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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 111220786–1781–01]
RIN 0648–XB026
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Summer Flounder Fishery;
Quota Transfer
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer.
NMFS announces that the
State of North Carolina is transferring a
portion of its 2012 commercial summer
flounder quota to the Commonwealth of
Virginia. By this action, NMFS adjusts
the quotas and announces the revised
commercial quota for each state
involved.
SUMMARY:
Effective March 7, 2012, through
December 31, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carly Bari, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–281–9224.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations governing the summer
flounder fishery are found at 50 CFR
part 648. The regulations require annual
specification of a commercial quota that
is apportioned among the coastal states
from North Carolina through Maine. The
process to set the annual commercial
quota and the percent allocated to each
state are described in § 648.100.
The final rule implementing
Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery
Management Plan, which was published
on December 17, 1993 (58 FR 65936),
provided a mechanism for summer
flounder quota to be transferred from
one state to another. Two or more states,
under mutual agreement and with the
concurrence of the Administrator,
Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional
Administrator), can transfer or combine
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summer flounder commercial quota
under § 648.102(c)(2). The Regional
Administrator is required to consider
the criteria in § 648.102(c)(2)(i) to
evaluate requests for quota transfers or
combinations.
North Carolina has agreed to transfer
879,118 lb (398,761 kg) of its 2012
commercial quota to Virginia. This
transfer was prompted by summer
flounder landings of a number of North
Carolina vessels that were granted safe
harbor in Virginia due to hazardous
shoaling in Oregon Inlet, North
Carolina, between January 1, 2012, and
January 31, 2012, thereby requiring a
quota transfer to account for an increase
in Virginia’s landings that would have
otherwise accrued against the North
Carolina quota. The Regional
Administrator has determined that the
criteria set forth in § 648.102(c)(2)(i)
have been met. The revised summer
flounder quotas for calendar year 2012
are: North Carolina, 2,614,661 lb
(1,185,990 kg); and Virginia, 3,592,683
lb (1,629,614 kg).
Classification
This action is taken under 50 CFR
part 648 and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 7, 2012.
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. 111220786-1781-01]
RIN 0648-XB026
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder
Fishery; Quota Transfer
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; quota transfer.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the State of North Carolina is
transferring a portion of its 2012 commercial summer flounder quota to
the Commonwealth of Virginia. By this action, NMFS adjusts the quotas
and announces the revised commercial quota for each state involved.
DATES: Effective March 7, 2012, through December 31, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carly Bari, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978-281-9224.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations governing the summer flounder
fishery are found at 50 CFR part 648. The regulations require annual
specification of a commercial quota that is apportioned among the
coastal states from North Carolina through Maine. The process to set
the annual commercial quota and the percent allocated to each state are
described in Sec. 648.100.
The final rule implementing Amendment 5 to the Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan, which was published
on December 17, 1993 (58 FR 65936), provided a mechanism for summer
flounder quota to be transferred from one state to another. Two or more
states, under mutual agreement and with the concurrence of the
Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator), can
transfer or combine summer flounder commercial quota under Sec.
648.102(c)(2). The Regional Administrator is required to consider the
criteria in Sec. 648.102(c)(2)(i) to evaluate requests for quota
transfers or combinations.
North Carolina has agreed to transfer 879,118 lb (398,761 kg) of
its 2012 commercial quota to Virginia. This transfer was prompted by
summer flounder landings of a number of North Carolina vessels that
were granted safe harbor in Virginia due to hazardous shoaling in
Oregon Inlet, North Carolina, between January 1, 2012, and January 31,
2012, thereby requiring a quota transfer to account for an increase in
Virginia's landings that would have otherwise accrued against the North
Carolina quota. The Regional Administrator has determined that the
criteria set forth in Sec. 648.102(c)(2)(i) have been met. The revised
summer flounder quotas for calendar year 2012 are: North Carolina,
2,614,661 lb (1,185,990 kg); and Virginia, 3,592,683 lb (1,629,614 kg).
Classification
This action is taken under 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 7, 2012.
Carrie Selberg,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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