[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 197 (Thursday, October 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 51929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25555]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 092501D]


Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surf Clam 
and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; 2002 Cage Tags

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

ACTION: Notice of vendor to provide fishing year 2002 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 2002 cage tags 
from a vendor. The intent is to comply with regulations for the surf 
clam and ocean quahog fisheries and to promote efficient distribution 
of cage tags.

ADDRESSES: Written inquiries may be sent to Walt Gardiner, 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: The Federal Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean 
Quahog Fisheries 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, shall be purchased. 
Notice is hereby given that National Band and Tag Company of Newport, 
KY, is the authorized vendor of cage tags required for the fishing year 
2002 Federal surf clam and ocean quahog fisheries. Detailed 
instructions for purchasing these cage tags will be provided in a 
letter to allocation owners in these fisheries within the next several 
weeks.

    Dated: October 5, 2001.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-25555 Filed 10-10-01; 8:45 am]
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