[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8943]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 032601D]


Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Notice of Availability of 
Draft Biological Opinion

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft biological opinion on 
authorization of the fisheries under the Fishery Management Plan for 
Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish and Sharks.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces the availability of a draft biological opinion 
on authorization of the fisheries under the Fishery Management Plan for 
Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish and Sharks.

DATES: The draft document is now available. Comments on the draft 
document will be accepted through 5 p.m. EST on April 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft document may be obtained from 
Christopher Rogers, Acting Chief, Highly Migratory Species Management 
Division, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301) 
713-2347. Written comments on the document must be mailed to Bruce C. 
Morehead, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; or faxed to 301-713-1917. Comments will not be accepted if 
submitted via email or the Internet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Rogers, 301-713-2347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Endangered Species Act draft biological 
opinion on authorization of fisheries under the Fishery Management Plan 
for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks is now available for review. 
The document is available on the internet at (http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
); printed copies are available from NMFS upon request (see ADDRESSES).

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

    Dated: April 2, 2001.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-8943 Filed 4-10-01; 8:45 am]
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