[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 3099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01064]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 665

RIN 0648-XF881


Pacific Island Fisheries; 2018 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 2018 at zero lobsters.

DATES: January 23, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Harman, NMFS PIR Sustainable 
Fisheries, tel. 808-725-5170.

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 2018 at zero lobsters. Harvest of NWHI lobster resources is not 
allowed.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: January 17, 2018.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-01064 Filed 1-22-18; 8:45 am]
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