[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 2015)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 6663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02419]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 665

RIN 0648-XD745


Pacific Island Fisheries; 2015 Harvest Guideline; Northwestern 
Hawaiian Islands Lobster

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 for 
calendar year 2015 at zero lobsters.

DATES: February 6, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Harman, NMFS PIR Sustainable 
Fisheries, tel 808-725-5170.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (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 2015 at zero 
lobsters. Thus, no harvest of NWHI lobster resources is allowed.

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

    Dated: February 3, 2015
H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-02419 Filed 2-5-15; 8:45 am]
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