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At the request of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, this notice announces a control date that may be applicable to, but not limited to, limiting the number of permits or traps a business entity may own in any Lobster Conservation Management Area of the American lobster fishery. This notice replaces a previous notice (79 FR 4319) that established a potential control date for this purpose on January 27, 2014. Now we are resuming this action and expanding the scope of issues and, therefore, this revised notice will establish a new control date and description of the full scope of issues under consideration. We may also consider this control date for future management decisions and rulemaking for any of the Lobster Conservation Management Areas. NMFS intends this notice to: promote awareness of possible rulemaking; alert interested parties of potential eligibility criteria for future participation; to discourage speculative entry into and/or investment in the American lobster fishery while the Commission considers if and how participation in the American lobster fishery, particularly Areas 2 and 3, should be controlled; and consider minor adjustments to the trap transfer program to facilitate participation. It also serves to inform the public that we are considering modifications to the Federal lobster regulations that could modify the gear marking requirements for the lobster trap fishery, consider the use of a substitute vessel to tend the gear of an inoperable Federal lobster vessel, and remove outdated regulatory text that is no longer relevant to the American lobster fishery.