[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 5799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02156]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB506]


Determination of Overfishing or an Overfished Condition

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that NMFS, acting on behalf of the 
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), has found that Northwest Atlantic 
porbeagle is still overfished.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Frens, (301) 427-8523.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 304(e)(2) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1854(e)(2), NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary, 
must publish a notice in the Federal Register whenever it determines 
that a stock or stock complex is subject to overfishing, overfished, or 
approaching an overfished condition.
    NMFS has determined that Northwest Atlantic porbeagle is still 
overfished. This determination is based on the most recent assessment, 
conducted in 2020 and using data through 2018, which indicates that 
this stock is overfished because the biomass is below the threshold. 
NMFS manages Northwest Atlantic porbeagle sharks under the 2006 
Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan 
and its amendments. NMFS continues to work with the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas to rebuild this stock 
through an international rebuilding program.

    Dated: January 28, 2022.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-02156 Filed 2-1-22; 8:45 am]
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