[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 13 (Monday, January 23, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 7731-7732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01410]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 665
RIN 0648-XF155
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2017 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 for
calendar year 2017 at zero lobsters.
DATES: January 23, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Harman, NMFS PIR Sustainable
Fisheries, telephone: 808-725-5170.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the Northwestern Hawaiian
Islands (NWHI) commercial lobster fishery 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 2017 at zero lobsters. Harvest of NWHI lobster resources is not
allowed.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 17, 2017.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-01410 Filed 1-19-17; 8:45 am]
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