Rule2021-27269
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2022 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Harvest Guideline
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Published
December 16, 2021
Effective
December 16, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS establishes the annual harvest guideline for the commercial lobster fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) for calendar year 2022 at zero lobsters.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 239 (Thursday, December 16, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 71395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27269]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 665
[RTID 0648-XB643]
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2022 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Lobster Harvest Guideline
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of lobster harvest guideline.
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SUMMARY: NMFS establishes the annual harvest guideline for the
commercial lobster fishery in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI)
for calendar year 2022 at zero lobsters.
DATES: Effective December 16, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Kamikawa, NMFS PIR Sustainable
Fisheries, tel 808-725-5177.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the NWHI commercial lobster
fishery under the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Hawaiian Archipelago.
The regulations at 50 CFR 665.252(b) require NMFS to publish an annual
harvest guideline for lobster Permit Area 1, comprised of Federal
waters around the NWHI.
Regulations governing the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National
Monument in the NWHI prohibit the unpermitted removal of monument
resources (50 CFR 404.7), and establish a zero annual harvest guideline
for lobsters (50 CFR 404.10(a)). Accordingly, NMFS establishes the
harvest guideline for the NWHI commercial lobster fishery for calendar
year 2022 at zero lobsters. Harvest of NWHI lobster resources is not
allowed.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 9, 2021.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-27269 Filed 12-15-21; 8:45 am]
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