84 FR 164 pgs. 44286-44287 - Determination of Overfishing or an Overfished Condition
Type: NOTICEVolume: 84Number: 164Pages: 44286 - 44287
Pages: 44286, 44287FR document: [FR Doc. 2019-18188 Filed 8-22-19; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XVOO1
Determination of Overfishing or an Overfished Condition
AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
[top] This action serves as a notice that NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Regina Spallone, (301) 427-8568.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Pursuant to section 304(e)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C. 1854(e)(2), NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary, must notify Councils, and publish in the Federal Register , whenever it determines that a stock or stock complex is subject to overfishing, overfished, or approaching an overfished condition.
NMFS has determined that the northern subpopulation of Pacific sardine is now overfished. The most recent assessment for Pacific sardine, finalized in 2019, using data through 2018 and estimating a stock size on July 1, 2019, indicates that the stock is overfished because the biomass is projected to be less than the minimum stock size threshold. NMFS has informed the Pacific Fishery Management Council that it must develop a rebuilding plan for this stock.
Authority:
16 U.S.C. 1854 et seq.
Dated: August 20, 2019.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-18188 Filed 8-22-19; 8:45 am]
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