Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Small-Mesh Multispecies Fishery; Adjustment to the Northern Red Hake Inseason Possession Limit, 54518 [2016-19503]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 120109034–2171–01]
RIN 0648–XE787
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Small-Mesh Multispecies
Fishery; Adjustment to the Northern
Red Hake Inseason Possession Limit
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason
adjustment.
AGENCY:
We announce the reduction of
the commercial per-trip possession limit
for northern red hake for the remainder
of the 2016 fishing year. This action is
required to prevent the northern red
hake total allowable landing limit from
being exceeded. This announcement
informs the public that the northern red
hake possession limit is reduced.
DATES: Effective August 16, 2016,
through April 30, 2017.
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Reid
Lichwell, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–675–9112.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations governing the red hake
fishery are found at 50 CFR part 648.
The small-mesh multispecies fishery is
managed primarily through a series of
exemptions from the Northeast
Multispecies Fisheries Management
Plan. The regulations describing the
process to adjust inseason commercial
possession limits of northern red hake
are described in § 648.86(d)(4) and (5).
These regulations require the National
Marine Fisheries Service Regional
Administrator, Greater Atlantic Region,
to reduce the northern red hake
possession limit from 3,000 lb (1,361 kg)
to 1,500 lb (680 kg) when landings have
been projected to reach or exceed 45
percent of the total allowable landings
(TAL). The possession limit is required
to be further reduced from 1,500 lb (680
kg) to 400 lb (181 kg) if landings are
projected to reach or exceed 62.5
percent of the TAL, unless such a
reduction would be expected to prevent
the TAL from being reached. The final
rule implementing the small-mesh
multispecies specifications for 2016–
2017, which published in the Federal
Register on June 28, 2016 (81 FR 41866),
set these inseason adjustment
thresholds for the 2016 fishing year.
These trip limit adjustment thresholds
are accountability measures put in place
because the annual catch limits (ACL)
for northern red hake were exceeded for
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the 2012 and 2013 fishing years, and the
northern red hake stock was
experiencing overfishing.
Inseason Action
On August 8, 2016, the northern red
hake commercial possession limit was
reduced from 3,000 lb (1,361 kg) to
1,500 lb (680 kg) because the overall
commercial landings reached 45 percent
of the TAL. Based on commercial
landings data reported through July 27,
2016, the northern red hake fishery is
projected to reach 65.2 percent of the
TAL on August 6, 2016. Based on this
projection, we are required to reduce the
commercial northern red hake
possession limit from 1,500 lb (680 kg)
to 400 lb (181 kg) to prevent the TAL
from being exceeded. On the effective
date of this action, no person may
possess on board or land more than 400
lb (181 kg) of northern red hake per trip
for the remainder of the fishing year
(i.e., through April 30, 2017).
Classification
This action is taken under 50 CFR
part 648 and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 11, 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. 120109034-2171-01]
RIN 0648-XE787
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Small-Mesh
Multispecies Fishery; Adjustment to the Northern Red Hake Inseason
Possession Limit
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason adjustment.
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SUMMARY: We announce the reduction of the commercial per-trip
possession limit for northern red hake for the remainder of the 2016
fishing year. This action is required to prevent the northern red hake
total allowable landing limit from being exceeded. This announcement
informs the public that the northern red hake possession limit is
reduced.
DATES: Effective August 16, 2016, through April 30, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reid Lichwell, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978-675-9112.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Regulations governing the red hake fishery are found at 50 CFR part
648. The small-mesh multispecies fishery is managed primarily through a
series of exemptions from the Northeast Multispecies Fisheries
Management Plan. The regulations describing the process to adjust
inseason commercial possession limits of northern red hake are
described in Sec. 648.86(d)(4) and (5). These regulations require the
National Marine Fisheries Service Regional Administrator, Greater
Atlantic Region, to reduce the northern red hake possession limit from
3,000 lb (1,361 kg) to 1,500 lb (680 kg) when landings have been
projected to reach or exceed 45 percent of the total allowable landings
(TAL). The possession limit is required to be further reduced from
1,500 lb (680 kg) to 400 lb (181 kg) if landings are projected to reach
or exceed 62.5 percent of the TAL, unless such a reduction would be
expected to prevent the TAL from being reached. The final rule
implementing the small-mesh multispecies specifications for 2016-2017,
which published in the Federal Register on June 28, 2016 (81 FR 41866),
set these inseason adjustment thresholds for the 2016 fishing year.
These trip limit adjustment thresholds are accountability measures put
in place because the annual catch limits (ACL) for northern red hake
were exceeded for the 2012 and 2013 fishing years, and the northern red
hake stock was experiencing overfishing.
Inseason Action
On August 8, 2016, the northern red hake commercial possession
limit was reduced from 3,000 lb (1,361 kg) to 1,500 lb (680 kg) because
the overall commercial landings reached 45 percent of the TAL. Based on
commercial landings data reported through July 27, 2016, the northern
red hake fishery is projected to reach 65.2 percent of the TAL on
August 6, 2016. Based on this projection, we are required to reduce the
commercial northern red hake possession limit from 1,500 lb (680 kg) to
400 lb (181 kg) to prevent the TAL from being exceeded. On the
effective date of this action, no person may possess on board or land
more than 400 lb (181 kg) of northern red hake per trip for the
remainder of the fishing year (i.e., through April 30, 2017).
Classification
This action is taken under 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 11, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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