206 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 2 / Monday, January 5, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–201–806]

Steel Wire Rope From Mexico:

Extension of Time Limits for

Preliminary Results of Antidumping

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time

limits for preliminary results of

antidumping administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 5, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leah Schwartz or Maureen Flannery,

Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–3782 or (202) 482–

3020, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Extension of Time Limits for

Preliminary Results

The Department of Commerce (the

Department) has received a request to

conduct an administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on Steel Wire

Rope from Mexico. On May 21, 1997,

the Department initiated this

administrative review covering the

period March 1, 1996 through February

28, 1997.

Because of the complexity of certain

issues in this case, it is not practicable

to complete this review within the time

limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A)

of the Act. See Memorandum from

Joseph A. Spetrini to Robert S. LaRussa,

Extension of Time Limit for the

Administrative Review of Steel Wire

Rope from Mexico, dated December 24,

1997. Therefore, in accordance with that

section, the Department is extending the

time limits for the preliminary results to

March 31, 1998, and for the final results

to 120 days after the publication of the

preliminary results.

These extensions of time limits are in

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of

the Act.

Dated: December 24, 1997.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD

Enforcement III.

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 122997A]

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;

Overfished Fisheries

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of overfished fisheries.

SUMMARY: NMFS has identified

overfished stocks or stocks that are

approaching a condition of being

overfished, as required by the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), as amended by

the Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA). The

purpose of this notice is to notify the

public that the Regional Fishery

Management Councils (Councils) have

been informed of those fisheries that are

overfished and directed to initiate

action to end overfishing and rebuild

stocks, in the case of overfished

fisheries, and to prevent overfishing in

fisheries that are approaching an

overfished condition.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Report on the

Status of Fisheries of the United States

may be obtained from George H. Darcy,

Domestic Fisheries Division, NMFS,

1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,

MD 20910. A copy of the report is also

available through the internet at

<<http://kingfish.ssp.NMFS.gov/SFA>>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George H. Darcy, NMFS, 301/713–2341.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

This action is required by the

Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801

et seq.) as amended by the SFA, which

was signed into law on October 11,

1996. Section 304(e) of the MagnusonStevens Act requires that the Secretary

of Commerce (Secretary) report annually

to the Congress and the Councils on the

status of fisheries within each Council’s

geographical area of authority and

identify those fisheries that are

overfished or are approaching a

condition of being overfished. For those

fisheries managed under a Fishery

Management Plan (FMP) or

international agreement, the status is to

be determined using the criteria for

overfishing specified in such FMP or

agreement. A fishery is classified as

approaching a condition of being

overfished if, based on trends in fishing

effort, fishery resource size, and other

appropriate factors, the Secretary

estimates that the fishery will become

overfished within 2 years. Pursuant to

section 304 of the Magnuson-Stevens

Act, the Councils were notified by letter

on September 30, 1997, of the species

that were overfished or approaching an

overfished condition, as follows:

Dear Council Chairman:

Enclosed is the Report on the Status

of Fisheries of the United States,

prepared pursuant to section 304 of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), as amended by

the Sustainable Fisheries Act on

October 11, 1996. This report identifies

76 overfished stocks and 10 stocks that

are approaching an overfished condition

that are covered by fishery management

plans (FMPs). By September 30, 1998,

each Council is required to develop

measures to end overfishing and rebuild

stocks that are overfished, and to

prevent overfishing from occurring for

stocks that are approaching an

overfished condition, for those species

covered by FMPs under its management

authority. There are also 10 stocks

identified in this report as overfished

that are not covered by an FMP. Each

Council is also required to develop

measures to end overfishing and rebuild

those stocks within its geographical area

of authority, in the same timeframe.

Rebuilding programs must be as short as

possible, but not exceed 10 years, except

in cases where the biology of the stock

of fish, other environmental conditions,

or management measures under an

international agreement in which the

United States participates dictate

otherwise.

The proposed national standard

guidelines were published on August 4,

1997, and final guidelines are imminent.

The revisions to the national standard 1

guidelines will require that the

overfishing definitions contained in

each FMP be examined on the basis of

their ability to ensure stock levels that

can produce maximum sustainable yield

(MSY) on a continuing basis. Most

existing overfishing definitions will

require an amendment to bring them

into conformance with the MagnusonStevens Act and the national standard

guidelines. It is likely that, as the

overfishing definitions contained in the

FMPs are amended to comply with the

new guidelines, many of the species that