NOAA: Stock Status Determination for Atlantic Sharpnose and Bonnethead Sharks
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648–XD476
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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:
Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 172 / Friday, September 5, 2014 / Notices
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