[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02887]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 665

RIN 0648-XC453


Hawaii Crustacean Fisheries; 2013 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 
Lobster Harvest Guideline

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

ACTION: Notification of lobster harvest guideline.

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SUMMARY: NMFS establishes the annual harvest guideline for the 
commercial lobster fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) 
for calendar year 2013 at zero lobsters.

DATES: February 8, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jarad Makaiau, NMFS Pacific Islands 
Region, 808-944-2108.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NWHI commercial lobster fishery is 
managed under the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Hawaiian Archipelago. 
The regulations at 50 CFR 665.252(b) require NMFS to publish an annual 
harvest guideline for lobster Permit Area 1, comprised of Federal 
waters around the (NWHI). Regulations governing the Papahanaumokuakea 
Marine National Monument in the NWHI prohibit the unpermitted removal 
of monument resources (50 CFR 404.7), and establish a zero annual 
harvest guideline for lobsters (50 CFR 404.10(a)). Accordingly, NMFS 
establishes the harvest guideline for the NWHI commercial lobster 
fishery for calendar year 2013 at zero lobsters. Thus, no harvest of 
NWHI lobster resources is allowed.

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

    Dated: February 5, 2013.
Kara Meckley,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-02887 Filed 2-7-13; 8:45 am]
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