[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78287-78288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21868]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE191]


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 action serves as a notice that NMFS, on behalf of the 
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), has found that Western Atlantic 
sailfish is now overfished and the Pribilof Islands blue king crab 
remains overfished. NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary, is required to 
provide this notice whenever it determines that a stock or stock 
complex is subject to overfishing, overfished, or approaching an 
overfished condition.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Perry, (301) 427-7863.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 304(e)(2) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 
1854(e)(2), NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary, must notify councils, and 
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 Western Atlantic sailfish is now 
overfished. This determination is based on the most recent 
international stock assessment, completed in 2023 and using data 
through 2021, which indicates that the biomass is less than the minimum 
stock size threshold (MSST). NMFS continues to work with the 
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas to 
rebuild this stock through development of an international rebuilding 
program.
    NMFS has determined that Pribilof Islands blue king crab is still 
overfished. This determination is based on the most recent assessment, 
completed in 2023 and using data through 2023, which indicates that the 
mature male biomass is less than the MSST. NMFS continues to work with 
the North Pacific Fishery

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Management Council to rebuild this stock.

    Dated: September 19, 2024.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-21868 Filed 9-24-24; 8:45 am]
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