[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 147 (Tuesday, August 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 44326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15226]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 072605C]


Permits; Foreign Fishing

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

ACTION: Notice of receipt of foreign fishing application; request for 
comments.

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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: Written comments must be received by August 16, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments or requests for a copy of the 
application to NMFS, Office of International Affairs, International 
Fisheries Division, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
    Comments on this notice may also be submitted by e-mail to 
[email protected]. Include in the subject line the following 
document identifier: 072605C.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 a 
Mexican vessel 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: July 27, 2005.
Dean Swanson,
Acting Director, Office of International Affairs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-15226 Filed 8-1-05; 8:45 am]
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