45764 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 168 / Friday, August 29, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 96–161,

adopted August 13, 1997 and released

August 25, 1997. The full text of this

Commission decision is available for

inspection and copying during normal

business hours in the FCC Reference

Center (Room 239), 1919 M Street, NW.,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy

contractors, International Transcription

Service, Inc., (202) 857–3800, 2100 M

Street, NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC

20037.

Additionally, Channel 264C3 can be

allotted to Irvine with a site restriction

of 7.7 kilometers (4.8 miles) west to

avoid short-spacings to the licensed

sites of Station WWYC(FM), Channel

261C2, Winchester, Kentucky, and

Station WSGS(FM) Channel 266C,

Hazard, Kentucky. The coordinates for

Channel 264C3 at Irvine are North

Latitude 37–43–27 and West Longitude

84–02–38. Channel 291C3 can be

allotted to Morehead with a site

restriction of 3.6 kilometers (2.3 miles)

west to avoid a short-spacing to the

licensed site of Station WMST–FM,

Channel 288A, Mount Sterling,

Kentucky. The coordinates for Channel

291C3 at Morehead are North Latitude

38–11–17 and West Longitude 83–28–

37. With this action, this proceeding is

terminated.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Part 73 of Title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: Sections 303, 48 Stat., as

amended, 1082; 47 U.S.C. 154, as amended.

§ 73.202 [Amended]

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM

Allotments under Kentucky, is amended

by adding Channel 221C3 and removing

Channel 264A at Carlisle; adding

Channel 264C3 and removing Channel

291A at Irvine; and adding Channel

291C3 and removing Channel 221A at

Morehead.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 285

[I.D. 082597B]

Atlantic Tuna Fisheries; Atlantic

Bluefin Tuna

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Catch limit adjustment.

SUMMARY: NMFS adjusts the daily catch

limit for the Angling category fishery for

Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT) in the

northern area (New Jersey and states

north) to two fish per vessel from the

school size class and three fish per

vessel from the large school or small

medium size class. The duration of the

catch limit adjustment is limited to the

period of August 29 through September

12, 1997, whereupon the northern area

catch limit will revert to one ABT per

vessel per day. This action is being

taken to ensure reasonable fishing

opportunities in the northern area

without risking overharvest of this

category.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The daily catch limit

adjustment is effective 1:00 a.m., local

time, August 29, 1997, until 11:30 p.m.,

local time, September 12, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chris Rogers, 301–713–2347, or Mark

Murray-Brown, 508–281–9260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulations implemented under the

authority of the Atlantic Tunas

Convention Act (16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.)

governing the harvest of ABT by persons

and vessels subject to U.S. jurisdiction

are found at 50 CFR part 285.

Implementing regulations for the

Atlantic tuna fisheries at § 285.24 allow

for adjustments to the daily catch limits

in order to provide for maximum

utilization of the quota spread over the

longest possible period of time. The

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA, may increase or reduce the per

angler catch limit for any size class

bluefin tuna or may change the per

angler limit to a per boat limit or a per

boat limit to a per angler limit.

NMFS closed the winter Angling

category fishery on March 2, 1997 to

ensure that sufficient quota would

remain for the summer ABT fisheries.

On June 13, 1997, NMFS reopened the

Angling category fishery but maintained

the daily catch limit at one ABT per

vessel to ensure that the southern area

quota would not be exceeded. Effective

July 11, 1997, NMFS adjusted the daily

catch limit for all areas to four school

bluefin tuna and one large school or

small medium ABT each day per

Angling category vessel. The daily catch

limit was again reduced to one ABT per

vessel on August 8 to preserve the

remaining quota for the traditional fall

fisheries.

Information collected by NMFS

through dockside and telephone surveys

indicates that about 20 metric tons (mt)

of school ABT and 60 mt of large

school/small medium ABT remain of

the northern area subquota. In order to

provide for a reasonable opportunity to

harvest the Angling category quota and

collect scientific information needed to

monitor the ABT stock, NMFS has

determined that a catch limit

adjustment is warranted.

The daily catch limit is adjusted as

follows: No more than two school

bluefin tuna (measuring 27 to 47 inches)

may be retained each day per Angling

category vessel. In addition, three ABT

per vessel may be landed from the large

school or small medium size class

(measuring 47 to 73 inches). This catch

limit adjustment is effective through

September 12, 1997, whereupon the

daily limit will revert to one ABT per

day, which may be from the school,

large school or small medium size class.

Depending on the level of fishing

effort and catch rates of ABT, NMFS

may determine that an interim closure

or additional catch limit adjustment is

necessary during or following this

period. Closures or subsequent

adjustments to the daily catch limit, if

any, shall be announced through

publication in the Federal Register. In

addition, anglers may call the Highly

Migratory Species Information Line at

301–713–1279 or 508–281–9305 for

updates on quota monitoring and catch

limit adjustments. Anglers aboard

Charter/Headboat and General category

vessels, when authorized to engage in

recreational fishing for school, large

school, and small medium ABT, are

subject to the same rules as anglers

aboard Angling category vessels.

Note that the fishery for school, large

school, and small medium ABT in the

southern area closed effective August

11, 1997 (62 FR 44423, August 21,

1997), and is therefore not affected by

this catch limit adjustment.

Classification

This action is taken under 50 CFR

285.24(d)(3) and is exempt from review

under E.O. 12866.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.
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Dated: August 26, 1997.

Gary Matlock,

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–23117 Filed 8–26–97; 2:48 pm]

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