Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This document provides notice of VMS approved by NOAA for use by vessels participating in all of the Atlantic HMS fisheries requiring VMS and sets forth relevant features of each monitoring system. A VMS is required to be installed and operating on all vessels that have been issued an HMS permit pursuant to 50 CFR 635.4 and that have pelagic longline gear on board. In the near future, VMS will also be required on vessels that have a directed shark limited access permit pursuant to 635.4 and either gillnet or bottom longline gear on board. This notice is necessary to provide approval of certain VMS units and providers for use in these Atlantic HMS fisheries, and supercedes all previous type approval notices for the Atlantic HMS Fisheries.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 030304C] AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notification of NOAA-approved VMS. SUMMARY: This document provides notice of VMS approved by NOAA for use by vessels participating in all of the Atlantic HMS fisheries requiring VMS and sets forth relevant features of each monitoring system. A VMS is required to be installed and operating on all vessels that have been issued an HMS permit pursuant to 50 CFR 635.4 and that have pelagic longline gear on board. In the near future, VMS will also be required on vessels that have a directed shark limited access permit pursuant to 635.4 and either gillnet or bottom longline gear on board. This notice is necessary to provide approval of certain VMS units and providers for use in these Atlantic HMS fisheries, and supercedes all previous type approval notices for the Atlantic HMS Fisheries. ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the list of NOAA-approved VMS mobile transmitting units and VMS communications service providers, or to obtain information regarding the status of VMS systems being evaluated by NOAA for approval, write to NOAA Fisheries, Office for Law Enforcement (OLE), 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 415, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Completed activation forms must be sent to NOAA Enforcement, Koger Building, Room 130, 9721 Executive Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702, or fax…
Citation: 69 FR 19979
