Rules and Regulations. Notification of lobster harvest guideline
/register/2024/04/05/2024-06917·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
Agency: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce
Action: Notification of lobster harvest guideline
Citation: FR Doc. 2024-06917 · RTID 0648-XD790 · 50 CFR 665
Summary
NMFS establishes the annual harvest guideline for the commercial lobster fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) for calendar year 2024 at zero lobsters.
Dates
April 5, 2024.
Supplementary Information
NMFS manages the NWHI commercial lobster fishery under the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Hawaii Archipelago. The regulations at 50 CFR 665.252(b) require NMFS to publish an annual harvest guideline for lobster in Crustacean Permit Area 1, comprised of Federal waters around the NWHI. Regulations governing the Papahānaumokuākea 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 2024 at zero lobsters. Harvest of NWHI lobster resources is not allowed. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: March 27, 2024. Everett Wayne Baxter, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2024-06917 Filed 4-4-24; 8:45 am]
Connectionstraces to 1
- 50 CFR 665
- 50 CFR 665.252(b)
- 50 CFR 404.7
- 50 CFR 404.10(a)