Rule2023-22288
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2023 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Harvest Guideline
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Published
October 6, 2023
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 2023 at zero lobsters.
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<title>Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 193 (Friday, October 6, 2023)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 193 (Friday, October 6, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 69554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22288]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 665
[RTID 0648-XD434]
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2023 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 2023 at zero lobsters.
DATES: October 6, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Kamikawa, NMFS PIRO Sustainable
Fisheries, 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 2023 at zero lobsters. Harvest of NWHI lobster resources is not
allowed.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 3, 2023.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-22288 Filed 10-5-23; 8:45 am]
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