Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Interim Action; Withdrawn

摘要

NMFS issued interim measures for the 2012 Gulf of Maine (GOM) Atlantic cod fishery on April 3, 2012. These measures were intended to become effective May 1, 2012; however, the authority NMFS uses to issue interim measures requires that interim measures become effective on publication in the Federal Register. The interim rule published on April 3, 2012, is being withdrawn so NMFS may re-issue the same measures on May 1, 2012, to ensure that the effective date is consistent with both NMFS' authority and the start of the 2012 GOM cod fishing year.