[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 43928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16835]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 031104274-4011-02;I.D. 071604E]


Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, 
Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Inseason Adjustment of the Quarter III 
Fishery for Loligo Squid

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

ACTION: Inseason adjustment.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the Regional Administrator, Northeast 
Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator) is decreasing the commercial 
Loligo squid quota for Quarter III in the Exclusive Economic Zone 
(EEZ). This inseason adjustment is necessary due to overages in the 
commercial quota landed in the Quarter 1.

DATES: Effective 0001 hours, July 20, 2004, through 2400 hours, 
September 30, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Frei, Fishery Management 
Specialist, 978-281-9221, fax 978-281-9135, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 648.21 (f)(2) requires the Regional 
Administrator to subtract any overages of Loligo squid commercial quota 
landed during Quarter I from the allocation for Quarter III. 
Accordingly, the Regional Administrator, based on dealer reports and 
other available information, has determined that there was a 5.6 
percent overage in Quarter I Loligo squid directed fishery. Therefore, 
the quota for the directed fishery for Loligo squid in Quarter III is 
reduced from 6,435,130 lb (2,918.9 mt) to 5,733,152 lb (2,600.5 mt). 
The regulations governing the Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish 
fisheries require notification to the public of this adjustment.

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

    Dated: July 19, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-16835 Filed 7-20-04; 3:58 pm]
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