Notice2022-24409
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions
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Published
November 9, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS will hold one virtual hearing and accept written comment regarding an action to implement Presidential Proclamations 9496 and 10287, establishing the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. Regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act require publication of this notice to provide interested parties the opportunity to comment on this upcoming fishery management plan amendment.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 9, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 67677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24409]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC488]
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act;
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meetings and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: NMFS will hold one virtual hearing and accept written comment
regarding an action to implement Presidential Proclamations 9496 and
10287, establishing the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National
Monument. Regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act and the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative
Management Act require publication of this notice to provide interested
parties the opportunity to comment on this upcoming fishery management
plan amendment.
DATES: The virtual hearing will be held on November 16, 2022. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details, including the dates and times
for the hearing. Written comments must be received on or before
November 30, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments by the following method:
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ddb1bca8afbcf3b9b8b4bab5bcb39db3b2bcbcf3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d0bcb1a5a2b1feb4b5b9b7b8b1be90bebfb1b1feb7bfa6">[email protected]</span></a>. Include in the subject line
``Comments on Monument Amendment.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Deighan, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978-281-9184, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b5d9d4c0c7d49bd1d0dcd2ddd4dbf5dbdad4d49bd2dac3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bf7faeee9fab5fffef2fcf3faf5dbf5f4fafab5fcf4ed">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 15, 2016, the Northeast Canyons
and Seamounts Marine National Monument was designated for waters of the
North Atlantic (Presidential Proclamation 9496; 81 FR 65161, September
21, 2016). This Proclamation prohibited commercial fishing within the
monument, with a 7-year exemption for the American lobster and Atlantic
deep-sea red crab fisheries. In June 2020, monument prohibitions were
revised via Proclamation 10049 (85 FR 35793, June 11, 2020) removing
commercial fishing from the list of prohibited activities set forth in
the 2016 Proclamation. Most recently, in October 2021, Proclamation
10287 (86 FR 57349, October 15, 2021) again modified the activities
allowed within the monument. This 2021 proclamation restored commercial
fishing to the list of prohibited activities, providing ``for the
prohibition of all commercial fishing in the monument, except for red
crab and American lobster commercial fishing, which may be permitted
until September 15, 2023.''
NOAA Fisheries will hold one virtual public hearing and accept
written comments regarding an action intended to incorporate the
monument area and commercial fishing prohibition into the region's
fishery management plans and fishery regulations. A public hearing
document with additional details can be found on the NOAA website at
<a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/public-hearing-development-northeast-canyons-and-seamounts-marine-national-monument-omnibus">https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/public-hearing-development-northeast-canyons-and-seamounts-marine-national-monument-omnibus</a>.
Information on the virtual hearing is below:
Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 3 p.m. ET. You can connect to the
hearing using this website: <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2004798251740374797">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2004798251740374797</a>.
Written comments will be accepted at the hearings or via the
submission methods described above, by November 30, 2022.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 3, 2022.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-24409 Filed 11-8-22; 8:45 am]
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