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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 0910051338–0151–02]
RIN 0648–XY03
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Northeast Multispecies
Fishery; Implementation of Trip Limit
for Witch Flounder and Removal of
Trip Limit for Pollock
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason
adjustment of landing limits.
AGENCY:
This action implements a
landing limit for witch flounder and
removes the trip limit for pollock for
Northeast (NE) multispecies vessels
fishing under common pool regulations
for the 2010 fishing year (FY). This
action also corrects a previously
published cod trip limit for common
pool vessels fishing under a limited
access Handgear A permit. This action
is authorized by the regulations
implementing Amendment 16 and
Framework Adjustment 44 (FW 44) to
the NE Multispecies Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) and is
intended to decrease the likelihood of
harvest exceeding the subcomponent of
the annual catch limit (ACL) for witch
flounder allocated to the common pool
(common pool sub-ACL) and
underharvesting the sub-ACL for
SUMMARY:
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pollock during FY 2010 (May 1, 2010,
through April 30, 2011). This action is
being taken to optimize the harvest of
NE regulated multispecies under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
DATES: Changes to the pollock and cod
Handgear A trip limits are effective
August 6, 2010, through April 30, 2011.
The witch flounder trip limit is effective
August 9, 2010, through April 30, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brett Alger, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 675–2153, fax (978)
281–9135.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations governing possession and
landing limits for vessels fishing under
common pool regulations are found at
50 CFR 648.86. The regulations
authorize vessels issued a valid limited
access NE multispecies permit and
fishing under a NE multispecies day-atsea (DAS), or fishing under a NE
multispecies Small Vessel or Handgear
A or B category permit, to fish for and
retain NE multispecies, under specified
conditions. The vessels fishing in the
common pool are allocated a sub-ACL
equivalent to that portion of the
commercial groundfish ACL that is not
allocated to the 17 approved NE
multispecies sectors for FY 2010. The
final rule implementing FW 44 (75 FR
18356, April 9, 2010) established ACLs
for FY 2010, including the common
pool sub-ACL for witch flounder of 25
mt. A subsequent emergency rule
published on July 20, 2010 (75 FR
41996), increased the ACL for pollock
based on the results of a new stock
assessment, and changed the FY 2010
common pool sub-ACL from 62 mt to
375 mt. Currently, there is no landing
limit for witch flounder, and the landing
limit for pollock is 1,000 lb (453.6 kg)
per DAS up to 10,000 lb (4,535.9 kg) per
trip.
The regulations at § 648.86(o)
authorize the Administrator, Northeast
(NE) Region, NMFS (Regional
Administrator) to increase or decrease
the trip limits for vessels in the common
pool to prevent over-harvesting or
under-harvesting the common pool subACL. Exceeding the common pool subACL prior to April 30, 2011, would
likely require drastic trip limit
reductions and/or imposition of
differential DAS counting for the
remainder of FY 2010 to minimize the
overage, and would trigger
accountability measures (AMs) in FY
2011, including differential DAS
counting, to prevent future overages.
Initial Vessel Monitoring System
(VMS) and dealer reports indicate that
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approximately 93.5 percent of the witch
flounder common pool sub-ACL has
been harvested as of August 4, 2010.
Analysis of historic landings of witch
flounder indicates that a trip limit of
130 lb (59.0 kg) per trip will result in
achieving the sub-ACL without
exceeding it. Historically, 80 percent of
trips that land witch flounder land less
than 500 lb (226.8 kg), and 78 percent
of those trips land less than 200 lb (90.7
kg). Therefore, this trip limit is expected
to allow vessels to land witch flounder
that are caught incidentally, but prevent
trips with large landings of witch
flounder which have been having a
significant impact on the overall catch
rate. This possession limit is expected to
prevent the common pool from
exceeding the sub-ACL for witch
flounder while still allowing vessels an
opportunity to fish for all other NE
multispecies.
As a result of the recent sub-ACL
increase for pollock, the current rate of
harvest would leave a substantial
portion of the sub-ACL unharvested by
the common pool in FY 2010. Initial
VMS and dealer reports indicate that
approximately 7.3 percent of the
increased pollock allocation has been
harvested as of August 4, 2010. Given
the available sub-ACL and current trip
limit of 1,000 lb (453.6 kg) per DAS, up
to 10,000 lb (4,535.9 kg) per trip,
projections indicate complete removal
of the trip limit is warranted to allow
greater harvest of the common pool subACL by the end of the FY (April 30,
2011).
An inseason action that published on
July 30, 2010 (75 FR 44924), reduced the
common pool landing limit for Gulf of
Maine (GOM) cod by 75 percent, and
made a proportional adjustment to the
trip limit for all stocks of cod for vessels
with a limited access Handgear A
permit from 300 lb (136.1 kg) per trip,
to 75 lb (340 kg) per trip. However, the
regulations at § 648.82(b)(6), specify the
‘‘Handgear A cod trip limit shall be
adjusted proportionally to the trip limit
for GOM cod (rounded up to the nearest
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50 lb (22.7 kg)).’’ Therefore, the new
limit should have been rounded up to
100 lb per trip.
Based on this information, the
Regional Administrator is removing the
pollock trip limit for all common pool
vessels, and the cod limit for Handgear
A vessels is corrected to 100 lb (45.4 kg)
per trip effective August 6, 2010,
through April 30, 2011. In addition, the
Regional Administrator is imposing a
130–lb (59.0–kg) per trip limit on witch
flounder for all common pool vessels
effective August 9, 2010, through April
30, 2011.
Catch will be closely monitored
through dealer-reported landings, VMS
catch reports, and other available
information. Further inseason
adjustments to increase or decrease the
trip limits, as well as differential DAS
measures, may be considered, based on
updated catch data and projections.
Conversely, if the common pool subACL is projected to be under-harvested
by the end of FY 2010, in-season
adjustments to increase the trip limit
will be considered.
Classification
This action is authorized by 50 CFR
part 648 and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) and
(d)(3), there is good cause to waive prior
notice and opportunity for public
comment, as well as the delayed
effectiveness for this action, because
notice, comment, and a delayed
effectiveness would be impracticable
and contrary to the public interest. The
regulations under § 648.86(o) grant the
RA the authority to adjust NE
multispecies trip limits to prevent overharvesting or under-harvesting the
common pool sub-ACLs. This action
implements a trip limit for witch
flounder and removes the trip limit for
pollock, in order to ensure that the
common pool sub-ACLs are not
overharvested or underharvested,
respectively, and that the biological and
economic objectives of the FMP are met.
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It is important to take this action
immediately because, based on current
data and projections, continuation of the
status quo trip limits will result in
reaching the common pool sub-ACL for
witch flounder prior to the end of the
FY and under-harvesting the sub-ACL
for pollock. Exceeding any of the
common pool sub-ACLs prior to the end
of the FY on April 30, 2011, would
likely result in lower trip limits and
differential DAS counting for the
remainder of FY 2010 to minimize the
amount of over harvest, and would
result in AMs to be put in place for the
common pool in FY 2011. These
restrictions could result in the loss of
yield of other valuable species of
groundfish caught by vessels in the
common pool.
The information that is the basis for
this action includes ACLs updated after
May 1, 2010, and recent catch data. The
time necessary to provide for prior
notice and comment, and delayed
effectiveness for this action would
prevent NMFS from implementing a
reduced trip limit in a timely manner.
A resulting delay in the trip limit
changes of these two stocks could result
in less revenue for the fishing industry
and be counter to the objective of
achieving optimum yield.
The Regional Administrator’s
authority to decrease or increase trip
limits for the common pool to help
ensure that the common pool sub-ACL
for all NE multispecies are harvested,
but not exceeded, was considered and
open to public comment during the
development of FW 44. Therefore, any
negative effect the waiving of public
comment and delayed effectiveness may
have on the public is mitigated by these
factors.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 6, 2010.
Carrie Selberg,
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 648
[Docket No. 0910051338-0151-02]
RIN 0648-XY03
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast
Multispecies Fishery; Implementation of Trip Limit for Witch Flounder
and Removal of Trip Limit for Pollock
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason adjustment of landing limits.
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SUMMARY: This action implements a landing limit for witch flounder and
removes the trip limit for pollock for Northeast (NE) multispecies
vessels fishing under common pool regulations for the 2010 fishing year
(FY). This action also corrects a previously published cod trip limit
for common pool vessels fishing under a limited access Handgear A
permit. This action is authorized by the regulations implementing
Amendment 16 and Framework Adjustment 44 (FW 44) to the NE Multispecies
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and is intended to decrease the
likelihood of harvest exceeding the subcomponent of the annual catch
limit (ACL) for witch flounder allocated to the common pool (common
pool sub-ACL) and underharvesting the sub-ACL for pollock during FY
2010 (May 1, 2010, through April 30, 2011). This action is being taken
to optimize the harvest of NE regulated multispecies under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
DATES: Changes to the pollock and cod Handgear A trip limits are
effective August 6, 2010, through April 30, 2011. The witch flounder
trip limit is effective August 9, 2010, through April 30, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brett Alger, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 675-2153, fax (978) 281-9135.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations governing possession and landing
limits for vessels fishing under common pool regulations are found at
50 CFR 648.86. The regulations authorize vessels issued a valid limited
access NE multispecies permit and fishing under a NE multispecies day-
at-sea (DAS), or fishing under a NE multispecies Small Vessel or
Handgear A or B category permit, to fish for and retain NE
multispecies, under specified conditions. The vessels fishing in the
common pool are allocated a sub-ACL equivalent to that portion of the
commercial groundfish ACL that is not allocated to the 17 approved NE
multispecies sectors for FY 2010. The final rule implementing FW 44 (75
FR 18356, April 9, 2010) established ACLs for FY 2010, including the
common pool sub-ACL for witch flounder of 25 mt. A subsequent emergency
rule published on July 20, 2010 (75 FR 41996), increased the ACL for
pollock based on the results of a new stock assessment, and changed the
FY 2010 common pool sub-ACL from 62 mt to 375 mt. Currently, there is
no landing limit for witch flounder, and the landing limit for pollock
is 1,000 lb (453.6 kg) per DAS up to 10,000 lb (4,535.9 kg) per trip.
The regulations at Sec. 648.86(o) authorize the Administrator,
Northeast (NE) Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator) to increase or
decrease the trip limits for vessels in the common pool to prevent
over-harvesting or under-harvesting the common pool sub-ACL. Exceeding
the common pool sub-ACL prior to April 30, 2011, would likely require
drastic trip limit reductions and/or imposition of differential DAS
counting for the remainder of FY 2010 to minimize the overage, and
would trigger accountability measures (AMs) in FY 2011, including
differential DAS counting, to prevent future overages.
Initial Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) and dealer reports indicate
that
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approximately 93.5 percent of the witch flounder common pool sub-ACL
has been harvested as of August 4, 2010. Analysis of historic landings
of witch flounder indicates that a trip limit of 130 lb (59.0 kg) per
trip will result in achieving the sub-ACL without exceeding it.
Historically, 80 percent of trips that land witch flounder land less
than 500 lb (226.8 kg), and 78 percent of those trips land less than
200 lb (90.7 kg). Therefore, this trip limit is expected to allow
vessels to land witch flounder that are caught incidentally, but
prevent trips with large landings of witch flounder which have been
having a significant impact on the overall catch rate. This possession
limit is expected to prevent the common pool from exceeding the sub-ACL
for witch flounder while still allowing vessels an opportunity to fish
for all other NE multispecies.
As a result of the recent sub-ACL increase for pollock, the current
rate of harvest would leave a substantial portion of the sub-ACL
unharvested by the common pool in FY 2010. Initial VMS and dealer
reports indicate that approximately 7.3 percent of the increased
pollock allocation has been harvested as of August 4, 2010. Given the
available sub-ACL and current trip limit of 1,000 lb (453.6 kg) per
DAS, up to 10,000 lb (4,535.9 kg) per trip, projections indicate
complete removal of the trip limit is warranted to allow greater
harvest of the common pool sub-ACL by the end of the FY (April 30,
2011).
An inseason action that published on July 30, 2010 (75 FR 44924),
reduced the common pool landing limit for Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod by 75
percent, and made a proportional adjustment to the trip limit for all
stocks of cod for vessels with a limited access Handgear A permit from
300 lb (136.1 kg) per trip, to 75 lb (340 kg) per trip. However, the
regulations at Sec. 648.82(b)(6), specify the ``Handgear A cod trip
limit shall be adjusted proportionally to the trip limit for GOM cod
(rounded up to the nearest 50 lb (22.7 kg)).'' Therefore, the new limit
should have been rounded up to 100 lb per trip.
Based on this information, the Regional Administrator is removing
the pollock trip limit for all common pool vessels, and the cod limit
for Handgear A vessels is corrected to 100 lb (45.4 kg) per trip
effective August 6, 2010, through April 30, 2011. In addition, the
Regional Administrator is imposing a 130-lb (59.0-kg) per trip limit on
witch flounder for all common pool vessels effective August 9, 2010,
through April 30, 2011.
Catch will be closely monitored through dealer-reported landings,
VMS catch reports, and other available information. Further inseason
adjustments to increase or decrease the trip limits, as well as
differential DAS measures, may be considered, based on updated catch
data and projections. Conversely, if the common pool sub-ACL is
projected to be under-harvested by the end of FY 2010, in-season
adjustments to increase the trip limit will be considered.
Classification
This action is authorized by 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B) and (d)(3), there is good cause
to waive prior notice and opportunity for public comment, as well as
the delayed effectiveness for this action, because notice, comment, and
a delayed effectiveness would be impracticable and contrary to the
public interest. The regulations under Sec. 648.86(o) grant the RA the
authority to adjust NE multispecies trip limits to prevent over-
harvesting or under-harvesting the common pool sub-ACLs. This action
implements a trip limit for witch flounder and removes the trip limit
for pollock, in order to ensure that the common pool sub-ACLs are not
overharvested or underharvested, respectively, and that the biological
and economic objectives of the FMP are met.
It is important to take this action immediately because, based on
current data and projections, continuation of the status quo trip
limits will result in reaching the common pool sub-ACL for witch
flounder prior to the end of the FY and under-harvesting the sub-ACL
for pollock. Exceeding any of the common pool sub-ACLs prior to the end
of the FY on April 30, 2011, would likely result in lower trip limits
and differential DAS counting for the remainder of FY 2010 to minimize
the amount of over harvest, and would result in AMs to be put in place
for the common pool in FY 2011. These restrictions could result in the
loss of yield of other valuable species of groundfish caught by vessels
in the common pool.
The information that is the basis for this action includes ACLs
updated after May 1, 2010, and recent catch data. The time necessary to
provide for prior notice and comment, and delayed effectiveness for
this action would prevent NMFS from implementing a reduced trip limit
in a timely manner. A resulting delay in the trip limit changes of
these two stocks could result in less revenue for the fishing industry
and be counter to the objective of achieving optimum yield.
The Regional Administrator's authority to decrease or increase trip
limits for the common pool to help ensure that the common pool sub-ACL
for all NE multispecies are harvested, but not exceeded, was considered
and open to public comment during the development of FW 44. Therefore,
any negative effect the waiving of public comment and delayed
effectiveness may have on the public is mitigated by these factors.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 6, 2010.
Carrie Selberg,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-19851 Filed 8-6-09; 4:15 pm]
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