[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 138 (Thursday, July 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33481-33482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15229]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF511


Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; 
Summer Flounder Fishery

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

ACTION: Notice of determination of compliance for the State of New 
Jersey.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Secretary of Commerce's compliance 
decision under the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management 
Act regarding New Jersey recreational management of summer flounder. 
This notice is necessary to alert the public that the Secreatary of 
Commerce has made a final determination and will not implement a 
Federal moratorium on fishing, possession, and landing of summer 
flounder in New Jersey's state waters. The intended effect of this 
notice is to inform the public of this determination of compliance.

DATES: The date of this determination was July 10, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Gilbert, Fishery Policy Analyst, 
(978) 281-9244.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Atlantic Coastal 
Fisheries Cooperative Management Act (Atlantic Coastal Act), 16 U.S.C. 
5101 et seq., the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) announces his 
determination that the State of New Jersey did not implement the 
measures required by the Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission's 
Addendum XXVIII to the Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Interstate 
Fishery Management Plan (Addendum XXVIII). However, the Secretary finds 
that the management measures New Jersey failed to implement are not 
necessary for the

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conservation of summer flounder. Based on the analysis provided by the 
State, it is likely that New Jersey's measures will result in similar 
levels of total removals as the measures outlined in Addendum XXVIII. 
As a result, the Secretary is not imposing a moratorium in New Jersey 
state waters.
    The Atlantic Coastal Act's noncompliance review and determination 
process was previously outlined in a notice that published in the 
Federal Register on June 22, 2017, (82 FR 28476) and is not repeated 
here.

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

    Dated: July 17, 2017.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-15229 Filed 7-19-17; 8:45 am]
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