[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 193 (Friday, October 6, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 69554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22288]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 665

[RTID 0648-XD434]


Pacific Island Fisheries; 2023 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 
Lobster Harvest Guideline

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 (NWHI) 
for calendar year 2023 at zero lobsters.

DATES: October 6, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Kamikawa, NMFS PIRO Sustainable 
Fisheries, 808-725-5177.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the NWHI commercial lobster 
fishery 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 2023 at zero lobsters. Harvest of NWHI lobster resources is not 
allowed.

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

    Dated: October 3, 2023.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-22288 Filed 10-5-23; 8:45 am]
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