21978 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 93 / Monday, May 13, 1996 / Rules and Regulations

970.5204–14 [Amended]

25. Subsection 970.5204–14,

Allowable costs and fixed-fee (support

contracts), at paragraph (e)(34)(ii)(A), is

amended by revising the words ‘‘Small

Businesses and Small Disadvantaged

Businesses’’ (both sentences) to read

‘‘small, small disadvantaged and

women-owned small businesses’’ and

by revising the words ‘‘Utilization of

Small Business Concerns and Small

Disadvantaged Business Concerns’’ to

read ‘‘Utilization of Small, Small

Disadvantaged and Women-Owned

Small Business Concerns.’’ (first

sentence).

970.5204–44 [Amended]

26. Subsection 970.5204–44,

Flowdown of contract requirements to

subcontracts, is amended by removing

and reserving paragraph (b)(12),

Examination of Records by the

Comptroller General, and revising the

title of subparagraph (b)(19) to read

‘‘Accounts, Records, and Inspection.’’

[FR Doc. 96–11918 Filed 5–10–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 678

[I.D. 042696D]

Atlantic Shark Fisheries; Large Coastal

Shark Species

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Closure.

SUMMARY: NMFS is closing the

commercial fishery for large coastal

sharks conducted by vessels with a

Federal Atlantic shark permit in the

Western North Atlantic Ocean,

including the Gulf of Mexico and

Caribbean Sea. This action is necessary

to prevent exceeding the semiannual

quota of 1285 metric tons (mt) for the

period January 1 through June 30, 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The closure is effective

from 11:30 p.m. local time May 17,

1996, through June 30, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C.

Michael Bailey, 301–713–2347; Kevin B.

Foster, 508–281–9260; or John M. Ward

813–570–5335.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Atlantic shark fishery is managed by

NMFS according to the Fishery

Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic

Sharks prepared by NMFS under

authority of the Magnuson Fishery

Conservation and Management Act (16

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). Fishing by U.S.

vessels is governed by regulations

implementing the FMP at 50 CFR part

678.

Section 678.24(b) of the regulations

provides for two semiannual quotas of

large coastal sharks to be harvested from

Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico

waters by commercial fishermen. The

first semiannual quota of 1,285 mt is

available for harvest from January 1

through June 30, 1996.

The Assistant Administrator for

Fisheries, NOAA (AA), is required

under § 678.25 to monitor the catch and

landing statistics and, on the basis of

these statistics, to determine when the

catch of Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of

Mexico sharks will equal any quota

under § 678.24(b). When shark harvests

reach, or are projected to reach, a quota

established under § 678.24(b), the AA is

further required under § 678.25 to close

the fishery.

The AA has determined, based on the

reported catch and other relevant

factors, that the semiannual quota for

the period January 1 through June 30,

1996, for large coastal sharks, in or from

the Western North Atlantic Ocean,

including the Gulf of Mexico and

Caribbean Sea, will be attained by May

17, 1996. During this closure, for vessels

issued a permit under § 678.4, retention

of large coastal sharks from the

management unit is prohibited, unless

the vessel is operating as a charter

vessel or headboat, in which case, the

vessel limit per trip is four large coastal

sharks. Also, the sale, purchase, trade,

or barter or attempted sale, purchase,

trade, or barter of carcasses and/or fins

of large coastal sharks harvested by a

person aboard a vessel that has been

issued a permit under § 678.4, is

prohibited, except for those that were

harvested, offloaded, and sold, traded,

or bartered prior to May 17, 1996, and

were held in storage by a dealer or

processor.

Vessels that have been issued a

Federal permit under § 678.4 are

reminded that, as a condition of permit

issuance, the vessel may not retain a

large coastal shark during the closure,

except as provided by § 678.24(a).

Fishing for pelagic and small coastal

sharks may continue. The recreational

fishery is not affected by this closure.

Classification

This action is taken under 50 CFR

part 678 and is exempt from review

under E.O. 12866.

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

Dated: May 6, 1996

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries

Conservation and Management, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–11851 Filed 5–8–96; 2:28 pm]

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