[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 90 (Monday, May 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25882-25883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10567]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 042704E]


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, information 
regarding 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 May 24, 2004.

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.
    Comments on this notice may also be submitted by e-mail. The 
address for providing e-mail comments is [email protected]. 
Include in the subject line the following document identifier: 042704E.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    Section 204(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1824(d)) 
provides, among other 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.
    Section 204(d)(3)(D) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act provides 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 such a determination with 
respect to the application described below.

Summary of Application

    NMFS has received an application requesting authorization for two 
Mexican vessels to receive, within the Pacific waters of the U.S. EEZ 
south of 38[deg]00' N. lat., transfers of live tuna from U.S. purse 
seiners for the purpose of transporting the tuna alive to an 
aquaculture facility located in Baja California, Mexico.
    Interested U.S. vessel owners and operators may obtain a copy of 
the complete application from NMFS (see ADDRESSES).

    Dated: May 3, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-10567 Filed 5-7-04; 8:45 am]
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