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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 665
[Docket No. 170915903–7999–01]
RIN 0648–XF706
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2017 Hawaii
Kona Crab Annual Catch Limit and
Accountability Measure
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed specification; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS proposes a 2017
annual catch limit (ACL) of 3,500 lb for
Hawaii Kona Crab, and an
accountability measure (AM) to correct
or mitigate any overages of catch limits.
The proposed ACL and AM support the
long-term sustainability of fishery
resources of the U.S. Pacific Islands.
DATES: NMFS must receive comments
by January 4, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this document, identified by NOAA–
NMFS–2017–0120, by either of the
following methods:
• Electronic Submission: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!
docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-20170120, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
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complete the required fields, and enter
or attach your comments.
• Mail: Send written comments to
Michael D. Tosatto, Regional
Administrator, NMFS Pacific Islands
Region (PIR), 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg.
176, Honolulu, HI 96818.
Instructions: NMFS may not consider
comments sent by any other method, to
any other address or individual, or
received after the end of the comment
period. All comments received are a
part of the public record and will
generally be posted for public viewing
on https://www.regulations.gov change.
All personal identifying information
(e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential
business information, or otherwise
sensitive information submitted
voluntarily by the sender will be
publicly accessible.
NMFS prepared an environmental
analysis that describes the potential
impacts on the human environment that
would result from the proposed ACL
and AM. Copies of the environmental
analyses and other supporting
documents are available at https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah Ellgen, NMFS PIR Sustainable
Fisheries, 808–725–5173.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Kona
crab fishery in the U.S. Exclusive
Economic Zone (generally 3–200 nm
from shore) around Hawaii is managed
under Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the
Hawaiian Archipelago (FEP). The
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council) developed the FEP,
and NMFS implemented the plan under
the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
The FEP contains a process for the
Council and NMFS to specify ACLs and
AMs; that process is codified at Title 50,
Code of Federal Regulations, Section
665.4 (50 CFR 665.4). The regulations
require NMFS to specify, every fishing
year, an ACL for each stock and stock
complex of management unit species
(MUS) in an FEP, as recommended by
the Council and considering the best
available scientific, commercial, and
other information about the fishery. If a
fishery exceeds an ACL, the regulations
require the Council to take action,
which may include reducing the ACL
for the subsequent fishing year by the
amount of the overage, or other
appropriate action.
The Council recommended that
NMFS specify an ACL of 3,500 lb of
Hawaii Kona crab for fishing year 2017,
which began on January 1 and ends on
December 31. The Council based its
ACL recommendation on a
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recommendation of acceptable
biological catch of 3,500 lb from its
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC), and the results of an October
2015 stock assessment that included
commercial catch data from 1970
through 2006. The stock assessment
found that the Hawaii Kona crab stock
had reached an overfished status (<50
percent of BMSY, biomass at maximum
sustainable yield) in 2006, and was
likely still overfished in 2010. The
assessment also included biomass
projections for 2010–2030 under three
commercial landings scenarios: Zero lb,
7,000 lb, and 8,000 lb.
Hawaii State law prohibits retention
of female crabs, but the assessment
results included both males and females
combined. The assessment
acknowledged that the 2010–2030 stock
status projections did not account for
the effects of the State prohibition after
September 2006 and, as a result, the
projections are associated with a high
degree of uncertainty. At a constant
zero-lb annual harvest rate, the
assessment predicted that the Kona crab
stock would recover from overfished
levels after 2015. At a constant 7,000-lb
annual commercial harvest rate, the
assessment estimated that Kona crab
biomass would increase above 50
percent of BMSY by 2030 but explained
that, due to uncertainty, there was a
chance that stock biomass could
potentially decline to zero lb by 2020.
At a constant 8,000-lb annual harvest
rate, the assessment predicted that stock
biomass could reach zero lb by 2020.
In 2015, NMFS contracted the Center
for Independent (CIE) experts to review
the stock assessment. Both the CIE
reviewers and NMFS Pacific Islands
Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) agreed
with the evaluation of the fishery for
2006, and the conclusion that stock
projections beyond 2006 probably do
not accurately describe current Hawaii
Kona crab stock size or structure. PIFSC
also agreed with the CIE review that
further work is needed to provide
advice on the status of the population in
more recent years. Therefore, PIFSC is
planning to complete a benchmark
assessment for Hawaii Kona crab in
2019, which could be available for
management use in fishing year 2020.
In developing the proposed ACL
recommendation, the Council also
considered information indicating a
50:50 male to female landings ratio, and
information suggesting that crabs
disentangled from Kona crab may have
injuries that could result in mortality
rates as high as 100 percent if limbs are
lost. Therefore, to meet the objective of
rebuilding stock biomass to levels above
50 percent of BMSY, and limit total
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fishing mortality to 7,000 lb, the Council
recommended an ACL of 3,500 lb.
As an AM, NMFS proposes to apply
a three-year average catch to evaluate
fishery performance against the
proposed ACLs. Specifically, NMFS
proposes to use the average catch of
fishing years 2015, 2016, and 2017, to
evaluate fishery performance against the
2017 ACL. If, after the end of the fishing
year, NMFS and the Council determine
that the three-year average catch
exceeded the specified ACL, NMFS and
the Council will reduce the ACL for that
fishery by the amount of the overage in
the subsequent year. The Council
recommended an AM based on multiyear average catch data to reduce the
influence of inter-annual variability in
catch estimates in evaluating fishery
performance against the ACL.
NMFS will consider public comments
on the proposed ACL and AM and will
announce the final specification in the
Federal Register. NMFS must receive
any comments by the date provided in
the DATES heading, not postmarked or
otherwise transmitted by that date.
Regardless of the final ACL and AM
specification, all other management
measures will continue to apply in the
fisheries.
Classification
Pursuant to section 304(b)(1)(A) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act, the NMFS
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries
has determined that this proposed
specification is consistent with the FEP,
other provisions of the MagnusonStevens Act, and other applicable laws,
subject to further consideration after
public comment.
Certification of Finding of No
Significant Impact on Substantial
Number of Small Entities
The Chief Counsel for Regulation of
the Department of Commerce certified
to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
Small Business Administration that this
proposed specification, if adopted,
would not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. A description of the proposed
action, why it is being considered, and
the legal basis for it are contained in the
preamble to this proposed specification.
NMFS proposes to specify a 2017
annual catch limit (ACL) of 3,500 lb for
Kona crab in Hawaii, as recommended
by the Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council). The
2017 proposed ACL is based on updated
scientific information made available to
NMFS. The proposed ACL is much
lower than the ACL implemented each
year from 2012 and 2015, which had
been 27,600 lb. NMFS did not
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implement an ACL for this stock in
2016.
This rule would affect participants in
the commercial and non-commercial
fisheries for Hawaii Kona crab. Kona
crab landings averaged 2,658 lb from
2014–2016, with an estimated ex-vessel
value of $20,965, based on a price of
$5.99 per lb. The amount of Kona crab
landed each year has generally declined
since 2011, when 51 fishermen reported
landing 10,883 lb. During the 2016
fishing year, 24 fishermen reported
landing 2,577 lb. In 2015, 26 fishermen
reported landing 2,332 lb. In 2014, 30
fishermen reported landing 3,067 lb.
Based on available information,
NMFS has determined that all vessels in
the commercial and non-commercial
fisheries for Kona crab are small entities
under the Small Business
Administration’s definition of a small
entity. That is, they are engaged in the
business of fish harvesting,
independently owned or operated, not
dominant in their field of operation, and
have annual gross receipts not in excess
of $11 million, the small business size
standard for commercial fishing (NAICS
Code: 11411). Therefore, there would be
no disproportionate economic impacts
between large and small entities.
Furthermore, there would be no
disproportionate economic impacts
among the universe of vessels based on
gear, home port, or vessel length.
Even though this proposed action
would apply to a substantial number of
vessels, this action should not result in
significant adverse economic impact to
individual vessels. NMFS and the
Council are not considering in-season
closure in the Kona crab fisheries to
which this ACL apply because fishery
management agencies are not able to
track catch relative to the ACLs during
the fishing year. As a result, fishermen
would be able to fish throughout the
entire year. In addition, the ACLs, as
proposed, would not change the gear
types, areas fished, effort, or
participation of the fishery during the
2017 fishing year. A post-season review
of the catch data would be required to
determine whether the fishery exceeded
its ACL by comparing the ACL to the
most recent three-year average catch for
which data is available. If an ACL is
exceeded, the Council and NMFS would
take action in future fishing years to
correct the operational issue that caused
the ACL overage. NMFS and the Council
would evaluate the environmental,
social, and economic impacts of future
actions, such as changes to future ACLs
or AMs, after the required data are
available. Specifically, if NMFS and the
Council determine that the three-year
average catch for a fishery exceeds the
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specified ACL, NMFS would reduce the
ACL for that fishery by the amount of
the overage in the subsequent year.
The proposed action does not
duplicate, overlap, or conflict with other
Federal rules and is not expected to
have significant impact on small entities
(as discussed above), organizations, or
government jurisdictions. The proposed
action also will not place a substantial
number of small entities, or any segment
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of small entities, at a significant
competitive disadvantage to large
entities. For the reasons above, NMFS
does not expect the proposed action to
have a significant economic impact on
a substantial number of small entities.
As such, an initial regulatory flexibility
analysis is not required and none has
been prepared.
This action is exempt from review
under E.O. 12866.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 14, 2017.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 665
[Docket No. 170915903-7999-01]
RIN 0648-XF706
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2017 Hawaii Kona Crab Annual Catch
Limit and Accountability Measure
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed specification; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: NMFS proposes a 2017 annual catch limit (ACL) of 3,500 lb for
Hawaii Kona Crab, and an accountability measure (AM) to correct or
mitigate any overages of catch limits. The proposed ACL and AM support
the long-term sustainability of fishery resources of the U.S. Pacific
Islands.
DATES: NMFS must receive comments by January 4, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this document, identified by
NOAA-NMFS-2017-0120, by either of the following methods:
Electronic Submission: Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2017-0120, click the
``Comment Now!'' icon, complete the required fields, and enter or
attach your comments.
Mail: Send written comments to Michael D. Tosatto,
Regional Administrator, NMFS Pacific Islands Region (PIR), 1845 Wasp
Blvd., Bldg. 176, Honolulu, HI 96818.
Instructions: NMFS may not consider comments sent by any other
method, to any other address or individual, or received after the end
of the comment period. All comments received are a part of the public
record and will generally be posted for public viewing on https://www.regulations.gov change. All personal identifying information (e.g.,
name, address, etc.), confidential business information, or otherwise
sensitive information submitted voluntarily by the sender will be
publicly accessible.
NMFS prepared an environmental analysis that describes the
potential impacts on the human environment that would result from the
proposed ACL and AM. Copies of the environmental analyses and other
supporting documents are available at https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Ellgen, NMFS PIR Sustainable
Fisheries, 808-725-5173.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Kona crab fishery in the U.S. Exclusive
Economic Zone (generally 3-200 nm from shore) around Hawaii is managed
under Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the Hawaiian Archipelago (FEP). The
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) developed the FEP,
and NMFS implemented the plan under the authority of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
The FEP contains a process for the Council and NMFS to specify ACLs
and AMs; that process is codified at Title 50, Code of Federal
Regulations, Section 665.4 (50 CFR 665.4). The regulations require NMFS
to specify, every fishing year, an ACL for each stock and stock complex
of management unit species (MUS) in an FEP, as recommended by the
Council and considering the best available scientific, commercial, and
other information about the fishery. If a fishery exceeds an ACL, the
regulations require the Council to take action, which may include
reducing the ACL for the subsequent fishing year by the amount of the
overage, or other appropriate action.
The Council recommended that NMFS specify an ACL of 3,500 lb of
Hawaii Kona crab for fishing year 2017, which began on January 1 and
ends on December 31. The Council based its ACL recommendation on a
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recommendation of acceptable biological catch of 3,500 lb from its
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), and the results of an
October 2015 stock assessment that included commercial catch data from
1970 through 2006. The stock assessment found that the Hawaii Kona crab
stock had reached an overfished status (<50 percent of BMSY,
biomass at maximum sustainable yield) in 2006, and was likely still
overfished in 2010. The assessment also included biomass projections
for 2010-2030 under three commercial landings scenarios: Zero lb, 7,000
lb, and 8,000 lb.
Hawaii State law prohibits retention of female crabs, but the
assessment results included both males and females combined. The
assessment acknowledged that the 2010-2030 stock status projections did
not account for the effects of the State prohibition after September
2006 and, as a result, the projections are associated with a high
degree of uncertainty. At a constant zero-lb annual harvest rate, the
assessment predicted that the Kona crab stock would recover from
overfished levels after 2015. At a constant 7,000-lb annual commercial
harvest rate, the assessment estimated that Kona crab biomass would
increase above 50 percent of BMSY by 2030 but explained
that, due to uncertainty, there was a chance that stock biomass could
potentially decline to zero lb by 2020. At a constant 8,000-lb annual
harvest rate, the assessment predicted that stock biomass could reach
zero lb by 2020.
In 2015, NMFS contracted the Center for Independent (CIE) experts
to review the stock assessment. Both the CIE reviewers and NMFS Pacific
Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) agreed with the evaluation of
the fishery for 2006, and the conclusion that stock projections beyond
2006 probably do not accurately describe current Hawaii Kona crab stock
size or structure. PIFSC also agreed with the CIE review that further
work is needed to provide advice on the status of the population in
more recent years. Therefore, PIFSC is planning to complete a benchmark
assessment for Hawaii Kona crab in 2019, which could be available for
management use in fishing year 2020.
In developing the proposed ACL recommendation, the Council also
considered information indicating a 50:50 male to female landings
ratio, and information suggesting that crabs disentangled from Kona
crab may have injuries that could result in mortality rates as high as
100 percent if limbs are lost. Therefore, to meet the objective of
rebuilding stock biomass to levels above 50 percent of BMSY,
and limit total fishing mortality to 7,000 lb, the Council recommended
an ACL of 3,500 lb.
As an AM, NMFS proposes to apply a three-year average catch to
evaluate fishery performance against the proposed ACLs. Specifically,
NMFS proposes to use the average catch of fishing years 2015, 2016, and
2017, to evaluate fishery performance against the 2017 ACL. If, after
the end of the fishing year, NMFS and the Council determine that the
three-year average catch exceeded the specified ACL, NMFS and the
Council will reduce the ACL for that fishery by the amount of the
overage in the subsequent year. The Council recommended an AM based on
multi-year average catch data to reduce the influence of inter-annual
variability in catch estimates in evaluating fishery performance
against the ACL.
NMFS will consider public comments on the proposed ACL and AM and
will announce the final specification in the Federal Register. NMFS
must receive any comments by the date provided in the DATES heading,
not postmarked or otherwise transmitted by that date. Regardless of the
final ACL and AM specification, all other management measures will
continue to apply in the fisheries.
Classification
Pursuant to section 304(b)(1)(A) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the
NMFS Assistant Administrator for Fisheries has determined that this
proposed specification is consistent with the FEP, other provisions of
the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and other applicable laws, subject to further
consideration after public comment.
Certification of Finding of No Significant Impact on Substantial Number
of Small Entities
The Chief Counsel for Regulation of the Department of Commerce
certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration that this proposed specification, if adopted, would not
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities. A description of the proposed action, why it is being
considered, and the legal basis for it are contained in the preamble to
this proposed specification.
NMFS proposes to specify a 2017 annual catch limit (ACL) of 3,500
lb for Kona crab in Hawaii, as recommended by the Western Pacific
Fishery Management Council (Council). The 2017 proposed ACL is based on
updated scientific information made available to NMFS. The proposed ACL
is much lower than the ACL implemented each year from 2012 and 2015,
which had been 27,600 lb. NMFS did not implement an ACL for this stock
in 2016.
This rule would affect participants in the commercial and non-
commercial fisheries for Hawaii Kona crab. Kona crab landings averaged
2,658 lb from 2014-2016, with an estimated ex-vessel value of $20,965,
based on a price of $5.99 per lb. The amount of Kona crab landed each
year has generally declined since 2011, when 51 fishermen reported
landing 10,883 lb. During the 2016 fishing year, 24 fishermen reported
landing 2,577 lb. In 2015, 26 fishermen reported landing 2,332 lb. In
2014, 30 fishermen reported landing 3,067 lb.
Based on available information, NMFS has determined that all
vessels in the commercial and non-commercial fisheries for Kona crab
are small entities under the Small Business Administration's definition
of a small entity. That is, they are engaged in the business of fish
harvesting, independently owned or operated, not dominant in their
field of operation, and have annual gross receipts not in excess of $11
million, the small business size standard for commercial fishing (NAICS
Code: 11411). Therefore, there would be no disproportionate economic
impacts between large and small entities. Furthermore, there would be
no disproportionate economic impacts among the universe of vessels
based on gear, home port, or vessel length.
Even though this proposed action would apply to a substantial
number of vessels, this action should not result in significant adverse
economic impact to individual vessels. NMFS and the Council are not
considering in-season closure in the Kona crab fisheries to which this
ACL apply because fishery management agencies are not able to track
catch relative to the ACLs during the fishing year. As a result,
fishermen would be able to fish throughout the entire year. In
addition, the ACLs, as proposed, would not change the gear types, areas
fished, effort, or participation of the fishery during the 2017 fishing
year. A post-season review of the catch data would be required to
determine whether the fishery exceeded its ACL by comparing the ACL to
the most recent three-year average catch for which data is available.
If an ACL is exceeded, the Council and NMFS would take action in future
fishing years to correct the operational issue that caused the ACL
overage. NMFS and the Council would evaluate the environmental, social,
and economic impacts of future actions, such as changes to future ACLs
or AMs, after the required data are available. Specifically, if NMFS
and the Council determine that the three-year average catch for a
fishery exceeds the
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specified ACL, NMFS would reduce the ACL for that fishery by the amount
of the overage in the subsequent year.
The proposed action does not duplicate, overlap, or conflict with
other Federal rules and is not expected to have significant impact on
small entities (as discussed above), organizations, or government
jurisdictions. The proposed action also will not place a substantial
number of small entities, or any segment of small entities, at a
significant competitive disadvantage to large entities. For the reasons
above, NMFS does not expect the proposed action to have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. As such, an
initial regulatory flexibility analysis is not required and none has
been prepared.
This action is exempt from review under E.O. 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 14, 2017.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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