{"abstract":"NMFS announces its intent to issue exempted fishing permits (EFPs), scientific research permits (SRPs), display permits, letters of acknowledgment (LOAs), shark research fishery permits, and chartering permits for Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) in 2017. EFPs and related permits would authorize collection of a limited number of tunas, swordfish, billfishes, and sharks (collectively known as HMS) from Federal waters in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico for the purposes of scientific data collection, bycatch research, public display, and to evaluate the efficacy of environmental clean-up efforts, among other things. LOAs acknowledge that scientific research activity aboard a scientific research vessel is being conducted. Chartering permits allow the owner of a U.S. fishing vessel to fish under a chartering arrangement, which is a contract or agreement between a U.S. vessel owner and a foreign entity by which the control, use, or services of a vessel are secured for a period of time for fishing for Atlantic HMS on the high seas or in the Exclusive Economic Zone of other nations. Generally, EFPs and related permits would be valid from the date of issuance through December 31, 2017, unless otherwise specified, subject to the terms and conditions of individual permits.","action":"Notice of intent; request for comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2016/11/16/2016-27466.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"81 FR 80646","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2016-12-16","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Written comments on these activities received in response to this notice will be considered by NMFS when issuing EFPs and related permits and must be received on or before December 16, 2016.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":[],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2016-27466","effective_on":null,"end_page":80649,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/11/16/2016-27466.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/16/2016-27466/atlantic-highly-migratory-species-exempted-fishing-scientific-research-display-shark-research","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-27466?publication_date=2016-11-16","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-11-16/2016-27466/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":4,"page_views":{"count":221,"last_updated":"2026-09-21 06:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-11-16/pdf/2016-27466.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-27466.pdf?1479217535","publication_date":"2016-11-16","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/11/16/2016-27466.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-XE94":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-XE94"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2023-02-28T20:53:02Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":80646,"subtype":null,"title":"Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Exempted Fishing, Scientific Research, Display, Shark Research Fishery, and Chartering Permits; Letters of Acknowledgment","toc_doc":"Exempted Fishing, Scientific Research, Display, Shark Research Fishery, and Chartering Permits; Letters of Acknowledgment","toc_subject":"Atlantic Highly Migratory Species:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":81}