]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 102896D]


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-Stevens 
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 to conduct joint 
venture operations in 1997 in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean for Atlantic 
sea herring and Atlantic mackerel. The large stern trawler/processors 
LIMB and NOVATOR are identified as the vessels that will receive 
Atlantic sea herring and 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 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.

    Dated: October 31, 1996
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-28709 Filed 11-7-96; 8:45 am]
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