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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-AX70 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Monkfish Fishery; Amendment 5 
Abstract: The goals of Amendment 5 are to bring the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) into compliance with the new requirements of the reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), specifically to establish annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs), and to manage the fishery at long-term sustainable levels. Amendment 5 will establish revised biological and management reference points to be consistent with the MSA and recent scientific advice; establish ACLs that are equivalent to the acceptable biological catch (ABC) for each management area; establish a reactive AM that requires the ACL to be adjusted if an overage occurs; establish annual catch targets (ACTs) for each management area as proactive AMs account for management uncertainty; specify days-at-sea (DAS) allocations and trip limits for each management area; authorize the landing of monkfish heads separate from the rest of the fish; and establish a provision that would authorize a vessel to land one additional day's worth of monkfish and have its DAS usage charged accordingly. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 648   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1801 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice of Intent  02/20/2009  74 FR 7880   
Notice of Intent Comment Period End  03/31/2010    
Notice of Availability  02/01/2011  76 FR 5555   
NPRM  03/03/2011  76 FR 11737   
NPRM Comment Period End  04/04/2011    
Final Action  06/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
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