[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40512-40513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20212]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 071598D]


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 a 
foreign fishing application submitted under provisions of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).

DATES: Comments must be received by August 12, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments (or requests for a copy of the application) to 
NMFS,

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Office of Sustainable Fisheries, International Fisheries Division, 1315 
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert A. Dickinson, Office of 
Sustainable Fisheries, (301) 713-2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 204(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1824(d)) provides, among other things, that the Secretary of 
Commerce (Secretary) may issue a transshipment permit which authorizes 
a vessel other than a vessel of the United States to engage in fishing 
consisting solely of transporting fish or fish products at sea from a 
point within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) or, with the 
concurrence of a State, within the boundaries of that State to a point 
outside the United States. NMFS has received an application requesting 
authorization for three Mexican vessels to receive within the area of 
the U.S. EEZ south of 34 deg. N. lat., and east of 121 deg. W. long., 
transfers of live tuna from a U.S. purse seiner for the purpose of 
transporting the tuna alive to the Mexican EEZ.
    Section 204(d)(3) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act provides, among other 
things, that an appliaction may not be approved until the Secretary 
determines that ``no owner or operator of a vessel of the United States 
which has adequate capacity to perform the transportation for which the 
application is submitted has indicated...an interest in performing the 
transportation at fair and reasonable rates.'' NMFS is publishing this 
notice as part of its effort to make this determination.
    Interested U.S. vessel owners and operators may obtain a copy of 
the complete application, including vessel modifications necessary to 
accommodate the pens into which the live tuna will be placed, from NMFS 
(See ADDRESSES).

    Dated: July 23, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-20212 Filed 7-28-98; 8:45 am]
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