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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 180123063–8063–01]
RIN 0648–XF987
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Northeast Multispecies
Fishery; Adjustment of Southern New
England/Mid-Atlantic Yellowtail
Flounder Catch Limits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason
adjustment of annual catch limits.
AGENCY:
This action transfers unused
quota of Southern New England/MidAtlantic yellowtail flounder from the
Atlantic sea scallop fishery to the
Northeast multispecies fishery for the
remainder of the 2017 fishing year. This
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SUMMARY:
transfer implements an inseason
adjustment of annual catch limits
authorized by regulations implementing
the Northeast Multispecies Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) that apply
when the scallop fishery is not expected
to catch its entire allocation of
yellowtail flounder. The transfer is
intended to achieve optimum yield for
both fisheries while ensuring the total
annual catch limit is not exceeded.
DATES: Effective March 21, 2018,
through April 30, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Claire Fitz-Gerald, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281–9255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is
required to estimate the total amount of
yellowtail flounder bycatch in the
scallop fishery by January 15 each year.
NMFS must determine if the scallop
fishery is expected to catch less than 90
percent of its Georges Bank (GB) or
Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic
(SNE/MA) yellowtail flounder subannual catch limit (sub-ACL) (50 CFR
648.90(a)(4)(iii)(C)). If so, the Regional
Administrator (RA) may reduce the
scallop fishery sub-ACL for these stocks
to the amount projected to be caught,
and increase the groundfish fishery subACL for these stocks up to the same
amount. This adjustment is intended to
help achieve optimum yield for both
fisheries while ensuring the total ACLs
are not exceeded.
Based on the most recent catch
information available, we project that
the scallop fishery will have unused
quota in the 2017 fishing year for the
SNE/MA yellowtail flounder stock.
Because the scallop fishery is not
expected to catch its entire allocation of
SNE/MA yellowtail flounder, this rule
reduces the scallop sub-ACL for this
stock to the upper limit projected to be
caught, and increases the groundfish
sub-ACL for this stock by the same
amount, effective March 21, 2018,
through April 30, 2018. This transfer is
based on the upper limit of expected
SNE/MA yellowtail flounder catch by
the scallop fishery, which is expected to
minimize any risk of an ACL overage by
the scallop fishery while still providing
additional fishing opportunities for
groundfish vessels.
Table 1 summarizes the revisions to
the 2017 fishing year sub-ACLs, and
Table 2 shows the revised allocations
for the groundfish fishery as allocated
between the sectors and common pool
based on final sector membership for
fishing year 2017.
TABLE 1—SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND/MID-ATLANTIC YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER SUB-ACLS
Initial
sub-ACL
(mt)
Stock
Fishery
SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder ...........................................
Groundfish ..........................
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TABLE 1—SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND/MID-ATLANTIC YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER SUB-ACLS—Continued
Stock
Initial
sub-ACL
(mt)
Fishery
Scallop ...............................
Revised
sub-ACL
(mt)
Change
(mt)
34.0
¥29.9
Percent
change
¥88
4.1
TABLE 2—ALLOCATIONS FOR SECTORS AND THE COMMON POOL
[in pounds]
SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder
Sector name
Revised
Original
Common Pool ..........................................................................................................................................................
Fixed Gear Sector ...................................................................................................................................................
Maine Coast Community Sector ..............................................................................................................................
Maine Permit Bank ..................................................................................................................................................
NCCS .......................................................................................................................................................................
NEFS 1 ....................................................................................................................................................................
NEFS 10 ..................................................................................................................................................................
NEFS 11 ..................................................................................................................................................................
NEFS 12 ..................................................................................................................................................................
NEFS 13 ..................................................................................................................................................................
NEFS 2 ....................................................................................................................................................................
NEFS 3 ....................................................................................................................................................................
NEFS 4 ....................................................................................................................................................................
NEFS 5 ....................................................................................................................................................................
NEFS 6 ....................................................................................................................................................................
NEFS 7 ....................................................................................................................................................................
NEFS 8 ....................................................................................................................................................................
NEFS 9 ....................................................................................................................................................................
New Hampshire Permit Bank ..................................................................................................................................
Sustainable Harvest Sector 1 ..................................................................................................................................
Sustainable Harvest Sector 2 ..................................................................................................................................
Sustainable Harvest Sector 3 ..................................................................................................................................
92,341
1,774
6,104
152
3,358
........................
2,624
84
50
100,781
8,293
316
11,268
100,300
25,259
11,847
25,013
41,805
0
1,511
10,761
35,643
79,641
1,530
5,264
131
2,896
........................
2,263
72
43
86,920
7,152
273
9,718
86,506
21,785
10,218
21,573
36,055
0
1,303
9,281
30,741
Sector Total ......................................................................................................................................................
386,944
333,726
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Classification
Pursuant to section 304(b)(1)(A) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, the
NMFS Assistant Administrator has
determined that the management
measures implemented in this final rule
are necessary for the conservation and
management of the Northeast
multispecies fishery and are consistent
with the FMP, the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, and other applicable law.
This action is authorized by 50 CFR
part 648 and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
The Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries finds good cause pursuant to
5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive prior notice
and the opportunity for public comment
for this inseason adjustment because it
would be impracticable and contrary to
the public interest and would prevent
the positive benefits the rule is intended
to provide. NMFS is required to project
GB and SNE/MA yellowtail flounder
catch in the scallop fishery on or around
January 15 of each year so that unused
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quota can be transferred to the
groundfish fishery. The groundfish
fishing year ends on April 30, 2018. The
time necessary to provide for prior
notice and comment would likely
prevent this action from being
implemented before the end of the
fishing year, thereby precluding the
additional economic benefits that would
be created through additional GB and
SNE/MA yellowtail flounder being
made available to groundfish vessels.
This adjustment, which implements
provisions of 5 U.S.C. part 648, is
routine and formulaic, and there was
extensive public comment during the
development of this provision in the
FMP and its implementing regulations.
Furthermore, there is no need to allow
the industry additional time to adjust to
this rule, because this rule does not
require any compliance or other action
on the part of individual scallop or
groundfish fishermen. Thus, prior
notice and comment for this rule would
provide no benefits to industry and the
public, while at the same time it would
preclude timely implementation of this
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action and the intended economic
benefits to the groundfish fishery.
Giving effect to this rule as soon as
possible will help achieve optimum
yield in the fishery. For these same
reasons, the NMFS Assistant
Administrator also finds good cause
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive
the 30-day delay in the date of
effectiveness for this action.
Because notice and opportunity for
comment are not required pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 553 or any other law, the
analytical requirements of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601
et seq.) are not applicable. Therefore, a
regulatory flexibility analysis is not
required and has not been prepared.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 19, 2018.
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 648
[Docket No. 180123063-8063-01]
RIN 0648-XF987
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast
Multispecies Fishery; Adjustment of Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic
Yellowtail Flounder Catch Limits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; inseason adjustment of annual catch limits.
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SUMMARY: This action transfers unused quota of Southern New England/
Mid-Atlantic yellowtail flounder from the Atlantic sea scallop fishery
to the Northeast multispecies fishery for the remainder of the 2017
fishing year. This transfer implements an inseason adjustment of annual
catch limits authorized by regulations implementing the Northeast
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) that apply when the scallop
fishery is not expected to catch its entire allocation of yellowtail
flounder. The transfer is intended to achieve optimum yield for both
fisheries while ensuring the total annual catch limit is not exceeded.
DATES: Effective March 21, 2018, through April 30, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claire Fitz-Gerald, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281-9255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is required to estimate the total
amount of yellowtail flounder bycatch in the scallop fishery by January
15 each year. NMFS must determine if the scallop fishery is expected to
catch less than 90 percent of its Georges Bank (GB) or Southern New
England/Mid-Atlantic (SNE/MA) yellowtail flounder sub-annual catch
limit (sub-ACL) (50 CFR 648.90(a)(4)(iii)(C)). If so, the Regional
Administrator (RA) may reduce the scallop fishery sub-ACL for these
stocks to the amount projected to be caught, and increase the
groundfish fishery sub-ACL for these stocks up to the same amount. This
adjustment is intended to help achieve optimum yield for both fisheries
while ensuring the total ACLs are not exceeded.
Based on the most recent catch information available, we project
that the scallop fishery will have unused quota in the 2017 fishing
year for the SNE/MA yellowtail flounder stock. Because the scallop
fishery is not expected to catch its entire allocation of SNE/MA
yellowtail flounder, this rule reduces the scallop sub-ACL for this
stock to the upper limit projected to be caught, and increases the
groundfish sub-ACL for this stock by the same amount, effective March
21, 2018, through April 30, 2018. This transfer is based on the upper
limit of expected SNE/MA yellowtail flounder catch by the scallop
fishery, which is expected to minimize any risk of an ACL overage by
the scallop fishery while still providing additional fishing
opportunities for groundfish vessels.
Table 1 summarizes the revisions to the 2017 fishing year sub-ACLs,
and Table 2 shows the revised allocations for the groundfish fishery as
allocated between the sectors and common pool based on final sector
membership for fishing year 2017.
Table 1--Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Yellowtail Flounder Sub-ACLs
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Initial sub- Revised sub- Percent
Stock Fishery ACL (mt) Change (mt) ACL (mt) change
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SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder.......... Groundfish............ 187.5 +29.9 217.4 +16
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Scallop............... 34.0 -29.9 4.1 -88
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Table 2--Allocations for Sectors and the Common Pool
[in pounds]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SNE/MA Yellowtail Flounder
Sector name -------------------------------
Revised Original
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Pool............................. 92,341 79,641
Fixed Gear Sector....................... 1,774 1,530
Maine Coast Community Sector............ 6,104 5,264
Maine Permit Bank....................... 152 131
NCCS.................................... 3,358 2,896
NEFS 1.................................. .............. ..............
NEFS 10................................. 2,624 2,263
NEFS 11................................. 84 72
NEFS 12................................. 50 43
NEFS 13................................. 100,781 86,920
NEFS 2.................................. 8,293 7,152
NEFS 3.................................. 316 273
NEFS 4.................................. 11,268 9,718
NEFS 5.................................. 100,300 86,506
NEFS 6.................................. 25,259 21,785
NEFS 7.................................. 11,847 10,218
NEFS 8.................................. 25,013 21,573
NEFS 9.................................. 41,805 36,055
New Hampshire Permit Bank............... 0 0
Sustainable Harvest Sector 1............ 1,511 1,303
Sustainable Harvest Sector 2............ 10,761 9,281
Sustainable Harvest Sector 3............ 35,643 30,741
-------------------------------
Sector Total........................ 386,944 333,726
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Classification
Pursuant to section 304(b)(1)(A) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, the NMFS Assistant Administrator has
determined that the management measures implemented in this final rule
are necessary for the conservation and management of the Northeast
multispecies fishery and are consistent with the FMP, the Magnuson-
Stevens Act, and other applicable law.
This action is authorized by 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries finds good cause pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to waive prior notice and the opportunity for
public comment for this inseason adjustment because it would be
impracticable and contrary to the public interest and would prevent the
positive benefits the rule is intended to provide. NMFS is required to
project GB and SNE/MA yellowtail flounder catch in the scallop fishery
on or around January 15 of each year so that unused quota can be
transferred to the groundfish fishery. The groundfish fishing year ends
on April 30, 2018. The time necessary to provide for prior notice and
comment would likely prevent this action from being implemented before
the end of the fishing year, thereby precluding the additional economic
benefits that would be created through additional GB and SNE/MA
yellowtail flounder being made available to groundfish vessels. This
adjustment, which implements provisions of 5 U.S.C. part 648, is
routine and formulaic, and there was extensive public comment during
the development of this provision in the FMP and its implementing
regulations. Furthermore, there is no need to allow the industry
additional time to adjust to this rule, because this rule does not
require any compliance or other action on the part of individual
scallop or groundfish fishermen. Thus, prior notice and comment for
this rule would provide no benefits to industry and the public, while
at the same time it would preclude timely implementation of this action
and the intended economic benefits to the groundfish fishery. Giving
effect to this rule as soon as possible will help achieve optimum yield
in the fishery. For these same reasons, the NMFS Assistant
Administrator also finds good cause pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to
waive the 30-day delay in the date of effectiveness for this action.
Because notice and opportunity for comment are not required
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 or any other law, the analytical requirements
of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are not
applicable. Therefore, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not
required and has not been prepared.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 19, 2018.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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