United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2019_register executive 2019-03-28 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7d7cd62 D09002ee1c7d7cf2d United States Department of Commerce originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This final rule closes the Hawaii shallow-set pelagic longline fishery north of the Equator for all vessels registered under the Hawaii longline limited access program. The shallow-set fishery has reached the annual limit of 17 physical interactions with North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles, so NMFS must close the fishery for the remainder of the calendar year, or until further notice. This action is necessary to comply with regulations that establish maximum annual limits on the numbers of interactions that occur between longline fishing gear and sea turtles. 84 FR 11654 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-03-28/2019-05939 2019-05939 fr28mr19-7 RIN 0648-XG90 3510-22-P Docket No. 120416010-2476-01 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-03-28/2019-05939 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-03-28/html/2019-05939.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-03-28/pdf/2019-05939.pdf 2 p. 11654 11655 84 FR 11654 Title 50 Part 665 50 CFR Part 665 RIN 0648-XG90 Pacific Island Fisheries; Closure of the 2019 Hawaii Shallow-Set Pelagic Longline Fishery; Federal Register Vol. 84, Issue RULE 2019-05939 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2019-03-27 2019-03-19 Docket No. 120416010-2476-01 3510-22-P 2019-05939 Temporary rule; fishery closure.

This final rule closes the Hawaii shallow-set pelagic longline fishery north of the Equator for all vessels registered under the Hawaii longline limited access program. The shallow-set fishery has reached the annual limit of 17 physical interactions with North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles, so NMFS must close the fishery for the remainder of the calendar year, or until further notice. This action is necessary to comply with regulations that establish maximum annual limits on the numbers of interactions that occur between longline fishing gear and sea turtles.

Effective March 27, 2019, through December 31, 2019. Compliance date: 9:50 a.m. Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST) on March 19, 2019, through December 31, 2019. Bob Harman, NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office, 808-725-5170. Pacific Island Fisheries: Closure of the 2019 Hawaii Shallow-set Pelagic Longline Fishery , Vol. 84, no. 60 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2019-03-28 continuing daily deposited born digital 251 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-03-28 P0b002ee1a020e9c3 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr28mr19 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-03-28 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-03-28/pdf/FR-2019-03-28.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-03-28/xml/FR-2019-03-28.xml fdlp 11637 11877 DGPO 2019-03-28 2024-05-31 FR-2019-03-28 machine generated eng FR FR-2019-03-28 84 60