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Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Delay of the Implementation Date of the Year-4 Default Management Measures for Small-Mesh Multispecies

fishery-mgmt · Published 2002-02-05 · Effective 2002-03-07 · 67 FR 5241

Document

Document number
02-2726
Federal Register citation
67 FR 5241
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
fishery-mgmt
Publication date
2002-02-05
Effective date
2002-03-07
NOAA docket
Docket No. 010823216-2020-02

Abstract

NMFS amends the regulations that implement Amendment 12 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) to change the date of the Year-4 default management measures for small-mesh multispecies (silver hake (whiting), red hake and offshore hake), from May 1, 2002, to May 1, 2003. Delaying the implementation date for an additional year is in conformance with the original intent of Amendment 12 to the FMP. As specified in the FMP, this action is necessary to provide at least 2 full years of data on the fishery so that the Whiting Monitoring Committee (WMC) can fully assess the effectiveness of the current management measures and recommend alternative default measures, if appropriate.

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Federal Register document
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