[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79029-79030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31776]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE352
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 established an annual fee of twenty-nine dollars
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($29.00) for registration of anglers, spear fishers and for-hire
fishing vessels to register under the National Saltwater Angler
Registry Program.
DATES: The registration fee will be required effective January 1, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Gordon C. Colvin, NMFS ST-12453, 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gordon C. Colvin; (240) 357-4524;
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final rule implementing the National
Saltwater Angler Registry Program, 50 CFR 600, subpart P, was published
in the Federal Register on December 30, 2008. The final rule states
that persons registering with NMFS must pay an annual fee effective
January 1, 2011, and that NMFS will publish the annual schedule for
such fees in the Federal Register. The current annual fee for
registration was set at $25.00, effective August 1, 2013. NMFS policy
requires that fees be reviewed every two years and be revised to
reflect changes in estimated costs for administration of the program
that requires the fees.
NMFS has completed its biennial review and has determined that the
annual registration fee for anglers, spear fishers and for-hire fishing
vessels will be raised to twenty-nine dollars ($29.00). All persons
registering on or after January 1, 2016, will be required to pay that
registration fee, unless they are exempt as indigenous people per the
provisions of 50 CFR 600.1410(f).
Dated: December 11, 2015.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-31776 Filed 12-17-15; 8:45 am]
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