[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 17992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9696]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 040398A]


Permits; Foreign Fishing

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of foreign fishing application.

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SUMMARY: NMFS publishes for public review and comment a summary of an 
application submitted by the Government of the Russian Federation 
requesting authorization to conduct fishing operations in the U.S. 
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in 1998 under provisions of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to NMFS, Office of Sustainable 
Fisheries, International Fisheries Division, 1315 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910; and/or to the Regional Fishery Management 
Councils listed here:
    Paul J. Howard, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with a Memorandum of 
Understanding with the Secretary of State, NMFS publishes for public 
review and comment summaries of applications received by the Secretary 
of State requesting permits for foreign fishing vessels to fish in the 
U.S. EEZ under provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens 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 (JV) operations in 1998 in the Northwest Atlantic 
Ocean for Atlantic mackerel and Atlantic herring. The large stern 
trawler/processor ANDREY MARKIN is identified as the vessel that would 
receive Atlantic mackerel and Atlantic herring from U.S. vessels in JV 
operations.

    Dated: April 6, 1998.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 98-9696 Filed 4-10-98; 8:45 am]
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