<searchTitle>Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; American Samoa Longline Limited Entry Program; Federal Register Vol. 74, Issue </searchTitle>
<granuleClass>NOTICE</granuleClass>
<accessId>E9-21879</accessId>
<agency order="1">DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE</agency>
<agency order="2">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</agency>
<rin number="0648-XR12"/>
<billingCode>3510-22-S</billingCode>
<frDocNumber>E9-21879</frDocNumber>
<action>Notice; availability of permit upgrades.</action>
<summary>NMFS is soliciting applications for American Samoa longline limited entry permit upgrades. Nineteen (19) permit upgrades will be available for Class A vessel (less than or equal to 40 ft (12.2 m) in length) permit holders to upgrade to larger vessel size classes (B-1 or C-1). The permit upgrades are available only to Class A permit holders who participated in the fishery before March 22, 2002, and the highest priority for receiving a permit upgrade will be given to the person with the earliest date of documented participation.</summary>
<dates>Completed permit upgrade applications must be received by NMFS by November 9, 2009.</dates>
<contact>Walter Ikehara, NMFS PIR, Tel (808)944-2275, Fax (808) 973-2940.</contact>
<tocSubject1>Availability of Permit Upgrades:</tocSubject1>
<tocDoc>Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; American Samoa Longline Limited Entry Program
, </tocDoc>
<urlRef>www.fpir.noaa.gov</urlRef>