Notice2023-24021
Permits; Foreign Fishing
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Published
October 31, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
NMFS publishes for public review and comment information regarding a permit application for transshipment of farmed salmon from aquaculture operations in Maine waters to processing plants in Canada by Canadian flagged vessels. The application for a transshipment permit is submitted under provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). This action is necessary for NMFS to make a determination that the permit application can be approved.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 74440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24021]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD462]
Permits; Foreign Fishing
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of application for transshipment permit; request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: NMFS publishes for public review and comment information
regarding a permit application for transshipment of farmed salmon from
aquaculture operations in Maine waters to processing plants in Canada
by Canadian flagged vessels. The application for a transshipment permit
is submitted under provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). This action is
necessary for NMFS to make a determination that the permit application
can be approved.
DATES: Written comments must be received by November 14, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action, identified by RTID 0648-
XD462 should be sent to Kent Laborde and Jasmine Prat in the NMFS
Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3358565d471d5f52515c415756735d5c52521d545c45"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e757b706a30727f7c716c7a7b5e70717f7f30797168">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#721813011f1b1c175c02001306321c1d13135c151d04"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acc6cddfc1c5c2c982dcdecdd8ecc2c3cdcd82cbc3da">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent Laborde and Jasmine Prat by email
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f49f919a80da9895969b869091b49a9b9595da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f299979c86dc9e93909d809697b29c9d9393dc959d84">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#81ebe0f2ece8efe4aff1f3e0f5c1efeee0e0afe6eef7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0dad1c3ddd9ded59ec0c2d1c4f0dedfd1d19ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a>, or by phone at 301-
956-5472.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 204(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act
(16 U.S.C. 1824(d)) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to
issue a transshipment permit for a vessel other than a vessel of the
United States to engage in fishing consisting solely of transporting
fish or fish products at sea from a point within the United States
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) or, with the concurrence of a state,
within the boundaries of that state, to a point outside the United
States.
Section 204(d)(3)(D) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act provides that an
application to transship from U.S. waters to another country using non-
U.S. vessels may not be approved until the Secretary determines that
``no owner or operator of a vessel of the United States which has
adequate capacity to perform the transportation for which the
application is submitted has indicated . . . an interest in performing
the transportation at fair and reasonable rates.'' NMFS is publishing
this notice as part of its effort to make such a determination with
respect to the application described below.
Summary of Application
NMFS received an application from True North Salmon Limited
Partnership, Kelly Cove Salmon Limited, and 697002 NB, Inc., requesting
authorization to transfer salmon from U.S. farm pens in Maine waters to
five Canadian vessels for the purpose of transporting the salmon to
Blacks Harbour, Canada for processing. The transshipment operations
will occur within the boundaries of the State of Maine, and within 12
nautical miles from Maine's seaward boundary. NMFS issued permits for
the same vessels for use in calendar year 2023. Those permits will
expire December 31, 2023.
Dated: October 26, 2023.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-24021 Filed 10-30-23; 8:45 am]
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