Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Yellowfin Sole in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, 55689-55690 [2010-22868]
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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 177 / Tuesday, September 14, 2010 / Rules and Regulations
Dated: August 19, 2010.
Wendi Weber,
Acting Deputy Director, Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–22810 Filed 9–13–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 0910131363–0087–02]
RIN 0648–XY99
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of
Yellowfin Sole in the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; reallocation.
AGENCY:
NMFS is reallocating the
projected unused amount of the 2010
yellowfin sole total allowable catch
SUMMARY:
(TAC) assigned to the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands trawl limited access
sector to the Amendment 80 cooperative
in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
management area (BSAI). This action is
necessary to allow the 2010 total
allowable catch of yellowfin sole to be
fully harvested.
DATES: Effective September 9, 2010,
through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time
(A.l.t.), December 31, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Whitney, 907–586–7269.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
BSAI according to the Fishery
Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Management Area (FMP) prepared by
the North Pacific Fishery Management
Council under authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens 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.
The 2010 yellowfin sole TAC assigned
to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
trawl limited access sector is 42,369
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metric tons (mt) and to the Amendment
80 cooperative is 90,733 mt as
established by the final 2010 and 2011
harvest specifications for groundfish in
the BSAI (75 FR 11778, March 12,
2010).
The Administrator, Alaska Region,
NMFS, has determined that 20,000 mt of
the yellowfin sole TAC assigned to the
BSAI trawl limited access sector will
not be harvested. Therefore, in
accordance with § 679.91(f), NMFS
reallocates 20,000 mt of yellowfin sole
from the BSAI trawl limited access
sector to the Amendment 80 cooperative
in the BSAI. In accordance with
§ 679.91(f), NMFS will reissue
cooperative quota permits for the
reallocated yellowfin sole following the
procedures set forth in § 679.91(f)(3).
The harvest specifications for
yellowfin sole included in the harvest
specifications for groundfish in the
BSAI (75 FR 11778, March 12, 2010) are
revised as follows: 22,369 mt to the
BSAI trawl limited access sector and
110,733 mt to the Amendment 80
cooperative in the BSAI. Table 7a is
correctly revised and republished in its
entirety as follows:
TABLE 7A—FINAL 2010 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT QUOTA (CDQ) RESERVES, INCIDENTAL CATCH AMOUNTS (ICAS), AND
AMENDMENT 80 ALLOCATIONS OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS PACIFIC OCEAN PERCH, AND BSAI FLATHEAD SOLE, ROCK
SOLE, AND YELLOWFIN SOLE TACS
[Amounts are in metric tons]
Pacific ocean perch
Sector
Eastern
Aleutian
District
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TAC ..................................................................................
CDQ .................................................................................
ICA ...................................................................................
BSAI trawl limited access ................................................
Amendment 80 .................................................................
Amendment 80 limited access .........................................
Amendment 80 cooperatives ...........................................
This will enhance the socioeconomic
well-being of harvesters dependent
upon yellowfin sole in this area. The
Regional Administrator considered the
following factors in reaching this
decision: (1) The current catch of
yellowfin sole by the BSAI trawl limited
access sector and, (2) the harvest
capacity and stated intent on future
harvesting patterns of the Amendment
80 cooperative that participates in this
BSAI fishery.
Classification
This action responds to the best
available information recently obtained
from the fishery. The Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA
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4,220
452
100
367
3,302
1,751
1,551
Central
Aleutian
District
Flathead
sole
Western
Aleutian
District
4,270
457
50
376
3,387
1,796
1,591
6,540
700
50
116
5,674
3,009
2,666
(AA), finds good cause to waive the
requirement to provide prior notice and
opportunity for public comment
pursuant to the authority set forth at 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest. This requirement is
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest as it would prevent NMFS from
responding to the most recent fisheries
data in a timely fashion and would
delay the reallocation of yellowfin sole
from the BSAI trawl limited access
sector to the Amendment 80 cooperative
in the BSAI. Since the fishery is
currently open, it is important to
immediately inform the industry as to
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Rock
sole
Yellowfin
sole
BSAI
BSAI
BSAI
60,000
6,420
5,000
0
48,580
5,708
42,872
90,000
9,630
10,000
0
70,370
17,507
52,863
219,000
23,433
2,000
22,369
171,198
60,465
110,733
the revised allocations. Immediate
notification is necessary to allow for the
orderly conduct and efficient operation
of this fishery, to allow the industry to
plan for the fishing season, and to avoid
potential disruption to the fishing fleet
as well as processors. NMFS was unable
to publish a notice providing time for
public comment because the most
recent, relevant data only became
available as of September 8, 2010.
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 upon
the reasons provided above for waiver of
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prior notice and opportunity for public
comment.
This action is required by § 679.91
and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 9, 2010.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–22868 Filed 9–9–10; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 0910131363–0087–02]
RIN 0648–XZ01
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of
Pacific cod in the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; reallocation.
AGENCY:
NMFS is reallocating
projected unused amounts of Pacific cod
from catcher vessels using trawl gear to
American Fisheries Act catcher/
processors and the Amendment 80
cooperative in the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands management area.
These actions are necessary to allow the
2010 total allowable catch of Pacific cod
established for trawl catcher vessels to
be harvested.
DATES: Effective September 9, 2010,
until 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31,
2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Obren Davis, 907–586 7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
management area (BSAI) according to
the Fishery Management Plan for
Groundfish of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area
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SUMMARY:
VerDate Mar<15>2010
14:52 Sep 13, 2010
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(FMP) prepared by the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council under
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
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.
The 2010 Pacific cod total allowable
catch (TAC) in the BSAI is 168,780
metric tons (mt) as established by the
final 2010 and 2011 harvest
specifications for groundfish in the
BSAI (75 FR 11778, March 12, 2010).
Pursuant to ’ 679.20(a)(7)(ii), the
allocations of the Pacific cod TAC are
3,467 mt to American Fisheries Act
(AFA) trawl catcher/processors and
16,878 mt to the Amendment 80
cooperative. The allocation to catcher
vessels using trawl gear is 32,809 mt
after one reallocation (75 FR 52478,
August 26, 2010).
As of September 8, 2010 the
Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS
(Regional Administrator), has
determined that catcher vessels using
trawl gear will not be able to harvest
4,000 mt of Pacific cod allocated to
those vessels under ’ 679.20(a)(7)(ii).
The Regional Administrator has
determined that the projected
unharvested amount is unlikely to be
harvested by any of the other catcher
vessel sectors described in
§ 679.20(a)(7)(iii)(A). Therefore, in
accordance with § 679.20(a)(7)(iii)(B),
NMFS apportions 600 mt of Pacific cod
from catcher vessels using trawl gear to
AFA trawl/catcher processors and 3,400
mt of Pacific cod from catcher vessels
using trawl gear to the Amendment 80
cooperative.
The allocations for Pacific cod
specified in the final 2010 and 2011
final harvest specifications for
groundfish in the BSAI (75 FR 11778,
March 12, 2010) and one reallocation
(75 FR 52478, August 26, 2010) are
revised as follows: 4,067 mt to AFA
catcher/processors using trawl gear,
20,278 mt to the Amendment 80
cooperative, and 28,809 mt to catcher
vessels using trawl gear.
This will enhance the socioeconomic
well-being of harvesters dependent
upon Pacific cod in this area. The
Regional Administrator considered the
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following factors in reaching this
decision: (1) the current catch of Pacific
cod by the applicable BSAI sectors and,
(2) the harvest capacity and stated intent
on future harvesting patterns of vessels
in the sectors participating in this
fishery.
Classification
This action responds to the best
available information recently obtained
from the fishery. The Assistant
Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA
(AA), finds good cause to waive the
requirement to provide prior notice and
opportunity for public comment
pursuant to the authority set forth at 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest. This requirement is
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest as it would prevent NMFS from
responding to the most recent fisheries
data in a timely fashion and would
delay the reallocation of Pacific cod.
Since the fishery is currently open, it is
important to immediately inform the
industry as to the revised allocations.
Immediate notification is necessary to
allow for the orderly conduct and
efficient operation of this fishery, to
allow the industry to plan for the fishing
season, and to avoid potential
disruption to the fishing fleet as well as
processors. NMFS was unable to
publish a notice providing time for
public comment because the most
recent, relevant data only became
available as of September 8, 2010.
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 upon
the reasons provided above for waiver of
prior notice and opportunity for public
comment.
This action is required by ’ 679.20 and
is exempt from review under Executive
Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 9, 2010.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–22871 Filed 9–9–10; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 0910131363-0087-02]
RIN 0648-XY99
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation
of Yellowfin Sole in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management
Area
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; reallocation.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amount of the 2010
yellowfin sole total allowable catch (TAC) assigned to the Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands trawl limited access sector to the Amendment 80
cooperative in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area
(BSAI). This action is necessary to allow the 2010 total allowable
catch of yellowfin sole to be fully harvested.
DATES: Effective September 9, 2010, through 2400 hrs, Alaska local time
(A.l.t.), December 31, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Whitney, 907-586-7269.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the groundfish fishery in the
BSAI according to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP) prepared by the
North Pacific Fishery Management Council under authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens 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.
The 2010 yellowfin sole TAC assigned to the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands trawl limited access sector is 42,369 metric tons (mt) and to
the Amendment 80 cooperative is 90,733 mt as established by the final
2010 and 2011 harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (75 FR
11778, March 12, 2010).
The Administrator, Alaska Region, NMFS, has determined that 20,000
mt of the yellowfin sole TAC assigned to the BSAI trawl limited access
sector will not be harvested. Therefore, in accordance with Sec.
679.91(f), NMFS reallocates 20,000 mt of yellowfin sole from the BSAI
trawl limited access sector to the Amendment 80 cooperative in the
BSAI. In accordance with Sec. 679.91(f), NMFS will reissue cooperative
quota permits for the reallocated yellowfin sole following the
procedures set forth in Sec. 679.91(f)(3).
The harvest specifications for yellowfin sole included in the
harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (75 FR 11778, March
12, 2010) are revised as follows: 22,369 mt to the BSAI trawl limited
access sector and 110,733 mt to the Amendment 80 cooperative in the
BSAI. Table 7a is correctly revised and republished in its entirety as
follows:
Table 7a--Final 2010 Community Development Quota (CDQ) Reserves, Incidental Catch Amounts (ICAS), and Amendment
80 Allocations of the Aleutian Islands Pacific Ocean Perch, and BSAI Flathead Sole, Rock Sole, and Yellowfin
Sole TACs
[Amounts are in metric tons]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pacific ocean perch Flathead Rock sole Yellowfin
--------------------------------------- sole ------------- sole
Sector Eastern Central Western ------------- ------------
Aleutian Aleutian Aleutian BSAI
District District District BSAI BSAI
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TAC............................... 4,220 4,270 6,540 60,000 90,000 219,000
CDQ............................... 452 457 700 6,420 9,630 23,433
ICA............................... 100 50 50 5,000 10,000 2,000
BSAI trawl limited access......... 367 376 116 0 0 22,369
Amendment 80...................... 3,302 3,387 5,674 48,580 70,370 171,198
Amendment 80 limited access....... 1,751 1,796 3,009 5,708 17,507 60,465
Amendment 80 cooperatives......... 1,551 1,591 2,666 42,872 52,863 110,733
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This will enhance the socioeconomic well-being of harvesters
dependent upon yellowfin sole in this area. The Regional Administrator
considered the following factors in reaching this decision: (1) The
current catch of yellowfin sole by the BSAI trawl limited access sector
and, (2) the harvest capacity and stated intent on future harvesting
patterns of the Amendment 80 cooperative that participates in this BSAI
fishery.
Classification
This action responds to the best available information recently
obtained from the fishery. The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
NOAA (AA), finds good cause to waive the requirement to provide prior
notice and opportunity for public comment pursuant to the authority set
forth at 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such requirement is impracticable and
contrary to the public interest. This requirement is impracticable and
contrary to the public interest as it would prevent NMFS from
responding to the most recent fisheries data in a timely fashion and
would delay the reallocation of yellowfin sole from the BSAI trawl
limited access sector to the Amendment 80 cooperative in the BSAI.
Since the fishery is currently open, it is important to immediately
inform the industry as to the revised allocations. Immediate
notification is necessary to allow for the orderly conduct and
efficient operation of this fishery, to allow the industry to plan for
the fishing season, and to avoid potential disruption to the fishing
fleet as well as processors. NMFS was unable to publish a notice
providing time for public comment because the most recent, relevant
data only became available as of September 8, 2010.
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 upon the reasons provided above for waiver of
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prior notice and opportunity for public comment.
This action is required by Sec. 679.91 and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 9, 2010.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-22868 Filed 9-9-10; 4:15 pm]
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