[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 209 (Friday, October 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 64432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27698]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 101700C]


Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surf Clam 
and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; 2001 Cage Tags

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

ACTION: Notice of vendor to provide fishing year 2001 cage tags.

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SUMMARY: NMFS informs surf clam and ocean quahog allocation owners that 
they will be required to purchase their fishing year 2001 cage tags 
from a vendor.

ADDRESSES: Written inquiries may be sent to Walt Gardiner at: National 
Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Regional Office, One Blackburn 
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-3799.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Walt Gardiner, Fishery Management 
Specialist, (978) 281-9326.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal Atlantic surf clam and ocean quahog 
fishery regulations at 50 CFR 648.75(b) authorize the Administrator, 
Northeast Region, NMFS, to specify in the Federal Register a vendor 
from whom cage tags, required under the Atlantic Surf Clam and Ocean 
Quahog Fishery Management Plan, must be purchased. National Band and 
Tag Company of Newport, KY, is the authorized vendor of cage tags 
required for the year 2001 Federal surf clam and ocean quahog 
fisheries. Detailed instructions for purchasing these cage tags will be 
provided in a letter to allocation owners within the next several 
weeks.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: October 21, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-27698 Filed 10-26-00; 8:45 am]
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