[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 90 (Monday, May 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25882-25883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10567]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 042704E]
Permits; Foreign Fishing
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of foreign fishing application.
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SUMMARY: NMFS publishes, for public review and comment, information
regarding a foreign fishing application submitted under provisions of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act).
DATES: Comments must be received by May 24, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Send comments or requests for a copy of the application to
NMFS, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, International Fisheries
Division, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Comments on this notice may also be submitted by e-mail. The
address for providing e-mail comments is [email protected].
Include in the subject line the following document identifier: 042704E.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert A. Dickinson, Office of
Sustainable Fisheries, (301) 713-2276.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
Section 204(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1824(d))
provides, among other things, that the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) may issue a transshipment permit which authorizes a vessel
other than a vessel of the United States to engage in fishing
consisting solely of transporting fish or fish products at sea from a
point within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) or, with the
concurrence of a state, within the boundaries of that state to a point
outside the United States.
Section 204(d)(3)(D) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act provides that an
application may not be approved until the Secretary determines that
``no owner or operator of a vessel of the United States which has
adequate capacity to perform the transportation for which the
application is submitted has indicated . . . an interest in performing
the transportation at fair and reasonable rates.'' NMFS is publishing
this notice as part of its effort to make such a determination with
respect to the application described below.
Summary of Application
NMFS has received an application requesting authorization for two
Mexican vessels to receive, within the Pacific waters of the U.S. EEZ
south of 38[deg]00' N. lat., transfers of live tuna from U.S. purse
seiners for the purpose of transporting the tuna alive to an
aquaculture facility located in Baja California, Mexico.
Interested U.S. vessel owners and operators may obtain a copy of
the complete application from NMFS (see ADDRESSES).
Dated: May 3, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-10567 Filed 5-7-04; 8:45 am]
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