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TABLE 1. TILEFISH FULL-TIME TIER 2 CATEGORY 2008 LANDINGS AND OVERAGE
2008 Quota
2008 Landings
2008 Overage
Permit Category
Lb
Lb
Kg1
Lb
Kg1
284,288
Full-time Tier 2
1 Kilograms
Kg1
128,951
291,620
132,277
7,332
3,326
are as converted from pounds, and may not necessarily add due to rounding.
TABLE 2. TILEFISH FULL-TIME TIER 2 CATEGORY ADJUSTED FY 2009 QUOTA
2009 Initial Quota
2009 Adjusted Quota
Permit Category
Lb
Lb
Kg1
284,288
Full-time Tier 2
1 Kilograms
Kg1
128,951
276,956
125,625
are as converted from pounds, and may not necessarily add due to rounding.
Classification
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
This action is required by 50 CFR part
648 and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866. Pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B), the Assistant
Administrator finds good cause to waive
prior notice and opportunity for public
comment as notice and comment would
be impracticable and unnecessary. The
regulations under § 648.290(c) requires
the Regional Administrator to subtract
any overage of the quota for any tilefish
limited access category from the quota
for that category in the following fishing
year. Accordingly, the action being
taken by this temporary rule is
nondiscretionary. There is no discretion
to modify this action based on public
comment at this time. The rate of
harvest of tilefish by the Full-time
permit category is updated weekly on
the internet at https://
www.nero.noaa.gov. Accordingly, the
public is able to obtain information that
would provide at least some advanced
notice of a potential action as a result of
a tilefish quota being exceeded during
FY 2008. Further, the potential for this
action was considered and open to
public comment during the
development of the tilefish FMP.
Therefore, any negative effect the
waiving of public comment may have
on the public is mitigated by these
factors.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Dated: October 1, 2008.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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[Docket No. 0809231252–81272–01]
RIN 0648–AX28
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
Fisheries Off West Coast States;
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery;
Biennial Specifications and
Management Measures; Inseason
Adjustments; Correction
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; inseason adjustments
to biennial groundfish management
measures; correcting amendment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS announces correction
to Federal regulations for the West Coast
groundfish fishery. This action corrects
trip limits for vessels using multiple
bottom trawl gears, which were
published in a final rule. That final rule
announced inseason changes to
management measures in the
commercial Pacific Coast groundfish
fisheries. This correction is intended to
eliminate any confusion for the public
that may have occurred as a result of
prior incorrect NMFS publications.
DATES: Effective 0001 hours (local time)
October 7, 2008. Comments on this final
rule must be received no later than 5
p.m., local time on November 6, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by RIN 0648–AX28 by any
one of the following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal https://
www.regulations.gov.
• Fax: 206–526–6736, Attn: Gretchen
Arentzen.
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• Mail: D. Robert Lohn,
Administrator, Northwest Region,
NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE,
Seattle, WA 98115–0070, Attn: Gretchen
Arentzen.
Instructions: All comments received
are a part of the public record and will
generally be posted to https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
All Personal Identifying Information (for
example, name, address, etc.)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
NMFS will accept anonymous
comments. Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft
Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe
PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gretchen Arentzen (Northwest Region,
NMFS), phone: 206–526–6147, fax: 206–
526–6736 and e-mail
gretchen.arentzen@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access
This final rule is accessible via the
Internet at the Office of the Federal
Register’s Website at https://
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/.
Background information and documents
are available at the Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s website at https://
www.pcouncil.org/.
Background
The Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP
and its implementing regulations at title
50 in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), part 660, subpart G, regulate
fishing for over 90 species of groundfish
off the coasts of Washington, Oregon,
and California. Groundfish
specifications and management
measures are developed by the Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council),
and are implemented by NMFS. A
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proposed rule to implement the 2007–
2008 specifications and management
measures for the Pacific Coast
groundfish fishery and Amendment 16–
4 of the FMP was published on
September 29, 2006 (71 FR 57764). The
final rule to implement the 2007–2008
specifications and management
measures for the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Fishery was published on
December 29, 2006 (71 FR 78638). These
specifications and management
measures are codified in the CFR (50
CFR part 660, subpart G). The final rule
was subsequently amended on: March
20, 2007 (71 FR 13043); April 18, 2007
(72 FR 19390); July 5, 2007 (72 FR
36617); August 3, 2007 (72 FR 43193);
September 18, 2007 (72 FR 53165);
October 4, 2007 (72 FR 56664);
December 4, 2007 (72 FR 68097);
December 18, 2007 (72 FR 71583); April
18, 2008 (73 FR 21057); and July 24,
2008 (73 FR 43139).
The July 24, 2008 final rule
implemented inseason adjustments to
groundfish management measures to
respond to updated fishery information
and other inseason management needs,
effective August 1, 2008 (73 FR 43139).
This final rule, in part, adjusted trip
limits in the limited entry non-whiting
trawl fishery North of 40°10.00’ N. lat.
NMFS accepted public comments on
this final rule through August 25, 2008.
No comments were received regarding
this final rule.
Multiple types of bottom trawl gear
are used in this sector of the fishery,
including large footrope and small
footrope trawl gears. Trip limits for
some species, presented in Table 3
(North) to part 660 subpart G, are gearspecific due to differences in selectivity.
Providing differential trip limits based
on gear selectivity is a management
measure that is designed to meet the
Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP objective
of achieving, to the extent possible, but
not exceeding, OYs of target species,
while fostering the rebuilding of
depleted stocks by remaining within
their rebuilding OYs.
In the northern bottom trawl fishery,
which is structured around gear-specific
cumulative trip limits, use of multiple
gear types during a single trip has
required the designation of cumulative
trip limits on trips in which multiple
types of gears are used or are on board
the fishing vessel. This is useful for
enforcement of cumulative trip limits,
and catch accounting. Regulations that
define cumulative trip limits, if more
than one type of trawl gear is on board
the vessel, are at 50 CFR 660.381
(c)(4)(i)(D). In these regulations, vessels
with multiple trawl gears on board at
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any time during the cumulative limit
period are subject to the smaller of the
limits, for the gears on board, for that
entire cumulative limit period. In
addition to this text description in the
regulations, Table 3 (North) provides the
numerical value for the most restrictive
gear-specific trip limits in a line titled
‘‘multiple bottom trawl gears’’. An
additional description is provided in the
8th footnote to that table.
In the July 24, 2008 inseason final
rule, gear specific trip limits for
sablefish and Dover sole, taken by
vessels using selective flatfish trawl
gear, were raised from August 1 through
the remainder of the year, consistent
with the recommendation by the
Council at its June 6–13, 2008, meeting
in Foster City, California. For these
species, gear-specific trip limits for
vessels using selective flatfish trawl gear
are the most restrictive. Therefore, the
lines in Table 3 (North) describing the
‘‘multiple bottom trawl gears’’ trip
limits for these species should be equal
to the selective flatfish trawl limits over
the entire year. The numerical value for
‘‘multiple bottom trawl gears’’, which
should be equal to the cumulative limits
for selective flatfish trawl gear, were not
increased. An oversight created an
inconsistency between the most
restrictive gear-specific cumulative trip
limits, which are repeated in lines 14
and 26 in Table 3 (North), and described
in the table’s 8th footnote and the
regulations at § 660.381. This correction
publishes Table 3 (North) with
numerical values in the lines defining
cumulative trip limits for vessels using
‘‘multiple bottom trawl gears’’ corrected
to reflect the most restrictive gearspecific cumulative trip limits for
sablefish and Dover sole, consistent
with the table’s 8th footnote, regulatory
text at § 660.381(c)(4)(i)(D), and the
Council’s June recommendations for
inseason modifications to cumulative
trip limits.
Allowing inconsistencies caused by an
oversight to remain in the Federal
Register would be contrary to the public
interest. It would leave language in the
CFR that implies that trip limits for
vessels using multiple trawl gear are
unnecessarily lower than described in
the regulatory text, and are
unnecessarily lower than the most
restrictive gear-specific cumulative trip
limit shown in Table 3 (North). This
correction is intended to allow
increased harvest opportunities for
healthy groundfish stocks, so that NMFS
may meet its obligations under the
Groundfish FMP to achieve, to the
extent possible, the OYs of target
species. Failing to meet this obligation
as quickly as possible would be contrary
to the public interest, as it would
unnecessarily restrict cumulative trip
limits for vessels using multiple bottom
trawl gears. The use of cumulative trip
limits for vessels using multiple bottom
trawl gears were analyzed in the 2005–
2006 groundfish specifications and
management measures Environmental
Impact Statement and clearly described
in the preamble to the inseason final
rule, implemented on April 1, 2005 (70
FR 16145, March 30, 2005). Prior notice
and opportunity for comment was
provided earlier because both the EIS
and the final rule were made available
for public comment, and no comments
were received pertaining to the
representation of ‘‘multiple bottom
trawl gear’’ cumulative trip limits in
Table 3 (North).
The AA also finds good cause to
waive the 30-day delay in the effective
date of this action under 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3). This finding is based on the
reasons provided above for waiver of
prior notice and opportunity for public
comment.
Classification
The Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries (AA), NOAA, finds good cause
to waive the requirement to provide
prior notice and opportunity for public
comment on this action pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B); providing prior notice
and opportunity for comment would be
contrary to the public interest.
This correction document revises
Table 3 (North) to part 660, subpart G
of the Code of Federal Regulations so
that the cumulative trip limits for
vessels using ‘‘multiple bottom trawl
gears’’, taking and retaining sablefish
and Dover sole, are consistent with
regulations at § 660.381(c)(4)(i)(D).
Dated: October 1, 2008.
James W. Balsiger,
Acting Assistant Administrator For Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660
Fishing, Fisheries, and Indian
Fisheries.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble, 50 CFR part 660 is amended
as follows:
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PART 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST
COAST STATES
1. The authority citation for part 660
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
2. Table 3 (North) to part 660 subpart
G is revised to read as follows:
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ACTION:
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SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed
fishing for Pacific cod by Amendment
80 vessels subject to sideboard limits in
the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf
of Alaska (GOA). This action is
necessary to prevent exceeding the 2008
Pacific cod sideboard limit established
for Amendment 80 vessels subject to
sideboard limits in the Western
Regulatory Area of the GOA.
DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local
time (A.l.t.), October 1, 2008, until 2400
hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Hogan, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
GOA exclusive economic zone
according to the Fishery Management
Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of
Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 070213032–7032–01]
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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by
Vessels Subject to Amendment 80
Sideboard Limits in the Western
Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
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under authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act. Regulations governing
fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance
with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50
CFR part 600 and 50 CFR part 679.
Regulations governing sideboard
protections for GOA groundfish
fisheries appear at subpart B of 50 CFR
part 679.
The 2008 Pacific cod sideboard limit
established for Amendment 80 vessels
subject to sideboard limits in the
Western Regulatory Area of the GOA is
389 metric tons (mt), as established by
the 2008 and 2009 harvest specifications
for groundfish of the GOA (73 FR 10562,
February 27, 2008).
In accordance with
§ 679.20(d)(1)(v)(A), the Administrator,
Alaska Region, NMFS (Regional
Administrator), has determined that the
2008 Pacific cod sideboard limit
established for Amendment 80 vessels
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 660
[Docket No. 0809231252-81272-01]
RIN 0648-AX28
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States;
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Biennial Specifications and
Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; inseason adjustments to biennial groundfish
management measures; correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces correction to Federal regulations for the West
Coast groundfish fishery. This action corrects trip limits for vessels
using multiple bottom trawl gears, which were published in a final
rule. That final rule announced inseason changes to management measures
in the commercial Pacific Coast groundfish fisheries. This correction
is intended to eliminate any confusion for the public that may have
occurred as a result of prior incorrect NMFS publications.
DATES: Effective 0001 hours (local time) October 7, 2008. Comments on
this final rule must be received no later than 5 p.m., local time on
November 6, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by RIN 0648-AX28 by any
one of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal https://www.regulations.gov.
Fax: 206-526-6736, Attn: Gretchen Arentzen.
Mail: D. Robert Lohn, Administrator, Northwest Region,
NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-0070, Attn: Gretchen
Arentzen.
Instructions: All comments received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted to https://www.regulations.gov without
change. All Personal Identifying Information (for example, name,
address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly
accessible. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected information.
NMFS will accept anonymous comments. Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or
Adobe PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gretchen Arentzen (Northwest Region,
NMFS), phone: 206-526-6147, fax: 206-526-6736 and e-mail
gretchen.arentzen@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access
This final rule is accessible via the Internet at the Office of the
Federal Register's Website at https://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/.
Background information and documents are available at the Pacific
Fishery Management Council's website at https://www.pcouncil.org/.
Background
The Pacific Coast Groundfish FMP and its implementing regulations
at title 50 in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 660, subpart
G, regulate fishing for over 90 species of groundfish off the coasts of
Washington, Oregon, and California. Groundfish specifications and
management measures are developed by the Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council), and are implemented by NMFS. A
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proposed rule to implement the 2007-2008 specifications and management
measures for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery and Amendment 16-4 of
the FMP was published on September 29, 2006 (71 FR 57764). The final
rule to implement the 2007-2008 specifications and management measures
for the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery was published on December 29,
2006 (71 FR 78638). These specifications and management measures are
codified in the CFR (50 CFR part 660, subpart G). The final rule was
subsequently amended on: March 20, 2007 (71 FR 13043); April 18, 2007
(72 FR 19390); July 5, 2007 (72 FR 36617); August 3, 2007 (72 FR
43193); September 18, 2007 (72 FR 53165); October 4, 2007 (72 FR
56664); December 4, 2007 (72 FR 68097); December 18, 2007 (72 FR
71583); April 18, 2008 (73 FR 21057); and July 24, 2008 (73 FR 43139).
The July 24, 2008 final rule implemented inseason adjustments to
groundfish management measures to respond to updated fishery
information and other inseason management needs, effective August 1,
2008 (73 FR 43139). This final rule, in part, adjusted trip limits in
the limited entry non-whiting trawl fishery North of 40[deg]10.00' N.
lat. NMFS accepted public comments on this final rule through August
25, 2008. No comments were received regarding this final rule.
Multiple types of bottom trawl gear are used in this sector of the
fishery, including large footrope and small footrope trawl gears. Trip
limits for some species, presented in Table 3 (North) to part 660
subpart G, are gear-specific due to differences in selectivity.
Providing differential trip limits based on gear selectivity is a
management measure that is designed to meet the Pacific Coast
Groundfish FMP objective of achieving, to the extent possible, but not
exceeding, OYs of target species, while fostering the rebuilding of
depleted stocks by remaining within their rebuilding OYs.
In the northern bottom trawl fishery, which is structured around
gear-specific cumulative trip limits, use of multiple gear types during
a single trip has required the designation of cumulative trip limits on
trips in which multiple types of gears are used or are on board the
fishing vessel. This is useful for enforcement of cumulative trip
limits, and catch accounting. Regulations that define cumulative trip
limits, if more than one type of trawl gear is on board the vessel, are
at 50 CFR 660.381 (c)(4)(i)(D). In these regulations, vessels with
multiple trawl gears on board at any time during the cumulative limit
period are subject to the smaller of the limits, for the gears on
board, for that entire cumulative limit period. In addition to this
text description in the regulations, Table 3 (North) provides the
numerical value for the most restrictive gear-specific trip limits in a
line titled ``multiple bottom trawl gears''. An additional description
is provided in the 8th footnote to that table.
In the July 24, 2008 inseason final rule, gear specific trip limits
for sablefish and Dover sole, taken by vessels using selective flatfish
trawl gear, were raised from August 1 through the remainder of the
year, consistent with the recommendation by the Council at its June 6-
13, 2008, meeting in Foster City, California. For these species, gear-
specific trip limits for vessels using selective flatfish trawl gear
are the most restrictive. Therefore, the lines in Table 3 (North)
describing the ``multiple bottom trawl gears'' trip limits for these
species should be equal to the selective flatfish trawl limits over the
entire year. The numerical value for ``multiple bottom trawl gears'',
which should be equal to the cumulative limits for selective flatfish
trawl gear, were not increased. An oversight created an inconsistency
between the most restrictive gear-specific cumulative trip limits,
which are repeated in lines 14 and 26 in Table 3 (North), and described
in the table's 8th footnote and the regulations at Sec. 660.381. This
correction publishes Table 3 (North) with numerical values in the lines
defining cumulative trip limits for vessels using ``multiple bottom
trawl gears'' corrected to reflect the most restrictive gear-specific
cumulative trip limits for sablefish and Dover sole, consistent with
the table's 8th footnote, regulatory text at Sec. 660.381(c)(4)(i)(D),
and the Council's June recommendations for inseason modifications to
cumulative trip limits.
Classification
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries (AA), NOAA, finds good
cause to waive the requirement to provide prior notice and opportunity
for public comment on this action pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B);
providing prior notice and opportunity for comment would be contrary to
the public interest.
This correction document revises Table 3 (North) to part 660,
subpart G of the Code of Federal Regulations so that the cumulative
trip limits for vessels using ``multiple bottom trawl gears'', taking
and retaining sablefish and Dover sole, are consistent with regulations
at Sec. 660.381(c)(4)(i)(D). Allowing inconsistencies caused by an
oversight to remain in the Federal Register would be contrary to the
public interest. It would leave language in the CFR that implies that
trip limits for vessels using multiple trawl gear are unnecessarily
lower than described in the regulatory text, and are unnecessarily
lower than the most restrictive gear-specific cumulative trip limit
shown in Table 3 (North). This correction is intended to allow
increased harvest opportunities for healthy groundfish stocks, so that
NMFS may meet its obligations under the Groundfish FMP to achieve, to
the extent possible, the OYs of target species. Failing to meet this
obligation as quickly as possible would be contrary to the public
interest, as it would unnecessarily restrict cumulative trip limits for
vessels using multiple bottom trawl gears. The use of cumulative trip
limits for vessels using multiple bottom trawl gears were analyzed in
the 2005-2006 groundfish specifications and management measures
Environmental Impact Statement and clearly described in the preamble to
the inseason final rule, implemented on April 1, 2005 (70 FR 16145,
March 30, 2005). Prior notice and opportunity for comment was provided
earlier because both the EIS and the final rule were made available for
public comment, and no comments were received pertaining to the
representation of ``multiple bottom trawl gear'' cumulative trip limits
in Table 3 (North).
The AA also finds good cause to waive the 30-day delay in the
effective date of this action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). This finding is
based on the reasons provided above for waiver of prior notice and
opportunity for public comment.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660
Fishing, Fisheries, and Indian Fisheries.
Dated: October 1, 2008.
James W. Balsiger,
Acting Assistant Administrator For Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR part 660 is amended as
follows:
PART 660--FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES
1. The authority citation for part 660 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
2. Table 3 (North) to part 660 subpart G is revised to read as
follows:
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