NMFS proposes coastwide summer flounder recreational management measures to administratively complete the rulemaking process
initiated in March 2007. This action is necessary to propose appropriate coastwide management measures to be in place on January 1,
2008, following the expiration of the current state-by-state conservation equivalency management measures on December 31, 2007. The
intent of these measures is to prevent overfishing of the summer flounder resource during the interim between the aforementioned
expiration of the 2007 recreational measures and the implementation of measures for 2008.
DATES: Comments must be received by 5 p.m. local time, on October 15, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: 0648-AV99@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line the following identifier:
``Comments on 2008 Summer Flounder Interim Recreational Measures.''
Federal e-rulemaking portal:
http://www.regulations.govMail: Patricia A. Kurkul, Regional Administrator, NMFS, Northeast Regional Office, One Blackburn Drive , Gloucester , MA 01930 . Mark the outside of the envelope: ``Comments on 2008 Summer Flounder Interim Recreational Measures.''
Fax: (978) 281-9135.
Copies of the Supplemental Environmental Assessment, as well as the original Environmental Assessment, Regulatory Impact Review, and
Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (EA/RIR/IRFA) completed for the 2007 recreational management measures are available from Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Room 2115, Federal Building , 300 South New Street, Dover , DE 19901-6790 . The Supplemental Environmental Assessment is also accessible via the Internet at
http://www.nero.noaa.gov.
[Docket No. 070827484-7485-01]RIN 0648-AV99
