[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 68735] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-33114] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 120498B] Permits; Foreign Fishing
Agency
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
Action
Notice of receipt of foreign fishing applications.
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Summary
NMFS publishes for public review and comment summaries of applications submitted by the Government of Estonia and the Government of Lithuania requesting authorization to conduct fishing operations in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in 1999 under provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson- Stevens Act).
Addresses
Comments may be submitted to NMFS, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, International Fisheries Division, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; and/or to the Regional Fishery Management Councils listed here: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council, 5 Broadway, Saugus, MA 01906, (617) 231-0422; Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Federal Building, Room 2115, 300 South New Street, Dover, DE 19904-6790, (302) 674-2331.
For Further Information Contact
Robert A. Dickinson, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, (301) 713-2276.
Supplementary Information
In accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding with the Secretary of State, NMFS publishes, for public review and comment, summaries of applications received by the Secretary of State requesting permits for foreign fishing vessels to fish in the U.S. EEZ under provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). This notice concerns the receipt of an application from the Government of Estonia and the receipt of an application from the Government of Lithuania requesting authorization to conduct joint venture (JV) operations in 1999 in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean for Atlantic mackerel and Atlantic herring. The large stern trawler/ processors JACOB HURT and SOELA are identified as the Estonian vessels that would receive Atlantic mackerel and Atlantic herring from U.S. vessels in JV operations, and the large stern/trawler processors MAIRONIS and UTENA are identified as the Lithuanian vessels that would receive Atlantic mackerel and Atlantic herring from U.S. vessels in JV operations. While both applications also request authorization for the named vessels to directly harvest Atlantic mackerel and Atlantic herring, since no ``Total Allowable Level of Foreign Fishing'' is available for either of these species, no foreign vessels can be permitted to directly harvest Atlantic mackerel or Atlantic herring.
Dated: December 7, 1998. Bruce C. Morehead, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 98-33114 Filed 12-11-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F