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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 120731291–2522–02]
RIN 0648–XD167
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and
Butterfish Fisheries; Butterfish Trip
Limit Reduction
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason
action.
AGENCY:
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NMFS announces that the
butterfish trip limit for longfin squid/
butterfish moratorium permit holders
will be reduced to no more than 5,000
lb (2.27 mt), effective 0001 hours, March
18, 2014. Vessels issued a Federal
longfin squid/butterfish moratorium
permit and using greater than 3-inch
(76-mm) mesh may not fish for, catch,
possess or land more than 5,000 lb (2.27
mt) of butterfish per trip or calendar day
for the remainder of the year (through
December 31, 2014). The possession
limit remains unchanged at 2,500-lb
(1.13 mt) per trip or calendar day for
vessels issued a Federal longfin squid/
butterfish moratorium permit and
fishing with less than 3-inch (76-mm).
The incidental possession limit also
remains unchanged at 600 lb (0.27 mt).
Federally permitted dealers also may
not purchase more than 5,000 lb (2.27
mt) of butterfish from federally
permitted vessels per trip or per day,
through December 31, 2014. This action
is necessary to prevent the fishery from
exceeding the domestic annual harvest
(DAH) of 2,570 mt, and to allow for
effective management of this stock.
DATES: Effective 0001 hours, March 18,
2014, through 2400 hours, December 31,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aja
Szumylo, Fishery Policy Analyst, 978–
281–9195, Fax 978–281–9135.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations at 50 CFR part 648 govern
the butterfish fishery. The regulations
require specifications for maximum
sustainable yield, initial optimum yield,
allowable biological catch, annual catch
limit (ACL), domestic annual harvest
(DAH), domestic annual processing
(DAP), joint venture processing, and
total allowable levels of foreign fishing
for the species managed under the
Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish
(MSB) Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
The procedures for setting the annual
initial specifications are described in
§ 648.22. The 2013 MSB specifications
set the 2013 butterfish DAH at 2,570 mt
(77 FR 3346, January 16, 2013). The
regulations at § 648.22(d) state that, if
annual specifications for the MSB
fisheries are not published in the
Federal Register prior to the start of the
fishing year (January 1), the previous
year’s annual specifications, will remain
in effect. A proposed rule for 2014 MSB
specifications and management
measures was published on January 10,
2014 (79 FR 1813), and the public
comment period for the proposed rule
ended on February 10, 2014. A final rule
is expected shortly, after which the 2014
specifications will go into effect and
supersede the 2013 specifications.
SUMMARY:
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Due to the increase in the butterfish
DAH from previous years, the 2013 MSB
specifications implemented a 3-phase
butterfish management system to allow
for maximum utilization of the
butterfish resource without exceeding
the stock-wide ACL. In phase 1, there is
no trip limit for vessels issued longfin
squid/butterfish moratorium permits
using mesh greater than or equal to 3
inches (76 mm), a 2,500-lb (1.13-mt) trip
limit for longfin squid/butterfish
moratorium permits using mesh less
than 3 inches (76 mm), and a trip limit
of 600 lb (0.27 mt) for vessels issued
squid/butterfish incidental catch
permits. Once butterfish harvest reaches
the trip hold reduction threshold to
move from phase 1 to phase 2, the trip
limit for longfin squid/butterfish
moratorium permit holders will be
reduced while in phase 2 to 5,000 lb
(2.27 mt) for vessels using greater than
or equal to 3-inch (7.62 cm) mesh. The
limit remains unchanged at 2,500-lb
(1.13 mt) per trip or calendar day for
vessels issued a Federal longfin squid/
butterfish moratorium permits and
fishing with less than 3-inch (76-mm);
and the incidental limit remains at 600
lb (0.27 mt). When we project butterfish
harvest to reach the trip hold reduction
thresholds to move from phase 2 to
phase 3, the trip limit for all longfin
squid/butterfish moratorium permit
holders will be reduced while in phase
3 to 500 lb (0.23 mt) to avoid quota
overages. For phases 2 and 3, the quota
thresholds to reduce the trip limits will
vary bimonthly throughout the year.
Section 648.24 requires NMFS to
reduce the butterfish trip limits for
vessels issued longfin squid/butterfish
moratorium permits when butterfish
harvest reaches the trip limit reduction
threshold to move from phase 1 to phase
2. When butterfish harvest reaches the
trip limit reduction threshold to move
from phase 1 to phase 2, vessels fishing
with a minimum mesh size of 3 inches
(76 mm) are prohibited from fishing for,
catching, possessing, or landing more
than 5,000 lb (2.27 mt) per trip or per
day. Trip limits for vessels issued
longfin squid/butterfish moratorium
permits fishing with mesh less than 3
inches (76 mm) remain at 2,500 lb (1.13
mt) of butterfish per trip, and the
incidental trip limit remains at 600 mt
(0.27 lb).
NMFS is further required to notify the
Executive Directors of the Mid-Atlantic,
New England, and South Atlantic
Fishery Management Councils; mail
notification of the trip limit reduction to
all holders of butterfish permits at least
72 hr before the effective date of the trip
limit reduction; provide adequate notice
of the trip limit reduction to recreational
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participants in the fishery; and publish
notification of the trip limit reduction in
the Federal Register.
The Administrator, Greater Atlantic
Region, NMFS, based on dealer reports
and other available information, has
determined that butterfish harvest has
reached the phase 2 trip limit reduction
of 47 percent. Therefore, effective 0001
hours, March 18, 2014, the directed
butterfish fishery is operating under
phase 2, and vessels issued Federal
longfin squid/butterfish moratorium
permits may not fish for, catch, possess
or land more than 5,000 lb (2.27 mt) of
butterfish per trip or calendar day when
fishing with mesh size greater than 3
inches (76 mm). Trip limits for vessels
issued longfin squid/butterfish
moratorium permits fishing with mesh
less than 3 inches (76 mm) will remain
at 2,500 lb (1.13 mt) of butterfish per
trip and the incidental trip limit will
remain at 600 lb (0.27 mt). If or when
butterfish harvest is projected to reach
the phase 3 trip limit reduction
threshold specified for 2013, butterfish
trip limits for longfin squid/butterfish
moratorium permit holders will be
reduced to 500 lb (0.23 mt), regardless
of mesh size used, through a subsequent
action in the Federal Register.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part
648, and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
The Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries, NOAA (AA), finds good cause
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive
prior notice and the opportunity for
public comment because it would be
contrary to the public interest. This
action reduces the butterfish trip limit
for vessels issued longfin squid/
butterfish moratorium permits, under
current regulations. The regulations at
§ 648.24 require such action to ensure
that butterfish vessels do not exceed the
2013 DAH. Data indicating the
butterfish fleet will have landed at least
50 percent of the 2013 DAH have only
recently become available. If NMFS
delays the implementation of this trip
limit reduction in order to solicit prior
public comment, butterfish harvest may
continue to increase without sufficient
effort control, thereby undermining the
conservation objectives of the FMP. The
AA further finds, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3), good cause to waive the 30day delayed effectiveness period for the
reasons stated above.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Dated: March 13, 2014.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 130925836–4174–02]
RIN 0648–XD181
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by
Catcher Vessels Using Hook-and-Line
Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of
the Gulf of Alaska
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS is prohibiting directed
fishing for Pacific cod by catcher vessels
using hook-and-line gear in the Western
Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
(GOA). This action is necessary to
prevent exceeding the A season
allowance of the 2014 Pacific cod total
allowable catch apportioned to catcher
vessels using hook-and-line gear in the
Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska
local time (A.l.t.), March 13, 2014,
through 1200 hours, A.l.t., September 1,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Obren Davis, 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
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 680.
The A season allowance of the 2014
Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC)
apportioned to catcher vessels using
hook-and-line gear in the Western
Regulatory Area of the GOA is 156
metric tons (mt), as established by the
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 120731291-2522-02]
RIN 0648-XD167
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel,
Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Butterfish Trip Limit Reduction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason action.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the butterfish trip limit for longfin
squid/butterfish moratorium permit holders will be reduced to no more
than 5,000 lb (2.27 mt), effective 0001 hours, March 18, 2014. Vessels
issued a Federal longfin squid/butterfish moratorium permit and using
greater than 3-inch (76-mm) mesh may not fish for, catch, possess or
land more than 5,000 lb (2.27 mt) of butterfish per trip or calendar
day for the remainder of the year (through December 31, 2014). The
possession limit remains unchanged at 2,500-lb (1.13 mt) per trip or
calendar day for vessels issued a Federal longfin squid/butterfish
moratorium permit and fishing with less than 3-inch (76-mm). The
incidental possession limit also remains unchanged at 600 lb (0.27 mt).
Federally permitted dealers also may not purchase more than 5,000 lb
(2.27 mt) of butterfish from federally permitted vessels per trip or
per day, through December 31, 2014. This action is necessary to prevent
the fishery from exceeding the domestic annual harvest (DAH) of 2,570
mt, and to allow for effective management of this stock.
DATES: Effective 0001 hours, March 18, 2014, through 2400 hours,
December 31, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aja Szumylo, Fishery Policy Analyst,
978-281-9195, Fax 978-281-9135.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations at 50 CFR part 648 govern the
butterfish fishery. The regulations require specifications for maximum
sustainable yield, initial optimum yield, allowable biological catch,
annual catch limit (ACL), domestic annual harvest (DAH), domestic
annual processing (DAP), joint venture processing, and total allowable
levels of foreign fishing for the species managed under the Atlantic
Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish (MSB) Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
The procedures for setting the annual initial specifications are
described in Sec. 648.22. The 2013 MSB specifications set the 2013
butterfish DAH at 2,570 mt (77 FR 3346, January 16, 2013). The
regulations at Sec. 648.22(d) state that, if annual specifications for
the MSB fisheries are not published in the Federal Register prior to
the start of the fishing year (January 1), the previous year's annual
specifications, will remain in effect. A proposed rule for 2014 MSB
specifications and management measures was published on January 10,
2014 (79 FR 1813), and the public comment period for the proposed rule
ended on February 10, 2014. A final rule is expected shortly, after
which the 2014 specifications will go into effect and supersede the
2013 specifications.
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Due to the increase in the butterfish DAH from previous years, the
2013 MSB specifications implemented a 3-phase butterfish management
system to allow for maximum utilization of the butterfish resource
without exceeding the stock-wide ACL. In phase 1, there is no trip
limit for vessels issued longfin squid/butterfish moratorium permits
using mesh greater than or equal to 3 inches (76 mm), a 2,500-lb (1.13-
mt) trip limit for longfin squid/butterfish moratorium permits using
mesh less than 3 inches (76 mm), and a trip limit of 600 lb (0.27 mt)
for vessels issued squid/butterfish incidental catch permits. Once
butterfish harvest reaches the trip hold reduction threshold to move
from phase 1 to phase 2, the trip limit for longfin squid/butterfish
moratorium permit holders will be reduced while in phase 2 to 5,000 lb
(2.27 mt) for vessels using greater than or equal to 3-inch (7.62 cm)
mesh. The limit remains unchanged at 2,500-lb (1.13 mt) per trip or
calendar day for vessels issued a Federal longfin squid/butterfish
moratorium permits and fishing with less than 3-inch (76-mm); and the
incidental limit remains at 600 lb (0.27 mt). When we project
butterfish harvest to reach the trip hold reduction thresholds to move
from phase 2 to phase 3, the trip limit for all longfin squid/
butterfish moratorium permit holders will be reduced while in phase 3
to 500 lb (0.23 mt) to avoid quota overages. For phases 2 and 3, the
quota thresholds to reduce the trip limits will vary bimonthly
throughout the year.
Section 648.24 requires NMFS to reduce the butterfish trip limits
for vessels issued longfin squid/butterfish moratorium permits when
butterfish harvest reaches the trip limit reduction threshold to move
from phase 1 to phase 2. When butterfish harvest reaches the trip limit
reduction threshold to move from phase 1 to phase 2, vessels fishing
with a minimum mesh size of 3 inches (76 mm) are prohibited from
fishing for, catching, possessing, or landing more than 5,000 lb (2.27
mt) per trip or per day. Trip limits for vessels issued longfin squid/
butterfish moratorium permits fishing with mesh less than 3 inches (76
mm) remain at 2,500 lb (1.13 mt) of butterfish per trip, and the
incidental trip limit remains at 600 mt (0.27 lb).
NMFS is further required to notify the Executive Directors of the
Mid-Atlantic, New England, and South Atlantic Fishery Management
Councils; mail notification of the trip limit reduction to all holders
of butterfish permits at least 72 hr before the effective date of the
trip limit reduction; provide adequate notice of the trip limit
reduction to recreational participants in the fishery; and publish
notification of the trip limit reduction in the Federal Register.
The Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, based on dealer
reports and other available information, has determined that butterfish
harvest has reached the phase 2 trip limit reduction of 47 percent.
Therefore, effective 0001 hours, March 18, 2014, the directed
butterfish fishery is operating under phase 2, and vessels issued
Federal longfin squid/butterfish moratorium permits may not fish for,
catch, possess or land more than 5,000 lb (2.27 mt) of butterfish per
trip or calendar day when fishing with mesh size greater than 3 inches
(76 mm). Trip limits for vessels issued longfin squid/butterfish
moratorium permits fishing with mesh less than 3 inches (76 mm) will
remain at 2,500 lb (1.13 mt) of butterfish per trip and the incidental
trip limit will remain at 600 lb (0.27 mt). If or when butterfish
harvest is projected to reach the phase 3 trip limit reduction
threshold specified for 2013, butterfish trip limits for longfin squid/
butterfish moratorium permit holders will be reduced to 500 lb (0.23
mt), regardless of mesh size used, through a subsequent action in the
Federal Register.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part 648, and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA), finds good
cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive prior notice and the
opportunity for public comment because it would be contrary to the
public interest. This action reduces the butterfish trip limit for
vessels issued longfin squid/butterfish moratorium permits, under
current regulations. The regulations at Sec. 648.24 require such
action to ensure that butterfish vessels do not exceed the 2013 DAH.
Data indicating the butterfish fleet will have landed at least 50
percent of the 2013 DAH have only recently become available. If NMFS
delays the implementation of this trip limit reduction in order to
solicit prior public comment, butterfish harvest may continue to
increase without sufficient effort control, thereby undermining the
conservation objectives of the FMP. The AA further finds, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 553(d)(3), good cause to waive the 30-day delayed effectiveness
period for the reasons stated above.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 13, 2014.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-05920 Filed 3-13-14; 4:15 pm]
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