[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02887]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 665
RIN 0648-XC453
Hawaii Crustacean Fisheries; 2013 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 2013 at zero lobsters.
DATES: February 8, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jarad Makaiau, NMFS Pacific Islands
Region, 808-944-2108.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NWHI commercial lobster fishery is
managed 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 2013 at zero lobsters. Thus, no harvest of
NWHI lobster resources is allowed.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 5, 2013.
Kara Meckley,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-02887 Filed 2-7-13; 8:45 am]
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