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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
50 CFR Part 660
[Docket No. 130114034–3422–02]
RIN 0648–XD016
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
Fisheries Off West Coast States;
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery;
Pacific Whiting and Non-Whiting
Allocations; Pacific Whiting Seasons
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule;
reapportionment of tribal whiting
allocation.
AGENCY:
This document announces the
reapportionment of 30,000 mt of Pacific
whiting from the tribal allocation to the
non-tribal commercial fishery
allocations. This action is intended to
allow for full utilization of the resource.
DATES: The rule is effective December
18, 2013, until December 31, 2013,
unless modified, superseded or
rescinded. The reapportionment of
whiting is applicable September 18,
2013 until December 31, 2013.
Comments will be accepted through
January 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by ‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2013–
0013’’ by any of the following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20130013, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Fax: 206–526–6736, Attn: Kevin C.
Duffy
• Email comments directly to NMFS,
Northwest Region at:
Whitingreapportionment@noaa.gov
• Mail: William W. Stelle, Jr.,
Regional Administrator, Northwest
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Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way
NE., Seattle, WA 98115–0070, Attn:
Kevin C. Duffy.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous). Attachments to
electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin C. Duffy (Northwest Region,
NMFS), phone: 206–526–4743, fax: 206–
526–6736 and email: kevin.duffy@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access
This document is accessible via the
Internet at the Office of the Federal
Register’s Web site at http://
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action.
Background information and documents
are available at the Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s Web site at
http://www.pcouncil.org/.
Background
This document announces the
reapportionment of 30,000 mt of Pacific
whiting from the tribal allocation to the
non-tribal commercial sectors on
September 18, 2013. This action is
authorized by regulations implementing
the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP), which governs
the groundfish fishery off Washington,
Oregon, and California. Regulations at
50 CFR 660.131(h) contain provisions
that allow the Regional Administrator to
make Pacific whiting tribal allocation
specified at § 660.50 that will not be
harvested by the tribal fisheries
available for harvest to other sectors of
the trawl fishery. For 2013 the
Washington Coast treaty tribes were
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allocated 63,205 mt of Pacific whiting.
The best available information through
September 16, 2013 indicated that at
least 30,000 mt of the tribal allocation
will not be harvested by December 31,
2013. To allow for full utilization the
resource, NMFS reapportioned 30,000
mt to the shorebased IFQ, catcher/
processor and mothership sectors in
proportion to each sector’s original
allocation on September 18, 2013.
Reapportioning this amount is not
expected to limit tribal harvest
opportunities for the remainder of the
year.
The revised Pacific whiting
allocations for 2013 are: Tribal 33,205
mt, catcher/processor 79,573 mt;
mothership 56,170 mt: and shorebased
IFQ 98,297 mt. Emails sent directly to
fishing businesses and postings on the
Northwest Region’s internet site were
used to provide actual notice to the
affected fishers.
Classification
The Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries, NOAA (AA), finds that good
cause exists for this notification to be
issued without affording prior notice
and opportunity for public comment
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) because
such notification would be
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest. As previously noted, actual
notice of the reapportionment was
provided to fishers. Prior notice and
opportunity for public comment was
impracticable because NMFS had
insufficient time to provide prior notice
and the opportunity for public comment
between the time the information about
the progress of the fishery needed to
make this determination became
available and the time at which fishery
modifications had to be implemented in
order to allow fishers access to the
available fish during the remainder of
the fishing season. Reapportioning as
quickly as possible was necessary to
allow access to the available fish prior
to the onset of weather conditions that
would make fishing unsafe. For the
same reasons, the AA also finds good
cause to waive the 30-day delay in
effectiveness required under 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3).
These actions are authorized by 50
CFR 660.55 (i), 660.60(d) and 660.131(h)
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Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 12, 2013.
Sean F. Corson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 660
[Docket No. 130114034-3422-02]
RIN 0648-XD016
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States;
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Whiting and Non-Whiting
Allocations; Pacific Whiting Seasons
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; reapportionment of tribal whiting allocation.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the reapportionment of 30,000 mt of
Pacific whiting from the tribal allocation to the non-tribal commercial
fishery allocations. This action is intended to allow for full
utilization of the resource.
DATES: The rule is effective December 18, 2013, until December 31,
2013, unless modified, superseded or rescinded. The reapportionment of
whiting is applicable September 18, 2013 until December 31, 2013.
Comments will be accepted through January 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by ``NOAA-NMFS-2013-
0013'' by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2013-0013, click the ``Comment Now!'' icon,
complete the required fields, and enter or attach your comments.
Fax: 206-526-6736, Attn: Kevin C. Duffy
Email comments directly to NMFS, Northwest Region at:
Whitingreapportionment@noaa.gov
Mail: William W. Stelle, Jr., Regional Administrator,
Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 98115-
0070, Attn: Kevin C. Duffy.
Instructions: Comments sent by any other method, to any other
address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period,
may not be considered by NMFS. All comments received are a part of the
public record and will generally be posted for public viewing on
www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential business
information, or otherwise sensitive information submitted voluntarily
by the sender will be publicly accessible. NMFS will accept anonymous
comments (enter ``N/A'' in the required fields if you wish to remain
anonymous). Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin C. Duffy (Northwest Region,
NMFS), phone: 206-526-4743, fax: 206-526-6736 and email:
kevin.duffy@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access
This document is accessible via the Internet at the Office of the
Federal Register's Web site at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action. Background information and documents are available at the
Pacific Fishery Management Council's Web site at http://www.pcouncil.org/.
Background
This document announces the reapportionment of 30,000 mt of Pacific
whiting from the tribal allocation to the non-tribal commercial sectors
on September 18, 2013. This action is authorized by regulations
implementing the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan
(FMP), which governs the groundfish fishery off Washington, Oregon, and
California. Regulations at 50 CFR 660.131(h) contain provisions that
allow the Regional Administrator to make Pacific whiting tribal
allocation specified at Sec. 660.50 that will not be harvested by the
tribal fisheries available for harvest to other sectors of the trawl
fishery. For 2013 the Washington Coast treaty tribes were allocated
63,205 mt of Pacific whiting. The best available information through
September 16, 2013 indicated that at least 30,000 mt of the tribal
allocation will not be harvested by December 31, 2013. To allow for
full utilization the resource, NMFS reapportioned 30,000 mt to the
shorebased IFQ, catcher/processor and mothership sectors in proportion
to each sector's original allocation on September 18, 2013.
Reapportioning this amount is not expected to limit tribal harvest
opportunities for the remainder of the year.
The revised Pacific whiting allocations for 2013 are: Tribal 33,205
mt, catcher/processor 79,573 mt; mothership 56,170 mt: and shorebased
IFQ 98,297 mt. Emails sent directly to fishing businesses and postings
on the Northwest Region's internet site were used to provide actual
notice to the affected fishers.
Classification
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA), finds that
good cause exists for this notification to be issued without affording
prior notice and opportunity for public comment pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B) because such notification would be impracticable and contrary
to the public interest. As previously noted, actual notice of the
reapportionment was provided to fishers. Prior notice and opportunity
for public comment was impracticable because NMFS had insufficient time
to provide prior notice and the opportunity for public comment between
the time the information about the progress of the fishery needed to
make this determination became available and the time at which fishery
modifications had to be implemented in order to allow fishers access to
the available fish during the remainder of the fishing season.
Reapportioning as quickly as possible was necessary to allow access to
the available fish prior to the onset of weather conditions that would
make fishing unsafe. For the same reasons, the AA also finds good cause
to waive the 30-day delay in effectiveness required under 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3).
These actions are authorized by 50 CFR 660.55 (i), 660.60(d) and
660.131(h)
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and are exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 12, 2013.
Sean F. Corson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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