Summer Flounder Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for Maine

NMFS issues this notification announcing that the summer flounder commercial quota available to the State of Maine has been harvested. Vessels issued a commercial Federal fisheries permit for the summer flounder fishery may not land summer flounder in Maine for the remainder of calendar year 1996, unless additional quota becomes available through a transfer from another state that has not reached its annual quota. Regulations governing the summer flounder fishery require publication of this notification to advise the State of Maine that the quota has been harvested and to advise vessel and dealer permit holders that nocommercial quota is available for landing summer flounder in Maine.