NOAA Fisheries Proposes Atlantic Commercial Shark Fishing Seasons and Quotas NOAA Fisheries Service proposes to adjust the 2005 second and third trimester season quotas for Atlantic large coastal and small coastal sharks based on over- or underharvests from the 2004 fishing seasons, and announces proposed opening and closing dates for the second and third trimester seasons. The comment period for this proposed rule is open for 14 days and will close on March 25, 2005. Written comments may be submitted to the address below or emailed to:
Monday, March 21, 2005, Holiday Inn, Silver Spring, MD 2:45-3:45 p.m.
For further information on the proposed rule, contact Chris Rilling or Karyl Brewster-Geisz at 301-713-2347.
Copies of the proposed rule will be available upon request from the:
Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Management Division
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
phone: 301-713-2347
fax: 301-713-1917
The information will also be posted on the HMS Management Division website at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on March 10, 2005.
NOAA Fisheries Proposes Atlantic Commercial Shark Fishing Seasons and Quotas
NOAA Fisheries Service proposes to adjust the 2005 second and third trimester season quotas for Atlantic large coastal and small coastal sharks based on over- or underharvests from the 2004 fishing seasons, and announces proposed opening and closing dates for the second and third trimester seasons. The comment period for this proposed rule is open for 14 days and will close on March 25, 2005. Written comments may be submitted to the address below or emailed to:
SF*********@no**.gov. NMFS will hold a single public hearing to receive comments from fishery participants and other members of the public regarding these proposed quotas and season opening and closing dates. The public hearing is scheduled forMonday, March 21, 2005, Holiday Inn, Silver Spring, MD 2:45-3:45 p.m.
For further information on the proposed rule, contact Chris Rilling or Karyl Brewster-Geisz at 301-713-2347.
Copies of the proposed rule will be available upon request from the:
Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Management Division
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
phone: 301-713-2347
fax: 301-713-1917
The information will also be posted on the HMS Management Division website at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms. The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on March 10, 2005.