Notice2025-22110
Permits; Foreign Fishing
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Published
December 5, 2025
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 on whether to approve the permit application.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 232 (Friday, December 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56133-56134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22110]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF356]
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 on whether to approve the
permit application.
DATES: Written comments must be received by December 19, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on this action, identified by RTID 0648-
XF356 should be sent to Jasmine Prat in the NMFS Office of
International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ef858e9c8286818ac19f9d8e9baf81808e8ec1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6ccc7d5cbcfc8c388d6d4c7d2e6c8c9c7c788c1c9d0">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jasmine Prat by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a000b190703040f441a180b1e2a04050b0b440d051c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dfb5beacb2b6b1baf1afadbeab9fb1b0bebef1b8b0a9">[email protected]</span></a>, or by phone at 301-956-5472.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 1824(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1824(d))
authorizes the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to issue a
transshipment
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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 1824(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 2025. Those permits expire
December 31, 2025.
Dated: December 3, 2025.
Alexa Cole,
Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-22110 Filed 12-4-25; 8:45 am]
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