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Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Emergency Rule Extension

catch-limit · flounder · Published 2007-06-14 · Effective 2007-07-18 · 72 FR 32813

Document

Document number
E7-11519
Federal Register citation
72 FR 32813
Type
Rule
Action
Temporary rule; emergency action extended.
Category
catch-limit
Species
flounder
Publication date
2007-06-14
Effective date
2007-07-18
NOAA docket
Docket No. 061020273-7001-03

Abstract

NMFS is extending the revised summer flounder total allowable landings (TAL) implemented on January 19, 2007, until December 31, 2007, the end of the 2007 fishing year. This emergency rule extension specifies allowed harvest limits for both the commercial and recreational summer flounder fisheries. The TAL contained within this emergency rule extension continues the previous harvest limits for summer flounder that became effective on January 19, 2007, which superceded the harvest limits initially implemented on January 1, 2007. This action continues the prohibition on federally permitted commercial vessels landing summer flounder in Delaware in 2007 due to continued quota repayment of previous year's overages. This emergency rule extension is necessary to maintain the increased 2007 summer flounder harvest levels previously found to be consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Act) through the end of the 2007 fishing year. Extending this emergency action will ensure continued compliance with regulations implementing the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP). In addition, this action will continue to ensure that fishing mortality rates (F) or exploitation rates, as specified in the FMP, are not exceeded.

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