[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79029-79030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31776]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE352


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 twenty-nine dollars

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($29.00) 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, 2016.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gordon C. Colvin; (240) 357-4524; 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final rule implementing the National 
Saltwater Angler Registry Program, 50 CFR 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 schedule for 
such fees in the Federal Register. The current annual fee for 
registration was set at $25.00, effective August 1, 2013. NMFS policy 
requires that fees be reviewed every two years and be revised to 
reflect changes in estimated costs for administration of the program 
that requires the fees.
    NMFS has completed its biennial review and has determined that the 
annual registration fee for anglers, spear fishers and for-hire fishing 
vessels will be raised to twenty-nine dollars ($29.00). All persons 
registering on or after January 1, 2016, will be required to pay that 
registration fee, unless they are exempt as indigenous people per the 
provisions of 50 CFR 600.1410(f).

    Dated: December 11, 2015.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-31776 Filed 12-17-15; 8:45 am]
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