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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 101206604–1758–02]
RIN 0648–XD731
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal
Migratory Pelagic Resources of the
Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic;
2015 Commercial Run-Around Gillnet
Closure
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS implements an
accountability measure (AM) through
this temporary rule for commercial
harvest of king mackerel in the Florida
west coast southern subzone of the
eastern zone of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf)
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) using
run-around gillnet gear. NMFS has
determined that the commercial annual
catch limit (ACL; commercial quota) for
king mackerel using run-around gillnet
gear in the Florida west coast southern
subzone of the Gulf EEZ will be reached
on February 20, 2015. Therefore, NMFS
closes the Florida west coast southern
subzone to commercial king mackerel
fishing using run-around gillnet gear in
the Gulf EEZ. This closure is necessary
to protect the Gulf king mackerel
resource.
SUMMARY:
The closure is effective 12:01
p.m., eastern standard time, February
20, 2015, until 6 a.m., eastern standard
time, January 19, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Gerhart, NMFS Southeast
Regional Office, telephone: 727–824–
5305, email: susan.gerhart@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
fishery for coastal migratory pelagic fish
(king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and
cobia) is managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the Coastal
Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf
of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP).
The FMP was prepared by the Gulf of
Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery
Management Councils and is
implemented by NMFS under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by
regulations at 50 CFR part 622.
Gulf migratory group king mackerel’s
Florida west coast subzone of the Gulf
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eastern zone is divided into northern
and southern subzones, each with
separate commercial quotas. From
November 1 through March 31, the
southern subzone encompasses an area
of the EEZ south of a line extending due
west of the Lee and Collier County, FL,
boundary on the Florida west coast, and
south of a line extending due east of the
Monroe and Miami-Dade County, FL,
boundary on the Florida east coast,
which includes the EEZ off Collier and
Monroe Counties, FL. From April 1
through October 31, the southern
subzone is reduced to the EEZ off
Collier County, and the EEZ off Monroe
County becomes part of the Atlantic
migratory group area (50 CFR
622.384(b)(1)(i)(C)).
On January 30, 2012 (76 FR 82058,
December 29, 2011), NMFS
implemented a commercial quota for the
Gulf migratory group king mackerel in
the Florida west coast southern subzone
of 551,448 lb (250,133 kg) for vessels
using run-around gillnet gear (50 CFR
622.384(b)(1)(i)(B)(1)), for the current
fishing year, July 1, 2014, through June
30, 2015.
Regulations at 50 CFR 622.8(b) require
NMFS to close any segment of the king
mackerel commercial sector when its
quota has been reached, or is projected
to be reached, by filing a notification
with the Office of the Federal Register.
NMFS has determined that the
commercial quota of 551,448 lb (250,133
kg) for Gulf group king mackerel for
vessels using run-around gillnet gear in
the Florida west coast southern subzone
will be reached on February 20, 2015.
Accordingly, commercial fishing using
such gear in the Florida west coast
southern subzone is closed at 12:01
p.m., eastern standard time, February
20, 2015, until 6 a.m., eastern standard
time, January 19, 2016, the beginning of
the next fishing season, i.e., the day after
the 2016 Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal
holiday. Accordingly, the operator of a
vessel that has been issued a Federal
commercial permit to harvest Gulf
migratory group king mackerel using
run-around gillnet gear in the Florida
west coast southern subzone must have
landed ashore and bartered, traded, or
sold such king mackerel prior to 12:01
p.m., eastern standard time, February
20, 2015.
Persons aboard a vessel for which a
commercial permit for king mackerel
has been issued, except persons who
also possess a king mackerel gillnet
permit, may fish for or retain Gulf group
king mackerel harvested using hookand-line gear in the Florida west coast
southern subzone unless the
commercial quota for hook-and-line gear
has been met and the hook-and-line
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segment of the commercial sector has
been closed. A person aboard a vessel
that has a valid charter vessel/headboat
permit for coastal migratory pelagic fish
may continue to retain king mackerel in
or from closed zones or subzones under
the bag and possession limits set forth
in 50 CFR 622.382(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(2),
provided the vessel is operating as a
charter vessel or headboat. A charter
vessel or headboat that also has a
commercial king mackerel permit is
considered to be operating as a charter
vessel or headboat when it carries a
passenger who pays a fee or when there
are more than three persons aboard,
including operator and crew.
During the closure, king mackerel
harvested using run-around gillnet gear
in the Florida west coast southern
subzone may not be purchased or sold.
This prohibition does not apply to king
mackerel harvested using run-around
gillnet gear in the Florida west coast
southern subzone that were harvested,
landed ashore, and sold prior to the
closure and were held in cold storage by
a dealer or processor.
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Classification
The Regional Administrator,
Southeast Region, NMFS, has
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determined this temporary rule is
necessary for the conservation and
management of Gulf migratory group
king mackerel and is consistent with the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and other
applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR
622.8(b) and 622.388(a)(1) and is
exempt from review under Executive
Order 12866.
These measures are exempt from the
procedures of the Regulatory Flexibility
Act because the temporary rule is issued
without opportunity for prior notice and
comment.
This action responds to the best
scientific information available. The
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
NOAA (AA), finds that the need to
immediately implement this action to
close the fishery constitutes good cause
to waive the requirements to provide
prior notice and opportunity for public
comment pursuant to the authority set
forth in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), because prior
notice and opportunity for public
comment on this temporary rule is
unnecessary and contrary to the public
interest. Such procedures are
unnecessary, because the rule
implementing the ACL (quota) and the
associated requirement for closure of the
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commercial harvest when the ACL
(quota) is reached or projected to be
reached has already been subject to
notice and comment, and all that
remains is to notify the public of the
closure. They are contrary to the public
interest, because any delay in the
closure of the commercial harvest could
result in the commercial quota being
exceeded. There is a need to
immediately implement this action to
protect the king mackerel resource,
because the capacity of the fishing fleet
allows for rapid harvest of the quota.
Prior notice and opportunity for public
comment on this action would require
time and would potentially result in a
harvest well in excess of the established
quota.
For the aforementioned reasons, the
AA also finds good cause to waive the
30-day delay in effectiveness under 5
U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 19, 2015.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 101206604-1758-02]
RIN 0648-XD731
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South
Atlantic; 2015 Commercial Run-Around Gillnet Closure
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
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SUMMARY: NMFS implements an accountability measure (AM) through this
temporary rule for commercial harvest of king mackerel in the Florida
west coast southern subzone of the eastern zone of the Gulf of Mexico
(Gulf) exclusive economic zone (EEZ) using run-around gillnet gear.
NMFS has determined that the commercial annual catch limit (ACL;
commercial quota) for king mackerel using run-around gillnet gear in
the Florida west coast southern subzone of the Gulf EEZ will be reached
on February 20, 2015. Therefore, NMFS closes the Florida west coast
southern subzone to commercial king mackerel fishing using run-around
gillnet gear in the Gulf EEZ. This closure is necessary to protect the
Gulf king mackerel resource.
DATES: The closure is effective 12:01 p.m., eastern standard time,
February 20, 2015, until 6 a.m., eastern standard time, January 19,
2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Gerhart, NMFS Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727-824-5305, email: susan.gerhart@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The fishery for coastal migratory pelagic
fish (king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and cobia) is managed under the
Fishery Management Plan for the Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of
the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (FMP). The FMP was prepared by
the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils and
is implemented by NMFS under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by
regulations at 50 CFR part 622.
Gulf migratory group king mackerel's Florida west coast subzone of
the Gulf eastern zone is divided into northern and southern subzones,
each with separate commercial quotas. From November 1 through March 31,
the southern subzone encompasses an area of the EEZ south of a line
extending due west of the Lee and Collier County, FL, boundary on the
Florida west coast, and south of a line extending due east of the
Monroe and Miami-Dade County, FL, boundary on the Florida east coast,
which includes the EEZ off Collier and Monroe Counties, FL. From April
1 through October 31, the southern subzone is reduced to the EEZ off
Collier County, and the EEZ off Monroe County becomes part of the
Atlantic migratory group area (50 CFR 622.384(b)(1)(i)(C)).
On January 30, 2012 (76 FR 82058, December 29, 2011), NMFS
implemented a commercial quota for the Gulf migratory group king
mackerel in the Florida west coast southern subzone of 551,448 lb
(250,133 kg) for vessels using run-around gillnet gear (50 CFR
622.384(b)(1)(i)(B)(1)), for the current fishing year, July 1, 2014,
through June 30, 2015.
Regulations at 50 CFR 622.8(b) require NMFS to close any segment of
the king mackerel commercial sector when its quota has been reached, or
is projected to be reached, by filing a notification with the Office of
the Federal Register. NMFS has determined that the commercial quota of
551,448 lb (250,133 kg) for Gulf group king mackerel for vessels using
run-around gillnet gear in the Florida west coast southern subzone will
be reached on February 20, 2015. Accordingly, commercial fishing using
such gear in the Florida west coast southern subzone is closed at 12:01
p.m., eastern standard time, February 20, 2015, until 6 a.m., eastern
standard time, January 19, 2016, the beginning of the next fishing
season, i.e., the day after the 2016 Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal
holiday. Accordingly, the operator of a vessel that has been issued a
Federal commercial permit to harvest Gulf migratory group king mackerel
using run-around gillnet gear in the Florida west coast southern
subzone must have landed ashore and bartered, traded, or sold such king
mackerel prior to 12:01 p.m., eastern standard time, February 20, 2015.
Persons aboard a vessel for which a commercial permit for king
mackerel has been issued, except persons who also possess a king
mackerel gillnet permit, may fish for or retain Gulf group king
mackerel harvested using hook-and-line gear in the Florida west coast
southern subzone unless the commercial quota for hook-and-line gear has
been met and the hook-and-line
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segment of the commercial sector has been closed. A person aboard a
vessel that has a valid charter vessel/headboat permit for coastal
migratory pelagic fish may continue to retain king mackerel in or from
closed zones or subzones under the bag and possession limits set forth
in 50 CFR 622.382(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(2), provided the vessel is
operating as a charter vessel or headboat. A charter vessel or headboat
that also has a commercial king mackerel permit is considered to be
operating as a charter vessel or headboat when it carries a passenger
who pays a fee or when there are more than three persons aboard,
including operator and crew.
During the closure, king mackerel harvested using run-around
gillnet gear in the Florida west coast southern subzone may not be
purchased or sold. This prohibition does not apply to king mackerel
harvested using run-around gillnet gear in the Florida west coast
southern subzone that were harvested, landed ashore, and sold prior to
the closure and were held in cold storage by a dealer or processor.
Classification
The Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, has determined
this temporary rule is necessary for the conservation and management of
Gulf migratory group king mackerel and is consistent with the Magnuson-
Stevens Act and other applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR 622.8(b) and 622.388(a)(1) and is
exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
These measures are exempt from the procedures of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act because the temporary rule is issued without
opportunity for prior notice and comment.
This action responds to the best scientific information available.
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA), finds that the
need to immediately implement this action to close the fishery
constitutes good cause to waive the requirements to provide prior
notice and opportunity for public comment pursuant to the authority set
forth in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), because prior notice and opportunity for
public comment on this temporary rule is unnecessary and contrary to
the public interest. Such procedures are unnecessary, because the rule
implementing the ACL (quota) and the associated requirement for closure
of the commercial harvest when the ACL (quota) is reached or projected
to be reached has already been subject to notice and comment, and all
that remains is to notify the public of the closure. They are contrary
to the public interest, because any delay in the closure of the
commercial harvest could result in the commercial quota being exceeded.
There is a need to immediately implement this action to protect the
king mackerel resource, because the capacity of the fishing fleet
allows for rapid harvest of the quota. Prior notice and opportunity for
public comment on this action would require time and would potentially
result in a harvest well in excess of the established quota.
For the aforementioned reasons, the AA also finds good cause to
waive the 30-day delay in effectiveness under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 19, 2015.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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