# Atlantic Swordfish Fishery

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A94-14028

## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Uncategorized Document
- **Published:** June 9, 1994

## Text

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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