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Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2018
Commercial Accountability Measure
and Closure for South Atlantic Golden
Tilefish Hook-and-Line Component
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
AGENCY:
NMFS implements
accountability measures for the
commercial hook-and-line component
for golden tilefish in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ) of the South
Atlantic. NMFS projects commercial
hook-and-line landings for golden
tilefish will reach the hook-and-line
component’s commercial annual catch
limit (ACL) on August 14, 2018.
Therefore, NMFS closes the commercial
hook-and-line component for golden
tilefish in the South Atlantic EEZ on
August 14, 2018, and it will remain
closed until the start of the next fishing
year on January 1, 2019. This closure is
necessary to protect the golden tilefish
resource.
DATES: This rule is effective at 12:01
a.m., local time, August 14, 2018, until
12:01 a.m., local time, January 1, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727–824–5305, email:
mary.vara@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
snapper-grouper fishery of the South
Atlantic includes golden tilefish and is
managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the SnapperGrouper Fishery of the South Atlantic
Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared
by the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council and is
implemented by NMFS under the
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) by
regulations at 50 CFR part 622.
Amendment 18B to the FMP
established a longline endorsement
program for the commercial golden
tilefish component of the snappergrouper fishery and divided the
commercial golden tilefish annual catch
limit (ACL) between the commercial
longline and commercial hook-and-line
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gear components (78 FR 23858; April
23, 2013). On January 2, 2018, NMFS
published a final temporary rule to
implement interim measures to reduce
overfishing of golden tilefish in Federal
waters of the South Atlantic (83 FR 65),
effective through July 1, 2018. On June
19, 2018, NMFS published an extension
of the interim measures for an
additional 186 days, through January 3,
2019 (83 FR 28387). As a result of the
interim measures, the total ACL for
golden tilefish is 323,000 lb (146,510
kg), gutted weight, and the commercial
ACL is 313,310 lb (142,115 kg), gutted
weight. The current golden tilefish
commercial quota (ACL) for the 2018
fishing year for the hook-and-line
component is 78,328 lb (35,529 kg),
gutted weight, with the remainder of the
commercial quota assigned to the
longline group.
Under 50 CFR 622.193(a)(1)(i), NMFS
is required to close the commercial
hook-and-line component for golden
tilefish when the hook-and-line
component’s commercial quota (ACL)
has been reached, or is projected to be
reached, by filing a notification to that
effect with the Office of the Federal
Register. NMFS has determined that the
commercial quota for the golden tilefish
hook-and-line component in the South
Atlantic will be reached on August 14,
2018. Accordingly, the hook-and-line
component of South Atlantic golden
tilefish is closed effective at 12:01 a.m.,
local time, August 14, 2018.
The commercial longline component
for South Atlantic golden tilefish closed
on March 25, 2018, and will remain
closed for the remainder of the fishing
year, until 12:01 a.m., local time,
January 1, 2019 (83 FR 12280; March 21,
2018). Therefore, because the
commercial longline component is
already closed, and NMFS is closing the
commercial hook-and-line component
through this temporary rule, all
commercial fishing for South Atlantic
golden tilefish will be closed effective at
12:01 a.m., local time, August 14, 2018,
until 12:01 a.m., local time, January 1,
2019.
The operator of a vessel with a valid
Federal commercial vessel permit for
South Atlantic snapper-grouper having
golden tilefish on board must have
landed and bartered, traded, or sold
such golden tilefish prior to 12:01 a.m.,
local time, August 14, 2018. During the
closure, the sale or purchase of golden
tilefish taken from the EEZ is
prohibited. The prohibition on sale or
purchase does not apply to the sale or
purchase of golden tilefish that were
harvested by hook-and-line, landed
ashore, and sold prior to 12:01 a.m.,
local time, August 14, 2018, and were
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held in cold storage by a dealer or
processor. For a person on board a
vessel for which a Federal commercial
or charter vessel/headboat permit for the
South Atlantic snapper-grouper fishery
has been issued, the sale and purchase
provisions of the commercial closure for
golden tilefish would apply regardless
of whether the fish are harvested in state
or Federal waters, as specified in 50
CFR 622.190(c)(1)(ii).
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
The Regional Administrator,
Southeast Region, NMFS, has
determined this temporary rule is
necessary for the conservation and
management of South Atlantic golden
tilefish and is consistent with the
Magnuson-Stevens Act and other
applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR
622.193(a)(1) and is exempt from review
under Executive Order 12866.
These measures are exempt from the
procedures of the Regulatory Flexibility
Act because the temporary rule is issued
without opportunity for prior notice and
comment.
This action responds to the best
scientific information available. The
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
NOAA (AA), finds that the need to
immediately implement this action to
close the commercial hook-and-line
component for golden tilefish
constitutes good cause to waive the
requirements to provide prior notice
and opportunity for public comment
pursuant to the authority set forth in 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B), as such procedures are
unnecessary and contrary to the public
interest. Such procedures are
unnecessary because the rule itself has
been subject to notice and comment,
and all that remains is to notify the
public of the closure. Such procedures
are contrary to the public interest
because the capacity of the fishing fleet
allows for rapid harvest of the
commercial ACL for the hook-and-line
component, and there is a need to
immediately implement this action to
protect golden tilefish. Prior notice and
opportunity for public comment would
require time and could potentially result
in a harvest well in excess of the
established commercial ACL.
For the aforementioned reasons, the
AA also finds good cause to waive the
30-day delay in the effectiveness of this
action under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
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Dated: August 8, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and
Butterfish Fishery; 2018 Illex Squid
Quota Harvested
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; reduction of
possession limit.
AGENCY:
Beginning August 15, 2018,
through December 31, 2018, Federal
Illex squid vessel permit holders are
prohibited from fishing for, catching,
possessing, transferring or landing more
than 10,000 lb (4,535 kg) on Illex squid
per trip per calendar day. This
prohibition is effective when NMFS
projects that 95 percent of the 2018
annual catch limit will have been
caught by the effective date. This action
is intended to prevent over harvest of
Illex squid for the fishing year.
DATES: Effective 1200 hr local time,
August 15, 2018, through December 31,
2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alyson Pitts, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281–9352.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Regulations for the Illex squid fishery
are at 50 CFR part 648. The regulations
at § 648.24(a)(2) require that when the
Regional Administrator projects that
Illex squid catch will reach 95 percent
of the domestic annual harvest (DAH)
quota, NMFS must prohibit Federal Illex
squid vessel permit holders from
directed fishing. Vessels may not catch,
possess, transfer, or land more than
10,000 lb (4,535 kg) of Illex squid per
trip, or land more than 10,000 lb (4,535
kg) per calendar day. The Regional
Administrator monitors the Illex squid
fishery catch annually based on dealer
reports, state data, and other available
information. When 95 percent of the
DAH has been reached, NMFS must
provide at least 72 hours of notice to the
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public that it made this determination.
NMFS must also publish the date that
the catch is projected to reach 95
percent of the quota, and the date when
prohibitions on catch and landings for
the remainder of the fishing year
become effective.
The Regional Administrator has
determined, based on dealer reports and
other available information, that the
Illex squid fleet will catch 95 percent of
the total Illex squid DAH quota for the
2018 season through December 31,
2018, by August 15, 2018. Therefore,
effective 1200 hr local time, August 15,
2018, federally permitted vessels may
not fish for, catch, possess, transfer, or
land more than 10,000 lb (4,535 kg) of
Illex squid more than once per calendar
day. Vessels that have entered port
before 1200 hr on August 15, 2018, may
offload and sell more than 10,000 lb
(4,535 kg) of Illex squid from that trip.
Also, federally permitted dealers may
not receive Illex squid from federally
permitted Illex squid vessels that
harvest more than 10,000 lb (4,535 kg)
of Illex squid through 2400 hr,
December 31, 2018, unless it is from a
trip landed by a vessel that entered port
before 1200 hr on August 15, 2018.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part
648 and is exempt from review under
Executive Order 12866.
NMFS finds good cause pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3)
to waive prior notice and the
opportunity for public comment and the
delayed effectiveness because it would
be contrary to the public interest and
impracticable. Data and other
information indicating the Illex squid
fleet will have landed at least 95 percent
of the 2018 DAH quota have only
recently become available. Landings
data are updated on a weekly basis, and
NMFS monitors catch data on a daily
basis as catch increases toward the
limit. Further, high-volume catch and
landings in this fishery increases total
catch relative to the quota quickly. The
regulations at § 648.24(a)(2) require such
action to ensure that Illex squid vessels
do not exceed the 2018 DAH quota. If
implementation of this action is
delayed, the quota for the 2018 fishing
year may be exceeded, thereby
undermining the conservation
objectives of the FMP. Also, the public
had prior notice and full opportunity to
comment on this process when these
provisions were put in place.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[Docket No. 120404257-3325-02]
RIN 0648-XG409
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
2018 Commercial Accountability Measure and Closure for South Atlantic
Golden Tilefish Hook-and-Line Component
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Temporary rule; closure.
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SUMMARY: NMFS implements accountability measures for the commercial
hook-and-line component for golden tilefish in the exclusive economic
zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic. NMFS projects commercial hook-and-
line landings for golden tilefish will reach the hook-and-line
component's commercial annual catch limit (ACL) on August 14, 2018.
Therefore, NMFS closes the commercial hook-and-line component for
golden tilefish in the South Atlantic EEZ on August 14, 2018, and it
will remain closed until the start of the next fishing year on January
1, 2019. This closure is necessary to protect the golden tilefish
resource.
DATES: This rule is effective at 12:01 a.m., local time, August 14,
2018, until 12:01 a.m., local time, January 1, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Vara, NMFS Southeast Regional
Office, telephone: 727-824-5305, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The snapper-grouper fishery of the South
Atlantic includes golden tilefish and is managed under the Fishery
Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic
Region (FMP). The FMP was prepared by the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council and is implemented by NMFS under the authority of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act) by regulations at 50 CFR part 622.
Amendment 18B to the FMP established a longline endorsement program
for the commercial golden tilefish component of the snapper-grouper
fishery and divided the commercial golden tilefish annual catch limit
(ACL) between the commercial longline and commercial hook-and-line gear
components (78 FR 23858; April 23, 2013). On January 2, 2018, NMFS
published a final temporary rule to implement interim measures to
reduce overfishing of golden tilefish in Federal waters of the South
Atlantic (83 FR 65), effective through July 1, 2018. On June 19, 2018,
NMFS published an extension of the interim measures for an additional
186 days, through January 3, 2019 (83 FR 28387). As a result of the
interim measures, the total ACL for golden tilefish is 323,000 lb
(146,510 kg), gutted weight, and the commercial ACL is 313,310 lb
(142,115 kg), gutted weight. The current golden tilefish commercial
quota (ACL) for the 2018 fishing year for the hook-and-line component
is 78,328 lb (35,529 kg), gutted weight, with the remainder of the
commercial quota assigned to the longline group.
Under 50 CFR 622.193(a)(1)(i), NMFS is required to close the
commercial hook-and-line component for golden tilefish when the hook-
and-line component's commercial quota (ACL) has been reached, or is
projected to be reached, by filing a notification to that effect with
the Office of the Federal Register. NMFS has determined that the
commercial quota for the golden tilefish hook-and-line component in the
South Atlantic will be reached on August 14, 2018. Accordingly, the
hook-and-line component of South Atlantic golden tilefish is closed
effective at 12:01 a.m., local time, August 14, 2018.
The commercial longline component for South Atlantic golden
tilefish closed on March 25, 2018, and will remain closed for the
remainder of the fishing year, until 12:01 a.m., local time, January 1,
2019 (83 FR 12280; March 21, 2018). Therefore, because the commercial
longline component is already closed, and NMFS is closing the
commercial hook-and-line component through this temporary rule, all
commercial fishing for South Atlantic golden tilefish will be closed
effective at 12:01 a.m., local time, August 14, 2018, until 12:01 a.m.,
local time, January 1, 2019.
The operator of a vessel with a valid Federal commercial vessel
permit for South Atlantic snapper-grouper having golden tilefish on
board must have landed and bartered, traded, or sold such golden
tilefish prior to 12:01 a.m., local time, August 14, 2018. During the
closure, the sale or purchase of golden tilefish taken from the EEZ is
prohibited. The prohibition on sale or purchase does not apply to the
sale or purchase of golden tilefish that were harvested by hook-and-
line, landed ashore, and sold prior to 12:01 a.m., local time, August
14, 2018, and were
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held in cold storage by a dealer or processor. For a person on board a
vessel for which a Federal commercial or charter vessel/headboat permit
for the South Atlantic snapper-grouper fishery has been issued, the
sale and purchase provisions of the commercial closure for golden
tilefish would apply regardless of whether the fish are harvested in
state or Federal waters, as specified in 50 CFR 622.190(c)(1)(ii).
Classification
The Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, has determined
this temporary rule is necessary for the conservation and management of
South Atlantic golden tilefish and is consistent with the Magnuson-
Stevens Act and other applicable laws.
This action is taken under 50 CFR 622.193(a)(1) and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
These measures are exempt from the procedures of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act because the temporary rule is issued without
opportunity for prior notice and comment.
This action responds to the best scientific information available.
The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA (AA), finds that the
need to immediately implement this action to close the commercial hook-
and-line component for golden tilefish constitutes good cause to waive
the requirements to provide prior notice and opportunity for public
comment pursuant to the authority set forth in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), as
such procedures are unnecessary and contrary to the public interest.
Such procedures are unnecessary because the rule itself has been
subject to notice and comment, and all that remains is to notify the
public of the closure. Such procedures are contrary to the public
interest because the capacity of the fishing fleet allows for rapid
harvest of the commercial ACL for the hook-and-line component, and
there is a need to immediately implement this action to protect golden
tilefish. Prior notice and opportunity for public comment would require
time and could potentially result in a harvest well in excess of the
established commercial ACL.
For the aforementioned reasons, the AA also finds good cause to
waive the 30-day delay in the effectiveness of this action under 5
U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 8, 2018.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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