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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 150105004–5355–01]
RIN 0648–XE398
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Northeast Multispecies
Fishery; Trip Limit Adjustment for the
Common Pool Fishery
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason
adjustment.
AGENCY:
This action decreases the
possession and trip limit for Southern
New England/Mid-Atlantic yellowtail
flounder for Northeast multispecies
common pool vessels for the remainder
of the 2015 fishing year. The most
recent catch data indicates that the
common pool is expected to reach its
annual quota for this stock before the
end of January. Decreasing the trip limit
is intended to prevent the common pool
fishery from exceeding its allocation for
the stock in the 2015 fishing year, and
from triggering an area closure for
portions of Southern New England/MidAtlantic.
DATES: The possession and trip limit
decrease is effective January 15, 2016,
through April 30, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liz
Sullivan, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–282–8493.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations at § 648.86(o) authorize the
Regional Administrator to adjust the
possession and trip limits for common
pool vessels in order to help prevent the
overharvest or underharvest of the
common pool quotas.
Based on information and data
reported through January 5, 2016, the
common pool fishery has caught
approximately 76 percent of its annual
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quota for Southern New England/MidAtlantic (SNE/MA) yellowtail flounder.
At the current rate of fishing, the
common pool fishery is projected to
reach its annual quota by January 26,
2016. Any overage of the annual quota
will be deducted from the next fishing
year’s annual quota. Additionally, we
project that 90 percent of the common
pool’s Trimester 3 Total Allowable
Catch (TAC) for SNE/MA yellowtail
flounder will be reached by January 24,
2016. If the common pool reaches 90
percent of the Trimester TAC, we are
required by regulations at
§ 648.82(n)(2)(ii) to close the SNE/MA
Yellowtail Flounder Trimester TAC
Area (defined at § 648.82(n)(2)(ii)(F)) to
all common pool vessels fishing on
groundfish trips with trawl and sink
gillnet gear.
The current possession and trip limit
of SNE/MA yellowtail flounder is 2,000
lb (907 kg) per day-at-sea (DAS), and up
to 6,000 lb (2,722 kg) per trip for
common pool vessels. To help prevent
the common pool fishery from
exceeding its SNE/MA yellowtail
flounder allocation for the 2015 fishing
year, and to help prevent the common
pool from triggering a closure of the
SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder Trimester
TAC Area for the remainder of the
fishing year by reaching 90 percent of
the Trimester 3 TAC, effective January
15, 2016, the possession and trip limit
of SNE/MA yellowtail flounder for all
common pool vessels is decreased to 50
lb (22.7 kg) per trip.
Common pool groundfish vessels that
have declared their trip through the
vessel monitoring system (VMS) or
interactive voice response (IVR) system,
and crossed the VMS demarcation line
prior to January 15, 2016, are not subject
to the new possession and trip limit for
that trip.
Weekly quota monitoring reports for
the common pool fishery can be found
on our Web site at: https://
www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/
ro/fso/MultiMonReports.htm. We will
continue to monitor common pool catch
through vessel trip reports, dealerreported landings, vessel monitoring
system catch reports, and other
available information and, if necessary,
we will make additional adjustments to
common pool management measures.
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, finds good cause
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 5
U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive prior notice
and the opportunity for public comment
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and the 30-day delayed effectiveness
period because it would be
impracticable and contrary to the public
interest.
The regulations at § 648.86(o)
authorize the Regional Administrator to
adjust the Northeast multispecies
possession and trip limits for common
pool vessels in order to help prevent the
overharvest or underharvest of the
pertinent common pool quotas. The
catch data used as the basis for this
action only recently became available.
The available analysis indicates that if
the SNE/MA yellowtail flounder
possession and trip limit are not
reduced immediately, the common pool
fishery will likely exceed its 2015
fishing year allocation for this stock by
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January 26, 2016. Analysis also
indicates that if the possession and trip
limit are not reduced immediately, the
common pool fishery will likely reach
90 percent of its Trimester 3 TAC by
January 24, 2016, triggering a closure of
the SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder
Trimester TAC Area. This action
reduces the probability of the common
pool fishery exceeding its allocation for
SNE/MA yellowtail flounder. Any
overages of the common pool quota for
this stock would undermine
conservation objectives and trigger the
implementation of accountability
measures that would have negative
economic impacts on the common pool
vessels. The time necessary to provide
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for prior notice and comment, and a 30day delay in effectiveness, would
prevent NMFS from implementing the
necessary possession and trip limit
adjustment in a timely manner, which
could undermine conservation
objectives of the Northeast Multispecies
Fishery Management Plan, and cause
negative economic impacts to the
common pool fishery.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 13, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
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. 150105004-5355-01]
RIN 0648-XE398
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast
Multispecies Fishery; Trip Limit Adjustment for the Common Pool Fishery
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason adjustment.
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SUMMARY: This action decreases the possession and trip limit for
Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic yellowtail flounder for Northeast
multispecies common pool vessels for the remainder of the 2015 fishing
year. The most recent catch data indicates that the common pool is
expected to reach its annual quota for this stock before the end of
January. Decreasing the trip limit is intended to prevent the common
pool fishery from exceeding its allocation for the stock in the 2015
fishing year, and from triggering an area closure for portions of
Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic.
DATES: The possession and trip limit decrease is effective January 15,
2016, through April 30, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Liz Sullivan, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978-282-8493.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations at Sec. 648.86(o) authorize
the Regional Administrator to adjust the possession and trip limits for
common pool vessels in order to help prevent the overharvest or
underharvest of the common pool quotas.
Based on information and data reported through January 5, 2016, the
common pool fishery has caught approximately 76 percent of its annual
quota for Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic (SNE/MA) yellowtail
flounder. At the current rate of fishing, the common pool fishery is
projected to reach its annual quota by January 26, 2016. Any overage of
the annual quota will be deducted from the next fishing year's annual
quota. Additionally, we project that 90 percent of the common pool's
Trimester 3 Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for SNE/MA yellowtail flounder
will be reached by January 24, 2016. If the common pool reaches 90
percent of the Trimester TAC, we are required by regulations at Sec.
648.82(n)(2)(ii) to close the SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder Trimester TAC
Area (defined at Sec. 648.82(n)(2)(ii)(F)) to all common pool vessels
fishing on groundfish trips with trawl and sink gillnet gear.
The current possession and trip limit of SNE/MA yellowtail flounder
is 2,000 lb (907 kg) per day-at-sea (DAS), and up to 6,000 lb (2,722
kg) per trip for common pool vessels. To help prevent the common pool
fishery from exceeding its SNE/MA yellowtail flounder allocation for
the 2015 fishing year, and to help prevent the common pool from
triggering a closure of the SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder Trimester TAC
Area for the remainder of the fishing year by reaching 90 percent of
the Trimester 3 TAC, effective January 15, 2016, the possession and
trip limit of SNE/MA yellowtail flounder for all common pool vessels is
decreased to 50 lb (22.7 kg) per trip.
Common pool groundfish vessels that have declared their trip
through the vessel monitoring system (VMS) or interactive voice
response (IVR) system, and crossed the VMS demarcation line prior to
January 15, 2016, are not subject to the new possession and trip limit
for that trip.
Weekly quota monitoring reports for the common pool fishery can be
found on our Web site at: https://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/ro/fso/MultiMonReports.htm. We
will continue to monitor common pool catch through vessel trip reports,
dealer-reported landings, vessel monitoring system catch reports, and
other available information and, if necessary, we will make additional
adjustments to common pool management measures.
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, finds good cause
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive prior
notice and the opportunity for public comment
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and the 30-day delayed effectiveness period because it would be
impracticable and contrary to the public interest.
The regulations at Sec. 648.86(o) authorize the Regional
Administrator to adjust the Northeast multispecies possession and trip
limits for common pool vessels in order to help prevent the overharvest
or underharvest of the pertinent common pool quotas. The catch data
used as the basis for this action only recently became available. The
available analysis indicates that if the SNE/MA yellowtail flounder
possession and trip limit are not reduced immediately, the common pool
fishery will likely exceed its 2015 fishing year allocation for this
stock by January 26, 2016. Analysis also indicates that if the
possession and trip limit are not reduced immediately, the common pool
fishery will likely reach 90 percent of its Trimester 3 TAC by January
24, 2016, triggering a closure of the SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder
Trimester TAC Area. This action reduces the probability of the common
pool fishery exceeding its allocation for SNE/MA yellowtail flounder.
Any overages of the common pool quota for this stock would undermine
conservation objectives and trigger the implementation of
accountability measures that would have negative economic impacts on
the common pool vessels. The time necessary to provide for prior notice
and comment, and a 30-day delay in effectiveness, would prevent NMFS
from implementing the necessary possession and trip limit adjustment in
a timely manner, which could undermine conservation objectives of the
Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan, and cause negative
economic impacts to the common pool fishery.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 13, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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