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RIN: 0648-AT31

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: American Lobster Fishery; Fishing Effort Control Measures To Complement Interstate Lobster Management Recommendations by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
Abstract: The National Marine Fisheries Service announces that it is considering, and seeking public comment on, revisions to Federal American lobster regulations for the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) associated with effort control measures as recommended for Federal implementation by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASFMC) as outlined in the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (ISFMP) for American Lobster. This action will evaluate effort control measures in certain Lobster Conservation Management Areas including: Limits on future access based on historic participation criteria; procedures to allow trap transfers among qualifiers and impose a trap reduction or conservation tax on any trap transfers; and a trap reduction schedule to meet the goals of the ISFMP.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 697
Legal Authority: 16 USC 5101 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	05/10/2005	70 FR 24495
ANPRM Comment Period End	06/09/2005
NPRM	12/00/2008
NPRM Comment Period End	02/00/2009

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Information URL: www.nero.noaa.gov/StateFedOff	Public Comment URL: www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/comments/index.html
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes
Agency Contact: Patricia A. Kurkul Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 55 Great Republic Way, Gloucester, MA 01930 Phone:978 281-9200 Fax:978 281-9117 Email: pat.kurkul@noaa.gov