Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reapportionment of the 2016 Gulf of Alaska Pacific Halibut Prohibited Species Catch Limits for the Trawl Deep-Water and Shallow-Water Fishery Categories, 45423-45424 [2016-16648]
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50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 150818742–6210–02]
RIN 0648–XE728
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Reapportionment of
the 2016 Gulf of Alaska Pacific Halibut
Prohibited Species Catch Limits for the
Trawl Deep-Water and Shallow-Water
Fishery Categories
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule;
reapportionment.
AGENCY:
NMFS is reapportioning the
seasonal apportionments of the 2016
Pacific halibut prohibited species catch
(PSC) limits for the trawl deep-water
and shallow-water species fishery
categories in the Gulf of Alaska. This
action is necessary to account for the
actual halibut PSC use by the trawl
deep-water and shallow-water species
fishery categories from May 15, 2016,
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through June 30, 2016. This action is
consistent with the goals and objectives
of the Fishery Management Plan for
Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska
local time (A.l.t.), July 11, 2016, through
2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh
Keaton, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS
manages the groundfish fishery in the
Gulf of Alaska (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
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 final 2016 and 2017 harvest
specifications for groundfish in the GOA
(81 FR 14740, March 18, 2016)
apportions the 2016 Pacific halibut PSC
limit for trawl gear in the GOA to two
trawl fishery categories: A deep-water
species fishery and a shallow-water
species fishery. The halibut PSC limit
for these two trawl fishery categories is
further apportioned by season,
including four seasonal apportionments
to the shallow-water species fishery and
three seasonal apportionments to the
deep-water species fishery. The two
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fishery categories also are apportioned a
combined, fifth seasonal halibut PSC
limit. Unused seasonal apportionments
are added to the next season
apportionment during a fishing year.
Regulations at § 679.21(d)(4)(iii)(D)
require NMFS to combine management
of the available trawl halibut PSC limits
in the second season (April 1 through
July 1) deep-water and shallow-water
species fishery categories for use in
either fishery from May 15 through June
30 of each year. Furthermore, NMFS is
required to reapportion the halibut PSC
limit between the deep-water and
shallow-water species fisheries after
June 30 to account for actual halibut
PSC use by each fishery category during
May 15 through June 30. As of July 6,
2016, NMFS has determined that the
trawl deep-water and shallow-water
fisheries used 28 metric tons (mt) and
32 mt of halibut PSC, respectively, from
May 15 through June 30. Accordingly,
pursuant to § 679.21(d)(4)(iii)(D), the
Regional Administrator is
reapportioning the combined first and
second seasonal apportionments (810
mt) of halibut PSC limit between the
trawl deep-water and shallow-water
fishery categories to account for the
actual PSC use (792 mt) in each fishery.
Therefore, Table 15 of the final 2016
and 2017 harvest specifications for
groundfish in the GOA (81 FR 14740,
March 18, 2016) is revised consistent
with this adjustment.
TABLE 15—FINAL 2016 AND 2017 APPORTIONMENT OF PACIFIC HALIBUT PSC TRAWL LIMITS BETWEEN THE TRAWL GEAR
DEEP-WATER SPECIES FISHERY AND THE SHALLOW-WATER SPECIES FISHERY CATEGORIES
[Values are in metric tons]
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Season
Shallow-water
Deep-water 1
January 20–April 1 .....................................................................................
April 1–July 1 .............................................................................................
Subtotal of combined first and second season limit (January 20–July 1)
July 1–September 1 ...................................................................................
September 1–October 1 ............................................................................
Subtotal January 20–October 1 .................................................................
October 1–December 31 2 .........................................................................
257
144
401
180
128
709
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92 .....................................................
299 ...................................................
391 ...................................................
350 ...................................................
Any remainder .................................
741 ...................................................
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443
792
530
128
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TABLE 15—FINAL 2016 AND 2017 APPORTIONMENT OF PACIFIC HALIBUT PSC TRAWL LIMITS BETWEEN THE TRAWL GEAR
DEEP-WATER SPECIES FISHERY AND THE SHALLOW-WATER SPECIES FISHERY CATEGORIES—Continued
[Values are in metric tons]
Shallow-water
Season
Total ....................................................................................................
Deep-water 1
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Total
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Vessels participating in cooperatives in the Central GOA Rockfish Program will receive 191 mt of the third season (July 1 through September
1) deep-water species fishery halibut PSC apportionment.
2 There is no apportionment between trawl shallow-water and deep-water species fishery categories during the fifth season (October 1 through
December 31).
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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
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responding to the most recent fisheries
data in a timely fashion and would
allow for harvests that exceed the
originally specified apportionment of
the halibut PSC limits to the deep-water
and shallow-water fishery categories.
NMFS was unable to publish a notice
providing time for public comment
because the most recent, relevant data
only became available as of July 8, 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
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the reasons provided above for waiver of
prior notice and opportunity for public
comment.
This action is required by § 679.20
and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 8, 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 679
[Docket No. 150818742-6210-02]
RIN 0648-XE728
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska;
Reapportionment of the 2016 Gulf of Alaska Pacific Halibut Prohibited
Species Catch Limits for the Trawl Deep-Water and Shallow-Water Fishery
Categories
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; reapportionment.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is reapportioning the seasonal apportionments of the 2016
Pacific halibut prohibited species catch (PSC) limits for the trawl
deep-water and shallow-water species fishery categories in the Gulf of
Alaska. This action is necessary to account for the actual halibut PSC
use by the trawl deep-water and shallow-water species fishery
categories from May 15, 2016, through June 30, 2016. This action is
consistent with the goals and objectives of the Fishery Management Plan
for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska.
DATES: Effective 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), July 11, 2016,
through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Josh Keaton, 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the groundfish fishery in the
Gulf of Alaska (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
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 final 2016 and 2017 harvest specifications for groundfish in
the GOA (81 FR 14740, March 18, 2016) apportions the 2016 Pacific
halibut PSC limit for trawl gear in the GOA to two trawl fishery
categories: A deep-water species fishery and a shallow-water species
fishery. The halibut PSC limit for these two trawl fishery categories
is further apportioned by season, including four seasonal
apportionments to the shallow-water species fishery and three seasonal
apportionments to the deep-water species fishery. The two fishery
categories also are apportioned a combined, fifth seasonal halibut PSC
limit. Unused seasonal apportionments are added to the next season
apportionment during a fishing year.
Regulations at Sec. 679.21(d)(4)(iii)(D) require NMFS to combine
management of the available trawl halibut PSC limits in the second
season (April 1 through July 1) deep-water and shallow-water species
fishery categories for use in either fishery from May 15 through June
30 of each year. Furthermore, NMFS is required to reapportion the
halibut PSC limit between the deep-water and shallow-water species
fisheries after June 30 to account for actual halibut PSC use by each
fishery category during May 15 through June 30. As of July 6, 2016,
NMFS has determined that the trawl deep-water and shallow-water
fisheries used 28 metric tons (mt) and 32 mt of halibut PSC,
respectively, from May 15 through June 30. Accordingly, pursuant to
Sec. 679.21(d)(4)(iii)(D), the Regional Administrator is
reapportioning the combined first and second seasonal apportionments
(810 mt) of halibut PSC limit between the trawl deep-water and shallow-
water fishery categories to account for the actual PSC use (792 mt) in
each fishery. Therefore, Table 15 of the final 2016 and 2017 harvest
specifications for groundfish in the GOA (81 FR 14740, March 18, 2016)
is revised consistent with this adjustment.
Table 15--Final 2016 and 2017 Apportionment of Pacific Halibut PSC Trawl Limits Between the Trawl Gear Deep-
Water Species Fishery and the Shallow-Water Species Fishery Categories
[Values are in metric tons]
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Season Shallow-water Deep-water \1\ Total
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January 20-April 1............................ 257 92.............................. 349
April 1-July 1................................ 144 299............................. 443
Subtotal of combined first and second season 401 391............................. 792
limit (January 20-July 1).
July 1-September 1............................ 180 350............................. 530
September 1-October 1......................... 128 Any remainder................... 128
Subtotal January 20-October 1................. 709 741............................. 1,450
October 1-December 31 \2\..................... .............. ................................ 256
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Total..................................... .............. ................................ 1,706
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\1\ Vessels participating in cooperatives in the Central GOA Rockfish Program will receive 191 mt of the third
season (July 1 through September 1) deep-water species fishery halibut PSC apportionment.
\2\ There is no apportionment between trawl shallow-water and deep-water species fishery categories during the
fifth season (October 1 through December 31).
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 allow for harvests that exceed the originally specified
apportionment of the halibut PSC limits to the deep-water and shallow-
water fishery categories. NMFS was unable to publish a notice providing
time for public comment because the most recent, relevant data only
became available as of July 8, 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. 679.20 and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 8, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-16648 Filed 7-11-16; 4:15 pm]
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