[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42996-42997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20652]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 080801B]


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 2001 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, or to any of the following Regional Fishery 
Management Councils:
    Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management 
Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01905; Phone (978) 
465-0492; Fax (978) 465-3116;
    Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council, Federal Building, Room 2115, 300 South New Street, 
Dover, DE 19904; Phone (302) 674-2331; Fax (302) 674-4136.

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

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. The application

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requests that the large stern trawler/processor VIKTOR KHUDIAKOV be 
authorized in 2001 to conduct joint venture operations in the EEZ for 
Atlantic herring and Atlantic mackerel. The application also requests 
that the VIKTOR KHUDIAKOV be authorized in 2001 to conduct directed 
fishing in the EEZ for Atlantic herring and Atlantic mackerel.

    Dated: August 10, 2001.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-20652 Filed 8-15-01; 8:45 am]
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