[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 67677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24409]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC488]


Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; 
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions

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

ACTION: Notice; public meetings and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS will hold one virtual hearing and accept written comment 
regarding an action to implement Presidential Proclamations 9496 and 
10287, establishing the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National 
Monument. Regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act and the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative 
Management Act require publication of this notice to provide interested 
parties the opportunity to comment on this upcoming fishery management 
plan amendment.

DATES: The virtual hearing will be held on November 16, 2022. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details, including the dates and times 
for the hearing. Written comments must be received on or before 
November 30, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments by the following method:
     Email: [email protected]. Include in the subject line 
``Comments on Monument Amendment.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Deighan, Fishery Management 
Specialist, 978-281-9184, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 15, 2016, the Northeast Canyons 
and Seamounts Marine National Monument was designated for waters of the 
North Atlantic (Presidential Proclamation 9496; 81 FR 65161, September 
21, 2016). This Proclamation prohibited commercial fishing within the 
monument, with a 7-year exemption for the American lobster and Atlantic 
deep-sea red crab fisheries. In June 2020, monument prohibitions were 
revised via Proclamation 10049 (85 FR 35793, June 11, 2020) removing 
commercial fishing from the list of prohibited activities set forth in 
the 2016 Proclamation. Most recently, in October 2021, Proclamation 
10287 (86 FR 57349, October 15, 2021) again modified the activities 
allowed within the monument. This 2021 proclamation restored commercial 
fishing to the list of prohibited activities, providing ``for the 
prohibition of all commercial fishing in the monument, except for red 
crab and American lobster commercial fishing, which may be permitted 
until September 15, 2023.''
    NOAA Fisheries will hold one virtual public hearing and accept 
written comments regarding an action intended to incorporate the 
monument area and commercial fishing prohibition into the region's 
fishery management plans and fishery regulations. A public hearing 
document with additional details can be found on the NOAA website at 
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/public-hearing-development-northeast-canyons-and-seamounts-marine-national-monument-omnibus. 
Information on the virtual hearing is below:
    Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 3 p.m. ET. You can connect to the 
hearing using this website: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2004798251740374797.
    Written comments will be accepted at the hearings or via the 
submission methods described above, by November 30, 2022.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: November 3, 2022.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-24409 Filed 11-8-22; 8:45 am]
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