WASHINGTON, May 30 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a notice called: Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on May 30 by Kelly Denit, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Summary: The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has made a preliminary determination that an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) application contains all of the required information and warrants further consideration. The EFP would allow federally permitted fishi...