[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58706-58707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28714]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081597D]


Continental Shelf Fishery Resources

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

ACTION: Notice of determinations.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State, finds that Arctic surfclams (Mactromeris polynyma), Icelandic 
scallops (Chlamys islandica), Greenland cockles (Serripes 
groenlandicus), Propellor clams (Cyrtodaria siliqua), and Sea cucumbers 
(Cucumbaria frondosa) are continental shelf fishery resources. This 
finding extends coastal State authority for conservation and management 
of said species to areas of the continental shelf beyond its exclusive 
economic zone.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathon Krieger, (301) 713-2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act)(16 U.S.C. 1802 Section 3 (7)) 
states ``If the Secretary determines, after consultation with the 
Secretary of State, that living organisms of any other sedentary 
species are, at the harvestable stage, either--
    (A) immobile on or under the seabed, or

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    (B) unable to move except in constant physical contact with the 
seabed or subsoil, of the Continental Shelf which appertains to the 
United States, and publishes notices of such determination in the 
Federal Register, such sedentary species shall be considered to be 
added to the foregoing list and included in such term for purposes of 
this Act.''
    The Government of Canada notified the Government of the United 
States through the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization that it 
had identified 12 sedentary species. Five of those species are already 
listed in section 3 (7) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (i.e., Snow crabs 
(Chionoecetes opilio), Spiny Crabs (Lithodes maja), Red crabs (Chaceon 
quinquedens), American Lobster (Homarus americanus), and Ocean quahaug 
(Arctica islandica). Two are deemed not sedentary (i.e., Spiny crabs 
(Neolithodes grimaldii), and Razor clams (Ensis directus).
    The other five are considered sedentary, and they are: Arctic 
surfclams (Mactromeris polynyma), Icelandic scallops (Chlamys 
islandica), Greenland cockles (Serripes groenlandicus), Propellor clams 
(Cyrtodaria siliqua), and Sea cucumbers (Cucumbaria frondosa).

    Dated: October 23, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-28714 Filed 10-29-97; 8:45 am]
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