[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 122 (Friday, June 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37064-37065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-15893]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA490


National Saltwater Angler Registry Program

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: NMFS has designated the state of New Jersey and the District 
of Columbia as exempted states for anglers, spear fishers and for-hire 
fishing vessels.

DATES: The designation of the states as exempted states is effective on 
June 24, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Gordon C. Colvin, Fishery Biologist, NMFS ST-12453, 1315 
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gordon C. Colvin, Fishery Biologist; 
(301) 427-8118; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final rule implementing the National 
Saltwater Angler Registry Program, 50 CFR part 600, subpart P, was 
published in the Federal Register on December 30, 2008 (73 FR 79705). 
The final rule requires persons who are angling, spear fishing or 
operating a for-hire fishing vessel in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone 
or for anadromous species to register annually with NOAA. However, 
persons who are licensed or registered by, or state residents who are 
not required to register or hold a license issued by, a state that is 
designated as an exempted state are not required to register with NOAA. 
The final rule sets forth the requirements for states to be designated 
as exempted states. Generally, exempted states must agree to provide to 
NMFS names, addresses, dates of birth and telephone numbers of the 
persons licensed or registered under a qualifying state license and/or 
registry program, or to provide catch and effort data from a qualifying 
regional survey of recreational fishing, and enter into a Memorandum of 
Agreement with NMFS to formalize the data reporting agreement.
    NMFS has received proposals for providing license/registry data 
from the states listed below, has determined that the states' programs 
qualify for exempted state designation under the provisions of the 
final rule, and has

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entered into Memoranda of Agreement with each of the states. Therefore, 
pursuant to 50 CFR 600.1415(b)(3), notice is hereby given that the 
following states are designated as exempted states under 50 CFR 
600.1415: New Jersey and the District of Columbia. Persons who hold a 
valid fishing license or registration issued by these exempted states 
for angling, spear fishing or operating a for-hire fishing vessel in 
tidal waters are not required to register with NOAA under 50 CFR 
600.1405(b). Persons who are residents of these exempted states who are 
not required to hold a fishing license, or to be registered to fish 
under the laws of these exempted states, also are not required to 
register with NOAA.

    Dated: June 10, 2011.
Eric C. Schwaab,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-15893 Filed 6-23-11; 8:45 am]
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