NOAA: Stock Status Determination for Atlantic Sharpnose and Bonnethead Sharks

NOAA_logo2DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648–XD476

Stock Status Determination for Atlantic Highly Migratory Atlantic Sharpnose and Bonnethead Sharks

A Notice by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 09/05/2014

AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
This action serves as a notice that NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), has determined that Atlantic sharpnose sharks (Rhizoprinodon terraenovae) are split into two stocks (Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico), each with a status of ‘‘not overfished, no overfishing occurring,’’ and bonnethead sharks (Sphyrna tiburo) are split into two stocks (Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico), each with a status of ‘‘unknown.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

pdf-icon_2Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 172 / Friday, September 5, 2014 / Notices

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