Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Notice That Vendor Will Provide 2022 Cage Tags
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NMFS informs surfclam and ocean quahog individual transferable quota allocation holders that they will be required to purchase their fishing year 2022 (January 1, 2022-December 31, 2022) cage tags from the National Band and Tag Company. The intent of this notice is to comply with regulations for the Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries and to promote efficient distribution of cage tags.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 207 (Friday, October 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59998-59999]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23530]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB538]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surfclam
and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Notice That Vendor Will Provide 2022 Cage
Tags
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: NMFS informs surfclam and ocean quahog individual transferable
quota allocation holders that they will be required to purchase their
fishing year 2022 (January 1, 2022-December 31, 2022) cage tags from
the National Band and Tag Company. The intent of this notice is to
comply with regulations for the Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog
fisheries and to promote efficient distribution of cage tags.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aimee Ahles, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281-9373.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Atlantic surfclam and ocean
quahog fishery regulations at 50 CFR 648.77(b) authorize the Regional
Administrator of the Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, to specify in the
Federal Register, a vendor from whom cage tags, required under the
Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery Management Plan, shall be
purchased. Notice is hereby given that National Band and Tag Company of
Newport, Kentucky, is the authorized vendor of cage tags required for
the fishing year 2022 Federal surfclam and ocean quahog
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fisheries. Detailed instructions for purchasing these cage tags will be
provided in a letter to individual transferable quota allocation
holders in these fisheries from NMFS within the next several weeks.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 25, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-23530 Filed 10-28-21; 8:45 am]
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