Atlantic Swordfish Fishery

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 630

[Docket No. 931078-93278; I.D. 011394A]

Atlantic Swordfish Fishery

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is reopening, from June 6, 1994, through June 24, 1994,

the comment period on the proposed rule to implement, on an

experimental basis, a voluntary, pilot program that would allow

retention of undersized swordfish in excess of the trip allowance for

donation, through charitable organizations, to needy individuals.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule will be accepted from June 6,

1994, through June 24, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the petition should be directed to: Richard H.

Schaefer, Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,

National Marine Fisheries Service, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, MD 20910 (Attention: Richard Stone--F/CM4). Please indicate

whether your comments are in regard to the proposed rule or on

information-collection requirements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard B. Stone, 301/713-2347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A proposed rule, requesting public comment

over a 30-day period, was published in the Federal Register on December

23, 1993, at 58 FR 68109. NMFS subsequently extended the comment period

on the proposed rule through February 9, 1994 (59 FR 3328, January 21,

1994; 59 FR 4265, January 31, 1994). In response to a request from the

public, the comment period on the proposed rule is again reopened from

June 6, 1994, through June 24, 1994.

Dated: June 3, 1994.

David S. Crestin,

Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 94-14028 Filed 6-6-94; 11:54 am]

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