[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72793-72794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29810]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA050


National Saltwater Angler Registry Program

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NMFS has established an annual fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) 
for registration of anglers, spear fishers and for-hire fishing vessels 
to register under the National Saltwater Angler Registry Program.

DATES: The registration fee will be required effective January 1, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Gordon C. Colvin, Fishery Biologist, NMFS ST-12453, 1315 
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gordon C. Colvin, Fishery Biologist; 
(301) 713-2367 x175; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final rule implementing the National 
Saltwater Angler Registry Program, 50 CFR part 600, subpart P, was 
published in the Federal Register on December 30, 2008. The final rule 
states that persons registering with NMFS must pay an annual fee 
effective January 1, 2011, and that NMFS will publish the annual

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schedule for such fees in the Federal Register.
    NMFS has determined that the annual registration fee for anglers, 
spear fishers and for-hire fishing vessels will be fifteen dollars 
($15.00). All persons registering on or after January 1, 2011 will be 
required to pay the registration fee, unless they are exempt as 
indigenous people per the provisions of 50 CFR 600.1410(f).

    Dated: November 22, 2010.
Eric C. Schwaab,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-29810 Filed 11-24-10; 8:45 am]
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