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RIN: 0648-AW81

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: ●Framework Adjustment 6 to the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan
Abstract: The proposed action would eliminate the backstop provision adopted in Framework 4. This provision would have adjusted, and potentially closed, the directed monkfish fishery in 2009 if the monkfish landings in the 2007 fishing year (FY) exceeded the target total allowable catch (TTAC). Available landings information for FY 2007 indicates that the TTAC will be exceeded by 30 percent in the Southern Fishery Management Area. Given the most recent information on the status of the monkfish stocks, and the expected minimal biological impact of a 30-percent TTAC overage on stock status, based on the revised reference points established through the recently implemented Framework Adjustment 5 to the FMP (73 FR 22831; April 28, 2008), the backstop provision is deemed no longer necessary.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648.96
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	07/10/2008	73 FR 39643
NPRM Comment Period End	08/11/2008
Final Action	09/10/2008	73 FR 52635

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
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