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authority to take raptors or eggs from the 

wild: 

(i) Whether issuing the permit would 

have a significant effect on any wild 

population of raptors. 

(ii) Whether suitable captive stock is 

available. 

(iii) Whether wild stock is needed to 

enhance the genetic variability of 

captive stock. 

(w) What procedures do I follow to 

update my captive propagation permit if 

I move? If you move within your State 

or get a new mailing address, you must 

notify us within 10 days (see § 13.23(c) 

of this subchapter B). If you move to a 

new State, within 10 days you must 

inform both your former and your new 

Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory 

Bird Permit Offices of your address 

change. If you have new propagation 

facilities, you must provide information, 

pictures, and diagrams of them, and 

they may have to be inspected in 

accordance with Federal and/or State 

requirements. 

(x) For how long is my Federal captive 

propagation permit valid? Your Federal 

permit will be valid for up to 5 years 

from when it is issued or renewed. It 

will expire on the same day as your 

State permit, unless your State permit is 

for a period longer than 5 years, or 

unless we amend, suspend, or revoke it. 

(y) What are the requirements for 

renewal of my captive propagation 

permit? For us to renew your permit, 

you must provide documentation that 

you have had at least one young raised 

to fledging age within the last 5 years, 

or that the bird held for propagation has 

produced semen or eggs used in captive 

propagation efforts. This requirement 

applies to each bird held under the 

propagation permit, and both male and 

female birds held under this permit 

must be involved in the breeding 

program. However, if you can provide 

justification for allowing renewal of 

your propagation permit although you 

were unable to document that at least 

one young raised to fledging age, semen, 

or eggs were produced by each bird held 

under your propagation permit and used 

in captive propagation efforts, we will 

consider renewing your permit for an 

additional permit cycle. If, after your 

first renewal, you do not provide 

documentation of successful captive 

propagation or production of eggs or 

semen used in captive propagation 

within the next 5 years, we will not 

renew your permit again. If we do not 

renew your permit or do not allow 

continued possession of a bird or birds 

for captive propagation (including 

captive-bred raptors), within 30 days 

you must transfer any such bird to 

another raptor propagator or to a 

falconer, or release it to the wild (if 

release of the species is allowed by the 

state). 

Dated: October 3, 2005. 

Craig Manson, 

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and 

Parks. 

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50 CFR Part 622 

[Docket No. 051003254–5254–01; I.D. 

092105C] 

RIN 0648–AT88 

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of 

Mexico, and South Atlantic; SnapperGrouper Fishery Off the Southern 

Atlantic States; Control Date 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed 

rulemaking; consideration of a control 

date. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (Council) is considering 

management measures to further limit 

participation or effort in the commercial 

fishery for snapper grouper species 

(excluding wreckfish) in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ) of the South 

Atlantic. Possible measures include 

individual fishing quotas (IFQ), days-atsea (DAS), or other programs to further 

limit participation or effort. If such 

measures are established, the Council is 

considering October 14, 2005 as a 

possible control date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Weeder, 727–551–5753; fax 727–

824–5308; e-mail 

julie.weeder@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

snapper grouper fishery in the EEZ off 

the southern Atlantic states is managed 

under the Fishery Management Plan for 

the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the 

South Atlantic Region (FMP). The FMP 

was prepared by the Council and is 

implemented through regulations at 50 

CFR part 622 under the authority of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. 

The Council previously established 

July 30, 1991 (56 FR 36052), as the 

control date for the snapper grouper 

fishery (excluding wreckfish), and April 

23, 1997 (62 FR 22995), as the control 

date for the black sea bass pot segment 

of this fishery. If adopted, the proposed 

control date of October 14, 2005 would 

replace both of those control dates for 

the entire fishery (excluding wreckfish). 

Many species in the South Atlantic 

snapper grouper fishery are or have 

been overfished or are undergoing 

overfishing. A limited access program 

for the commercial fishery was 

instituted in Amendment 8 to the FMP 

in 1998. Implementation of a program 

that further limits effort or participation 

in the commercial fishery for snapper 

grouper species (excluding wreckfish) in 

the EEZ would require preparation of an 

amendment to the FMP by the Council 

and publication of a proposed rule with 

a public comment period. NMFS’

approval of the amendment and 

issuance of a final rule would also be 

required. 

As the Council considers these 

management options, some fishermen 

who do not currently harvest snapper 

grouper, or harvest small quantities, 

may decide to begin or increase 

participation for the sole purpose of 

establishing or improving their record of 

commercial landings. When 

management authorities begin to 

consider implementation or expansion 

of a limited access management regime, 

this kind of speculative behavior is 

often responsible for a rapid increase in 

fishing effort in fisheries that are already 

fully developed or over developed. The 

original fishery problems, such as 

overcapitalization or overfishing, may 

be exacerbated by this increased 

participation. 

In order to avoid this problem, if 

management measures to limit 

participation or effort in the fishery are 

determined to be necessary, the Council 

is considering October 14, 2005 as the 

control date. After that date, anyone 

entering the commercial fishery for 

snapper grouper species (excluding 

wreckfish) may not be assured of future 

participation in the fishery if a 

management regime is developed and 

implemented that limits the number of 

fishery participants. 

Consideration of a control date does 

not commit the Council or NMFS to any 

particular management regime or 

criteria for entry into the commercial 

fishery for snapper grouper species 

(excluding wreckfish). Fishermen are 

not guaranteed future participation in 

this fishery, regardless of their entry 

date or intensity of participation in the 

fishery before or after the control date 

under consideration. The Council may 

subsequently choose a different control 

date, or it may choose a management 

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regime that does not make use of such 

a date. The Council 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. 

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

Dated: October 7, 2005. 

James W. Balsiger, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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