[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58022-58023]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23398]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 090402A]


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 September 27, 2002.

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

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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 a 
Mexican vessel to receive, within the Pacific waters of the U.S. EEZ 
south of 38[deg] N. lat., 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 application 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 from NMFS (see ADDRESSES).

    Dated: September 5, 2002
Virginia M. Fay,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service
[FR Doc. 02-23398 Filed 9-12-02; 8:45 am]
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