dockets: NOAA-NMFS-2013-0068

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NOAA-NMFS-2013-0068 NOAA Regulatory Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Queen Conch Resources of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI): Compatibility of Trip and Bag Limits in the Management Area of St. Croix, USVI Rulemaking 2021-05-02T01:15:09Z 0b0000648128cfb9 0648-BD15 Fishing for and possession of queen conch in federal waters of the U.S. Caribbean is limited to the area of Lang Bank, to the east of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), and only from November 1 through May 31 each year. Current commercial trip limits and recreational bag limits for the harvest of queen conch in federal waters are not compatible with USVI regulations. The purpose of Regulatory Amendment 2 is to improve the compatibility of federal and USVI territorial regulations for queen conch in order to facilitate enforcement efforts while ensuring the long-term health of the queen conch resource. The proposed rule would revise the commercial trip limit for queen conch in U.S. Caribbean federal waters to be compatible with the trip limit in USVI territorial waters. The proposed rule would change the commercial trip limit in federal waters to 200 queen conch per vessel per day instead of the current 150 queen conch per licensed commercial fisher per day. The Caribbean Fishery Management Council decided to leave the recreational bag limit unchanged because increasing the bag limit to make it compatible with the USVI would only slightly facilitate law enforcement efforts, but may negatively impact the continued health of the queen conch resource.               {"displayProperties": [], "keywords": null, "modifyDate": "2021-05-02T01:15:09Z", "dkAbstract": "Fishing for and possession of queen conch in federal waters of the U.S. Caribbean is limited to the area of Lang Bank, to the east of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), and only from November 1 through May 31 each year. Current commercial trip limits and recreational bag limits for the harvest of queen conch in federal waters are not compatible with USVI regulations. The purpose of Regulatory Amendment 2 is to improve the compatibility of federal and USVI territorial regulations for queen conch in order to facilitate enforcement efforts while ensuring the long-term health of the queen conch resource.\n\nThe proposed rule would revise the commercial trip limit for queen conch in U.S. Caribbean federal waters to be compatible with the trip limit in USVI territorial waters. The proposed rule would change the commercial trip limit in federal waters to 200 queen conch per vessel per day instead of the current 150 queen conch per licensed commercial fisher per day. \n\nThe Caribbean Fishery Management Council decided to leave the recreational bag limit unchanged because increasing the bag limit to make it compatible with the USVI would only slightly facilitate law enforcement efforts, but may negatively impact the continued health of the queen conch resource.", "agencyId": "NOAA", "program": null, "shortTitle": null, "subType2": null, "title": "Regulatory Amendment 2 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Queen Conch Resources of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI): Compatibility of Trip and Bag Limits in the Management Area of St. Croix, USVI", "generic": null, "field1": null, "docketType": "Rulemaking", "petitionNbr": null, "rin": "0648-BD15", "organization": null, "legacyId": null, "subType": null, "category": null, "field2": null, "effectiveDate": null, "objectId": "0b0000648128cfb9"} single_get

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