Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Bottomfish Fishery; Mau Zone Moratorium
bis-export-control · Bureau of Industry and Security · Published 1997-02-26 · Effective 1997-03-27 · 62 FR 8637
Document
Document number
97-4778
Federal Register citation
62 FR 8637
CFR reference
50 CFR 660
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
bis-export-control
Sub-agency
Bureau of Industry and Security
Publication date
1997-02-26
Effective date
1997-03-27
Commerce docket
Docket No. 961121322-7033-02
Abstract
NMFS issues this final rule to impose a 2-year moratorium on issuing new permits for harvesting bottomfish in the Mau Zone of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands so that effort in the fishery will be stabilized while the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) develops a limited access program for the area. This will stabilize effort in the fishery while the Council develops a management system for the Mau Zone that may limit access to the fishery.