Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Notice That Vendor Will Provide 2023 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 2023 (January 1, 2023-December 31, 2023) 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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<title>Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 177 (Wednesday, September 14, 2022)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 56406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19792]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC367]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Surfclam
and Ocean Quahog Fisheries; Notice That Vendor Will Provide 2023 Cage
Tags
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of vendor to provide fishing year 2023 cage tags.
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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 2023 (January 1, 2023-December 31, 2023) 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 Information
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 (FMP), 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 2023 Federal surfclam and ocean quahog 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: September 8, 2022.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-19792 Filed 9-13-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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