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Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

NMFS will accept anonymous 

comments (enter N/A in the required 

fields, if you wish to remain 

anonymous). Attachments to electronic 

comments will be accepted in Microsoft 

Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe 

PDF file formats only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; toll free 1–866–SAFMC–10 or 

843–571–4366; kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the 

September 2010 meeting, the Council 

voted to establish a new control date of 

September 17, 2010, for the snappergrouper fishery in the South Atlantic, 

due to concern that the previous control 

date established for the snapper-grouper 

fishery of October 14, 2005 (70 FR 

60058; October 14, 2005), was almost 

five years old. 

The control date would apply to 

persons who are contemplating entering 

the snapper-grouper fishery in the EEZ 

of the South Atlantic region. The 

Council requested that this control date 

be published in the Federal Register to 

notify fishermen that if they enter such 

a fishery after September 17, 2010, they 

may not be assured of future access if 

the Council and/or NMFS decide to 

further limit entry or impose other 

measures to manage the snappergrouper fishery. 

Establishment of the new control date 

for the snapper-grouper fishery would 

allow the Council to evaluate the level 

of participation in the snapper-grouper 

fishery and address any level of 

overcapacity. Control dates are intended 

to discourage speculative entry into a 

fishery, as new entrants entering the 

fishery after the control date are 

forewarned that they are not guaranteed 

future participation in the fishery. 

Establishment of this control date 

does not commit the Council or NMFS 

to any particular management regime or 

criteria for entry into the snappergrouper fishery. Fishermen are not 

guaranteed future participation in the 

fishery regardless of their level of 

participation before or after the control 

date. The Council may recommend a 

different control date or it may 

recommend a management regime that 

does not involve a control date. Other 

criteria, such as documentation of 

landings or fishing effort, may be used 

to determine eligibility for participation 

in a limited access fishery. The Council 

and/or NMFS also may choose to take 

no further action to control entry or 

access to the fisheries, in which case the 

control date may be rescinded. Any 

action by the Council will be taken 

pursuant to the requirements for fishery 

management plan and amendment 

development established under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act. 

This notification also gives the public 

notice that interested participants 

should locate and preserve records that 

substantiate and verify their 

participation in the snapper-grouper 

fishery in the South Atlantic EEZ. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: January 25, 2011. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 110114033–1032–01] 

RIN 0648–BA32 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; King and 

Spanish Mackerel Coastal Migratory 

Pelagic Fishery Off the Southern 

Atlantic States; Control Date 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Advanced notice of proposed 

rulemaking; consideration of a control 

date. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces that it is 

establishing a new control date to 

control future access to the king and 

Spanish mackerel components of the 

coastal migratory pelagics fishery 

operating in the exclusive economic 

zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. If 

changes to the management regime are 

developed and implemented under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), a control date 

could be used to further limit the 

number of participants in the fishery. 

This announcement is intended, in part, 

to promote awareness of the potential 

eligibility criteria for future access so as 

to discourage speculative entry into the 

fishery while the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) and 

NMFS consider whether and how access 

to the fishery should be controlled. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before 5 p.m., eastern 

time, March 2, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by 0648–BA32, by any one of 

the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Fax: Attn: Karla Gore 727–824– 

5308. 

• Mail: Karla Gore, NMFS Southeast 

Regional Office, Sustainable Fisheries 

Division, 263 13th Avenue South, St. 

Petersburg, FL 33701. 

Instructions: All comments received 

are a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

All Personal Identifying Information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

NMFS will accept anonymous 

comments (enter N/A in the required 

fields, if you wish to remain 

anonymous. Attachments to electronic 

comments will be accepted in Microsoft 

Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe 

PDF file formats only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; toll free 1–866–SAFMC–10 or 

843–571–4366; kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the 

September 2010 Council meeting, the 

Council recommended a new control 

date of September 17, 2010, for king and 

Spanish mackerel. The Council 

requested a new control date for the 

king and Spanish mackerel components 

because the Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council is beginning to 

look at latent permits which may 

ultimately impact the Council. A 

previous control date for the 

commercial king and Spanish mackerel 

components had been established on 

June 15, 2004 (70 FR 67985). The 

control date would apply to persons 

who are contemplating fishing for king 

and Spanish mackerel in the EEZ of the 

South Atlantic region. The Council 

requested that this control date be 

published in the Federal Register to 

notify fishermen that if they enter such 

a fishery after September 17, 2010, they 

may not be assured of future access if 

the Council and/or NMFS decide to 

further limit entry or impose other 

measures to manage this segment of the 

coastal migratory pelagics fishery. 


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Establishment of the new control date 

would allow the Council to evaluate the 

level of participation in the king and 

Spanish mackerel components of the 

coastal migratory pelagic fishery and 

address any level of overcapacity. 

Control dates are intended to discourage 

speculative entry into a fishery, as new 

entrants entering the fishery after the 

control date are forewarned that they are 

not guaranteed future participation in 

the fishery. 

Establishment of this control date 

does not commit the Council or NMFS 

to any particular management regime or 

criteria for entry into the coastal 

migratory pelagic fishery. Fishermen are 

not guaranteed future participation in 

the fishery regardless of their level of 

participation before or after the control 

date. The Council may recommend a 

different control date or it may 

recommend a management regime that 

does not involve a control date. Other 

criteria, such as documentation of 

landings or fishing effort, may be used 

to determine eligibility for participation 

in a limited access fishery. The Council 

and/or NMFS also may choose to take 

no further action to control entry or 

access to the fishery, in which case the 

control date may be rescinded. Any 

action by the Council will be taken 

pursuant to the requirements for fishery 

management plan and amendment 

development established under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act. 

This notification also gives the public 

notice that interested participants 

should locate and preserve records that 

substantiate and verify their 

participation in the coastal migratory 

pelagics fishery in the South Atlantic 

EEZ. 

Classification: 

Executive Order 12866: This rule has 

been determined to be not significant for 

purposes of EO 12866. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: January 25, 2011. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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