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RIN: 0648-AO58

Publication ID: Spring 2001

Title: Modify American Lobster Regulations Under Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act
Abstract: This action would provide an exemption from the lobster trap regulations to black sea bass fishers in the southernmost lobster management area. The action would grant an option to substitute (for the gear restrictions) an incidental allowance equal to 100 lobsters per day to a maximum of five days to vessels having limited access eligibility in both the black sea bass and lobster fisheries and fishing in lobster management area 5. The program would be implemented through a new lobster permit category and provides dual black sea bass and lobster fishers an opportunity to fish as closely to historical practices as possible.
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 697
Legal Authority: 16 USC 5101 et seq

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory	Final regulations to be published within 30 days of end of NPRM comment period.

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	12/05/2000	65 FR 75916
Final Action	04/00/2001

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: 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