Rule2024-06917
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2024 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Lobster Harvest Guideline
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Published
April 5, 2024
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 2024 at zero lobsters.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 23949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06917]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 665
[RTID 0648-XD790]
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2024 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 2024 at zero lobsters.
DATES: April 5, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Kamikawa, NMFS Pacific Island
Regional Office (PIRO) Sustainable Fisheries, 808-725-5177.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the NWHI commercial lobster
fishery under the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Hawaii Archipelago.
The regulations at 50 CFR 665.252(b) require NMFS to publish an annual
harvest guideline for lobster in Crustacean Permit Area 1, comprised of
Federal waters around the NWHI.
Regulations governing the Papah[amacr]naumoku[amacr]kea 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 2024 at zero lobsters. Harvest of NWHI
lobster resources is not allowed.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 27, 2024.
Everett Wayne Baxter,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-06917 Filed 4-4-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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