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Dated: February 3, 2016.
Christopher A. Hart,
Chairman.
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50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 141021887–5172–02]
RIN 0648–XE429
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Directed Fishing With
Trawl Gear by Fisheries Act Catcher
Processors in Bycatch Limitation Zone
1 of the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands Management Area
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS is prohibiting directed
fishing with trawl gear, other than
pelagic trawl gear for walleye pollock,
by American Fisheries Act (AFA) trawl
catcher processors in Bycatch
Limitation Zone 1 of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands management area
(BSAI). This action is necessary to
prevent exceeding the sideboard limit of
the 2016 bycatch allowance of red king
crab in Zone 1 specified for AFA trawl
catcher processors in the BSAI.
DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local
time (A.l.t.), February 3, 2016, though
2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Whitney, 907–586–7269.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
BSAI exclusive economic zone
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 sideboard limit of the 2016
bycatch allowance of red king crab in
Zone 1 specified for the AFA trawl
catcher processors in the BSAI is 606
crab as established by the final 2015 and
SUMMARY:
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2016 harvest specifications for
groundfish in the BSAI (80 FR 11919,
March 5, 2015).
In accordance with § 679.64(a)(2) and
(3), the Administrator, Alaska Region,
NMFS (Regional Administrator), has
determined that the sideboard limit of
red king crab in Zone 1 specified for the
AFA catcher processors in the BSAI will
be caught. Therefore, NMFS is
prohibiting directed fishing with trawl
gear in Zone 1, other than pelagic trawl
gear for walleye pollock, by AFA trawl
catcher processors in the BSAI.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Classification
AGENCY:
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 closure of directed fishing
with trawl gear, other than pelagic trawl
gear for walleye pollock, by AFA trawl
catcher processors in Zone 1 of the
BSAI. NMFS was unable to publish a
notification providing time for public
comment because the most recent,
relevant data only became available as
of February 1, 2016.
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 § 679.21
and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Dated: February 3, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 140918791–4999–02]
RIN 0648–XE426
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by
Catcher/Processors Using Trawl 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; modification of
a closure.
NMFS is opening directed
fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/
processors using trawl gear in the
Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of
Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary
to fully use the A season allowance of
the 2016 total allowable catch
apportioned to catcher/processors using
trawl gear in the Western Regulatory
Area of the GOA.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska
local time (A.l.t.), February 4, 2016,
through 1200 hours, A.l.t., June 10,
2016. Comments must be received at the
following address no later than 4:30
p.m., A.l.t., February 23, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this document, identified by NOAA–
NMFS–2014–0118, by any of the
following methods:
• Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20140118, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Submit written comments to
Glenn Merrill, Assistant Regional
Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries
Division, Alaska Region NMFS, Attn:
Ellen Sebastian. Mail comments to P.O.
Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668.
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),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
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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:
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.
NMFS closed directed fishing for
Pacific cod by catcher/processors using
trawl gear in the Western Regulatory
Area of the GOA under
§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii) on January 1, 2016
pursuant to the final 2015 and 2016
harvest specifications for groundfish of
the Gulf of Alaska (80 FR 10250,
February 25, 2015) and inseason
adjustment (81 FR 188, January 5, 2016).
NMFS has determined that as of
February 1, 2016, approximately 200
metric tons of Pacific cod remain in the
A season allowance of the 2016 Pacific
cod apportionment for catcher/
processors using trawl gear in the
Western Regulatory Area of the GOA.
Therefore, in accordance with
§ 679.25(a)(1)(i), (a)(2)(i)(C), and
(a)(2)(iii)(D), and to fully use the 2016
total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific
cod in the Western Regulatory Area of
the GOA, NMFS is terminating the
previous closure and is opening
directed fishing for Pacific cod by
catcher/processors using trawl gear in
the Western Regulatory Area of the
GOA. The Administrator, Alaska
Region, NMFS, (Regional Administrator)
considered the following factors in
reaching this decision: (1) The current
catch of Pacific cod by catcher/
processors using trawl gear in the
Western Regulatory Area of the GOA
and, (2) the harvest capacity and stated
intent on future harvesting patterns of
vessels in participating in this fishery.
Classification
This action responds to the best
available information recently obtained
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 141021887-5172-02]
RIN 0648-XE429
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Directed
Fishing With Trawl Gear by Fisheries Act Catcher Processors in Bycatch
Limitation Zone 1 of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management
Area
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing with trawl gear, other
than pelagic trawl gear for walleye pollock, by American Fisheries Act
(AFA) trawl catcher processors in Bycatch Limitation Zone 1 of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is
necessary to prevent exceeding the sideboard limit of the 2016 bycatch
allowance of red king crab in Zone 1 specified for AFA trawl catcher
processors in the BSAI.
DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), February 3,
2016, though 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Whitney, 907-586-7269.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the groundfish fishery in the
BSAI exclusive economic zone 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 sideboard limit of the 2016 bycatch allowance of red king crab
in Zone 1 specified for the AFA trawl catcher processors in the BSAI is
606 crab as established by the final 2015 and
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2016 harvest specifications for groundfish in the BSAI (80 FR 11919,
March 5, 2015).
In accordance with Sec. 679.64(a)(2) and (3), the Administrator,
Alaska Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator), has determined that the
sideboard limit of red king crab in Zone 1 specified for the AFA
catcher processors in the BSAI will be caught. Therefore, NMFS is
prohibiting directed fishing with trawl gear in Zone 1, other than
pelagic trawl gear for walleye pollock, by AFA trawl catcher processors
in the BSAI.
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 closure of directed fishing with trawl gear, other than
pelagic trawl gear for walleye pollock, by AFA trawl catcher processors
in Zone 1 of the BSAI. NMFS was unable to publish a notification
providing time for public comment because the most recent, relevant
data only became available as of February 1, 2016.
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 Sec. 679.21 and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 3, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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