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RIN: 0648-BF01

Publication ID: Spring 2019

Title: Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; American Lobster Fishery; Consideration of Expanded Harvester and Biological Sampling Requirements for American Lobster
Abstract: At the request of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, this action 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 action replaces a previous action that established a potential control date for this purpose on January 27, 2014. The second ANPRM action announces potential expanded harvester reporting requirements to improve data available for lobster stock assessments, again at the recommendation of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. NMFS intends these actions to promote awareness of possible rulemaking, alert interested parties of potential eligibility criteria for future participation and discourage speculative entry into and/or investment in the American lobster fishery, and address harvester reporting as soon as possible. NMFS may be combining these two actions into one rulemaking in the future.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 697
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	11/15/2017	82 FR 52871
ANPRM Comment Period End	12/15/2017
Second ANPRM	06/14/2018	83 FR 27747
Second ANPRM Comment Period End	07/16/2018
NPRM	08/00/2019

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Michael Pentony Regional Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930 Phone:978 281-9283 Email: michael.pentony@noaa.gov