[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 4551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1640]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 665
RIN 0648-XA159
Hawaii Crustacean Fisheries; 2011 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 announces that the annual harvest guideline for the
commercial lobster fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI)
for calendar year 2011 is established at zero lobsters.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011.
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 at zero lobsters for the NWHI
commercial lobster fishery for calendar year 2011. Thus, no harvest of
NWHI lobster resources is allowed.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 21, 2011.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-1640 Filed 1-25-11; 8:45 am]
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